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City of Montreal bans disposable plastic bags
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City of Montreal bans disposable plastic bags
Description
February 27, 2016
Sat, Feb 27: The city of Montreal is set to become the first major city in Canada to ban the use of disposable plastic bags. There would be some exceptions like the thin bags at the grocery store you use for vegetables. but the rest is being phased out. Toronto tried to go down the same road a couple of years ago, but backed down. Mike Armstrong reports.
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City of Montreal bans disposable plastic bags02:23 | February 27, 2016
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City of Montreal bans disposable plastic bags02:23 | February 27, 2016
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1 dead, 2 critically injured in Montreal building collapse01:58 | September 24, 2023
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Global National: Sept. 2421:42 | September 24, 2023
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Arctic char thriving at urban fish farm in Montreal02:11 | September 19, 2023
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‘It’s an embarrassment’: Quebec community divided over how to save crumbling windmill02:25 | September 7, 2023
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London’s controversial ‘low emission zone’ expands to entire city02:03 | August 29, 2023
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Olymel to layoff around 1,000 workers with Quebec pork plant closure01:36 | April 14, 2023
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Laval daycare bus crash: Questions persist about driver’s motivation, mental health02:34 | February 9, 2023
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Driver accused of deliberately ramming bus into Quebec daycare04:35 | February 8, 2023
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City of Montreal bans disposable plastic bags
Description
February 27, 2016
Sat, Feb 27: The city of Montreal is set to become the first major city in Canada to ban the use of disposable plastic bags. There would be some exceptions like the thin bags at the grocery store you use for vegetables. but the rest is being phased out. Toronto tried to go down the same road a couple of years ago, but backed down. Mike Armstrong reports.
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