Aylmer, Quebec news

• Les belles découvertes de Fanny Mallette

  27-05-2017 23:53 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Ambassadrice du Prix des libraires du Québec, catégorie Roman, la comédienne Fanny Mallette nous parle des livres qui ont joué un rôle dans sa vie.
  
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• Grève dans le secteur de la construction: les députés sont convoqués lundi pour adopter une loi spéciale

  27-05-2017 23:09 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le gouvernement provincial met sa menace à exécution pour venir à bout du conflit dans l’industrie de la construction. À défaut d’un règlement d’ici lundi matin, les députés de l’Assemblée nationale se prononceront sur l’adoption d’une loi spéciale.
  
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• Manchester: la police publie des photos de l’auteur de l’attentat

  27-05-2017 22:55 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La police britannique a publié samedi soir deux photos de Salman Abedi prises par une caméra de surveillance la nuit de l’attentat qu’il a perpétré à Manchester.
  
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• Group stages protest to save green space in Plateau Mont Royal

  27-05-2017 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It might appear as a postage stamp on a map of Plateau-Mont-Royal, but to many people in the neighbourhood surrounding it Notman garden is a big deal.
  It is barely noticeable to passersby, but the tiny green space at the corner of Milton and Clark Sts. has withstood the test of time despite being a literal stone’s throw away from the hustle and bustle of the intersection of St-Laurent Blvd. and Sherbrooke St. A group trying to preserve the space (the Citizens Movement for the Preserva
  
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• Art work installed on former St-Laurent Blvd. landmark

  27-05-2017 22:11 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A new piece of art was unveiled Saturday on a busy stretch of the Main in Montreal.
  The work by Canadian Aaron Li-Hill was installed on the former site of Berson et Fils funeral monuments, a manufacturer and distributor of tombstones located between St-Cuthbert and Napoleon Sts.
  The art work was sponsored by the Société de développement du boulevard St-Laurent (SDBSL), which said the semi-permanent work will remain in place over the summer.
  The work was commissioned by
  
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• Montreal Canadiens prospect Michael McNiven named CHL goalie of the year

  27-05-2017 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
   
  Michael, McNiven, a prospect to the Montreal Canadiens, has been named the goalie of the year by the Canadian Hockey League. 
  This title, announced Saturday afternoon, is the second bit of good news for McNiven this month, coming after being named goalie of the year in the Ontario Hockey League as well. 
  The 19 year old has played in 54 games with the Owen Sound Attack, with a record of 41-9-2-2, including six shutouts.
  McNiven’s performance helped the Attack to 49 wi
  
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• Une boisson gazeuse servie à Barack Obama fait réagir les Écossais

  27-05-2017 19:13 via journaldequebec.com
  
  En visite en Écosse, l’ancien Président américain Barack Obama s’est permis une petite ronde de golf et la fin de son parcours a semé tout un émos chez les locaux.
  
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• Trump rentre à Washington où l’affaire russe touche son premier cercle

  27-05-2017 18:09 via journaldequebec.com
  
  À son retour à Washington, Donald Trump devra faire face à de nouvelles révélations dans l’affaire des liens avec la Russie, qui touchent désormais l’un de ses plus proches conseillers, son gendre Jared Kushner.
  
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• City and Montreal police Brotherhood plan weekend contract negotiation

  27-05-2017 17:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A spokesperson for the Montreal police Brotherhood has confirmed that the union and the city have been involved in contract negotiations since Tuesday and plan to continue the process throughout the weekend. 
  The union, which represents more than 4,500 members, has been involve in lengthy disputes over a few issues in recent years, most notably over changes to pensions. Negotiations fell apart in December 2014 when the provincial government introduced Bill 15, adopting legislation that woul
  
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• Police investigating mob ties in Anjou murder

  27-05-2017 17:03 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A suspicious death in Anjou has been declared Montreal’s 11th homicide for 2017.
  A 30-year-old man was found shot to death in his Anjou apartment Friday. A report in La Presse said the man had ties to the Lebanese mafia and Italian organized crime.
  Police came upon the victim around 4:30 p.m. after a woman found his body and called 911. By the time they arrived at the apartment on Roi-René Blvd., he’d already died from his injuries: a gunshot wound to “the upper body,&rd
  
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• Tentative agreement gives SQ officers 17.5% raise over 7 years

  27-05-2017 16:51 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The tentative agreement reached this week between the Quebec Government and the union representing members of the Sûreté du Québec calls for 17.5 per cent raises in salaries over the next seven years. 
  In return, the Association des policiers du Québec, the union that represents SQ officers, has agreed it members will progressively increase their contributions to their pensions, with a plan to bring them up to parity with the employer in 2022. This is according to
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: May 26, 2017

  27-05-2017 16:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Under $18: Everyday drinking
  Luberon 2016, La Vieille Ferme, France white, $13, SAQ # 298505. Once again, a study in nuance and texture. This wine could not be further removed from the hyper-acidic, super-aromatic whites that are all the rage these days. This is about pear and peaches, a solid mineral streak and a rich, comforting finish. Serve this on the warmer side, or you simply won’t get what I am talking about. Residual sugar: 1.2 g/L. Grape varieties: bourboulenc, grenache blan
  
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• A bottle of white for you, a dollar to Montreal food banks

  27-05-2017 16:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) is holding its seventh annual food bank campaign this weekend, donating $1 to the Banques alimentaires du Québec (BAQ) for every bottle of white wine sold at its outlets. 
  Last year, the SAQ campaign, plus donations from patrons, raised $700,000 for the food bank. Approximately $3 million has been raised over the last six years.
  For more than 25 years, the Réseau des aliments du Québec has been
  
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• Walk the historic walk on St-Paul St. in Old Montreal today

  27-05-2017 15:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The city of Montreal is celebrating the history and architecture of one of its timeless streets in Old Montreal on Saturday. 
  Several free activities are part of the festivities which begin at 11 a.m. at 350 St-Paul St. E. in front of Marché Bonsecours with Quebec singer Michel Faubert taking part. A conference on the street’s archaeological history, examining the work of Bénigne Basset, a 17th century royal notary, who lived in Montreal. 
  Other events include guide
  
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• While you were sleeping: Palestinian hunger strike ends as Ramadan starts, Pope recognizes Coptic martyrs

  27-05-2017 14:19 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Here’s a roundup from the overnight news desk.
  Palestinians end hunger strike: Israel prison service spokeswoman Nicole Englander said the inmates declared an end to the 40-day strike Saturday morning, the first day of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan, after reaching a compromise with Israel for additional family visits. She said it came after Israel reached a deal with the Palestinian Authority and the Red Cross for prisoners to receive a second family visit each per mon
  
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• Crisis on campus: Universities struggle with students in distress

  27-05-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  One Monday morning in March, a lonely and homesick 19-year-old undergrad took his own life in residence at the University of Waterloo, Ont.
  “I can’t believe this is real,” his 16-year-old brother wrote the next day in an agitated social media post filled with grievances against the school.
  “My brother is gone and I’ll never be able to tell him I love him ever again.”
  As the post grimly noted, his brother was the second “brilliant min
  
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• What Marc Bergevin can learn from the Predators success story

  27-05-2017 13:50 via montrealgazette.com
  
  There are thousands of Montrealers who are pumped that the Nashville Predators are in the Stanley Cup final.
  But I’d bet any amount of money that Marc Bergevin is not one of them. In fact, you can safely assume that the snappily-attired Canadiens general manager couldn’t be less pleased to see the Preds four games away from potentially lifting Lord Stanley’s cherished chalice.
  No this isn’t yet another column rating the P.K. Subban/Shea Weber trade. That horse has le
  
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• Arson is suspected in late-night blaze on Van Horne

  27-05-2017 13:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal arson squad has been called in to investigate a fire that occurred Friday night in an apartment building near Van Horne Ave. and Durocher Ave.
  Alerted by a call to 911 shortly after midnight Friday, police arrived to find firefighters already on the scene. After the blaze was extinguished, an investigation revealed what appeared to be multiple sources of the fire and evidence of incendiary materials. 
  The building is being guarded by police until arson investigators arrive Satu
  
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• Update: Suspicious death in Anjou is Montreal's 11th homicide in 2017

  27-05-2017 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A suspicious death in Anjou has been declared Montreal’s 11th homicide for 2017.
  A 30-year-old man was found shot to death in his Anjou apartment Friday. A report in La Presse said the man had ties to the Lebanese mafia and Italian organized crime.
  Police came upon the victim around 4:30 p.m. after a woman found his body and called 911. By the time they arrived at the apartment on Roi-René Blvd., he’d already died from his injuries: a gunshot wound to “the upper body,&rd
  
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• Shelter: Fitness expert exercises restraint in Plateau condo

  27-05-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Jason Boivin grew up on the West Island, but when it was time for him to go to McGill University, he moved into town.
  During his student years, he lived in a number of Montreal neighbourhoods, including the McGill Ghetto and Mile End. Boivin graduated with a BA in Civil Engineering, but he ended up becoming a personal trainer at his alma mater, as well as running his own company — JB Fitness and Swimming — whose slogan, appropriately enough given his expertise, is “En
  
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• The Week in Review: Politics, health care, construction strike and more politics

  27-05-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Couillard: PQ-QS merger an attempt to manipulate voters
  Plans to merge political parties, like the one mentioned by the Parti québécois and Québec solidaire, are all attempts to manipulate voters, according to Québec premier Philippe Couillard. “Every alliance scenario, in the end, it’s just smoke,” he said Monday in a press release on the subject of his trip in Israel. The comment comes one day after members of QS gathered in congress to reject the
  
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• Restaurant review: Monkland Tavern an institution inside and out

  27-05-2017 12:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Monkland Tavern
  ★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$
  5555 Monkland Ave. (Corner of Old Orchard Ave.)
  Phone: 514-486-5768
  Open: Dinner daily, 5 to 11 p.m.
  Website: monklandtavern.com
  Licensed: Yes
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Reservations: Not accepted 
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Parking: On surrounding streets
  Price range: Starters $14-$24, main courses $22-$34, desserts $10-$11.
  There is a wonderful feeling familiar to us Montrealers that comes with that fir
  
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• Josh Freed: Bill 101 badly hurt us, but it also accidentally saved Canada

  27-05-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Bill 101 — the most loaded term in the anglo-Quebec vocabulary, along with its cousin “referendum.”
  Bill 101 turns 40 this summer, but few anglos will be singing Bonne Fête and many will mourn.
  For decades the law aggravated, infuriated, exhausted and entertained us with its legal lunacies. Anglos resent and regret it, yet so do some sovereignists — because Bill 101 brought unpredictable consequences, even to those who created it.
  The “Char
  
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• From the archives: Governor-general's enthusiasm for Canadian culture gave a boost to what became the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

  27-05-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This story was first published on May 27, 2007, in the Montreal Gazette
  “By eight o’clock, throngs of ladies and gentlemen, the elite of Montreal, came pouring in, the toilettes of many of the ladies being noticeable for their tasteful elegance.”
  Gazette, Tuesday, May 27, 1879
  It was one hot ticket among many that six-day stretch in Montreal. The governor-general, the marquess of Lorne, was paying an official visit to the city, and a highlight would come when he opened the new
  
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• Centennial Academy may share space with EMSB until it finds a new home

  27-05-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Over the past six years, Angela Burgos has been concerned with a lot more than just providing quality education to her students at Centennial Academy – she has also been on the hunt for a new school building.
  Since 1976, the private high school has been renting space from the Commission scolaire de Montréal on Prud’homme Ave. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  But their 40-year lease is now up and the French school board needs its buildings to deal with a severe overcrowding proble
  
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• Un bâtiment ravagé par un incendie suspect à Outremont

  27-05-2017 11:24 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Un bâtiment commercial et résidentiel a été la proie des flammes, dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, dans l’arrondissement d’Outremont à Montréal.
  
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• Tembec, c’est l’arbre qui cache la forêt

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La forestière Tembec vient de tomber entre les mains d’une société américaine. Quel sera le prochain fleuron québécois à faire l’objet d’une mainmise étrangère?
  
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• Quand la radio parle de la radio

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  À Québec depuis 15 ans, j’ai vite compris que la radio y occupe une place qui ne connaît pas d’équivalent ailleurs.
  
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• L’exemple à suivre

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Marc Bergevin répète sans cesse qu’il est difficile, voire impossible, de réunir une équipe aspirante aux grands honneurs par le biais de tran-sactions. Ironiquement, les deux formations qui s’affronteront en finale de la Coupe Stanley prouvent complètement le contraire. Le directeur général des Predators de Nashville, David Poile, et celui des Pen
  
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• Le top 3 de la semaine: les gros bras roses

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Cette semaine, un kamikaze islamiste a massacré des innocents en Grande-Bretagne, le Québec connaît une énième grève de la construction et le maire de Québec a dévoilé son plan de match pour les audiences sur les transports.
  
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• Le grand schisme souverainiste

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le schisme est consommé entre le Parti québécois et Québec solidaire. Sera-ce une déchirure fatale pour le mouvement souverainiste? Les grands schismes ont des effets durables. Celui qui divisa les Églises d’Occident et d’Orient en 1054, par exemple... Catholiques et orthodoxes n’ont pas «reconvergé» depuis, comme on le sait. Il pourrait bien en être
  
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• Larmes d’amour

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Tu vas où? Qui sera là? Qui conduit? Tu reviens quand?
  
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• Labeaume a souffert

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le maire Labeaume n’a pas l’habitude de perdre le «contrôle de l’agenda» comme ce fut le cas pour le SRB.
  
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• Ententes secrètes et autres bidules

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  C’est la «grosse nouvelle» de la semaine­­: il y avait une entente secrète­­ entre les partis souverainistes pour enclencher l’indépendance une fois la convergence entre le PQ et QS consacrée.
  
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• Divorcer de ses parents

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Est-ce que mon titre est assez fort pour attirer votre attention? Laissez-moi vous dire que ça l’est encore plus de le vivre!
  
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• Bob le bricoleur en beau joual vert

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Avouez : on a presque cru qu’ils avaient changé, avec leurs discours sur la conciliation travail/famille.
  
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• Belle finale au menu

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La finale de la Coupe Stanley devrait donner lieu à un ­spectacle intéressant. Les Penguins de Pittsburgh font honneur à leur ­titre de champions. Ils se débrouillent très bien sans leur as défenseur Kristopher Letang.
  
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• Après Harper

  27-05-2017 11:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les conservateurs choisissent un nouveau chef aujourd’hui. Sa tâche ne sera pas facile, connaissant les sondages extrêmement favorables à Justin Trudeau. Le nouveau chef élu partira de loin. Avantage: il aura moins de pression.
  
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• Les Sea Dogs éliminés

  27-05-2017 07:05 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le rêve des Sea Dogs de Saint-Jean a pris fin vendredi soir au tournoi de la Coupe Memorial. Ils ont subi l’élimination en demi-finale devant leurs bourreaux, les Otters d’Érié.
  
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• Crème de menthe: un humour incompris

  27-05-2017 06:30 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Même si leur humour semble avoir échappé à certains festivaliers, les cinéastes de Saguenay Philippe-David Gagné et Jean-Marc E. Roy sont ravis de l’accueil qu’a reçu leur court métrage Crème de menthe lors de sa présentation officielle à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs de Cannes.
  
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• Les 75 meilleures tables à l’extérieur de Montréal

  27-05-2017 06:01 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La période estivale arrive à grands pas, les gourmands de toute la province vont avoir l’occasion de faire des escapades dans les régions du Québec, mais, aussi, aux alentours de Montréal et de la Capitale-Nationale. Le Québec regorge de bons restaurants, de chefs cuisiniers dévoués, de lieux magiques, de restaurateurs compétents, d’aubergistes chaleureux qui offrent un service adorable.
  
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• Un homme de Cap-Rouge propose un train régional hybride

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Fasciné par les nouvelles technologies et les problèmes de congestion à Québec, un homme de Cap-Rouge profitera des consultations publiques sur la mobilité pour proposer un projet de train régional à propulsion hybride.
  
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• Steve Charbonneau: le géant au cœur tendre

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les Alouettes amorceront demain leur préparation en vue de la nouvelle saison, avec un camp d’entraînement qui se déroule, comme toujours, à Lennoxville.
  
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• Sommet du G7 à La Malbaie: des dizaines de millions $ en retombées économiques à prévoir

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La tenue du sommet du G7 à La Malbaie en mai 2018 devrait se traduire par des dizaines de millions $ en retombées économiques de toutes sortes dans la grande région de la Capitale-Nationale.
  
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• Projet de transport collectif: le maire ouvre la porte à un référendum

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Quel que soit le système de transport collectif qu’il proposera à la population de Québec, après les consultations sur la mobilité et l’élection à la mairie, Régis Labeaume n’écarte plus la tenue d’un référendum sur cet enjeu s’il est réélu.
  
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• Montreal in 19 neighbourhoods: Around À-Ma-Baie Park in Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  27-05-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This series of maps explores different neighbourhoods in Montreal’s 19 boroughs. We’ll be featuring one map per week until September 8.For information on La Grande Tournée, visit 375mtl.com.
  This map was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Alive 375.
  
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• La station de ski Stoneham devrait se doter d’une nouvelle remontée

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La station de ski Stoneham devrait annoncer sous peu un investissement important pour une nouvelle remontée mécanique.
  
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• Ils ont changé de vie: le tour du monde en voilier

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Sophie Arsenault et André Pineault ont vendu leur maison, leurs meubles et leurs voitures, et ont surmonté un mal de mer sévère pour faire le tour du monde à bord de leur voilier pendant les cinq prochaines années.
  
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• Ils ont changé de vie: il vend tout ici et devient une vedette en Asie

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Un Québécois qui a tout vendu il y a deux ans pour vivre son rêve de devenir combattant en Thaïlande est devenu instantanément une célébrité, au point où 30 millions de personnes ont regardé son mariage en direct à la télé.
  
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• Concours section musique : Yvan Pedneault

  27-05-2017 06:00 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Courez la chance de gagner un des 20 exemplaires du nouvel album d’Yvan Pedneault.
  
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