Aylmer, Quebec news

• Romados re-opens after being closed down by the provincial government

  06-07-2018 23:57
  Popular Plateau Portuguese BBQ chicken restaurant Romados re-opened June 28 after being shut down for a month by the provincial government due to issues related to cleanliness and the temperature of its fridges.
  “We’re back to operating as normal,” said owner Manny Machado in a phone interview Friday.
  The city of Montreal’s food inspection department fined the restaurant three times last summer for infractions related to cleanliness and the temperature of its fridges. Mac
  
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• Montreal métro: Green Line shut down

  06-07-2018 23:05
  The Montreal métro is shut down on the Green Line between Lionel-Groulx and Honoré-Beaugrand due to a medical intervention.
  The Société de transport de Montréal says service should resume by 5:40 p.m.
  
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• Black actor defends her participation in controversial SLĀV

  06-07-2018 22:52
  Kattia Thony, one of the two black actors who were part of the cast of the controversial show SLĀV, has taken to social media to defend her decision to participate in the production which has since been canceled by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
  In a message posted to Facebook on Wednesday, Thony wrote that not only did she have the right to take part in the project, but also a responsibility to do so.
  She wrote that the show included a scene fully devoted to Haiti, the
  
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• Heat wave death toll reaches 54 in Quebec

  06-07-2018 22:32
  Despite the much-needed cooler weather, public health officials are still on high alert Friday as the week-long heat wave that contributed to the deaths of 54 Quebecers comes to an end.
  The new death toll, up from 33 the day before, was confirmed by a press attaché for Lucie Charlebois, the provincial minister for public health.
  A spokesperson for Santé Montréal confirmed that, as of Friday morning, 28 deaths in the city may have been related to the extreme heat. The others
  
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• Dunlevy: SLĀV director Robert Lepage just doesn't get it

  06-07-2018 22:28
  Poor Robert Lepage.
  The acclaimed Quebec director finally responded to the outcry leading to the cancellation of SLĀV, his “theatrical odyssey based on slave songs” in collaboration with singer Betty Bonifassi as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival; and the resulting message is, to borrow a line from Monty Python’s The Holy Grail, “Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”
  It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
  In an elaborate statement releas
  
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• Alouettes QB Jeff Mathews draws inspiration from sister's courage

  06-07-2018 21:28
  Jeff Mathews doesn’t want the story portrayed as a tragedy, knowing it would upset his big sister Katie. But how can it be painted any other way?
  In May 2006, Katie Mathews fractured her neck and sustained injuries to her spinal cord in an automobile accident that left her paralyzed. She was a passenger in the vehicle. The driver swerved abruptly to avoid missing a highway exit, flipping the car, the roof collapsing on Katie. The driver sustained a broken her leg.
  The future Canadian Footb
  
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• Free in Montreal, July 7-8: From fireworks to circus acts

  06-07-2018 20:40
  Catch a free show at the jazz fest
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival wraps up on Saturday, but there are still plenty of free shows you can catch. Grammy Award-winning band The War on Drugs will be performing on the TD Stage on June 7 at 9:30 p.m. You can check out the full festival schedule here.
   
  Take a chance on the first of the summer’s fireworks shows
  Fireworks are expensive, but luckily, you only have to show up to enjoy this show. Starting June 7 and happening twice a w
  
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• What the Puck: Promises, promises — Canadiens' inaction speaks volumes

  06-07-2018 19:54
  The gap between what Geoff Molson says and what the Montreal Canadiens organization actually does just keeps widening.
  Words matter. If you are going to make promises, don’t renege on them. Habs fans feel betrayed today and with good reason. The Montreal Canadiens is not just another company. It is one of the most important brands in Quebec and the people of this province have a heavy emotional investment in their hockey team. This is our team.
  Molson heads a consortium that owns this Nati
  
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• Traffic nightmares forecast for Décarie Expressway in N.D.G.

  06-07-2018 19:54
  You know the traffic news is going to be bad when Transports Québec takes out half-page newspaper ads in Montreal dailies telling you it’s going to be bad.
  “MAJOR HINDRANCE” reads one headline in Thursday’s papers. “Expect delays” reads another. The warnings bookend an image of Montreal’s unofficial logo, a squat orange-and-white striped construction cone. On its website, the provincial transport ministry warns motorists to expect “seve
  
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• Editorial: Vanity licence plates are welcome, in any language

  06-07-2018 19:46
  Whatever else one can say about Quebec’s French Language Charter, it has never curbed personal free speech in languages other than French.
  Now that the province is finally introducing vanity licence plates — at $250 a pop, a great way to raise revenue for the government, on a voluntary basis — it makes perfect sense that the messages on them can be in English and other languages. These are personal messages, on individuals’ private vehicles. They will be subject to the us
  
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• Editorial: Open Door, open hearts

  06-07-2018 19:12
  Thank heavens for Notre Dame de La Salette Roman Catholic church on Parc Ave. When all too often “love thy neighbour” is taken merely as a philosophical aspiration, the church’s pastor and his parishioners are walking the talk, welcoming a drop-in centre for homeless people that itself was threatened with homelessness.
  The Open Door has been doing wonderful work for 30 years at its present location in St. Stephen’s Anglican Church at Dorchester Blvd. and Atwater Ave. But
  
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• Accurso asks for release while he appeals Laval corruption conviction

  06-07-2018 19:11
  Construction entrepreneur Antonio Accurso has filed a request to be released from a penitentiary while he appeals his conviction and the sentence he received on Thursday for his role in Laval’s municipal corruption.
  Accurso, 66, received a four-year prison term for taking part in the system of collusion created by former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt through which contracts were awarded, between 1996 and 2010, to dozens of companies before they were put to tender. Accurso’s lawyer,
  
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• Canadiens need Price at his best or all bets are off | HI/O Bonus

  06-07-2018 19:10
  In this bonus episode, the panel discusses how the Habs’ future, at least in the short-term, all depends on Carey Price.
  Missed this week’s show? Watch it here.
  
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• Social Notes: end-of-season sizzle from Jewish General, Grands Ballets

  06-07-2018 19:05
  Is it my imagination, or did this social season fly by quicker than Ariana Grande’s engagement? Not done yet, though. Today we share still more magnificent mentionables. What a fun- and fund-raising ville we are.
  BEAUTIFUL BENEFIT EVE: The annual Canadian Red Cross fundraising event was its usual spring supreme, enthralling over 500 high-profile guests in May with a Dick Walsh-produced soirée at Alexandra Pier titled A Humanitarian Port of Call. The exc
  
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• Heat wave death toll reaches 50 in Quebec

  06-07-2018 18:59
  Despite the much-needed cooler weather, public health officials are still on high alert Friday as the week-long heat wave that contributed to the deaths of 50 Quebecers comes to an end.
  The new death toll, up from 33 the day before, was confirmed by a press attaché for Lucie Charlebois, the provincial minister for public health.
  A spokesperson for Santé Montréal confirmed that as of Friday morning, 28 deaths in the city may have been related to the extreme heat.
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• Laval Rocket hires Alexandre Burrows as an assistant coach

  06-07-2018 18:58
  Alexandre Burrows has hung up his skates and has a new job now with the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
  The Rocket announced on Friday that Burrows has been hired as an assistant coach under new head coach Joël Bouchard. Burrows played 13 seasons in the NHL as a forward after never being drafted and posted 6-8-14 totals in 71 games last season with the Ottawa Senators. On June 26, the Senators bought out the final season of the 37-year-old’s two-year, US$5-million contract. In 913 career re
  
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• JFL exclusive: Trevor Noah on standup, Trump and fake news

  06-07-2018 18:56
  It’s hard to believe Trevor Noah has been in the anchor throne of the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show for less than three years. He handles the hosting role with such poise and aplomb that many might assume he’s been sitting there for over a decade.
  “Sometimes it feels like it’s been just one month,” Noah muses in a phone interview from New York.
  His mild protestation notwithstanding, it’s been no small task for Noah — who joined the show as a corresponden
  
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• Buchignani: Hamilton hopes for happy homecoming at British Grand Prix

  06-07-2018 18:46
  Lewis Hamilton says he wants Mercedes to be bulletproof from now on. We get it. Given the events of last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, he must have felt like a passenger in Bonnie and Clyde’s ill-fated 1934 Ford sedan.
  It’s not just that his Mercedes broke down during the race, as did that of teammate Valtteri Bottas, marking the first Mercedes double retirement since 2016.
  It’s that the team’s strategy as the chaos unfolded was riddled with holes.
  In the end, at a
  
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• Parti Québécois backs Robert Lepage over cancelled SLĀV at jazz fest

  06-07-2018 17:51
  Award-winning director Robert Lepage has broken his silence over a decision by the Montreal International Jazz Festival to shut down his controversial production SLĀV after just three performances, saying the move was a “direct blow to artistic freedom.”
  Hours after his statement was posted, the Parti Québécois threw its support behind Lepage, with leader Jean-François Lisée likening the cancellation to censorship and MNA Maka Kotto describing it as
  
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• Montreal ace Félix Auger-Aliassime shuns grass for more time on clay

  06-07-2018 17:19
  After bowing out in the second round of qualifying at the French Open, Félix Auger-Aliassime sat down with his coaches and decided to make a short-term change with a long-term goal in mind.
  The 17-year-old from Montreal opted to extend his run on clay courts and skip the grass-court season. It’s a move that appears to be paying off.
  Auger-Aliassime won an ATP Challenger tournament in Lyon, France, after his appearance at Roland Garros and reached the final a week later in Blois, Fra
  
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• PQ expresses support as Lepage breaks his silence on Jazz Fest decision to "muzzle" SLĀV

  06-07-2018 17:03
  Award winning director Robert Lepage has broken his silence over a decision by the Montreal International Jazz Festival to shut down his controversial production “SLĀV” after just three performances, saying the move was a “direct blow to artistic freedom.”
  And within hours of the statement’s being posted, the Parti Québécois threw its support behind Lepage, with PQ leader Jean-François Lisée likening the cancellation to censorship a
  
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• Montreal cops seek sex-assault victims after ambulance worker charged

  06-07-2018 16:53
  Police are urging victims of a sex-assault suspect who worked as an ambulance technician to step forward.
  Sylvain Depairon is alleged to have committed two sexual assaults between June and November of last year while transporting patients by ambulance.
  Depairon was charged Thursday by videoconference in the Montreal courthouse and remains in custody.
  Investigators with the Montreal police sex crimes unit and St-Jérôme police are asking other possible victims to call 911 or visit the
  
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• Watch: Beyond the Plate with chef John Winter Russell

  06-07-2018 16:50
  Host Heidi Small takes us into the world of some of Montreal’s top chefs, exploring what really motivates them. In the third episode, she goes on a forest foraging adventure with chef John Winter Russell of Candide restaurant.
  
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• Montreal’s June home sales up from year ago to mark 40 months of growth

  06-07-2018 16:43
  The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says home sales in the city for June were up one per cent compared with the same month last year, marking a record 40 consecutive months of rising home sales.
  The board says sales totalled 4,081 for the month, up from 4,055 in June 2017.
  The increase came as sales of single-family homes slipped about two per cent to 2,290 compared with 2,342 a year ago, while condominium sales increased seven per cent to 1,383 compared with 1,292.
  Sales of plexes, which inc
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: July 7, 2018

  06-07-2018 16:36
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16
  Shiraz 2016, Reserva, Luis Felipe Edwards, Chile red, $12.95, SAQ # 10754181. The price keeps dropping but the quality remains. Walks that median between the floral and red fruited syrah style and a richer textured shiraz perfectly. Tannins are there, but do little to impede the pleasure. Easy choice for a warm summer evening BBQ. Grape variety: shiraz. Residual sugar: 2.4
  
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• Conductor Susanna Mälkki returns to the OSM for one night — at least for now

  06-07-2018 16:35
  She remembered.
  “It was a contemporary program, and I think it was Chantal Juillet who played as soloist,” Susanna Mälkki said of her OSM debut in 2008.
  Quite so. In André Prévost’s Violin Concerto. The other piece in the first half of that concert in Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts (Walter Boudreau led the second half) was György Ligeti’s Lontano.
  “It was wintertime and very cold,” the Finnish conductor continued. &l
  
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• Montreal unemployment rate drops to lowest level since December

  06-07-2018 15:33
  Four the fourth consecutive month, Montreal had a lower unemployment rate than Toronto in June.
  The unemployment rate in the Montreal region dropped 0.4 percentage points from 6.2 per cent in May to 5.8 per cent in June, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
  This is the lowest unemployment rate reported in the region since December, and it’s the fourth time in seven months that the city’s unemployment rate has been below six per cent.
  Before December 2017, the unemployment rate
  
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• Watch: Seniors invade the Beachclub, groove to Joël Denis's music

  06-07-2018 15:32
  For the third year in a row, seniors from Chartwell retirement residences got to party at Pointe-Calumet’s Beachclub.
  Around 500 seniors over the age of 70, from Quebec and Ontario, were in attendance.
  On hand to provide entertainment was Quebec singer Joël Denis.
  Denis previewed some of the songs from his upcoming show, Formidable.
  
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• Robert Lepage breaks his silence on Jazz Fest decision to "muzzle" SLĀV

  06-07-2018 14:50
  Award winning director Robert Lepage has broken his silence over a decision by the Montreal International Jazz Festival to shut down his controversial production “SLĀV” after just three performances, saying the move was a “direct blow to artistic freedom.”
  The production, which features songs composed by slave cultures throughout history including black slaves captive in America, was criticized for having a mostly white cast perform the material and for having a whi
  
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• While you were sleeping: actor defends her part in "SLAV" and a town gives out thousands of cheques

  06-07-2018 14:07
  Black actor defends her participation in controversial “SLAV”
  Kattia Thony, one of the two black actors who were part of the cast of the controversial show “SLAV,” has taken to social media to defend her decision to participate in the production which has since been shut down by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
  In a message posted on Facebook Wednesday, Thony wrote that not only did she have the right to take part in the project but also a responsibility to do so
  
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• Beset by waves, man drowns in Lac Saint Jean

  06-07-2018 13:27
  A man in his 60s drowned Thursday afternoon while swimming with a friend in the Lac Saint Jean near Saint-Henri-de-Taillon.
  The incident occurred after the victim suddenly found himself surrounded by heavy waves and seemed unable to remain afloat.
  Provincial police suspect fatigue and inexperience may have contributed to the man’s death.
  The victim’s plight was visible to several persons on shore, some of whom tried to come to his aid.
  First responders took to the water and found the
  
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• Black actor defends her participation in controversial "SLAV"

  06-07-2018 13:02
  Kattia Thony, one of the two black actors who were part of the cast of the controversial show “SLAV,” has taken to social media to defend her decision to participate in the production which has since been shut down by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
  In a message posted on Facebook Wednesday, Thony wrote that not only did she have the right to take part in the project but also a responsibility to do so.
  Thony wrote that the show included a scene fully devoted to Haiti,
  
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• Heat warning, storm watch dropped for Montreal area as heat wave ends

  06-07-2018 12:49
  Environment Canada lifted the week-old heat warning and day-old storm watch for the Montreal area early Friday as the region’s deadly heat wave finally came to an end.
  Provincial authorities have thus far attributed at least 33 deaths to the extreme heat, which at some points over the past week created Humidex factors in the mid 40s.
  The forecast for Friday calls for a high of 25 C and a Humidex of 31 C. The temperature is expected to drop to 13 C Friday night.
   
  
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• World Cup quarter-finals: Choosing a team to back is half the fun

  06-07-2018 12:00
  Picking which team you’re going to support is half the fun of the World Cup.
  Sure, for some it’s obvious. If you’re one of the many French ex-pats living in the Plateau, chances are you’re backing Les Bleus. And with the quarter-finals kicking off Friday, many have had to switch allegiances after their team was eliminated. In fact, many of the favourites are gone, including Germany, Spain, Argentina and Portugal. Plus two of the perennial contenders, Holland and Italy, di
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks at Alouettes: Five things you should know

  06-07-2018 12:00
  Here are five things you should know about the Ottawa Redblacks-Alouettes game at Molson Stadium on Friday (7:30 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  Matchup: The Als are coming off a 23-17 victory Saturday in Saskatchewan. It marked their first win in more than 10 months, ending a 13-game losing skid. It also was Montreal’s first road victory since November 2016. The Redblacks have played only twice, already having one of three bye weeks in the schedule, and were defeated 24-14 Thursday at Cal
  
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• Montreal weather: Windy and cooler temperatures

  06-07-2018 12:00
  Clearing in the morning with winds blowing northwest at 20 km/h, gusting to 40.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 23 Celsius, a Humidex of 25 and a UV index of 9 or very high.
  Tonight: Clear with winds blowing northwest at 20 km/h, gusting to 40 and becoming light in the evening. The overnight low is expected to be 13 C.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right
  
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• Lac-Mégantic: Growing up after a tragedy

  06-07-2018 12:00
  When Ludovic Théberge tells people he’s from Lac-Mégantic, it elicits an uncomfortable question.
  “They’ll ask you, ‘Did you lose someone?’ It’s the first thing they want to know,” said Théberge, a 20-year-old university student. “It’s normal, I guess. But once the answer is no, they’re just like ‘Ah, okay! You didn’t have to grieve.’
  “I don’t think I had some great sense of loss, b
  
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• Jazz fest picks, July 6: Melanie De Biasio, Megative, Thornetta Davis

  06-07-2018 12:00
  INDOOR:
  Melanie De Biasio (8 p.m., Monument-National, $41.75)
  Few singers can cast a spell like Belgian chanteuse Melanie De Biasio. Borrowing elements of jazz, blues and soul, she can sound like Nina Simone or conjure the spirit of Tom Waits. Her fourth album, Lilies, recorded alone on her computer, drifts through stark, ethereal atmospheres interspersed with infusions of funky rhythms. Sure to be a treat in the intimate confines of Monument-National. 
  OUTDOOR:
  Megative (9 and 11 p.m., TD
  
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• Vanity licence plates exempt from Quebec's French language charter

  06-07-2018 02:56
  French, English, Spanish or even Italian: any language will be acceptable on personalized licence plates when they start appearing on cars in the province sometime next month.
  Last month, Quebec approved vanity licence plates for cars, motorcycles, scooters, trailers, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles last month. Starting July 27, vehicle owners can apply on the SAAQ’s website for plates bearing a two- to eight-character message on their licence plates with letters and/or
  
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• Stu Cowan: Now it's time for the Canadiens to start rebuilding

  06-07-2018 01:22
  Now is the time for Marc Bergevin to start using the word “rebuild.”
  It’s also time for the Canadiens GM to start doing it and forget about his so-called “reset.”
  With the news Thursday that defenceman Shea Weber will be sidelined until mid-December after knee surgery last month, it’s time for the Canadiens to forget about winning next season — and probably for a few seasons — and start trying to rebuild a franchise that finished 28th in the NHL ov
  
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• McGill professor sues former student, colleague for $600,000

  06-07-2018 00:48
  A McGill University professor is suing a colleague and former student for $600,000 in response to what he calls a “smear campaign” in which the two allegedly advocated against his tenureship amidst accusations of sexual misconduct.Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim, a professor in the university’s Institute of Islamic Studies, claims his former student, Sarah Abdelshamy, and colleague, Pasha Khan, ruined his reputation and refused him his right to privacy. The lawsuit claims that both Abdelsh
  
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• Poll: Do you agree with the city’s plan to remove parking spaces at Jean-Talon Market?

  06-07-2018 00:45
  The city’s plan to remove parking spots to build a public square at the Jean-Talon Market is running into a few roadblocks.
  With parking scarce in the area, Montrealers might be less inclined to visit the market, and the project will cause delivery problems for the market’s many merchants.
  A petition opposing the public square, started by merchant Lino Birri, has already garnered more than 12,000 signatures.
  So we’re asking Montrealers their take on the Jean-Talo
  
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• Alouettes hoping linebacker Branden Dozier, defence set tone again

  06-07-2018 00:23
  The first time Branden Dozier contacted Joe Mack, seeking a private workout, the Alouettes’ assistant general manager wanted to know how the player got his phone number.
  Dozier, a linebacker in his second season with the team, won’t even confirm it was Mack — not that it matters at this juncture. The 5-foot-11, 201-pounder was promptly signed to his first pro contract and has been a regular contributor since on the strong side. Dozier’s presence has mostly reduced returni
  
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