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• Why I wear the hijab: 'I want people to really see me.'

  07-07-2018 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Five Montreal Muslim women speak about Quebec’s political climate, why they wear the hijab and how their choice is not incompatible with feminism.
  Nadia Naqvi, 36, science teacher at Beaconsfield High SchoolOn why she wears the hijab:
  “That’s actually the one question we as hijabis get asked the most. And if we don’t have, what we call a quote-unquote stock answer, I don’t think it’s doing our hijab justice. So when I first started wearing it I was 15. And my
  
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• Montreal heat wave death toll reaches 33

  07-07-2018 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  A total of 33 people have died in Montreal since the beginning of the heat wave, according to public health officials.
  The number climbed from yesterday’s 28 reported deaths because more bodies were discovered and physicians determined that the deaths occurred at some point during the heat wave, said David Kaiser of Santé Montréal.
  The public health agency is still on alert to heat-related health risks but expects a downward trend in the data they use to gauge the level
  
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• Zacharkiw: Expand your taste horizons with an albariño white from Spain

  07-07-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I receive boxes of wine every week to taste for this column and I can’t taste them all.But every now and then I taste a wine that simply floors me and when I look it up on SAQ.com, there are very few wines left in the system. That was the case with the 2016 Rias Baixas Abadia de San Campio. Few white wines under $20 have impressed me as much as this one.
  I promise to keep an eye out for this under-$20 wonder when it returns, but what it did was inspire me to re-discover one of Spain’
  
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• Opinion: Cultural zealots' victory over Robert Lepage is theatre's loss

  07-07-2018 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In his controversial play, Fin de partie, Samuel Beckett holds a mirror to the post-war human condition:
  “God damn you to hell, Sir, no, it’s indecent, there are limits! In six days, do you hear me, six days, God made the world. Yes Sir, no less Sir, the WORLD! And you are not bloody well capable of making me a pair of trousers in six months!” (Tailor’s voice, scandalized.) “But my dear Sir, my dear Sir, look – (disdainful gesture, disgustedly) — at
  
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• Héma-Québec calls for public to donate blood in cities across Quebec

  07-07-2018 16:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Héma-Québec is asking the public to donate blood to maintain its supply this summer.
  Collections are being held Saturday in Montreal, Quebec, Saguenay, Laval, Brossard and Gatineau.
  Those looking to donate blood can consult the Héma-Québec website for collection locations and times.
  Montréal | Collecte de sang, aujourd'hui le 6 juillet au Centre @EatonMontreal. Pour information : https://t.co/Argn3llECp pic.twitter.com/1zYgEyEYuy
  — Héma-Qu&eac
  
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• Young Habs will benefit from Julien’s honesty, patience | HI/O Bonus

  07-07-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In this bonus episode, the panel looks at how Canadiens’ head coach Claude Julien can make a positive impact on young players.
  Missed this week’s show? Watch it here.
  
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• Montreal morgue filled to capacity due to heat-related deaths

  07-07-2018 14:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal morgue has become crowded as a direct result of the heatwave that swept across southern Quebec over the past week.
  La Presse has reported that the coroner’s office had to make an agreement with a funeral home to house some of the remains.
  Over the past week, public health officials have emphasized how the intense heat leaves elderly people who live alone at risk. Many of the bodies examined by coroners in recent days were in a state of advanced decay, having sometimes spent up
  
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• Me and my hijab: 5 Montreal Muslim women speak for themselves

  07-07-2018 14:37 via montrealgazette.com
  They aren’t usually given a voice, but it’s not because they have nothing to say.
  They are regularly spoken about rather than being asked to speak for themselves.
  They are dismissed as oppressed and submissive when, more often than not, they are strong and accomplished.
  Muslim women in Quebec are sadly inured to being maligned, marginalized and misrepresented. And as provincial party leaders prepare to head out on the campaign trail in preparation for the October election, they are b
  
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• Why I wear the hijab: 'I want people to really hear me and really see me'

  07-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Five Montreal Muslim women speak about Quebec’s political climate, why they wear the hijab and how their choice is not incompatible with feminism.
  Nadia Naqvi, 36, science teacher at Beaconsfield High SchoolOn why she wears the hijab:
  “That’s actually the one question we as hijabis get asked the most. And if we don’t have, what we call a quote-unquote stock answer, I don’t think it’s doing our hijab justice. So when I first started wearing it I was 15. And my
  
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• The Week in Review: A hot and messy start to July in Montreal

  07-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Quebec’s week-long heat wave contributed to 54 deaths
  A spokesperson for Santé Montréal confirmed that, as of Friday morning, 28 deaths in the city may have been related to the extreme heat. Dr. David Kaiser, a specialist with the public health department, explained that physicians and first responders who declare deaths look for one of two things when determining whether they’re potentially heat-
  
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• Schukov: Beaconsfield nears top of the list in the West Island

  07-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A few years back, I used to make a steady diet of panning Beaconsfield’s municipal government.
  I crowned it the most dysfunctional government in the West Island (or something like that.)
  My contention was that a quaint West Island town council really had to go out of its way to create unnecessary controversy.
  Just some of the Beaconsfield’s then greatest hits: Fighting a losing battle with a little old lady over a cedar hedge, fumbling with “densification” of some la
  
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• Opinion: Canadians have friends and partners in Plattsburgh

  07-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Plattsburgh, “Montreal’s U.S. suburb,” is unique in North America. For Montreal, we have evolved from beach to beachhead, promoting Quebec’s success in the U.S. market. Counter-intuitively, our Chamber of Commerce spends much of its time not promoting exports to Canada, but instead assisting Quebec businesses in building their exports to the U.S., and supporting Canadian companies in securing U.S. customers and contracts.
  In Washington, D.C. and in our state capital, Alba
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Invite outdoor decor inside for year-round style

  07-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  For a short time each year, we have access to very stylish home items that are made specifically to withstand the outdoor elements. Waterproof furnishing, fade-resistant fabrics and unbreakable tabletop items are just a few of the decor treats on offer to dress up our outdoor spaces.
  Some of it is so attractive that it can work inside your home year round. Outdoor furniture and accessories are usually more durable than indoor-only products, too. So hurry to the shops while the selection is at it
  
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• Shelter: St-Henri triplex enhanced by vintage, refurbished furniture

  07-07-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Carmen Joy King is an unabashed Francophile. The 38-year-old copywriter and essayist grew up in a small town in Alberta — hardly a bastion of all things French — but as a student she was lucky enough to live in France on two occasions, as part of an educational exchange.
  King studied political science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and her degree required her to complete an internship in Montreal. Her French-language skills were already pretty good, so she was put to work
  
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• Montreal weather: Hot, but mercifully not in a historic way

  07-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is forecasting a sunny Saturday in Montreal with a daytime high of 28 degrees and a humidex of 31.
  The nighttime forecast, meanwhile, calls for clear skies and a low of 18 degrees.
  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 here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @sherry.brunet.
  Quote of the day:
  You don’t have to burn b
  
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• Josh Freed: Heat wave more evidence Montreal has a split personality

  07-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome home after your weeklong holiday in Death Valley, Quebec, during the hottest, longest stretch of thermonuclear heat since 1946.
  It was so muggy Thursday afternoon, you needed a straw to breathe, as if the air was a milkshake. It was so humid, birds were plummeting from the sky with heat stroke, squirrels were spontaneously bursting into flames — and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were spotted stuck in traffic on Décarie Blvd.
  But looking back, we did learn a bit about o
  
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• Jazz fest picks for July 7: McFerrin, War on Drugs, R.L. Boyce

  07-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  INDOORS:
  Bobby McFerrin with David Worm, Joey Blake and the Jireh Gospel Choir (7 p.m., Maison symphonique de Montréal, $65.60 to $91.10)
  There are worse ways to close out the 39th Montreal International Jazz Festival than in the presence of one of the world’s greatest a cappella singers in our city’s most sonically pristine concert hall. McFerrin revisits his 1998 improv album, Circlesongs, for which he engaged in lyric-less jams with 12 other singers. Prepare to be tran
  
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• Herb Zurkowsky: We're not scoring enough points, Mike Sherman says

  07-07-2018 05:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A head coach doesn’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the simple formula to success in the Canadian Football League.
  Mike Sherman is only four games into his tenure as the Alouettes’ bench boss following a distinguished career in the NFL. He knew he inherited an anemic offence, one without a legitimate starting quarterback. And now, as his team prepares for its first of three bye weeks in the schedule, nothing has been done to allay those fears.
  “I agree. That’
  
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• Alouettes' modest one-game winning streak comes to a predictable end

  07-07-2018 04:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The Jeff Mathews era hardly got off to an auspicious start.
  Mathews started at quarterback for the Alouettes Friday night, replacing the injured Drew Willy. Although Mathews had moderate success in the second half against Saskatchewan last Saturday, he couldn’t follow it up with a full game at his disposal.
  Montreal’s one-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt as it lost 28-18 to the Ottawa Redblacks at Molson Stadium before an announced crowd of 16,718.
  Mathews, who has played f
  
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• Man dies after head-on collision in Lanaudière

  07-07-2018 04:07 via montrealgazette.com
  MONTREAL — A 30-year-old man died Friday after a head-on collision on Route 343 in St-Ambroise-de-Kildare in Lanaudière.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, the man was driving in the wrong lane and hit a car coming from the opposite direction.
  The driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries.
  Firefighters had to extract the man from his car. He was declared dead in hospital.
  
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• Fishermen missing in the north of Quebec found safe Friday night

  07-07-2018 04:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Seven fishermen missing in northern Quebec were found safe and sound by rescue teams Friday.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, the group left on a fishing excursion on Lake Kachistasakaw Thursday morning and were supposed to return in the evening.
  Police say an eighth person waiting for them on shore contacted authorities on Friday to say they were missing.
  On Thursday, storms swept through the region and temperatures dropped by several degrees Friday morning. The
  
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• Stu Cowan: Impact are on a roll as World Cup fever hits Montreal

  07-07-2018 03:08 via montrealgazette.com
  With so much focus on the Canadiens over the last couple of weeks — including the NHL Draft, free agency and the surprising news Thursday that Shea Weber had knee surgery last month — you might not be aware the Impact are on a roll.
  Montreal’s Major League Soccer club has won its last three games — all by shutout — and heading into Saturday’s game at Saputo Stadium against the Colorado Rapids (7:30 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio), the Impact are only two poin
  
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• Holiday weekends lead to spike in fatal accidents on Quebec roads

  07-07-2018 01:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of fatal accidents on Quebec roads increased between the St-Jean Baptiste and Canada Day long weekends — one of the deadliest periods of the year, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  This year, 14 people lost their lives on Quebec roads in 13 different accidents between June 22 and July 2, according to the SQ. An additional 369 people were injured in accidents.
  SQ officers also arrested 200 people for impaired driving offences at traffic stops across the provi
  
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• Weekend road closures: Turcot, Bonaventure among routes affected

  07-07-2018 00:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s a list of roads closed because of construction this weekend:
  Turcot Interchange
  Starting Friday at 11:59 p.m. and ending Monday at 5 a.m., Highway 15 North will be completely closed from Exit 63.
  During the same time period, the ramps on Highway 15 South (Décarie Expressway) heading toward Autoroute 720 East (toward downtown) and Highway 20 West will be closed.
  The ramps coming from the Highway 20 East and Autoroute 720 East for Highway 15 North (Décarie Expressway) wi
  
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• Downtown Montreal street closed Saturday for Carifiesta parade

  07-07-2018 00:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Carifiesta parade, a celebration of Caribbean music and culture, kicks off Saturday at noon.
  Organizers expect tens of thousands of spectators to line René-Lévesque Blvd. to watch costumed dancers and musicians march past.
  Road closures Saturday:
  From 9:30 a.m. to noon, René-Lévesque Blvd. eastbound will be closed between St-Mathieu St. and Guy St. for the staging of the parade.
  From 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. René-Lévesque Blvd.
  
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• Update: Service resumes on métro Green Line

  07-07-2018 00:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal métro was shut down on the Green Line between Lionel-Groulx and Honoré-Beaugrand Friday afternoon due to a medical intervention.
  Just after 5:30 p.m., the STM announced that service was resuming on the line.
  
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