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• Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard to do live interview at Zoofest

  08-07-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Need a sign that the provincial electoral campaigns aren’t too far away? Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will be doing a live interview at Zoofest on Tuesday with Marie-Lyne Joncas.
  The comedian said she wants to get to know the man behind the politician at the show, which is set to take place at the Monument National on St-Laurent Blvd. For Couillard, this is an unprecedented event, said the premier’s spokesperson, Charles Robert.
  Some politicians have already made appearances alo
  
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• Life Stories: Juno-winning Carmen Campagne was beloved children's entertainer

  08-07-2018 23:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Carmen Campagne had a beautiful laugh. It was loud, vibrant and lit up the room.
  “I just remember her sitting and laughing with her family,” said her sister-in-law Connie Kaldor, herself a well-known singer-songwriter. “That’s the image I hold onto, her laughing at some silly thing someone said. When she laughed, it was fabulous.”
  Campagne, a Juno and Félix award-winning children’s entertainer, died of cancer July 4 in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts. Sh
  
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• SQ search for suspect involved in deadly crash in Lac-Saint-Jean

  08-07-2018 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is searching for an ATV driver who allegedly caused a fatal crash in Ste-Hedwidge, in the Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region on Saturday.
  The driver in question reportedly passed a truck at a curve on Lac aux Épervières Rd. around 4:30 p.m. While trying to avoid the ATV, a motorcyclist travelling in the opposite direction collided with the truck, said SQ spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville.
  The 38-year-old motorcyclist died. The driv
  
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• Quebec designers ask city to find site for McCord Museum

  08-07-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A dozen leading fashion designers are asking the city of Montreal to find a solution that will allow the McCord Museum to go ahead with its expansion plans.
  In May, Mayor Valérie Plante confirmed that a site where the museum had been planning to build its $150-million home would be turned into a park.
  The future green space — currently a municipal parking lot next to the Place des Festivals, between Jeanne Mance St., de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Bleury St. and President-Kennedy Ave. &md
  
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• Châteauguay man pepper-sprayed by police to appeal tickets

  08-07-2018 22:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A Châteauguay man who was pepper-sprayed by a police officer in 2015 while picking up his children to drive them to school will get his day in court Monday.
  John Chilcott will appear in Quebec Superior Court in Valleyfield, where he is appealing a municipal-court ruling upholding three traffic tickets totalling $1,068.
  On Dec. 14, 2015, Chilcott, an English-speaking black man, was at the wheel of his Ford Explorer in the parking lot of his apartment building, with his two daughte
  
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• Jack Todd: Shea Weber doesn't deserve fans adding insult to injury

  08-07-2018 22:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Shea Weber reminds me a great deal of my favourite player, back in the days when I was a fan of the Canadiens, not a newspaper columnist: No. 19, Larry Robinson. Weber is even taller than Big Bird, with the same strength, the same ability to start a rush or stop one going the other way, the same utterly professional approach to his job.
  Weber is also like Robinson in that he is humble and soft-spoken and (at times) visibly uncomfortable under the klieg lights of Montreal, but he has never compla
  
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• Poll: Are you optimistic about the Canadiens for next season?

  08-07-2018 22:37 via montrealgazette.com
  With the announcement this week that Shea Weber had surgery on his right knee on June 19, and would not be available to the Canadiens until December, many fans took to social media to voice their discontent.
  Comments went from pessimistic to hopping-mad that the Habs’ GM Marc Bergevin, did not disclose earlier that Weber had the surgery.
  Bergevin had received some slack with this year’s draft, picking many centres especially Jesperi Kotkaniemi, the Canadiens’ first-round pick a
  
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• Deadly ATV crash in Chertsey, in Lanaudière region

  08-07-2018 22:19
  A 32-year-old man died Saturday night after being thrown from his ATV in Chertsey, in the Lanaudière region.
  The Sûreté du Québec said the man, who was from Terrebonne, lost control of the vehicle while on a gravel path around 9 p.m, and was caught under it.
  He had died by the time first responders were able to reach him, SQ spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville said.
  The SQ is investigating the cause of the accident.
   
  
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• Quebec girl set to make splash at Down Syndrome swim competition

  08-07-2018 22:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Olivia Lavallee has a big, beautiful smile that can light up any room she enters.
  From July 20-26, the 15-year-old will be lighting up the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro, N.S. — along with more than 300 other competitors from approximately 25 countries — when she competes in the ninth Down Syndrome World Swimming Championships. The event is held every two years in a different country and this marks the first time it’s going to be in Canada.
  Oliva’s father, Clint
  
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• 2 passengers die, 2 drivers hurt after head-on collision in Montérégie

  08-07-2018 21:43
  A head-on collision between two cars killed two and left two people seriously injured Saturday night in Ste-Martine, in the Montérégie, about 40 kilometres south of Montreal.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, at about 8:45 p.m., one of the vehicles made its way into the wrong lane and hit a car travelling in the opposite direction.
  The two passengers of the car in the wrong lane were seriously injured upon impact and succumbed to their injuries at hospital.
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• Missing toddler is found in Dundee, in southwestern Quebec

  08-07-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A 2-year-old boy who had been missing since Saturday night in Dundee, 100 kilometres southwest of Montreal, near the U.S. border, has been found safe and sound.
  Police have not yet provided details on how the boy was found on Sunday morning.
  The child, whose name is Ryland Muehleisen got away from his parents, at the family home about 8 p.m.
  The Sûreté du Québec launched a vast search operation, including dogs, search experts and a helicopter. RCMP officers and U.S. firefight
  
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• Marc Richardson: The World Cup and what it means to be Canadian

  08-07-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  While the two-week hiatus this column enjoyed was due to the long weekends, I must admit that it was very conveniently timed. I’ve spent much of the last month enjoying what has been an absolutely mind-boggling World Cup.
  Most days, I’ve watched from Café Olimpico, a bastion of soccer, yes, but also of diversity, with people from all walks of life stopping in to cheer on their native countries or the teams they’ve adopted. I’ve watched games with an young Iranian m
  
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• Update: Missing toddler is found in Dundee, in southwestern Quebec

  08-07-2018 16:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A 2-year-old boy who had been missing since Saturday night in Dundee, 100 kilometres southwest of Montreal, near the U.S. border, has been found safe and sound.
  Police have not yet provided details on how the boy was found on Sunday morning.
  The child, whose name is Ryland Muehleisen got away from his parents, at the family home about 8 p.m.
  The Sûreté du Québec launched a vast search operation, including dogs, search experts and a helicopter. RCMP officers and U.S. firefight
  
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• SLĀV fallout: Cultural zealots' victory over Robert Lepage is theatre's loss

  08-07-2018 15:40 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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• Lesley Chesterman's top 10 bring-your-own-wine restaurants

  08-07-2018 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Of all the requests I receive for recommendations, nothing tops the demand for the best bring-your-own-wine restaurants.Yes, we all like to save a buck on booze, but frankly this category of restaurant includes some of the most mediocre eateries in the city. So the category, though popular, is a bit uneven, with some hits and, sadly, a lot more misses. Be wary, also, of the idea that BYOW restaurants are a great deal, as menu prices tend to be higher than at their equivalent licensed restaurant.
  
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• Fitness: Make exercise a habit before your middle age

  08-07-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As the saying goes, age is just a number — that is until our bodies start telling us just how old we really are. And while we have little control over the number of candles that light our birthday cake, we can control some of the biological aging that occurs over time.
  The idea that there’s a mismatch between chronological age and biological age is a relatively new phenomenon, with the biggest poster child for this trend being masters athletes. A favourite subject of scientists who s
  
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• While you were sleeping: Death toll climbs to 76 as heavy rains hammer Japan, Iranian teen detained over Instagram dance videos

  08-07-2018 14:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Top stories from around the world:
  Death toll climbs to 76 as heavy rains hammer southern Japan: Searches continued Sunday night for victims of heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third straight day, as the government put the death toll at 48, with 28 others presumed dead. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the whereabouts of 92 other people were unknown, mostly in the southern area of Hiroshima prefecture. More than 100 reports of casualties had been rec
  
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• Stu Cowan: Impact continue impressive run with 2-1 win over Colorado

  08-07-2018 13:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The Colorado Rapids tried their best to put the 16,030 fans at Saputo Stadium to sleep Saturday night and for the first 45 minutes they almost did.
  The Rapids came into this MLS game against the Impact obviously looking for a nil-nil road tie and for the first half they looked sort of like the Canadiens last season: bad, boring and unable to score.
  But at least the Canadiens try to score.
  The Rapids had 10 men — including former U.S. World Cup goalie Tim Howard — sitting back playing
  
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• Extensive search operation ongoing for missing toddler in Dundee

  08-07-2018 13:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A large search operation is underway to find a 2-year-old boy, missing from his family home since Saturday night in Dundee in the Montérégie, near the U.S. border.
  The toddler, named Ryland Muehleisen, escaped the vigilance of his parents around 8 p.m. and has not been seen since.
  Police officers, search dogs, research specialists and an helicopter from the Sûreté du Québec have been deployed. RCMP officers have also joined the SQ as well as local and U.S. firef
  
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• Montreal weather: This time last week, you'd have killed for 30 degrees

  08-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s going to be a sunny Sunday in Montreal.
  Environment Canada’s forecast calls for a daytime high of 30 degrees with a humidex of 33.
  The nighttime forecast involves clear skies and a low of 20 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 @remsdevoiron.
  Here’s what the traff
  
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• Jazz Fest: After SLĀV debacle, organizers say they 'can do better'

  08-07-2018 01:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal International Jazz Festival organizers, who cancelled the controversial production SLĀV this week, said they “could do better” when it comes to race at the festival’s closing press conference on Saturday.
  “We’re just starting to listen,” jazz fest CEO Jacques-André Dupont said. “It’s a very complicated conversation and I haven’t started understanding everything.”
  Dupont said that he and Laurent Saulnier, the fe
  
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• Watch: Devoted fans make Montreal Comiccon a special experience

  08-07-2018 00:04 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s very freeing to be something you wouldn’t be normally,” said Marie L’Archeveque.
  She was attending Montreal Comiccon as Jessica Rabbit on Friday.
  Thousands of fans are expected to descend on the Palais des congrès for the annual event, which runs until Sunday.
  Special guests like Jason Momoa, Val Kilmer, Morena Baccarin and David Duchovny are definitely part of the draw.
  But con-goers, a meaningful share of whom are elaborately costumed, say the event i
  
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