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• Poll: Will bedbugs in the Grande Bibliothèque keep you out?

  11-07-2018 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A bedbug infestation at Montreal’s Grande Bibliothèque forced the library to close four sections and temporarily replace 300 fabric chairs with plastic ones.
  The problem began at the end of June, and an exterminator was called in on June 22.
  In the weeks since two treatments have been completed to get rid of the insects, and all of the fabric chairs have been removed as a preventive measure.
  Were asking Montrealers if the recent bedbug problem at the Bibliothèque et
  
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• Allison Hanes: Montreal taking baby steps toward pedestrian safety

  11-07-2018 23:50 via montrealgazette.com
  On the day Outremont unveiled a pilot project to create a 3D crosswalk at a hazardous intersection, a 65-year-old walking along Gouin Blvd. in Montreal North was mowed down by a dump truck.
  A tragedy coinciding with an announcement. A death underscoring yet again the dangers pedestrians and cyclists face in Montreal. One step forward and one step back. In so many ways, these contrasting events — happenstance, though not completely unrelated — are symbolic of the challenges this city
  
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• Bedbugs common in Montreal's public buildings, exterminator says

  11-07-2018 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A bedbug infestation at Montreal’s Grande Bibliothèque points to a larger, city-wide problem, an exterminator says after the library had to close four sections and temporarily replace 300 fabric chairs with plastic ones. 
  Danielle Chagnon, the general director of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationale du Québec (BAnQ), said the problem began at the end of June. The library brought in an exterminator on June 22, at which point Chagnon said they realized the in
  
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• Pierrefonds mayor condemns car-free access road to future REM station

  11-07-2018 23:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Pierrefonds—Roxboro Mayor Jim Beis was seething on Wednesday about a new plan to build a car-free access road to a future train station in Kirkland.
  Beis was reacting to the announcement on Tuesday of a plan to build on undeveloped land that had been reserved by the province for decades as an extension to Highway 440 in Laval. Previously, the plan had been to build a boulevard to cut through Pierrefonds and Kirkland to offer motorists using St-Charles Blvd. an alternative route to Highway
  
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• Laval police search for suspect who punched man from behind

  11-07-2018 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police are searching for a suspect who punched a man whose back was turned in broad daylight on Monday.
  The 46-year-old man was standing in front of a building at 541 Curé-Labelle Blvd. He was punched from behind by the suspect who then sprinted away from the scene.
  The victim is in critical condition. Authorities fear for his life.
  The suspect is a white man, between 25 and 30 years old. He’s about six feet tall and weighs approximately 230 pounds. He has short brown hair and
  
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• Watch: An evening of music in the park with the OSM

  11-07-2018 22:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Classical music isn’t just for stuffy concert halls.
  The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has been taking its show on the road this summer, performing in Montreal’s parks.
  On the night of July 10, visitors to Jarry Park enjoyed music under clear skies.
  They gathered in groups to picnic and be serenaded by soprano Claire de Sévigné.
  There are definitely worse ways to spend a Tuesday evening.
  The OSM will play one more free outdoor concert this summer, on Sept. 2
  
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• Westmount identity theft victim suing two banks

  11-07-2018 22:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A Westmount woman who was the victim of identity theft that left her unable to secure a loan is suing two banks that she says took too long to correct the situation, according to a lawsuit filed at the Montreal courthouse in June.
  Céline Levac says TD Bank and Scotiabank knew about fraudulent activity done in her name for months before removing it from her credit report.
  Levac’s lawyer, Rémi Bastarache, said she went through all the necessary steps to correct her credit
  
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• Jean-Talon Market project example of city hall's dogmatism: opposition

  11-07-2018 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The municipal opposition slammed Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration Wednesday for turning a parking lot at Jean-Talon Market into a public square without adequate consultation.
  During a press conference in the market, Ensemble Montréal leader Lionel Perez accused the administration of dogmatism, and warned the project could kill the open-air farmers’ market.
  The project will eliminate 10 parking spots and make the west side of the market less accessible to people wit
  
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• Patriquin: Canada, Saudi Arabia and Daniel Turp's heroic crusade

  11-07-2018 20:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Daniel Turp was once a politician. Today, he is a law professor at Université de Montréal. For the last three years he has fought a protracted and seemingly quixotic legal battle against the federal government to hold it accountable for selling weapons to a murderous regime. For this, Turp deserves another title: hero.
  The origin of Turp’s wholly appropriate outrage harks back to 2014, in the sunset days of Stephen Harper’s government. In February of that year, Harper&r
  
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• JFL: Fame's Wednesday show cancelled after actor falls down stairs

  11-07-2018 20:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The Just For Laughs festival has cancelled Wednesday night’s performance of the musical Fame after performer Marie Denise Pelletier was injured when she fell down a set of stairs.
  The actor, who plays Miss Sherman, twisted her ankle and fractured a rib. She is not expected to recover in time to rejoin the cast before the show’s run ends on July 28.
  Pelletier will be replaced by Alisha Ruiss, starting Thursday evening. People with tickets for Wednesday’s show should contact
  
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• Analyze This: Three Canadiens poised for breakout seasons in 2018-19

  11-07-2018 20:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite the situation in which the Montreal Canadiens find themselves, one filled with uncertainty and a plethora of question marks, there are a few players who are primed for a breakout season in 2018-19.
  Last season, we saw the perfect storm, including an endless stream of injuries, a complete meltdown on defence and multiple players who simply couldn’t score despite an abundance of opportunities.
  But just as good luck can’t last forever, the same can be said about an incredible st
  
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• Haitians in Montreal request halt to deportations during violent protests

  11-07-2018 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A coalition of local Haitian organizations is calling on the Canadian government to put a temporary halt to the deportation of hundreds of Haitians due to the rioting that has shaken their country over the last weeks.
  “We do not think that given the violent protests there, that families should be forced to return at this time,” said Marjorie Villefranche, director of the Maison d’Haiti. “There are many asylum seekers whose requests have been refused who are due to be sent
  
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• Xavier Dolan quit Twitter, and it's only the end of the world

  11-07-2018 18:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec filmmaker Xavier Dolan left Twitter on Wednesday morning.
  “It’s a personal choice based on what I wish to prioritize,” he wrote using his now-shuttered account. “I find myself drawn to hateful debates I’d rather ignore than waste time on.”
  The good news is you’ll still be able to see Dolan elsewhere. He recently joined the cast of the horror film It: Chapter Two.
  He’s also still on other social media platforms.
  “I’ll see you on I
  
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• Persistent Bombardier rallies to lead aerospace on Airbus deal

  11-07-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Bombardier Inc. is flying high — and analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to AltaCorp Capital Inc. say the rally has plenty of room to continue.
  The Montreal-based planemaker is heading for its biggest annual stock gain in almost three decades, only two years after its shares dipped below $1. The private-jet market is rebounding just in time for the debut of the company’s swanky Global 7000. And a partnership with Airbus SE is paying dividends in the form of stepped-up sales of a s
  
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• Some high praise for new Canadiens right-winger Joel Armia

  11-07-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  New Canadiens assistant coach Luke Richardson has high praise for Joel Armia, the right-winger the team acquired from the Winnipeg Jets last month.
  “I love the trade for Joel Armia,” Richardson said when he met with the media in Brossard Monday after being named the Canadiens’ new assistant coach in charge of the defence.
  Richardson spent last season as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders and told management there that Armia was a player they should keep an eye on. P
  
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• SLĀV Resistance Committee wants theatre to apologize, commit to diversity

  11-07-2018 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The group calling itself the SLĀV Resistance Committee wants a Montreal theatre to apologize for hosting the controversial show, one of several demands it is making in the wake of the show’s cancellation.
  Comprised of members of Montreal’s black community, the group pointed out inaccuracies in the “theatrical odyssey based on slave songs,” directed by Robert Lepage and starring Betty Bonifassi, performed as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival, which has
  
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• Watch: Other than constant misery, what is a heat wave?

  11-07-2018 18:04 via montrealgazette.com
  We all have some intuitive sense of what constitutes a heat wave.
  It’s like the meteorological version of Potter Stewart’s “I know it when I see it” approach to jurisprudence.
  But what actually constitutes a heat wave?
  Officially, it’s when the maximum temperature for five days exceeds the average maximum temperature by nine degrees.
  So you’re not wrong to think that a heat wave is when the city feels like an oven. It’s just that there’s some more
  
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• Canadiens' Phillip Danault still without a contract for next season

  11-07-2018 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  While most of the focus concerning the Canadiens right now is on captain Max Pacioretty and whether he will be traded, lost in the shadow somewhat is the fact Phillip Danault still doesn’t have a contract.
  The 25-year-old centre has filed for salary arbitration, as has new Canadiens right-winger Joel Armia, who was acquired from the Winnipeg Jets last month. Players are still allowed to negotiate and sign contracts before appearing at their arbitration hearings, which will be held fro
  
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• Obsolete water tower a signature symbol of Ste-Anne's

  11-07-2018 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The obsolete water tower in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is finally getting some TLC.
  The abandoned tower next to Highway 20 has stood neglected for years, but the city is now refurbishing the tower, hoping it will serve as a gateway symbol to Ste-Anne’s on the western tip of Montreal.
  Mayor Paola Hawa said the tower will be sand-blasted, patched up where needed, then painted.
  “We decided to paint the bottom a light grey,” she said. “The top portion will be white with the Ste-Ann
  
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• Longueuil police arrest seven as anti-drug operation continues

  11-07-2018 16:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Longueuil police arrested seven people, aged 31 to 41, early Wednesday as part of an anti-drug operation that began last May.A total of 30 officers participated in Wednesday’s operation. The arrests are a continuation of the “Saccage” operation that saw $259,000 worth of cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamines, cash and drug-processing equipment seized in raids across the city last May.According to police, the seven men arrested were known to authorities, but not for infractio
  
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• SQ arrests five in connection with alleged metal recycling tax fraud

  11-07-2018 16:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Five people have been arrested in connection with an alleged metal recycling tax fraud worth as much as $6 million, the Sûreté du Québec announced on Wednesday.
  The provincial force said Marc Lefebvre of Varennes, Karl Caron of Gatineau, Martin Sirard of Laval, Benoît Poirier of Mascouche and Pierre Vaillancourt of Ste-Adèle, face charges of fraud and conspiracy.
  The arrests, carried out Wednesday morning, are the second phase of an investigation called “No
  
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• Power couple P.K. Subban, Lindsey Vonn grace Sports Illustrated cover

  11-07-2018 15:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Habs player P.K. Subban and four-time world alpine ski champion Lindsey Vonn have cemented their status as a power couple with the announcement that they will be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Fashionable 50 cover.
  Though neither of them got the magazine’s title as most fashionable athlete (that went to the New York Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr.), Subban and Vonn pose holding hands with the headline The Perfect Match.
  “Your personality and how you wear t
  
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• Notify Us Using My Account If Your Child No Longer Needs Unsubsidized Childcare Services

  11-07-2018 14:19
  If you receive advance payments of the tax credit for childcare expenses and your situation or that of a family member changes during the year, make sure you tell us quickly using the Change Advance Payment Information: Tax Credit for Childcare Expenses online service, which is available in My Account for individuals. Otherwise, you may have to repay amounts.Use the service to:notify us if the estimated number of days of daycare for the year decreases because, for example, your child stops
  
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• While you were sleeping: 10-year alligator hunts and demolishing local bars

  11-07-2018 13:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Giant 1,300-pound crocodile caught by Australian rangers after decade-long hunt
  Wildlife rangers said Tuesday that they had trapped a 4.7-metre saltwater crocodile, the largest they had ever caught in the northern Australian Katherine River and in an upstream region popular with tourists that is thought relatively safe from the killer predators.
  Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife said it had trapped the 600-kilogram reptile on Monday more than 300 kilometres from the ocean and only 30 kilomet
  
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• Demolition of Pioneer bar will have ripple effect on Pointe-Claire Village

  11-07-2018 13:51 via montrealgazette.com
  The sale and possible demolition of the iconic Pioneer bar will likely have a ripple effect on the Pointe-Claire Village, including nearby Bourgeau Park, a gem of a green space that hugs the shores of Lac St-Louis.
  Pointe-Claire Mayor John Belvedere said the park’s redesign was already in the works long before the city sold a municipal parking lot next to the Pioneer to a developer who plans to build a condominium project, mixed with street-level commercial space, if the Pioneer is ev
  
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• The Pioneer: Pointe-Claire Village bar owner tells her side of the story

  11-07-2018 13:23 via montrealgazette.com
  After weeks of reading, listening and watching others talk about the future of her property, Diane Marois has had enough.
  Last week, the owner of the Pioneer bar and restaurant in Pointe-Claire Village sat down with a West Island Gazette reporter to tell her side of the story, once and for all.
  “I just want to retire to my (11 acres) in Vaudreuil where I live with my four dogs, two cats and my daughter,” Marois said. “I want to do the things I love. It’s stressful running
  
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• Pointe-Claire sells parking lot next to Pioneer to condo developer

  11-07-2018 12:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The sale and possible demolition of the iconic Pioneer bar will likely have a ripple effect on the Pointe-Claire Village, including nearby Bourgeau Park, a gem of a green space that hugs the shores of Lac St-Louis.
  Pointe-Claire Mayor John Belvedere said the park’s redesign was already in the works long before the city sold a municipal parking lot next to the Pioneer to a developer who plans to build a condominium project, mixed with street-level commercial space, if the Pioneer is ev
  
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• 'It's not just video games': Concordia works with Ubisoft on VR

  11-07-2018 12:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A company created by Concordia University is partnering with video game-maker Ubisoft to launch a new program aimed at making Montreal a hub for virtual reality and similar technologies.
  “XR:MTL is a place where we bring together three constituents: We bring leading corporations, like Ubisoft and many others; we bring startups; and we bring university talent, students, researchers,” said Stéphane Marceau, the CEO of Galilei, a company created by Concordia to foster those kinds
  
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• Woman attacked in Place des Arts métro

  11-07-2018 12:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A 37-year-old man was in police custody Wednesday morning after a woman was attacked in the Place des Arts métro Tuesday night.
  The incident occurred at about 10:15 p.m. when the 39-year-old was confronted by the suspect who then attacked her with a knife.
  The woman suffered minor injuries and her life is not deemed to be in danger. Her assailant fled the scene but was arrested several hours later at the corner of Sherbrooke and Bleury Sts.
  Police say the suspect is the victim’s ex-
  
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• Boardwalk ban on dog owners not picking up after their pooches

  11-07-2018 12:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Dogs are now banned from the popular boardwalk in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.
  Ste-Anne Mayor Paola Hawa said the city implemented the ban because some dog owners were not picking up after their pooches on the scenic boardwalk.
  “Unfortunately it is with great hesitation and after a lot of discussion and debate . . . that we had to be Solomon and just make the decision,” said the mayor
  The city was receiving complaints from upset citizens who were “walking in it,” said Hawa.
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• Lester B. Pearson School Board budget supports deeper learning

  11-07-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lester B. Pearson School Board has adopted a $306.3 million budget for the 2018-2019 academic year and advancing deeper-learning initiatives is one of the priorities for the coming year.
  Deeper learning develops what are called the six “Cs” — character, creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration and citizenship. To that end, the board is spending $1 million on IT training for teachers as well upgrading IT resources. Technology is harnessed for dee
  
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• Two kids, a 35-foot sailboat and a year-long trip to the Caribbean

  11-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Carole Plouffe and Benoit Plamondon had a dream. About 12 years ago, they gathered their life savings and bought a big house with an almost-as-big detached garage in the Laurentians.
  The goal was to turn the garage into a woodworking shop and grow it into a business. But the idea never quite worked out. To make matters worse, their children were being bullied at their new school.
  They knew it was time for another plan, they just didn’t know what yet. The couple sold the hous
  
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• McVey to head up West Island health network

  11-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealer Lynne McVey is the new head of the West Island’s Integrated University Health and Services Centre (CIUSSS).
  She was appointed by Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, who extolled McVey’s credentials as a leader in health and social services.
  “Recognized for her client and human resource-centric approach, her interdisciplinary leadership, and her deep knowledge of the region’s unique issues, Ms. McVey will undoubtedly rise to the challenges of this imp
  
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• 'It's not just video games': Concordia partners with Ubisoft on VR

  11-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A company created by Concordia University is partnering with video game-maker Ubisoft to launch a new program aimed at making Montreal a hub for virtual reality and similar technologies.
  “XR:MTL is a place where we bring together three constituents: We bring leading corporations, like Ubisoft and many others; we bring startups; and we bring university talent, students, researchers,” said Stéphane Marceau, the CEO of Galilei, a company created by Concordia to foster those kinds
  
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• Duncan: Farmers union opposes new hospital location in Vaudreuil-Soulanges

  11-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When you want to build a new hospital that will purportedly house 404 beds, 10 operating rooms and an emergency room that can accommodate 41 stretchers, you require ample and adequate space for its location.
  There is no question that a planned new hospital that will serve the population of Vaudreuil-Soulanges better is a good thing. And nobody would argue that with a burgeoning population and challenges related to travel distances and crossings of bridges and borders to access other hospitals, t
  
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• Hudson Players Club to harness beauty of park for The Tempest

  11-07-2018 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  When you think Shakespeare’s The Tempest, you think remote island, stormy shores and magic.
  Jack Layton Park in Hudson may not immediately conjure up images of sorcery and squalls, but theatre director Mary Vuorela described its natural splendour as the perfect backdrop for the Bard’s play about the harnessing of nature’s power and human ability to embrace love and forgiveness.
  The Hudson Players Club production of The Tempest is at Jack Layton Park, beginning July 12.
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• Gas price watch: Montrealers forced to pay more to fill up the tank

  11-07-2018 04:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Gas prices jumped late Tuesday at Montreal-area gas stations to hit a high of $1.439 a litre.
  Earlier in the day, prices varied from a low of $1.289 a litre at an Ultramar station on Montée-de-Liesse, to a high of $1.439 at a Petro-Canada station in Côte-des-Neiges, according to essencemontreal.com.
  Midday at most Costco gas bars in the Montreal area, the price of a litre was $1.304.
  The price of a barrel of crude oil was US$73.47 at the end of the trading day on the NYMEX index, in
  
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• No cars will be allowed on access road to Kirkland REM station

  11-07-2018 03:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A new access route to be built connecting Pierrefonds and Kirkland residents with the REM rail network will be off limits to cars, the city of Montreal announced Tuesday.
  The move is meant to force commuters to leave their cars at home and take the bus to the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain (REM) station in Kirkland.
  The city’s plan calls for a bus lane and a bike path to run through a new regional park that will be built on undeveloped land north of Highway 40.
  The pa
  
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• Controversial SLĀV play to continue its run across Quebec in 2019

  11-07-2018 01:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The artistic director of a theatre in St-Jérôme says he doesn’t want to cancel a play that sparked protests and accusations of racial insensitivity, and helped lead the Montreal jazz festival to cancel the show’s multi-night run in early July.
  David Laferrière said in an interview Tuesday the theatre will put on the show SLĀV by Quebec director Robert Lepage in early 2019. The play features a predominantly white cast picking cotton and singing songs composed
  
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• Max Pacioretty's days with Canadiens appear to be numbered

  11-07-2018 00:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty has insisted all along that he wants to stay in Montreal, but it certainly doesn’t look like the team wants to keep him.
  Pacioretty is heading into the final season of his six-year, US$27-million contract with a $4.5 million salary-cap hit, after which he can become an unrestricted free agent. On Tuesday, Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic reported that an NHL source told him Marc Bergevin has told Pacioretty there will be no negotiations about a new contra
  
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• Allison Hanes: Drinking straw ban a first step, but we can't stop there

  11-07-2018 00:10 via montrealgazette.com
  With cities around the world taking aim at drinking straws in a bid to reduce single-use plastics polluting our planet, food establishments big and small are also stepping up to take pre-emptive action.
  Coffee conglomerate Starbuck’s announced this week it will phase out plastic straws by 2020, replacing them with a moulded lid. Burger chain A&W announced last month it will replace plastic straws in all its restaurants with biodegradable paper ones within the coming months.
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• Impact displaying skill and talent during four-game MLS win streak

  11-07-2018 00:04 via montrealgazette.com
  After the Impact lost 2-0 in Minnesota on May 26, head coach Rémi Garde said: “We had opportunities, but there was a lack of skill, talent and willpower tonight.”
  Garde stood by those words a couple of days later before practice, saying: “Yeah, I think we’re missing talent. I don’t think I have to correct what I said after the game.”
  The loss to Minnesota United FC dropped the Impact’s record to 3-10-0 and they were nine points out of th
  
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