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• Man, 75, dies after boat capsizes in Saguenay region

  14-07-2018 23:59 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec man died after his boat capsized in a lake that’s part of the Homamo Épinette rouge fishing reserve, in the Saguenay region on Friday.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) the victim, Patrick Latulipe, 75, was on a boat with another fisherman. When the boat capsized, the other man was able to make it to shore.
  Residents from the area found Latulipe in an unconscious state.
  He was pronounced dead in hospital.
  
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• Firefighters respond to fourth downtown fire in less than 24 hours

  14-07-2018 23:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Thick black smoke billowed from a fire behind an apartment building near the corner of St-Mathieu st. and René-Levesque blvd. Saturday afternoon.
  A pile of wood and debris caught fire around 2:00 p.m. Saturday, filling the air with thick black smoke, but was quickly extinguished by Montreal firefighters.
  Residents of the complex were evacuated after the fire alarm rang.
  This was the fourth fire near downtown Montreal in less than 24 hours.
  The fire department also responded to a building
  
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• Montreal Baseball Project asks fans to fill out survey about ball park

  14-07-2018 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Baseball Project, which is led by Stephen Bronfman and has a goal of returning a major-league team to the city, is asking fans to fill out an online survey answering questions about what they would like to see in a new downtown ball park if the Expos ever do return.
  William Jegher of Ernst and Young, who is involved with the Montreal Baseball Project, joined Mitch Melnick on TSN 690 Radio Friday afternoon to talk about the survey.
  “We’re looking just to elicit feedb
  
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• Man badly injured in motorcycle crash in Candiac

  14-07-2018 21:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A man in his 60s was transported to hospital after his motorcycle collided with a car in Candiac on Saturday.
  The Sûreté du Québec said that the man, who is from the Maritimes, was travelling with a group of motorcyclists. He was apparently trying to catch up to his group at the time of the collision.
  Three people who were in the car and another motorcyclist were also transported to hospital for minor injuries.
  Authorities fear for the man’s life.
  The crash occurred aro
  
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• Canadiens are stocking up on former first-round NHL draft picks

  14-07-2018 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  What do right-winger Joel Armia and defenceman Simon Desprès have in common?
  Well, they both recently joined the Canadiens and they are both former first-round NHL draft picks.
  The Canadiens acquired Armia last month in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets and on Friday signed the restricted free agent to a one-year contract worth US$1.85 million. On Thursday, the Canadiens announced they have invited Desprès to training camp on a professional tryout.
  The Canadiens now have nine former f
  
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• Quebec farmers are hoping for rain in coming days

  14-07-2018 20:06 via montrealgazette.com
  After a peculiarly dry June, farmers are hoping for rain as soon as possible since almost all regions in Quebec are lacking water, according to Marcel Groleau, the president of the Union des producteurs agricoles.
  In a phone interview with the Presse Canadienne on Friday, Groleau said that he didn’t know a region “where everything is good” at this moment.
  In certain regions the situation is critical, notably in Lanaudière and the south of Quebec, Groleau said. 
  
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• Canadiens are stacking up on former first-round NHL draft picks

  14-07-2018 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  What do right-winger Joel Armia and defenceman Simon Desprès have in common?
  Well, they both recently joined the Canadiens and they are both former first-round NHL draft picks.
  The Canadiens acquired Armia last month in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets and on Friday signed the restricted free agent to a one-year contract worth US$1.85 million. On Thursday, the Canadiens announced they have invited Desprès to training camp on a professional tryout.
  The Canadiens now have nine former f
  
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• What's the most important lesson Canadiens' Marc Bergevin has learned?

  14-07-2018 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Marc Bergevin is heading into Year 7 as general manager of the Canadiens and the team has missed the playoffs in two of the last three years and finished 28th in the overall NHL standings last season.
  Obviously, Bergevin has made quite a few mistakes along the way. But with four years remaining on the contract extension that team owner/president Geoff Molson gave him in November 2015, Bergevin’s job does not appear to be in jeopardy. The Canadiens made the playoffs in each of Bergevin&rsqu
  
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• Europe's Best Field Berry mixes recalled for Salmonella

  14-07-2018 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has ordered a national recall of Europe Best’s Field Berry mixes in 600g and 2 kg packages due to Salmonella.
  According to the agency’s website, the recall was triggered due to reports from another country, and they’re leading their own investigation, which could possibly include other products.
  The CFIA writes that food contaminated with Salmonella might not look spoiled but can still make you sick.
  “Young children, pregnant wom
  
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• Robert Lepage in controversy again over new production Kanata

  14-07-2018 16:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The controversy surrounding the SLĀV show could also affect Kanata, another project by director Robert Lepage.
  In a letter to Le Devoir, around 20 Indigenous personalities denounced the planned absence of actors from their nations among the 34 artists who will be featured in this production of “the history of Canada through the lens of the relationship between white and Indigenous people.”
  Most of the letter’s signatories are artists, but the group also includes
  
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• Man barricaded in Drummondville residence

  14-07-2018 15:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A man has barricaded himself in a Drummondville home since Friday evening, threatening to use a knife against himself or the police if they approach him, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  An SQ spokesperson said that they believe the man is in a mental health crisis.
  He is about 30-years-old and alone in the home.
  Police have been trying to get him to come out of the residence since they were first called to the scene around 9 p.m. Friday.
   
   
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Cooler colour tones are ideal for summer decor

  14-07-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Cool colours like blue, green and grey are on-trend, but many people hesitate to use them, afraid they will make a room feel too cold. Yet there are many visual, psychological and physiological advantages to decorating with cooler colours. Not only do they visually cool down our homes on a hot summer’s day, but they help slow down breathing, reduce anxiety, lower body temperature and create a relaxed state of mind.
  Blue, in its many forms, is one of the most popular colours, yet not many p
  
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• Au Pied de Cochon among 'most influential restaurants' of last 30 years: report

  14-07-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Au Pied de Cochon has yet another accolade to its name.
  American luxury magazine Robb Report included the Duluth St. restaurant in its recent compilation of the 30 most influential restaurants of the last 30 years.
  The list was reportedly compiled on the basis of discussions with “the world’s leading chefs and restaurateurs” about establishments they think have changed the dining scene.
  “Martin Picard has taken gluttony and decadence to a new level. Rare
  
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• Montreal police investigate after gunshots heard downtown

  14-07-2018 14:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating after they heard gunshots early Saturday morning in the Ville-Marie borough.
  Police heard gunshots on Notre-Dame St. near St-Laurent Blvd. around 3:30 a.m. When they arrived on the scene, they saw a few people fleeing.
  No suspects or victims have been found.
  Impact from a gunshot was found on a parked car on Notre-Dame St.
  Police established a perimeter around the area. The area between St-Jacques St. and Notre-Dame St. on the north and south, and St-L
  
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• Watch: Gathering at the Kahnawake Pow Wow

  14-07-2018 14:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The annual Kahnawake Pow Wow is being held this weekend.
  The event began as a way to honour the Mohawk resistance to the Canadian Forces during the 1990 Oka Crisis.
  The Pow Wow also celebrates Indigenous culture and brings together people from Montreal and its suburbs with their Mohawk neighbours. It welcomes First Nations from across North America for a weekend of dancing, home cooking and fun.
  Last summer, Christopher Curtis and Catherine Mathys attended the Pow Wow as part of their Two Solitu
  
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• While you were sleeping: Missed jackpots and protected frogs

  14-07-2018 14:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec misses out: Ontario ticket claims Friday night’s $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
  There is one winning ticket for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw — and it was sold somewhere in Ontario.
  There were also 21 Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and six of them were claimed by ticket holders in Ontario and the Prairies.
  The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on July 20 will be approximately $25 million.
   
  Federal judge sides with tin
  
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• The week in review: Bugs, buds, and possible policy duds

  14-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  A local coalition is decrying the piecemeal sale of a building on the Hôtel-Deu hospital site
  The province and the city have yet to position themselves on the future use of the sprawling Hôtel-Dieu hospital site on the eastern flank of Mount Royal. But the Fondation du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) began taking private offers for the four-floor Masson pavilion through a re
  
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• The shift to electric cars: Are we there yet?

  14-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Driven by a love for his planet and a concern for his pocketbook, George Giannelis made the switch to an all-electric vehicle last summer.
  “Best car I ever had,” he says, with the gentle fervour of the recently converted. “For somebody who comes from driving a regular car, it’s a whole new driving experience, because you don’t have the vibrations, you only have the wheels rolling on the pavement. So if you close your windows, you don’t hear anything. It’
  
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• Shelter: Sherbrooke St. condo with a yoga salon and a view

  14-07-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  By the time he was 10 years old, Paul Terni could speak five languages — English, French, Arabic, Armenian and Italian. He came by his linguistic skills — impressive in one so young — because of his upbringing in Alexandria, Egypt. His father was Italian. His mother came from an Armenian family. Terni was schooled in the British educational system and French was the language spoken at home.
  According to Terni, his father had “done very well for himself.” Before the
  
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• Korf: Best and worst of summer

  14-07-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  I am on holiday for much of July and fortunate to be out-of-town and by the beach during the dog days of July, particularly this year with the mercury hitting record highs.
  It is, however, one of the best times of the year to enjoy the city and I am sorry to miss many of the festivities like Just for Laughs. I plan to make the most of August by catching the last of the fireworks, visiting the Picasso exhibit, trying some salsa dancing in Baie-D’Urfé and, of course, taking part in th
  
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• Montreal weather: The city's skies can't pull off the silver fox look

  14-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada’s forecast calls for a few showers in the morning and mainly cloudy skies thereafter.
  The daytime high is forecasted to be 25 degrees with a humidex of 32.
  The nighttime forecast calls for clouds, a 60 per cent chance of showers and a low of 19.
  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 Instag
  
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• Josh Freed: This customer service call was frustrating — but I later learned it wasn't what I thought

  14-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I just had an iAdventure you definitely want to avoid.
  So please stay on the line, for your future calling comfort.
  I’d ordered a new iPhone from Fido, which arrived by courier with a polished gleam. But it didn’t act polished after I’d spent hours setting it up.
  It kept ringing twice then hanging up, over and over, day and might. Strangely, the caller number never displayed and wasn’t in my call history.
  Was this a glitch, a prank or a ghost in my phone? Whatever, it was
  
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• Fire at McGill's McIntyre Medical Building

  14-07-2018 03:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s fire department responded to a three-alarm fire at the McGill University’s McIntyre Medical Building on Promenade Sir William Osler on Friday evening. The fire was quickly brought under control, though it sent smoke through the area. McGill said there were no reported injuries.
  This was the second major fire of the day in downtown Montreal, after an earlier fire at the Bell Media tower on McGill College Ave.
  Firefighters outside McGill University’s McIntyre Medi
  
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• Federal judge sides with tiny frog, rules against Quebec developer

  14-07-2018 02:22 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the size of your fingertip, but this tiny frog has some big legal protection.
  In late June, a Federal Court judge ruled that the federal government had the right to issue an emergency protection order — which shrunk a development already under construction in La Prairie — to protect the breeding grounds of the western chorus frog.
  The frog, which averages around 2.5 cm long, is one of the smallest frogs that lives in Quebec. While it’s not an endangered species globa
  
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• Three hospitalized after five-alarm fire at Bell Media tower on McGill College Ave.

  14-07-2018 01:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Three people were taken to a hospital after a five-alarm fire on the roof of the Bell Media tower at 1800 McGill College Ave.
  Authorities do not fear for their lives. Two people had been working on the roof, as well as one person who had been working in an office nearby, according to Urgences-santé.
  Black smoke and flames could be seen surging from the top of the building around 5:30 p.m. As they closed off McGill College Ave, police pushed back a crowd of onlookers who were gat
  
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• Cyclists' group urges city to improve safety at site of fatal accident

  14-07-2018 01:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A cyclists’ advocacy group is calling on the city of Montreal to improve safety at the intersection where a cyclist died last month, in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
  In its 2017 campaign platform, Projet Montréal said it would “take immediate action” to make any location safer where there had been at least one collision involving a cyclist or pedestrian.
  The Montreal Bike Coalition said in a statement that no action had yet been taken at the inte
  
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• Watch: St-Laurent pedicab program combats social isolation of seniors

  14-07-2018 01:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The borough of St-Laurent is using pedicabs to combat the social isolation of seniors.
  For the second year running, free rides of up to an hour are available to residents who are 55 or older.
  The borough’s two pedicabs are pedalled by students, who receive summer employment and a student grant for their efforts.
  “The highlight of the job is bringing a smile to people that were lonely all the time,” says pedicab driver David Deladurantaye Leblanc.
  The pedicab program, which is r
  
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• Five-alarm fire on McGill College Ave.

  14-07-2018 01:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal firefighters are on the scene of a five-alarm fire at the Bell Media building at 1800 McGill College Ave.
  Black smoke and flames could be seen surging from the top of the building around 5:30 p.m., but had appeared to die down by 6:15 p.m.
  At least 15 fire trucks had been dispatched to McGill College Ave.
  Place Montréal Trust, the mall at Ste-Catherine St. and McGill College Ave., has been evacuated.
  The fire department responded to a 5-alarm call to the Bell Media Tower at 1800
  
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