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• Montreal actor Edgar Fruitier accused of indecent assault

  21-07-2018 22:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Actor Edgar Fruitier is facing two charges of indecent assault for events dating back to the 1970s.
  According to his indictment, Fruitier of Montreal, who is 88 years old, indecently assaulted a man between June 1 and Aug. 31, 1974, in Eastman, and then between March 20 and Sept. 20, 1976, in Brossard.
  Le Courrier du Sud, a weekly from Longueuil, published the news Friday. The Canadian Press was able to obtain a copy of the indictment.
  The charges were filed on July 12. These allegations have no
  
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• SQ investigates threats made to its spokesperson

  21-07-2018 22:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec said Saturday one of its members has received threats.
  In a written statement, the provincial police say “there is an ongoing investigation into threats to one of its spokespeople.”
  The provincial police say they take the situation “very seriously” and appropriate action is being taken.
  In its Saturday edition, the Journal de Montréal revealed SQ spokesperson Guy Lapointe Jr. and his father, the former hockey player of the s
  
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• Montreal comedian Edgar Fruitier accused of indecent assault

  21-07-2018 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Comedian Edgar Fruitier is facing two charges of indecent assault for events dating back to the 1970s.
  According to his indictment, Fruitier of Montreal, who is 88 years old, indecently assaulted a man between June 1 and Aug. 31, 1974, in Eastman, and then between March 20 and Sept. 20, 1976, in Brossard.
  Le Courrier du Sud, a weekly from Longueuil, published the news Friday. The Canadian Press was able to obtain a copy of the indictment.
  The charges were filed on July 12. These allegations have
  
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• One man dead, one injured after stabbing in Montreal

  21-07-2018 19:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A 20-year-old man is dead after being stabbed early Saturday morning in an altercation at at the corner of Saint-Laurent Blvd. and Viger Ave.
  Two men were stabbed after an argument turned violent just before 4:00 a.m. Saturday.
  One of the men died of his injuries in hospital. The other, a 26-year-old was badly hurt but is in stable condition.
  Suspects were seen fleeing the scene aboard an SUV but were tracked down by police several minutes later. Four people were arrested and are being
  
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• Protesters rally in downtown Montreal denouncing deportations to Haiti

  21-07-2018 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  About thirty protesters carried signs denouncing strict immigration policies and chanted “Nobody is illegal” outside the offices of Immigration Canada on the St-Antoine St. and Cathedrale St. downtown Saturday.
  They denounced the Canadian government’s policy of deporting people to Haiti while violent protests continue to take place throughout the country.
  “If we consider it dangerous that there’s instability and violence [in Haiti] and that Canadians shouldn’t
  
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• Updated: Missing Quebec woman found safe in Val d'Or

  21-07-2018 15:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman, whose disappearance Friday from St-Hyacinthe sparked a missing-persons alert, has been found safe and sound in Val d’Or, the Sûreté du Québec announced Monday.
  The woman, whose family feared for her safety, was found unharmed on Sunday. Police noted that the woman is originally from Val d’Or.
   
  
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• Missing Quebec woman last seen in Saint-Hyacinthe

  21-07-2018 15:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Police are seaching for 19-year-old Emmy Langlais, last seen Friday morning in Saint-Hyacinthe, on foot.
  Police say that Langlais’ relatives have reason to fear for her safety.
  She is five feet five inches tall. She has reddish-brown hair and a tattoo of a star on her right wrist.
  She also has “JUDY” tattooed on the left side of her chest.
  She was last seen wearing a pink tank top and camouflage leggings.
  Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 1 800 659-4264.
  
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• Risk of forest fires: campfires banned in some parts of Quebec

  21-07-2018 15:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec ministry of forests, wildlife and parks announced a ban on open fires in or near forests due elevated risk of forest fires Friday.
  The ban is in effect in numerous areas across the province, including parts of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the lower Saint-Lawrence and the Laurentians.
  According to the society for the prevention of forest fires (SOPFEU) there are currently 19 forest fires in progress in Quebec.
  So far this year there have been 439 forest fires province-wide.
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Create Moroccan chic with spicy colours and exotic decor

  21-07-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Morocco is a meeting place for the many cultural design influences that surround it. The flavours of Spain, Portugal and southern France mix with northwest African and Persian influences to create a unique blend of architecture and design that’s both luxurious and vibrant. If an exotic travel-themed decor appeals to the adventurous designer in you, here is how to bring home a little North Africa.
  COLOUR & PATTERN: Rich turquoise, pink and orange are a few classic Moroccan colours that
  
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• While you were sleeping: Overtime lawsuits and cracker recalls

  21-07-2018 14:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Class action lawsuit says L’Aréna des Canadiens failed to pay OT
  An application for a class-action lawsuit filed Friday at the Quebec Superior Court has accused the Aréna des Canadiens of not having paid overtime and recognized time worked by employees.
  The 20-page document, which refers to violations of Quebec’s Act respecting labour standards, quotes Joanie Godin as the plaintiff. Godin was employed by the company from October 2016 until last April as its chief writin
  
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• Salmonella contamination: crackers and chicken nuggets recalled

  21-07-2018 14:31 via montrealgazette.com
  No Name brand chicken nuggets and Christie brand Ritz crackers have been recalled nationwide due to possible Salmonella contamination.
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) posted the recalls on their website Friday. Cheese and pizza flavored “Ritz bits” sandwiches are included in the recall along with No Name brand chicken nuggets.
  According to the agency, the recall was triggered by a recall in another country.
  Consumers who have recalled products in their home shoul
  
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• Two men stabbed in downtown Montreal

  21-07-2018 14:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Police arrested four people in connection with the stabbing of two men early Saturday morning.
  One of the men is in critical condition according to the SPVM. The other was badly hurt but his life is not in danger.
  The event happened just before 4:00 a.m. at the corner of Saint-Laurent Blvd. and Viger Ave.
  Witnesses reportedly said that several people were involved in the altercation.
  Suspects were seen fleeing the scene aboard an SUV but were tracked down by police several minutes later.
  Four pe
  
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• The Week in Review: Cannabis countdown, commuting hell and crossing border

  21-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  STM bus ridership has declined by more than 13 per cent over 5 years
  Despite major investments to improve the reliability and comfort of its buses, the Société de transport de Montréal has seen bus ridership plummet in the last few years, according to figures obtained by the Montreal Gazette in an access-to-information request. The findings come as most major cities in North America are also struggling
  
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• The many, many lives of The Green Phantom, Montreal's teacher wrestler

  21-07-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Green Phantom sat with his head between his knees, wondering if he could pull off one more stunt.
  In less than an hour, he’d be launched over the third rope of a wrestling ring, through a table and onto the concrete floor of Unity — a nightclub in the heart of Montreal’s gay village.
  Given how dangerous this particular stunt is, there was no way for the Phantom to rehearse it. The timing, speed and crash landing would be the product of guesswork.
  Fans would likely scream hi
  
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• Shelter: Home is a 19th-century greystone returned to its former glory

  21-07-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Giovanni and Gemma are in their mid-60s, and they’ve always liked the vintage feel of “old houses”. The couple, who didn’t want their last names published, are both children of Italian immigrants who grew up in Quebec.
  Giovanni is a school psychologist, while Gemma is a semi-retired social worker. She actually retired four years ago but then found herself being rehired on a part-time basis to fill in for a colleague who had left.
  Both love their jobs, but their real passi
  
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• Five Montreal traffic spots to avoid today — especially bridges

  21-07-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Turcot Interchange
  Highway 15 northbound will be completely closed at the Turcot Interchange from Saturday at 7 a.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.
  The Highway 15 ramp coming from the Champlain Bridge toward the Décarie Expressway will be closed during the same period. The entrance to De La Vérendrye Blvd. for Highway 15 northbound will also be closed according to the same schedule.
  The following ramps in the Turcot Interchange will be completely closed between Friday at 11:59
  
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• The superhospital conundrum: specialized care but long ER waits

  21-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In October, Montreal’s newest superhospital opened to great fanfare. Dignitaries and even a few vedettes toured the ultra-modern Nouveau CHUM on St-Denis St., including its gleaming, state-of-the-art emergency room.
  But a report this week by La Presse found that the average length of stay in the CHUM superhospital’s ER is 20 hours and 24 minutes, the second highest in the city. As for Montreal’s other superhospital in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, ER patients wait on average 18 ho
  
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• Montreal weather: Typical summer day … please go about your business

  21-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A mix of sun and cloud. Hope you’re on vacation.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 30 Celsius, a Humidex of 33 and a UV index of 8, or very high.
  Tonight: Becoming cloudy overnight with a low of 21.
  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 @arcpixel.
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• Freed: Driven to distraction by the good, the bad & the overconfident

  21-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I was a passenger in a friend’s car recently when another motorist zipped by a little close, so my normally polite pal beeped the horn and hissed: “What an idiot! That guy can’t drive!”
  But it was an uncertain “beeping situation” and I thought the other driver was probably hissing and saying the same thing — each dismissing the other as a terrible driver.
  In fact, study after study shows over 90 per cent of us think we are safer, better drivers than the
  
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• Schukov: Condos are a village’s scourge

  21-07-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The recent resignation of Pointe-Claire heritage society president Claude Arsenault certainly smacks of the old adage, “You can’t fight city hall.” Arsenault has had his fill of 18 years of butting heads with a proverbial rhino. It came to a head, so to speak, with a real estate agency (prematurely) crowing over the still warm corpse of Pointe-Claire Village’s Pioneer being circled by condo-building vultures. (Supposedly, it’s not a done deal. Do you really believe
  
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• Mutual respect means Inuit feel at home in city of Dorval

  21-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every day after breakfast, Maggie Putulik and her Aunt Lolly would walk to the telephone operating station across town.
  Putulik was three. Lolly was blind.
  In the Arctic village of Kangirsuk, guiding Lolly to work meant keeping her safe from passing trucks and stray dogs. Sometimes, Putulik would pull Lolly through the snow squalls that came howling off Ungava Bay.
  “I was her eyes, I was her lookout,” Putulik says. “But she was such an incredible woman to be around and to learn
  
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• Firefighters find body of woman at apartment fire in downtown Montreal

  21-07-2018 03:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal firefighters have found the body of a woman while fighting a fire in a downtown apartment.
  Firefighters called Montreal police to the scene of a fire at 7:20 p.m. Friday. The fire was in an apartment on St-Timothée St., close to Maisonneuve Blvd. in the Ville-Marie borough.
  Firefighters have controlled the fire, but they found the body of a woman inside the apartment. Her identity is unknown.
  The cause of fire is not criminal, but the Montreal police’s arson squad
  
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• Beluga released last year is in good health: Quebec-based marine group

  21-07-2018 03:38 via montrealgazette.com
  A young beluga whale rescued in New Brunswick and released in Quebec last year was seen safe along the coast of Nova Scotia, a marine mammal research group said Friday.
  The Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) said in a statement that the beluga was seen last week near Ingonish on Cape Breton Island with a male beluga.
  Université de Montréal veterinarian Stéphane Lair said that according to the images, the beluga of the Nepisiguit River appeared to be i
  
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• More women in Quebec's workforce, thanks to daycare policy: study

  21-07-2018 03:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Women in Quebec are more likely to be in the workforce than women in Ontario and a new Statistics Canada study suggests that subsidized daycare may account for the gap.
  The percentage of women 15 to 44 who participate in the labour force has been higher in Quebec than in Ontario since 2003, but while that percentage has continued to increase in Quebec — going from 78 per cent in 2003 to 81 per cent in 2016 — it has declined slightly in Ontario — from 77 per cent in 20
  
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• Suspect in Verdun shooting charged with armed assault

  21-07-2018 02:18 via montrealgazette.com
  A 42-year-old man is in hospital after an apparent murder attempt outside the LaSalle métro station in the Verdun borough early Friday.
  Montreal police say the man’s life is not in danger.
  A 35-year-old man has been charged with armed assault and discharge of a firearm in connection with the incident, according to police.
  The incident occurred at a little after midnight at LaSalle Blvd. and Rushbrooke St. Police arriving at the scene found the victim on the ground, shot at least onc
  
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• Update: Five people arrested in connection with gunshots in N.D.G.

  21-07-2018 02:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have arrested five people in connection with guns fired in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood late Wednesday night.
  A police spokesperson said the five people have received different charges, but was not able to specify them.
  Police were called to the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday after the gunfire was heard near de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Regent Ave., but an initial police sweep of the area found no victims or witnesses. Several spent cartridges were fo
  
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• Quebec forest fires: A primer on what not to do on your vacation

  21-07-2018 01:13 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec organization has issued a warning to hikers and campers that the dangers of sparking forest fires over the weekend is pegged at “very high, if not extreme, levels” in most of the province.
  Most forest fires are caused by human carelessness, and the beginning of two weeks of summer construction holidays means it will be high season for unwanted fires, said Melanie Morin of the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU). 
  The con
  
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• Class action lawsuit says L'Aréna des Canadiens failed to pay OT

  21-07-2018 01:04 via montrealgazette.com
  An application for a class-action lawsuit filed Friday at the Quebec Superior Court has accused the Aréna des Canadiens of not having paid overtime and recognized time worked by employees.
  The 20-page document, which refers to violations of Quebec’s Act respecting labour standards, quotes Joanie Godin as the plaintiff. Godin was employed by the company from October 2016 until last April as its chief writing coordinator. She is claiming $4,158.45.
  The Aréna des Canadiens group
  
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• Buchignani: Trash talk, the German GP and a switch for Stroll?

  21-07-2018 00:44 via montrealgazette.com
  It appears the folks at Mercedes have backed away from their war of words with Ferrari as Formula One heads to Hockenheim for this weekend’s German Grand Prix.
  Shame.
  I mean, at a time when Formula One frequently comes under attack for veering toward the dull side, a bit of trash talk helps liven things up.
  Things got plenty lively at the last stop, in Britain, where an on-track clash between the two titans spilled over into the paddocks and in front of the TV cameras, with the Mercedes si
  
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• Alouettes face formidable test against perfect Stampeders

  21-07-2018 00:35 via montrealgazette.com
  CALGARY — Mike Sherman looked like a beaten man two weeks ago upon meeting the media, following yet another defeat. But now, refreshed after a bye week in the schedule, the Alouettes head coach almost appears rejuvenated.
  “Anytime you’re trying to build something from the bottom up, it takes a little bit of time,” he said. “Offence still takes a bit of experience and being together and repetition. When you’re mixing pieces on a regular basis, it kind of slows
  
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