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• Former Canadien Guy Lafleur's 1976-77 Hart Trophy up for auction

  25-07-2018 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Hart Trophy former Canadiens star Guy Lafleur won as the NHL’s most valuable player for the 1976-77 season has been put up for auction.
  Lafleur’s Hart Trophy, which he no longer owned, is being auctioned on the Lelands Auctions website with a starting bid of US$20,000. The auction will end on Aug. 17.
  Lelands says that the 14-inch replica of the real Hart Trophy was given to Lafleur after he posted 56-80-136 totals in 80 games during the 1976-77 season. The Canadiens won the
  
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• Quebec announces plan to combat addiction, prevent opioid overdoses

  25-07-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The government of Quebec will be spending $35 million annually to combat addiction in the province, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette and Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois announced Wednesday.
  The $35-million total represents funding for two initiatives: $23 million will be dedicated to preventing opioid overdoses, while the remainder will go to fighting addictions such as gambling and excessive internet usage.
  A report accompanying the announcement says that while there is currently
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos at Alouettes: Five things you should know

  25-07-2018 23:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Edmonton Eskimos-Alouettes game at Molson Stadium on Thursday (7:30 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  Matchup: The Eskimos made it to the West Division final in 2017 and will undoubtedly be primed to take the next step this season, with the championship game at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton’s a better team than its 3-2 record would indicate, but somehow lost at home to Hamilton in its second game. The Eskimos are also the only team that Toronto
  
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• T'Cha Dunlevy: Montreal's electric Bixis sound like a menace to me

  25-07-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  So Bixi is going electric. In August, the Montreal bike-rental service will add 57 electrically powered bicycles to its fleet. Can you say terrible idea?
  Lazy types who don’t like to break a sweat may love the plan, but any everyday commuting cyclist with their own wheels will recognize this for what it is: just one more thing to worry about.
  I’m not talking about the numerous well-behaved Bixi commuters, some of whom even wear helmets. Nor am I dismissing physically challenged users
  
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• Montreal calls for patience as it works on 'global strategy' for intersections

  25-07-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The city’s new administration is finding it takes longer to improve safety at key intersections than they would like, says the councillor in charge of active transportation.
  Cycling and pedestrian activists called out the administration of Mayor Valérie Plante last week for a lack of action so far on safety, after two pedestrians and one cyclist were killed in accidents with trucks in the span of two months. Marianne Gigiuère, an associate councillor on the executive com
  
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• Stu Cowan: Former Expo Vladimir Guerrero clubbed his way to greatness

  25-07-2018 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Swing Away was the perfect title for the outstanding TSN Original feature Michael Farber did on former Expos outfielder Vladimir Guerrero, who will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday.
  There was no such thing as a bad pitch to Guerrero, who would swing at anything — even pitches that bounced before reaching the plate. That’s what makes Guerrero’s lifetime .318 batting average even more impressive, along with his 449 home runs. Guerrero nev
  
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• MUHC investigating cause of generator failure during power outage

  25-07-2018 22:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Emergency and operating rooms at the McGill University Health Centre’s Glen site in N.D.G. were without power for almost an hour Monday after one of the superhospital’s back-up generators failed during a Hydro-Québec power outage.
  The MUHC says they are investigating the cause of the problem, but current theories point to a “faulty electrical component coupled with a possible human error in the building control room,” a statement released Wednesday reads. It says t
  
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• IKEA's Quebec City store to open Aug. 22

  25-07-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  IKEA Canada announced on Wednesday that its much-anticipated Quebec City store will open on Aug. 22.
  The 340,000 square-foot outlet — IKEA’s 14th in Canada — will include a showroom, market hall, a full restaurant and a children’s play facility.
  The IKEA Quebec City regular store hours will be weekdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
  The existing Quebec City pickup and order point will close on Monday, Aug. 13,&nb
  
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• Teen killed by SQ in Knowlton had displayed suicidal behaviour: friend

  25-07-2018 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  After the crime scene tape was torn down and the police cars left the scene, a bloodstained road and a bouquet of flowers marked the spot where a 17-year-old was shot and killed by police in Knowlton, near Brome lake, early Wednesday morning.
  The victim, Riley Fairholm, was troubled and displayed suicidal behaviour in the past, according to his ex-girlfriend, Camille Larouche, who came to the scene with her parents. She painted a picture of Fairholm as a smiling but troubled young man who d
  
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• Super Aqua Club owner arrested again for alleged sex crimes

  25-07-2018 20:35 via montrealgazette.com
  The owner of the Super Aqua Club in Pointe-Calumet was arrested on Wednesday for a second time over alleged sex crimes.
  Réjean Julien Proulx, 57, is facing charges of sexual touching, invitation to sexual touching and sexual assault of a teenager between 1994 and 2000, according to a statement from the Sûreté du Québec.
  He was expected to appear at the St-Jérôme courthouse Wednesday afternoon.
  Proulx was first arrested on June 15 by Lac-des-Deux-Monta
  
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• Public memorial for Harry Gulkin to be held Aug. 5

  25-07-2018 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  A public memorial for Harry Gulkin will be held Sunday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Segal Centre, 5170 Côte-Ste-Catherine St.
  The legendary Montreal filmmaker died Monday at 90, following a brief bout with pneumonia.
  Flowers are welcome and can be sent to the Segal Centre on the day of the memorial. In addition or in lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Gilkin’s memory to the Canadian Film Institute, where he served as president and chair. The donation details can b
  
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• Opinion: Respect accessibility rights, boost public transit ridership

  25-07-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s public transit system is reporting plummeting ridership on buses. And while métro ridership is up, the system is not easy for many people.
  Lots of good ideas have been offered for making the public transit system more attractive and user-friendly.
  Here’s one more: Why not make our system accessible?
  According Statistics Canada, long-term disability affects about 10 per cent of Quebecers. Many face severe obstacles in accessing our public transit system. Ad
  
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• Watch: A Montreal composer scores the latest Tomb Raider video game

  25-07-2018 19:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealer Brian D’Oliveira, a Trinidad-born multi-instrumentalist, has spent a good chunk of the past three years composing the score for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the latest instalment in the ultra-popular video-game series which was developed by Montreal’s Eidos Interactive and spawned the hit movie franchise Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie.
  The Montreal Gazette spoke to D’Oliveira about why he was chosen for the project, the research he did and how he put
  
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• Martin Patriquin: What SLAV episode says about the state of Quebec culture

  25-07-2018 19:28 via montrealgazette.com
  If the fallout from Robert Lepage’s SLĀV showed us anything, it’s that Quebec culture is an extension of its politics. As with politics, culture is defended as though under constant siege. Cultural practitioners aren’t just singing, dancing or writing; they are doing God’s work. And as usual with the divinely inspired, grandiosity and self-martyrdom are rarely in short supply.
  It’s why the debate over SLĀV, a play in which an overwhelmingly white cast sung
  
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• Montreal's heartbroken Greek community fundraising for wildfire victims

  25-07-2018 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Greek community is reeling from news that wildfires in Greece have taken at least 79 lives outside the nation’s capital.
  “It’s devastating to think that so many people are losing their lives and their loved ones in this fire,” said Andy Crilis, vice president of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal.
  “And then you think of the people who don’t know if their loved ones are OK or not. It breaks your heart.”
  Crilis said he hasn’t
  
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• NXIVM founder to appear in federal court on sex-trafficking charges

  25-07-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  NEW YORK — The founder of a self-improvement group that’s accused of branding some of its female followers and forcing them into unwanted sex is due before a federal judge in New York.
  Keith Raniere has a pre-trial court appearance on Wednesday afternoon, along with one of the group’s more high-profile adherents, TV actress Allison Mack.
  On Tuesday, an heiress to the Seagram’s liquor fortune and three other people were arrested in the investigation into the upstate New Yo
  
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• Agitated patient arrested in N.D.G. behind wheel of stolen ambulance

  25-07-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A 22-year-old woman was expected to be questioned by Montreal police Wednesday after a bizarre incident Tuesday night that saw an Urgences-Santé ambulance stolen in Little Burgundy, apparently by the patient it had been called to assist.
  Police stopped the vehicle 1.5 kms away in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. While several vehicles were damaged over the course of the ambulance’s route, no injuries were reported.
  The incident began at about 10:45 p.m., when the ambulance and i
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of July 25

  25-07-2018 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre, 1401 Lakeshore Dr. in Dorval, presents the exhibition Traditions and Continuity by Sophie Roy. Continues until Aug. 24. Call 514-633-4071.
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Making a Stand. Revisited Pedestals — Part III. Continues until Aug. 26. Call 514-630-1220.
  Greenwood Centre for Living History, 254 Main Rd. in Hudson, is open for guided tours and tea for the summer
  
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• Bird-strike risk at Trudeau airport: Compost plan doesn't heed all safety advice

  25-07-2018 17:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The city isn’t heeding some of the safety precautions that Aéroports de Montréal recommended to reduce the risk of bird-plane collisions around a municipal organic waste treatment centre that Montreal is planning to build near Trudeau airport, a Montreal Gazette investigation reveals.
  An examination of the contract specifications for the future centre shows some of the airport authority’s precautions are absent or partially addressed. However, the city maintains it
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Steak sandwiches from Sherlock Holmes's pantry

  25-07-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Summer often means extra time to read, and to cook, so A Literary Tea Party (Skyhorse/Thomas Allen, $29.99), a new cookbook inspired by favourite books, is timely. The author is U.S. blogger Alison Walsh, who also supplies outstanding photographs of the 55 recipes.Walsh, who blogs at WonderlandRecipes.com, likes to sit down with a cup of tea and foods based on literature — largely British books, but sometimes Canadian or American. Sandwich recipes are plentiful, inspired by the tastes of M
  
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• Sûreté du Québec officers fatally shoot armed youth in Lac-Brome

  25-07-2018 16:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s independent investigations bureau, the BEI, has been assigned to investigate after a young man was fatally shot by provincial police early Wednesday in Lac-Brome.
  The incident occurred at 1:20 a.m., when a 911 call was received concerning an armed individual in a public area near Highway 104.
  Sûreté du Québec officers arriving on the scene found the man carrying a firearm and tried to speak to him using a loud speaker, however, according to information received
  
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• IKEA Canada announces opening date for Quebec City store

  25-07-2018 16:24 via montrealgazette.com
  IKEA Canada announced on Wednesday that its much-anticipated Quebec City store will open on Aug. 22.
  The 340,000 square-foot outlet — IKEA’s 14th in Canada — will include a showroom, market hall, a full restaurant and a children’s play facility.
  The IKEA Quebec City regular store hours will be weekdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
  The existing Quebec City pick-up and order point will close on Monday, Aug. 13,&n
  
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• Rescue crews search for missing in Greek wildfires; 79 dead

  25-07-2018 15:37 via montrealgazette.com
  MATI, Greece — Rescue crews were searching Wednesday through charred homes and cars for those still missing after the deadliest wildfires to hit Greece in decades decimated seaside areas near Athens, killing at least 79 people and sending thousands fleeing.
  There was no official indication as to how many people might be missing, and some took to social media and Greek television stations with appeals for information on their loved ones.
  Survivors described dramatic scenes of people fleeing
  
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• Illuminated see-saws can travel the world after David vs. Goliath ruling

  25-07-2018 14:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Conor Sampson can display his illuminated see-saws anywhere in the world he pleases.
  Quebec Superior Court has quashed an attempt by the Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles, a municipal non-profit organization in charge of Montreal’s entertainment district, to stop Sampson from reproducing and exhibiting Impulse, the playful playground equipment he designed for the 2015-16 Luminothérapie festival.
  Since they first went on display in Place des Festivals in December 2015, the award
  
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• The Pioneer: Pointe-Claire condo project faces formidable opposition

  25-07-2018 14:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Pioneer closed its doors, likely for the last time, early Sunday after a rousing farewell bash that saw lineups, and some beer, spill onto Lakeshore Rd. in the Pointe-Claire Village.
  Patrons young and old packed the iconic bar to raise a glass and drink up the nostalgia that only comes from revelling in a 117-year-old building that once housed a hotel and served as a local watering hole for generations of West Islanders since the 1970s.
  Last call for suds came just days after Pointe-Claire a
  
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• While you were sleeping: Trump tape released (no, not that one)

  25-07-2018 13:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model’s story
  A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy model’s story about an alleged affair. The soon-to-be president is heard discussing whether to “pay with cash.”
  The audio recording, surreptitiously made by Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen two months before the 2016
  
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• Nursing-home class action against ‘shameful’ treatment gains momentum

  25-07-2018 13:39 via montrealgazette.com
  In less than three weeks, more than 100 nursing-home patients and their families have come forward to sign up for a class-action lawsuit against the government over the “shameful” treatment of residents of long-term care centres.
  Daniel Pilote, the lead plaintiff in the $500-million class action that must still be authorized by the courts, said he’s heartened by the “phenomenal” response so soon after his July 10 news conference.
  “This shows that there is a bi
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal cop empowers women through self-defence training

  25-07-2018 13:26 via montrealgazette.com
  He looks like a frightening cross between Mr. Potato Head and RoboCop, covered in protective gear from his Styrofoam-covered head through to his hockey-padded groin, knees and even toes. And even at that, George Manoli, under 40 pounds of this garb, has still sustained a few injuries.
  Manoli, the veteran Montreal police officer underneath the padding, is spending his off-hours, as he usually does, teaching some women the rudiments of self-defence to ward off would-be sexual predators. Although h
  
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• Pioneer could be restored says head of architectural firm

  25-07-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Pioneer closed its doors, likely for the last time, early Sunday after a rousing farewell bash that saw lineups, and some beer, spill onto Lakeshore Rd. in the Pointe-Claire Village.
  Patrons young and old packed the iconic bar to raise a glass and drink up the nostalgia that only comes from revelling in a 117-year-old building that once housed a hotel and served as a local watering hole for generations of West Islanders since the 1970s.
  Last call for suds came just days after Pointe-Claire a
  
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• Independent investigation unit launches probe of police shooting in Lac-Brome

  25-07-2018 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s independent investigations bureau (BEI) has been assigned to investigate after a young man was fatally shot by provincial police early Wednesday in Lac-Brome.
  The incident occurred at about 1:20 a.m., when a 911 call was received concerning an armed individual in a public area near Highway 104.
  Sûreté du Québec officers arriving on the scene found the man carrying a firearm and tried to speak to him using a loud speaker, however, according to information receiv
  
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• Kramberger: Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital plans rightfully forge ahead

  25-07-2018 12:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite some agricultural naysayers about the selected site for an off-island hospital, the issuing of expropriation notices is a major step in the right direction for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital project.
  Last Wednesday, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette announced the province had tabled decrees to acquire land — through expropriation if necessary — in Vaudreuil-Dorion for the new hospital. Notices have been sent to four landowners, though negotiations are ongoing fo
  
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• Can CAQ make headway in traditionally Liberal West Island?

  25-07-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The newly-minted Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) candidate for Robert-Baldwin is asking West Island voters to give François Legault and his party a chance to govern Quebec for the next four years.
  “For decades, Quebecers from the West Island have been condemned to choose the Liberal Party,” said Laura Azéroual, a 28-year-old Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident who is running in her first election.
  “I deeply believe that the CAQ represents real change. I wish to offe
  
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• New Hudson nature festival celebrates local wildlife

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A new festival this Saturday in Hudson aims to celebrate birds, nature and environmental conservation.
  Le Nichoir Wild Bird Conservation Centre’s first annual Festival of Birds and Nature will feature guided nature walks, seminars on topics like wetland fauna, local wildlife and animal wood carving, as well as crafts for children and food trucks.
  Education program coordinator Jo-Annie Gagnon said the free July 28 festival, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. rain or shine, replaces the centr
  
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• More than 100 have joined Quebec nursing-home class action

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In less than three weeks, more than 100 nursing-home patients and their families have come forward to sign up for a class-action lawsuit against the government over the “shameful” treatment of residents of long-term care centres.
  Daniel Pilote, the lead plaintiff in the $500-million class action that must still be authorized by the courts, said he’s heartened by the “phenomenal” response so quickly after his July 10 news conference.
  “This shows that there is a
  
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• Montreal weather: Thunderstruck, but without the cool AC/DC bits

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is forecasting showers or thunderstorms during the day on Wednesday with downpour totalling between 15 and 25 millimetres.
  The daytime high is forecast at 24 degrees with a humidex of 32.
  There’s a 40 per cent chance of showers in the evening with a nighttime 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&r
  
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• Montreal drops ball on safety specs for St-Laurent composting centre

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The city isn’t heeding some of the safety precautions that Aéroports de Montréal recommended to reduce the risk of bird-plane collisions around a municipal organic waste treatment centre that Montreal is planning to build near Trudeau airport, a Montreal Gazette investigation reveals.
  An examination of the contract specifications for the future centre shows some of the airport authority’s precautions are absent or partially addressed. However, the city maintains it
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal cop empowering women through self-defence training

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  He looks like a frightening cross between Mr. Potato Head and RoboCop, covered in protective gear from his Styrofoam-covered head through to his hockey-padded groin, knees and even toes. And even at that, George Manoli, under 40 pounds of this garb, has still sustained a few injuries.
  Manoli, the veteran Montreal police officer underneath the padding, is spending his off-hours, as he usually does, teaching some women the rudiments of self-defence to ward off would-be sexual predators. Although h
  
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• 'A perfect fit': Montrealer composes score for new Tomb Raider game

  25-07-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In his studio, Brian D’Oliveira is like a kid in a candy store.
  He is literally hopping from instrument to instrument to show off all the exotic pieces he has, everything from a teponaztli, an Aztec percussion instrument, to a death whistle to an original baroque cello. D’Oliveira has about 900 custom-made instruments at the headquarters of his company, La Hacienda Creative, located in the historic RCA Victor building in St-Henri just east of Home Depot. His studio is the same r
  
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• Bring on the jobs: Job-creating projects will increase appeal of living Off-Island

  25-07-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Living Off-Island offers a quality of life that is hard to beat. The houses are beautiful and affordable, the schools are top-notch, the people are warm and friendly, crime rates are low, and we’ve got green spaces galore.
  The prospect of a long and stressful commute downtown, however, limits the pool of buyers willing to shop for a home on this side of the bridge.
  Many people I meet who live Off-Island are self-employed, work from home at least periodically, or commute only as far as the
  
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• Alouettes QB Vernon Adams expected to get start against Edmonton

  25-07-2018 05:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Alouettes are expected to have a new starting quarterback this Thursday against Edmonton. And no, it won’t be Johnny Manziel.
  Vernon Adams received the majority of reps with the starting offence during Tuesday afternoon’s practice at Olympic Stadium. He was followed by Manziel, acquired from Hamilton last Sunday in a blockbuster trade involving five players and two first-round draft picks.
  An Als source told the Montreal Gazette on Tuesday night that Adams is expected to start. H
  
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• Gas price watch: A slight respite for drivers

  25-07-2018 04:41 via montrealgazette.com
  According to gas price tracking site essencemontreal.com, the average price of a litre of gas in Montreal was just under $1.30 on Tuesday night.
  Over the last week, the average price of a litre has dropped by more than 10 cents.
  On Tuesday, reported prices varied from a low fo $1.249 at a Shell station on Notre-Dame St. to a high of $1.439 at a Shell station on De Salaberry street.
  The price of a barrel of crude oil was US$68.84 at the end of the trading day on the NYMEX index, in New
  
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• Serena Williams to play in Montreal after accepting Rogers Cup wild card

  25-07-2018 03:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The Rogers Cup Canadian Open women’s tennis championship has its dream field following the announcement Tuesday that former No. 1 player Serena Williams has accepted a wild card into the Aug. 3-12 event at the Jarry Tennis Centre.
  Williams needed a wild card because her ranking had dropped to No. 181 before last month’s entry deadline. Her ranking slipped because she took time off to give birth to her daughter last September. She has regained her championship form, reaching the final
  
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• Montreal publisher has first graphic novel to make Man Booker Prize list

  25-07-2018 02:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Sabrina, a graphic novel by Nick Drnaso published by Montreal’s Drawn and Quarterly, is the first of its genre to land on the Man Booker Prize long list in the award’s 49-year history.
  “We have always believed that comics are a vital medium within literary culture and are delighted that the Man Booker nominating committee has seen fit to recognize Nick’s genius in this way,” wrote Drawn and Quarterly in a statement celebrating the novel’s nomination.
  Cong
  
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• Watch: Get to know new Montreal Alouettes quarterback Johnny Manziel

  25-07-2018 02:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Meet your new quarterback, Montreal Alouettes fans.
  Johnny Manziel, also known as “Johnny Football,” was unveiled by the team on Monday.
  He previously starred for Texas A&M University, was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the NFL draft and most recently failed to dislodge Hamilton Tiger-Cats starter Jeremiah Masoli.
  He has also been involved in numerous off-field incidents and has sought treatment for alcohol abuse. In 2016, he was charged after alleged
  
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• Some heat relief at hand for Montreal

  25-07-2018 02:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal might be catching a break — even if just for a day.
  A heat warning issued by Environment Canada was set to be removed Tuesday evening as Wednesday’s temperatures were forecasted to drop below 33 C, the base temperature for what the agency considers to be extreme heat.
  Warmer weather is set to move back into the city on Thursday, but Jean-Philippe Begin, meteorologist with Environment Canada, said that while the temperatures will approach the extreme heat level, they won&rsqu
  
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• Indigenous way of life at stake in AFN election, Kahnawake's Diabo says

  25-07-2018 01:24 via montrealgazette.com
  In the race to lead the Assembly of First Nations, Russell Diabo isn’t running a campaign so much as a call to arms.
  His message: The Trudeau government wants to narrow and ultimately terminate Indigenous sovereignty.
  In other words, what’s at stake Wednesday in the election for AFN national chief is nothing less than the right of Indigenous people to uphold their way of life, he says.
  “Our people are in serious trouble,” said Diabo, a Mohawk from the South Shore Kahnawak
  
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• Small design firm beats Montreal agency in court over illuminated see-saws

  25-07-2018 01:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Conor Sampson can display his illuminated see-saws anywhere in the world he pleases.
  Quebec Superior Court has quashed an attempt by the Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles, a municipal non-profit organization in charge of Montreal’s entertainment district, to stop Sampson from reproducing and exhibiting Impulse, the playful playground equipment he designed for the 2015-16 Luminothérapie festival.
  Since they first went on display in Place des Festivals in December 2015, the award
  
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• Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon aims to quash class-action suit

  25-07-2018 00:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Gilbert Rozon wants to appeal a judgment that authorized a class-action lawsuit against him by a group of women who say they were sexually assaulted by the Just for Laughs founder.
  In the motion Rozon filed with the Quebec Court of Appeals in early July, he says Justice Donald Bisson, who authorized the suit, wanted to denounce acts of sexual violence.
  “A laudable objective, certainly, but unrelated to the authorization of this class-action lawsuit,” the application says. Rozon&rsquo
  
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• Woman accused in deaths of 3 children sobs during preliminary inquiry

  25-07-2018 00:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The preliminary inquiry for a woman accused in the deaths of three infant children began Tuesday at the St-Jérôme courthouse.
  The woman is charged with three counts of first-degree murder alleged to have been committed between 2014 and 2017. She was arrested in November 2017.
  She is also charged with failing to provide the necessities of life, endangering the morals of a child, neglect in childbirth and concealing a dead body.
  The woman’s name is under a publication ban to pro
  
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