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• Lockdown at federal penitentiary in Drummondville comes to an end

  02-08-2018 23:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Life at a federal penitentiary in Drummondville returned to relative normalcy Thursday after the end of a lockdown ordered on Sunday, following the death of an inmate.
  A thorough search of the Drummond Institution, a medium-security penitentiary, was ordered after Jonathan Payeur, 32, an inmate with known ties to the Rock Machine biker gang, was found dead. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) has declined to say how Payeur died, but a report by Le Journal de Montréal, citing anonymous sourc
  
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• Quebec Innu nation lifts barricade after reaching agreement with Tata Steel

  02-08-2018 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Members of the northern Quebec Innu nation of Matimekush-Lac John have lifted a barricade after reaching a deal with Tata Steel Minerals Canada regarding the environment, jobs and training, Chief Tshani Ambroise said Thursday.
  The Innu barricaded the entrance to the mining site for four nights and lifted the blockade late Wednesday after the deal was hammered out, Ambroise said in an interview.
  “We pretty much won all the major points we wanted to settle with the company,” said Ambro
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Moose, coyotes and Montreal's green spaces

  02-08-2018 22:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Why did the moose cross the road? Presumably to get to the other side. In Kirkland last weekend, a moose was recorded on video walking around a suburban street by residents, who called 911, for lack of any better idea. (In fact, the proper number to call would have been Quebec’s wildlife ministry at 1-800-463-2191.)
  Around the same time as that moose had to be tranquillized and relocated, the news broke that elsewhere in Montreal, there had been three coyote attacks in
  
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• Montreal star chef Stelio Perombelon is done with the restaurant world

  02-08-2018 22:07 via montrealgazette.com
  I first met Stelio Perombelon in 1997, in the small kitchen of the famous Montreal restaurant Les Caprices de Nicolas.
  There was major star power in that kitchen, starting with the late Nicolas Jongleux, for whom the restaurant was named. William Frachot took over after Jongleux’s departure, but moved back to France to run the restaurant in his family’s Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge in Dijon, which boasts two Michelin stars.
  Perombelon was second in command under Frachot, and was prom
  
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• Truck rolls down hill, crushes duplex near Quebec City

  02-08-2018 21:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A truck driver lost control of his vehicle, crashed through a guardrail and rolled down a hill into a duplex in Château-Richer, near Quebec City, just before noon Thursday.
  The 12-wheeled truck smashed into the home, trapping a woman inside. Firefighters had to remove her from the building, but she was not injured.
  The Sûreté du Québec said the driver, a man in his 60s, sustained only minor injuries.
  Police said it would take at least several hours for the truck to be r
  
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• Plante wants McGill College space 'in all the tourist books'

  02-08-2018 21:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A six-week public consultation process for a future public space on McGill College Ave. is set to begin in September, the city of Montreal announced Thursday.
  The city’s vision for the public space, which Mayor Valérie Plante hopes will become “a signature of Montreal,” includes four distinct sections along the avenue.“We want to make sure that this place will be in all the tourist books,” she said.
  Plante would not say how much of the street is set to become
  
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• Opinion: It's time to admit 'war on drugs' has failed

  02-08-2018 21:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The pending legalization of recreational cannabis has opened peoples’ minds to the idea of responsible regulation of other drugs. At the same time, public-health officials from Toronto and Montreal have publicly endorsed ending the criminalization of people who use drugs, as a key tool for implementing a public-health response to the opioid crisis.
  The window of opportunity is now wide open, and a real debate is beginning.
  But what are the options for dealing with the realities of illegal
  
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• Plante envisions McGill College as displayed 'in all the tourist books'

  02-08-2018 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  A six-week public consultation process for a future public space on McGill College Ave. is set to begin in September, the city of Montreal announced Thursday.
  The city’s vision for the public space, which Mayor Valérie Plante hopes will become “a signature of Montreal,” includes four distinct sections along the avenue.“We want to make sure that this place will be in all the tourist books,” she said.
  Plante would not say how much of the street is set to become
  
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• Update: Missing Inuit woman found by off-duty Montreal cop

  02-08-2018 19:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly a week after leaving a Saint-Laurent police station and just hours after police posted a missing persons alert, 48-year-old Mina Iquasiak Aculiak has been found.
  Montreal police said Aculiak was found at the corner of Crémazie Blvd. and Bloomfield Ave., by an off-duty police officer.
  Mina Iquasiak Aculiak, speaks neither French nor English, has a severely injured arm and had expressed suicidal thoughts before she disappeared. Street workers contacted by the Montreal Gazette ha
  
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• Watch: How to make the most of your time at Osheaga

  02-08-2018 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re going to Osheaga this weekend, you have plenty to look forward to.
  Before you treat yourself to the likes of St. Vincent, Alvvays and Post Malone, though, it’s probably best to do some preparation.
  If you’re coming to the festival from outside of Montreal, you’ll probably want to figure out how to get to the festival. (Hint: there are three-day transit passes.) Also: welcome!
  Then there are practical considerations, like laying out your schedule, dressing for su
  
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• Three new cannabis sales outlets announced for Quebec

  02-08-2018 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), the government agency responsible for overseeing the sale of recreational marijuana in the province, announced on Thursday that it has added three new sales outlets as it continues to establish a retail network in time for legalization.
  The SQDC says it has signed leases for stores in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Mirabel and the Ste-Foy district of Quebec City.
  The announcement brings to nine the number of Quebec stores that will s
  
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• Public consultations will discuss vision for future McGill College Ave.

  02-08-2018 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A six-week public consultation process for a future public space on McGill College Ave. is set to begin in September, the city of Montreal announced Thursday.
  The vision for the public space, which Mayor Valérie Plante hopes will become “a signature of Montreal,” includes four distinct sections along the avenue. Plante would not say how much of the street is set to become a pedestrian walkway.
  The consultation process will be handled by the Office de consultation publique de M
  
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• Man collared by UPAC in Jewish General Hospital scam granted parole

  02-08-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The owner of a renovation company who pleaded guilty in a UPAC case that revealed the Jewish General Hospital was billed for work actually done on the homes of several people, including a few of its administrators, has been granted early parole.
  The Parole Board of Canada ordered that Gilbert Leizerovici, 54, of Côte-St-Luc, perform community service during the first four months out of eight he is required to spend on day parole at a halfway house before he is granted a full release.
  He wa
  
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• Gildan shares up 16 per cent after Q2 results beat record quarterly sales

  02-08-2018 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Clothing maker Gildan Activewear Inc. shares are up 16 per cent after the company reported record second-quarter sales and profits that beat expectations on the back of strong performance in key growth areas, including fashion basics and international markets.
  Net earnings amounted to $109 million, or 51 cents per diluted share, up from $107.7 million, or 48 cents per share, during the same period last year.
  Quarterly revenue rose seven per cent to $764.1 million, driven by a 17 per cent increas
  
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• Free in Montreal Aug 3-5: Free tennis matches and Poutinefest

  02-08-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Take advantage of Tennis Canada’s free family weekend
  Tennis Canada and sponsor IGA give Montrealers a chance to see some of the top women’s tennis players in the world with free admission during the Rogers Cup family weekend, Aug, 3-5 at the Jarry Tennis Centre. The gates open at 10 a.m. each day and the action begins at 11. Friday’s action is limited to practice sessions while there will be qualifying matches on Saturday and Sunday with 40 players attempting to earn one of of
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend that aren't Osheaga

  02-08-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It is, as you’ve probably heard by now, Osheaga weekend in Montreal. If you’ve secured tickets, have fun! But if you don’t want to go or couldn’t get passes, there are lots of other, quieter events in Montreal this weekend.
  Here are five decidedly non-Osheaga ideas to make the most of your weekend. Napping is also an option.
  Balenciaga: Master of Couture
  Explore the work of fashion icon Cristóbal Balenciaga with this new exhibit at the McCord Museum. Previousl
  
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• Sûreté du Québec takes to the street to solve murder of Saguenay man

  02-08-2018 15:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec deployed a mobile command post in a residential neighbourhood in Saguenay late Wednesday in an effort to solve the murder of a young man in his 20s.
  Local police discovered the man’s body in a residence on Johanna St. in the Chicoutimi-Nord sector of the city at 3 p.m. Wednesday. They called in the SQ after marks of violence were seen on the man’s body.
  The man’s murder was confirmed by provincial police Thursday morning.
  Formal identifi
  
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• While you were sleeping: Man without limbs crosses Canada on longboard

  02-08-2018 14:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were off in dreamland. 
  A man born without limbs crossed Canada, thanks to a longboard and the kindness of strangers. Chris Koch, a 39-year-old motivational speaker and farmer, set off from his hometown of Nanton, Alta., on July 8 and arrived in St-John’s, N.L., 18 days later. He completed the 6,338-km trip by alternating between boarding and relying on strangers for lifts. Yet, at no point did Koch ask people for a ride. “I didn&rs
  
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• Bombardier eases cash burn as train, jet-parts sales climb

  02-08-2018 14:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Bombardier Inc. burned through less cash than expected in its last quarter as the majority owner of the C Series jetliner, buoyed by rising sales of aircraft parts and rail equipment.
  Revenue rose in the second quarter and Canada’s largest aerospace company reported a surprise profit, according to a statement Thursday. Bombardier also reaffirmed its sales, earnings and cash-flow targets for 2018 and 2020.
  The results boost chief executive officer Alain Bellemare’s drive to transform
  
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• Triage system for border crossers won’t be in place till late September

  02-08-2018 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — A long-promised triage system aimed at redirecting irregular border crossers from crowded shelters in Montreal and Toronto will not be in place until as late as the end of September.
  The federal government says it’s working with individual municipalities across Ontario and must identify available housing capacity before it can roll out its triage program.
  Ottawa announced the so-called triage system in April following concerns raised by Quebec over an influx of asylum seeker
  
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• MUHC doctors performed surgery by flashlight during blackout: sources

  02-08-2018 13:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The impact of last week’s nearly hour-long blackout at the MUHC superhospital was far more serious than publicly disclosed, as surgeons had to resort to using flashlights to finish operations already in progress, the Montreal Gazette has learned.
  The flashlights were easy to find, because for the first six months after the superhospital opened in 2015, the McGill University Health Centre stocked the operating rooms with plenty of flashlights and batteries in case of feared blackouts, a hig
  
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• Montreal cops seek motorist who hit scooter rider in downtown hit-and-run

  02-08-2018 13:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A 31-year-old man was recovering from a non-life threatening head injury Thursday morning after being struck by an SUV that then left the scene of the collision.
  The incident occurred at midnight. Police say the victim was on a motor scooter that was apparently stopped at the corner of Drummond and Sherbrooke Sts. a few metres away from the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel when he was struck by a small, white SUV which then continued on its way west along Sherbrooke St.
  No arrests have been ma
  
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• Missing Inuit woman was left to fend for herself by Montreal police: report

  02-08-2018 13:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A 48-year-old Inuit woman described as sick and vulnerable has been listed officially as a missing person by Montreal police — five days after the woman reportedly had been left by officers to fend for herself after disappearing from the hospital where she was being treated.
  Mina Iquasiak Aculiak speaks neither French nor English and, according to La Presse, was in Montreal being treated for an injury to her arm when she went missing last Friday from the Institut de réadaptatio
  
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• Man born without limbs crosses Canada via skateboard and kindness

  02-08-2018 13:07 via montrealgazette.com
  At home in the southern Alberta farming and ranching community of Nanton on July 6, Chris Koch was feeling restless. He looked at the calendar and then looked at a map of Canada. “And I said I would try to get to St. John’s.
  “If I could get four or five hours down the road each day, I knew I could make it. And if I didn’t get out of Alberta, that was OK, too,” the 39-year-old motivational speaker and farmer recalled Wednesday in an interview.
  The idea had been brewi
  
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• Montreal weather: Enjoy it before it starts getting real hot again

  02-08-2018 13:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Expect a hot, cloudy, slightly humid day, but take advantage of its mediocrity before the weekend gets scorching.
  According to Environment Canada, today’s high is expected to get to 27 C with a humidex of 34 and a UV index of 7, or high.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with a low of 20.
   
  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
  
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• MUHC surgeons forced to use flashlights during blackout: sources

  02-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The impact of last week’s nearly hour-long blackout at the MUHC superhospital was far more serious than publicly disclosed, as surgeons had to resort to using flashlights to finish operations already in progress, the Montreal Gazette has learned.
  The flashlights were easy to find, because for the first six months after the superhospital opened in 2015, the McGill University Health Centre stocked the operating rooms with plenty of flashlights and batteries in case of feared blackouts, a hig
  
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• Judge drops Quebec woman's plush toy case against UNICEF

  02-08-2018 04:47 via montrealgazette.com
  A civil lawsuit of more than $20 million, in which a Quebec woman accused UNICEF and Ikea Canada of copying original plush toys she created, has been quashed.
  In June, a Quebec judge rejected Claude Bouchard’s action against the United Nations charitable organization because it has immunity against legal suits.
  Bouchard also sued Ikea Canada, which according to her, commercialized toys with the same characteristics as her own. They violated her rights on the unique toys she created the con
  
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• Health Canada seizes Ayotai skin care products sold in Quebec

  02-08-2018 04:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Canada issued a warning on its website Wednesday that it has seized skin care products from cosmetic company Ayotai Canada for selling products in Quebec that contained an unauthorized prescription drug.
  According to Health Canada, eight Ayotai Canada products contained clobetasol propionate or betamethasone dipropionate, prescription drugs that shouldn’t be available over the counter. These drugs are used to treat inflammatory skin conditions and should only be used under the
  
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• Peladeau pleads guilty to breaking Quebec election law, contests fine

  02-08-2018 03:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Pierre Karl Peladeau is challenging the penalty levied against him after he pleaded guilty to violating Quebec election law in connection with his 2015 Parti Quebecois leadership bid.
  The president of Quebecor Inc. used personal funds to pay debts of roughly $135,000 he amassed during his successful leadership campaign.
  Quebec law stipulates leadership candidates must pay campaign-related debts with individual donations or be subject to a fine of between $5,000 and $20,000.
  Peladeau took to Face
  
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• Major work on McGill College: Montreal to announce public consultations

  02-08-2018 02:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal is slated to announce public consultations on Thursday concerning the major construction to be done on McGill College Ave., probably related to the REM light rail project.
  In April, organizers of the REM project announced that the McGill REM station would connect to the McGill métro station.
  Work is set to begin on the station in the fall. Organizers have said construction on the station would close the east side of McGill College Ave. to vehicle traffic between
  
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• Appeal court upholds order forcing Montreal to bury Meadowbrook creek

  02-08-2018 01:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a motion by Montreal asking it to suspend a judgment ordering the city to bury a contaminated creek on the Meadowbrook Golf Club.
  In the July 25 ruling, appeal court judge Geneviève Marcotte notes that the city has known about the contamination since at least 2002, yet done nothing about it.
  She rejected Montreal’s argument that it shouldn’t be forced to divert the creek into the sewer system because it would be preferable to fix crossed
  
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• Poll: Should workers get a day off to grieve a pet?

  02-08-2018 01:17 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec labour tribunal sided with an employer who refused a woman’s request to work from home on the day her cat died. The woman says in an interview she wasn’t paid after staying home from the office one day after the sudden death of her cat, Juliette.
  Employers give workers some time off after the death of a friend or relative, but should that be extended to pets?
  
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• Als' Johnny Manziel 'excited, not nervous' ahead of first CFL start

  02-08-2018 01:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Johnny Manziel might be preparing for his first Canadian Football League start, but this is hardly his first rodeo.
  Manziel became the first freshman in NCAA history to win the Heisman Trophy while playing for Texas A&M. And he was a first-round draft choice of the Cleveland Browns who started eight games — two wins — over two seasons.
  Nervous? No. Excited? Indeed.
  “This is just going to be a game. Go out and execute our plan and see where it goes,” he said following
  
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• Pat Hickey: Why do the Canadiens have so much excess cap money?

  02-08-2018 01:01 via montrealgazette.com
  For a second consecutive season, the Montreal Canadiens could find themselves with more than $8 million in unused cap space on opening night.
  The cap situation is a flash point for disgruntled fans. It’s time to look at why money is burning a hole in Marc Bergevin’s pocket, and what it means to the Canadiens now — and in the future.
  Let’s start by dismissing the notion that the Canadiens have become a penny-pinching, bargain-basement team that doesn’t want to spend
  
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• Video: Sun Youth hands out school supplies to needy families

  02-08-2018 00:50 via montrealgazette.com
  ‘Back to school’ are three words that children don’t want to hear right now as they revel in the fun of summer vacation. But for low-income families, that looming return to the classroom also comes with anxiety about the financial burden of buying all those school supplies.
  To ease that financial hit, Sun Youth is handing out school supplies to needy families Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. The aim is to help about 1,000 families.
  Check out the video to learn more.
  
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• Montreal couple attacked after defying far right group to file report

  02-08-2018 00:47 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal couple is filing a police report after they were attacked and had their lives threatened by defenders of a fascist group last weekend.
  “Matthew” and his girlfriend were out for a night on the town Saturday when they walked into an Ontario St. pub and noticed something strange; a table full of black-clad men and women, most of them heavily tattooed and wearing shirts that read “Québec au Québécois.”
  “At first I thought they were just (
  
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• A better way of treating TB: McGill doctor develops new standard

  02-08-2018 00:03 via montrealgazette.com
  He wasn’t sick and he wasn’t contagious — but a blood test showed the 80-year-old man was infected with a dormant version of tuberculosis. His medical specialist recommended getting rid of the TB bacterium with a heavy course of antibiotics. The aim of the therapy was to prevent two things: a full-blown attack in his lungs and a chance for a drug-resistant strain to develop and spread.
  But the cure nearly killed the patient. Isoniazid, the common drug used to eradicate TB bacte
  
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• Montreal businessman wins 'David versus Goliath' case against TD Bank

  02-08-2018 00:01 via montrealgazette.com
  When he received the notice from Toronto-Dominion Bank six years ago, Hossein Pourshafiey says it hit him like a sledgehammer.
  TD Bank, he was informed, was closing his business and personal accounts within 30 days. It was also closing his line of credit for his mortgage in two months. He needed to repay the bank $767,000.
  All of this was made clear in writing. The reason behind the bank’s decision wasn’t.
  Pourshafiey, 66, scrambled to find a solution. He sought out an
  
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