Aylmer, Quebec news

• Anti-gentrification protesters clash with developer of Parc-Ex condo

  09-08-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A confrontation turned violent as community groups rushed the Côte-des-Neiges offices of real estate developer BSR Group Thursday afternoon to rally against gentrification that they say can push longtime residents out of Parc-Extension.
  “Ron Basal has got to go!” the demonstrators chanted against the developer’s project manager as they clashed with employees. The two groups fought each other for entry into the offices as police were called.
  Police say three unidentified i
  
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• Berri-UQAM métro station's $32-million upgrade includes elevators

  09-08-2018 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s largest and busiest métro station will undergo $32 million in renovations starting Monday.
  The work on the Berri-UQAM station will stretch over two years but won’t impede commuters, officials said Thursday.
  The majority of the spending will go toward adding two elevators that will connect users to the Green Line platform. The station already has elevators to connect with the Orange Line platform.
  The rest of the funding will go toward work on the main concourse mezz
  
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• SQ cop charged with fraud worked as travel agent, witness says

  09-08-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  According to investigators, an SQ officer accused of fraud worked for four travel agencies while on paid sick leave from the police force.
  Nicolas Landry’s trial began Thursday. The crown argued that Landry lied to doctors about his mental state to remain on leave while working other jobs.
  A Sûreté du Québec officer since 2001, Landry has been on paid leave since 2009 after complaining that he was the victim of workplace harassment.
  Three doctors evaluated his mental st
  
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• Restaurant review: Pastel's creativity is worth a special indulgence

  09-08-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Pastel
  ★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$$$
  Address: 124 McGill St. (Near William St.)
  Phone: 514-395-9015 
  Website: restopastel.com
  Open: Tues.-Fri 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 6 to 10:30 p.m.; Sat. 6 to 11 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: No
  Licensed: Yes
  Reservations: Essential
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Yes
  Parking: On surrounding streets
  Price range: Tasting menu $110 ($185 with wine pairings); appetizers $16-$18; main courses $21-$34; desserts $8.
  When
  
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• Get ready for peak Perseid meteor watching this weekend

  09-08-2018 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Night owls will soon be able to see the Perseids as the annual meteor shower lights up the sky.
  The natural show is expected to peak overnight between Sunday and Monday in Quebec. During this period, it will be possible to see about 100 shooting stars per hour. During the two nights before and the two nights after, viewers can still see dozens of stars every hour.
  Thanks to a new moon this Saturday, this year brings good conditions to observe the shooting stars. The moon has sometimes hid the gl
  
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• Free in Montreal Aug. 9-11: Meteor showers and pride's opening ceremony

  09-08-2018 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Kick off Montreal Pride at the opening ceremony on Friday
  Montreal Pride runs from Aug. 9-19, and to prepare for the great events (most of which are free) check out the opening rainbow-flag-raising ceremony at Parc des Faubourgs and remind yourself that the event isn’t about the consumerism! The flag raising is followed by a DJ show and an extravagant drag performance.
   
  Watch the meteor shower among friends
  We’ve all been there — you want to stand out in the middle of the
  
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• Watch: Beyond the Plate with chef Theo Lerikos

  09-08-2018 20:42 via montrealgazette.com
  In addition to a packed schedule at Tuck Shop and its catering arm, chef Theo Lerikos lives a full life away from the kitchen, immersing himself in nature, forest foraging and quality time with friends and family. This even-keeled life, filled with a thirst for learning when away from the restaurant, helps him channel his discoveries back into his kitchen and his celebrated food.
  Check out the video to learn more about Lerikos and his knack for foraging.
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Counting down the days until school starts

  09-08-2018 20:22 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” No, it’s not Christmas that’s on my mind, but an infamous office supply store commercial that used a holiday tune as a soundtrack. It showed a parent pushing a large red cart while skipping down the aisle getting school supplies as the children followed, dragging their feet along. That commercial would make me cringe as a child. As a parent, I can identify all too well. In fact, I found myself singing that very same tune e
  
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• Opinion: Ten years after Villanueva's death, Montreal North has changed

  09-08-2018 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
  On this 10th anniversary of the events that left their mark on Montreal North, discussions have mainly centred on how to honour the memory of Fredy Villanueva, who died during a police intervention. It should be recalled that Coroner André Perreault concluded in his report that Fredy was not a criminal, but neither did he blame the police officer for using his weapon.
  This debate that has engaged the members of our community is undeniably an important one. On the other hand, it would be s
  
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• Likely lost, woman found behind Sacred Heart died of hypothermia

  09-08-2018 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec coroner believes an Iranian woman whose body was found in a grotto behind Sacred Heart School last year froze to death after getting lost and seeking shelter from the cold.
  Leila Tatari, 69, was in Montreal in February 2017 visiting and helping a family member who had recently given birth. She was reported missing after being last seen leaving the apartment building in mid-afternoon on Feb. 25.
  A supervisor at Sacred Heart School, in downtown Montreal, discovered her body three day
  
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• Northern black widow spider is making its way to Montreal, study predicts

  09-08-2018 18:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A new study published by McGill University and the Université du Québec à Rimouski predicts that the territory of the Northern black widow spider, also known as Latrodectus variolus, is encroaching on Quebec’s southern border.
  By analyzing the data based on sightings of the spider, as well as areas featuring its ideal climate, researchers predict that the Northern Black Widow will spread to the areas surrounding — and slightly northeast of — Montr
  
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• Half a million Dollarama Skip Ball toys recalled

  09-08-2018 18:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A toy that children spin on their ankle, skipping over an attached ball, has been recalled by Health Canada. The toy was sold at Dollarama locations for six years, between January 2012 and July 27, 2018.
  More than 516,000 of the toys have been sold across the country.
  The toy, which was made in China, contains unacceptable levels of phthalates, a chemical that studies suggest “may cause reproductive and developmental abnormalities in young children” if the vinyl products are che
  
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• Tutors teach, but that doesn't make them teachers, labour board rules

  09-08-2018 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A tutor can certainly be an employee of a school board, but that doesn’t make them a teacher, Quebec’s labour relations board has ruled.
  The decision comes after the Alliance des professeurs de Montréal sought to include 22 tutors in music and one in ceramics into their bargaining unit.
  The tutors in question are employed at FACE, a Montreal school that teaches through use of the arts. While the Commission scolaire de Montréal admitted they are employees, the school boa
  
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• Update: Downtown Montreal stabbing becomes 16th homicide of the year

  09-08-2018 16:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A 30-year-old man stabbed during an altercation early Thursday has become the city’s 16th homicide victim.
  The victim, who was known to police, died six hours after being taken to hospital in critical condition.
  The incident occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the corner of St-Hubert St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd., near Place Émilie-Gamelin.
  Police received several 911 calls concerning a fight between two men that ended after one stabbed the other in the upper body. The victim was able to st
  
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• Supreme Court to hear Quebec case on protection of journalist's sources

  09-08-2018 16:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Radio-Canada journalist Marie-Maude Denis will not have to testify, at least for now, at the trial of former Roche vice-president Marc-Yvan Côté. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear her case.
  Denis and her employer had turned to the high court to challenge a Superior Court ruling compelling her to reveal her sources.
  That lower court judgment last March ordered Denis to testify at the trial of Côté, former Quebec deputy-premier Nathalie Normandeau and four o
  
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• Downtown Montreal stabbing becomes 16th homicide of the year

  09-08-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  A 30-year-old man stabbed during an altercation early Thursday has become the city’s 16th homicide victim.
  The victim, who was known to police, died six hours after being taken to hospital in critical condition.
  The incident occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the corner of St-Hubert St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd., near Place Émilie-Gamelin.
  Police received several 911 calls concerning a fight between two men that ended after one stabbed the other in the upper body. The victim was able to st
  
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• New house prices up one per cent in June

  09-08-2018 15:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The price of a new house rose faster in the Montreal region during the month of June than in any other Canadian metropolitan area, a Statistics Canada index suggests.
  The New Housing Price Index rose one per cent from May to June in the Montreal region after remaining essentially flat for four months, the federal statistics agency said on Thursday.
  The index, which uses December 2016 as a base, was 103.5 for the Montreal region in June. That suggests the price of a new house has risen 3.5 p
  
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• While you were sleeping: Scamming monk goes to prison and cows catch crook

  09-08-2018 14:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Thai monk who flew in high style gets prison for fraud
  A former Buddhist monk who became infamous for a jet-set lifestyle has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison in connection with funds he raised from followers.
  Wirapol Sukphol appeared in 2013 on a YouTube video in his monk’s robe aboard a private jet with a Louis Vuitton carry-on and wearing aviator sunglasses. He was also accused of sexual peccadilloes, and fled to the United States, from where he was extradited last year.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin hasn’t ‘fully assessed’ impact of tensions with Saudi Arabia

  09-08-2018 14:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The decision by Saudi Arabia to halt new investments and unload assets in Canada is likely to have limited impact.
  Saudi assets in Canada are confined mainly to stakes in upscale hotel operators, some small stock holdings in companies like Canadian National Railway Co., and grain facilities.
  Most investments have been made by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal through his Kingdom Holding Co., a Riyadh-based conglomerate with investments in hotels, real estate and equities. The company&r
  
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• Two motorists injured in Lac-Brome landslide

  09-08-2018 13:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Two motorists were injured early Thursday after a landslide created a sinkhole in a Lac-Brome roadway.
  The Sûreté du Québec said the two vehicles fell into the crevasse on Fulford Rd., which runs parallel to the Eastern Townships Autoroute.
  Police say one motorist, a man in his 20s, suffered minor injuries while the second, a man in his 70s, suffered more serious injuries but his life was not in danger.
  The road has been closed to traffic and the two cars trapped in the sinkh
  
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• Concert review: Shakira joyful, in full power mode at Bell Centre

  09-08-2018 13:35 via montrealgazette.com
  After a nearly eight-year absence, and then followed by an eight-month postponement from her original January date, Colombian pop superstar Shakira finally sated Montreal’s longstanding need for hits and hips at the Bell Centre Wednesday night.
  Not that Montreal has lacked in big name Spanish-language artists coming to town this year: Shakira joins Romeo Santos and Luis Miguel as Latin Bell Centre headliners in 2018, and current reggaeton it-boy Bad Bunny will be in town Friday at Olympia.
  
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• Downtown Montreal stabbing leaves victim in critical condition

  09-08-2018 13:10 via montrealgazette.com
  A 30-year-old man was fighting for his life in hospital Thursday morning after being stabbed during an altercation downtown just hours earlier.
  The incident occurred around 2:40 a.m. at the corner of St-Hubert St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd., near Place Émilie-Gamelin.
  Police received several 911 calls concerning a fight between two men that ended after one stabbed the other in the upper body. The victim was able to stagger to the intersection before collapsing. The suspect fled the scene an
  
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• Montreal Pride shows its true colours

  09-08-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A traditional moment of silence has been observed annually at Montreal Pride parades since 1993. When thousands of marchers and onlookers raise their fists high in the air to honour LGBTQ pioneers and those the community has lost to violence and AIDS, it becomes so quiet you can hear a pin drop.
  Then, just as dramatically, the cocktail party begins again. You can hear the Dykes on Bikes and semi-trucks fire up their engines as loud music pumps from parade floats with dancing muscle boys and drag
  
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• Montreal weather: Hot and muggy

  09-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A few showers ending in the morning, and then a mix of sun and clouds.
  Winds becoming southwest at 20 km/h in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 28 Celsius, a Humidex of 36 and a UV index of 7 or high.
  Tonight: Clearing in the evening, and expect an overnight low of 16 C.
  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&rsqu
  
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• Montreal couple shaken after Amazon delivery person enters home

  09-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Casimira Teruel orders from Amazon nearly every other day.
  “All the time,” the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve resident and Amazon Prime member said Wednesday afternoon. “My husband jokes that Amazon delivery employees are here more often than family and friends. Especially because we have two young children. We order diapers, wet-wipes, Kleenex, everything.”
  Until Tuesday, Teruel had never had a problem. Now she has a big problem, to the point that she no longer feels safe in her
  
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• Liberals quietly killed Montreal General expansion in 2014: document

  09-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette was all smiles when he announced a $300-million expansion of the Montreal General Hospital more than a week ago.
  Barrette made the announcement two months before the upcoming Oct. 1 provincial election. But two months after winning the last election in 2014, the Liberal government quietly killed a $380-million expansion of the same hospital that had already been approved years earlier, according to a government document obtained by the Montreal Gazette.
  The
  
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• Hanes: Why some anglo voters have lingering doubts about Legault

  09-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The hour of reckoning Quebec anglophones know is approaching may be upon us sooner rather than later.
  There are rumblings this week that, even with a fixed-date election set for Oct. 1, Premier Philippe Couillard could use his discretion on the length of the campaign to kick things off earlier.
  So hand-wringing over the inescapable question that has long been looming draws closer: do English-speaking Quebecers stick with the Liberals, the staunchly federalist party the community has traditi
  
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• Police call Montreal North shooting an attempted murder

  09-08-2018 04:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A man was shot in the lower body on Wednesday evening in Montreal North.
  Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant called the incident an “attempted murder.”
  Police responded to calls about gunshots at 8:40 p.m. on De Castille St., close to the corner of Balzac Ave.
  They found a man who was shot at least once. The man was rushed to the hospital.
  
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• Philippines company wins Loto-Québec international fireworks competition

  09-08-2018 03:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A Philippines company has won the top honour at the Loto-Québec international fireworks competition.
  Dragon Fireworks of the Philippines was awarded the competition’s Gold Jupiter prize on the final night of L’International des Feux Loto-Québec at La Ronde.
  It was the firm’s first time participating in the contest.
  The firm steyrFire from Austria took home the Silver Jupiter, and Pyrotecnico from the United States the bronze.
  Nineteen jury members from different p
  
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• Rogers Cup: Abanda last Canadian to fall; rain wreaks havoc on schedule

  09-08-2018 03:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The last vestige of Canadian content in the Rogers Cup women’s tennis championships disappeared Wednesday when third-seeded Sloane Stephens of the U.S. defeated Montrealer Françoise Abanda 6-0, 6-2 in second-round action.
  Stephens, who was making her hardcourt debut this season after a shocking loss to Donna Vekic at Wimbledon last month, wasn’t at her best. But the American needed only 80 minutes to get the win, which included an eight-minute washroom break for Abanda between
  
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• SQ finds body of missing 62-year-old man in Mauricie lake

  09-08-2018 02:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The body of Jacques Arbour, a 62-year-old man who had been missing since Sunday, was found in a lake in the Mauricie region.
  Sûreté du Québec patrol officers saw the body around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Trois-Rivières police.
  The body was half-submerged in Lac Giguère, located in the St-Jean-des-Piles area, north of Shawinigan.
  An autopsy will be conducted to determine if there are signs of violence on the body.
  Nothing at the
  
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• Barrette promises to help dementia patient denied service in English

  09-08-2018 02:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Calling the situation “totally unacceptable,” Health Minister Gaétan Barrette pledged on Wednesday to transfer to a bilingual nursing home an 80-year-old woman suffering from dementia who was denied care in English at an institution in the city’s east end.
  Barrette, in particular, condemned controversial remarks by a nurse who had spoken over the phone to the woman’s husband. When George Zeliotis called the CHSLD Benjamin-Viger-Rousselot about his wife and asked wh
  
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• 'I'm not afraid to take on the challenge': Als newcomer Adarius Bowman

  09-08-2018 02:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Adarius Bowman is only two years removed from one of the greatest seasons recorded by a Canadian Football League receiver. And yet, only last month, he was traded to the Alouettes by Winnipeg for a conditional eighth-round draft choice — basically given away.
  Did Montreal inherit a receiver who was once, and could still become, great? Or were they sold a bill of goods, one reportedly making $140,000 this season?
  The answer to that question will begin unfolding Saturday night, when Bow
  
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• Getting to know elderly neighbours during heat wave could save lives

  09-08-2018 00:48 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been seriously hot for much of the summer, with no fewer than five heat waves. And that means we should be looking out for neighbours who are elderly and isolated.
  That’s the word this week from the Réseau québécois de villes et villages en santé (RQVVS), a not-for-profit organization which implemented the Voisins solidaires movement in Quebec. The movement is modelled on one created in France after thousands of citizens, many of them isolated and elderly
  
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• Poll: Rogers Cup anyone?

  09-08-2018 00:16 via montrealgazette.com
  With some of the best female tennis players in the world in town for the Rogers Cup, many fans are getting their tennis fix live at the Jarry Tennis Centre.
  The last-minute withdrawal of U.S. legend Serena Williams may have dampened the enthusiasm of some fans.
  We’re asking our readers if they have any interest in the event.
   Take Our Poll
   
  Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard walks off the court after losing to Elise Mertens, not shown, of Belgium, following first round of play at t
  
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