Aylmer, Quebec news

• Police find body of missing 23-year-old man in Rawdon lake

  12-08-2018 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The body of a 23-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends early Sunday morning in Rawdon has been found.
  The man was swimming off a private beach on Pontbriand Lake around 3:15 a.m. when he disappeared in the water. Firefighters began searching the area around 4 a.m. before being joined by Sûreté du Québec divers later Sunday morning. The body was found around 10:30 a.m.
  A spokesperson for the SQ said an investigation is still underway to determine the circum
  
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• Jack Todd: Tabloid athletes don't need top talent, but it doesn't hurt

  12-08-2018 22:33 via montrealgazette.com
  As Johnny Manziel was putting in a pretty good effort in a losing cause against the Ottawa Redblacks Saturday evening, word came that former Alouette Duron Carter had been released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders — and that Als GM Kavis Reed was interested in reacquiring the bad-boy receiver-turned-cornerback.
  As usual these days, at least some of the drama of Carter’s release took place on today’s version of the National Enquirer. That’s Twitter, where Carter informed us
  
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• Election 2018: CAQ leader Legault wants to be the 'economic premier'

  12-08-2018 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  SHAWINIGAN — Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault plunged into the election campaign Sunday, pledging to be the “economic premier.”
  And he has urged his candidates to not take the bait when the party’s opponents attack, pledging to run a positive campaign.
  One day after Premier Philippe Couillard announced that the campaign leading to the Oct. 1 general election will start Aug. 23, the CAQ organized a show of strength in the Trois-Rivières
  
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• Marc Richardson: Conciliatory discourse seems to belong to another era

  12-08-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After John Ciaccia’s death last Tuesday, the tributes that poured in illustrated just how different this era is from the one in which he worked. A former Quebec cabinet minister, Ciaccia is perhaps best remembered as the government negotiator during the Oka Crisis; most telling, he was respected by those on both sides of the conflict.There was a similar sentiment when Warren Allmand died in late 2016. As a federal Liberal MP representing Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Allmand developed a
  
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• Update: Police find body of missing 23-year-old man in Rawdon lake

  12-08-2018 17:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The body of a 23-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends early Sunday morning in Rawdon, Que., has been found.
  The man was swimming off a private beach on Pontbriand Lake around 3:15 a.m. when he disappeared in the water. Firefighters began searching the area around 4 a.m. before being joined by Sûreté du Québec divers later Sunday morning. The body was found around 10:30 a.m.
  A spokesperson for the SQ said an investigation is still underway to determine the
  
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• Nearly 450 Loto-Québec employees to begin three-day strike Friday

  12-08-2018 16:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly 450 Loto-Québec employees will kick off a three-day strike Friday after the members of the Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec (SPGQ) voted 99.4 per cent in favour of a strike mandate.
  The employees, who work in the information technology, communications, sales, marketing, finance, supply, real estate and legal sectors, are striking to denounce their employer’s current offer as collective agreement negotiations a
  
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• Fitness: Is high-intensity interval training worth the pain?

  12-08-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  With study after study proving that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts are an express pass to improved fitness, it’s clear that short, high-energy bouts of exercise are just as effective as longer, less intense workouts.
  But as tempting as it is to give up workouts of 30 minutes or more in favour of those that take less than half the time, there’s one feature of HIIT workouts that may cause the average Joe and Jill to think twice before jumping on the bandwagon.
  They hu
  
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• Early morning fire in Longueuil sends one to hospital

  12-08-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A major house fire on Bourget St. in Longueuil sent one person to hospital early Sunday morning.
  Firefighters received the call about the fire around 4 a.m. One man, 55, was sent to hospital to be treated for nervous shock and smoke inhalation, police said. More than 50 firefighters worked to bring the flames under control.
  Longueuil police confirmed the cause of the fire is considered accidental.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Uphill battle for Quebec unions and Alouettes

  12-08-2018 14:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what you might have missed while catching up on your beauty sleep.
  Quebec’s labour movement is gearing up for a battle ahead of the October election as it faces the prospect of another four years with limited influence in the provincial government. Almost 40 per cent of workers in Quebec are unionized, yet the two parties leading in opinion polls are considered far from union-friendly. The governing Liberals triggered deep cuts in the health and education sectors ear
  
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• Search underway for man, 23, in Rawdon

  12-08-2018 14:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Officials are continuing their search for a 23-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends early Sunday morning in Rawdon, Que.
  The man was swimming off a private beach on Pontbriand Lake around 3:15 a.m. when he disappeared in the water. Firefighters began searching the area around 4 a.m. before being joined by Sûreté du Québec divers later Sunday morning.
  
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• Zurkowsky: QB Manziel better, but Alouettes still lose to Redblacks

  12-08-2018 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Throughout the winter, knowing what little he had inherited at the position, Mike Sherman was always non-committal when asked whether the Alouettes had a legitimate starting quarterback.
  After two games of the Johnny Manziel era, the new Als head coach still won’t go out on a limb and make any wild proclamations. But he doesn’t have to. Manziel has displayed enough raw potential and talent that it has become clear this team has its first bonafide pivot since the days o
  
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• Victor Schukov: Interview with a local nurse in the trenches

  12-08-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A longtime friend of mine from Kirkland has been a registered nurse for 23 years. Connie, who asked that her last name not be published, works in a palliative unit.
  “I became a nurse because it is very rewarding. I enjoy helping people. Palliative care is in some respects even more so than working in the trauma unit. People are a lot more appreciative. You get to know them at a very different level. You catch their loved ones at possibly the worst time in their lives, yet you can still put
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunday, sunny Sunday

  12-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A mostly sunny day with a high of 29 C with a humidex of 34.
  Environment Canada is predicting a UV index of eight or very high.
  Tonight: Clear 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 was posted on Instagram by @michael.verdoux.
  Here is what traffic looks like right now:
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• Alouettes come close, but lose yet another game

  12-08-2018 05:02 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA – A 10-yard touchdown run by Williams Powell with 15 seconds remaining in regulation time carried the Ottawa Redblacks to a 24-17 victory over the Alouettes Saturday night before 25,161 spectators at TD Place.
  The Redblacks, first in the East Division, improved to 5-3 while the beleaguered Als lost their fifth consecutive game, their record dropping to 1-7.
  Als rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel, in his second game since being traded from Hamilton last month, displayed marked improve
  
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• Stephens to meet Halep in Rogers Cup final

  12-08-2018 04:01 via montrealgazette.com
  MONTREAL — Sloane Stephens is on a roll.
  The third-seeded American defeated defending champion Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-3 Saturday to reach the final of the Rogers Cup Canadian Open women’s tennis championships. Stephens has won four matches without the loss of a set.
  “I think once I get on a good run at a tournament, I’m pretty consistent, pretty solid,” said Stephens. “I just try to keep playing, keep competing, fight hard. Once you get to a point, the quarter
  
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• Sun Youth remembers Earl De La Perralle

  12-08-2018 03:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Two months after his death from kidney and heart failure at the age of 73, how best to remember Earl De La Perralle?
  On Saturday, people who knew Earl decided to remember him by sharing stories of how such a colourful and caring man changed their lives for the better and Sun Youth, the organization he co-founded, announced a scholarship in his name.
  After the football team he used to coach won their first home game of the season, those who knew Earl gathered at Sun Youth headquarters to share th
  
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• Montreal mayor Valérie Plante busts a move at graffiti convention

  12-08-2018 01:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Oh, the things we do for a crowd.
  Montreal mayor Valérie Plante was seen solo dancing in the centre of a circle of people at the Under Pressure graffiti art convention.
  In a video posted to Under Pressure’s Facebook, an MC for the event called Plante out from the crowd and persuaded her to show the crowd what she’s made of. She was reluctant but eventually agreed.
  The action starts around the six-minute mark.
    
  “I don’t know a lot of mayors that would ha
  
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• Man seriously injured in NDG stabbing

  12-08-2018 00:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Police are looking for suspects after a man in his 20s was stabbed in his upper body at the intersection of Wilson St. and Sherbrooke St. in NDG Saturday afternoon.
  The incident occurred around 4 p.m.
  According to witnesses, the suspect and the victim got into an argument. The suspect then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the upper body.
  The man was transported to hospital. He is in serious condition.
  Police are looking for a man and a woman who fled the scene.
   
  
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