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• Allison Hanes: Bernier's tweets drum up fear for the sake of fear

  13-08-2018 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Maybe the heat got to Maxime Bernier Sunday night.
  The Conservative MP from the Beauce region of Quebec, who is known for courting controversy, fired off a six-part Twitter tirade over the dangers of Canada’s growing diversity. While gamely acknowledging there is much to celebrate, he nevertheless went on to wonder why we don’t put the accent on our own traditions and culture, lambaste newcomers who refuse to integrate or isolate themselves in “ghettos, ” call multicultur
  
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• Safe and sound: Missing Shawinigan boy found

  13-08-2018 23:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A seven-year-old boy who was reported missing in Shawinigan has been found, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  The child was reported missing late on Monday afternoon.
  Police said he went to a beach with some friends, where he was found healthy and safe.
  
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• Watch: Why is Quebec’s election campaign kicking off early?

  13-08-2018 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Official campaigning for Quebec’s 42nd general election will kick off on Aug. 23, 2018.
  If that feels like a relatively long time before the Oct. 1 vote, that’s because it is.
  Liberal strategists hope an extended campaign will help them catch up to the Coalition Avenir Québec, which currently leads in the polls. The idea is that a longer campaign could give the CAQ and its leader François Legault more time to trip.
  Such political machinations are possible because while
  
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• No NAFTA deal without Canada: Quebec chief negotiator

  13-08-2018 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  STOWE, Vt. — The Trump administration doesn’t have the legal authority to side-swipe Canada and sign a bilateral trade deal with Mexico, Quebec’s chief NAFTA negotiator said Monday.
  Raymond Bachand, an ex-Quebec finance minister, said “there is no worry whatsoever” the current one-on-one talks between the United States and Mexico will end in a trade deal signed without Canada.
  Bilateral NAFTA negotiations between the two countries have been building momentum in rece
  
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• Man behind longest Amber Alert in Quebec history back in court

  13-08-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The man behind the longest Amber Alert in Quebec’s history was back at the St-Jérôme courthouse Monday for his preliminary inquiry.
  The man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former partner and second-degree murder in the death of Yvon Lacasse, a 71-year-old man whose car the accused is believed to have used while on the run.
  Following a nearly 24-hour manhunt, the man was arrested in an eastern Ontario town on Sept. 15, 2017 in the presence of a six-year-
  
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• Lise Ravary: Confessions of a federalist Quebec nationalist

  13-08-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  During Meech Lake, I was living in Calgary. I don’t know if watching the debacle from afar was more painful than living through it in Quebec, but never did I come closer to giving up on Canada. Something astonishing.
  My family, dyed-in-the-wool federal and provincial Liberals, supported Lester B. Pearson in Ottawa and Jean Lesage, the premier who oversaw the Quiet Revolution, in Quebec. I must have been the only francophone who did not flirt with sovereignty during adolescence.
  It must be
  
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• What the Puck: Here are a few ideas to lift the Habs from the gutter

  13-08-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  After 25 years of underachieving, maybe the time has to come to radically change the way the Montreal Canadiens are managed.
  Given that I and most other fans are not keen to match the Toronto Maple Leafs’ stunning record of 50 years of failure, I’ve decided to make a few modest proposals that would help pull this once-storied franchise out of the gutter.
  The most important thing is that Habs executives must learn to live in the present and not in the past. You might think the idea to
  
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• Vanier College implements campus-wide smoking ban

  13-08-2018 17:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Vanier College has banned smoking “of any kind and of all substances” on the entirety of its campus.
  The English-language CEGEP, based in St-Laurent, announced the campus-wide ban is in effect as of Monday, asking anyone wishing to smoke to leave the school’s grounds to do so. Ashtrays have been installed around its perimeter, the school said.
  The ban was first announced last October and described by the school as a “firm commitment to protecting the
  
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• Opinion: Linking elders, youth builds stronger communities

  13-08-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  This summer’s multiple deaths in Quebec from the heat wave illustrate the terrible price of social isolation. Most of the victims were elderly, alone and largely without support.
  Yet there is a remedy, a strategy that could make a world of difference. Making intergenerational connections — linking elders and young people in a variety of ways — reduces isolation, and enhances a sense of belonging, of community and civic responsibility for both groups.
  We
  
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• Tash Sultana books a return trip to Montreal area after Osheaga

  13-08-2018 16:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Fast-rising Australian multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana, who performed at last weekend’s Osheaga festival, has announced a headline show at Laval’s Place Bell.
  Tickets cost $51.25 to $61.50 and go on sale Friday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. at Place Bell and the Bell Centre, by phone at 855-634-4472 and via evenko.ca and placebell.ca.
  Sultana has attracted notice for her one-woman shows and homemade videos. The Laval concert is part of a world tour in support of her debut album, Flow S
  
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• Jack White brings Boarding House Reach tour to Laval

  13-08-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Jack White has announced his first Montreal-area show since his 2014 headline appearance at the Osheaga festival. The former White Stripes singer will play Place Bell in Laval on Saturday, Nov. 10.
  Tickets start at $57 and go on sale Friday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. at Place Bell and the Bell Centre, by phone at 855-634-4472 and via evenko.ca and placebell.ca.
  The show is part of a nine-date Canadian tour in support of White’s third solo album, Boarding House Reach. White will also perform at Qu
  
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• NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will end week-long Quebec tour in Montreal

  13-08-2018 16:14 via montrealgazette.com
  New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh began a week-long tour of Quebec on Sunday.
  Singh plans on spending the week discussing waterway protection measures and job creation in the renewable energy sector.
  Singh considers Quebec to be a leader in environmental protection and says the province proves it by increasingly developing its renewable energy sector.
  The NDP leader believes Canada should invest in a “fair” transition to clean energy, adding that “every dollar inve
  
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• Mexican tourist drowns trying to swim in Rivière de la Petite Nation

  13-08-2018 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A 30-year-old Mexican tourist drowned Sunday after being carried away by the strong current of the Rivière de la Petite Nation in Ripon, in the Outaouais region.
  Police officers and firefighters with the Papineau Regional County Municipality were called at 12:45 p.m. 
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, Carlos Alberto Barraza Martinez, 30, had been swimming with five friends, all Mexican tourists, under a bridge when he started to struggle because of
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by car in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle

  13-08-2018 13:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car Sunday night in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, about 60 kilometres south of Montreal in the Montérégie region.
  Police say the collision occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Highway 202.
  The victim was brought to a local hospital in critical condition before succumbing to their injuries.
  Police are investigating the incident.
  
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• Montreal lawyer François Dell'Aniello was philanthropist, arts patron

  13-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The story of how Serge Sasseville and François Dell’Aniello met is hilarious in that they actually had two first encounters. Separate groups of friends wanted them to meet. One had organized a dinner where Sasseville and Dell’Aniello were introduced to one another. The two men then grabbed a meal the following night.
  The next week, they were both invited to a cocktail by the others. They arrived after each other, and the friends happily introduced the two, not knowing they had
  
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• Allison Hanes: Olmsted would lament reduced access to Mount Royal

  13-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers are in the throes of a hot and sultry summer, from which the weather forecast suggests there is no relief in sight. (Not that we’re complaining.)
  But even the most diehard of summer acolytes need a little relief from the pounding heat of the concrete jungle. So to the mountain we go — the closest thing to escaping the city besides actually leaving. The grassy knolls, meandering pathways and shaded woods of Mount Royal are, for some Montrealers, the only vacation they get.
  
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• Off-Island town's novel idea to hold outdoor council meeting

  13-08-2018 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s safe to say that when one thinks of things to do on a summer’s eve, that attending a town council meeting wouldn’t likely be high up on your list as a priority.
  That is, unless a hot-topic issue or a controversial bylaw item was possibly making an appearance on the meeting agenda. Then, rain or shine, you’d possibly attend because after all, the meeting would be held inside at your local town hall, as is customary and traditional in most places. Even if you are an ac
  
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• More than 300 tickets issued during annual Hells Angels meet

  13-08-2018 03:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec issued more than 300 tickets and one man was arrested in an otherwise uneventful weekend as hundreds of members of the Hells Angels gathered in the small community of St-Charles-sur-Richelieu southeast of Montreal for the biker gang’s annual Canada Run meeting.
  About 500 people, including between 300 and 325 members of the Hells Angels, were observed or asked for identification, the SQ said. One man, a 52-year-old biker from Ontario, was arrested fo
  
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• Rogers Cup: Men's event gets more than double the money of the women's

  13-08-2018 01:47 via montrealgazette.com
  There was a wide disparity between the prize money in the Rogers Cup women’s event in Montreal and the companion men’s event in Toronto.
  Simona Halep, the women’s winner, received a cheque for $529,480 (U.S). The men’s winner, Rafael Nadal, collected $1,020,425. The total financial commitment for the men’s event was $5,939,970 and that was more than double the $2,820,000 available for the women.
  Eugene Lapierre, the tournament director in Montreal, offered reasons f
  
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• Mexican tourist drowns in Outaouais region

  13-08-2018 01:14 via montrealgazette.com
  A 30-year-old Mexican tourist drowned Sunday after being carried away by the strong current of the Rivière de la Petite Nation in Ripon, in the Outaouais region.
  Police officers and firefighters with the Papineau Regional County Municipality were called at 12:45 p.m. 
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, the man had been swimming with five friends, all Mexican tourists, under a bridge when he started to struggle because of the current. His friends tried to
  
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• Two suspects arrested in N.D.G. stabbing

  13-08-2018 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  An 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman will appear in court on Monday in connection with the stabbing of a 21-year-old man Saturday afternoon at Wilson Ave. and Sherbrooke St. in N.D.G.
  The victim, who was stabbed in the upper body and required surgery, was in stable condition on Sunday, but not in good enough shape to meet with investigators, said SPVM spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant.
  The 911 call came in shortly before 4 p.m.
  Brabant said that, based on information from witnesses, police wer
  
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• Rogers Cup: Simona Halep powers through tough schedule to take women's title

  13-08-2018 00:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The final of the Rogers Cup women’s event was a matter of breaks, as in service breaks.
  Top seed Simona Halep of Romania defeated third-seeded American Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4 to win the Canadian Open title for the second time in three years.
  Neither player was able to hold her serve on a consistent basis, and 15 of the 30 service games resulted in breaks. Considering the way both players struggled with the serve throughout the two-hour and 41-minute match, it was ironic that Hal
  
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