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• Bacary Sagna joined Impact because 'I wanted to experience something new'

  14-08-2018 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Rémi Garde’s European connections are continuing to pay dividends for the Montreal Impact.
  When the Impact began retooling for the 2018 season, Garde’s longtime association with Lyon led to the club signing players like Rod Fanni, Rudy Camacho, Saphir Taider and Zakaria Diallo.
  The latest addition to the club, right back Bacary Sagna, also has a French pedigree, but his connection to Garde stems form their shared relationship with longtime Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
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• Jeanne-Mance Park softball players take legal action against the city

  14-08-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of softball players campaigning to bring back a field in Jeanne-Mance Park has taken legal action against the city of Montreal.
  Six softball players filed an application for judicial review in Quebec Superior Court on Friday, saying that the city removed the park’s northern softball diamond in an unlawful and unfair way.
  “We feel like the city doesn’t intend to do anything to recognize that it was a mistake and to repair that mistake, so we feel like it’s our last
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Aug. 15

  14-08-2018 23:00 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.
  Maison Lantier, 11 Lantier Road, Kirkland. Art Sale by members of the Kirkland Artist Assoc., an outdoor
  
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• Allison Hanes: Starting school with all kids on the same footing

  14-08-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Back to school is going to be a little easier this fall for Adebusola Abiola Adeniyi’s three children.
  For starters, they have brand new sneakers and backpacks loaded with supplies, after standing in line at the Welcome Hall Mission in St-Henri yesterday. They were among thousands of needy families stocking up in a festive atmosphere that included balloons, cotton candy and pulsating music.
  And just as important, the trio will be starting Grade 5, Secondary 1 and Secondary 3 on the first d
  
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• Police arrest man blocking traffic on Highway 440 in Laval

  14-08-2018 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police have apprehended an armed man who was blocking traffic on Highway 440.
  The man was in a depressed state, according to the police. He was armed with a rifle and was in a vehicle.
  The incident began just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the highway, near Blvd. des Laurentides. The highway is closed in that area.
  Police say the operation is still underway.
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• Ready or not, here they come: Electric Bixi bike pilot starts Wednesday

  14-08-2018 22:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Depending on who you ask, the prospect of electric Bixi bikes on Montreal streets is either terrific or terrifying.
  That prospect will become a reality on Wednesday, when Bixi says 20 electric bikes will be added to its bike-sharing network.
  Bixi had previously indicated that it would add 57 electrically powered bikes to its fleet this month.
  The battery-powered bicycles, which can be rented for the same price as any other Bixi and have a maximum speed of 29 km/h, are part of a pilot project to
  
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• Man to undergo evaluation following 'James Bond-style' boat theft

  14-08-2018 22:14 via montrealgazette.com
  A man has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly stealing a jet boat from the Old Port of Montreal in what was described by the boat’s owner as a scene straight out of a James Bond movie.
  Jack Kowalski said he has never witnessed anything like what happened last Monday in his 35 years of operating Lachine Rapids Tours, a company that offers boat rides on the St. Lawrence River in Old Montreal. When he arrived at the docks around 9 a.m. on Aug. 6, one of his e
  
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• Quebec teens barred by school after allegedly sharing explicit photos 

  14-08-2018 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A private high school near Quebec City has decided to not reinstate six students targeted by a police investigation alleging they shared explicit photos of three female classmates.
  Management at the Séminaire des Pères Maristes says the school made the decision because it was the only way to ensure a calm return to classes in a few weeks.
  The decision only affects three boys, as three other families willingly took their children out of the school when the allegations first sur
  
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• Bernard Trépanier, a.k.a. 'Mr. Three Per Cent,' dies at 79

  14-08-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Bernard Trépanier, the former municipal political fundraiser who was identified at the Charbonneau Commission hearings as a key figure in corruption at Montreal city hall, has died.
  Trépanier, who was 79, was suffering from generalized cancer and had lapsed into a coma shortly before dying on Tuesday, said his lawyer, Daniel Rock.
  Trépanier was one of the men charged in the Faubourg Contrecoeur municipal real estate deal, but his case was postponed following his diagnosis of
  
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• Molson, Bergevin and Julien to attend Max Pacioretty's golf tournament

  14-08-2018 21:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Canadiens have announced that owner Geoff Molson, general manager Marc Bergevin and head coach Claude Julien will all be attending Max Pacioretty’s golf tournament.
  The event, now in its third year, raises funds for Pacioretty’s foundation as well as the Montreal Canadiens Foundation.
  In a tweet, the Habs professed to be “very proud of their captain’s involvement in the community.”
  The announcement comes in the wake of social media rumours suggesting th
  
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• Monsef Derraji will run for Liberals in Nelligan to replace Coiteux

  14-08-2018 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – The Liberals have come up with a big-name candidate to run in the party stronghold riding of Nelligan.
  Sources said Tuesday that businessman Monsef Derraji will run for the party in the Oct. 1 provincial election.
  He will replace cabinet minister Martin Coiteux who has chosen to not seek re-election.
  Born in Morroco, Derraji is currently president and director general of the Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce du Québec. He has held the position since 2005.
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• Man to undergo psych eval following 'James Bond-style' boat theft

  14-08-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A man has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly stealing a jet boat from the Old Port of Montreal in what was described by the boat’s owner as a scene straight out of a James Bond movie.
  Jack Kowalski said he has never witnessed anything like what happened last Monday in his 35 years of operating Lachine Rapids Tours, a company that offers boat rides on the St. Lawrence River in Old Montreal. When he arrived at the docks around 9 a.m. on Aug. 6, one of his e
  
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• Kramberger: New West Island MNAs guaranteed, but who will they be?

  14-08-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  At least two new faces will represent the heart of the West Island in the National Assembly following the provincial election on Oct. 1.
  Of course, this is not that bold of a prediction. Two West Island MNAs — Geoffrey Kelley (Jacques-Cartier) and Martin Coiteux (Nelligan) — have already announced they will not seek re-election, each citing personal reasons.
  Kelley, who is the minister of native affairs, was first elected in 1994 and will not be seeking an eighth consecutive mandate.
  
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• Montreal wrestlers remember Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart

  14-08-2018 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  By the time Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart came to the North Shore, his days of wrestling in front of sold-out arenas were behind him.
  Neidhart, who died Monday, is perhaps best remembered as the tag team partner of Brett “The Hitman” Hart and a regular on World Wrestling Federation broadcasts. In his heyday, he was the ultimate heel; known for his maniacal laugh, long goatee and bull-shouldered physique.
  He would not have looked out of place on a Viking ship, storming the shor
  
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• Stolen car crashes through one house, hits another on South Shore

  14-08-2018 19:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Châteauguay police force is investigating after a stolen car rammed through one house and continued on to hit another in the town of Léry, roughly 30 kilometres southwest of Montreal.
  According to police spokesperson Martin Labrie, the car drove straight through a Lac-St-Louis Rd. home around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday before crashing into a neighbouring house.
  Residents were home in both houses but none suffered any serious injuries, Labrie said. The car in question had be
  
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• Opinion: Plante deserves credit on green spaces, but more can be done

  14-08-2018 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and the Projet Montréal administration should be praised for their ongoing efforts to protect wilderness, wetlands, green space and former farm land on the island.
  This includes recent land acquisitions to increase the size of the proposed national urban park that will include Angell Woods, all 365 hectares of the Anse-à-l’Orme wilderness/wetlands, threatened forests and fields in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue and the Morgan Arboretum; the plan to
  
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• Opinion: I may not be young, but don't call me old

  14-08-2018 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  “Did you notice how everyone has changed since last year?” my friend Bea asked. It was the first get-together in a year for our group of friends, all seniors. Bea had only to look in the mirror to see how she herself has changed. But the rest of our group had also undergone noticeable deterioration — more wrinkles here, a bent back there, thinned-down frames, newly acquired canes.
  I’ve changed, too. Lately, I have noticed how my gait has slowed down. I have lost a conside
  
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• Three of world's most liveable cities are Canadian — none are Montreal

  14-08-2018 18:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Three of the world’s 10 most liveable cities are in Canada, according to The Economist’s Global Liveability Index.
  Somehow, Montreal is not in that group.
  For the record, Vienna was named the most liveable city of 2018 with a score of 99.1 out of 100.
  As for the top 10’s Canadian contingent, Calgary was fourth, Vancouver finished sixth and Toronto tied with Tokyo for seventh.Cities are scored across five major dimensions: stability (25 per cent), healthcare (20 per cent), cultu
  
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• 'Where are you?' Montreal mother writes to daughter 40 years later

  14-08-2018 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal mother whose infant child disappeared 40 years ago this week has penned a letter to her daughter, asking her where she may be and hoping for her return.
  “It is so hard to live with this wait year after year. I am trying to never lose hope but this has marked our daily lives and left open wounds that do not heal,” Liliane Cyr writes in the letter to her daughter, Yohanna.
  “I am still without any news from you, always in the unknown, always asking myself questions
  
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• Former Habs enforcer Georges Laraque sashays away with drag contest win

  14-08-2018 17:14 via montrealgazette.com
  He may not be on the level of Drag Race greats like Katya Zamolodchikova, but former Montreal Canadiens enforcer Georges Laraque has won a drag competition.
  The NHL veteran donned a wedding dress for the celebrity contest held during Montréal Pride, lip synced to the tune of Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and came out on top.
  After winning, Laraque announced onstage that he’d donate his winnings to local LGBTQ organizations.
  “In 2018, it is inconceivable t
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Pan-seared salmon à la Giada De Laurentiis

  14-08-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When TV cook and restaurateur Giada De Laurentiis went back to her native Rome, it brought forth a host of memories of the family cooking from her childhood.Her eighth cookbook, Giada’s Italy (Clarkson Potter/Penguin Random House, $47), offers a feast of over 100 recipes that are both lusty and light, and writing that gives the sensation of shopping and cooking in Rome. It also includes excellent photographs by Aubrie Pick. 
  The chapter called Weeknights is a gold mine of fast dinner
  
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• Montreal house prices rose for fourth consecutive month in July: index

  14-08-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The resale price of residential properties in Montreal rose for the 17th time in 19 months in July, according to an index that tracks property-price changes.
  The Teranet–National Bank House Price Index was up 1.28 per cent from June to July, suggesting an equivalent increase in prices.
  It was up 4.01 per cent from July 2017.
  The index was 171.41 for Montreal, suggesting that house prices in the region have risen 71.41 per cent since its June 2005 base.
  It is calculated by co
  
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• Montreal's DavidsTea to be sold in grocery stores, signs deal with Loblaw Companies

  14-08-2018 15:57 via montrealgazette.com
  DavidsTea Inc. has signed a deal that will see its tea sachets for sale at grocery stores across Canada.
  The company has inked an agreement with Loblaw Companies Ltd. that will see several of the grocer’s banners carry the tea.
  DavidsTea packs are expected to be available in a range of Loblaw banners including: Loblaws, Independent, Zehrs, Valu-Mart, Atlantic Superstore, Dominion, Provigo and Fortinos.
  The new deal follows a shareholder revolt led by co-founder Herschel Segal to replace th
  
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• Quebec elections: CAQ promises the return of a flat rate for daycare

  14-08-2018 15:46 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec has made a first major electoral promise: the return of a flat rate for daycare.
  If elected Oct. 1, the CAQ says it will turn back the clock and impose a flat $8.05 a day fee for subsidized daycare.
  In the 2014 election campaign, the Liberals promised not to touch the popular flat-rate system created by the Parti Québécois. Initially Quebecers were paying $7 a day.
  But the Liberals broke that promise and started to charge a higher r
  
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• Granby music fest head suspended for alleged "inappropriate behaviour"

  14-08-2018 15:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The general and artistic director of the Festival international de la chanson de Granby, Pierre Fortier, has been suspended due to allegations of “inappropriate comments and behaviour in the workplace.”
  According to a statement issued by the festival on Monday, an external human resources firm will investigate a complaint made against Fortin, who has offered his “full and complete co-operation.”
  Fortin is suspended with pay until the end of the investigatio
  
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• Allison Hanes: Bernier drums up fear for the sake of fear

  14-08-2018 14:45 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 multicultura
  
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• While you were sleeping: A lost snake and a very awkward Staples visit

  14-08-2018 14:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Pregnant North Carolina woman mistaken for shoplifter at Staples
  A manager at an office supply store in North Carolina has been fired after a pregnant woman shopping there was confronted about what she was concealing beneath her shirt: “Twins,” she said.
  Sherell Bates tells WSOC-TV she was paying for back-to-school supplies Friday when a police officer had her step aside and explain what was under her shirt.
  Bates says she responded that she’s 34 weeks pregnant with a boy and a
  
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• Briana Tomkinson: The pleasures and perils of backyard pools

  14-08-2018 13:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The first time I flew over Quebec, I remember looking out the airplane window and noticing something very odd. We were flying over a suburban area (I don’t remember which, but it very well could have been Vaudreuil-Dorion) when I realized that almost every tiny house had a little blue dot behind it — a backyard pool. I spied a larger blue rectangle, the local community pool, and all but one of the houses surrounding it had their own little circle of blue.
  It seemed odd for a few reas
  
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• Quebec teens not allowed back at school after sharing explicit photos 

  14-08-2018 13:26 via montrealgazette.com
  A private high school near Quebec City has decided to not reinstate six students targeted by a police investigation alleging they shared explicit photos of three female classmates.
  Management at the Séminaire des Pères Maristes says the school made the decision since it was the only way to ensure a calm return to classes in a few weeks.
  The decision only affects three boys, as three other families willingly took their children out of the school when the allegations first surfa
  
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• Retro sign at the Île-Perrot Dairy Queen is an eye catcher

  14-08-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  For those of us of a certain age, the neon-lit retro Dairy Queen sign perched atop the ice cream stop in Île-Perrot brings back memories of slurping melting ice-cream cones with family and buddies while listening to Sam Cooke’s hit Twistin’ the Night Away on the radio of the family’s Chevrolet Impala.
  The DQ along Highway 20 first opened in Île-Perrot in 1962. Jean-François Piché’s father bought the shop in 1982 and now Piché Jr. runs the
  
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• Montreal-specific Facebook groups you didn’t know you needed

  14-08-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s a lot of noise on social media and it can be hard to cut through the drama and memes to find something truly useful. (We know memes are generally useful, but play along for now, please.)
  Whether you join them for amusement or practicality, here are a few Montreal-specific Facebook groups you should join.
  SPOTTED
  The Spotted MTL page (unlike for a group, anyone can comment but not everyone can post) is a catch-all for missing bikes, travel recommendations and images of interesting (
  
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• Lachine launches alleyway beautification program

  14-08-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Once upon a time, neighbourhood alleys were gathering places where children played — the spot where games of hide-and-seek were launched and spontaneous sprints or games of jacks took place.
  Alleys are a thing of the past in new developments and in older neighbourhoods where they still exist, they have fallen silent.
  Lachine has launched a program that could turn that reality on its ear.
  Mayor Maja Vodanovic said the majority of the borough’s 84 alleys are empty and unused and that t
  
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• Mohawk chief suspects arson in Kanesatake youth-centre fire

  14-08-2018 12:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Ever since the Kanesatake youth centre burned down in July, a question has been gnawing at Serge Simon.
  Was it an electrical fire that laid waste to the building or did someone torch it to cover up a robbery?
  Oka’s fire chief — who arrived on site as 20-foot flames engulfed the centre on the night of July 8 — says the blaze was electrical. The city’s mayor, Pascal Quevillon, agrees with that assessment.
  But sources say the Sûreté du Québec and the band
  
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• Richard Burnett: How my mom saved gay Pride in Mauritius

  14-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  My mother, Liliane Laventure Burnett, has always been a fierce supporter of LGBTQ rights. A British Empire glamour girl who emigrated to Canada aboard the Cunard ocean liner RMS Carinthia, she is as unsinkable as Molly Brown, and she always stood up for her gay friends.
  So it was no surprise to me that Diamond Lil, as she is affectionately known, played a key role in fighting back when death threats from religious extremists in Mauritius threatened to shut down that African country’s Pride
  
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• Montreal weather: Hot and humid

  14-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A mix of sun and clouds, and expect some showers in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 30 Celsius, a Humidex of 37 and a UV index of 8 or very high.
  Tonight: Cloudy periods with a 40 per cent chance of showers, and expect an overnight low of 21 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’s photo was posted on I
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro launches slow-down campaign

  14-08-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A recurring citizen complaint voiced during municipal council meetings throughout the West Island is speeding on residential streets.
  Municipalities have commissioned traffic studies, alerted police and have tried traffic-calming measures including the installation of speed bumps and reducing speed limits, yet the problem persists.
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro is the latest jurisdiction to launch a slow-down campaign which invites the participation of residents.
  The borough is distributing signs featurin
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Aug. 13

  14-08-2018 04:15 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Vanier College implements campus-wide smoking ban
  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
  
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• Call for new cricket facilities in Côte-des-Neiges

  14-08-2018 03:18 via montrealgazette.com
  A city councillor in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is calling for his borough to do more to accommodate the sport of cricket.
  “Over the years, we’ve had demographic change in Côte-des-Neiges and a new population, largely South Asian, is moving in and cricket is a large sport within their communities, a lot of people play it, but there’s no formal partnership between the borough and the various cricket clubs,” said Marvin Rotrand, who rep
  
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• A first for Canada: Concordia launches Genome Foundry

  14-08-2018 03:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Concordia University celebrated a Canadian first Monday with the launch of its Genome Foundry, a laboratory that allows researchers to break down and study genomes, or a complete set of genes, faster and more efficiently than ever before.
  The new facility, located on the university’s Loyola campus in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, speeds up their work by “multiple orders of magnitude,” said Vincent Martin, researcher and co-director of Concordia’s Centre for Applied Synt
  
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• Trump’s tweets on Trudeau ’childish and need to stop’: Connecticut governor

  14-08-2018 02:47 via montrealgazette.com
  STOWE, Vt. — The divisions between United States governors regarding President Donald Trump’s approach to NAFTA negotiations were on display Monday at a mountain resort in Vermont during the annual conference of the leaders of eastern provinces and New England states.
  Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker said the “ups and downs” of the ongoing NAFTA talks are normal and what’s important is that a deal is reached that will make all sides stronger.
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