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• With Johnny Manziel sidelined, Antonio Pipkin is next QB up for Als

  16-08-2018 23:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Fewer than two weeks ago, Antonio Pipkin was at home in Indiana working out and remaining mentally sharp. Today, he’s preparing for his first Canadian Football League start.
  Such is life in the crazy world of the Alouettes, at least this season.
  “That’s how life is and football is. Football’s a game of opportunity and a game of inches. You just have to be ready when your number’s called,” said Pipkin, who becomes the fifth starting quarterback — and sixt
  
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• John Bartlett exits TSN Habs coverage, will handle Leafs for Sportsnet

  16-08-2018 22:59 via montrealgazette.com
  John Bartlett, who was the voice of TSN’s regional coverage of the Montreal Canadiens last season, is decamping to Sportsnet’s Toronto Maple Leafs coverage for the 2018-19 NHL season.
  According to Sportsnet, the broadcaster who previously spent three seasons with the network doing Habs coverage, will do play-by-play for “regional broadcasts and select national games.”
  Bartlett originally moved to Montreal to provide play-by-play coverage of the Habs on TSN 690’s air
  
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• Christopher Huang is concerned with more than just whodunit

  16-08-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  “I don’t feel I have a standard way of attacking all this just yet. It’s still early.”
  It’s not every day that a writer admits to being nervous at the start of an interview. But then, few writers achieve the vertical career liftoff that Christopher Huang is experiencing. The Singapore-born Montrealer’s debut novel, A Gentleman’s Murder (Inkshares, 352 pages, $19.99), set in post-First World War England, has not only caused an international buzz among mys
  
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• Prosecutor who convicted Richard Henry Bain nominated as judge

  16-08-2018 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s justice minister announced the nomination of five new judges Wednesday, including Dionisios (Dennis) Galiatsatos, the prosecutor who convicted Richard Henry Bain.
  Galiatsatos was nominated to be a Quebec court judge alongside Johanne Gagnon, Kathlyn Gauthier, Sonia Mastro Matteo and Benoît Gariépy.
  According to the statement from the cabinet of the justice minister, Matteo Mastro and Galiatsatos will both serve as criminal court judges at the Montreal c
  
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• Stolen police car leads to hour-long chase on Highway 40

  16-08-2018 22:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Police have arrested a suspect who stole a police cruiser near Quebec City Thursday morning and led officers on an hour-long chase down Highway 40.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, officers were called to a house alarm in Boischatel, just outside Quebec City, around 5:30 a.m. 
  At the house, a man broke a police car’s window and managed to take off with the vehicle.
  Officers from the Sûreté du Québec, the Quebec City po
  
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• Boil water advisory issued in Plateau-Mont-Royal

  16-08-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A preventive boil water advisory is in effect for certain Plateau-Mont-Royal residents and business owners until at least Saturday because of water supply issues in the area.
  The affected streets are:South side of Mount Royal Ave. East between St-Hubert and Christophe-Colomb;
  St-André St. E. between Duluth and Mount Royal Ave. E.;
  Mentana St. E. between Duluth and Mount Royal Ave. E.;
  Boyer St. between Rachel and Mount Royal Aves. E.;
  Marie-Anne St. E. between St-André and Boyer St
  
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• Restaurant review: Lawrence changes its look, keeps its soul

  16-08-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Lawrence
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$
  Address: 5201 St-Laurent Blvd. (At Fairmount Ave.)
  Phone: 514-503-1070 
  Website: lawrencerestaurant.com
  Open: Tues.-Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 5 to 11 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  Licensed: Yes 
  Credit cards: All major cards 
  Wheelchair access: No 
  Reservations: Essential 
  Vegetarian-friendly: Not especially 
  Parking: On the street with meters&n
  
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• Ouimet exit controversy casts shadow on Couillard's Ciccone introduction

  16-08-2018 21:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The event was supposed to have been all about the Quebec Liberal Party’s new candidate for the Marquette riding.
  However, the phalanx of reporters attending the press conference outside the Musée de Lachine Thursday briskly shifted focus from Liberal leader Philippe Couillard’s introduction of candidate Enrico Ciccone to the way the premier had handled the ouster of 24-year Marquette MNA François Ouimet.
  Responding to reporters’ questions, Couillard said that Ouim
  
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• Blame the home shortage in Quebec on the Baby Boomers

  16-08-2018 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Most Montrealers still want to live in a single-family detached home, yet achieving that dream is becoming harder for many people. It’s not just that prices are rising and mortgage terms are becoming less flexible. In some parts of Montreal, inventory of single-family homes is so low that even those with money struggle to find a place to buy.One reason: the predicted wave of baby boomers selling their detached homes to move into condos, smaller homes or less expensive areas just hasn&rsquo
  
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• Montreal invests $7.6M to create 151 new affordable housing units

  16-08-2018 20:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal will be creating 151 new affordable housing units in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Rosemont, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Thursday, following up on her administration’s promise to create 12,000 new social or affordable units in four years.
  The city will be investing $7.6 million to purchase and renovate the 61 units in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and 90 in Rosemont. It will also offer a subsidy and interest-free loans to non-profits Habitations communautaires Olympia an
  
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• Somehow when P.K. Subban loudly drops his deadlifts, nobody goes aggro

  16-08-2018 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  You may have heard the story of the 19-year-old Charles-Antoine Lalonde, who suffered powerlifting interruptus at a Montreal gym when he was attacked by another member for dropping his weights too loudly.
  To recap: Video of the incident posted by Lalonde’s coach went viral, the man who angrily kicked out at Lalonde was banned from Buzzfit gyms and the 19-year-old received free membership to SSP Barbell Club on the South Shore.
  You know who does not appear to have a problem with a
  
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• Cannabis: Here is what Quebec's stores will look like

  16-08-2018 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société Québécoise du Cannabis released the first images for their storefronts on Thursday.
  The stores, which open when cannabis is officially legal on Oct. 17, are set up in two steps. Consumers will first step into a small entrance room where an employee will check their ID and verify that they’re of age. Once their age is confirmed, potential buyers will enter the second, larger room — which looks like the love child of an Apple Store and a DavidsTe
  
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• McGill and MUHC given $500,000 for cannabis, cancer research projects

  16-08-2018 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre have received $500,000 for two international research projects.
  Announced Thursday, the funding is to be shared between two projects at the MUHC Research Institute. Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a mental health researcher and expert in mood disorders, will look at the pharmacological properties of cannabidiol, an active chemical of cannabis, and its ability to reduce the anxiety and depression that’s often associated with chronic pain. Dr. P
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Embracing diversity makes Canada stronger

  16-08-2018 19:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Maxime Bernier’s comments about Canadian diversity have struck a nerve, not least for those who came to this country because it is a beacon of inclusivity.
  The comments were made in a considered fashion, in a series of six tweets, in English and French. These are no drunken ramblings.
  We are a mere 14 months away from the next federal election. Comments such as these by a member of Parliament serve as a form of dog-whistle politics, regardless of whether that was Bernier’s inten
  
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• Opinion: Questioning the promotion of diversity shouldn't be off-limits

  16-08-2018 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s rather troubling to know that after merely reading the headline of this article, there are some who have already condemned me as a racist bigot and an intolerant xenophobe, regardless of what else I am about to say, and regardless of what I embody and live. At least, this is what I am led to believe by the overreactions to Conservative MP Maxime Bernier’s recent tweets.
  Bernier dared question the sanctity of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s adoration and mystical use of the
  
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• Noted Céline Dion impersonator Ariana Grande is at it again

  16-08-2018 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Ariana Grande did Carpool Karaoke Wednesday night, and she brought a bit of Quebec along for the ride.
  In addition to surviving the unbelievably needy stylings of host James Corden, she busted out a dead ringer of a Céline Dion impression to sing It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.
  This is not the first time Grande has engaged in Dion mimicry.
  She previously impersonated the Québécois icon on Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show. Of her many impressions, W Magazine ran
  
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• Liberal candidate for Marquette introduced under cloud of controversy

  16-08-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The event was supposed to be all about the Quebec Liberal Party’s new candidate for the Marquette riding, but the phalanx of reporters attending the press conference outside the Musée de Lachine Thursday briskly shifted focus from Couillard’s introduction of candidate Enrico Ciccone to the way Couillard had handled the ouster of veteran Marquette MNA François Ouimet.
  Responding to reporters’ questions, Couillard said that Ouimet had been the candidate up unti
  
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• Hotel Intel: Marriott CEO unveils new Sheraton model in St-Hyacinthe

  16-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Rochelle Lash’s column has a new name — Hotel Intel — and a wider focus. She still will pen hotel reports, and occasionally will add news, notes and trends. Hotel Intel launches with an interview with Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International.
  The name Sheraton is as iconic as any in the hotel biz.
  After 81 years on the scene and with a portfolio of nearly 500 hotels in about 80 countries, Sheraton represents a global presence and reliability, but it is making a massive move
  
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• Free in Montreal: Aug. 17-19, do not forget about music and Pride

  16-08-2018 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Go to Pride
  The parade’s this Sunday, and you should obviously go because it’s great and solidarity’s important. But there’s plenty else going on as Montréal Pride nears its end. This is the perfect time to take a walk through the Gay Village. There are also concerts happening in Parc des Faubourgs, such as DJ Reid Bourgeois’s show at 6 p.m. on Friday.
  A musical Saturday
  Try a different kind of weekend morning with Les Brunchs rétro at Jardins Gamelin.
  
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• Video: Electric bikes join Montreal's Bixi bike-sharing fleet

  16-08-2018 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Electric bikes have made their way to Montreal after Bixi launched its three-month pilot project.
  The project will assess the demand for these electric vehicles in Montreal. For the time being, there are currently 20 such Bixis on the road.
  Montreal Gazette reporter René Bruemmer test drove the electric bike to check out its features. Have a look.
  
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• "Bonjour, je m'appelle Aretha Franklin": Music royalty at Montreal jazz fest 2014

  16-08-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Editor’s note: This interview with Aretha Franklin, who has died, was originally published in the Montreal Gazette on June 28, 2014 ahead of her performance at the 2014 edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
  “Bonjour, je m’appelle Aretha Franklin.” The Queen of Soul was on the other end of the phone line calling from her home in Detroit – and she was speaking French.
  “I’m doing très bien,” she continued. “Je suis &ea
  
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• Watch: Aretha Franklin performing at Montreal's jazz fest

  16-08-2018 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died on Thursday at the age of 76.
  Her death, announced by representative Gwendolyn Quinn, came after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
  Over the course of a remarkably long and successful career marked by hits like Respect and (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman as well as 18 Grammy Awards, she performed in Montreal on multiple occasions.
  In July of 2014, she performed at Place des Arts’ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.
  The performance, whi
  
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• Far-right group leader's court appearance postponed in Montreal

  16-08-2018 17:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A leader of the far-right group Atalante Québec arrested for storming Vice’s Montreal offices in May saw his court appearance postponed on Thursday.
  Raphaël Lévesque, 35, was scheduled to appear at the Montreal courthouse, but his case has now been pushed back to Sept. 28.
  He was expected to be formally charged with breaking and entering, mischief, intimidation and threats.
  Most of the group’s members were wearing masks when they stormed the Vice offices on May 23,
  
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• Quebec plan to help businesses affected by U.S. protectionism

  16-08-2018 15:05 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government will devote almost $1 billion to help businesses threatened by the protectionist policies of the Donald Trump administration be more competitive.
  Premier Philippe Couillard announced the $863-million plan in Quebec City on Wednesday.
  The plan calls for direct financial support for some businesses as well as tax relief. It also aims to support investments to improve productivity, promote the training of workers and encourage businesses to diversify their markets.
  The money t
  
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• Montreal to expand Bixi bike network

  16-08-2018 15:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Five boroughs across Montreal will get their first Bixi bike-docking stations in 2019, the city says.
  On Wednesday, the mayor’s office announced a $4.7-million plan to buy 1,000 new bikes and to build 60 new docking stations across the island.
  Anjou, Lachine, Montréal-Nord, St-Laurent and St-Léonard will get their first Bixi docking stations.
  All of the new stations are expected to be operational by spring 2019. 
  The bike-sharing program has been operating in Montreal fo
  
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• While you were sleeping: Montreal asks for national handgun ban

  16-08-2018 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Kahnawake to set its own rules for cannabis cultivation and sales
  As the floodgates on Canada’s legal cannabis market are set to open this fall, Mohawks on the Kahnawake territory say they don’t plan on submitting to outside regulation.
  Rather than abide by Quebec’s system of government-run and taxed cannabis stores, the Kahnawake Mohawk Council will move forward with its own plan to cultivate and distribute weed on the territory.
  Unlike Quebec’s legislation, which allows
  
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• Valérie Plante faces massive test with looming labour talks

  16-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A key plank of Mayor Valérie Plante’s 2017 election campaign platform that pledged to improve relations with municipal employees will be put to the test next month when the city sits down to contract talks with most of its unions.
  It has been quiet on the labour front since Plante took office nine months ago, but the collective agreements of most of Montreal’s nearly 27,000 employees have expired since her election, or will expire on Dec. 31.
  And while union officials say
  
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• Time ran out on talks with city firefighters almost before they began

  16-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The city and the union representing Montreal firefighters only started collective bargaining in mid-March, but they’ve technically already blown the negotiating deadline imposed on them by a new Quebec law.
  Law 24 was passed by the National Assembly in November 2016 to govern the process of negotiating collective agreements in the municipal sector.
  The legislation got the support of a number of mayors, such as then-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, but was panned by the unions, which called it
  
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• Opinion: 'Free' university tuition would be bad for Quebecers

  16-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In the coming election campaign, the misguided notion of making higher education “free” in Quebec seems certain to rear its ugly head. While this idea may seem attractive at first glance, such a policy would be costly for Quebec taxpayers, would not necessarily lead to more students graduating and would also be unfair.
  The very concept of “free” tuition is misleading; what this really means is making taxpayers finance higher education, rather than the students who benefit
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunny ways all day

  16-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers can bask in another sunny day.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 25 Celsius, a Humidex of 28 and a UV index of 8 or very high.
  Tonight: Increasing cloudiness in the evening, and expect an overnight low of 17 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 Instagram by @zakariabenna008.
  Quot
  
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• Kahnawake to set its own rules for cannabis cultivation and sales

  16-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As the floodgates on Canada’s legal cannabis market are set to open this fall, Mohawks on the Kahnawake territory say they don’t plan on submitting to outside regulation.
  Rather than abide by Quebec’s system of government-run and taxed cannabis stores, the Kahnawake Mohawk Council will move forward with its own plan to cultivate and distribute weed on the territory.
  The band council will open public consultations next week on a 27-page draft law to regulate the sale of cannabis
  
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• ''I would never jeopardize a player's health,' Als coach Sherman says

  16-08-2018 03:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Whatever truly is wrong with quarterback Johnny Manziel, Mike Sherman said neither he nor the Alouettes organization would ever jeopardize a player’s health by putting him back into a game after he was injured.
  “This is near and dear to my heart. I would never, ever jeopardize a player’s health by playing him. It would break my heart if people thought that about me,” the Als head coach told the Montreal Gazette following his daily media scrum. “I will always err on
  
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• City of Montreal to pressure Ottawa to ban handguns and assault weapons

  16-08-2018 03:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The party in power at Montreal’s city council wants to put pressure on the federal government to ban handguns and assault weapons.
  “These are weapons that are principally designed to kill people, and we don’t believe that any law-abiding citizen really needs to own such a weapon,” said Alex Norris, a city councillor and chair of Montreal’s public security commission.
  The city council will debate on Monday whether to pass a declaration urging Ottawa to outlaw certain
  
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• Knowlton Film Festival brings some of year's best films to Eastern Townships

  16-08-2018 03:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Some of the year’s best movies are headed to the Eastern Townships this weekend for the inaugural Knowlton Film Festival.
  Organized by film industry veteran Michèle Bazin, Théâtre Lac Brome general director Nicholas Pynes and former Gazette film critic John Griffin, the event brings 12 features and 20 short films to Théâtre Lac Brome, Thursday to Sunday.
  Opening the festival Thursday at 7:15 p.m. is residential school system drama Indian Horse, directed by
  
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• Watch: Kids are big winners as Impact gives back with new sports field

  16-08-2018 02:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact players joined children from the Centre Lasallien de Saint-Michel day camp in a soccer match as the team unveiled a new multisport mini-field at Champdoré Parc in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood on Wednesday.
  “The Montreal Impact Foundation gave itself an objective to build several multisport mini-fields in targeted neighbourhoods, in order to offer children the possibility to be active in a healthy and secure environment,” said Carmie Saputo, president of t
  
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• Montreal police search for missing 81-year-old

  16-08-2018 02:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help to find an 81-year-old man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
  André Théôret has grey hair, is five feet six inches tall and weighs approximately 150 pounds.
  He left his residence in Ahuntsic Wednesday and hasn’t returned. He has serious memory issues, according to the SPVM.
  He was last seen wearing beige shorts, a white and blue shirt and white sneakers.
  Police say he might be using public transit
  
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• Senneville home burns to the ground

  16-08-2018 01:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A luxurious residential home near the water in Senneville was completely destroyed by flames Wednesday afternoon.
  Firefighters arrived on the scene around 1 p.m. and found the home engulfed in smoke.
  Upon learning that the house was unoccupied, they immediately began taking defensive measures to combat the blaze, according to Luc Galarneau, chief of operations for the city’s fire department.
  “The building was completely in flames and we were worried the structure would coll
  
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• Analysis: Ouimet's ouster from Liberals reveals ugly side of politics

  16-08-2018 01:13 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — It was, as François Ouimet puts it, the day the ugly side of politics reared its head.
  There he was, a man elected to office way back in 1994, a veteran who had slogged through the bleak years on the opposition benches, quietly going about the thankless task of being the backbencher for the riding of Marquette for almost 25 years.
  He was never a cabinet minister and was not a big speaker, but despite the perilous nature of politics, Ouimet’s record was unblemished to
  
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• Allison Hanes: For Montrealers, gun control matters

  16-08-2018 00:01 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s just no comparison these days between Montreal and Toronto when it comes to homicide rates or gun violence.
  So far this year, 59 people have been killed in Toronto, 30 of them by gunfire. That includes a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman who died during a mass shooting spree on the Danforth in late July; 13 people were also injured. Meanwhile, there have been 249 shootings, according to the latest crime data from Toronto Police. Among the wounded were two sisters, ages
  
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