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• Impact newcomer Bacary Sagna could get first taste of MLS against Fire

  17-08-2018 23:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Newcomer Bacary Sagna is not expected to be in the starting 11 for the Impact against the Chicago Fire Saturday night at Saputo Stadium (7:30 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio), but don’t be surprised if the veteran back is on the pitch at game’s end.
  “I think it should be quick,” head coach Rémi Garde said when asked when fans could expect the French International to make his MLS debut. “He’s a real professional. You don’t have a career that long a
  
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• O'Sullivan College employee, 75, accused of sexually assaulting minors

  17-08-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A 75-year-old O’Sullivan College employee is facing multiple charges of sexual assault of minors.
  André Bonneau was arrested Aug. 9 on 11 charges of sexual assault allegedly committed more than a decade ago.
  Bonneau was a friendly face at O’Sullivan College, where he has worked for many years. In 2013, he was affectionately described as “Mr. Public Relations” in an alumni newsletter.
  “For all those who attended our school, students, employees and teachers, [i
  
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• Mohawk chief considers crack down on illegal cannabis dispensaries

  17-08-2018 22:20 via montrealgazette.com
  The Kanesatake band council could start swearing in its own peace officers to prevent the rise of illegal cannabis dispensaries on the North Shore Mohawk territory.
  Grand Chief Serge Simon told the Montreal Gazette on Friday that he’s willing to commission armed officers and authorize them to patrol Kanesatake.
  He said the action may seem drastic, but he recently found out band members have been selling weed out of cigarette shacks and other buildings on the territory.
  “I hate to do
  
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• SAQ employees planning a second strike day for Wednesday

  17-08-2018 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Unionized employees of the Société des alcools du Québec have decided to use their next strike day on Aug. 22.
  In a press release posted to their website Friday, the union that represents SAQ employees said that for this strike they will be targeting the government, not the employer.
  “The message will be clear: we want the government to give the mandate to the SAQ to settle the negotiations with its employees,” the union said.
  On Aug. 22, SAQ employees will
  
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• Poll: What is to be done about Montreal's John A. Macdonald monument?

  17-08-2018 22:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The John A. Macdonald monument in downtown Montreal’s Place du Canada was spray painted overnight from Thursday to Friday.
  A self-described group of “anti-colonial vandals” said they had taken action “in continued opposition to the far-right groups and politicians who actively defend a legacy of white supremacy and racism.”
  This incident comes in the wake of a decision by the city of Victoria to remove its own Macdonald monument.
  But it’s not the first time Mo
  
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• UPDATE: Quebec government to compensate taxi owners up to $45,700 each

  17-08-2018 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec will compensate the owners of taxi permits buffeted by the advent of ride-sharing services like Uber up to $45,700 each, the government announced Friday.
  However, only taxi drivers operating in the regions of Montreal, Quebec City and Gatineau will qualify for larger amounts. Permit holders in other sectors will see only cheques for $1,000.
  In Montreal, the owners of roughly 4,500 permits will qualify for the maximum amount. The money will go to drivers who held a permit between April 1,
  
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• Quebec government to compensate taxi owners up to $45,700 each

  17-08-2018 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec will compensate the owners of taxi permits buffeted by the advent of ride-sharing services like Uber up to $45,700 each, the government announced Friday.
  However, only taxi drivers operating in the regions of Montreal, Quebec City and Gatineau will qualify for larger amounts. Permit holders in other sectors will see only cheques for $1,000.
  In Montreal, the owners of roughly 4,500 permits will qualify for the maximum amount. The money will go to drivers who held a permit between April 1,
  
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• Editorial: Heading into a Quebec election campaign

  17-08-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Yes, it’s almost time: Quebec’s election campaign officially begins Thursday, and it won’t be long before lamp standards are laden with candidates’ posters.
  Of course, Oct. 1, voting day, still seems a long way off to most of us. It’s probably a safe bet that many Quebecers won’t really start paying attention to the campaign until after Labour Day — though the Liberals’ decision to dump popular long-time Marquette MNA François Ouimet for a &
  
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• Greenwood's StoryFest brings award-winning documentary to Hudson

  17-08-2018 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Everybody has the right to live in a clean environment, right? Wrong. There are countries who have written that right into the constitution, but Canada is not one of them. It is alluded to in Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but is not spelled out as a right to a healthy environment.
  Author Silver Donald Cameron and filmmaker Chris Beckett present a portrait of the global fight to live in a clean environment in their award-winning documentary Green Rights: The Human Righ
  
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• Don Macpherson: François Legault's dog whistle attracts a wolf

  17-08-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Well, that could have been awkward.
  Last weekend, the Coalition Avenir Québec party held an event to show off its team of candidates in the Oct. 1 general election to the media. Party supporters were not invited.
  Still, an audience did show up at the remote Shawinigan location: one man, sporting biker-style colours bearing the menacing wolf’s-footprint insignia of the notorious anti-immigrant group La Meute (the Pack).
  Whether the man was there to support the CAQ or out of curi
  
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• Headless sculptures now stand sentry on Montreal art museum's roof

  17-08-2018 18:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ latest additions look something like headless, armless bodies.
  The three corroded cast iron sculptures, which make up the “Walking Figures” installation, are the work of Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz.
  First shown in Montreal during the Balade pour la Paix: An Open-air Museum exhibit in 2017, they now stand on the third-floor terrasse of the museum’s new Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace.
  Getting them up there was no eas
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Aug. 17, 2018

  17-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16
  Dão 2017, Quinta da Ponte Pedrinha, Portugal white, $15.65, SAQ # 10760492. One of my favourite inexpensive whites. While the grape varieties might not be familiar, this drinks very much like chardonnay, though with citrus as opposed to green apple freshness. Elegant and interesting. Grape varieties: encruzado, cerceal branco. Residual sugar: 1.2 g/L. Serve at: 10-12
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: A good winemaker will let the terroir speak for itself

  17-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I was asked recently why most restaurant wine lists aren’t organized by grape variety, but by region. The gentleman who posed the question is a fan of cabernet sauvignon — Napa Valley in particular — and said it would be easier for him to navigate a larger list if he could go directly to what he wanted. Fair enough.
  I explained that all cabernets are not created equal. Some of the differences are man-made, like the amount of new oak used, or the quantity of residual sugar in th
  
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• Watch: Art installation captures sounds of Montreal

  17-08-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers who miss secretly speaking to their friends through the grated metal pipes at their local playground can reminisce through a new art installation, Wind Instrument.
  The work created by Montreal artist Étienne Paquette pushes passersby to listen to their surroundings more carefully. It is made up of six large steel pipes — reminiscent of ones you might find at one of the city’s many construction sites — that are designed to turn the ambient sound caused by
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Interest in electricity sparked discoveries

  17-08-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  For anyone in the business of science communication, the Royal Institution of Great Britain is a holy place. Founded in London in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the era, the Institution aimed to promote scientific education and research with an emphasis on public lectures focusing on the application of science to everyday life. Perhaps the most famous lecturer to grace the Institution’s hallowed amphitheatre was Michael Faraday, who enthralled audiences in the mid 19th century w
  
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• Gazette Time Machine: Scenes from Festival des films du monde

  17-08-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Festival des films du monde (a.k.a. Montreal World Film Festival) and Serge Losique are often in the news for the wrong reasons, but the event was once a leading light on Montreal’s cultural calendar. Here are excerpts from previous reports on the fest, its founder and the stars he brought to town.
  Agnes of God director a believer in Montreal
  Thursday, Aug. 22, 1985
  Quick, purposeful strides take the slender woman to the waiting table of journalists.
  “Hi,” she says politely
  
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• Festival des films du monde has filmmakers hoping for a happy ending

  17-08-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The continually fraught Festival des films du monde (FFM) is set to run from Thursday, Aug. 23 to Sunday, Sept. 3. While locations, ticket info and most other pertinent details remain to be announced — as has been the case for the past few calamitous editions — a handful of lists did appear on the festival’s website with a couple of weeks to spare.
  At the very least, the 42nd edition of the FFM has films. And while they’re currently just names on various lists without scr
  
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• Montreal métro system getting 'anti-suicide' barriers at 13 stations

  17-08-2018 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  After years of saying it was against the idea of so-called “anti-suicide” barriers in métro stations, the Société de transport de Montréal is now planning on installing them in at least 13 stations.
  The STM hopes the barriers can help reduce the number of shutdowns and prevent delays and congestion on the métro network.
  The 13 stations, located on the Orange line, would be equipped with glass doors that open automatically when a mét
  
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• Driver sought in Montreal hit-and-run involving 78-year-old woman

  17-08-2018 16:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man believed to be involved in a hit-and-run that injured a 78-year-old woman.
  According to police, the man’s white SUV struck the pedestrian at the corner of Lacordaire Blvd. and Jean-Talon E. St. last Saturday morning in St-Léonard.
  The woman, 78, was crossing Jean-Talon St. when the vehicle, heading south on Lacordaire Blvd., took a right turn and hit her before driving off. The woman was severely injure
  
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• We found the only American bagel that isn't leaden. It's a pool float

  17-08-2018 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers frequently rag on New York bagels and their equally disappointing American cousins.
  They do this for good reason: Whereas the Montreal bagel is a celebrated carbohydrate creation, American bagels are leaden foodstuffs that can only really be used as ballast in industrial ships.
  There is always an exception that proves the rule, however, and in this case it’s the Swimline Everything Bagel Pool Float.
  It’s made by Swimline, which produces a variety of poll accessories &mdas
  
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• 'Anti-colonial vandals' spray-paint Montreal's John A. Macdonald statue

  17-08-2018 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  An anonymous group of “anti-colonial vandals” has claimed responsibility for spray-painting the Sir John A. Macdonald monument in downtown Montreal’s Place du Canada.
  The group says it vandalized the statue early Friday morning in support of the city of Victoria’s recent removal of its own Macdonald monument and “in continued opposition to the far-right groups and politicians who actively defend a legacy of white supremacy and racism.”
  Montreal’s st
  
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• While you were sleeping: Protecting birds and crane escapades

  17-08-2018 14:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Birders call on city and feds to protect bird habitat at Technoparc
  Birding enthusiasts and environmental groups are ramping up the pressure on the city of Montreal, the province and especially the federal government to take action to preserve the wetlands in and around the Technoparc de Montréal as a bird and wildlife sanctuary.More than 68,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that all work in the sensitive natural areas in and around the Technoparc be
  
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• Man found dead inside burning vehicle in Eastern Townships

  17-08-2018 14:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating after a man’s body was found inside a burning vehicle in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
  According to police, firefighters were called to the scene of a burning car on the side of Noiseux Rd. in Dunham, roughly 90 kilometres southeast of Montreal, around 11 a.m. Thursday. 
  After extinguishing the flames, they noticed a man’s body inside the car.
  “There will be an autopsy performed today to determine the cause
  
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• Have you seen her? Montreal police search for missing 32-year-old

  17-08-2018 14:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding Josyane Lépine, a 32-year-old woman who went missing Thursday.
  Lépine was last seen at 1 p.m. in the city’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. Police say she is often seen in the east of Montreal and in the Tétreaultville area.
  She is five feet two inches tall and weighs approximately 115 lb. She has blue eyes and brown hair.
  #MISSING : Josyane Lépine 32 y/o. Josyane's family fear fo
  
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• Quebec elections: Montreal 'youth panel' with four leaders tonight

  17-08-2018 13:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than a week before the official launch of Quebec’s provincial election campaign, the leaders of the National Assembly’s political parties will share a stage in Montreal to answer questions from young Quebecers.
  Liberal leader Philippe Couillard, Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée, the CAQ’s François Legault and Québec solidaire spokesperson Manon Massé will participate in what’s describ
  
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• Our picks: 5 of the best places to take out-of-town guests in Montreal

  17-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Want to give your out-of-town guests a real feel for what the Montreal area has to offer? Five Gazette staffers have some ideas.
  Mount Royal Park
  Open year-roundFree; paid parking
  Is there any place more emblematic of Montreal than Mount Royal? The “mountain” is as beloved to Montrealers as it is sure to please out-of-town guests — no matter the season.
  If they’ve never been to Montreal before, the Chalet de la montagne or the belvedere looking east off Camillien-Hou
  
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• Birders call on city and feds to protect bird habitat at Technoparc

  17-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Birding enthusiasts and environmental groups are ramping up the pressure on the city of Montreal, the province and especially the federal government to take action to preserve the wetlands in and around the Technoparc de Montréal as a bird and wildlife sanctuary.More than 66,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that all work in the sensitive natural areas in and around the Technoparc be halted, and that they be protected as a conservation area called the “So
  
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• Cyclist hit by car in Mercier-Hochelaga

  17-08-2018 02:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A 63-year-old man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car in Mercier-Hochelaga Thursday evening.
  The incident occurred around 6 p.m. at the corner of Hector Ave. and Notre Dame St. One of the parties involved ran a red light, according to the SPVM. They did not confirm if it was the cyclist or the driver.
  The car was being driven by a 40-year-old man. He is being treated for shock.
  Police are investigating the incident, but they say neither speed nor alcohol was
  
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• STM maintenance workers refuse to work overtime, delays expected

  17-08-2018 02:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Maintenance employees of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) will refuse to work overtime starting Aug. 18, the STM announced in a statement.
  According to the document published Thursday night, the unionized employees will refuse to perform tasks outside their usual 40-hour workweeks until Sept. 16.
  A hearing before the Administrative Labour Tribunal will take place to determine what essential work must continue to be performed.
  According to the STM, these new pressur
  
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• Access to services in English a key concern, anglo leaders tell premier

  17-08-2018 02:44 via montrealgazette.com
  English Quebecers want bilingual access to social services, anglo leaders told Premier Philippe Couillard at a town hall-style meeting Thursday.
  After a busy morning responding to reporters’ questions in Lachine about his party’s new candidate, Enrico Ciccone, for the West Island riding of Marquette, Couillard spent the afternoon meeting with a group of anglophone community leaders at Dawson College.
  Applauded by the 60 or so people present in the auditorium as he entered, the premie
  
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• Wind Instrument: Art installation captures sounds of Montreal

  17-08-2018 01:54 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re craving a moment of reflection amid the constant buzz of city life, heading into the heart of downtown Montreal might seem counterintuitive. But a new installation outside the St-Laurent métro station that launched Thursday encourages Montrealers to do just that.
  Wind Instrument, a work created by Montreal artist Étienne Paquette, pushes passersby to listen to their surroundings more carefully. It is made up of six large steel pipes — reminiscent of ones you m
  
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• What can the McGill Redmen learn from playing Duke this weekend?

  17-08-2018 01:46 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill coach Dave De Aveiro had the natural reaction when he received a call from Canada Basketball asking if he was interested in a game against the NCAA powerhouse Duke Blue Devils.
  “I thought it was joke,” De Aveiro said prior to putting his team through a practice Thursday evening.
  The Redmen will face Duke Sunday afternoon at Place Bell (3 p.m., TSN, RDS) in the wrap-up of Duke’s three-game Canadian trip. The Blue Devils beat the Ryerson Rams 86-67 Wednesday and play the U
  
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• Free tuition for higher education a bad idea for Quebec: think tank

  17-08-2018 00:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Free tuition for higher education would be unsound public policy in Quebec, a Montreal think tank says in a new publication.
  MEI said they hope the two-page report released Thursday will influence public debates on higher education before October’s provincial election.
  The group aimed to put a dollar figure to the idea of free tuition in the province: “An extra $1.1 billion a year if applied solely to Quebec students, and $1.3 billion if extended to Canadian and foreign stu
  
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• Poll: What do you think of the Société Québécoise du Cannabis stores?

  17-08-2018 00:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The first images of the Société Québécoise du Cannabis stores are in.
  The look appears to mix the modernism of an Apple store with the sterile flavour of a DavidsTea storefront.
  We’re asking our readers what they think of our future pot-selling havens.
   Take Our Poll
   
  The upcoming SQCD stores will have information available about cannabis products, as well as their health risks.
   
  The cash register and wall of cannabis products are show
  
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