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• Quebec election notebook: Manon Massé is tops on Google, but CAQ is party of choice

  28-08-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec voters are searching for change.
  An analysis of what we’re looking up on Google shows Quebecers are looking for more information on the two main parties that have never formed a government.
  They really want to hear what Manon Massé, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec solidaire party, is saying.
  She’s by far the leader Google users are seeking out the most, according to data from Google Trends. Interest in her took off when the election ca
  
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• CAQ president steps down

  28-08-2018 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  The president of the Coalition Avenir Québec and its candidate in La Prairie announced Tuesday afternoon that he is stepping down so as not to “take the risk of harming the campaign.”
  Stéphane Le Bouyonnec, 56, had come under fire since June, when it was revealed that he had been chairman of the board of directors of Techbanx, an  Ontario-based company specializing in very high-interest loans that exceeded the Quebec standard of 35 per cent.
  In a hastily calle
  
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• Allison Hanes: Where will the children learn while schools are renovated?

  28-08-2018 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  As Quebec schoolchildren return to class this week, the contrast between their new backpacks and shiny shoes versus their old, overcrowded, rundown, sometimes crumbling schools could not be more stark.
  Much of the school infrastructure in Quebec — and especially Montreal — is in a sad state of repair. On top of that, many schools are bursting at the seams because of climbing enrolment, plus the rollout of pre-kindergarten programs for four-year-olds. This has long been a problem, but
  
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• Quebec election live blog Aug. 28: Is Québec Solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 23:28 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:25 p.m.: That’s a wrap
  That’s it for today. We’ll be back tomorrow for more election coverage.
  Follow the Gazette’s ongoing election coverage here.4:25 p.m.: Young Quebecers really like the Liberals
  A new poll for the Gazette and Le Devoir confirms that Quebec youth are flocking to the L
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Aug. 29

  28-08-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Trajectoires starting Saturday and continuing to Oct. 14. Vernissage on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. Call 514-630-1220.
  Montreal Aviation Museum on McGill University’s Macdonald campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd. in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, is open for summer hours (until Sept. 3): every Friday to Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Starting Saturday, Sept. 8 the museum will be open to the public
  
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• Live – Quebec election: Is Québec solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:25 p.m. Young Quebecers really like the Liberals
  A new poll for the Gazette and Le Devoir confirms that Quebec youth are flocking to the Liberals.
  Some details are here. The rest of the survey results will be online and in the paper Wednesday.
  Quebec election: Liberals drawing more youth vote than other pa
  
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• Montreal woman violently arrested in 2014 sues city, officers

  28-08-2018 22:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Four years after Montreal police officers broke her arm during an arrest, Majiza Philip is suing the city of Montreal and two officers for $700,000.
  Philip is seeking $100,000 for time she spent away from work and for the injuries she sustained. Additionally, she’s asking for $600,000 in moral and punitive damages for her unlawful arrest.
  In 2014, during a concert, Philip’s roommate was detained for public drunkenness. It was a chilly November night, so Philip took her roommate his c
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals drawing more youth vote than other parties, poll says

  28-08-2018 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Another public opinion poll has confirmed Quebec’s youth are flocking to the Liberals and not the competing parties.
  One week into the election campaign, a Léger poll conducted for the Montreal Gazette and Le Devoir concludes 35 per cent of Quebec youth plan to vote Liberal Oct. 1.
  That figure is considerably higher than the Coalition Avenir Québec’s support in the same demographic (youths age 18-34.) The CAQ score is 26 per cent.
  Even more surprising, sa
  
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• Lachine man admits to killing girlfriend's son with a spear

  28-08-2018 22:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A 44-year-old Lachine resident put a halt to his upcoming jury trial at the Montreal courthouse by admitting he stabbed his girlfriend and killed her son with a spear after a day of heavy drinking nearly three years ago.
  Philippe Gloutney appeared before Quebec Superior Court Justice François Dadour on Tuesday as notices were about to be sent out to potential jurors for a trial expected to begin in a few weeks. Although he was initially charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lee
  
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• Video: P.K. Subban teaches Montreal kids at his annual hockey clinic

  28-08-2018 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been more than two years since the Canadiens traded P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators, but he made it clear Saturday that Montreal still holds a special place in his heart.
  At his annual hockey clinic, he passed along coveted tips and tricks as he lead the on-ice portion of the Subban Foundation Hockey Clinic. The registration money will be given to P.K.’s Helping Hand fund, which is dedicated to supporting vulnerable families financially devastated  by their chi
  
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• Live – Quebec elections: Is Québec Solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 20:11 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:10 p.m.: Poem for Pundits
  First time one of my blog posts has inspired a poem.
  In response: Poem for Pundits https://t.co/i332zEPug0 #qc2018 https://t.co/uV5ngv65t7
  — Jack Locke (@Lockeblog) August 27, 2018
  1:30 p.m.: Is a gas-car ban too radical for Quebec?
  Political opponents on Tuesday brushed asi
  
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• Kramberger: Time for the back-to-school shopping blues

  28-08-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the end of summer vacation for school-aged children, a fact some parents might gleefully choose to celebrate. On the flip side of the celebration is surviving the sharp learning curve as parents try their darnedest to complete their children’s back to school supply list by the first day of classes this week.
  Back to school shopping is a rite of passage for parents. For some, it can prove to be stressful, time-consuming and costly. However, you can make the best of it by turning
  
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• Carey Price, despite, well, everything, is the top goaltender in NHL 19

  28-08-2018 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The 2017-18 season was one to forget for Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price.
  EA Sports appears to have done just that and listed Price as the top goaltender in the NHL 19 video game.
  “Calm and collected while taking full control of the net, Price makes the game look easy, even against the most elite goal scorers,” EA’s justification for his rating reads. “With virtually no holes in his game, Carey Price will be very difficult to score against this year.”
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• Quebec election: Revisiting Kanata cancelation among PQ cultural plans

  28-08-2018 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A Parti Québécois government would have acted to ensure the production of the controversial play Kanata went ahead, leader Jean-François Lisée said on Tuesday.
  “Had I been premier,” he said, “I would have directed my minister of culture to meet with the producers to say, ‘One producer lacked moral courage and defected, how can we help you rebuild your financial case? How can we be of some support or find another co-producer?&rsq
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ would cut 1% of public servants

  28-08-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  A Coalition Avenir Québec government would eliminate 5,000 jobs by attrition — one per cent of the civil service — leader François Legault said Tuesday.
  “Never with these savings will we reduce services to citizens,” Legault said at a press conference in downtown Quebec City.
  The CAQ leader said the Liberals have failed to trim the cost of government bureaucracy and that spending on information technology (IT) is out of control.
  The next government must have
  
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• Max Pacioretty and the Habs: Speculation is par for the course

  28-08-2018 18:19 via montrealgazette.com
  With a little more than two weeks to go before training camp, Max Pacioretty is still a Canadien.
  If there is any friction between Pacioretty and the Canadiens’ management, it wasn’t evident Tuesday at the third annual Captain’s Tournament at Richelieu Valley Golf Club.
  General manager Marc Bergevin, who had tried to trade Pacioretty this year, was on hand, along with team owner Geoff Molson and head coach Claude Julien; all four had primo reserved parking s
  
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• Quebec has plenty of Canada's 'very poor' roads: Statistics Canada

  28-08-2018 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The potholes and bumps were not just figments of your imagination.
  A new Statistics Canada survey of the nation’s roads suggests Quebec has more than its fair share of “poor” and “very poor” roads.
  Carried out in conjunction with Infrastructure Canada, the survey uses responses from about 1,500 government organizations. A poor road, according to the government agency, exhibits a “condition below standard and a large portion of the network exhibits significant
  
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• Opinion: Settling for 'tolerance' has noxious effects

  28-08-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  During his speech to the assembled crowd at the 2018 Pride Parade in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the usage of the word “tolerance” by Canadians when referring to their neighbours who differ from them. Instead, he called for acceptance. I could not agree more.
  As a person of colour and an individual who numbers many LGBTQ folk among relatives, friends and acquaintances, I am fully aware of the noxious effects of being tolerated. Although, given the occasion, Trudea
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard blasts Legault on economy, immigration

  28-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  YAMACHICHE — Liberal leader Philippe Couillard deviated from his early strategy of focusing on campaign proposals and playing nice by tearing a strip out of his main opponent, Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault, on Tuesday.
  “The greatest weakness of the CAQ is the economy,” Couillard said while taking media questions at a press conference to announce measures to improve education. “The great economic risk for Quebec is a CAQ government. Mr. Lega
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Lamb Burgers with Grilled Red Onions

  28-08-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  If you need help cooking good family meals and getting them on the table quickly, Now & Again, the latest cookbook by veteran U.S. food writer Julia Turshen, has plenty of ideas.
  London photographer David Loftus has provided fine photos for the seasonal collection of more than 150 recipes. The book features follow-up sections called It’s Me Again about how to use your leftovers. Turshen regularly cooks too much of a dish so she will have an easy cooking job the next day.
  Another sectio
  
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• Live – Quebec election: On Google, Manon Massé is most popular leader

  28-08-2018 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:40 a.m.: Quebecers look to both ends of political spectrum
  Quebecers are eager to learn more about two parties on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
  They really want to hear what Manon Massé, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec Solidaire, has to say.
  She’s by f
  
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• Quebec election: Public transit at core of QS economic transition plan

  28-08-2018 17:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec solidaire government would invest $13.3 billion into public transit over the next four years, a move the party claims would not only stimulate the economy and create jobs, it would allow Quebec to meet its ambitious climate change targets.
  “Climate change is the biggest challenge of the 21st century,” said party spokesperson Manon Massé at a news conference in Parc Lafontaine. “Our great-great-grandchildren will blame us if we don’t act now, and they will
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion adds firefighters, first responder services

  28-08-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The Vaudreuil-Dorion fire department is staffing up to ensure firefighters are standing by around the clock to respond to local emergencies.
  The city of Vaudreuil-Dorion announced this week that as of Sept. 2, firefighters will be on duty 24/7, 365 days a year at the Forbes fire station. In addition to firefighting services, staff have also been provided training to offer first responder services, such as intervention in cases of anaphylactic shock, trauma and cardiorespiratory arrest.
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• Quebec election: CAQ intends to cut $1.2 billion in spending during first term – report

  28-08-2018 16:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The Coalition Avenir Québec believes it will be able to cut $1.2 billion in public spending by the end of its first term, according to reports Tuesday morning by TVA Nouvelles and Radio-Canada.
  CAQ leader François Legault is expected to announce Tuesday a further $1.2 billion cut in the years to follow.
  The party’s plan is based on a report produced by former CAQ MNA Christian Dubé, who left the politics to work for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Qu&e
  
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• Quebec election: PLQ pledge more physical activity, coding in schools

  28-08-2018 16:34 via montrealgazette.com
  YAMACHICHE – With Quebec schoolchildren returning to classes across the province Tuesday, Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard pledged to invest an additional $400 million per year to upgrade schools, increase physical education and add more computer programming and coding courses for elementary and high school students.
  The injection of funds will extend over 10 years, totalling $4 billion, Couillard said.
  Schools undergoing reconstruction or enlargement will be transferred into moder
  
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• Quebec election: Québec Solidaire plans to ban the sale of gas powered cars by 2030

  28-08-2018 16:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec Solidaire will ban the sale of gas powered vehicles by 2030 if it forms the next provincial government, Radio-Canada reported Tuesday.
  Only the purchase of hybrid or electric vehicles will be authorized in 12 years, while those who purchase gas powered vehicles will be immediately penalized, according to the report.
  According to Québec Solidaire’s timetable, which is based on similar efforts in the United Kingdom and France, a sales ban on gasoline powered vehicle
  
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• Pacioretty is still a Montreal Canadien – for the foreseeable future

  28-08-2018 16:26 via montrealgazette.com
  With a little more than two weeks to go before training camp, Max Pacioretty is still a Canadien.
  If there is any friction between Pacioretty and the Canadiens’ management, it wasn’t evident Tuesday at the third annual Captain’s Tournament at Richelieu Valley Golf Club.
  General manager Marc Bergevin, who had tried to trade Pacioretty this year, was on hand, along with team owner Geoff Molson and head coach Claude Julien; all four had primo reserved parking s
  
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• Live – Quebec election: Philippe Couillard plays ball

  28-08-2018 16:03 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:55 a.m.: Busy day on campaign trail
  Here’s what’s making headlines this morning:Francois Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec is reportedly hoping to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs from the province’s civil service.
  Jean-Francois Lisée of the Parti Québecois wants t
  
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• Protest at Quebec school as boys accused of taking sex pics return

  28-08-2018 15:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Demonstrators formed a human chain Tuesday morning before the Séminaire des Pères Maristes, a private school in Quebec City that was forced to readmit three male students suspected of taking photos of a sexual nature of female students.
  The demonstration was organized by the Regroupement des groupes de femmes de la région Capitale-Nationale and followed a decision last week by Superior Court ordering the school to readmit three students who had been expelled because local po
  
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• Heat warning for Montreal persists: No relief until Thursday

  28-08-2018 14:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Forecasting that “the next two days will be especially hot and humid over Southwestern Quebec,” Environment Canada on Tuesday maintained its heat warning for the Montreal area, predicting seasonal temperatures will only return by Thursday.
  The warning notes that maximum temperatures for the next 48 hours “will approach 30 C with humidex values reaching near 40 in the afternoon.”
  The federal agency notes that extreme heat affects everyone and the risks are greater for youn
  
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• While you were sleeping: Planned car bans and violent STM altercations

  28-08-2018 14:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec Solidaire plans to ban the sale of gas powered cars by 2030
  Québec Solidaire will ban the sale of gas powered vehicles by 2030 if it forms the next provincial government, Radio-Canada reported Tuesday.
  Only the purchase of hybrid or electric vehicles will be authorized in 12 years, while those who purchase gas powered vehicles will be immediately penalized, according to the report.
  According to Québec Solidaire’s timetable, which is based on similar efforts
  
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• Quebec elections: PLQ pledge more physical activity, coding in schools

  28-08-2018 14:43 via montrealgazette.com
  YAMACHICHE – With Quebec schoolchildren returning to classes across the province Tuesday, Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard pledged to invest an additional $400 million per year to upgrade schools, increase physical education and add more computer programming and coding courses for elementary and high school students.
  The injection of funds will extend over 10 years, totalling $4 billion, Couillard said.
  Schools undergoing reconstruction or enlargement will be transferred into moder
  
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• Quebec Election: Lisée would cap book discounts to protect small bookstores

  28-08-2018 14:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A Parti Québécois government would limit discounts on books if it’s elected on Oct. 1, party leader Jean-François Lisée promised on Tuesday morning.The plan is intended to protect small bookstores by limiting deep discounts on new books by large chains like Costco. Under the measure, discounts on new books would be capped at 10 per cent. There would be no restrictions on the prices set by publishers, the party said.The idea — which has been called for
  
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• CAQ intends to cut $1.2 billion in spending during first term – report

  28-08-2018 14:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Coalition Avenir Québec believes it will be able to cut $1.2 billion in public spending by the end of its first term, according to reports Tuesday morning by TVA Nouvelles and Radio-Canada.
  CAQ leader François Legault is expected to announce Tuesday a further $1.2 billion cut in the years to follow.
  The party’s plan is based on a report produced by former CAQ MNA Christian Dubé, who left the politics to work for the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Qu&e
  
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• Québec Solidaire plans to ban the sale of gas powered cars by 2030

  28-08-2018 13:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec Solidaire will ban the sale of gas powered vehicles by 2030 if it forms the next provincial government, Radio-Canada reported Tuesday.
  Only the purchase of hybrid or electric vehicles will be authorized in 12 years, while those who purchase gas powered vehicles will be immediately penalized, according to the report.
  According to Québec Solidaire’s timetable, which is based on similar efforts in the United Kingdom and France, a sales ban on gasoline powered vehicle
  
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• Allison Hanes: Time to pay attention to the real election campaign

  28-08-2018 13:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Like many Quebecers, I’m preoccupied this week trying to get the kids into the routine of a brand-new school year and facing up to the fact that, despite the latest heat wave, summer is really over.
  There’s so much going on at home that, for the average person, it could easily escape notice that there’s an election campaign in full swing — except for all those signs on lampposts and lawns, of course.
  But then again, it’s hard to tell the difference between the offic
  
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• Suburban mayors continue push for agglomeration reform

  28-08-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Determined is how the president of the Association of Suburban Municipalities Beny Masella described the ASM’s push for agglomeration reform.
  With the provincial election just around the corner the ASM — which represents 15 municipalities including all the demerged West Island suburbs — is hoping to sit down with Montreal to discuss  possible changes to the way the Montreal Agglomeration Council functions with the goal of coming to a consensus and presenting the potential
  
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• Duncan: Get your soup on at Off-Island festival

  28-08-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Who doesn’t like soup? Do you think you’ve got what it takes to make an award-winning soup that stands above the rest in a friendly competition? How would you like to be awarded the coveted Golden Ladle in this year’s contest?
  Promoted as a festival to help create intercultural and intergenerational exchanges in our community while welcoming visitors of the Greater Montreal area and from all regions of Quebec and eastern Ontario, the upcoming Vaudreuil-Soulanges S.O.U.P.&n
  
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• World Press Photo show offers a crucial world view, says Montreal spokesman

  28-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When photographer Alexandre Champagne learned that six men, all fathers, had been killed at Quebec City’s Great Mosque, first he cried.
  “My own daughter had just turned one,” he recalled of the Jan. 29, 2017 shootings, which left 17 children without fathers, “and I felt I had a responsibility to use my visibility to raise money to try to help them.”
  He owed much of his visibility to the Trois fois par jour food and lifestyle blog/cookbook/magazine mini-empire a
  
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• Montreal weather: A windy morning

  28-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Clearing in the morning with winds becoming southwest at 30 km/h, gusting to 50 km/h.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 32 Celsius, a Humidex of 43 and a UV index of 8 or very high.
  Tonight: Cloudy periods with a 30 per cent chance of showers, and expect an overnight low of 23 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 ph
  
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• Brownstein: Helios Makerspace is the hands-on helping hand for DIYers

  28-08-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In one corner, a craftsman is putting the finishing touches to a flute he has just built from scratch. Not to be outdone is the fellow who has just fashioned an ultra-awesome electric guitar made from the wood of — yes — 20 skateboards. In another corner, a teenage boy is diligently working on a lathe, in the process of sculpting a pen. And in yet another corner, an electronics workshop is about to get underway.
  Atelier Helios Makerspace in St-Henri is a community workshop pretty muc
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Aug. 27

  28-08-2018 04:25 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Heat warning: Humidex in Montreal area expected to hit low 40s
  Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for the Montreal area, forecasting an especially humid day Tuesday, with humidex values expected to register in the low 40s throughout the day.
  The “warm and humid conditions” settling over southern Quebec — including the Châteauguay-La Prairie, Laval and Longueuil-Varennes areas — will&nb
  
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• Quebec election: Charter of Values didn't hurt Quebec's brand with immigrants: Lisée

  28-08-2018 03:03 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — The Charter of Quebec Values, proposed by the last Parti Québecois government in 2014, didn’t diminish Quebec’s brand with immigrants, PQ leader Jean-François Lisée said on Monday.
  “All the numbers show that even when we were in power, the number of candidates for immigration in Quebec grew steadily, so it had no impact,” he told reporters at a campaign stop in Trois-Rivières.
  He addressed reports that de
  
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• Man arrested after altercation with STM agents

  28-08-2018 02:37 via montrealgazette.com
  One man was arrested following a violent altercation that was caught on camera at Guy-Concordia métro station Friday night.
  Police say multiple 911 calls came in around 7:30 p.m. about the incident between a person and three Société de transport de Montréal agents. In a video of the incident, which has been shared more than 1,000 times on Facebook, two of the agents are seen holding a man to the ground while another attempts to block a woman from approaching them.At o
  
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• Quebec election: What's next, Quebec leaders ask in wake of U.S.-Mexico news

  28-08-2018 02:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault said he can’t wait to sit down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to find out why Canada hasn’t reached a deal on NAFTA now that U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States has struck a bilateral “understanding” with Mexico.
  “We need an economic premier,” Legault said during a campaign stop in Sherbrooke on Monday.
  He hoped Premier Philippe Couillard is “working by the hour” with
  
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• Montreal police look for clues in Pointe-St-Charles gunfire

  28-08-2018 01:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Police responding to calls about gunfire in Pointe-St-Charles early Monday found plenty of spent shell casings but little in the way of information.
  Officers arrived at the corner of Châteauguay and Charlevoix Sts. soon after receiving several 911 calls and found spent shell casings on the street and several bullet holes in the facade of a nearby residence.
  However, occupants of the building were not co-operating with investigators, police said.
  The canine unit was deployed in an effo
  
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• New digs, new name for Centre d'histoire de Montréal

  28-08-2018 01:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Centre d’histoire de Montréal will be replaced by a new museum called the MEM, which will open in 2021 in a brand-new building at the corner of Ste-Catherine St. and the Main, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  “This new space will be dedicated to revealing the Montreal identity,” Plante said. “The MEM will continue the work of the Centre d’histoire to shine a light on the evolution of this city, in terms of its architecture, its disti
  
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• Montreal woman says dispute with Hydro-Québec over smart meter not just about her

  28-08-2018 00:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal woman whose dispute with Hydro-Québec may lead to her having her power cut off says bigger are issues are at play.
  Hydro-Québec told Denise Babin that it would cut off her power on Aug. 27 if she doesn’t let the utility replace her hydro meter.
  As of late Monday afternoon, her power was still on, but it could be cut without further notice.
  Babin has an old analog hydro meter in her home that must be replaced before Dec. 31. Hydro-Québec wants
  
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• Quebec election: More jobs, less immigration, Legault says

  28-08-2018 00:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault lashed out against the Liberal government Monday for encouraging immigration, saying it has not helped solve economic problems like a shortage of high-paying jobs in many regions.
  “Let’s look at the results. Immigration under the Liberal government is a failure,” said Legault, who wants to cut immigration levels from 50,000 to 40,000 per year and refuse status to immigrants who fail to learn French within three years
  
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• Montreal's single-bid snow-clearing contracts raise questions about collusion

  28-08-2018 00:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Three years after the inspector general of Montreal revealed patterns of collusion in municipal snow-clearing work, the city has just awarded 16 contracts that suggest the same patterns still exist, the opposition at city hall contends.
  “We’re still seeing the tendencies of what could be perceived as collusionary activity,” said Lionel Perez, leader of Opposition party Ensemble Montréal, the renamed political formation once led by former mayor Denis Coderre. Perez s
  
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