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• Price needs to be great, not good, to turn around his and Canadiens' fortunes

  02-09-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  After missing the playoffs by a country mile last season, it’s obvious the Canadiens must be better in 2018-19. And the burden of improvement will fall heavily on some players more than others. This is the last in a series of five stories on players who could hold the key to a turnaround.
  When the Canadiens gather for their annual golf tournament at Laval-sur-le-Lac next Monday, general manager Marc Bergevin will announce the team’s goal is to make the playoffs.
  If that’s going
  
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• Quebec election: For the Innu, wind farm is a chance to repair old wounds

  02-09-2018 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  UASHAT — That there is still an Innu community at the heart of Sept-Îles is a testament to its resilience.
  When the iron mines first came to Quebec’s Côte-Nord in the 1940s, the order of the day was to force the Innu off their land and into 10 reserves scattered across the densely forested region.
  In Sept-Îles, local clergy joined an effort to muscle the Innu into a reserve about eight kilometres outside of town. White settlers wanted the land to house prospectors a
  
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• Quebec election: Christian Dubé becomes CAQ candidate for La Prairie

  02-09-2018 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Gazette has learned Christian Dubé, a former politician and vice-president of the Caisse de dépôt, will be the the Coalition Avenir Québec canadiate for La Prairie.
  Dubé will replace former CAQ president Stéphane Le Bouyonnec, who resigned Tuesday after taking fire on social media for his former position on the board of directors of an Ontario firm that offered loans with high interest rates.
  This story will be updated.
  
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• Québec solidaire promises public wireless network

  02-09-2018 21:50 via montrealgazette.com
  ROUYN-NORANDA — While on their day campaigning in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Québec solidaire’s spokespersons pledged to create a public fibre-optic network to ensure a fast internet connection for all regions of the province.
  Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, seeking re-election in Gouin riding, and Manon Massé, running for premier, said setting up such a network — to be called Réseau Québec — would compete with the current “telecommu
  
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• Jack Todd: How could we ever forget Max Pacioretty's golf tournament?

  02-09-2018 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been such a remarkable week in Montreal sports that I’ve been racking my brain for all of 30 seconds trying to come up with a new moniker for this town.
  “Destination Dynasty?”
  “Home of the Heroes?”
  “Domination Junction?”
  “Parade Paradise?”
  “Winville?”
  By week’s end, we were ready to put Montreal right up there with the great sports towns on the continent: San Diego, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Vancouver, Ottawa.
  It was so
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ would have National Assembly vote on UPAC head

  02-09-2018 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The head of Quebec’s anti-corruption squad (UPAC) should be voted in by the National Assembly, not nominated by the government, CAQ leader François Legault said Sunday.
  “The CAQ and the Parti Quebecois have been asking for a long time that the director of UPAC should be nominated by a two thirds vote of the national assembly so that there’s an appearance of neutrality,” Legault said. “Philippe Couillard seems to not want the director of UPAC to be nomina
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard rebukes CAQ, defends selection of UPAC head

  02-09-2018 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  ROBERVAL — Liberal leader Philippe Couillard shot back at a statement by Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Ian Lafrenière that “political interference” was what he hated most about being a police officer.
  “I’ve always defended the independence of our institutions and I’m surprised that Mr. Lafrenière, having been in place for 20 years didn’t talk about this before. If he saw something, it was his duty to say so, why di
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ promises better access to family doctors

  02-09-2018 19:20 via montrealgazette.com
  VAUDREUIL – François Legault promised that a CAQ government would reduce the time it takes to see a family doctor, or another medical specialist to 36 hours for non-emergency patients — at zero cost to the taxpayer.
  The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec said 59 per cent of patients in the emergency wards of hospitals don’t need to be there. His government would shepherd non-life threatening patients toward family doctors and so-called “super nurses&
  
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• Quebec election: PQ hammers away at Ian Lafrenière, CAQ

  02-09-2018 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  SEPT-ÎLES — If Ian Lafrenière knew there was political corruption in the Montreal police force, Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée asked on Sunday, why didn’t he say anything?
  Why did he wait until he was no longer a commander in the force to ring the alarm bell? Why, only now that he’s the “law and order” candidate for the Coalition Avenir Quebec, is he suddenly raising his voice on the issue?
  Lisée hammered a
  
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• Italian GP: Hamilton denies Ferrari a home win; Lance Stroll 10th

  02-09-2018 17:22 via montrealgazette.com
  MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton denied Ferrari a dream home win at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday as he overtook Kimi Raikkonen eight laps from the end to claim a fifth victory in seven years at Monza.
  The Mercedes driver beat Raikkonen, who had started in pole, to tie Michael Schumacher’s record of five Italian GP victories and extend his championship lead to 30 points over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who had a nightmare start.
  Valtteri Bottas was third in his Mercedes, ahead
  
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• Former Habs defender Alexei Emelin joins Avangard Omsk in the KHL

  02-09-2018 16:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Russian defender Alexei Emelin, who spent the bulk of his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, has signed with Avangard Omsk in the KHL.
  The 32 year old was drafted by the Habs in 2004. In 380 games for the team from 2011 to 2017, he recorded 72 points.
  The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Emelin from Montreal in the 2017 NHL expansion draft. He was then traded to the Nashville Predators, where he played his sole NHL season outside of Montreal.
  Avangard announced Emelin’s signing usin
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard heads home to formalize candidacy

  02-09-2018 16:15 via montrealgazette.com
  ROBERVAL — Liberal leader Philippe Couillard headed back to his riding on Saturday, but it wasn’t to take a day off.
  On Sunday morning, he filed the necessary signatures and signed the paperwork to officially be a candidate in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean riding of Roberval.
  Then he made his promises for the riding, a series of plans mostly focused on economic development.
  Among them: a promise to expand a project in Saint-Félicien that uses waste heat from a biofuel
  
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• Quebec election: Lafrenière decries 'political interference' in policing

  02-09-2018 15:31 via montrealgazette.com
  CAQ candidate Ian Lafrenière says the thing he hated most when working as a police officer was “political interference.”
  The former Montreal police spokesperson, who is now running in the Vachon riding, said in an interview with TVA that politics and policing “don’t go together.”
  If elected, he said he’ll make sure not to interfere in police matters.
  If the CAQ comes to power on October 1, it will reassess Robert Lafrenière’s role as UPAC c
  
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• While you were sleeping: Town doubles population…to four

  02-09-2018 14:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were getting some rest.
  Premier Philippe Couillard said Donald trump is not a “very strong ally of Canada.” Couillard made the comments during a campaign stop in Quebec City. The continuing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement has become a major focus of the Quebec election campaign — with major party leaders appearing together to promise they won’t accept any compromises on Canada’s supply cont
  
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• Man injured in downtown Montreal stabbing

  02-09-2018 13:38 via montrealgazette.com
  A man was injured in a stabbing early Sunday morning on St-Laurent Blvd near Milton St.
  Responding to a 9-1-1 call around 3:15 a.m., Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils says officers arrived on the scene to find a 20-year-old man who had suffered an upper body injury.
  He was hospitalized, but his life is not in danger.
  Chèvrefils says a conflict between multiple people is believed to have degenerated. There are not yet any suspects.
  A perimeter was establishe
  
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• Montreal weather: Mainly cloudy and humid

  02-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunday will be overcast with a 40-per-cent chance of showers in the afternoon.
  The wind will become southwest at 20 km/h in the morning.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 27 Celsius, a Humidex of 35 and a UV index of 6, or high.
  Tonight: Cloudy with 60-per-cent chance of showers and a low of 23.
  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.
  
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• Impact upsets Red Bulls 3-0 to remain in playoff contention

  02-09-2018 05:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Two defenders sparked the offence as the Impact continued its playoff drive with a 3-0 upset win over New York Red Bulls on Saturday night at Saputo Stadium.
  The Impact holds down the sixth and final playoff spot in the MLS Eastern Conference and they opened a six-point lead over the New England Revolution, which was held to a 1-1 tie by the Portland Timbers. And they moved four points back of Philadelphia, which was tied by Orlando SC 2-2. New England does have two games in hand, while Philadel
  
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• Pacioretty must avoid distractions, regain form to remain in Montreal

  02-09-2018 04:58 via montrealgazette.com
  After missing the playoffs by a country mile last season, it’s obvious the Canadiens must be better in 2018-19. And the burden of improvement will fall heavily on some players more than others. This is the fourth in a series of five stories on players who could hold the key to a turnaround.
  What’s happening with Max Pacioretty?
  That’s the most frequently asked question in Montreal and there’s a sense of frustration because there is no answer.
  Here’s what we do know.
  
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• Pacioretty must avoid distractions, rejoin form to remain in Montreal

  02-09-2018 02:27 via montrealgazette.com
  After missing the playoffs by a country mile last season, it’s obvious the Canadiens must be better in 2018-19. And the burden of improvement will fall heavily on some players more than others. This is the fourth in a series of five stories on players who could hold the key to a turnaround.
  What’s happening with Max Pacioretty?
  That’s the most frequently asked question in Montreal and there’s a sense of frustration because there is no answer.
  Here’s what we do know.
  
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• Quebec election: PQ candidate who called critic a pedophile on Twitter defends her social media history

  02-09-2018 00:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A Parti Québéois candidate who used a racial slur on Twitter, and then called a critic a pedophile in two other tweets, is defending her record on the social network.
  “Out of 80,000 tweets my ratio is very, very, very good,” Michelle Blanc said on Saturday during a visit to the Quebec City Pride Festival.
  When asked about the Twitter posts in which she described blogger and CEGEP professor Xavier Camus as a pedophile, Blanc said she had apologized.
  “I was very sad
  
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