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• James Gould, who killed woman in Dorval by stomping on her head, to be released

  09-09-2018 23:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A West Island resident who killed a woman he had just met by stomping on her head during an argument has been ordered to reside at a halfway house while he continues to serve what remains of his twelve-year prison term.
  On April 23, 2010, James Gould received an overall sentence of 15 years following his manslaughter conviction in the death of Karina Paola Esquivel-Moya, an 18-year-old woman he killed in 2007 in an apartment in Dorval while he was high on drugs and alcohol. By the time his case
  
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• Jack Todd: This time, Nike is on the right side of history

  09-09-2018 22:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The slogan is brilliant: “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”
  The commercial, using former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick as a new kind of pitchman for Nike, is both brilliant and courageous.
  And it matters. If you don’t believe it, look at Lance Armstrong, who was able to carry on cheating in the face of doping authorities and lawsuits until Nike pulled the rug out from under him. Nike has real power — and this time, the corporatio
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals promise respite, tax breaks for caregivers

  09-09-2018 20:26 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is promising relief for Quebec’s 1.5 million caregivers in the form of tax credits for home renovation, more respite care and improved support services.
  Under a re-elected Liberal government, households that adapt their homes to accommodate elderly relatives could get up to $2,400 in renovation costs back, Couillard announced Sunday during a visit to a seniors’ residence in Trois-Rivières.
  The program would reimbu
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée slams B'nai Brith on eve of high holidays

  09-09-2018 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  On the eve of the Jewish high holidays, Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée complained a Jewish-rights group is trying to intimidate his party into firing embattled candidate Michelle Blanc.
  The party on Sunday made public a letter it received from B’nai Brith Canada that highlighted statements Blanc made on Twitter and as a blogger.
  In a 2011 tweet, Blanc wrote: “merde, I forgot to celebrate Hitler’s birthday yesterday.”
  In a 2007 blog
  
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• Quebec election: QS would divert $12.5B destined for Generation Fund

  09-09-2018 20:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A Québec solidaire government would use the province’s existing Generations Fund to finance green infrastructure needed to fight climate change and bring about the economic transition the party has been touting, QS co-spokesperson Manon Massé announced Sunday.
  The Liberals had planned to put $12.5 billion into the Generation Fund over the next mandate, she said. A QS government would stop those payments and instead use that money to build the public transit systems and o
  
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• Update: SAQ employees hold surprise strike Sunday; there's more to come

  09-09-2018 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s liquor board employees walked off the job in a surprise strike on Sunday, kicking off a third day of job action one day earlier than planned.
  Sunday represents the third of six planned one-day strikes for the employees, who have been without a contract since March 2017.
  They are expected to be off on Monday as well.
  The union representing the 5,500 employees voted 91 per cent in favour of the strike days earlier this year.
  The employees last walked off the job on Aug. 22 to pressu
  
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• Quebec election: 'Santa Claus Couillard' spending out of control: CAQ

  09-09-2018 18:25 via montrealgazette.com
  LAC-MÉGANTIC — Quebec’s election campaign took another odd twist Sunday with Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault saying the Liberals are so desperate to stay in power they are spending like like drunken sailors.
  In fact, having shucked its historic responsible role as the party of the economy and taxpayers, Liberals now have more in common with the left-wing Québec solidaire, which believes in big spending and big government, he said.
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• Special weather statement blankets Montreal as failed hurricane approaches

  09-09-2018 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Tropical Depression Gordon, which never quite made hurricane status as it slammed into Mississippi and Alabama last week, is expected to rain down on Montreal early this week.
  While border crossings are notoriously busy at the end of every weekend, Gordon was expected to make its way into Canada from the central U.S. unfettered on Sunday.
  Environment Canada warns residents of Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and Châteauguay to expect between 30 and 50 millimetres of rain starting Monday afternoo
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals promise respite care, tax breaks for caregivers

  09-09-2018 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is promising relief for Quebec’s 1.5 million caregivers in the form of tax credits for home renovation, more respite care and improved support services.
  Households that undertake renovations to accommodate elderly relatives could obtain a reimbursement of up to $2,400, Couillard announced Sunday during a visit to a seniors’ residence in Trois-Rivières.
  The government would reimburse 20 per cent of renovation expen
  
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• Fitness: Teaching the ABCs of physical literacy

  09-09-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ask a random group of friends about their memories of gym class, and you’ll likely stir up emotions that run deep. From being picked last when teams are formed to being ridiculed by more highly skilled classmates, gym class was anything but fun and games for many people.
  But there’s more to physical education than learning how to play sports. It’s considered a legitimate part of the educational curriculum, and a qualified phys-ed teacher is tasked with building physical literac
  
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• Cirque du Soleil's Saudi show will go on despite diplomatic row with Canada

  09-09-2018 14:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Saudi Arabia’s spat with Canada may have affected the currency, maple syrup imports and thousands of Saudi students abroad, but there’s at least one Canadian business untouched: Cirque du Soleil.
  The Montreal-based troupe will perform a customized show for Saudi Arabia’s National Day on Sept. 23 in Riyadh, Cirque du Soleil said in an emailed statement. The hour-long show will feature more than 80 artists — men and women — wearing 250 costumes on a 300-foot stage, &l
  
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• Man killed while trying to help ATV rider stuck on logging road

  09-09-2018 14:23 via montrealgazette.com
  QUÉBEC — A man in his 70s was killed in an ATV accident in Port-Daniel-Gascons in the Gaspésie Saturday.
  The man was trying to help an ATV rider whose vehicle was stuck on a logging road.
  He had installed cables to pull the ATV, but one of the vehicles moved backward and struck the victim. He died instantly.
  There is no criminal element to the tragedy, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  
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• SAQ workers' third strike day is looming: It's Monday

  09-09-2018 13:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Sales at 400 branches of the Société des alcools du Québec will be disrupted Monday as 5,500 employees in stores and offices hold their third strike day.
  During the last strike day, Aug. 22, the majority of branches had to be closed. Some remained open because they were being run by managerial staff, as permitted by the Labour Code.
  The next day, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard declared that he did not want to interfere with the negotiations at the SAQ, even though the uni
  
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• Nuance and elegance celebrated in country-style Île-Bizard home

  09-09-2018 13:27 via montrealgazette.com
  This sumptuous residence on Île-Bizard would certainly not be out of place somewhere in the south of France, with its octagonal shapes, half-moon windows and multi-gabled roof evoking sophistication and elegance.Set on a lot measuring 1,400 square metres (15,000 square feet), the house has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and luxurious amenities such as a temperature-controlled cellar, an exercise room and a sauna.
  Though the house looks like a brand new construction, it was built in 19
  
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• Quebec considers best way to honour Lise Payette, without religion

  09-09-2018 13:23 via montrealgazette.com
  The provincial government is planning a final farewell to Lise Payette, the former cabinet minister who died on Wednesday, on a level of a state funeral, even if it won’t involve a religious ceremony.
  Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s international relations minister and the person responsible for such protocols, confirmed on Saturday she is in discussions with the family of the former Parti Québécois cabinet minister, journalist and author who died at the age of 87.
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• The farmers who feed you: Quebec producers open their barns to the public

  09-09-2018 13:20 via montrealgazette.com
  For the 16th year in a row, Quebec farms are holding an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
  Since 2002, more than 2.2 million people have responded to the invitation of the Union des producteurs agricoles to visit one of the approximately 100 participating farms.
  The free family event allows citizens to meet farmers, taste regional products, attend farm demonstrations, and get up close to the animals on the farm.
  In Montreal, agricultural producers have set up on the esplanade of the Olymp
  
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• Three pedestrians hit by cars in Montreal overnight

  09-09-2018 13:05 via montrealgazette.com
  An man in his 60s is in critical condition Sunday after being struck by a vehicle in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal.
  The pedestrian was crossing Jeanne-Mance St. at René-Lévesque Blvd. when he was hit at 2:45 a.m. Preliminary reports suggest the victim was crossing against the light.
  The driver of the vehicle, a woman around 30 years old, was treated for shock.
  It was the third accident of its kind in a few hours in Montreal.
  Around 3 a.m. Sunday, a man was hit by a vehicle at
  
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• Schukov: West Island drivers are treated like children

  09-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As I have always said, the West Island is one of the best places to live on the island because it is so low-key when it comes to headline news. The main subjects of controversy are usually real estate or traffic. So here I go off on the latter (again):
  But first I (only) seemingly digress: I just came back from visiting friends who live in downtown Toronto. (It already sounds like my friends must be crazy, right?) Anyway, I am waiting at a red light, while pedestrians cross in front of my car. A
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunny, cool and breezy

  09-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunday will be mainly sunny with a northeast wind at 20 km/h in the morning.
  Environment Canada predicts a high of 18 Celsius and a UV index of 6, or high.
  Tonight: Clear and brisk with a low of 10.
  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 @_ralos.
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• A traffic reprieve, of sorts, on Sunday

  09-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Yes, construction will close many roadways, but the good news today is Highway 20 in both directions from the West Island to downtown remains open. Still, watch out for these road and ramp closings.
  Highway 15 / Turcot Interchange
  Highway 15 northbound will be completely closed between Exit 58 (for downtown) and the entrance to the Décarie Expressway at Édouard-Montpetit Blvd. until 5 a.m. Monday.
  The De La Vérendrye Blvd. and St-Patrick St. entrances will also be close
  
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• Sophie McCann will serve as interim head of WICS

  09-09-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  West Island Community Shares is looking for a new executive director.
  The non-profit organization says it will conduct a search for a permanent successor to Leanne Bayer, who left the organization Aug. 24 to pursue another opportunity in Europe.
  Sophie McCann will serve as interim Executive Director until a permanent successor is found. McCann starts in her new role on Monday.
  Michel Béland, chairman of the board for WICS, praised Bayer’s work.
  “The board wants to thank Leanne
  
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• Pedestrian in critical condition after he was struck by a taxi

  09-09-2018 04:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A pedestrian in his 30s is fighting for his life after a taxi hit him late Saturday afternoon.According to the Montreal police, the incident occurred shortly before 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Bourbonnière Aven. and Ste-Catherine St. in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.The 34-year-old man suffered injuries to his head and was unconscious and in critical condition when he was taken to hospital, said Montreal spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils.The taxi driver, a 56-year-o
  
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• Montreal police need help to find missing 17-year-old boy

  09-09-2018 03:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are seeking the help of the public to locate a missing 17-year-old boy.
  Damien Gregolinski was last seen around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at his home on Paul-Pau St. in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough His family fears for his life as he had made suicidal remarks.He has white skin, is 5-foot-9 and weighs 150 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He had black nail polish on and has two tattoos on his right forearm. He speaks French and English. He was we
  
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• In case you missed it: Here's what happened on September 8

  09-09-2018 03:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Quebec election: TV rivals ready to team up on historic English debate
  CBC News anchor Debra Arbec is most curious to learn what specific plans the four Quebec provincial party leaders have for the English community. Global News anchor Jamie Orchard, who has two kids in school, would like to learn what plans the leaders have in mind for the English educational system. CTV News anchor Mutsumi Takahashi would love to know how the leaders con
  
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• Provincial government considering proper tribute following Lise Payette's death

  09-09-2018 00:10 via montrealgazette.com
  The provincial government is planning a final farewell to Lise Payette, the former cabinet minister who died on Wednesday, on a level of a state funeral, even if it won’t involve a religious ceremony.
  Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s international relations minister and the person responsible for such protocols, confirmed on Saturday she is in discussions with the family of the former Parti Québécois cabinet minister, journalist and author who died at the age of 87.
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