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• Quebec election: Legault admits he isn't 'budding genius' on immigration

  16-09-2018 23:39 via montrealgazette.com
  COTEAU-DU-LAC — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault has tried to position his party as the only one capable of defending Quebec’s interests and identity with his hard line on reducing the number of immigrants allowed into the province by 20 per cent.
  But a series of gaffes and admissions of ignorance over the weekend forced him to acknowledge he was not a “budding genius” on immigration law, and had his rivals proclaiming it was proof he lacked l
  
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• Victim of St-Laurent Blvd. shooting no longer in critical condition

  16-09-2018 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old man who was shot early Sunday morning on St-Laurent Blvd. is no longer in critical condition.
  Police officers were patrolling the street on foot near des Pins Ave. at about 2 a.m. when they heard gunshots.
  They found shell casings on the ground, then located the victim lying on St-Laurent Blvd., south of des Pins Ave. He had suffered gunshot wounds to his upper body.
  The motive of the shooting remains unknown and investigators have not yet made any arrests.
  
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• Jack Todd: Mike Keane built Habs' model for Brendan Gallagher captaincy

  16-09-2018 22:23 via montrealgazette.com
  It was Dec. 8, 1995 — a mild, sunny morning in Denver. The snow-capped Rockies gleamed in the distance. The Canadian winter was a thousand miles away.
  The night before, we had watched Patrick Roy, whose head must have been spinning, lose his first start for the Avalanche, a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers five nights after his disastrous final game for the Canadiens. Roy was the story, but the only thing I can remember about the game was a fight in which Colorado’s Chr
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Jonathan Drouin scores twice in Bell Centre scrimmage

  16-09-2018 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Jonathan Drouin scored two goals, including one on a penalty shot, as the White team beat the Red team 4-3 Sunday afternoon in the Canadiens’ annual Red vs. White scrimmage in front of a large crowd at the Bell Centre.
  Matthew Peca and Mike Reilly added singles for the White team, while Artturi Lekhonen, Tomas Tatar (penalty shot) and Brendan Gallagher responded for the Red team.
  Drouin, who spent last season as the Canadiens’ No. 1 centre, played left wing on a line with Max Domi at
  
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• Quebec election: Legault 'failed the knowledge test,' Couillard says

  16-09-2018 21:53 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — For the second day in a row, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard was on the attack Sunday, criticizing his opponent François Legault for getting a basic question about the immigration system wrong.
  “Clearly, Mr. Legault doesn’t know the fundamentals of the immigration system,” Couillard said. “He has talked so much about a subject about which he does not know almost anything.”
  On Saturday, a journalist asked the Coalition Avenir Québe
  
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• Quebec election: Find out who is running in your riding

  16-09-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Some 940 candidates will appear on ballots in Quebec for the Oct. 1 general election.
  The four parties with seats in the National Assembly are fielding candidates in each of the province’s 125 ridings.
  Fourteen other parties have candidates on some ballots. The final list of official candidates also includes a plethora of independents.
  But who is running in your riding?
  Select your riding from the list below to see your options.
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  Quebec election: More candidates, more women running
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ pledges 'beautiful schools' but cuts renovation budget

  16-09-2018 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  COTEAU-DU-LAC – Promising to build “the most beautiful schools in the world,” Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault pledged to inject $1.2-billion a year into upgrading the province’s dilapidated schools and creating new ones.
  Sunday’s announcement was overshadowed, however, by the fact the Liberal government had already set aside $1.56 billion a year for school construction and renovation in its capital works budget released last spring, whi
  
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• Singapore GP: Hamilton extends F1 lead with win, Lance Stroll 14th

  16-09-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  SINGAPORE — Lewis Hamilton won the floodlit Singapore Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to extend his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel to a commanding 40 points.
  The Mercedes driver made a clean start and was largely untroubled as he beat Red Bull driver Max Verstappen by nine seconds, with Vettel much further back in third.
  “I definitely didn’t come to Singapore thinking I’d come away with 10 points more (than Vettel),” a jubilant Hamilton said. &ldquo
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée visits Ottawa, denounces federal 'injustices'

  16-09-2018 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — The Parti Québécois campaign waded outside friendly territory Sunday to denounce what it calls the great injustices of the Canadian federation.
  Leader Jean-François Lisée said only his party had adequate political leverage to demand Quebec’s fair share, and he figures Quebecers have been shortchanged roughly $2.6 billion per year in federal government investment.
  “We are victims of injustice,” said Lisée on a sunny Sunday mornin
  
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• Quebec election: More candidates, more women running in 2018

  16-09-2018 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  When the nomination period for Quebec’s general election came to an end Saturday, 940 candidates had entered the ring.
  This represented an increase of 126 candidates over the province’s last election, which came in 2014.
  The share of female candidates has also risen to 40 per cent from 29.6 per cent in 2014. All told, 375 women are running in this election.
  All four parties represented in the last National Assembly will be fielding candidates in each of Quebec’s 125 ridings.
  Th
  
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• Two dead after car hits electric pole in Eastern Townships

  16-09-2018 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Two people died after their vehicle hit a live electrical pole in St-Claude, 170 kilometres east of Montreal, on Saturday afternoon.
  The vehicle was traveling downhill on Goshen Road at approximately 4:45 p.m. when the driver lost control of the wheel and hit the pole, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  The pole was severed and ignited. Firefighters and a team from Hydro-Québec were called in, SQ spokesperson Claude Denis said.
  The bodies of the two victims were destroyed
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals would apply sales tax to all online purchases

  16-09-2018 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – Provincial sales tax would apply to all online purchases made in Quebec – no matter where the seller is based – if the Liberal Party is re-elected, leader Philippe Couillard promised on Sunday.
  Currently, companies that sell digital services to Quebecers, like Netflix, are required to register with Revenu Québec and pay taxes once they’ve generated more than $30,000 in sales from Quebecers.
  Now, Couillard wants to expand that tax to the sale of physic
  
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• Quebec election: 5 things to know about Monday's English debate

  16-09-2018 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  We’ll bear witness to a little bit of history Monday: For the first time, the leaders of Quebec’s major political parties will take part in a televised debate in English. The debate, being held exactly two weeks ahead of election day, Oct. 1, was organized by a consortium of Montreal English media outlets, of which the Montreal Gazette is part. Here are five things you should know about the event:
  It’s all about timing: Unlike last week’s French debate, which aired at 8 p
  
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• Quebec election: Legault promises 'most beautiful schools in world'

  16-09-2018 16:09 via montrealgazette.com
  COTEAU-DU-LAC – Promising to build “the most beautiful schools in the world,” Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault pledged to inject $1.2-billion a year into upgrading the province’s dilapidated schools and creating new ones.
  The figures, however, are $800 million less than the Liberal party already pledged for similar upgrades in its budget and during the election campaign.
  At a press conference west of Montreal Sunday morning, Legault said a CAQ
  
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• Alex Galchenyuk gets chance to play centre in Arizona

  16-09-2018 15:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin and coach Claude Julien were convinced Alex Galchenyuk could not play centre in the NHL, which is one of the reasons he was traded to the Arizona Coyotes this summer in exchange for Max Domi.
  The Coyotes think otherwise.
  When the Coyotes opened training camp Friday in Glendale, Ariz., Galchenyuk was skating at centre on a line with Brendan Perlini and Christian Fischer.
  “I know I’m going to have a chance to go out there and play centre” Galchenyuk sa
  
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• While you were sleeping: Suspect sandwich shop item is a science experiment

  16-09-2018 14:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were enjoying some rejuvenating pillow time.
  The suspect in an assault that occurred Friday night in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce surrendered to police. The 21-year-old woman was arrested and taken to a detention centre. The young woman, who did not appear to be hurt, will be interviewed by investigators determine her involvement in the incident. She allegedly inflicted serious injury on the upper body of another 24-year-old woman with a “sh
  
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• Arrest made in connection with assault in Montreal's east end

  16-09-2018 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have arrested a 31-year-old suspect in connection with an assault that took place Saturday evening in the city’s east end.
  Police spokesperson Constable Andrée-Anne Picard says the incident took place around 9:30 p.m. on Baldwin St. near Notre-Dame St.
  The victim, a 39-year-old man, suffered minor injuries.
  Picard says his life is not believed to be in danger.
  
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• How will the legalization of cannabis affect athletes? It's hard to say

  16-09-2018 13:54 via montrealgazette.com
  While there’s been plenty of discussion around the pending legalization of cannabis, its effect on athletes hasn’t been part of the conversation. One of the reasons for the absence of dialogue is marijuana’s reputation for impairing, not improving athletic performance, which makes cannabis a poor workout partner.
  The other reason that athletes have been left out of the discourse is the inclusion of marijuana on the World Anti Doping Association’s (WADA) list of substances
  
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• Man in critical condition after shooting on St-Laurent Blvd.

  16-09-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting on the Plateau Mont-Royal overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
  Around 2 a.m., police officers were patrolling St-Laurent Blvd. on foot near Pine Ave. when they heard gunshots.
  They first found shell casings on the ground, then located the victim lying on St-Laurent Blvd.
  He had suffered gunshot wounds to his upper body.
  The motive of the shooting remains unknown and investigators have yet to make any arrests.
  
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• Five traffic bottlenecks to steer past on Sunday

  16-09-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Road construction will create the usual traffic problems today. Here are five areas to avoid:
  1) Highway 15 northbound is completely closed starting at Exit 58 (to the Bonaventure Expressway heading downtown). According to Transport Québec, a detour will be set up redirecting motorists to Robert Bourassa Blvd., St-Antoine St. E. and eventually leading to Highway 13 northbound.
  2) Highway 15 northbound will also be closed between Exit 62 (de la Vérendrye Blvd.) and the entrance to &
  
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• Schukov: Life is like a stand-up comedy routine

  16-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As far back as I can remember (not counting when I was Attila the Hun in another life) I have always had an unshakeable interest in the study of human social behaviour (as opposed to when I was Attila and I just pillaged and burned villages.)
  My obsession met a brick wall one day when I was thrown out of McGill University‘s Faculty of Psychology, many moons ago: It happened five minutes into a final exam in which the essay question was, “In 500 words, describe the relative hyperactiv
  
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• Montreal weather: Bask under a bright blue sky and rays of yellow splendour

  16-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Nothing but glorious, warm sunshine.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 27 and a humidex of 34. The UV index will be 6, or high.
  Tonight: A few clouds with an overnight low of 20.
  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 @uliedupage.
  Quote of the day:Adapt or perish, now as ever,
  
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• Impact cling to playoff berth after 4-1 win over Union

  16-09-2018 04:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The Impact maintained its hold on the final playoff spot in the MLS Eastern Conference wth a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pa.
  The road win gave the Impact 39 points and Montreal is only one point behind the fifth-place Union, but Philadelphia does hold a game in hand.
  “It was a massive win for us,” said goalkeeper Evan Bush. “We gave away a few points to these guys earlier this season and if we didn’t lock up three po
  
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• Suspect in N.D.G. assault turns herself in to police

  16-09-2018 04:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The suspect of an assault that occurred Friday night in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce surrendered to police on Saturday.The 21-year-old woman was arrested and taken to a detention centre.The young woman, who did not appear to be hurt, will be interviewed by investigators determine her involvement in the incident.She allegedly inflicted serious injury on the upper body of another 24-year-old woman with a “sharp” object.The assault occurred at about 10:40 p.m. at the intersection of Sherbr
  
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• Hungry Lindgren remains Canadiens' backup for the future

  16-09-2018 03:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Charlie Lindgren’s path to permanent employment in the NHL appeared certain on Feb. 13 when he signed a three-year contract extension with the Canadiens. It’s a one-way deal and the assumption was he would step into the backup role behind Carey Price.
  It appeared less certain three months later when the Canadiens headed off Antti Niemi on his way to unrestricted free agency and signed the 35-year-old Finn to a one-year deal.
  Coach Claude Julien said Saturday that Lindgren will get an
  
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• Simon Després looking for another shot in NHL with Canadiens

  16-09-2018 01:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens coach Claude Julien admits he has spent the first two days of training camp looking at newcomers like Nick Suzuki, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Max Domi.
  But he couldn’t help but notice veteran defenceman Simon Després as he cruised around an opposing defender during Saturday’s practice at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.
  “He has a lot of mobility for a player his size,” Julien said. “He made a nice move to go around his check. I haven’t seen ev
  
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• Quebec election: Legault should learn more about immigration, Couillard says

  16-09-2018 00:20 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec needs to study the immigration system before making plans to change it, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said on Saturday.
  The comments came after CAQ Leader François Legault — who wants to reduce the number of immigrants to the province, including in immigration categories controlled directly by Ottawa — revealed a shaky knowledge of the current system.
  Asked how long someone with permanent residency status has to live in Can
  
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