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• Watch: After the English-language debate, what's your take on this election?

  18-09-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Some Montrealers are giving Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée good reviews for his performance in Monday’s historic #Quebec2018 English-language debate.
  Montreal Gazette photographer Pierre Obendrauf files this video streeter on public reaction.
   
  
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• 18 months for contractor after death of worker in Lachine collapse

  18-09-2018 23:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A sentence of 18 months has been handed down to a contractor who was found guilty of manslaughter earlier this year for the death of an employee buried by a collapse during work on a sewer line.
  Quebec Court Judge Pierre Dupras delivered his decision, considered to be a precedent in Quebec, on Tuesday at the Montreal courthouse. Sylvain Fournier was also sentenced to two years of probation after the prison term expires. He is the owner of S. Fournier Excavation Inc., which was doing work at a ho
  
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• Police urge motorists to avoid Papineau Ave. after truck hits overpass

  18-09-2018 23:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are urging motorists to avoid Papineau Ave. in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough during Tuesday evening rush hour after a southbound truck collided with an overpass crossing Papineau near Rosemont Blvd. around 4:30 p.m.
  The police issued a warning after 5 p.m. on social media to avoid the area.
  Papineau is closed in both directions from Rosemont to St-Grégoire St. Police officers are on site to help with traffic.
   
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Michel Therrien returns to RDS and L'Antichambre

  18-09-2018 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  You knew it was only a matter of time.
  Former Canadiens coach Michel Therrien has been hired by RDS and will be part of the Hockey 360 and L’Antichambre shows starting Wednesday. The Canadiens play the Florida Panthers Wednesday night at the Bell Centre in pre-season action (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  The post-game L’Antichambre show has become a landing spot for former Canadiens coaches and Therrien will now join Guy Carbonneau and Mario Tremblay as regular panellists on
  
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• Carey Price only Canadien ranked in Top 50 on NHL 19 video game

  18-09-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The new NHL 19 video game came out last Friday and it’s always interesting to see the EA Sports player ratings
  Goalie Carey Price is the only Canadiens player to make the Top 50 this year, coming in at No. 5 with a 92 rating.
  “At 92-overall, Carey Price retains his spot as the game’s top rated goalie, which gives him the #5 spot on our list,” EA Sports writes on its website. “Calm and collected while taking full control of the net, Price makes the game look easy, ev
  
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• Allison Hanes: What is the immigration debate really about?

  18-09-2018 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Immigration has become the defining issue of the 2018 Quebec election campaign.
  The question is: why?
  François Legault, the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, has put immigration front and centre by promising to reduce levels by 20 per cent, cutting the number of immigrants Quebec takes in each year to 40,000 from over 50,000. He says this is necessary because too many newcomers are failing to integrate.
  Legault also wants immigrants to pass a French exam and take a values test
  
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• Quebec election: Legault dogged by immigration-question blunders

  18-09-2018 23:09 via montrealgazette.com
  With indications mounting that his blunders on immigration are hurting his campaign, François Legault accused his rival Philippe Couillard of orchestrating a “campaign of fear” on Tuesday, and then failed his latest quiz on Canadian trivia.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec leader was asked how many of Canada’s provinces are officially bilingual.
  “I don’t want to enter into those questions,” Legault responded. “For Quebec, French is the official
  
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• Quebec election blog Sept. 18: New poll indicates François Legault's CAQ is losing steam

  18-09-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here to read the blog.
  If you’re viewing this in a mobile browser, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the blog.
  This was our live blog about the Quebec election for Tuesday, Sept. 18. 
  
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• Quebec election: First Nations want to help fill labour shortage

  18-09-2018 23:04 via montrealgazette.com
  What if politicians looked to First Nations as an asset to Quebec’s economy?
  Since the beginning of the provincial election campaign last month, Chief Ghislain Picard has been dogging Quebec’s party leaders with that question.
  While the province is aging itself out of the labour market, there aren’t enough skilled workers to replace them. Given that 55 per cent of Quebec’s Indigenous people are under 25 years old, it would seem logical to tap into that growing segmen
  
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• Stu Cowan: Jesperi Kotkaniemi gives Canadiens fans a reason to smile

  18-09-2018 21:51 via montrealgazette.com
  No matter what happens during Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s NHL career with the Canadiens, I’ll never forget the smile on the Finnish teenager’s face after he scored his first goal in bleu-blanc-rouge.
  He looked like a little boy on Christmas morning.
  “It was a little kid’s smile,” veteran Tomas Plekanec said after Kotkaniemi scored the final goal in the Canadiens’ 3-1 preseason win over the New Jersey Devils Monday night at the Bell Centre. “We all had tha
  
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• Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by car in Montreal North

  18-09-2018 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman is in critical condition in a hospital after being struck by a car at an intersection in Montreal North.
  The accident happened at 12:50 p.m. at the corner of Renoir St. and Désy Ave., said Montreal police Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant.
  A motorist was driving westbound on Renoir St. when he hit the pedestrian as she was crossing the same street. The victim is in her 70s.
  
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• LIVE – Quebec election: François Legault denies he once said he 'hated' anglophones

  18-09-2018 21:05 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here to read the blog.
  If you’re viewing this in a mobile browser, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the blog.
  This is our live blog about the Quebec election for Tuesday, Sept. 18. It will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected] 
  
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• Quebec election: Legault botches bilingual New Brunswick question

  18-09-2018 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault was quizzed once again on basic Canadian trivia Tuesday, and did not pass the test.
  Asked by journalists during a press conference how many of Canada’s provinces are bilingual, Legault first responded: “I don’t want to enter into those questions. For Quebec, French is the official language.”
  “Do you know how many there are?” the journalist persisted.
  “I will take the question under deliberatio
  
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• Canadiens' Nicolas Deslauriers out indefinitely with facial fracture

  18-09-2018 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens announced Tuesday that forward Nicolas Deslauriers will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a facial fracture during a fight with the New Jersey Devils’ Brandon Baddock during an NHL pre-season game Monday night at the Bell Centre.
  Deslauriers was taken to hospital after the first-period fight with Baddock and underwent surgery to repair the fracture. The fight occurred at 15:43 of the first period with the Canadiens losing 1-0 after Baddock took exception with a hard c
  
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• Sûreté du Québec sets up cannabis contraband squad

  18-09-2018 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec will assign more than 50 officers to a squad created to suppress whatever black market exists after the legalization of cannabis in Canada on Oct. 17.
  Dubbed ACCES Cannabis (Action concertée contre l’économie souterraine), the new squad will echo the work being done by similar divisions tasked with enforcing laws on contraband alcohol and tobacco.
  The squad’s patrol territory will cover all of Quebec as well as illicit online ope
  
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• Break-ins spike in Kirkland and police ask residents for their help

  18-09-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Police from Station 1 are asking Kirkland residents to be extra vigilant due to a recent spike in break-ins.
  Police are investigating and adding patrols and officers will visit the homes of victims of break-ins to offer advice on ways to better secure the home. Residents are asked to report any suspicious activity they might witness and to report any theft immediately.
  In a prepared statement, Montreal Police Constable Jean-Pierre Lévis offered the following seven tips to help pr
  
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• Opinion: Rolling back specialist MDs' fees would be a mistake

  18-09-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Health is a key issue in the Quebec election campaign, and as Oct. 1 approaches, a major question is whether the next government will respect a previously signed contract with specialists. Premier Philippe Couillard is committed to do so, as he reaffirmed during the English debate Monday. The other three parties regard the specialists as overpaid. During Thursday’s first French debate, much was made of the fact that for 2016, the gross incomes of Quebec specialists were 10 per cent higher
  
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• Appreciation: Bill Shaw fought for anglophones' rights

  18-09-2018 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  On Sept. 22 in Pointe-Claire, there will be a memorial service for a former member of the Quebec National Assembly, William (Bill) F. Shaw, who died May 26. Shaw’s own election as MNA coincided with the electoral victory of the Parti Québécois in 1976. Those of us old enough to remember that momentous event will recall the very disquieting era it would usher in for anglophones.
  I can appreciate that the PQ’s victory was greeted with joy and pride of heritage for francop
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard lambastes Legault in board of trade speech

  18-09-2018 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  In a speech to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on Tuesday, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard boasted about his record as premier, discussed the economy and immigration, and attacked Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault.
  Couillard also used his speech to announce a new campaign promise: a $350-million expansion of Montreal’s Palais des congrès.
  In prepared remarks, Couillard alluded to Legault as “sloppy and confused” and sai
  
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• Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin insists he doesn't read newspapers

  18-09-2018 17:53 via montrealgazette.com
  “I don’t read the papers,” Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin told Tony Marinaro of TSN 690 Radio during a one-one-one interview interview that aired on Monday. “No, not at all.”
  Bergevin added he doesn’t listen to Marinaro’s show.
  “I don’t,” the GM said. “But I like your show, though. I hear it’s a good show, but I don’t listen to it.”
  Bergevin might not listen to Marinaro’s show, but the GM did sit down with the
  
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• LIVE – Quebec election: Does François Legault still 'hate' anglophones?

  18-09-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here to read the blog.
  If you’re viewing this in a mobile browser, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the blog.
  This is our live blog about the Quebec election for Tuesday, Sept. 18. It will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected] 
  
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• Quebec election: Independent candidate's poster riddled with bullets

  18-09-2018 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  An independent candidate running in the Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon has filed a complaint with local police after one of his campaign posters was vandalized.
  The poster was riddled with bullets, likely fired by an airgun, said Ali Dahan, who is a candidate in the Oct. 1 provincial election.
  Dahan said other posters, which were put up near the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, have been torn during the campaign, but he decided to file a complaint on Monday after realizing that an a
  
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• Quebec election: PQ will 'eliminate' daycare waiting list by 2022

  18-09-2018 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  REPENTIGNY — A Parti Québécois government would open up an additional 26,800 spots in subsidized daycares across the province during its first mandate.
  That’s what PQ leader Jean-François Lisée says it will take to wipe out the waiting list for families who want affordable child care.
  “There’s a historic aspect to this announcement … by September 2022, we’ll have completed the promise of one child one spot,” said Lisée
  
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• Quebec restaurant combatting drunk driving with free poutines

  18-09-2018 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  A restaurateur in Boisbriand has found a new way to encourage Quebecers to take a cab home if they’ve had too much to drink: free poutine.
  La Belle et La Boeuf Burger Bar posted an image on Facebook of a letter thanking the driver of a car parked in their lot overnight.
  While they couldn’t be sure if the driver had been drinking, the restaurant said it wanted to thank the driver for not drinking and driving. That thanks would come in the form of a free poutine.
  On Sunday, when it pos
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Totally excellent chili in 'alien territory'

  18-09-2018 16:56 via montrealgazette.com
  For the student leaving home and facing cooking for the first time, or for any would-be cook needing the basics, a handy little cookbook called Clueless in the Kitchen; Cooking for Beginners, is the solution (Firefly, $16.95).Author Evelyn Raab, a veteran of 30 years writing the Cooking With Kids column in Today’s Parent magazine, has produced a winner of a book that covers such favourites as sloppy Joes, Buffalo wings, spaghetti sauce, lasagne and crêpes, as well as roast chicken, c
  
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• Sherbrooke to adopt severe restrictions on cannabis use

  18-09-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Sherbrooke intends to adopt a bylaw that will severely restrict where cannabis can be consumed on its territory once legalization goes into effect on Oct. 17.
  Council is contemplating a ban on cannabis in all public municipal installations, all streets, alleyways, dog runs, pedestrian tunnels, sidewalks and multi-purpose thoroughfares, as is presently the case for alcohol.
  It will also be illegal to be under the influence of marijuana in a public place and tickets may be issued.
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• Sûreté du Québec suspects arson at youth protection office in Kuujjuaq

  18-09-2018 16:22 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating the circumstances behind a fire that severely damaged the administrative offices of the Director of Youth Protection (DPJ) in Kuujjuaq on Sunday.
  The SQ’s major crimes squad has been assigned to examine the incident, which may prove to be a case of arson.
  The fire broke out at 9 p.m. Sunday. According to the SQ, damages to the building are estimated at more than $2 million. No arrests have been made.
  Meanwhile, the local health auth
  
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• More Quebec immigrants are finding jobs and staying here: study

  18-09-2018 14:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Even as the question of Quebec immigration dominates the provincial election campaign, a study made public Tuesday suggests that a growing number of immigrants are entering the Quebec workforce and staying here rather than moving to another province.
  A study by the Institut du Québec shows that the overall unemployment rate among immigrants aged 25-54 has plummeted since the start of the year, going from 8.1 per cent in January to six per cent in August, less than one-half a percentage po
  
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• Mounties seize cocaine in Valleyfield destined for Toronto, Vancouver

  18-09-2018 14:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The RCMP believes that more than 80 kilograms of cocaine seized off a ship at the port in Valleyfield last weekend was destined for Toronto and Vancouver.
  According to a statement issued by the Mounties, a shipment 81 kilos of what they suspect was cocaine was found inside the hold of a vessel from Guyana that has arrived at the port, which is west of Montreal. The seizure was part of an investigation by the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency.
  Four people were arrested when the shipment was
  
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• Lost music of the gods a Canadian first for Lakeshore Light Opera

  18-09-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Even the gods get tired.
  Lakeshore Light Opera is holding auditions for a little-known Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera called Thespis, which tells the tale of the aging gods on Mount Olympus, who decide they are in bad need of a vacation. They can’t leave the world in the lurch, so they lend their powers to a group of C-list actors. What could possibly go wrong?
  Thespis was the first collaboration between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, in 1871, but it quickly slipped into obscurity a
  
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• While you were sleeping: Driving lesson ends with car in swimming pool

  18-09-2018 13:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were enjoying some pillow time.
  Immigration and language issues were the twin focuses of Quebec’s first televised English leaders’ debate. The four party leaders were reminded of how offended the English-speaking community was over their decision to unanimously pass the Bonjour-Hi resolution in the National Assembly in November 2017. “This incident happened,” Liberal leader Philippe Couillard said appearing anxious
  
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• Quebec election: 'Bonjour-Hi,' immigration dominate English leaders' debate

  18-09-2018 13:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s first televised English leaders’ debate veered into emotional territory Monday when Liberal leader Philippe Couillard said François Legault’s solution to the immigration issue is to dump unwanted new arrivals on the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge leading to Ontario.
  And there was a clear malaise in the room when the four party leaders were reminded of how offended the English-speaking community was over their decision to unanimously pass the Bonjour-Hi resolution 
  
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• Quebec election: A look at the West Island's Québec solidaire candidates

  18-09-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire is a self-described “sovereignist, green, alter-globalizationist and feminist” party. Four Québec solidaire candidates are currently campaigning in West Island ridings which have maintained staunch Liberal roots for decades.
  In the 2014 election, Québec solidaire received 3.2 per cent of the total vote in the three West Island ridings it ran candidates.
  So how do the Québec solidaire candidates feel about campaigning in such tried and true
  
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• Neighbours resist proposed Pincourt development in Rousseau Forest

  18-09-2018 13:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of citizens fighting to protect a four-hectare wooded area in Pincourt from being cleared for a new housing project say the town isn’t doing enough to study the impact of developing one of the last remaining pockets of forest and wetland on the island.
  Place Pierre Brunet, a privately owned site known locally as Rousseau Forest, has been marked for development for over 50 years. Now, developer Sylvain Ménard is getting ready to proceed with a project on the site, but ne
  
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• Four-alarm fire snarls St-Denis traffic in Plateau-Mont-Royal

  18-09-2018 13:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A four-alarm fire jammed traffic and temporarily stalled métro service on the Orange Line early Tuesday as more than 100 firefighters were deployed to battle a blaze in an apparently empty building on St-Denis St. near Cherrier St.
  The fire broke out at 4 a.m. and forced the evacuation of a neighbouring condo complex, however no injuries were reported. Métro trains were being stopped at the nearby Sherbrooke station as a precaution although service had resumed by 6:30 a.m.
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• Montreal weather: Warm and humid again

  18-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The late-summer heatwave continues Tuesday.
  Environment Canada predicts it will be mainly cloudy with a 30-per-cent chance of showers and a high of 27. The humidex will be 33, with a UV index of 5 or moderate.
  Tonight: Expect clearing with a low of 14.
  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 @yulovemtl.
  
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• Bones, brains, bladders: McGill opens body parts museum to the public

  18-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Rick Fraser spends his days surrounded by dead things: bones, brains, bowels, bladders, among an array of scads of well-preserved body parts.
  “But death is such a big part of life,” says the beaming MUHC pathologist and McGill University medical school pathology professor. “And I like to think of myself as most upbeat.”
  When not performing pathologies and autopsies or teaching students on the delicate art therein, Fraser, also an avid cyclist, has spent the last six years
  
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• Sunshine Residence to open in DDO bungalow

  18-09-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A suburban residence in Dollard-des-Ormeaux will soon become the new home to those living with mental health issues.
  The seven-room bungalow, called Sunshine Residence, will provide short-to-medium transitional housing in the West Island beginning Oct. 1.
  The West Island Citizen Advocacy (WICA) announced the social housing project in partnership with the Cheshire Foundation, in collaboration with the West Island mental health network. “The Cheshire Foundation owns the house and they’
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Bell Centre gets loud for Jesperi Kotkaniemi

  18-09-2018 05:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Jesperi Kotkaniemi has a way to go before he earns a spot on the Canadiens, but he’s making progress with each passing day and he racked up some new experiences in the Canadiens’ 3-1 preseason win over the New Jersey Devils Monday night.
  For starters, the 18-year-old Finn scored his first goal against NHL competition and heard the loudest ovation of his career. He noted that he’s heard loud crowds back home in Pori but, while the crowd was far below capacity Monday night, it wa
  
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• Quebec election: 'Bonjour-Hi' and immigration dominate English leaders' debate

  18-09-2018 04:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s first English leaders’ debate veered into emotional territory Monday when Liberal leader Philippe Couillard said François Legault’s solution to the immigration issue is to dump unwanted new arrivals on the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge leading to Ontario.
  And there was a clear malaise in the room when the four party leaders were reminded of how offended the English-speaking community was over their decision to unanimously pass the Bonjour-Hi resolution in the Na
  
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• Allison Hanes: Legault extends a hand, but will anglos take it?

  18-09-2018 04:24 via montrealgazette.com
  My, how times have changed in Quebec.
  Monday evening’s Quebec leaders’ debate — the first ever broadcast on TV in English — was itself a sign of how quickly Quebec has evolved in a short span. That Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée eagerly proclaimed himself the first to have accepted the invitation to participate is another indicator.
  There was barely a mention of sovereignty or federalism. The leaders focused on the bread-and-butter
  
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• Preseason: Canadiens come alive in third period to defeat Devils 3-1

  18-09-2018 04:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The bottom line: It’s only the first preseason game, but the Canadiens got off on the right foot as they used a third-period explosion to defeat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 Monday night at the Bell Centre. It should be noted that the Canadiens looked like the offensively challenged teams of recent years as they failed to put the puck past Eddie Lack in the first two periods. Montreal’s fortunes changed when Mackenzie Blackwood replaced Lack in the third period and the Canadiens scored
  
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• Montreal inspector general says construction supervisors are tolerating bad work

  18-09-2018 04:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal inspector general’s office has put a face on the city’s pothole problem: construction site supervisors who are tolerating improper work done by road and sidewalk firms.
  In a 29-page report tabled in city council on Monday, the inspector general’s office takes issue with the performance of engineers who are tasked with being the city’s eyes and ears on road and sidewalk construction sites to ensure that firms respect the specifications of their contracts with
  
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• Quebec election: Fact-checking the English leaders' debate

  18-09-2018 03:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Journalists from all six of the media organizations that formed a consortium to hold Monday night’s historic English debate fact-checked several of the statements made by the party leaders. Here’s what they found:
  Fact-checkers
  Giordano Cescutti (GC) is a video journalist with CityNews Montreal.
  Sarah Deshaies (SD) is producer of the Andrew Carter Morning Show on CJAD 800.
  Kalina Laframboise (KL) is an online producer with Global Montreal.
  Max Harrold (MH) is an assignment
  
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• #ICYMI: Simons apologizes, Plante on immigrants, debate, more news

  18-09-2018 03:13 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Simons clothing store has issued a formal public apology — with a special appeal to former chief justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin — for its recent promotional campaign to sell bras named after important women in Canadian history, including the “Beverley bralette.”
  Calling the campaign in “poor taste,” Peter Simons, the president and CEO of the Quebec City-
  
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• Why Hunter Shinkaruk grew up as a Canadiens fan in Calgary

  18-09-2018 02:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Hunter Shinkaruk grew up in Calgary, but as a Canadiens fan.
  The reason: His family lived on Montreal Ave.
  So Shinkaruk was thrilled when the Canadiens acquired him this summer from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Kerby Rychel.
  “I have a bunch of (Canadiens) jerseys at my house and my first bedsheets were were Montreal,” Shinkaruk said after practice Monday morning in Brossard. “So it’s definitely pretty cool … it’s a cool opportunity.”
  Shinkaruk, wh
  
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• Quebec election: What the leaders had to say about their performance in the English debate

  18-09-2018 02:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s four major party leaders shared their thoughts with journalists following Monday’s English-language debate.Philippe Couillard, Liberal Party
  “(Bonjour-Hi) was a political event that was important, it was in the English-speaking media for days and days so it has resonance in the community, obviously,” Couillard said of a motion to call on businesses to greet customers only in French.
  “I want to repeat today that for me this motion was a sign that in Que
  
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• Quebec election: Watch the full first televised English leaders' debate here

  18-09-2018 02:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Organized by a consortium of Montreal English media outlets, you can watch the debate farther up this page or by clicking on this link.
  A team of reporters and producers from the partners in the English media consortium is fact-checking statements made during the debate.
  The results will be posted on this website as well as those of the other members of the consortium.
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  Quebec election: TV rivals ready to team up on historic English debateRead more of our 2018 Quebec election coverage ri
  
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• West Island tattoo artist who sexually abused minors is denied parole

  18-09-2018 00:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A West Island tattoo artist who had sex with troubled minors inside his shop has been denied parole because he refuses to recognize what he did was criminal.
  Rowan McKenzie, 49, was sentenced to a nine-month prison term in May after he reluctantly pleaded guilty to having sex with two girls who were 14 and 15 at the time.
  The girls first visited the Pierrefonds parlour in 2013 to get tattoos without having their parents’ permission. They returned a week later and performed oral sex on McKe
  
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