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• Max Domi's suspension hinders Canadiens' chemistry experiment

  20-09-2018 23:52 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Canadiens received some bad news shortly before they arrived at the Vidéotron Centre in advance of Thursday night’s preseason game against the Stanley Cup-champion Washington Capitals.Max Domi, who was acquired from Arizona in a trade for Alex Galchenyuk, has been suspended for the remainder of the pre-season for roughing Florida Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad in Wednesday’s game at the Bell Centre.
  The National Hockey League’s department of player s
  
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• Restaurant review: Antonio Park's Lavanderia rises from the ashes

  20-09-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Lavanderia
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$-$$$
  Address: 374 Victoria Ave., Westmount
  Phone: 514-303-4123
  Website: lavanderiaresto.com
  Open: Tues.-Sun. 5:30 to 10 p.m. (11 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.); Tues.-Fri. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Reservations: Yes
  Cards: All major cards
  Vegetarian-friendly: Enough, if there were one or two in a crowd of omnivores
  Licensed: Yes
  Parking: 
  
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• Mile End bank robber facing the possibility of an indeterminate sentence

  20-09-2018 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A career criminal who staged a brazen robbery at a bank in Mile End while he was drunk and high on cocaine is staring down the possibility of an indefinite sentence after having recently undergone a psychiatric evaluation that determined he should be declared a dangerous offender.
  Alain Ste-Marie, 47, was convicted in March on nine charges related to the robbery during which he and a woman stormed into a branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank on Bernard Ave. on Sept. 2, 2016, but made off with only
  
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• Wind warning issued for Montreal area Friday

  20-09-2018 22:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Batten down the hatches.
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for Montreal, Laval and other parts of Quebec on Friday.
  “An intense cold front tracking over southwestern Quebec will generate winds exceeding 90 kilometres per hour late Friday. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage. High winds may toss loose objects or cause tree branches to break. Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.”
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• Quebec election: Couillard says it's possible to feed family on $75 a week

  20-09-2018 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Philippe Couillard had to explain himself Thursday after saying on a morning radio show he believes it’s possible to feed a family of three, including two teenagers, with $75 a week.
  “I would think it is,” the Quebec Liberal Party leader answered when asked the question on Énergie radio. “On the other hand, the menus wouldn’t be very varied.”
  Couillard was later asked about his remarks during a news conference after delivering a speech to the Féd
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Many still trying to decide which party is least bad

  20-09-2018 21:18 via montrealgazette.com
  With less than two weeks left until the provincial election, the most recent polls suggest that many Quebecers are still making up their minds about which political party they will be voting for.
  In speaking with friends and family this week, I found a general lack of excitement about any one party. Rather, people are attempting to figure out which one is least bad. I have brought the elections up with countless friends and some family members only to receive a shrug. Gone are the days of v
  
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• Opinion: LGBTQI+ community should oppose all forms of discrimination

  20-09-2018 20:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Facing criticism from members of the LGBTQI+ community, Équipe Montréal, a coalition of LGBTQI+ sport clubs, announced Sunday that Michelle Blanc — a prominent figure in the LGBTQI+ community and candidate for the Parti Québécois in Mercier — had decided to step down as honorary president for their annual gala, a celebration of diversity and inclusion.
  “Équipe Montréal’s representatives shared their members’ concerns over it
  
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• POP Montreal: Alanis Obomsawin, 86, revives singing career

  20-09-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  “I’m going through a lot of things, for sure,” Alanis Obomsawin said.
  Sitting in her small, wonderfully cluttered office in the depths of the National Film Board’s Montreal headquarters on Côte-de-Liesse Blvd., the 86-year-old Abenaki filmmaker attempted to put into words the feeling of rekindling her singing career, which never really was in the first place.
  Obomsawin has made 51 documentaries over her 51-year tenure at the NFB. She is working on her 52nd. Two of h
  
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• Quebec Election: Québec solidaire targets telecommunications 'cartels'

  20-09-2018 20:04 via montrealgazette.com
  A Québec solidaire government would build a public high-speed fibre optic network, and a 5G cellular network to compete with the country’s telecommunications giants.
  Addressing the annual conference of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités at Montreal’s Palais des congrès, party co-spokesperson Manon Massé said her party is the only one with a real alternative vision for the province.
  “Everywhere I go people wan
  
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• STM says deal reached with bus, métro drivers

  20-09-2018 19:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société de transport de Montréal said on Thursday that it has reached a tentative agreement with its 4,500 bus and métro drivers.
  A tentative agreement was reached Wednesday night. Details of the agreement have not been made public. The union says it wants to present it to its members first. It also represents ticket booth attendants, adapted transit users and employees at the STM’s service centre.
  A meeting of the union members will be held to discuss the a
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard vows to help regions in speech to municipalities

  20-09-2018 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  In a speech delivered at the Fédération québécoise des municipalités’ annual congress Thursday, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard pledged to help regions by redefining municipal taxation powers, giving them tools to develop their economy and fixing the province’s labour shortage.
  Speaking before a packed room at Montreal’s Palais des congrès, Couillard said his party would double the envelope of money earmarked for regions facing econom
  
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• Expect South Shore traffic delays as REM construction sets up on Highways 10 and 30

  20-09-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The ongoing construction of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), the electric commuter train that will run from Brossard through Montreal and into Deux-Montagnes, will make itself felt beginning Friday night as eastbound lanes on Highway 10 are reconfigured to accommodate worksites.
  And the reconfiguration, which is being carried out to ensure worksite security amid traffic, will ultimately be in effect until the beginning of 2021.
  The changes will go into effect on a
  
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• Les Canadiennes skate into Place Bell in Laval for 2018-19 CWHL season

  20-09-2018 18:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Les Canadiennes announced on Thursday that the Canadian Women’s Hockey League club will move to Place Bell for the 2018-19 season.
  The facility in Laval will host Les Canadiennes’ daily operations and training sessions, as well as the majority of their home games.
  For their opening weekend, Les Canadiennes will play the Calgary Inferno on Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Aréna du Rocket as part of an exciting doubleheader with the Laval Rocket, the Montreal Canadiens’ America
  
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• Hotel Intel: AC Marriott brand is practical, polished

  20-09-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The new AC Marriott Montréal Centre-Ville delivers the essentials of hospitality with style.
  The first of its brand in Canada, the AC Marriott is a sleek four-star operation with striking contemporary design, a pivotal downtown location, and moderate prices at certain times.
  The AC Marriott is aimed at a mobile next-generation clientele, both entrepreneurs and fun-seekers. It is a business hub, virtually adjacent to the Palais des congrès, Complexe Guy-Favreau and Hydro-Qu&eac
  
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• Longueuil police seek help in finding missing boy, 14

  20-09-2018 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Longueuil police have turned to the public in an effort to find Jérôme Laforest-Lefebvre, who was last seen at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Gérard Filion high school.
  Laforest-Lefebvre, 14, is required to take medication and there are concerns for his safety.
  The missing boy speaks French, stands 5-feet, 3-inches and weighs about 130 pounds.
  He has scars on his forearms and a half moon piercing on his right ear.
  When last seen he was wearing a white polo shirt and carrying a grey back
  
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• This is just to inform you that Céline Dion's recording new music again

  20-09-2018 17:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The wait for new Céline Dion music may soon be at an end.
  The singer posted on Twitter Thursday morning that she was back in the studio and “excited about recording some great new tunes.”
  Back in the studio… excited about recording some great new tunes!//De retour en studio… et emballée d’enregistrer des nouvelles chansons ! – Céline xx…
  📸: @DeniseTruscello pic.twitter.com/cJfVeVPdgZ
  — Celine Dion (@celinedion) Septe
  
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• Montreal Canadiens take low road in Max Pacioretty deal | HI/O Show

  20-09-2018 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The 2018-19 NHL season is almost upon us, and that means it’s time for the first Hockey Inside/Out show of the season.
  On this week’s show, our panelists — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — give their takes on the trade that sent Max Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights. They also weigh in on these topics:Domi shows more drive than Galchenyuk
  A healthy Weber could be trade bait
  Dr
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal area this weekend: Sept. 21 to 23

  20-09-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  La Nuit Blanche at La Ronde
  Ring out the last Friday of summer 2018 by dancing the whole night away at La Ronde. This event is back after a 10-year hiatus and will feature DJs and performances by the likes of Karim Ouellet, Alaclair Ensemble, Mike Shabb and Planet Giza. Oh, yes, you can also ride the roller-coasters in the middle of the night, the promoters are promising. It’s happening rain or shine. Tap on the title link above for ticket info.Le Rendez-vous canin 2018
  The Centre de la na
  
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• Update: Southbound Champlain Bridge re-opens three lanes after car fire

  20-09-2018 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Southbound traffic on the Champlain Bridge has resumed moving after being stopped for about 20 minutes by a car fire that broke out just before the superstructure on the span at about 7:30 a.m.
  There were no injuries.
  Because of the backlog, however, the reserved bus lane has been closed in an effort to clear off the span.
  
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• Looks like a sure thing: Loto-Québec workers say they'll strike Saturday

  20-09-2018 16:35 via montrealgazette.com
  About 450 unionized professionals employed by Loto-Québec say they will begin a nine-day strike this Saturday to protest against slow negotiations aimed at winning a new contract.
  The professionals work in the provincial government agency’s computer, marketing, finance and real estate divisions and are members of the Syndicat des professionnels du gouvernement du Québec, a union unaffiliated with the major public sector union alliances.
  The workers already walked off the job
  
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• Update: Missing Montreal North woman located at local hospital

  20-09-2018 14:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police say an 84-year-old woman who disappeared from her home in Montreal North Wednesday morning has been found safe and sound.
  Her family was concerned for her safety because she suffers from memory lapses and has exhibited possible symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. She also left home without her diabetes medications.
  However police said Thursday morning she had shown up at a local hospital on her own and is in good condition.
   
   
   
  
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• Missing Montreal North woman located at local hospital

  20-09-2018 14:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police say an 84-year-old woman who disappeared from her home in Montreal North Wednesday morning has been found safe and sound.
  Lucille Carré-Chénier was last seen at about 10 a.m. and her family was concerned for her safety because she suffers from memory lapses and has exhibited possible symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. She also left home without her diabetes medications. However police said Thursday morning she had shown up at a local hospital on her own and is i
  
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• Southbound Champlain Bridge re-opens 3 lanes after car fire

  20-09-2018 14:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Southbound traffic on the Champlain Bridge has resumed moving after being stopped for about 20 minutes by a car fire that broke out just before the superstructure on the span at about 7:30 a.m.
  There were no injuries.
  Because of the backlog, however, the reserved bus lane has been closed in an effort to clear off the span.
  Traffic backed up on the Champlain Bridge at 8:15 a.m. Sept. 20.
  
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• Child kidnapping in Sutton was an apparent attempt to extort ransom: SQ

  20-09-2018 13:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is seeking two suspects in connection with the abduction of a 12-year-old Wednesday in an apparent attempt to extort a ransom from the girl’s parents, one of whom is reportedly a bank employee.
  The girl was found by authorities soon after she was kidnapped Wednesday morning. She was unharmed.
  In a brief statement issued late Wednesday, police said they are seeking “at least two men” in connection with the incident and published a surveil
  
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• While you were sleeping: Business gives lobsters pot, boils in other pot

  20-09-2018 13:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were enjoying some rest and relaxation.
  An 80-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a car at a crosswalk in Montreal North on Tuesday has died. She died in hospital of her injuries on Wednesday, becoming the 21st collision fatality on the island this year, Montreal police spokesperson Officer Benoit Boisselle said. Fifteen of the 21 people who have died in collisions since January were pedestrians. Another three were cyclists. The remaining three were ca
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals break away from CAQ with 7-point lead: poll

  20-09-2018 13:36 via montrealgazette.com
  A new poll suggests the Couillard Liberals are picking up steam in voter popularity, opening up a seven-point lead over the Coalition Avenir Québec.
  The CROP online survey, conducted Sept. 12-17 for Cogeco Media, gives the Liberals 37 per cent overall support followed by the CAQ at 30 per cent and the Parti Québécois trailing a distant third at 16 per cent. Québec solidaire polled 14 per cent.
  While the survey’s overall results are bad news for the CAQ, the poll
  
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• MUHC upgrading public bathrooms to better accommodate disabled users

  20-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Three and a half years after opening, the McGill University Health Centre superhospital is now carrying out renovations to make its public bathrooms fully accessible to patients and visitors in wheelchairs.
  However, the MUHC has only enough funds to upgrade two bathrooms a year. The $1.3-billion superhospital in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce has a total of 72 public bathrooms and, to date, only seven are fully accessible to mobility-challenged individuals.
  Dr. Pierre Gfeller, the MUHC’s e
  
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• Montreal weather: Warmer today

  20-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It will be warmer today than it was on Wednesday, with a high above the 20 C mark and nighttime temperatures returning to double digits.
  Environment Canada predicts a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 21 and a UV index of 6 or high.
  Tonight: Cloudy with a low of 15.
  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 Instagra
  
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• FNC: Montrealer Will Allen continues his friend's Sharkwater quest

  20-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Will Allen was prepared for the backlash: A 26-year-old man, boogie-boarding on the surf, was killed in a shark attack off Cape Cod last Saturday.
  It marked the first Cape Cod shark fatality in the last 62 years. No matter, hysteria reached epic proportions in the media and among the public. Beaches were closed. And once again that Peter Benchley quote surfaced: “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ….”
  Allen, co-owner of Montreal’s popular Burgundy
  
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• In the Habs' room: Montreal holds its own against Panthers' physicality

  20-09-2018 05:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Pre-season games are designed to be learning experiences and there were some lessons learned Wednesday as the Canadiens dropped a 5-2 decision to the Florida Panthers.
  For starters, it should be noted that the Panthers arrived in town with a veteran-laden lineup, which is a bit unusual this early in the pre-season schedule. They played a physical game and coach Claude Julien said he was pleased that the Canadiens didn’t back down.
  “I wanted to see a team that competed hard and stuck
  
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• Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin has a new look this season

  20-09-2018 05:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens’ Jonathan Drouin has a new look this season.
  The first thing you notice is the long hair flowing out of the back of his helmet, bringing back memories of the 1980s hockey mullets. Drouin’s also lighter, listed at 193 pounds now on his 6-foot frame — 10 pounds less than last season. And during Wednesday night’s 5-2 preseason loss to the Florida Panthers at the Bell Centre, Drouin had an “A” on his sweater as an alternate captain, along with Jeff P
  
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• Sloppy defence, lack of finish prove costly for the Canadiens

  20-09-2018 05:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The bottom line: The Canadiens gave a valiant effort against a Florida Panthers lineup laden with NHL talent, but their inability to finish proved costly as they dropped a 5-2 decision Wednesday night at the Bell Centre. Montreal managed only one fluke goal before Nikita Scherbak scored late in the game on a perfect feed from Matthew Peca.
  Where’s is the defence? The biggest impediment to Carey Price making a comeback this season may be the defence playing in front of him. The Panther
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Montreal North on Tuesday

  20-09-2018 03:01 via montrealgazette.com
  An 80-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a car at a crosswalk in Montreal North on Tuesday has died.
  She died in hospital of her injuries on Wednesday, becoming the 21st collision fatality on the island this year, Montreal police spokesperson Officer Benoit Boisselle said.
  Fifteen of the 21 people who have died in collisions since January were pedestrians, he said. Another three were cyclists. The remaining three were car or motorcycle drivers, Boisselle said.
  The latest accident happene
  
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• #ICYMI: CAQ intent on raising toking age, Montreal marathons, and more

  20-09-2018 02:24 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  The CAQ presented, or rather, reiterated the party’s #cannabis platform Wednesday, saying, if elected, it will raise the minimum toking age to 21, outlaw toking in public, and stand behind owners’ bans in apartment and condominium buildings.
  But what about the smoke-filled Sunday Tam-Tam gatherings at the foot of the mountain, you might be asking. It would be up to local police
  
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• Quebec election: Hivon is an indispensable foil for PQ leader Lisée

  20-09-2018 02:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Minutes before the most important debate of his career, Jean-François Lisée looked down at a list of handwritten instructions.
  They read as follows:
  “Calm/Zen, Engaged/Invested, Worried for the well being of people, Kind but not flippant, Statesman, Never aggressive, Go!”
  If the Parti Québécois leader wasn’t the clear winner of the Sept. 13 debate, he at least got a few licks in. And that, in no small part, is thanks to the cheat-sheet written by dep
  
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• Quebec election: QS not necessarily socialist revolutionary, Massé says

  20-09-2018 01:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire is “revolutionary, certainly,” but not necessarily socialist revolutionary even though it wants to socialize the economy to make it more equitable, Manon Massé said on Wednesday.
  The party co-spokesperson made the declaration in a speech before 200 people assembled by the Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain.
  She was responding to a question from the group’s president, Michel Leblanc, who asked if her party is socialist revo
  
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• Quebec election notebook: Some are still debating the English debate

  20-09-2018 00:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Some are still debating the English debate.
  At least four columnists in French-language newspapers on Wednesday focused on whether or not Monday’s English-language televised debate (the first ever in a Quebec election) should have taken place.
  In the Journal de Montréal, two writers (Mathieu Bock–Côté and Mario Dumont) suggested the English debate was a mistake that sets a terrible precedent because it put English on the same footing as French.
  In Le Devoir, one c
  
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• Watch: Demonstrators protest against REM plans

  20-09-2018 00:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Public transit users marched on Wednesday from the Montreal offices of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to the offices of EXO, the suburban train authority, to protest against the impact the construction of the REM train is having on service on the Deux Montagnes line.
  Gazette photographer John Mahoney files this video report.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Road to NHL started with ringette for Panthers' Mike Matheson

  20-09-2018 00:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Mike Matheson’s road to the NHL started as a 3-year-old playing ringette at the Pointe Claire Arena.
  On Wednesday night, the 24-year-old was at the Bell Centre playing defence for the Florida Panthers in an exhibition game against the Canadiens as he prepares to enter the first season of an eight-year, US$39-million contract. The Panthers selected the 6-foot-2, 193-pounder in the first round (23rd overall) at the 2012 NHL Draft.
  Matheson learned to skate when he was only 2, but Hockey West
  
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• UPDATE: Inuk woman's killer faces sentencing after several delays

  20-09-2018 00:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Nellie Angutiguluk remained in a relationship with Kwasi Benjamin for more than a year before he killed her even though he had tried to end her life before.
  “He tried to kill me. He wanted to kill me,” Angutiguluk told Montreal police Constable Jean-Philippe Tseng-Valiquette on Jan. 4, 2014, when he found her standing completely nude and covered in blood inside the couple’s apartment in Côte-des-Neiges after she had called 911.
  Tseng-Valiquette testified on Wednesday at t
  
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