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• Impact players need to keep their eyes on the prize, head coach says

  21-09-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  As the Montreal Impact drive toward the Major Soccer League playoffs, coach Rémi Garde has sent a clear message to his players — don’t let confidence turn into complacency.
  Winners of two in a row, the Montreal Impact are feeling positive heading into the final five games of the season, starting Saturday against New York City FC (7:30 p.m., TVA Sports).
  Montreal (12-14-3) is holding on to the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, four points clear of seventh-place D.C.
  
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• Montreal culinary artisans help Accueil Bonneau show off their honey

  21-09-2018 23:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Sweet treats made with honey produced at an urban beehive operated by Accueil Bonneau will be on the menu on Sunday afternoon as the Mois du miel de Bonneau is launched in the Old Port.
  From Oct. 1 through 31, six of Montreal’s top chocolate, pastry and ice cream artisans — Les chocolats de Chloé, Patrice Pâtissier, Les Givrés, Crémy pâtisserie, La Fabrique Arhoma and Fous Desserts — will use honey harvested by the apprentice
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée asks anglos to take a chance on PQ

  21-09-2018 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Jean-François Lisée is in the political fight of his life.
  With just days to go before the Oct. 1 election, the Parti Québécois leader has to close a nearly double-digit polling gap if he hopes to become the next premier. And he must do so while fending off a challenge from a sovereignist party on his left flank.
  But perhaps the party’s biggest obstacle isn’t the front-running Coalition Avenir Québec, their arch-rival Liberals or Québec solid
  
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• Weather warning: Threat of thunderstorm, winds of up to 90 km/h

  21-09-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada says an intense cold front tracking over Quebec will produce wind gusts of up to 90 km/h on Friday evening.
  The federal agency is warning that any object that could be damaged or turned into a projectile by high winds should be secured and that the intensity of the expected winds can cause branches to break off trees.
  The wind warning includes the greater Montreal region, Richelieu Valley, the Laurentians and Lanaudière, Mauricie, Bois-Francs, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean,
  
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• Train safety: Exo to close three Montreal pedestrian crossings

  21-09-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  In the wake of a Sept. 5 collision that killed a 13-year-old boy, Exo — the region’s train authority — is closing three pedestrian crossings at three stations on the Deux-Montagnes Line.
  While Exo won’t speculate on the cause of the Sept. 5 fatality, police reports have reported the boy had earbuds on and was looking at his phone.
  Since the death, Exo posted 12 guards at the six crossings at the Bois-Franc, Du Ruisseau and Roxboro—Pierrefonds stations — the on
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' Max Domi: 'I didn't mean to hurt him.' Really?

  21-09-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  “I didn’t mean to hurt him.”
  Those words are spoken by just about every NHL player who is suspended for injuring an opponent and the Canadiens’ Max Domi is no exception.
  “It’s a real tough situation, obviously, for everyone involved,” Domi said after practice Friday in Brossard about being suspended by the NHL for five pre-season games after sucker-punching Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad in the face during a 5-2 loss to the Panthers Wednesday night at t
  
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• Woman killed by car in Costco parking lot in Terrebonne

  21-09-2018 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A 68-year-old woman walking in the parking lot of a Costco store in Terrebonne was struck and killed by a car on Friday.
  The incident happened just after 11 a.m., Terrebonne police said.
  The woman was pronounced dead in hospital.
  The 72-year-old driver was questioned by the police, who say they are interviewing witnesses at the busy store on Montée des Pionniers in the north shore municipality.
  There have been no arrests.
  
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• SQ has located one of the vehicles sought in Sutton kidnapping

  21-09-2018 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  One of two vehicles the Sûreté du Québec were searching for in connection with the abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Sutton on Wednesday morning has been found.
  The SQ located the Dodge Caravan on Friday morning, however the police force provided no details of how or where the vehicle was found.
  The details are part of the investigation, SQ spokesperson Sgt. Ingrid Asselin said. There have been no arrests in connection with the case, she added.
  The authorities are still
  
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• Editorial: Religious freedom is a matter of rights

  21-09-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Of all of the important issues in this campaign, one was largely flying under the radar — until it was the subject of a highly revealing exchange in Thursday’s third and final debate. Until then, precious little had been said about the fact that three of the four main parties vying for votes Oct. 1 would forbid those wielding state authority from wearing visible signs of their religions.
  That lack of discussion was disconcerting. In the 2014 election, the Parti Québécoi
  
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• What the Puck: Max Domi suspension digs deeper hole for Canadiens

  21-09-2018 20:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens newcomer Max Domi should be ashamed of himself.
  But I’m not giving up on the kid. He still could contribute to this team, as long as he learns a hard lesson from what happened this week. Much as it pains me to agree with one of the highest-profile members of the Toronto media hockey mafia, I have to admit that TSN’s Darren Dreger nailed it when he said: “There’s no game where a sucker punch like that is acceptable … that is a dangerous, dangerous non-hock
  
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• Dance: Sex, death and gamekeepers as Lady Chatterley and Giselle ignite the stage

  21-09-2018 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s an old joke about religious puritans forbidding sex standing up because it might lead to dancing. English choreographer Cathy Marston is unlikely to endear herself to such people with her newly commissioned ballet Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the world première of which opens Les Grands Ballets’ 2018/19 season in October. It is, of course, based on one of the most celebrated erotic novels in world literature and, previously, one of the most maligned.
  It wasn’t
  
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• Côte-des-Neiges resident sentenced for stockpile of AK47 parts

  21-09-2018 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A 49-year-old man who was found to be in possession of the parts required to assemble enough automatic assault rifles to supply a small army was sentenced on Friday to an overall 10-year prison term.
  Anatoliy Vdovin, a man who was prone to making rude outbursts while two of his criminal cases were before the courts, shrugged off the sentence Quebec Court Judge Linda Despots delivered at the Montreal courthouse and reminded her that he has requested an appeal of her decision to convict him.
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• Quebec election: Lisée takes aim at Québec solidaire's 'free ride'

  21-09-2018 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Is Québec solidaire getting a free ride in this election?
  “Yes!”
  It was an uncharacteristically curt answer from the Parti Québécois leader. Jean-François Lisée continued his line of attack Friday against the party that’s been creeping up the polls as voters prepare to cast their ballots on Oct. 1.
  “There’s very little scrutiny … no one really asks the question of who their chief is,” Lisée said. “The pers
  
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• Twelve years for Lachine man who killed girlfriend's son with spear

  21-09-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  A 44-year-old Lachine resident received a sentence of more than 12 years on Friday after a Quebec Superior Court judge determined he is remorseful and had expressed sincere regret for having killed his girlfriend’s adult son in a drunken rage.
  Philippe Gloutney was facing the possibility of a lengthier sentence because he also stabbed his girlfriend, Christine Brooks, with the same spear he used to kill her 38-year-old son, Lee-Christopher Larocque, on Nov. 6, 2015. Last week Crown prosecu
  
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• Quebec election: QS says Liberals diverting federal immigration funds

  21-09-2018 18:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec Solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said on Friday that the Quebec Liberal government “diverted federal funding” destined for immigration integration programs in the province.
  Nadeau-Dubois made the claim as he unveiled his party’s plans to better integrate immigrants into Quebec society.
  According to QS, the amount of money spent since 2004 by Quebec’s immigration ministry on integration programs is far less than that provided by Ottawa, and Nad
  
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• Macpherson: Free-falling Frank's barf-bag campaign

  21-09-2018 18:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Baseball great Yogi Berra said two things that apply to the Oct. 1 Quebec general election.
  One is “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.” But if you hear a politician quote that one, then according to Macpherson’s First Rule of Politics, it already is over, at least for them.
  Berra also said, explaining why he was blinded by the early-setting sun in an October-afternoon World Series game, that “it gets late early out there.”
  And it’s getting late ea
  
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• Wine: Bordeaux had a very good year in 2015

  21-09-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After the stunning perfection of the 2010 vintage, the Bordeaux region ran through a string of so-so vintages up to 2015. They weren’t bad, but none of them offered up the luxurious fruit of 2009, which was ideal for you California lovers, or the beautiful freshness and structure of 2010, which I preferred.However, as 2015’s Bordeaux begin to roll into SAQ stores, from what I have tasted, the wines seem to offer a bit of both 2009 and 2010. While I have tasted only 30 or so, they str
  
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• Top pick Jesperi Kotkaniemi needs more home cooking | HI/O Bonus

  21-09-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — debate the best way to develop Montreal Canadiens top draft pick Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Sept. 21, 2018

  21-09-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $15
  Alicante 2017, Laderas de El Sequé, Bodegas Artadi, Spain red, $14.95, SAQ # 10359201. Need power for a low price? This is great. Still quite grapey, so the fruit is very upfront. Tannins are ripe but give impressive length and coat the mouth nicely without drying. Dark-fruited with a hint of balsamic, giving it personality. Great barbecue wine. Grape variety:&n
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard announces new green initiatives

  21-09-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Liberal Party Leader Philippe Couillard’s focus shifted to the environment Friday, announcing a slew of green measures while campaigning in Verdun.
  Among the pledges, Couillard said a Liberal government would offer additional funding to municipalities to add more recycling bins next to public garbages, invest more in modernizing recycling centres and ban plastic straws in bars and restaurants.
  Couillard also said the Liberals would put in place a new chief environmental inspect
  
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• No charges against Montreal police for 2017 fatal Côte-St-Luc shooting

  21-09-2018 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police did not commit any criminal act when they fatally shot a man at the end of pursuit that took place in June 2017, Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions (DPCP) announced on Friday.
  The Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales arrived at its conclusion after examining an report on the incident prepared by Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), which is assigned to probe any police operation in the province where death or injurie
  
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• Gord Downie biographer wanted 'to tell why we cared so much about this man' and the Tragically Hip

  21-09-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It hardly needs recapping, fresh as it is in Canada’s collective memory, but the basic facts are this: the singer and lyricist of our most popular band is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer; the band’s valedictory national tour is the scene of large-scale emotional catharsis; fully one-third of the country watches the final concert on TV; the singer then takes it upon himself, in the little time he has left, to complete an artistic reconciliation project addressing the national sha
  
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• Quebec election: Advance polls are open until Sept. 27

  21-09-2018 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The advance polling period for Quebec’s general election opened Friday and will continue until Sept. 27, the province’s director of elections (DGE) has announced.
  Quebec electors who think they will be unable to cast their ballot on voting day — Oct. 1 — can do so over seven days before then: Friday, Sept. 21 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 22 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 23 and Monday, Sept. 24 between 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 25 and We
  
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• POP Montreal: 10 top picks, from hip hop to Brit rock

  21-09-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  POP Montreal has shows big and small from Sept. 26 to 30. Here are 10 hot tips, helpfully sorted by style.
  Film
  Socalled’s Porn POP (Thursday, Sept. 27, 11 p.m., Cinéma L’amour, 4015 St-Laurent Blvd., $20). In the “only at POP Montreal” department, Montreal klez-hop hero Socalled presents his directorial debut, The Housesitter, a gay erotic film starring Valentin Braun and River Wilson, with live piano and vocal accompaniment by Socalled himself.
  Hip hop
  Waahl
  
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• Loto-Québec workers call off strike action

  21-09-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The 450 unionized professionals employed by Loto-Québec have called off a nine-day strike that was to begin Saturday.
  The professionals — in computer, communications, finance, sales and marketing, legal and real estate divisions — are members of the Syndicat des professionnels du gouvernement du Québec.
  They have been without a contract since March 31, 2015.
   
  
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• Longueuil issues boil water advisory for St-Bruno, St-Hubert

  21-09-2018 14:51 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Longueuil has issued a boil water advisory to citizens in the borough of St-Hubert and the neighbouring city of St-Bruno, which is part of Longueuil’s water distribution network.
  In a statement issued Thursday, city officials said residents in the affected areas were being advised to boil their water for at least one minute because a routine water sampling had detected the presence of E. coli bacteria.
  The boil order applies to drinking water, water used for cooking or the wash
  
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• Cinéma Moderne: Montreal's new café-bar-movie theatre

  21-09-2018 14:48 via montrealgazette.com
  “Gin tonic & cinema,” read the post on filmmaker Frédérick Pelletier’s Facebook page, Wednesday evening, accompanying a photo of the drink in question resting atop a ticket to a film at our city’s hippest (and smallest?) new movie theatre, Cinéma Moderne.
  Montreal joined the global filmgoing revolution on Monday with the opening of the unique new Mile End hot spot located on St. Laurent Blvd. just north of Laurier Ave.
  With an intimate café
  
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• Weekend traffic: Champlain Bridge closure and marathon will cause woes

  21-09-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Transport Québec’s plan to close the inbound Champlain Bridge and the Montreal marathon will make driving more difficult around downtown, the southwestern part of the island and the east end this weekend.
  The bridge will be completely closed to traffic headed toward Montreal on Sunday morning, Transport Québec announced in its weekly roundup of weekend road closures.
  This Saturday and Sunday will also feature street closures on Montreal Island for the Oasis International Mara
  
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• While you were sleeping: Beatlemania, pot, and a bear with a unique world view

  21-09-2018 13:50 via montrealgazette.com
  We hope you had a good rest. Here’s some things you might have missed while you were sleeping.
  Belief in yesterday: From the moment Sir Paul took the stage to face a sold-out Bell Centre and launched into A Hard Day’s Night — as perfect a musical representation of Beatlemania as he and John Lennon ever wrote — the belief in yesterday was evangelical in its fervour. Immortals like Lady Madonna and Eleanor Rigby were side by side in the set list with more debatable efforts
  
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• Concert review: Hearts go boom for Paul McCartney at the Bell Centre

  21-09-2018 13:25 via montrealgazette.com
  No one could have been surprised that, to paraphrase one of Paul McCartney’s earliest lyrics, hearts went boom — again.
  From the moment Sir Paul took the stage Thursday night to face a sold-out Bell Centre and launched into A Hard Day’s Night — as perfect a musical representation of Beatlemania as he and John Lennon ever wrote — the belief in yesterday was evangelical in its fervour.
  And yet one surprising thing about a McCartney show is that the glorious past is ap
  
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• Renewed wind warning paired with threat of thunderstorm in Montreal

  21-09-2018 13:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada says an intense cold front tracking over southwestern and central Quebec will produce wind gusts of around 90 km/hr late in the day Friday.
  The federal agency is warning that any object that could be damaged or turned into a projectile by high winds should be secured and that the intensity of the expected winds can cause branches to break off trees.
  The wind warning includes Montreal and Laval as well as the areas of Longueuil-Varennes and Châteauguay-La Prairie.
  To
  
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• Parc Jean-Drapeau could scale back Osheaga after 2020

  21-09-2018 12:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The para-municipal organization that runs Parc Jean-Drapeau is considering scaling back the size of Osheaga, Canada’s leading music festival, and a representative for La Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau said it’s even possible the plan going forward will not include Osheaga at all.
  Evenko, which runs all the major music festivals at Parc Jean-Drapeau, — including Osheaga, Heavy Montreal, ÎleSoniq and ’77 Montreal — has launched a petition to try to g
  
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• Tomkinson: First election debate on housing shows need for policy reform

  21-09-2018 12:03 via montrealgazette.com
  If there’s one thing that representatives from all four political parties agreed on in a housing debate on Wednesday, it’s that provincial policies are in need of major reform. 
  While the leaders debated on English and French TV this week, Liberal Lise Thériault, Coalition Avenir Québec’s Mario Laframboise, Parti Québécois’s Carole Poirier and Québec Solidaire’s Simon Charron attended Quebec’s first election debate
  
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• Quebec election: No place to go for anglophones

  21-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Free yourself of the Liberals!
  That was Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault’s message to English-speaking Quebecers in the lead-up to the Oct. 1 election.
  Speaking in English at a party convention on May 27, Legault reached out to Quebec’s 1.1 million anglophones, assuring them his party had no intention of taking the province out of Canada.
  “We’re in a new era. There’s no threat of referendum anymore, so there’s no reason to stick wi
  
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• Montreal weather: Rainy and very windy

  21-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The weather may very well be the big story in Montreal and parts of Quebec on Friday.
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the city, Laval and other parts of Quebec.
  “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
  
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• Quebec election: Another poll shows CAQ slipping into minority territory

  21-09-2018 11:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Another public opinion poll has support for François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party falling, with the party headed for minority government status.
  The same poll also concludes there is growing support for the left-wing Québec solidaire party, which has now made a record $28 billion in election promises in four weeks of campaigning.
  Released Friday, the Forum Research poll pegs support for the CAQ at 32 per cent, which is 10 percentage points lower than the las
  
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• Quebec election: Leaders put positive spin on final debate performance

  21-09-2018 05:48 via montrealgazette.com
  With only eleven days left until Quebecers head to the polls, its four major party leaders had one last chance to square off Thursday night. Here’s their take on the final debate of the provincial election campaign.
  François Legault
  “I think I was able to share my ideas about what we want to do with young children so they can better succeed. I spoke as well about putting more money in the wallets of Quebecers. I had the chance as well to speak about my exceptional team.
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• In the Habs' Room: Kudos for the line of Gallagher, Danault and Tatar

  21-09-2018 05:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Canadiens’ No. 1 line was on display Thursday night, as the Canadiens rolled to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals before a disappointing crowd of 11,296 at the Vidéotron Centre.
  Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault and Tomas Tatar had a role in three of the Montreal goals and were the subject of praise from coach Claude Julien.
  “They were a great line for us tonight and if we get three more lines like that, we’ll be okay,” Julien said.
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• Canadiens come out flying to defeat Ovechkin and Co. in pre-season tilt

  21-09-2018 05:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Alex Ovechkin was here. So were Evgeny Kuznetsov and Tom Wilson, but most of the players wearing Washington Capitals uniforms Thursday night were not the same players who won the Stanley Cup last season. The Washington lineup was laden with players from the AHL Hershey Bears, which might help explain why the Canadiens posted a 5-2 pre-season win Thursday night at the Vidéotron Centre. Montreal dominated 5-on-5 play, while Washington enjoyed some success when Ovechkin and fr
  
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• Quebec election: Final debate highlighted by François Legault's mea culpa

  21-09-2018 05:44 via montrealgazette.com
  François Legault’s statement that he would expel immigrants who fail French and values tests came back to haunt him Thursday as he struggled to dig his way out of the controversy that is dragging his campaign down.
  And in an astounding admission in the middle of the final live televised debate for a man seeking high office, Legault tried to quell the crisis by admitting he does slip up at times.
  “Mr. Couillard, I am not perfect,” Legault said, answering criticism he has
  
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• Quebec election: Party leaders faced off in final debate – as it happened

  21-09-2018 05:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here and then scroll to the bottom of the page.
  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 debate on Thursday, Sept. 20. Check back often. 
  
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• Welcome to the Shwap Club, where shopping means swapping

  21-09-2018 02:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Shopping meets swapping in a new St-Henri clothing exchange its creator envisages as much as a community as a place to find cool women’s fashion.
  On one level, the Shwap Club is a women’s fashion boutique. But the currency used by shoppers is not cash or credit: It’s clothing.
  It works like this: You bring in clothing you don’t wear anymore, for whatever reason — up to 20 items. They’re clean, in season, current — purchased within the past
  
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• Alouettes banking on Johnny Manziel Show to be a long-running series

  21-09-2018 02:48 via montrealgazette.com
  What Alouettes head coach Mike Sherman would really like to see, is for the Johnny Manziel Show to get an extended run.
  So far, it has garnered poor to middling ratings, and has been on hiatus for a few weeks.
  It returns to televisions around the country Friday night and it would make the head coach very happy if it were a fixture for the rest of the CFL season.
  “It would be nice,” Sherman said Thursday at Investors Group Field, where the 3-9 Alouettes will play the Winnipeg Blue Bom
  
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• #ICYMI: Bank robber's rationale, wind alert, leaders' debate, and more

  21-09-2018 02:06 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  “It is better to rob a bank because the employees are paid to be potential victims.”
  That’s what Alain Ste-Marie, convicted of robbing a Mile End bank, reportedly told a psychiatrist.
  Now he 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,” Paul
  
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• Quebec election: Legault to focus on 'real issues' to halt CAQ slide

  21-09-2018 01:58 via montrealgazette.com
  With the latest polls showing a rapid turnaround in the fortunes of Coalition Avenir Québec, François Legault said he would focus on putting more money in people’s wallets and stressing his adversary’s poor track record in tonight’s third and final televised debate to stop the slide. And try to take the spotlight off of immigration.
  “We have to look at the effect of the last 15 years of the Liberals,” he said following a speech to the Federation of Que
  
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• LIVE – Quebec election: Follow along as leaders face off in final debate

  21-09-2018 01:27 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here and then scroll to the bottom of the page.
  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 debate on Thursday, Sept. 20. Check back often. 
  
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• Cinéma Moderne: Montreal's first café-bar-movie theatre

  21-09-2018 01:14 via montrealgazette.com
  “Gin tonic & cinema,” read the post on filmmaker Frédérick Pelletier’s Facebook page, Wednesday evening, accompanying a photo of the drink in question resting atop a ticket to a film at our city’s hippest (and smallest?) new movie theatre, Cinéma Moderne.
  Montreal joined the global filmgoing revolution on Monday with the opening of the unique new Mile End hot spot located on St. Laurent Blvd. just north of Laurier Ave.
  With an intimate café
  
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• Suburban mayors welcome new openness from Plante-Dorais administration

  21-09-2018 00:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Encouraged by recent discussions with Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration, the mayors of the island suburbs held a news conference on Thursday to thank her for her openness and to herald a new partnership with the city that they say could result in changes to how island-wide responsibilities are shared and financed.
  “We’ve never seen this level of openness from any of the previous administrations,” Beny Masella, the mayor of Montreal-West, said in the fo
  
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