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• Quebec election: Lisée admits he gave 'free ride' to Québec solidaire

  22-09-2018 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  GATINEAU — Jean-François Lisée admits he’s partially to blame for the “free ride” he claims Québec solidaire has enjoyed in this electoral campaign.
  The Parti Québécois leader said Saturday he probably waited too long before directly criticizing the party, which is creeping its way up the polls as the Oct. 1 vote approaches.
  “It’s a shared mistake: I could have been more critical and the media could have paid more attention (
  
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• Quebec election: $1.8-million bonus for CAQ candidate is 'competitive,' Legault says

  22-09-2018 22:02 via montrealgazette.com
  SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES — Bonuses for employees of Crown corporations have drawn stiff criticism from members of the Coalition Avenir Québec, but a $1.8-million bonus for one of the party’s star candidates was described as “competitive” by the party’s leader on Saturday.
  In 2016, CAQ MNA François Bonnardel, who is running for re-election, described $3 million in bonus payments at Investissement Québec as “indecent” and &ldq
  
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• Quebec election update: $1 million donated and leaders united in Gatineau

  22-09-2018 20:52 via montrealgazette.com
  GATINEAU — Hours after a tornado ripped through Gatineau, two rivals put political differences aside to visit the disaster zone Saturday morning.
  Jean-François Lisée and Philippe Couillard walked shoulder to shoulder through a neighbourhood covered in debris.
  Roofing, broken glass and bricks lay scattered across the street, the storm ripped balconies from apartment buildings and forced hundreds from their homes.
  “Today our presence here is about showing our solidarity,&
  
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• #WhyIDidntReport: Social-media users respond to Trump with stories of assault

  22-09-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A year into the current era of #MeToo and we’re still having this conversation: Survivors of rape and sexual assault are again explaining why they didn’t report these acts of violence right after they happened.
  The reasons are many: Shame. Confusion. Denial. Fear. Intimidation and lack of power. Concern that no one would believe them, that nothing would be done, or that the victims themselves would be blamed. Most survivors of sexual assault do not report such incidents to authoritie
  
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• Quebec election update: Leaders reroute to visit tornado zone

  22-09-2018 19:36 via montrealgazette.com
  GATINEAU — Hours after a tornado ripped through Gatineau, two rivals put political differences aside to visit the disaster zone Saturday morning.
  Jean-François Lisée and Philippe Couillard walked shoulder to shoulder through a neighbourhood covered in debris.
  Roofing, broken glass and bricks lay scattered across the street, the storm ripped balconies from apartment buildings and forced hundreds from their homes.
  “Today our presence here is about showing our solidarity,&
  
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• Quebec election: Legault heads to Gatineau, calls for unity

  22-09-2018 19:11 via montrealgazette.com
  SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES — Nine days before Quebecers go to the polls, Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault called on Quebecers to unite behind the premier — his arch rival Philippe Couillard — as he prepared to head to tornado-ravaged Gatineau. 
  “It’s not the time for politics,” Legault said on Saturday. “It’s important that we’re all united today behind the premier.”On Friday evening, Couillard said
  
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• Quebec election: Leaders reroute to visit tornado zone

  22-09-2018 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Just hours after a tornado destroyed and damaged homes and injured dozens in Gatineau Friday, Jean-François Lisée led his campaign bus into the disaster zone.
  The Parti Québécois leader had been scheduled to campaign south of Montreal on Saturday but decided to divert his caravan east after talking to the mayor of Gatineau.
  Others followed suit: Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard and the Coalition Avenir Québec’s François Legault cancelled thei
  
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• Quebec election: Leaders reroute campaign buses to tornado aftermath

  22-09-2018 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Just hours after a tornado destroyed and damaged homes and injured dozens in Gatineau Friday, Jean-François Lisée led his campaign bus into the disaster zone.
  The Parti Québécois leader had been scheduled to campaign south of Montreal on Saturday but decided to divert his caravan east after talking to the mayor of Gatineau.
  Others followed suit: Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard and the Coalition Avenir Québec’s François Legault cancelled thei
  
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• Put the phone down: Police cracking down on texting drivers

  22-09-2018 16:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Avoid texting and driving because it’s dangerous, but also because it will put you on the radar of a police crackdown in Quebec and across the country.
  Supported by public-service messages from the Société de l ‘assurance automobile du Québec  (SAAQ) titled Everybody Knows It’s Stupid to Text and Drive — shown on TV, radio and social media — police will be stepping up texting-and-driving checks.
  The Highway Safety Code was recently updated
  
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• Watch: Hiroshima ginkgo biloba saplings take root in Westmount

  22-09-2018 15:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The pouring rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of representatives from four different communities who gathered Friday morning, on the International Day of Peace, to honour the memory of Hiroshima with a special planting and peace pilgrimage.
  Saplings of a ginkgo biloba tree that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 were planted at Dawson College, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Westmount Park United Church and the Unitarian Church of Montreal.
  “This is an initiative inspired b
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Decor trends you should invest in for 2019

  22-09-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Trends are constantly affecting our decorating decisions. Thanks to the internet age, style and trend information is accessible at a very fast rate, which makes it easier to source on-trend products soon after seeing them at trade manufacturing shows. Every week, there’s a new, hot, must-have colour, fabric or style. Although trends come and go, a few have more longevity. My long and short list of 2019 trends will help you figure out which ones you should invest in and which ones should be
  
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• While you were sleeping: Storm cleanup in Outaouais, attack in Iran

  22-09-2018 14:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. Here are some stories from the overnight desk and they’re all pretty sobering.
  Ottawa-Gatineau cleaning up: At least six people were injured, two of them critically, in the tornado that hit Gatineau and Ottawa Friday night. Winds destroyed buildings, ripped off roofs and overturned cars in addition to felling trees and branches. Thousands were still without power as the cleanup begins in earnest this morning. The hardest hit was the Gatineau quartier of Mont-Bleu where more t
  
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• Quebec power outages update: Outaouais is the hardest hit

  22-09-2018 14:31 via montrealgazette.com
  According to Hydro-Québec, as of 8 a.m. Saturday, just under 104,000 Quebecers were still without power after storms and high winds Friday night caused considerable damage, especially in the Outaouais region where more than 42,000 outages were reported.
  Ottawa and Gatineau were especially hard hit by a tornado.
  Trees and branches falling on power lines were the principle cause of outages.
  While only 27 outages are currently reported in Montreal and just under 800 in Laval, 14,500 are stil
  
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• Week in Review: Bras, pot, Airbnb, Shwap and Osheaga

  22-09-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Simons sorry for ‘poor taste’ bra campaign, apologizes to former chief justice
  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
  
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• Quebec election: François Legault is a pragmatist at heart

  22-09-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  By his own admission, François Legault is an impatient man.
  In 1997, when he was president of Air Transat, the company he helped found, he abruptly sold off his shares and divested himself of the company in anger after a dispute with his partners. They found out after the fact that he had packed his bags and left them for good.
  Later, serving as then premier Lucien Bouchard’s education minister in 1998, he complained about Quebec’s notoriously slow-moving bureaucracy, saying t
  
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• Shelter: Globetrotting artist puts down roots in St-Henri

  22-09-2018 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  After almost a decade of globetrotting, Frederic Bigras is ready to stay put. The 28-year-old, who grew up in St-Lambert and Montreal, says that while travelling sounds romantic, he finally wearied of owning only a few things — especially cooking utensils. Bigras loves to entertain friends and he missed having a decent kitchen where he could prepare his favourite dishes.
  Seeking a home base, however, was not the only reason for his return to Montreal. Bigras is an artist and he is pursuing
  
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• Quebec power outages: Outaouais is the hardest hit

  22-09-2018 13:46 via montrealgazette.com
  According to Hydro-Québec, as of 7:30 a.m. Saturday, just over 107,000 Quebecers were still without power after storms and high winds Friday night caused considerable damage, especially in the Outaouais region where more than 44,000 outages were reported.
  Ottawa and Gatineau were especially hard hit by the storm.
  Trees and branches falling on power lines was the principle cause of outages.
  While only 27 outages are currently reported in Montreal and just under 1,200 in Laval, almost 13,00
  
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• Five traffic hotspots to avoid: Runners might make better time than motorists

  22-09-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal marathon and the usual construction closings will make life miserable for motorists today.
  Here are five traffic hotspots to avoid:
  1) Highway 15 North will be completely closed from the Exit 58 at Highway 10 West to the Turcot Interchange to 5 a.m. on Monday.
  2) The Southbound Décarie Expressway will be closed between Turcot and Atwater Ave. to 5 a.m. on Monday.
  3) The ramp from Highway 13 South to Highway 40 West will be closed to 5 a.m. Sunday.
  4) Two of the three lan
  
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• Lesley Chesterman's quest for perfect skin

  22-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a quiet morning in downtown Montreal. At the Crescent St. branch of Mandy’s, some 20 women gather for a Tata Harper skin-care master class. Harper is a hot name in skin-care circles, and we’re going through the entire line of her Vermont-made, all-natural and rather pricey products.
  We begin with the requisite double cleanse, followed by masks, toners, serums, hydrating sprays and moisturizers, in order to exfoliate, decongest, purge and, most importantly, moisturize. The
  
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• Josh Freed: What you might not have heard at the election debates

  22-09-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After four weeks, three debates, 4,700 news stories, 150 tracking polls and several François Legaffes, the Quebec election has gotten exciting.
  The Confused CAQ has plunged in recent polls, and the Lacklustre Liberals are suddenly running even. How did we get here from there?
  Phase 1: The candidates
  For 11 months François Legault was Quebec’s premier-in-waiting, CAQ-ling over his lead in the polls. But in recent weeks he’s looked agitated, confused and not very premier-
  
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• Montreal weather: Bright, brisk and breezy

  22-09-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It will be jacket weather under mainly sunny skies with cool temperatures.
  A northwest wind will blow at 20 km/h, becoming light late in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 16 and the UV index will be 5, or moderate.
  Tonight: Clear and cold with a low of 8.
  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
  
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• Former Canadien Alex Galchenuk sidelined with lower-body injury

  22-09-2018 06:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Arizona Coyotes won’t have Alex Galchenyuk in the lineup Saturday night when they play host to the Anaheim Ducks in NHL preseason action and it’s not certain when the former Canadien might return to action.
  Galchenyuk, acquired from the Canadiens in exchange for Max Domi this summer, suffered a lower-body injury during the Coyotes’ 4-2 preseason win over the Los Angeles Kings Tuesday night in which he scored two goals.“Alex is going to meet with our medical team,&rdqu
  
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• Tornado rips through Ottawa-Gatineau region

  22-09-2018 05:45 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — A tornado ripped through the Ottawa area Friday afternoon, damaging homes and vehicles as severe thunderstorms and high wind gusts also pounded southern Ontario.
  Extensive damage to houses was reported by residents in Ottawa and in nearby Dunrobin. In Gatineau, Que., cars were overturned on Highway 50, said Environment Canada, which confirmed a tornado had touched down in the region.
  Related
  'It's devastating': Tornado levels houses, leaves trail of destruction in OttawaPhotos and
  
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• Quebec election: Philippe Couillard suspends campaign to travel to Gatineau after tornado

  22-09-2018 04:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced Friday night he will suspend his campaign so he can head to Gatineau and visit areas damaged by a severe storm hours earlier.
  A tornado damaged cars and buildings in Gatineau and caused severe damage in the eastern Ontario town of Dunrobin on Friday evening.
  Couillard’s plan for Saturday had been to go to Sherbrooke and Magog and end the day in Montreal.
  Je suspendrai ma campagne demain matin pour me rendre en Outaouais afin de rencontrer les cit
  
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• In case you missed it: Here's what happened on September 21

  22-09-2018 03:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal.
  Macpherson: Free-falling Frank’s barf-bag campaign
  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 Oc
  
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• Police arrest three after gunshots fired from moving car in Ahuntsic

  22-09-2018 03:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police arrested three people on Friday after shots were fired from a moving car in north-end Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
  No one was injured in the incident, police spokesperson Constable Caroline Chèvrefils said.
  An apartment building on Émile-Yelle St. in Ahuntsic district was struck by bullets, she said. Officers found a firearm and a few shells at the scene, Chèvrefils said.
  The police responded to a 911 call at 2:10 p.m. about shots heard from
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard defends remarks about $75 food budget

  22-09-2018 02:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Philippe Couillard is standing by comments he made about it being possible to feed a family of three on $75 a week, saying people who don’t agree with the notion are unaware of the “reality of people in need.”
  A day after making the remarks in an early morning radio interview, the Quebec Liberal Party leader found himself trying to further explain his position when faced with repeated questions by reporters Friday.
  “What needs to be done is to recognize that it does exist
  
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• Quebec election: Immigrants who fail values test will be Ottawa's responsibility, not Quebec's, Legault says

  22-09-2018 02:15 via montrealgazette.com
  It will be up to Ottawa — not Quebec — to decide what happens to immigrants who fail the values and French tests that the Coalition Avenir Québec wants to introduce, leader François Legault said on Friday.
  “Ask that to Mr. Trudeau,” Legault said. “It’s not my responsibility. I’m trying to become premier of Quebec, not prime minister of Canada.”
  If the CAQ is elected on Oct. 1, it would require economic immigrants to Quebec t
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Claude Julien happy with players' approach at camp

  22-09-2018 01:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens have already won as many preseason games as they did all of last year, when the went 2-6 during the exhibition schedule after winning their last two games.
  The Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 Thursday night in Quebec City, improving their preseason record this year to 2-1 heading into Saturday’s game against the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  When asked after practice Friday in Brossard what he’s been pleased most about at ca
  
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• Evacuations in Gatineau following severe weather and tornado watch

  22-09-2018 01:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Evacuations were underway in Gatineau on Friday night after buildings were damaged by severe weather, the Gatineau police department said.
  The police said “meteorological phenomena” had damaged buildings and forced the closure of several streets near Mont-Bleu high school in Hull.
  Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning and tornado watch at 6:29 p.m. on Friday for Ottawa, Gatineau, and surrounding areas.
  The agency reported that its meteorologists were keeping an eye
  
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• Dream comes true as Josh Brook signs first NHL contract with Canadiens

  22-09-2018 01:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A longtime dream came true for defenceman Josh Brook Friday morning when he signed his first NHL contract with the Canadiens.
  It’s a dream his father, Dwayne, had for an even longer time.
  “He said: ‘You’re living my dream,’ because he played hockey in the WHL,” Brook said about his father, who played four seasons as a junior right-winger with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Saskatoon Blades and Prince Albert Raiders before playing two years at the University of Brand
  
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• Canadiens' Max Domi admits: "It doesn't look good in slow motion"

  22-09-2018 01:02 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens’ Max Domi spoke with the media for the first time Friday since being suspended for five preseason games for a sucker-punch on Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad during Wednesday night’s 5-2 loss to the Panthers at the Bell Centre.
  “It doesn’t look good in slow motion, obviously,” Domi said after practising with his teammates in Brossard. “But hockey is not played in slow motion. It’s something that happened very quickly. Obviously, I’m a
  
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• Quebec City police arrest man after death threats to a religious group

  22-09-2018 00:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City police have arrested a 34-year-old man after death threats were made against a “religious community” on social media on Sept. 3.
  The arrest on Friday followed an investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in which the Quebec City police collaborated, the latter force said in a press release issued on Friday evening.
  The suspect, who lives in Quebec City, was arrested at home and questioned, the local police said.
  The man remains in custody and is expected to appea
  
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• Quebec election: Voters pick person rather than party, pollster says

  22-09-2018 00:10 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec electorate is different from the electorate in other provinces because voters here cast ballots for an individual rather than for a political party, pollster Jean-Marc Léger says.
  The veteran polling expert told an audience attending a convention of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités in Montreal that Quebecers favour people and not options or political parties. It’s the opposite case in Ontario, he added.
  Léger, who
  
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• Police arrest two after gunshots fired from moving car in Ahuntsic

  22-09-2018 00:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police arrested two people on Friday afternoon after shots were fired from a moving car in north-end Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
  A third suspect was still at large as of late Friday afternoon.
  No one was injured in the incident, police spokesperson Constable Caroline Chèvrefils said.
  The police responded to a 911 call at 2:10 p.m. about gunshots heard from a moving car near Émile-Yelle St. and André-Grasset Ave. in the Ahuntsic district.
  Witnesses told police off
  
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• Computer savvy pedophile guilty of abusing two boys at foster home

  22-09-2018 00:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A Lachine resident who was the nucleus of a computer savvy network of pedophiles is facing the possibility of being declared a dangerous offender after having been convicted on Friday on child pornography charges and for having sexually abused two young boys while he worked as a teacher in foster homes several years ago.
  André Faivre, 70, rarely looked toward Quebec Court Judge Yvan Poulin as he read from a 51-page decision that found the confessed pedophile guilty of 13 charges he faced
  
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