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• Montreal's CollectivLab offers means to make just about anything

  26-09-2018 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  For a time, David Barabé held the world record for highest jump on a pogo stick.
  I met the engineer and inventor on Wednesday afternoon to discuss CollectivLab, the workshop and coworking space he has created for designers, engineers and creators to bring their concepts to fruition; but in perusing Barabé’s bio it was the above factoid that first demanded further investigation.
  “I was at the Université de Sherbrooke and had this idea in my head to develop a proje
  
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• Stu Cowan: TSN 690 Radio's Tony Marinaro is ready to get roasted

  26-09-2018 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s not a joke: Tony Marinaro of TSN 690 Radio has agreed to get roasted Thursday night.
  He might want to bring some protective equipment.
  During his 15 years on the air, Marinaro has become a sports talk-show host people in Montreal love or hate — or love to hate. Thursday night, people who love him — or maybe don’t — will get a chance to take shots at Marinaro at the “Is This a Joke? No, It’s a Roast!” event at Club Soda on St-Laurent Blvd.
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• Quebec election blog Sept. 26: Manon Massé invokes René Lévesque to attack PQ

  26-09-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here and 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 was our live blog about the Quebec election for Wednesday, Sept. 26.
  
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• Quebec election: Liberal candidate used electoral list for birthday wishes

  26-09-2018 22:55 via montrealgazette.com
  ST-GEORGES-DE-BEAUCE — He has defended immigration, but Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said his party has no specific plan, other than to say nice things, to help immigrants battle racism and discrimination within the regions.
  “The right way to do it is not to put labels on people but to talk about diversity as a positive factor in our lives and show repeatedly examples of this,” Couillard said Wednesday.
  Couillard has said the province needs more, not fewer immigrants, espe
  
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• Quebec election: After wife's comments, Legault declines to compare Trudeaus

  26-09-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  TADOUSSAC — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault wouldn’t say on Wednesday whether he thinks Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is competent.
  Legault faced questions about his opinion on Trudeau after an audio recording of Isabelle Brais, Legault’s wife, speaking at a pre-campaign event in Westmount was obtained by several media organizations, including the Montreal Gazette.
  The Aug. 14 event was billed as an information session about the CAQ f
  
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• Quebec election: Where each party stands on the seven biggest issues

  26-09-2018 22:39 via montrealgazette.com
  When they go to the polls on Oct. 1, Quebecers will have a lot to consider. 
  To help prepare, we’ve compiled the stances taken by the four parties that currently have seats in the National Assembly.
  Click on one of the following issues to skip ahead to its chapter: the economy, immigration, education, health care, identity, sovereignty and the environment/mobility.
  Economy
  A worker grinds a piece of metal in a factory in Quebec City, Tuesday, February 28, 2012.
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• Olympic hockey star Caroline Ouellette joins Canadiennes coaching staff

  26-09-2018 22:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Four-time Olympic hockey gold medallist Caroline Ouellette has joined Les Canadiennes as a technical coach this season, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League team announced on Wednesday
  After announcing her retirement from Team Canada on Tuesday, Ouellette was back on the ice in Montreal with Les Canadiennes in her new role as a coach. Ouellette left an indelible mark on the professional game, winning four Clarkson Cup CWHL titles (2009, ’11, ’12 and ’17) and becoming the CW
  
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• Revenu Québec's Website Now Mobile-Friendly

  26-09-2018 19:49
  Our website is now mobile-friendly. The content and layout automatically adjust to the screen size of the mobile device you are using, to give you:an enhanced browsing experience optimized visuals better search engine results direct access to the full content of our website
  Note that some elements of our website, including a number of online services, are not mobile-friendly yet, but will be as they are updated.Our client services staff is always available to help you, regardless of the device y
  
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• Weather is stable across Canada, except south of Montreal

  26-09-2018 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  On an otherwise quiet day, weather wise, Environment Canada issued severe thunderstorm watches that could include large hail and heavy rain over a swath of land south and southeast of Montreal.
  The watch covers the Beauce, Drummondville, Eastern Townships, Richelieu Valley-Saint-Hyacinthe and Vaudreuil-Soulanges-Huntingdon regions.
  “Boaters may be surprised by strong gusts over bodies of water,” the federal agency warns, reminding Quebecers that severe thunderstorms can pro
  
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• POP Montreal: Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry gets back to nature

  26-09-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  I had an hour to kill before interviewing Richard Reed Parry a couple weeks back, so I headed to Jeanne-Mance Park, where I sat on a bench and took in the gently sweeping sounds of the Arcade Fire member’s second solo album, Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 1.
  Let me first say, this never happens. Sad but true, I don’t spend my days wandering city parks listening to music. And yet, to borrow a line Parry used a few times during our talk, “it’s not a coincidence.”
  The singe
  
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• Injured Alex Galchenyuk listed as "week-to-week" by Coyotes

  26-09-2018 17:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The Arizona Coyotes have listed centre Alex Galchenyuk as “week-to-week” with a lower-body injury, meaning he is not expected to be ready to start the NHL regular season.
  The Coyotes acquired Galchenyuk from the Canadiens this summer in exchange for Max Domi.
  Galchenyuk, who had a history of knee injuries while in Montreal, suffered the latest injury during the Coyotes’ 4-2 pre-season win over the Los Angeles Kings last Tuesday. Galchnyuk scored two goals in the game.
  “In
  
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• Quebec election: PQ’s Lisée defends rogue attack on Québec solidaire

  26-09-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  ROUYN-NORANDA — Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée found himself on the hot seat Wednesday, defending his recent attacks against Québec solidaire, after reportedly being reamed out by his party’s executive for the aggressive stance.
  Radio broadcaster and former PQ cabinet minister Bernard Drainville said on his morning show on 98.5 that Lisée decided to attack the QS spokesperson in last Thursday’s televised leaders debate witho
  
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• Quebec election: Tech glitches are slowing down some advance polls

  26-09-2018 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Computer problems have slowed the process of advance polling at voting stations in educational establishments and some designated offices of Quebec’s director of elections (DGE), election officials announced Wednesday morning.
  The computers are being used by election officials at these sites to allow voters — including students in CEGEP and universities — to cast their ballots in advanced polls outside the ridings where they live by allowing scrutineers to verify if the voter&r
  
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• LIVE – Quebec election: Five days remain in campaign

  26-09-2018 17:26 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re viewing this on the Montreal Gazette app, click here and 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 was our live blog about the Quebec election for Wednesday, Sept. 26.
  
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• McGill is the world's 44th best university: report

  26-09-2018 17:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal has two of the world’s 100 best universities, according to the 2019 edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which were released on Tuesday.
  McGill was tied for 44th overall after having come 42nd in the previous two years.
  The Université de Montréal, meanwhile, improved on last year’s 108th place in the rankings by tying for 90th.
  Concordia, which was in the 601-800 range overall, has historically fared better in the Times Higher Educat
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Quebec election already a victory for anglos, English

  26-09-2018 16:42 via montrealgazette.com
  We don’t yet know who will govern this beautiful, maddening province for the next four years, or whether this person will lead a majority government. But if there has been one enduring if largely unspoken narrative through the last five weeks, it is this: the English language, and anglophones, have already won.
  Before you throw down this newspaper (or your phone) either out of incredulity or disgust, hear me out — or at least travel back with me to 2014, the last time democracy summo
  
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• Social media participant Genie Bouchard has a new tennis racket

  26-09-2018 15:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard, who is attempting to return to her impressive 2014 form, has a new tennis racket.
  Sports equipment manufacturer Yonex announced on Tuesday that Bouchard signed with the company earlier in September.
  Her previous deal with racket supplier Babolat expired at the end of 2017 after reportedly going un-renewed.
  Using a variety of rackets in recent months has not inspired an improvement in her results.
  Bouchard, who Yonex’s press release notes was once ranked N
  
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• Police believe deadly Laval shooting linked to organized crime

  26-09-2018 14:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A man was gunned down Tuesday evening in a homicide police believe to have been linked to organized crime.
  The first shots were heard at 8 p.m. at Fusion restaurant on Lévesque Blvd. The victim was taken to hospital after being struck by at least one bullet and later died of his wound.
  The Sûreté du Québec set up a command post by the restaurant and interviewed those who saw the shooting. Officially, police are not even confirming the victim’s age. However s
  
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• Montreal police seek missing Farnham man last seen in Lachine

  26-09-2018 14:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have turned to the public for assistance in tracking down Joël Cormier, 50, a Farnham resident who hasn’t been seen since driving out of Lachine Tuesday afternoon.
  Cormier left his home Tuesday morning to drive a friend back to Lachine. However he hasn’t been seen since leaving the borough at 2 p.m.
  Cormier is a white anglophone who stands five-feet-eight-inches tall, weighs 140 pounds and has brown hair and green eyes.
  When last seen he was wearing prescription
  
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• Safe-cracking Montreal burglar specialized in robbing universities

  26-09-2018 14:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A thief who recently admitted he got a thrill out of breaking into universities in Quebec and Ontario for years has been denied parole, in part because authorities learned he was able to secretly operate a company while serving the 29-month prison term he received last year.
  Over the past decade, Gerald Lawson Nicholls, 55, has broken into several universities and other educational institutions between Waterloo, Ont., and Trois-Rivières, a 760-kilometre stretch that runs from Highway 40 i
  
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• While you were sleeping: Two-headed snake found, isn't just easy metaphor

  26-09-2018 13:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you counted sheep.
  A man was gunned down Tuesday evening in a homicide police believe was linked to organized crime. The first shots were heard at 8 p.m. at Fusion restaurant on Lévesque Blvd. The victim was taken to hospital after being struck by at least one bullet and later died of his wound. The Sûreté du Québec set up a command post by the restaurant and interviewed those who saw the shooting. There is no immediate i
  
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• Mansonville woman dies in collision near Montérégie's Pike River

  26-09-2018 13:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A 57-year-old woman died Tuesday after the car she was driving collided with another vehicle on Highway 202 near Pike River in the Montérégie region.
  The incident occurred at 4:20 p.m. and the victim, a Mansonvile resident, has been identified as Leila Alexandra Reizes.
  A couple their 70s in the other vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
   
  
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• Young driver dies after head-on collision with truck in Montérégie

  26-09-2018 13:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A 21-year-old man died Tuesday after the car he was driving collided head with a truck on Highway 203 in Havelock, in the province’s Montérégie region.
  The Sûreté du Québec says the crash occurred around 5 p.m., after the driver’s car drifted out of its lane to collide with the heavy vehicle. The impact sent the car hurtling off the road in a rollover during which the driver was ejected from the vehicle.
  The man was declared dead in hospital. An
  
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• Summerlea golf course to undergo $1.5 million in renovations

  26-09-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  After enduring years in the rough, the Summerlea Golf & Country Club in Vaudreuil-Dorion is back on the financial fairway after its sale to a group of local businesmen for $11.4 million.
  Summerlea president Rick Bougie said the sale will sustain the venerable club that had fallen on hard times in recent years due to industry-wide problems facing private courses across North America and an endless stream of 19th hole rumours that predicted the club’s demise.
  Bougie said rumours that Sum
  
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• Not just curb appeal: front-yard flowers are a sign of a community that cares

  26-09-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s amazing what a few flowers can do for a place. Whether it’s hanging baskets strung up along a small-town Main Street, blooms bursting out from balcony flower boxes in a condo complex, or the ephemeral sparks of colour from the annuals planted among a neighbour’s shrubs, flowers are a telltale sign of a community that cares.
  While houseplants, private courtyards and backyard landscaping are lovely private luxuries, front yard gardens and roadside plantings offer more than j
  
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• Hudson Village Theatre names new director of professional theatre

  26-09-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Hudson Village Theatre has named Dean Patrick Fleming director of professional theatre. He replaces Andrea Romaldi, who stepped away to focus on her full time job at the National Theatre School. Fleming, a veteran director and actor, was executive and artistic director of Geordie Productions for 10 years, has directed more than 50 theatre productions and acted in more than 35 theatre, television and film productions. He directed two plays for HVT recently – Art, in August, and Jonas and Ba
  
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• Petition wants Montreal to reverse plan to restrict car access to REM

  26-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When Daniel Khoury first heard that the REM light-rail network would be coming to the West Island, he immediately calculated how long it would take him to get from his home in Pierrefonds to the nearest station, in Kirkland, and then to his job as a systems analyst. He was fully committed to becoming a regular rapid-transit commuter.
  The $6.3 billion REM will connect the West Island to the airport, Deux-Montagnes, downtown and the South Shore and is scheduled to be completed by 2023.
  Making the
  
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• Number of Quebec cases of mesothelioma nearly double since 2010: report

  26-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of cases of mesothelioma — a deadly form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure — has nearly doubled in Quebec since 2010, newly released government statistics reveal.
  The Quebec health ministry released the figures on Monday in response to queries by the Montreal Gazette. The number of cases jumped from 45 in 2010 to 88 in 2017, a 95.6-per-cent hike.
  Despite the dramatic increase, a 2017 study by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec suggests the
  
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• Montreal weather: Wet, windy and possibly loud

  26-09-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mother Nature’s fall roller-coaster ride continues today with rain, a possible thunderstorm, wind and a humidex factor of 28.
  Environment Canada predicts showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Amount 15 mm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 22. Humidex 29. UV index 2 or low.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40-per-cent chance of showers in the evening. Clearing overnight. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 60 becoming light near midnight. Low 8.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Mont
  
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• Quebec election: By the numbers look at the Nelligan riding

  26-09-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The electoral district of Nelligan is one of four West Island ridings gearing up for the Quebec elections, Oct. 1. Here is a look at the riding by the numbers.
  Monsef Derraji (centre) is carrying the Liberal banner in Nelligan.
  The original Nelligan electoral district was created in 1981 from parts of what was then the Robert-Baldwin and Pointe-Claire electoral districts. As a result of a change to the electoral map in 2011, Nelligan lost Senneville to the Jacques-Cartier riding and gained a por
  
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• Kirkland mayor and councillors propose pay hikes for 2019-21

  26-09-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Kirkland Mayor Michel Gibson and city councillors could ring in the 2019 new year with a pay raise.
  Council recently proposed itself a 9.3-per-cent increase, which works out to a raise of 3.1 per cent per year.
  “This is a one-time salary increase commencing Jan. 1, 2019, for the period 2019-2021,” said Kirkland city manager Joe Sanalitro.
  The mayor’s base salary will increase by $4,593, from $49,384 to $53,977.
  His non-taxable allowance remains at $16,595, for a total remunerat
  
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• Quebec election: Duelling hospital perspectives polarize Vaudreuil race

  26-09-2018 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Superclinics are opening and a brand-new hospital is coming to Vaudreuil, but provincial election candidates say access to health care remains one of the top issues on the minds of voters.
  Incumbent Liberal MNA Marie-Claude Nichols said with two new superclinics opening in Vaudreuil, and work underway to build what will be one of the province’s largest hospitals, she said the provincial government is moving as quickly as possible to address the booming population’s need for more loca
  
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• Public eyesore or historic gem? Pioneer’s fate to be appealed — again

  26-09-2018 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The fate of the Pioneer Bar in Pointe-Claire could be decided Sept. 26 when city council convenes to hear an appeal of the demolition committee’s decision to raze the 117-year-old building.
  Another large turnout is expected for the 7 p.m. public meeting at the Holiday Inn and Suites Hotel in Pointe-Claire where arguments for and against the Pioneer’s fate will be heard.
  At stake is no less than the Pointe-Claire Village’s history and its future, according to demo critics who ac
  
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• Kramberger: Free online French lessons for West Island dépanneur owners

  26-09-2018 11:11 via montrealgazette.com
  In the final days of the Quebec election campaign, which has been rife with stirring debate over identity politics, language and immigration, a proactive program is being launched in the West Island to help newcomers who own dépanneurs to improve their French communication skills with customers.
  While it won’t solve discrimination or resolve language squabbles, this online-format initiative, created by the Centre d’Intégration Multiservices de l’Ouest de l’I
  
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• Quebec election: Here's what a minority government would look like

  26-09-2018 03:13 via montrealgazette.com
  If polls are correct, it’s time to brush up on minority governments.
  Quebec voters may take a rare turn Monday, giving no single party a majority of the seats in the National Assembly.
  But with many voters wavering and four parties polling above 15 per cent, it’s anybody’s guess how fractured the next legislature will be.
  With less than a week until voting day, many Quebecers are asking what happens if nobody can govern without support from an opposing party.
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• MMFA raises curtain on new cinema

  26-09-2018 03:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers have a new cinema that Montreal Gazette columnist T’Cha Dunlevy says will be a downtown hub for independent film.
  You can read Dunlevy’s preview of the Musée du Cinéma by tapping here.
  And check out this gallery by Montreal Gazette photographer John Mahoney from the cinema’s grand opening at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. SharePhotos: Cinéma du Musée's grand openingTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedIn
  
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• Four in 10 Quebecers born in late '90s experience family breakups

  26-09-2018 02:29 via montrealgazette.com
  While single-parent and blended families are nothing new, a new report suggests young Quebecers are experiencing extensive changes in their family life, with one in five having to adjust to three or more different family compositions by the time they are 17.
  The report, The Diverse Family Trajectories of Kids Born in Quebec in the Late 1990s, is based on data gathered on 2,120 children born to Quebec mothers in 1997 and 1998. They were followed from the age of five months to 17 years and da
  
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• Defenceman Xavier Ouellet has something to prove with Canadiens

  26-09-2018 01:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Defenceman Xavier Ouellet was born in France and also lived in Germany, but Montreal has always been considered home.
  Such is the life of a little boy whose father played pro hockey in Europe.
  “My dad (Robert) played hockey in Europe, so that’s why I was born in (Bayonne) France,” Ouellet said. “Lived there for seven years almost. Three years in Germany and then came back to Canada, where my whole family is from. So then I grew up in Montreal after that.”
  Signing as
  
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• Quebec election: PQ would support news media, but not a coalition

  26-09-2018 01:47 via montrealgazette.com
  MONT-LAURIER — A Parti Québécois government would bolster democracy by supporting Quebec media, strengthening freedom-of-information legislation and making decisions by the National Assembly’s ethics commissioner mandatory, leader Jean-François Lisée announced Tuesday.
  Provincial and local media are “an indispensable tool for democracy” that need protection from digital giants like Facebook and Google, which scoop up 70 per cent of media advert
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard battles CAQ rival on financial disclosures

  26-09-2018 01:32 via montrealgazette.com
  SHAWINIGAN — The Oct. 1 election campaign took a bizarre turn Tuesday, with the multimillionaire candidate insinuating his less wealthy chief rival is hiding money overseas.
  Separated  by hundreds of kilometres, Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault and Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard traded barbs after each had submitted their financial disclosures on Monday.
  Speaking to reporters in Chibougamau, Legault — a former accountant — was asked to
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' new 'attitude' working so far in pre-season

  26-09-2018 01:30 via montrealgazette.com
  So far, this new “attitude” thing is working well for the Canadiens.
  Monday night’s 5-1 win over a bunch of guys wearing Toronto Maple Leafs uniforms improved the Canadiens’ pre-season record to 4-1 after they went 2-6 during the exhibition season last year. We all know what happened after that once the puck dropped for real.
  GM Marc Bergevin said a bad attitude was the biggest reason for the Canadiens finishing 28th in the overall NHL standings and that he would fix it d
  
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• Hanes: New school for Mackay Centre, Philip E. Layton a labour of love

  26-09-2018 00:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Rohan Islam sat bathed in light from the two-storey windows of the lunchroom at the Mackay Centre School Tuesday as a dull rain spattered outside.
  Eating his sandwich alongside his Grade 5 and 6 classmates, he couldn’t decide what he likes best about the new building that opened its doors at long last this fall.
  “Everything is my favourite,” the 10-year-old said. “It’s great. It blew my mind up when I saw it.”
  It was a special day for a special school. St
  
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