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• Quebec groups already vowing to fight ban on religious garb

  04-10-2018 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Famed civil rights lawyer Julius Grey would help any groups or individuals fight an eventual law on religious clothing, proposed by the incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  On Wednesday, the party made it clear that school teachers, police officers, judges and prison guards who wear outward signs of their religions will have to find another job. That’s according to the CAQ’s proposed law on secularism in the state — an attempt to “better integrate&rdqu
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Faith or job? What kind of choice is that?

  04-10-2018 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  As a Quebecer, I would have expected premier-designate François Legault to prioritize our crumbling infrastructure, the health-care system and access to daycare. No such luck. It seems Legault means to waste no time in moving forward with his plan to forbid some public employees from wearing anything that identifies their religion.
  So as a proud, Quebec-born Muslim woman, I felt sucker punched upon hearing comments on the subject Wednesday from members of the incoming government. I felt l
  
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• Safia Nolin talks breakups, style police and fear of the CAQ victory

  04-10-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Safia Nolin knows a thing or two about intolerance and she says that’s why she’s super scared by the majority victory of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) this week.
  Nolin — an extraordinary singer-songwriter who pens emotionally wrenching songs about loneliness, broken relationships and heartache — endured years of bullying in high school in the working-class Quebec City borough of La Cité—Limoilou because her father is Algerian. She’s also live
  
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• Brent Tyler taking sign-law battle to UN Human Rights Committee

  04-10-2018 22:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The Supreme Court has refused to hear his appeal, but lawyer Brent Tyler vowed to continue his legal challenge against Quebec’s sign law.
  “It’s Round 7, and it’s a 15-round fight,” Tyler told reporters at his law offices Thursday.
  Tyler was representing 24 businesses that were prosecuted for violating the French language charter in between 1998 and 2001. In each of the cases, the lettering of English-language words was equal to the size of the French words. Tyler ar
  
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• Plateau's Khyber Pass resto is once again under fire for cedar façade

  04-10-2018 22:37 via montrealgazette.com
  “Eyesore or work of art? Better make up your mind quick, because the … façade of the Khyber Pass restaurant might not be there for long.”
  The above sentence began a 2009 article in the Montreal Gazette, but it might as well have been written today. Nine years later, the Afghan eatery on Duluth St. in the Plateau is again at an impasse with the city of Montreal over its distinctive wood façade.
  “Dear clients, come contemplate the façade while it&rsquo
  
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• Restaurant review: Joséphine in search of a sparkling identity

  04-10-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Joséphine
  ★ 1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$$$ 
  Address: 4007 St-Denis St. (Corner of Duluth Ave.)
  Phone: 514-840-5015
  Website: josephine-restaurant.ca
  Open: Wed.-Sun. 6 to 10 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Licensed: Yes
  Reservations: Recommended 
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Not especially
  Parking: On surrounding streets
  Price range: Appetizers $14-$21; main courses $29-$38; desserts $8-$14
  For the past few years, the most-discussed topic regarding Mo
  
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• Hanes: Couillard's advice tragically late as identity politics reignite

  04-10-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Philippe Couillard’s parting words are likely to ring ominously in our ears as Quebec plunges, once more, into a toxic and divisive debate over identity.
  As he quit political life following a stinging defeat in Monday’s general election, the outgoing premier was uncharacteristically emotional as he left Quebecers with one final, heartfelt plea.
  “I want to finish this declaration by speaking to you about rights. Over 400 years of history, we have defended them, at times through
  
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• Claude Julien placing his stamp on younger, speedier Canadiens team

  04-10-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — Head coach Claude Julien raised some eyebrows Wednesday morning when he revealed that veterans Karl Alzner and Tomas Plekanec would be healthy scratches for the Canadiens’ season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  This wasn’t an easy decision and it’s a move that many NHL coaches wouldn’t have made.
  On some teams, Alzner would have enjoyed protected status because he carries a cap hit of US$4.625 million a year. And some coaches might have been rel
  
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• If kids had their say, Manon Massé would be premier

  04-10-2018 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A minority Québec solidaire government led by Manon Massé would have emerged from Monday’s election if young people had their say.
  The results of mock elections in 813 schools and youth organizations across Quebec were tabulated by Elections Quebec.
  Here is the seat count:47: Québec solidaire
  37: Coalition Avenir Québec
  31: Liberal
  11: Parti Québécois
  1: Green PartyThere are 125 seats in the National Assembly but since there was a ti
  
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• Couillard quits politics, makes impassioned pitch for minority rights

  04-10-2018 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard made a strong and passionate plea for minority rights Thursday as he announced he was quitting politics.
  Three days after the Liberal’s stunning electoral defeat, Couillard comfirmed he is stepping down as premier, the leader of his party and as the MNA for the riding of Roberval, where he was re-elected Monday.
  Couillard fought back tears in his resignation speech when he spoke about the future. His wife, Suzanne Pilote, put her arm around him whe
  
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• As furor grows over CAQ hijab ban, anti-racism protest set for Sunday

  04-10-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Groups opposed to what they contend is the systemic racism that exists in Quebec and Canada will take to the streets in protest on Sunday, saying they are expecting “at least 1,000 people.”
  Speaking to reporters on Thursday morning, the groups said they had been planning the march no matter which party won Monday’s provincial election in Quebec. However they took the opportunity to lambaste premier-designate François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec governm
  
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• Byron Froese enters second season as Laval Rocket captain

  04-10-2018 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Byron Froese will remain captain of the AHL’s Laval Rocket after being chosen by the coaching staff and Montreal Canadiens management, the team announced on Thursday.
  Forwards Kenny Agostino, Michael Chaput, Alexandre Grenier and Michael McCarron were selected alternate captains.
  Froese, 27, enters his eighth season in professional hockey and his second with the Canadiens organization. A fourth-round selection of the Chicago Blackhawks (No. 119 overall) at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, the Win
  
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• Montreal police seek potential victims of child porn suspects

  04-10-2018 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have turned to the public to help find more possible victims of two suspects charged with possession and production of child pornography as well as sexual contact with children.
  Police allege Caroline Curadeau, 39, and Maxim Grondin, 40, committed the offences between June 1, 2017 and Sept. 13, 2018 in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
  The charge sheets filed at the Montreal courthouse allege they sexually abused two minors.
  They are also charged with possessing, publishing and making child
  
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• Montreal to launch public consultations on accessibility for all

  04-10-2018 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal city hall is inviting citizens to participate in public consultations on how to make their city more accessible to those with disabilities.
  Six public meetings are scheduled for November in the boroughs of St-Laurent, St-Léonard, Verdun, Villeray—Parc-Extension, Ville-Marie as well as at the Maison des sourds de Montréal.
  The consultations themselves will be rendered as accessible as possible, including sign language interpretation and hearing enhancement services.
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• Five things to do in Montreal area this weekend: Oct 5-7

  04-10-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Queen Extravaganza
  The ‘official’ Queen tribute band created by Roger Taylor and Brian May, with singer Adam Lambert, rolls into town on Saturday at  MTelus. It’s being billed as a Greatest Hits Tour, and has been getting great reviews.
  Festival du nouveau cinémaThis festival got underway on Wednesday and continues until Oct. 14. Aside from film screenings, “the 11-day festival is designed as a space devoted to discussions, meetings and sharing, where fil
  
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• High-tempo Habs should be more fun to watch this season | HI/O Show

  04-10-2018 16:31 via montrealgazette.com
  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 — consider the Montreal Canadiens’ outlook for the 2018-19 season.
  They weigh in on these topics:Canadiens improved, but not a playoff team
  Habs newcomers offer hope for future
  Defence, centre remain CH trouble spots
  Price, Tatar could surprise this season
  Julien’s new assistants will make impactRelated
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• Couillard to resign as Quebec premier today after Liberal defeat

  04-10-2018 15:52 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Three days after the Liberal’s stunning electoral defeat, Premier Philippe Couillard has called in the media to make a statement on his future.
  Couillard, 61, will announce he is resigning as premier and as MNA for the riding of Roberval.
  A statement from Couillard’s office Thursday morning invited the media to the main lobby of the National Assembly for a statement from the Liberal leader.
  It does not say whether Couillard will take questions.
  In Monday’s genera
  
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• Eastern Townships man arrested for possessing child pornography

  04-10-2018 14:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A resident of Stanstead in the Eastern Townships has been arrested for possessing and distributing child pornography.
  The Sûreté du Québec says that Normand Brouillard, 69, was arrested Tuesday and appeared in court in Sherbrooke to face charges.
  The arrest took place at the suspect’s home and investigators seized several pieces of evidence.
  A police spokesperson said the investigation showed the suspect had been sharing files containing child pornography.
   
  
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• Enjoy the heat because a frost advisory has been issued for tonight

  04-10-2018 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  While Montrealers may spend Thursday dealing with showers and a forecast humidex of 27 C, things are about to get pretty chilly pretty fast.
  Environment Canada has issued a frost advisory for the Montreal area as temperatures are expected to drop to near freezing in some areas this evening.
  The forecast for Thursday calls for showers beginning in the morning and continuing until the afternoon with a high of 21 C and a humidex of 27 C.
  However, things are expected to change tonight as the skies c
  
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• While you were sleeping: Mountaintop proposal gives couple altitude sickness

  04-10-2018 13:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were enjoying some time with your pillow.
  The Plateau–Mont-Royal borough adopted a new bylaw aimed at limiting the spread of commercial short-term vacation rentals. Under the bylaw, adopted on Tuesday evening, new commercial tourist accommodations — such as those rented out through short-term rental sites like Airbnb — will be allowed only on limited stretches of St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St. The regulation won’
  
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• N.D.G. restaurant destroyed in fire deemed 'suspicious'

  04-10-2018 13:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A restaurant located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was destroyed early Thursday by a fire police are describing as suspicious in origin.
  The fire broke out at the Onyx restaurant on St. Jacques St. near Grand Boulevard at about 1:45 a.m. and completely ravaged the site.
  Neighbouring apartments were evacuated as a precaution but their residents were eventually allowed to return to their homes.
  There were no injuries reported and investigators from the arson squ
  
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• Unseating the mayors: Bronze plaques at Montreal city hall in peril

  04-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Oh, if the bronze faces in the hallowed halls of Montreal city hall could talk, it’s possible they would be snickering.
  The city is reconsidering its tradition of adding to the gallery of portraits of all the mayors since Montreal’s incorporation in 1833 along the corridor that circles the Hall of Honour, just as its backlog has grown to four ex-Your Worships in the past six years.
  “Because of the major renovations planned at Montreal city hall starting in 2019, the city has su
  
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• Opinion: After cannabis legalization, medical market is still needed

  04-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As the Oct. 17 launch of the recreational market quickly approaches, we need to acknowledge the diversity of opinion on how to handle cannabis in Canada. The decisions we make now are critical to the success, sustainability and safety of the cannabis market in the future. That is why I respectfully disagree with some in the medical community who believe that, post-legalization, two distinct medical and recreational cannabis systems will be unnecessary. Ignoring the distinct purposes and objectiv
  
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• Montreal weather: Warm, wet and windy

  04-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The weather will be somewhat unsettled today — but there is no snow in the forecast (for those who need to look on the bright side).
  Environment Canada predicts showers beginning in the morning and ending in the afternoon. Clearing late in the afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm in the morning. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70. High 21. Humidex 27. UV index 2 or low.
  Tonight: Clear. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light near midnight. Low plus 3 with risk of frost.
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• Employers' groups urge Legault to focus on province's labour shortage

  04-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s largest employers’ group and more than 50 of its member organizations are calling on premier-elect François Legault to make Quebec’s shortage of labour his main economic priority and to implement a labour strategy developed by the Liberal government.
  Every employer in the public and private sector has “a real issue around recruiting workers,” said Yves-Thomas Dorval, the president and CEO of the Conseil du patronat du Québec.
  The CPQ
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Despite the loss, Julien lauds his team's effort

  04-10-2018 05:40 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — The Canadiens were as good, or better than, the Toronto Maple Leafs through 60 minutes of regulation hockey Wednesday night, but it was a different story when the game went into overtime.
  The Leafs have more high-end talent and that was the difference in the 3-on-3 overtime, as Auston Matthews scored his second goal of the game to give the Leafs a 3-2 victory in the season opener.
  “We had a forward backing up and Matthews just blew past him and made a good shot,” coac
  
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• Canadiens hang tough with powerful Leafs squad before falling in OT

  04-10-2018 05:40 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — The Montreal Canadiens may be a disappointment to that segment of the fan base that is hoping to get a shot at Jack Hughes in the NHL draft next June.
  The Canadiens didn’t look like a lottery team Wednesday night as they charged into the building formerly known as the Air Canada Centre and played the heavily favoured Toronto Maple Leafs to a standstill through regulation before Auston Matthew scored in overtime to give the Leafs a 3-2 win in the season opener.
  Goaltender Ca
  
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• Three full-patch Hells Angels plead guilty to drug trafficking charges

  04-10-2018 02:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Three full-patch members of the Hells Angels, including one of the biker gang’s founding members in Canada, and a member of the Repentigny police pleaded guilty to various drug trafficking charges at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday.
  Twenty people in all appeared before Quebec Court Judge Daniel Bédard inside a fifth floor courtroom that was humming with activity throughout the day as almost every remaining case in Project Objection, a major investigation into three drug traffic
  
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• #ICYMI: No honeymoon for Legault, reprieve for young #cannabis users, more news

  04-10-2018 02:39 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Premier-designate François Legault steered clear of the topic Wednesday, but his plan to forbid some public employees from wearing religious symbols continued to dominate news about the Coalition Avenir Québec’s transition to power.
  On a day when Legault avoided reporters’ questions, the issue surfaced when a CAQ MNA said public servants in positions of authority risk l
  
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• CAQ concedes youth could smoke pot legally until new law is passed

  04-10-2018 02:15 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A Coalition Avenir Québec government will introduce a new law to raise the legal age to consume recreational cannabis from 18 to 21 and ban consumption in public places like parks, a party spokesperson says.
  But the CAQ concedes that until a new law is passed, youth will be able to light up, because the legal age to consume pot will be 18 when the federal law comes into effect on Oct. 17.
  Simon Jolin-Barrette, the newly re-elected MNA for Borduas who is also one of two spok
  
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• Plateau introduces restrictions on short-term tourist rentals

  04-10-2018 02:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The Plateau–Mont-Royal borough has adopted a new bylaw aimed at limiting the spread of commercial short-term vacation rentals.
  Under the bylaw, adopted on Tuesday evening, new commercial tourist accommodations — such as those rented out through short-term rental sites like Airbnb — will be allowed only on limited stretches of St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St.
  The regulation won’t apply to people who occasionally rent out their own home through online platforms.
  
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• Philippe Couillard is expected to quit politics on Thursday

  04-10-2018 01:29 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Stung by the Liberals’ election defeat Monday, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is expected to announce his resignation from politics Thursday.
  Quebec’s Liberals have called a special post-election caucus meeting Thursday afternoon in Quebec City. Defeated and elected Liberals are to attend along with Couillard.
  The Liberal leader has not been heard from since Monday evening when he said he would take a few days to reflect on his personal future in the wake of his gov
  
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• Philippe Couillard may quit politics Thursday

  04-10-2018 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Stung by the Liberals’ election defeat Monday, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard could announce his resignation from politics Thursday.
  Quebec’s Liberals have called a special post-election caucus meeting Thursday afternoon in Quebec City. Defeated and elected Liberals are to attend along with Couillard.
  The Liberal leader has not been heard from since Monday evening when he said he would take a few days to reflect on his personal future in the wake of his government&r
  
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