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• Hamilton seizes on Vettel blunder for pole in Japan; Stroll in 14th

  06-10-2018 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Lewis Hamilton said he believed Ferrari were cracking under the pressure of the championship fight after he claimed pole position for this morning’s Japanese Grand Prix.
  Lance Stroll of Montreal qualified in 14th place in his Williams Mercedes.
  Sebastian Vettel, who went in to the race 50 points behind Hamilton, lined up only ninth after an embarrassing tire blunder by Ferrari cost the German dearly in qualifying.
  It did not help that Vettel, too, was culpable of another error as, in attem
  
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• L'Appui wants to make sure caregivers get the care they need

  06-10-2018 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The group called l’Appui, which translates to “support,” is launching a campaign to advocate for the rights of those who provide care for seniors in need.
  Interim executive director Guillaume Joseph says these caregivers are not aware of the supports that already exist to help them through groups like l’Appui. Compounding the problem, such caregivers are so focused on those they are helping that they aren’t even aware or and take time to attend to their own needs. B
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving. Pass the stuffing. Drivers, don't speed or text

  06-10-2018 19:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and Montreal and Quebec provincial police have launched Operation Impact on this Thanksgiving weekend in hopes of urging holiday drivers to keep the roads as safe as possible.
  All weekend, through Monday and hopefully at least one turkey dinner, police will be conducting road and autoroute checks for seatbelt use, speed, use of electronic devices while driving and of course impaired driving.
  Last year, two people died in traffic incidents and 10 were
  
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• Montreal Canadiens' Kotkaniemi gets more tutoring

  06-10-2018 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — The education of Jesperi Kotkaniemi is continuing and he hopes the lessons he learned over the past two days pay dividends when the Montreal Canadiens meet the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena Saturday (7 p.m., City-TV, TVA Sports, TSN-690 Radio).
  The 18-year-old Finn has spent extra time working on faceoffs with Tomas Plekanec and the other more experienced centres on the team.
  “I’m hoping I do better than I did in the first game,’ said Kotkaniem
  
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• Father of missing hiker Jesse Galganov increases reward to $500,000

  06-10-2018 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A reward offered after Montrealer Jesse Galganov disappeared while hiking in Peru last year has been increased substantially as his father continues to make every effort to find his son.
  Galganov has not been heard from since Sept. 28, 2017, when he texted his mother to say it would be impossible to contact him for four days while he hiked the Santa Cruz trail in Peru, which cuts through the world’s highest tropical mountain range. It was the last message sent from his phone.
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• Too slow for new NHL? Alzner relegated to Canadiens' press box

  06-10-2018 16:20 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — Karl Alzner admits he was upset when he learned he wouldn’t be in the Canadiens’ lineup for the season opener, but “I’m not going to be a baby about it.”
  The 30-year-old defenceman was a healthy scratch along with fellow veteran Tomas Plekanec and youngster Nikita Scherbak. The three also appear to be on the outside looking in as the Canadiens face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at the PPG Paints Arena (7 p.m., City-TV, TVA Sports, TSN-
  
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• Late delivery today for the Montreal Gazette

  06-10-2018 15:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Due to a problem with the presses, the delivery of the Montreal Gazette print edition is late on Saturday. We apologize for this inconvenience.
  We hope to have delivery completed later this morning. In the meantime, please check our home page, montrealgazette.com or you can read the ePaper edition, which you can access here. (Tap on “View Today’s Edition.”)
  
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• Leonard Cohen gets last word in posthumous book

  06-10-2018 14:50 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’ve got it handy, pull out your copy of Songs of Leonard Cohen — LP or CD, though the former is better, being bigger — and look at the back cover. The image there, often assumed to depict Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, is in fact a piece of Mexican religious folk art, chosen by Cohen to represent, in his words, “the triumph of spirit over matter — the spirit being that beautiful woman breaking out of the chains and fire and prison.”
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• A man was stabbed after intervening in an argument

  06-10-2018 14:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A section of Ontario St. was still closed to traffic after an overnight stabbing put a 40-year-old man in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  Montreal police say the man was stabbed at approximately 4 a.m. Saturday after apparently trying to intervene in an argument. He was shot and the suspect fled on foot and is being sought by police.
  Ontario was still closed as of 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, between Papineau Ave. and Cartier St. while police investigators searched for evidence.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Banksy pranks art house, and farewell to a Spanish diva

  06-10-2018 14:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Slept well, we hope? Here’s a look at a couple of stories from the overnight desk.
  Banksy, art prankster: A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for the equivalent of US$1.4 million. The spray-painted canvas Girl With Balloon went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equalling a record price for the artist. Then, as an alarm sounde
  
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• Week in Review: Fires, CAQ, noise, garb and shoebox

  06-10-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Montreal’s wood-burning ban starts Oct. 1: What you need to know
  Tempted to build a cosy fire to ward off that autumn chill in the air? Remember that as of Monday, Oct. 1, Montreal’s strict ban on wood burning outlaws the burning of any solid fuel in residences in all of Montreal’s 19 boroughs, unless the stove or fireplace is one of the newest, cleanest burning models (i.e. certified to emit no more tha
  
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• The flame burns on: Leonard Cohen has the last word in his posthumous book

  06-10-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’ve got it handy, pull out your copy of Songs of Leonard Cohen — LP or CD, though the former is better, being bigger — and look at the back cover. The image there, often assumed to depict Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, is in fact a piece of Mexican religious folk art, chosen by Cohen to represent, in his words, “the triumph of spirit over matter — the spirit being that beautiful woman breaking out of the chains and fire and prison.”
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• Shelter: And baby makes three for couple that returned to Westmount

  06-10-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Lauren Guay and Peter Riddell are both in their 30s and they’ve just become first-time parents of a baby girl. Guay, whose background is in advertising and marketing, grew up in Westmount. Prior to the birth, she was involved in her father’s duty-free business, but now she’s preparing to spend some time being a stay-at-home mom.
  Riddell is from the West Island. A partner in a major Montreal law firm, he has a downtown office but he’s also able to work some of the time fro
  
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• Schukov: No American turkey for Thanksgiving

  06-10-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Now that the United States is allowing Canadians to cross the border again after their free trade agreement (I read only the National Enquirer because they pay for their news tips), my wife and I decided to go to Plattsburgh to buy our Thanksgiving turkey.
  Of course, I did my Internet research first:
  The exchange rate was 0.78 which my solar-powered calculator converted $1 US into 99 cents Canadian (It was a very cloudy day.) So, close enough to venture south.
  After nearly disappearing from the
  
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• A man was shot after intervening in an argument

  06-10-2018 13:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A section of Ontario St. was still closed to traffic after an overnight shooting put a 40-year-old man in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
  Montreal police say the man was shot at approximately 4 a.m. Saturday after apparently trying to intervene in an argument. He was shot and the suspect fled on foot and is being sought by police.
  Ontario was still closed as of 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, between Papineau Ave. and Cartier St. while police investigators searched for evidence.
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunny early, but then the rain comes in

  06-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mainly sunny, but then increasing cloudiness near noon followed by rain.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 15 and the UV index will be 4, or moderate.
  Tonight: Rain and a low of 9.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @yan_mtl.
  Quote of the day:It matters not how long we live
  
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• Josh Freed: How long will I live? Let's do the math

  06-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I got great news last month when I learned I would live nine years longer than most people, because I play tennis.
  A recent Danish study found people who play racket sports live six years longer than cyclists (or joggers) and nine years more than non-exercisers.
  Whew! That extra nine years should make up for the fact a recent U.S. study shows I will live four years less than non-drinkers, because I have a couple of glasses of wine most nights.
  I will lose an additional four years because I don&r
  
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• Five holiday traffic snags to avoid today

  06-10-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Transport Quebec and the federal corporation overseeing the island’s bridges are warning of weekend work on the Turcot Interchange and the Champlain and Honoré-Mercier Bridges.
  1. On the Mercier Bridge, lanes will be reduced to one in each direction until Tuesday at 5 a.m.
  2. Highway 15 northbound, just after the Champlain Bridge, will be reduced from three lanes to one between Nun’s Island and Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. in Verdun until Tuesday at 5 a.m. The exit for downtown
  
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• Canadiens at Penguins: Five things you should know

  06-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Penguins game Saturday (7 p.m., CITY, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio):
  Busy time for Price? Carey Price will start in goal and, with no back-to-back games in October, Price could be looking at a busy month. Canadiens coach Claude Julien said the calendar provides his No. 1 goaltender with an opportunity to get ample rest between games but, at the same time, he has to find work for backup Antti Niemi. “It’s a long season and you don&
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened on October 5

  06-10-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Busy day? Here’s what you might have missed.
  Quebec ban on religious symbols would be ‘catastrophic’: anglo groupsDisturbing, disruptive, divisive, catastrophic. Those are some of the words the head of a network of Quebec anglophone groups used Friday to describe the incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government’s plan to ban the wearing of religious symbols on the job by public employees in positions of authority. Under Premier-designate François Legault&rsqu
  
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• Montrealer finds $1.75-million lottery ticket while house cleaning

  06-10-2018 00:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal man has just carried out one of the most profitable house cleanups of all time. Gregorio De Santis recently found a Lotto 6/49 ticket dating from last Dec. 6, while going through some old clothes.
  When he went to validate his ticket, De Santis thought he had won $1,750. When he realized his win was 1,000 times greater than that, he said his heart almost stopped.
  The Dec. 6 jackpot was in fact $7 million, but it was divided among four winners. De Santis picked up his cheque at the head
  
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• Alouettes Notebook: Experience is key to success for QBs in CFL

  06-10-2018 00:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, who leads the CFL in passing yards this season with 4,383, is 33 years old. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Jeremiah Masoli, who ranks second with 4,286 yards, is 30 and the Calgary Stampeders’ Bo Levi Mitchell, who ranks third with 3,937, is 28.
  When Anthony Calvillo led the Alouettes to their last Grey Cup championship in 2010 — their second straight — he was 38. Current Alouettes QB Johnny Manziel, who has 622 yards passing in his fir
  
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• Too slow for new the NHL? Alzner relegated to Canadiens' press box

  06-10-2018 00:16 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — Karl Alzner admits he was upset when he learned he wouldn’t be in the Canadiens’ lineup for the season opener, but “I’m not going to be a baby about it.”
  The 30-year-old defenceman was a healthy scratch along with fellow veteran Tomas Plekanec and youngster Nikita Scherbak. The three also appear to be on the outside looking in as the Canadiens face the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at the PPG Paints Arena (7 p.m., City-TV, TVA Sports, TSN-
  
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• Critical report on pediatric cancer trial is unjust: Ste-Justine Hospital

  06-10-2018 00:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ste-Justine Hospital officials defended on Friday their handling of a clinical trial for children suffering from terminal cancer following a report by Radio-Canada’s investigative program, Enquête.
  Health Canada inspectors took the rare step of suspending the so-called DEC-GEN clinical trial in November 2016 after uncovering 76 irregularities.
  “Overcoming pediatric cancers is an ambitious goal that drives our health-care teams and researchers on a daily basis,” Isabelle D
  
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