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• François Legault not supporting Michaëlle Jean's Francophonie bid

  09-10-2018 22:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec premier-designate François Legault will not support Michaëlle Jean in her bid for another term as head of La Francophonie (OIF).
  Preparing to fly to the Francophonie summit in Yerevan, Armenia, Legault said in a statement that he “will not support the renewal of the mandate of Michaëlle Jean” to the post of secretary-general of La Francophonie.
  “Africa has enormous potential, both for our economy and for the future of the French language. That&rsquo
  
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• Parti Québécois caucus picks Pascal Bérubé interim leader

  09-10-2018 22:10 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Battered and bruised, the remaining Parti Québécois MNAs have selected Matane-Matapédia MNA Pascal Bérubé as their interim party leader.
  The party made the announcement Tuesday following a closed-door caucus.
  Bérubé, an MNA since 2007 and house leader for the PQ the past two years, replaces Jean-François Lisée, who quit on election night after the PQ crashed along with the Liberals in the general election.
  The PQ went
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 10

  09-10-2018 21:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Dorval Artists Association presents their fall exhibition at the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre, 1401 Lakeshore Dr. in Pointe-Claire. Vernissage on Friday at 7 p.m. and exhibition continues until Oct. 28. Call 514-633-4170.
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibit of paintings by Yelena Samoukova starting Thursday and continuing to Oct. 28. Vernissage on Sunday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Call 514-630-2726.
  Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. i
  
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• Crucifix will stay in Quebec's National Assembly, CAQ says

  09-10-2018 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The incoming Coalition Avenir Quebec government says it has no intention of removing the crucifix that hangs behind the Speaker’s chair in the legislature.
  Simon Jolin-Barrette, a spokesman for the transition team, said Tuesday there is no contradiction between the new government’s plan to impose strict secularism rules on certain public servants and its desire to maintain the crucifix.
  “The historic position of the CAQ is to keep the crucifix in its current posi
  
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• Geoff Molson says time had come to change the Canadiens' philosophy

  09-10-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  What a difference a couple of games make.
  When Montreal Canadiens president, CEO and owner Geoff Molson said in an interview in early July that he was excited about where his team was going, many fans found it hard to believe. The Habs had just finished 28th out of 31 teams in the National Hockey League and there seemed to be few reasons to believe the squad had improved notably since that disastrous season.
  But here was Molson Tuesday morning at the Bell Centre again saying he was excited about
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Jesperi Kotkaniemi's mother joins him in Montreal

  09-10-2018 20:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi is getting a roommate — his mother, Kati.
  Kotkaniemi’s mother arrived in Montreal Tuesday from Finland and will be moving in with her 18-year-old son, who for now is still staying at a hotel near the Canadiens’ Brossard practice facility.
  “I think I’ll try to find some place to live at some point,” Kotkaniemi said after practice Tuesday in Brossard. “But I’m now in the hotel.”
  Last season, after defenceman
  
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• Opinion: Climate change panel delivers message of hope, call to action

  09-10-2018 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Last week, I witnessed the world’s top climate scientists work with governments to deliver a much-needed message of nuanced hope.
  The group — the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a scientific body that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 — met in Seoul, South Korea, to approve the first-ever report on the actions required of countries to limit dangerous climate change. The report, released Monday, was the first to examine ways the world could limit global warming t
  
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• Service restored to Métro Green Line after equipment failure

  09-10-2018 20:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The métro’s Green Line has resumed service between the Frontenac and Honoré-Beaugrand stations after being interrupted for about 20 minutes.
   
  
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• Bodies in suspected murder-suicide identified by Sûreté du Québec

  09-10-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec has publicly identified the two persons found dead in a Drummondville home on Monday afternoon.
  The provincial force said Pierre Chaperon, 58, and Nathalie Blais, 48, died in what was an apparent murder suicide that took place during an episode of conjugal violence.
  Police were alerted to the incident after receiving calls of shots being fired in the area of the Des Éperviers St. home.
  Police evacuated neighbouring homes and set up a security perim
  
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• Two bodies found in Drummondville home in suspected murder-suicide

  09-10-2018 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec on Tuesday identified two bodies they found bodies Monday afternoon in a home in Drummondville.
  They are Pierre Chaperon, 58, and Nathalie Blais, 48.
  They were found late afternoon on Monday inside a house on des Éperviers St. in the St-Nicéphore district. Police believe it was a murder-suicide of conjugal violence.
  A bit before 11 a.m., police received a call reporting gunshots heard in the area.
  According to early reports from police,
  
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• Crown withdraws obstruction charge against Sabrine Djermane's sister

  09-10-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman who was expected to be a key witness for the prosecution in the trial of Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali last year on terrorism-related charges saw an allegation that she obstructed justice withdrawn at the Montreal courthouse on Monday.
  Rania Djermane, the younger sister of Sabrine Djermane, was charged last year with having obstructed justice while the case against her sibling and Jamali was at the preliminary inquiry stage in 2016. What was made clear in affidavits prepared
  
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• Teachers who already wear religious garb could sidestep ban, CAQ suggests

  09-10-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec is not backing down on its plans to bar authority figures like judges and police officers from wearing religious symbols.
  But for the first time it has floated the idea that teachers might be allowed to keep their garb because the government could consider those acquired rights.
  That would mean the strict new rules would only apply to new hires, suggested Simon Jolin-Barrette, who acts as the incoming government spokesperson.
  The ban on such symb
  
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• Al Gore's Generation, Caisse de dépôt teamed up to acquire fintech FNZ

  09-10-2018 14:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management LLP and Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec teamed up to acquire control of wealth-management services provider FNZ in one of the year’s largest fintech deals.
  The acquisition of a two-thirds stake held by the private equity firms General Atlantic and HIG Capital values FNZ at  around $2.2 billion U.S., according to a statement from the companies Tuesday that confirmed an earlier report by Bl
  
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• Montrealer Chris Boucher gets to shine in front of home town as Raptors come to Bell Centre

  09-10-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Chris Boucher has some simple words of advice for youngsters.
  “Never give up on your dreams; always believe in yourself,” said Boucher, who will be returning to Montreal as a member of the Toronto Raptors when they play the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA exhibition game at the Bell Centre on Wednesday (7 p.m., TSN, RDS2).
  The 25-year-old Boucher, who is battling Eric Moreland for one of the final spots on the Raptors’ roster, is a symbol of perseverance. A one-time high dropout who wa
  
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• Ste-Anne mayor, a former CAQ candidate, speaks warmly of François Legault

  09-10-2018 13:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The local boy won and the town mayor is ecstatic.
  Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Mayor Paola Hawa is a self-described political junky, so on the evening of Oct. 1, she settled in for what she expected to be a long evening of waiting to hear which political party would form the next provincial government. Instead, it was over in a flash, with a landslide victory for the Coalition Avenir Québec and its leader François Legault.
  Legault and his two sisters grew up in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. F
  
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• While you were sleeping: 2,170lb pumpkin wins prize, somehow not a record

  09-10-2018 13:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were in a turkey-induced coma.
  The Sûreté du Québec found two bodies in a Drummondville home. A bit before 11 a.m., police received a call reporting gunshots heard in the St-Nicéphore district. According to early reports from police, a man possibly armed was inside the residence. The SQ set up a security perimeter and nearby residences were evacuated. A negotiator was also dispatched to the scene. When police entered the r
  
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• Four injured, one critically, after head-on crash near Chertsey

  09-10-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman in her 30s was fighting for her life Monday night after a head-on collision involving two vehicles on Highway 125 near Chertsey in the Lanaudière region.
  The incident occurred at a little before 6 p.m. and the two occupants of each vehicle were taken to hospital.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, the crash happened because the driver of the vehicle carrying the woman who suffered serious injuries was driving in a dangerous manner and was impaired. That driver,
  
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• Lights out at LaSalle Legion unless whopping tax bill is paid

  09-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ray Cormie and Bruce Allan are in a particularly glum state. They are sitting at a table at their favourite haunt, the Royal Canadian Legion 212 on Bouvier St., a fixture in LaSalle for the last 55 years.
  “It’s disgraceful,” mutters Cormie, this Legion’s president.
  “It’s disgusting,” adds Allan, the vice-president.
  They’re actually being diplomatic here. Their dilemma is, frankly, downright appalling.
  This legion branch could be shut down on Nov. 4
  
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• Allison Hanes: Why is Quebec debating values again?

  09-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Like many Quebecers, I feel deeply unsettled by the ratcheting up of identity politics in the aftermath of last week’s election.
  The newly elected Coalition Avenir Québec government doesn’t just want to reduce immigration and expel newcomers who fail language or values tests, they also plan to outlaw religious garb for teachers, judges and police officers and override any charter challenges by invoking the notwithstanding clause.
  The prospect of turning Quebec into a society h
  
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• What if you call an election and the non-francophones don't show up?

  09-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  With the exception of the anglophone-rights Equality Party in 1989, Jacob Hughes has always put an X next to the Liberal candidate on provincial ballots.
  Not this time.
  In last week’s election, there was no X at all because he stayed home.
  “The (Coalition Avenir Québec) was getting in and the Liberal was going to win here, so why should I bother?” said Hughes, 64.
  He was speaking as he put groceries into his trunk in the parking lot of the Côte-St-Luc shopping cent
  
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• Montreal weather: A summery flashback

  09-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Flashback to summer today with temperatures above 20 during the day and in the mid teens overnight. And, yes, it will be humid as well.
  Environment Canada predicts a few showers ending late in the morning followed by a mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. High 24. Humidex 32. UV index 4 or moderate.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight with a few showers. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind southwest 20 k
  
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• Bill Young: The last word is yours at Hudson's StoryFest

  09-10-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  What do Ken Dryden and Michael Redhill have in common? Or Liona Boyd and David Adam Richards? Or Alissa York and Catherine McKenzie?
  Not to mention Silver Donald Cameron; Marjorie Simmins; Zoe Whittall; Silvain Rivard; Ian Hamilton and Alissa York?.
  All are prominent Canadians; all are authors; and all are participants in StoryFest, the Greenwood Centre’s annual celebration of Canadian writing, held each autumn in Hudson since 2001.
  This year’s eclectic collection of writers, selecte
  
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• Two bodies found in Drummondville home

  09-10-2018 05:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec found two bodies Monday afternoon in a home in Drummondville.
  A bit before 11 a.m., police received a call reporting gunshots heard in the St-Nicéphore district.
  According to early reports from police, a man possibly armed was inside the residence. The SQ set up a security perimeter and nearby residences were evacuated. A negotiator was also dispatched to the scene.
  When police entered the residence, they discovered the unresponsive bodies of a man
  
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• Quebec election: How every seat changed party hands in 2018

  09-10-2018 05:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The following is a set of lists of every candidate who won a seat in the 2018 election, which party it previously belonged to, and the fate of every incumbent MNA.Liberal Party
  Successfully re-elected (24):Philippe Couillard (Roberval), subsequently announced resignation
  Dominique Anglade (Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne)
  Pierre Arcand (Mont-Royal–Outremont)
  Gaétan Barrette (La Pinière)
  David Birnbaum (D’Arcy-McGee)
  Francine Charbonneau (Mille-Îles)
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• New French-language foundation aims to foster 'love and reading'

  09-10-2018 01:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Writer Dany Laferrière and journalist and political analyst Marc Laurendeau are among Quebec personalities who have launched a new foundation to promote the French language.
  La Fondation pour la langue française had its official launch Monday at the Maison Ludger-Duvernay, the head office of Montreal’s Société St-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal. It is the only charitable organization recognized by Revenue Canada as being entirely dedicated to the promotion
  
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• #ICYMI: Legault names cabinet date, Als miss playoffs, more news

  09-10-2018 01:06 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Premier-designate François Legault will announce the composition of his first cabinet Thursday, Oct. 18.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec leader made the announcement Monday in a statement, putting an end to the mystery of when the new government will get down to work.
  Read more here: Quebec election: François Legault will announce his new cabinet Oct. 18
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• Montreal's John A. Macdonald statue vandalized by activists

  09-10-2018 00:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Sir John A. Macdonald monument has once again been vandalized.
  The leftist group No Borders Media says “a group of anonymous local anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist activists” covered the statue in red paint on Saturday night as an act of protest against white supremacy.
  Colonial & Racist John A. Macdonald Monument once again vandalized with red paint in Montreal (with video). For details, visit: https://t.co/hCK4gqTmhK … @NoBordersMedia is shari
  
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• François Legault to announce new cabinet Oct. 18

  09-10-2018 00:38 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Premier-designate François Legault will announce the composition of his first cabinet Thursday, Oct. 18.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec leader made the announcement Monday in a statement, putting an end to the mystery of when the new government will get down to work.
  “We have experienced a historic election,” Legault said in the statement. “For the first time in nearly 50 years, the MNAs who will be part of the cabinet do not come from the Liberal Part
  
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• Pat Hickey: Right time, right place for Canadiens defenceman Mike Reilly

  09-10-2018 00:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Mike Reilly is in the right place at the right time.
  The 25-year-old defenceman has been one of the surprises in what has been a surprising start for the Montreal Canadiens.
  Reilly has averaged nearly 22 minutes — only Jeff Petry has been on the ice longer — and has been a perfect fit in a system which stresses speed and skating. The Canadiens used their speed to earn a point in a 3-2 overtime loss to Toronto and then skated to a 5-1 win in Pittsburgh.
  Reilly was spinning his wheels
  
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• Stu Cowan: Alouettes officially eliminated from CFL playoff contention

  09-10-2018 00:11 via montrealgazette.com
  There are some things about the Canadian Football League that are hard to explain, like why a team gets a point for missing a field goal, why referees feel compelled to throw a penalty flag on what seems like every second play, and why the Calgary Stampeders struggle to win games in Montreal.
  Coming into Monday afternoon’s Thanksgiving Day game, the Stampeders hadn’t beaten the Alouettes at Molson Stadium since 2013.
  Heading into the fourth quarter Monday, it looked like that streak
  
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