Aylmer, Quebec news

• Jack Todd: Have some of us forgotten why we watch sports?

  14-10-2018 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The late, magnificent Anthony Bourdain once gave an interview to writer John Sellers in which he talked about everything from cleaning squid in a restaurant cellar to bad airport food. Along the way, Bourdain touched briefly on the craft beer craze:
  “I was in San Francisco,” Bourdain said, “and I was desperate for beer, and I walked into this place. I thought it was an old bar. And I sat down, and I looked up, and I noticed there was a wide selection of beers I’d never he
  
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• Watch: Quebec's biggest cannabis provider is ready for legalization

  14-10-2018 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Hexo Corp. is the principal supplier for the SQDC, and will provide more than 30 per cent of the cannabis and derived products that will be legally sold in the province.
  Founded by two 29-year-olds in 2013, the company obtained a medical marijuana licence in 2015 and went public on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2017.
  
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• Watch: How do I buy legal cannabis in Quebec?

  14-10-2018 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Feeling a little hazy around buying legal cannabis in Quebec?
  You are not alone.
  Here is some information to help if planning to make a purchase.
  
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• Coeur de pirate opens up about body-image disorder

  14-10-2018 19:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate has opened up about having body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), to encourage fans to take charge of their mental health.
  BDD is a preoccupation with an imagined defect in one’s physical appearance — for example, a pimple no one else can see, or the perception that one’s nose is too big and requires plastic surgery.
  In an Instagram post on Sunday, the singer-songwriter, whose real name is Béatrice Martin, said that her self-image d
  
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• Canadiens at Red Wings: Five things you should know

  14-10-2018 18:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Red Wings game at the Bell Centre Monday (7:30 p.m., TSN2, TSN-690 Radio).
  The matchup: This is the first divisional game for the Canadiens, who are off to a surprising 2-1-1 start after beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout at the Bell Centre Saturday. It was Montreal’s second win in eight days against the high-powered Penguins. The Red Wings are still looking for their first win of the season after an 8-2 loss to the Bo
  
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• Stabbing victim recovering after attack in N.D.G.

  14-10-2018 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  A 20-year-old man is in stable condition in a hospital after surviving a knife attack at about 7 a.m. Sunday on Décarie Blvd. in N.D.G.
  Montreal police spokesperson Andrée-Anne Picard said the injuries were to the man’s upper body and are not life-threatening.
  Police closed northbound lanes of Décarie Blvd. between Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Monkland Aves. until 11:30 a.m. and set up a security perimeter. The canine unit was called in.
  Picard said the victim ha
  
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• Bergevin gets passing grade on summer deals | HI/O Bonus

  14-10-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In this HI/O bonus episode, Gazette sports columnist Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser discuss GM Marc Bergevin’s best acquisitions of the summer.
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• Linda Kay, a pioneer for female journalists and her students

  14-10-2018 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Linda Kay, a pioneering journalist who broke down gender barriers as one of the first female sports writers of her generation and and would later serve as the chair of Concordia University’s Department of Journalism and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette, has died. She was 66.
  She passed away on Friday, surrounded by family at the Glen site of the McGill University Health Centre. First diagnosed with cancer in 2016, the disease had gone into remission, but returned in March of this year.
  
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• Paper mill employee found dead in Quebec City

  14-10-2018 16:05 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec workers’ compensation board is investigating the death of a  56-year-old man Saturday morning at the White Birch paper mill in Quebec City.
  Quebec City police said preliminary findings indicate the death was not the result of a criminal act.
  A colleague who had stepped away for a few minutes found the victim  unconscious shortly after 6 a.m.
  Efforts by first responders to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful.
  The Commission des normes, de l’équité,
  
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• Motorcyclist hits deer, is killed by another vehicle near Drummondville

  14-10-2018 15:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A motorcyclist died Saturday night on northbound Highway 55, near Drummondville, 105 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  The 54-year-old man reportedly hit a deer at about 9:45 p.m. and was thrown from his bike onto the highway, where he was hit and killed by another vehicle, which did not stop at the scene of the accident.
  Police traced the vehicle to Verdun. They will question the driver, and police experts will examine the vehicle. Charges could be laid, depending on the outcome
  
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• Fitness: Dutch study shows exercise can ease cancer-related fatigue

  14-10-2018 15:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Twelve years ago I profiled Ann Roberts-Tellier, who used exercise to battled the fatigue from cancer treatments with exercise. Now retired, the former schoolteacher kicked cancer to the curb, but hung on to her exercise habit.
  “The year before my diagnosis, during treatment and the years following treatment — I was in the best shape of my life,” said Roberts-Tellier.
  Despite feeling fit, she also remembers feeling like she was carrying around a bag of bricks in the days follow
  
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• While you were sleeping: Canadiens vs. Penguins, Saudis vs. Trump

  14-10-2018 15:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Catching up on what happened after the sun went down:
  The Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in a shootout win Saturday at the Bell Centre, clawing back from an early deficit. Paul Byron scored the winning goal.
  Backup goaltender Antti Niemi was pressed into action after Carey Price was scratched because of the flu. Playing for the first time in a month, Niemi survived a shaky first period and then shut down the high-powered Penguins en route to the shootout.
  “The first half
  
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• Prestige model home in Île-Bizard was a perfect fit for couple

  14-10-2018 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Building a home is a thrilling experience. It is also time-consuming and can be daunting, with endless decisions to make, various professionals to deal with, and the inevitable delays or cost overruns. But what if you found a newly constructed house that was perfect in every way and in the ideal location?This stroke of good luck happened to Natasha Larente and her husband. In 2004, they were looking for a building site on Île-Bizard when they spotted a stately residence built by Les H
  
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• Schukov: A word or two about what the Quebec election results prove

  14-10-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The beating inflicted by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) done to a TEE (Team Everybody Else) certainly leaves one gawking at a huge matzo ball dangling out there. (Apologies to an old Seinfeld episode.)
  Here’s something to think about: How much more colourful would their light blue majority look if they swept Montreal as well? In a surrealistic stretch, they could have been the only ones left with party status. (I will now add a rare column “LOL.”)
  In the aftermat
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunny early, but then a few clouds for variety

  14-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mainly sunny with increasing cloudiness near noon.
  Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h in the morning.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 12 and the UV index will be 3, or moderate.
  Tonight: Cloudy periods with a low of 10.
  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 @lzm_liz.
  Behind every gr
  
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• Stay off the bridges today and take a trip on the island

  14-10-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Gong for a Sunday drive in the country will be difficult today as construction will interfere with travel to the Champlain and Mercier bridges.
  Turcot Interchange
  Because of work on the new Champlain Bridge and its corridor, access to Highway 15 South off the southbound Décarie Expressway will be closed. The Atwater Ave. and Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. entrances to Highway 15 South will also be closed. The highway will be accessible from Nuns’ Island and from Highway 20 East, coming
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Habs beat Penguins 4-3 in shootout

  14-10-2018 07:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens Game Day is a new feature this season in which we will follow the Habs during every home game from the morning skate in Brossard through the post-game interviews at the Bell Centre, updating throughout the day with all the news, quotes, notes and opinion you’re looking for:
  It would be great if somebody taped what Canadiens coach Claude Julien told his players during the first intermission of Saturday night’s 4-3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Bell Centre.
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Shaky Niemi settles down to stone Pens after regulation

  14-10-2018 05:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Antti Niemi has picked up where he left off last season.
  The  Canadiens’ backup goaltender was pressed into action Saturday after Carey Price was scratched  because of the flu. Playing for the first time in a month, Niemi survived a shaky first period and then shut down the high-powered Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 4-3 shootout win.
  “The first half of the game I didn’t see many pucks and I gave up three goals, but in the third period and in the overtime, in the l
  
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• Canadiens claw back from early 2-0 deficit to beat Penguins 4-3 in SO

  14-10-2018 04:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Paul Byron scored the winning goal in a shootout to give the Canadiens a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  The Canadiens failed to cash in when they had a power play in the overtime, but Byron and Jonathan Drouin scored in the shootoout while Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby came up short.
  The Canadiens dominated the second period as they outshot the Penguins 19-4 and scored three goals to erase a 2-0 deficit.
  As good as that period was, it could have been
  
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• #ICYMI: Smoke 'em if you got 'em, pioneer Linda Kay dies, more news

  14-10-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  You’re forgiven for being confused about the rules surrounding marijuana, which becomes legal for recreational use as of Wednesday, Oct. 17. There’s a federal law, which sets the framework for legalization. Then there’s a Quebec law adopted by the provincial Liberals in June, which François Legault’s incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government will soon replace w
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Canadiens beat Penguins 4-3 in shootout

  14-10-2018 03:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens Game Day is a new feature this season in which we will follow the Habs during every home game from the morning skate in Brossard through the post-game interviews at the Bell Centre, updating throughout the day with all the news, quotes, notes and opinion you’re looking for:
  Hopefully somebody took a video of what Canadiens coach Claude Julien told his players during the first intermission of Saturday night’s 4-3 shootout win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Bell Centre.
  
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• Montrealer Félix Auger-Aliassime wins Tashkent Challenger

  14-10-2018 02:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealer Félix Auger-Aliassime won the Tashkent Challenger tennis tournament on Saturday.
  The 18-year-old beat Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the US$75,000 event in the Uzbekistan capital, earning him $10,800. Auger-Aliassime had to win three qualifying matches and four in the main draw for the title.
  Ranked 128th in the world (22-year-old Majchrzak is 178th), Auger-Aliassime is now 2-1 in ATP Challenger-level finals this season.
  
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