Aylmer, Quebec news

• Allison Hanes: Reimagining McGill College Ave. once more

  16-10-2018 23:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A shrill wind gusted down McGill College Ave. at the start of the lunch hour Tuesday, sending the usual throngs of pedestrians scurrying for cover.
  It was a rather inhospitable moment to be collecting the input of Montrealers on the future of this showpiece boulevard, but representatives of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal gamely battled the elements to proceed with the three days of input-seeking activities.
  It was a bit chilly for the portable sandbox set up to get partic
  
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• Montreal awaits audit of radicalization prevention centre

  16-10-2018 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal and the Quebec government have requested an audit of a Montreal-based centre for the prevention of radicalization, Mayor Valérie Plante revealed Tuesday.
  “The message I’m sending this morning is that we are not questioning the mission, but for sure, we want to make certain that the money is being well spent,” Plante said.
  The mayor added that her prime concern is that while Montreal is currently the only source of funding for the Centre for the
  
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• City awaiting audit of radicalization prevention centre: Mayor Plante

  16-10-2018 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal and the Quebec government have requested an audit of a Montreal-based centre for the prevention of radicalization, Mayor Valérie Plante revealed Tuesday.
  “The message I’m sending this morning is that we are not questioning the mission, but for sure, we want to make certain that the money is being well spent,” Plante said.
  The mayor added that her prime concern is that while Montreal is currently providing all the funding, the centre’s mand
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Jacob de la Rose placed on waivers

  16-10-2018 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens placed Jacob de la Rose on NHL waivers at noon Tuesday.
  Now it will be interesting to see if another NHL team claims the 6-foot-3, 216-pound forward over the next 24 hours.
  De la Rose has yet to play a game this season after suffering a “cardiac episode” after the Canadiens’ final pre-season game in Ottawa. De la Rose had resumed practising with the Canadiens, but wasn’t on the ice for Tuesday’s practice in Brossard ahead of the announcement he has bee
  
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• SQDC: First cannabis stores stocked, poised for grand opening Wednesday

  16-10-2018 18:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) offered members of the media a sneak peak at one of its 12 outlets Tuesday morning.
  Beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, customers over the age of 18 will be able to walk into any store and choose from approximately 110 cannabis products. That number is expected to rise to 180 as the organization gets up to speed in the coming weeks.
  Clients will also be able to order online, where they will be asked their age on the SQDC website,
  
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• Sexual predator who stalked women on Montreal transit may have other victims

  16-10-2018 18:10 via montrealgazette.com
  The sexual crimes unit of the Montreal police department has turned to the public in an effort to locate potential victims of 23-year-old Kevins Monette-Décosse who has already pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault after being arrested on Aug. 31.
  Between May and August of 2018, Monette-Décosse sexually assaulted six women, all of the attacks occurring on the métro or on city buses. However investigators say they have good reason to believe there were other victims
  
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• New course trains future municipal public safety officers

  16-10-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A new municipal patrol training program is being offered at CÉGEP Gérald-Godin in Ste-Geneviève.
  The new urban safety intervention program will begin in November.
  The eight-month course, which leads to an attestation d’études collégiales (AEC), is aimed at training future municipal public safety officers.
  Alain Dupuis, supervisor of the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Municipal Patrol, has been working on the project for several years. Municipal Patrol Officers
  
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• 74 CAQ MNAs to be sworn into office as party slowly takes control

  16-10-2018 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Tuesday is a big day for the Coalition Avenir Québec.
  Two weeks after sweeping the province in a general election, the 74 newly elected men and women are to be sworn in as MNAs.
  The ceremony will unfold at about 2 p.m. in the legislature. The individuals swear an oath to the Quebec people and Queen Elizabeth.
  It is to be followed by a speech by Premier-designate François Legault, who will note it is the first time in 50 years that Quebecers are getting a government t
  
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• Opinion: Quebec shouldn't raise age limit for cannabis

  16-10-2018 16:57 via montrealgazette.com
  I need someone to explain why Quebec is taking a hard stance on marijuana.
  Why are we raising the age limit on this stuff when anyone older than 14 already knows where to get it anyway? Why make the softest drug imaginable unavailable to the very generation that is most curious and uninformed about drugs? Why make it harder to get now that we finally have the right to know what we’re getting and where it came from? Why does our incoming premier want to send young people back into the stree
  
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• Opinion: Quebec should do all it can to resist onslaught of cannabis

  16-10-2018 16:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A devastating social hurricane is approaching Quebec and every community, from our southern cities to our northerly towns, is in its path. Legalizing recreational marijuana fundamentally changes our country for the worse. Big Marijuana is replacing Big Tobacco, and wants your family members and co-workers as lifelong customers.
  This is all thanks to our federal government, which saw fit to open the way for a massive pot industry and seems unwilling or unable to control the smoky genie emerg
  
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• Cannabis cats and dogs: Mandarin likes CBD and she's not the only pet

  16-10-2018 16:43 via montrealgazette.com
  “I felt like I was being a deviant parent,” says Heather Johnson, recalling the time she first added CBD or cannabidiol oil — a compound found in the cannabis plant — to her cat Mandarin’s treats.
  Mandarin, a rescue cat, licks her forelegs when she gets anxious. That tends to happen when Johnson leaves town, or when she has house guests. Two years ago, the licking got so bad that Mandarin developed bald spots. When changing the cat’s diet didn’t help, Jo
  
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• Nearly 4,700 still without power in Montreal as high winds buffet Quebec

  16-10-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  More than a few Montreal area residents woke up Tuesday morning to discover that some of their Halloween decorations — and perhaps, parts of their trees — were gone with wind.
  High winds overnight are being blamed for a series of power failures and damage across the province.
  As of 10 a.m., 74,000 Hydro-Québec clients — a designation that covers households and businesses — were without electricity, nearly 4,700 of them in the Montreal area and 7,800 in the Laurenti
  
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• GPS & sympathy: 79-year-old NOVA driver wins Governor General's Award

  16-10-2018 15:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Alphorns Evers’ volunteer work is never done. Case in point. A reporter was in the middle of asking a question about Evers being the recipient of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award when his phone beeped.
  “Could you hold on a minute please,” he said. “It’s a patient calling.”
  Back in interview mode, he explained that the 93-year-old caller had a question about her ride to an appointment in the days to come. Evers has been driving cancer pat
  
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• Fire razes residential block in downtown Magog

  16-10-2018 15:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A major fire destroyed a residential block in downtown Magog early Tuesday.
  The blaze broke out at about 3:30 a.m. on Principale St. and the flames were fanned by high winds that swept the region overnight. Firefighters were still extinguishing the remnants of the fire four hours after it broke out.
  There were no injuries reported.
  The downtown area remains without power and has been blocked off to traffic. The Red Cross is on site and a temporary shelter has been erected to house those dis
  
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• West Island Wise Women events aim to 'break out of their comfort zone'

  16-10-2018 15:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A new series of wellness workshops in the West Island aims to empower women to rediscover what they want and need in their lives, by finding balance between care-giving responsibilities, whether for children or other family members, and their own dreams and ambitions.
  Psychotherapist Lisa Brookman began offering the workshops under the Wise Women Academy banner this past spring as an offshoot of her popular Wise Women Canada blog, which she co-founded five years ago with best friend Liz Weiner.
  
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• Have you seen this man? Laval police seek attempted-murder suspect

  16-10-2018 14:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police have turned to the public in an effort to track down 28-year-old Levon Mirzoian, who is wanted in connection with a murder attempt in their city last August.
  Police suspect Mirzoian was involved in a shooting last Aug. 31 that took place at about 5 p.m. at a residence under renovation on Bruno St. in Laval’s Chomedey district. The 32-year-old victim survived his wounds, however police add his children were also the target of death threats made during the incident.
  Laval p
  
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• While you were sleeping: Earth, wind, fire and Trump's 'creepy' tweets

  16-10-2018 14:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A few things you might have missed while you were sleeping.
  Early morning blaze: A historic building on Magog’s Principale St. collapsed in flames Tuesday morning. The intense downtown fire started around 4:30 a.m. and before dawn local firefighters were joined by their peers from Sherbrooke, Orford, Eastman, Ayer’s Cliff and Austin, according to media reports. Their task was made more difficult by high winds. The building housed businesses and apartments, but no injuries were report
  
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• High winds leave nearly 16,000 without power in Montreal

  16-10-2018 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  More than a few Montreal area residents woke up Tuesday morning to discover that some of their Halloween decorations — and perhaps, parts of their trees — were gone with wind.
  High winds overnight are being blamed for a series of power failures and damage across the province.
  As of 7 a.m., 103,721 Hydro-Québec clients — a designation that covers households and businesses — were without electricity, nearly 16,000 of them in the Montreal area and 8,800 in the Laurent
  
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• Open house event highlights services for seniors in St-Lazare

  16-10-2018 13:11 via montrealgazette.com
  When Carole Marcoux first retired, she went looking for activities to keep her body and brain active. But the St-Lazare resident was disappointed to find the town’s services for seniors didn’t reflect her wants and needs.
  As an active, younger senior, Marcoux wasn’t interested in card games or line dancing. She wanted to find activities she was passionate about, challenging exercises to keep fit, and stimulating conversation to keep her mind sharp.
  So when she saw in the town&r
  
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• NOVA West Island volunteer recipient of Governor General's Award

  16-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Alphons Evers’ volunteer work is never done. Case in point. A reporter was in the middle of asking a question about Evers being the recipient of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award when his phone beeped.
  “Could you hold on a minute please,” he said. “It’s a patient calling.”
  Back in interview mode, he explained that the 93-year-old caller had a question about her ride to an appointment in the days to come. Evers has been driving cancer pati
  
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• Protest planned against 'insulting' McGill Redmen name

  16-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sports teams using Indigenous names and imagery is nothing new. See the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians and Edmonton Eskimos, to name a few. But there is one outstanding example, closer to home.
  The McGill Redmen name has got to go, according to Tomas Jirousek, who says the term is offensive to Indigenous people.
  “It’s quite insulting,” the rowing team member said of the name for McGill’s 28 men’s sports teams, which has been in use since the 1920s. “It
  
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• Pace of housing price increases slows slightly in Montreal: Royal LePage survey

  16-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Housing prices in Montreal continued to rise during the third quarter of 2018, according to the Royal LePage House Price Survey released on Tuesday morning. However, the increase was slightly lower than during the pervious quarter.
  The aggregate price of a home in the Montreal region was up 5.4 per cent from the previous year, according to the real estate company, rising to $396,909.
  During the second quarter, prices rose 5.9 per cent year-over-year.
  The aggregate price was up 0.9 per
  
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• Montreal weather: Grey and windy

  16-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It will be a “hang on to your hat” kind of day.
  The forecast is calling for mainly cloudy conditions with a west wind of 40 km/h gusting to 60, then becoming southwest 20 gusting to 40 in the morning. High 9. UV index 2 or low.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy. A few showers after midnight. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low 7.
  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
  
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• Accessibility problems still not fixed at MUHC superhospital: report

  16-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  More than a year after an independent report found numerous problems with accessibility for the disabled and other patients at the MUHC superhospital, the McGill University Health Centre has still not fixed most of the deficiencies, the Montreal Gazette has learned.
  The MUHC commissioned the report by two experts at the Université de Montréal after the patients’ committee raised repeated concerns about the lack of clear signage, the scarcity of wheelchairs in the lobby, the c
  
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• Big walking weekend in Pincourt and St-Lazare

  16-10-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s time for a walk.
  It’s no secret that exercise is good for both mental and physical health and walking is the type of inexpensive activity people can take at their own pace and on their own schedule.
  The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) with Le Grand défi Pierre Lavoie are encouraging citizens to slip into walking shoes and hit the path, Oct. 20 and 21.
  Inspired by the invitation, various municipalities have organized thei
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Tomas Plekanec downplays historic 1,000th game

  16-10-2018 05:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Tomas Plekanec had one thought while the Bell Centre crowd was giving him an ovation to prior to his 1,000th NHL game.
  “I just wanted it to be as fast as possible and play the game,” Plekanec said after the Canadiens crushed the Detroit Red Wings 7-3 Monday night.
  “I don’t show much emotion,” said Plekanec. “I know it’s an accomplishment and, as I’ve said before, when I’m done, I’ll look back and appreciate what I’ve done. Right n
  
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• Accueil Bonneau celebrates 20 years after rebuilding

  16-10-2018 04:49 via montrealgazette.com
  On June 9, 1998, an explosion caused by a gas leak tore through the building that houses Accueil Bonneau, an organization that provides help for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
  Three people were killed and more than 20 injured.
  What followed was an outpouring of support from the private sector, the city of Montreal and the provincial government. Within four months, the Accueil Bonneau’s building had been rebuilt.
  On Monday, some of the people who were there at
  
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• Tatar, Drouin and Plekanec lead Canadiens to 7-3 rout of Red Wings

  16-10-2018 04:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The season is still young, but Tomas Tatar is making Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin look good.
  Tatar, who was part of the deal that sent Max Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights, had a goal and two assists to help the Canadiens to a 7-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings Monday at the Bell Centre.
  While Pacioretty scored at least 30 goals on five occasions, he seldom used his size to venture into the dirty areas in front of the net. That’s not a problem for the 5-foot-10 Tatar, who
  
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• Quebec job fair aims to recruit 5,000 workers in two days

  16-10-2018 03:28 via montrealgazette.com
  More than 200 employers from the Montreal region — and many from other parts of Quebec — will be at the Palais des Congrès on Oct. 24 and 25 as they look to recruit 5,000 new workers.
  There will be a focus on recruiting immigrants, particularly by employers from rural areas.
  The event will also have free services intended to help new arrivals find jobs, including advice on how to improve their CVs and succeed in job interviews.
  The Événement Carrières
  
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• Liberal leader shuts door to Alexandre Taillefer's suggestion of compromise on religious symbols

  16-10-2018 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — No sooner was the idea floated than it was shot down.
  Interim Liberal leader Pierre Arcand Monday rapidly dispensed with the notion the party should venture down the path of banning religious symbols for persons in positions of authority like judges and police officers as a way to woo francophone voters.
  It was potential Liberal leadership candidate and Montreal businessman Alexandre Taillefer who floated the idea just as the Liberals were arriving for their swearing-in cerem
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Tomas Plekanec scores in his 1,000th NHL game

  16-10-2018 02:36 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:
  Tomas Plekanec played in his 1,000th NHL regular-season game when the Canadiens faced the Detroit Red Wings Monday night at the Bell Centre and scored a goal in the first period.
  After Jonathan Drouin gave the
  
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• Téo Taxi drivers unionize with Teamsters-FTQ

  16-10-2018 02:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Drivers with Téo Taxi, a subsidiary of Alexandre Taillefer’s Montreal-based Taxelco company, have officially formed a union.
  The 400 workers are members of Local 1999 of the Teamsters union, affiliated with the FTQ. Quebec’s Tribunal administratif du travail approved the union accreditation on Monday.
  “These workers become the first unionized salaried workers in the Quebec taxi industry,” noted Stéphane Lacroix, director of communications and public affairs
  
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• Quebec election: Recount confirms CAQ win in Ungava

  16-10-2018 02:16 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec managed to hold on to its narrow election win in Quebec’s largest and northernmost riding, Ungava, dashing Parti Québécois hopes of picking up an 11th riding.
  The judicial recount on Monday confirmed the CAQ win on Oct. 1. Denis Lamothe took the riding by 46 votes, up from 44 in the preliminary results, over the PQ’s Jonathan Mattson.
  This was the third judicial recount since the Oct. 1 election. In Gaspé, the rec
  
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• #ICYMI: Not everyone must get stoned, more news

  16-10-2018 01:35 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Hands up if you think toking and driving is OK. Don’t laugh. A lot of people think they can drive a car just as well when they are high on pot as they can when they’re straight. If you’re one of those people, you owe it to yourself and to society as a whole to read about a new study that found cannabis actually increases the risk of accidents. Let’s get real: this should be a
  
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• Please don't smoke pot, Quebec judge tells murder-trial jurors

  16-10-2018 01:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has asked seven women and five men selected as the jury to hear a murder trial at the Montreal courthouse to avoid partaking in cannabis even if its recreational use will become legal on Wednesday.
  “It is a new reality we are facing,” Justice Hélène Di Salvo said Monday morning as the trial of Sébastien Grenon, 35, was set to begin. Grenon is charged with the first-degree murder of Benoît Denis, who was killed May 13, 2010, in
  
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• Update: Man shot to death in apartment near Monkland Village

  16-10-2018 00:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating the city’s 22nd homicide of the year after a man was found dead Monday morning in an apartment building in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce — a day after police found a stabbing victim outside the same building.
  Police were called to the four-storey apartment building on Décarie Blvd. just north of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Ave. at 8:45 a.m. by a person who noticed a bullet hole in the door of apartment 208, on the second floor of the 64-unit bu
  
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