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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' veterans take Jesperi Kotkaniemi under their wing

  17-10-2018 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi sits right beside Brendan Gallagher in the Canadiens’ locker room in Brossard.
  Was that by design?
  “I’m not sure,” Gallagher said after practice Tuesday at the Bell Sports Complex. “I honestly think it might have just been an empty stall or something like that. You’d have to ask Gervy (Pierre Gervais, the Canadiens’ longtime equipment manager). Maybe they put some thought into it.”
  Gervy wasn’t around, so I decided t
  
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• Five-year-old tot found packing pot at school in the Outaouais

  17-10-2018 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
  An unusual incident last week in an elementary school in Quebec’s Outaouais region is being cited as a cautionary tale as the legalization of cannabis goes into effect nationwide.
  The incident occurred Friday at the school in the municipality of La Pêche, located about 30 kilometres north of Gatineau. Teachers at the school were surprised when one of their five-year-old students showed them a bag containing several grams of cannabis.
  The child told the shocked school staff his mother
  
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• Watch: Legal cannabis stores open in Montreal

  17-10-2018 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers lined up for hours to buy cannabis at Sociéte québécoises du cannabis stores throughout the Montreal region Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, the first day of legalization of recreational pot in Canada. The Montreal Gazette spoke to customers waiting to get in the store on downtown Ste-Catherine St.
  
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• Westmount's Mountainside United Church is sold to a developer

  17-10-2018 22:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Mountainside United Church, an imposing neo-Gothic heritage structure on the south side of The Boulevard in Westmount, has been sold to a Montreal real-estate developer who says he is considering condos or individual homes for the site — or both.
  Daniel Revah of Corev Immobilier paid $4.025 million for the property, which has a municipal valuation of more than $10 million. The church and land occupy 50,000 square feet and stretch between Roslyn and Lansdowne Aves. The sale w
  
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• Man who killed prison guards for Hells Angels gets closer to parole

  17-10-2018 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who killed two prison guards under orders from the Hells Angels — and later turned informant against the notorious gang — has been granted his first step toward full parole.
  According to Radio-Canada, Stéphane Gagné, 48, was granted permission to escorted temporary leaves from a federal penitentiary north of Montreal as he prepares for his eventual full parole — something that seemed unimaginable two decades ago.
  The Parole Board of Canada made the decision
  
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• Westmount High teachers to rally against CAQ religious symbols ban

  17-10-2018 20:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Four years after staging protests against the Parti Québécois’ proposed “charter of values,” teachers at Westmount High School are planning to rally against the Coalition Avenir Québec plan to bar public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.
  The teachers say they want “to send a clear message to the new government that attacks on the fundamental human rights of members of their community cannot be accepted.”
  The prot
  
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• Québec solidaire MNAs avoid public oath to Queen at swearing-in

  17-10-2018 20:35 via montrealgazette.com
  The 10 newly elected Québec solidaire MNAs avoided having to swear an oath to the Queen by performing the ritual behind closed doors in on Wednesday.
  The party also had the Canadian flag removed from the red room of the National Assembly for its ceremony.
  “We did it in private to avoid you having to see this oath,” QS co-spokesperson Manon Massé explained at the opening of the ceremony
  National Assembly secretary general Michel Bonsaint said such an arrangement, while u
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price will be back in goal vs. Blues

  17-10-2018 20:26 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:
  Carey Price will be back in goal for the Canadiens when they take on the St. Louis Blues Wednesday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN1, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  That’s the only lineup change coach Claude J
  
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• Update: Who is buying cannabis on Day 1 of legalization in Montreal?

  17-10-2018 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  People line up on Metcalfe St. in Montreal Oct. 17, 2017, to buy legal cannabis at the SQDC outlet on Ste-Catherine St.
  Crowds of people lined up outside government-run cannabis stores in Quebec Wednesday to buy marijuana legally for the first time.
  The line at the Ste-Catherine St. W. store in downtown Montreal started at 3:45 a.m. and grew to hundreds of people throughout the day.Hugo Senecal: ‘Basically a stoner’
  Hugo Senecal, a 39-year-old Montrealer who was at the head of that l
  
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• 'Profit' over health: Medical associations slam recreational cannabis

  17-10-2018 19:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Medical associations in Quebec and across Canada weighed in with dire warnings about the use of recreational marijuana on Wednesday, the first day of its legalization.
  The Canadian Medial Association Journal urged Ottawa in an editorial to amend Bill C-45 if authorities observe a dramatic increase in the use of marijuana.
  “The government of Canada (is launching) a national, uncontrolled experiment in which the profits of cannabis producers and tax revenues are squarely pitched against the
  
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• Police speak to mom after cannabis found in 5-year-old's schoolbag

  17-10-2018 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  An unusual incident last week in an elementary school in Quebec’s Outaouais region is being cited as a cautionary tale as the legalization of cannabis goes into effect nationwide.
  The incident occurred Friday at the school in the municipality of La Pêche, located about 30 kilometres north of Gatineau. Teachers at the school were surprised when one of their five-year-old students showed them a bag containing several grams of cannabis.
  The child told the shocked school staff his mother
  
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• Martin Patriquin: McGill Redmen should keep their name

  17-10-2018 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill’s men’s varsity sports teams were first referred to as the Red Men in the late 1920s, in yearbook and newspaper accounts of the day. Later shortened to Redmen, the new name was catchy, punchy and short enough to fit on the back of a varsity jacket. It has stuck for nearly a century.
  Until now.
  Last year, the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education recommended that McGill immediately adopt a team name “that breaks with the associations th
  
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• Opinion: Harnessing 'disruptive' technologies for the global good

  17-10-2018 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  We call certain technologies “disruptive” for good reason: they can disrupt not only markets, but also people and societies. Most emerging technologies, however, also hold the promise of substantial social benefit.
  How can we ensure that disruptive technologies disrupt poverty, disease and inequality, rather than exacerbate them?
  This question was a central theme of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, held recently in Tianjin, China, by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This globa
  
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• Red Wings claim Jacob de la Rose off waivers from Canadiens

  17-10-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Jacob de la Rose is now a Detroit Red Wing.
  The Canadiens claimed the 23-year-old forward after he was placed on NHL waivers at noon on Tuesday. Other teams had a 24-hour window to claim de la Rose and the Red Wings decided to pick him up.
  The Red Wings need all the help they can get after going winless in their first six games (0-4-2) and losing 7-3 to the Canadiens Monday night at the Bell Centre.
  De la Rose won’t give the Red Wings much help offensively after scoring only eight goals an
  
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• Update: Métro's Orange Line partially shut down, to reopen at noon

  17-10-2018 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The Orange Line of the métro has been shut down between Côte-Vertu and Lionel-Groulx stations because of the presence of smoke.
  The Societé de transport de Montréal took to Twitter to say that its repair teams “are currently working on the repair of an equipment on the track that caused an emission of smoke, we are doing our utmost to re-establish service as promptly as possible.”
  Service, which was disrupted at about 11:10 a.m., is expected to resume at 12
  
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• Update: Quebec cannabis stores open to long lineups

  17-10-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  People line up on Metcalfe St. in Montreal Oct. 17, 2017, to buy legal cannabis at the SQDC outlet on Ste-Catherine St.
  Crowds of people lined up outside government-run cannabis stores in Quebec Wednesday to buy marijuana legally for the first time.
  The line at the Ste-Catherine St. W. store in downtown Montreal started at 3:45 a.m. and grew to hundreds of people by the time the store opened at 10 a.m.
  Hugo Senecal, a 39-year-old Montrealer who was at the head of that line, said he wanted to be
  
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• Montreal moves to make non-profits more transparent

  17-10-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Non-profit organizations funded by Montreal will be subject to the same access-to-information rules as the city, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Wednesday.
  “Montreal is making one more step towards transparency,” Plante said at a news conference at city hall.
  The new requirements will apply to all non-profit organizations that receive at least 50 per cent of their funding from the city, when that amount totals at least $500,000, Plante said.
  The trigger for the move was last ye
  
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• Max Pacioretty sells his Florida home for US$3.1 million

  17-10-2018 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Things have not being going well on the ice for Max Pacioretty so far this season with the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The former Canadiens captain was held off the scoresheet in the Golden Knights’ 4-1 home win over the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday night, limited to one shot on goal in 13:24 of ice time. In his first seven games with the Golden Knights since being traded by the Canadiens during the off-season, Pacioretty has one goal and no assists to go along with a minus-3 while averaging 16:33 of
  
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• Quebec cannabis stores are officially open for business

  17-10-2018 16:07 via montrealgazette.com
  First employees enter SQDC armed with a carafe of Tim Hortons coffee. pic.twitter.com/qq283XJdo4
  — Jason Magder (@JasonMagder) October 17, 2018It was difficult to detect a sense of history in the moment — there was too much cannabis smoke wafting from the bongs being lit outside the government-run marijuana dispensary early Wednesday morning for that.
  More than 100 people were lined up outside the boutique on downtown Ste-Catherine St., waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m.
  Hugo S
  
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• While you were sleeping: Illegal drugs, illegal bagels, and please keep urine out of the microwave

  17-10-2018 15:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are a few things you might have missed while you were sleeping for waiting in line for that store to open at 10 a.m.
  On pot day, coke and meth go down: A large-scale anti-drug operation was launched by Laval police, striking homes and businesses in Laval and the North Shore. About 150 officers were involved in the raids, which began at 4 a.m. and targeted alleged cocaine and methamphetamine dealers in Laval, Rosemère, Mirabel and Sainte-Sophie. A total of 12 individuals — all m
  
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• Sûreté du Québec suspect fatal Gaspé fire may have been arson

  17-10-2018 14:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A fire that claimed the lives of a woman and two teenagers Saturday at a home in the Gaspé region may have been deliberately set, the Sûreté du Québec said on Tuesday.
  “Certain elements of the investigation have led investigators to believe this may have been a criminal act,” said SQ spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville, adding that the case had been transferred to the force’s major crimes unit.
  Dorsainville would not say what clues had led inves
  
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• Early morning drug raids hit targets in Laval, North Shore

  17-10-2018 14:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A large-scale anti-drug operation was launched by Laval police early Wednesday, striking homes and businesses in Laval and the North Shore.
  About 150 officers are involved in the raids, which began at 4 a.m. and targeted alleged cocaine and methamphetamine dealers in Laval, Rosemère, Mirabel and Sainte-Sophie.
  A total of 12 individuals — all males between the ages of 25 and 40 — are being sought by police and are expected to be charged Wednesday afternoon in Laval.
  The operati
  
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• Man who killed prison guards for Hells Angels goes before parole board

  17-10-2018 14:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Something that seemed unimaginable two decades ago will take place at a federal penitentiary north of Montreal on Wednesday.
  In 1997, Stéphane Gagné was so desperate to become a wealthy drug trafficker and a Hells Angel he was willing to kill anyone for the gang. He killed two provincial prison guards and almost killed another while the gang’s Nomad chapter in Quebec tried to intimidate the justice system.
  The former biker gang underling who later turned informant on Maurice
  
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• Legal cannabis in Montreal, Day 1: Bongs, camp chairs and network news

  17-10-2018 13:50 via montrealgazette.com
  It was difficult to detect a sense of history in the moment — there was too much cannabis smoke wafting from the bongs being lit outside the government-run marijuana dispensary early Wednesday morning for that.
  And while the NBC news van parked outside that boutique on Ste-Catherine St. underlined the fact that, to a certain extent, the world is watching as Canada began its first day of marijuana legalization, another fact was that by 7 a.m., no more than 10 people were lined up outside th
  
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• Dollard committee works to minimize impact of Hydro-Québec project

  17-10-2018 12:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A liaison committee presented the results of 18 months of painstaking analysis of a controversial Hydro-Québec project during a public information session at the Community Centre in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Monday.
  The project in question is the expansion of the St-Jean substation and the unpopular above-ground installation of a 315-kV supply line.
  Around 100 people listened to the 60-minute presentation which dissected every step of the committee’s process. The evening was moderat
  
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• Music helps forge friendships for children and teenagers with autism

  17-10-2018 12:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Few would argue that music is a mighty force. It engages all parts of the brain and when harnessed by a music therapist, it can do wonders — whether it be helping youngsters with no verbal skills communicate their feelings through song or helping teenagers with restricted social skills forge meaningful friendships.
  For the last five years, Westmount Music Therapy has been helping children with special needs access a better quality of life through music. It offers individual music therapy s
  
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• Comedy night raises money for English schools

  17-10-2018 12:33 via montrealgazette.com
  West Islanders can enjoy a fun night out while supporting local English schools at two
  upcoming fundraising events for the non-profit Pearson Educational Foundation, which funds outreach programs and classroom improvements for schools in the Lester B. Pearson School Board.
  On Nov. 9, the foundation is hosting a benefit comedy show hosted by comedian Joey Elias at John Rennie High School Auditorium (501 St-Jean Blvd., Pointe-Claire). Tickets for the adults-only show, which will be in English, are
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro 2019 budget includes slight uptick in tax rate

  17-10-2018 12:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro adopted its $31.5 million operating budget and outlined $5.7 million in projects for 2019 as part of the Montreal borough’s three-year capital expenditure program (CEP).
  Residents will see a modest uptick in their borough tax rate, with an increase to $0.0706 per $100 of evaluation from $0.0681 per $100 of evaluation in 2018. The result? A homeowner with a house valued at $351,833 will pay $251.46 in borough taxes, an increase of $11.86.
  Mayor Jim Beis said in a pr
  
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• Montreal weather: Another grey day

  17-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mother Nature has more grey weather in store for us today.
  The forecast calls for mainly cloudy conditions with a 60-per-cent chance of showers. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 9.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Clearing before morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low zero with frost.
  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 pho
  
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• McGill names leading agro institute after Margaret Gilliam

  17-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill University’s Macdonald Campus in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue got a major boost from a former student last week when it received $5 million donation from Margaret A. Gilliam, BSc’59.
  The donation to the university’s Institute for Global Food Security will “help the campus’s professors, researchers and growing contingent of graduate students in their ongoing efforts to understand the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, and develop novel solutions to eradicate
  
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• Off-Island municipalities align with government on public pot smoking

  17-10-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The moment has arrived. Oct. 17 marks the day the recreational use of cannabis becomes legal in Canada. In Quebec, the legal age to smoke pot is 18.
  But before you roll your first legal doobie or mix a batch of pot brownies, a reminder of the rules in your neck of the woods is in order.
  Municipalities in the off-island territory follow the rules detailed in the Quebec government’s Cannabis Regulation Act.
  Quebec’s Cannabis Regulation Act differs from Bill C-45, the  federal Cann
  
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• Tomkinson: Leave those leaves (wherever you can)

  17-10-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Trees + lawns = raking. Lots of raking.
  Yes, it’s that time of year again. Right now my own lawn has just a confetti-like sprinkle of leaves. But it won’t be long before it becomes a massive, wet carpet smothering my grass.
  Raking. Lots of raking.
  While the leaves are light, we’ll mow them, of course. It’s supposed to be really good for your grass to mow the leaves in, rather than bagging them up. It’s not only a natural fertilizer, but one study from Michigan State
  
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• Review: Phil Collins has the best seat in the house at the Bell Centre

  17-10-2018 10:08 via montrealgazette.com
  For all the criticisms of glibness and superficiality Phil Collins has weathered, it would be difficult to conceive of a more honest entrance than the one he made at the Bell Centre Tuesday.
  The lights went down, Collins walked out. Slowly. With a cane. To a chair, from which he explained he would be seated for most of the show, because “I had a back operation and my foot is f—ed. But we will have some fun.”
  Perhaps he was simply managing expectations, defusing any complaints b
  
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• Cannabis: New era begins in Canada as prohibition officially ends

  17-10-2018 06:01 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s here.
  Today’s the day 95 years of cannabis prohibition finally comes to an end in Canada.
  Starting today, adults will be able to buy recreational cannabis in Quebec in government-run outlets called the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC). Beginning at 10 a.m., customers over the age of 18 will be able to walk into SQDC outlets and choose from approximately 110 products. That number is expected to rise to 180 as the SQDC gets up to speed in
  
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• Cannabis: Here's what you need to know about buying it legally in Quebec

  17-10-2018 06:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Cannabis is now legal in Canada.
  Twelve government-run Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) stores selling approximately 110 products (and up to 180 in the coming weeks) will open in Quebec on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Online sales begin at the same time at www.sqdc.ca
  Here’s what you need to know:
  You have to be 18 years old to buy cannabis. Identification will be required of anyone who looks younger than 25 upon entering any SQDC outlet. Online sales require confi
  
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• Montreal signals bagel makers that clock is ticking on wood burning

  17-10-2018 03:51 via montrealgazette.com
  After cracking down on residential wood burning, the city of Montreal is turning its attention to bagel makers and other commercial operations that cook food over wood fires.
  Jean-François Parenteau, the city of Montreal’s executive committee member responsible for environmental issues, says the era of the city tolerating harmful air pollution from commercial enterprises — even beloved ones like bagel factories and Portuguese grilled chicken restaurants — is coming to an
  
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• #ICYMI: Cannabis Eve, MUHC blackout, more news

  17-10-2018 02:14 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  “It feels like Christmas Eve.”
  That thought was echoed by many on Tuesday in social media settings like Twitter.
  The excitement, of course, is about what will happen at the stroke of midnight: 95 years of recreational cannabis prohibition will be coming to an end in Canada.
  On Wednesday, Canadian adults will be able to buy pot legally.
  In Montreal on Tuesday, the Société qu&
  
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• Legault tells his CAQ caucus to stay humble, represent all Quebecers

  17-10-2018 02:09 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — It really was one of those ‘just pinch me’ moments.
  François Legault looked out over the sea of newly sworn-in Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs gathered in the historic red room of the legislature Tuesday and paused for thought.
  “You know, when we launched the CAQ almost seven years ago, I let slip a few words that are often quoted when I said, ‘We’ll see.’
  “Well, today, seeing is believing.”
  “I was listening to the n
  
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• MUHC superhospital hit by third blackout since June

  17-10-2018 01:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The Glen site of the McGill University Health Centre was hit with another blackout on Tuesday morning, resulting in problems with the ventilation system at the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
  It was third blackout to hit the Glen site in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce since June, and the second since the head of the MUHC launched an investigation into power problems at the $1.3-billion superhospital.
  “Shortly after 9:30 this morning, the power supply at the Glen site was cut off by Hydro-Qu
  
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• Watch: Rick Mercer says the subject of pot bores him

  17-10-2018 01:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Comedian Rick Mercer says he hopes people stop discussing marijuana so much after it becomes legal in Canada on Wednesday. Mercer adds that he doesn’t know if it’s possible to be prepared for legalization.
  
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• Watch: Legal pot price must be competitive with black market: Blair

  17-10-2018 01:20 via montrealgazette.com
  The organized crime reduction minister says there is “consensus” that a competitive price for legal pot is key to undercutting illicit cannabis sales. Bill Blair spoke Tuesday, one day before cannabis becomes legal nationwide.
  Related
  Ottawa eyeing options to expedite pardons for minor pot convictions
  
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• Coach Claude Julien's new system working so far with Canadiens

  17-10-2018 00:58 via montrealgazette.com
  It turns out that an old coach can learn new tricks.
  There has never been any doubt that Claude Julien is a good man, but there was reason to start wondering if the 58-year-old was still a good coach when the Canadiens finished 28th in the overall NHL standings last season after being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs the year before.
  But as the legendary Red Fisher used to always say — and write — when a team was struggling and the heat was on the coach: “Show me t
  
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• Obstetrician-gynecologist stripped of right to practice for 12 months

  17-10-2018 00:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec College of Physicians has revoked a South Shore obstetrician-gynecologist’s right to practice for 12 months after a disciplinary committee found he failed to immediately come to the aid of a woman who suffered a heart attack after he performed a Caesarean section.
  The disciplinary committee ruled that Dr. Maan Malouf violated the medical profession’s code of ethics by neglecting to “provide the medical follow-up required by the patient’s condition following his
  
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• Stu Cowan: New-look Canadiens are at least fun to watch now

  17-10-2018 00:44 via montrealgazette.com
  They’re not the Flying Frenchman from the glory days and it’s only five games into the season, but man, these new-look Canadiens sure have been fun to watch so far.
  The Canadiens weren’t only bad last season when they finished 28th in the overall NHL standings, they were also brutally boring, getting shut out 12 times and scoring only once in 14 other games, ranking 29th in offence with an average of 2.52 goals per game.
  Despite being shut out once in their first five games thi
  
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• Is Nikita Scherbak's time with the Canadiens nearing an end?

  17-10-2018 00:30 via montrealgazette.com
  With Jacob de la Rose on his way to Laval, can Nikita Scherbak be far behind?
  The 23-year-old de la Rose was placed on waivers Tuesday and if he isn’t claimed by noon Wednesday he’ll be assigned to the AHL Rocket.
  The versatile Swede started the season on the injured reserve list after he suffered a “cardiac episode” before the season opener. He was cleared to resume practice last week, but with the Canadiens off to a good start, there was no room for him on the 23-man ro
  
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• Kramberger: West Islanders dump on dubious secularism proposals

  17-10-2018 00:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Some wondered why — and others even chastised — the West Island federalists who remained faithful to their Liberal voting patterns and didn’t show ex-separatist François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec candidates more support at the ballot box on Oct. 1.
  The CAQ formed a majority government based on the first-past-the-post results in individual ridings, while garnering just over 37 per cent of the popular vote.
  Putting Legault’s devotion to Quebec na
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 17

  17-10-2018 00:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd., in Dollard, presents an exhibition in various media exploring the subject of time by visual artists from the group Le Cercle 9. Begins Saturday and continues until Nov. 18. Vernissage on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 514-684-1012.
  The Dorval Artists Association presents their fall exhibition at the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre, 1401 Lakeshore Dr. in Pointe-Claire. Continues until Oct. 28. Call 514-633-4170.
  The Kirkland
  
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• Former mayor Applebaum drops appeal, can't sell real estate

  17-10-2018 00:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum dropped his appeal of a decision that prevents him from selling real estate after his request to have the case postponed was denied on Tuesday.
  Applebaum was a real-estate agent before he became borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and later Montreal’s interim mayor in 2012.
  He was arrested in 2013 and charged with accepting more than $55,000 in bribes related to Project Troie — a plan to build student residenc
  
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