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• Turcot demolition will make Nov. 9-12 very bad days for drivers

  26-10-2018 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The next time you’re stuck in traffic in the Turcot Interchange, take a moment to appreciate the scenery, because in the next few months it’s going to be changing dramatically.
  The $3.7-billion Turcot project is as much a demolition project as one to rebuild the junctions between Highways 15, 20 and the Ville-Marie Interchange in the centre of the city. Between now and next summer, crews will be demolishing roughly 150,000 cubic metres of concrete, from the roughly 300,000 cubic
  
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• Cannabis stores will only be open from Thursday to Sunday, SQDC says

  26-10-2018 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  After only nine days of operations, the Société québécoise du cannabis announced on Friday that a lack of supply has forced it to reduce the operating hours of its 12 sales outlets to four days a week.
  Beginning Monday and until further notice, the dozen SQDC stores in Quebec will be closed Monday to Wednesday and open during scheduled operating hours from Thursday to Sunday.
  The decision to reduce the operating schedule came after supply problems — present from
  
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• Early Halloween treat in Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  26-10-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Pierrefonds homeowner Tim Coochey — known in the neighbourhood as “Mr. Halloween” — is once again putting on his Halloween best.Coochey lives on Des Maçons St., a street devastated by spring flooding in 2017. He managed to salvage the Halloween decorations and has once again installed his haunted house.Everybody is welcome, with a special shout out to children who braved the flood fallout in the neighbourhood. 
  A pre-Halloween look at the ghostly yard and
  
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• Failcamp embraces failure, with an eye toward future success

  26-10-2018 23:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A hundred people from Montreal’s business community gathered in downtown Montreal on Friday afternoon to talk about failure.
  The occasion was the fifth annual Failcamp, a half-day conference devoted to falling on your face.
  “We want to give an opportunity to people who have tried things, who have tried to change the world, to talk about times when it hasn’t been easy,” said event co-founder Francis Gosselin, of Groupe Sage Consulting.
  “The idea is talk about failure
  
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• Inside the CFL: Als' Woody Baron opens new door with children's book

  26-10-2018 22:20 via montrealgazette.com
  The career of a pro athlete, in most cases, comes and goes in what must seem like the blink of an eye. But a name and legacy can last forever.
  Woody Baron, a rookie defensive tackle with the Alouettes, remembers the joy and adulation he felt this summer when he saw his name on the hardcover of #JustaGobbler, a 38-page children’s book he co-authored with his uncle, James Baron, and Henry Taylor. Published by Virginia-based Mascot Books, it brought to fruition a two-year project.
  Baron, who
  
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• Mohawks vote on whether to allow legal cannabis in Kahnawake

  26-10-2018 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  As the first crops of legal cannabis fly off the shelves in and around Montreal, leaders in the Kahnawake territory are easing their way into the market.
  The Mohawk community is voting this week on whether to even allow weed to be sold on the territory. Polls will close Saturday afternoon and, by Monday, the band council will know where it stands on the cannabis question.
  “People in town, they’re really reserved and cautious on the recreational side (of cannabis),” said Gina De
  
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• No weed, and now no wine: SAQ employees launch surprise strike Friday afternoon

  26-10-2018 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  About 5,500 workers at Quebec’s provincially run liquor stores went on strike as of 2 p.m. Friday.
  The action is part of 18 days of one-day strikes authorized last month by the union representing employees at the Société des Alcools du Québec. In practice, that means SAQ outlets across the province will either have to use managers to step in to keep the stores open or close up shop for the day.
  The workers should be back on the job as of Saturday, accord
  
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• Smiles, but also sticking points after Plante and Legault's first meeting

  26-10-2018 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and Premier François Legault emerged all smiles Friday from their first face-to-face meeting since the Oct 1. provincial election.
  They both lauded a new “partnership” to develop the east end of Montreal, including a tramway that would — eventually — run into downtown, the decontamination of waterfront sites and the redesign of Notre-Dame St. E., including a “global plan” for transportation, housing, green space and
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens' 'character' players a drag on fourth line

  26-10-2018 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Everyone is mad at Canadiens forward Andrew Shaw today, but I’m directing my ire toward head coach Claude Julien.
  Shaw has been an utter disaster this week. He took two penalties in the game against the Calgary Flames Tuesday and then on Thursday in Buffalo, he took an incredibly stupid penalty near the end of the second period, a move that as much as anything else cost the Habs a game they should’ve won.
  Shaw was called for holding Sabres defenceman Jake McCabe near centre ice and a
  
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• Weekend traffic migraines plague Mercier, Turcot and Saint-Pierre interchanges

  26-10-2018 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Construction and maintenance work on a bridge and two traffic circles lead this weekend’s list of detours and road closures.The Kahnawake-bound lanes of the Mercier Bridge will be completely closed to traffic from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday for maintenance work. The Montreal-bound lanes of the span will be open to two-way traffic during that period. The reserved lane from Airlie St. will only be accessible to buses between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
  Construction on the Tu
  
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• Cannabis stores will only be open from Thursday to Sunday, SQDC announces

  26-10-2018 20:04 via montrealgazette.com
  After just nine days of operations, the Société québécoise du cannabis announced on Friday that a lack of supply has forced it to reduce the operating hours of its 12 sales outlets to four days a week.
  Beginning Monday and until further notice, the dozen SQDC stores in Quebec will be closed Monday to Wednesday and open during scheduled operating hours from Thursday to Sunday.
  The decision to reduce the operating schedule comes after supply problems — present fro
  
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• What's the difference between a hijab, chador, niqab and burka?

  26-10-2018 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Muslim women in various head coverings.
  Head coverings in modern times are mostly associated with Muslim women. Some Christian and Jewish women also wear headscarves.
  The hijab was originally worn as a gesture of modesty, though some women also use it to publicly identify themselves as Muslim.
  “There are Arab or Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab as an expression of their cultural identity,” according to the website Arabs in America.
  Still others choose not to wear the hi
  
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• Macpherson: Why don't the CAQ Fashion Police go after high heels, too?

  26-10-2018 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Apparently, François Legault’s new Coalition Avenir Québec government has already addressed all the province’s real problems. Because, less than a week after taking office, it was already turning its attention to an imaginary one.
  In Quebec, Muslim women who wear the chador, a shawl that covers the body and the head except for the face, are so rare that the media illustrate stories about them with visuals from abroad. As far as anybody knows, there are none in the provi
  
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• Opinion: What about the symbols of the cult of impossible femininity?

  26-10-2018 19:12 via montrealgazette.com
  From the archives: This oped was first published in the Montreal Gazette on Sept. 21, 2013 in response to the Parti Québécois’s Charter of Values:
  The proposed Charter of Quebec Values plans to eliminate the personal display of religious symbols from the Quebec public service. Apparently this is necessary to confirm the secular neutrality of our state. The government’s posters in the métro suggest that this is a vital gesture to promote the “sacred” e
  
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• Poor work ethic sidetracks Habs’ Scherbak | HI/O Bonus

  26-10-2018 19:09 via montrealgazette.com
  In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette sports columnist Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — try to make sense of Nikita Scherbak.
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• Man who protected Mob boss during shootout gets day parole

  26-10-2018 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The man who was acting as a bodyguard to Mob boss Raynald Desjardins when an attempt was made on his life in Laval seven years ago has been granted day parole on the sentence he is serving for his role in the reckless exchange of gunfire with the hitman.
  Jonathan Mignacca, 33, appeared before the Parole Board of Canada this week at a penitentiary in Laval where he convinced two board members that he has significantly changed his life.
  In September 2011, Desjardins, a leader in the Montreal Mafia
  
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• Buchignani: Mexico welcomes Formula One title fight that isn't

  26-10-2018 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite his best efforts, it seems, Sebastian Vettel is still alive in the 2018 Formula One drivers’ championship.
  Barely.
  Even if the Ferrari driver wins this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, it probably will not be enough to put off the inevitable.
  That’s because Lewis Hamilton needs only to steer his Mercedes to seventh place or better to secure the title with two races to spare, no matter where his rival finishes. In other words, Hamilton could probably jog around the Autodrom
  
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• N.D.G. family's Halloween haunted-house display is worth a detour

  26-10-2018 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  With skeletons wearing yellow vests and hard hats and holding shovels, surrounded by orange traffic cones, one Notre-Dame-de-Grâce family has picked perhaps the scariest possible theme for a haunted house: the never-ending Montreal construction nightmare.
  The display in front of the Monkland Ave. home is itself a cause of traffic congestion. People routinely slow down or park their cars and get out to admire the display, which is an annual labour of love for Jean-François Clout
  
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• Literary awards: Paige Cooper's striking stories demanded to be written

  26-10-2018 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  “I’m overwhelmed.”Paige Cooper’s sense of disorientation is understandable. From a writer with a profile confined mostly to keen readers of Canadian literary journals, in a matter of weeks she has become the consensus newcomer of the year, with her debut story collection Zolitude (Biblioasis, 236 pages, $19.95) long-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, a finalist for the fiction category of the Governor General’s Literary Awards and a double QWF Awards finalist,
  
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• Where to find the ghosts and ghoulies this Halloween in Montreal

  26-10-2018 18:04 via montrealgazette.com
  There is history in the streets of Montreal: It is there, all round us — and where there is history, there are often spirits and ghosts. Somehow they make their presence felt more strongly around Halloween than at any other time — usually to children but sometimes also to grown-ups.
  Here is a brief round-up of Montreal activities related to Halloween and spirits.
  The 2018 Pumpkin Ball at the Botanical Garden.
  For children
  The Great Pumpkin Ball, daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Squ
  
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• Zacharkiw: Raw Wine fair proves natural wines aren’t only for insiders

  26-10-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Last week I wrote about Le Salon des vins d’importation privée, taking place this weekend at Marché Bonsecours. If you want even more tastings, there are two other opportunities next week, although one of the events — the Raw Wine fair — is already sold out. I will talk about it below, because the fact that the public tasting is so popular is significant.
  But first, La Grande Dégustation de Montréal, which takes place Nov. 2 and 3 at Place Bonaventur
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Oct. 26, 2018

  26-10-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $15
  Malbec 2016, Barrel Select, Mendoza, Norton, Argentina red, $13.95, SAQ # 860429. Very tailored and refined, but well done. You get just enough red fruit, fresh acids, that rich mid-palate and a finish that is moderately tannic. Very good for under $15. Residual sugar: 2.3 g/L. Grape variety: malbec. Serve at: 16 C. Drink now. Food pairing ideas: beef brochet
  
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• Carlos Leitão doesn't plan to jump ship to run for federal Liberals

  26-10-2018 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Former Liberal Finance Minister Carlos Leitão says he has no plans to jump ship and run for the federal Liberals in 2019 election.
  In a tweet Friday morning, Leitão said he received a clear mandate from the voters of Robert Baldwin Oct. 1 and he intends to complete it, which means he will represent the riding for the next four years.
  Rumours on Leitão’s future started to swirl Friday following comments made by 98.5 FM political analyst Bernard Drainville
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Silly lawsuits leave a sour taste

  26-10-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Talk about a frivolous lawsuit! A legal firm in Chicago recently launched a class action suit against the Natural Beverage Corporation, producer of the popular LaCroix brand of “naturally flavoured” sparkling waters. Curiously, the company wants the name pronounced as “LaCroy” to “rhyme with ‘enjoy.’” The suit alleges that promoting the beverage as “all natural” is misleading because it contains synthetic ingredients. Specifically menti
  
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• Son of Tony Accurso killed in Laurentians car crash

  26-10-2018 16:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A 38-year-old man was arrested early Friday and is expected to face charges of impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death in the wake of a crash that left his 43-year-old passenger dead.
  The victim has been identified as James Accurso, oldest son of former Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso.
  The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. on Highway 370 near Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson in the Laurentians. The vehicle driven by the suspect, a resident of Sainte-Marguerite-du
  
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• Quebec's free flu shot program to be restored for healthy infants, seniors

  26-10-2018 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than a month after the provincial government decided Quebec would no longer provide healthy infants and seniors with free flu shots, Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann on Friday reversed the decision, saying that authorities want to offer “this protection against the consequences of the flu virus to the greatest possible number of persons.”
  The decision to end free seasonal flu shots to healthy infants from six months to 23 months as well as to healthy adults from the ages o
  
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• While you were sleeping: Willa stirs up trouble, and so does Trump

  26-10-2018 14:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were having some much deserved rest.
  Hurricane Willa, the weather system that devastated parts of Mexico,  has been downgraded to a tropical storm — but it is set to leave its mark on Montreal this weekend.
  The storm that originated in the Pacific Ocean is continuing its slow journey toward the Atlantic — via Florida, New York and Montreal — in the form of strong wind, rain storms and possibly the season’s first nor’eas
  
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• Son of Tony Accurso killed in Laurentians car crash, reports say

  26-10-2018 13:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A 38-year-old man was arrested early Friday and is expected to face charges of impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death in the wake of a crash that left his 43-year-old passenger dead.
  Several news reports Friday morning identified the victim as James Accurso, oldest son of former Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso.
  The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. on Highway 370 near Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson in the Laurentians. The vehicle driven by the suspect, a resident o
  
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• Real estate: Fighting for affordable housing in Parc-Ex's plex market

  26-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The humble plex has become a hot commodity in Montreal, but there’s a dark side to the boom. Community housing advocates fear fast-rising prices are reducing the supply of affordable homes in neighbourhoods already in dire need.
  As director of the non-profit Brique par brique (briqueparbrique.com), community organizer Faiz Abhuani has seen for himself how cruel the plex market can be.
  In the past two years, Brique par brique has raised over $300,000 in community bonds to cover the down pay
  
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• Montreal's Brown Snake helped by conservation efforts

  26-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Seen a brown snake lately?
  Chances are you haven’t because the small reptile, found almost exclusively in the Montreal area, is fighting for its survival these days.
  But efforts to protect the species just got a boost from the Ecomuseum Zoo, which recently completely phase I of a project to protect the habitat of Quebec’s “most urban” reptile.
  The project included the building of two hibernation sites and 39 snake shelters in three Montreal nature parks — Bois-
  
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• La Voix finalist Travis Cormier keeps his voice, with Bob Rock's help

  26-10-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Listening to Travis Cormier’s debut album, Dollars and Hearts, you feel like you’re right in the middle of one of those big, booming Bon Jovi hits from the late ’80s, for better or worse. That only makes sense, given that it’s produced by Bob Rock, the Canadian knob-twirler who has made a career of churning out big, booming radio-ready hits for Bon Jovi and a slew of other artists, including Mötley Crüe, the Cult, Bryan Adams and Metallica.
  The album, which come
  
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• Urgences Santé to revise ways it responds to emergency calls

  26-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Urgences Santé will revise its emergency protocols to take into account how long some people have to wait for an ambulance after a Roxboro man in excruciating pain languished at home for nine hours before he was transported to hospital.
  The president and executive director of Urgences Santé paid a personal visit to Trevor Garland at St. Mary’s Hospital on Wednesday to apologize for his lengthy wait.
  Garland, who is 66, dislocated his right hip and had to undergo emergency sur
  
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• Montreal weather: The calm before the deluge

  26-10-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Enjoy today’s sunshine, because the weather is forecast to take a turn for the worse Saturday with rain and/or snow for five days at least.
  For Friday, Environment Canada is calling for a mix of sun and cloud, becoming sunny near noon. Wind west 20 km/h. High 6. UV index 2 or low.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness after midnight. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h near midnight. Low minus 1. Wind chill minus 7 overnight.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Antti Niemi not enough to beat Sabres

  26-10-2018 06:11 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — Canadiens coach Claude Julien says Antti Niemi is the perfect backup goalie for Carey Price and Niemi put in another strong performance Thursday night, but it wasn’t enough in a 4-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center.
  Niemi stopped 38 of the 42 shots he faced, but couldn’t stop Kyle Okposo’s power-play point blast with 1:01 left on the clock that was the winner. Niemi suffered his first loss of the season as his record fell to 2-1-0 with a 3.26 goa
  
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• In the Habs Room: 'We blew it. It’s our own fault' we lost, Julien says

  26-10-2018 05:33 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — The Canadiens looked like they ran out of gas Thursday night, losing 4-3 to the Buffalo Sabres and getting outshot 42-22 with Kyle Okposo scoring the winner on a power play with 1:01 left on the clock.
  But that’s not the way Canadiens coach Claude Julien saw it.
  “They outcompeted us,” Julien said. “I’m not going to say our guys didn’t work, but they outcompeted us. They won a lot of battles along the walls, way more than usual. In our own end,
  
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• Late power-play goal lifts Sabres past Canadiens in Buffalo

  26-10-2018 05:07 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — After Thursday’s morning skate at the KeyBank Center, Canadiens coach Claude Julien was asked about his team’s new fast-paced, aggressive style of play and how it might be a problem to keep it up through a full 82-game season.
  “It’s a long year and when you play at that pace, there’s going to be a time where it’s going to catch up, we’re going to look a little tired,” Julien said. “So it’s up to me to manage the rest, th
  
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• CAQ MNA Claire Samson is considering quitting politics

  26-10-2018 04:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Disappointed after being left out of the Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet, Iberville MNA Claire Samson told Presse Canadienne she is considering giving up politics.
  For Premier François Legault, it could become a baptism of fire, with a need to plug the first breach in his expanded caucus.
  Samson was last in Parliament on Oct. 18, during the swearing-in ceremony. Annoyed at being excluded, she left the room in a hurry, before the end of the ceremony.
  And it’s unlikely she will
  
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• About last night … Canadiens dominated in Buffalo

  26-10-2018 04:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s the stat that explains the game … or at least the game’s final result:
  About halfway through the first period, the Canadiens had seven shots on goal, as did Buffalo
  From that point on, the Sabres outshot the visitors 35-15. In the third period, the Canadiens had four shots.
  So despite Max Domi’s heroics – including the third-period goal that gave the Canadiens an undeserved lead – the home team was full-value for the win.
  Yes, as has been the case sinc
  
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• Liveblog: Buffalo tops Canadiens 4-3

  26-10-2018 03:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Can’t win ’em all … especially when you give up 42 shots on goal.
  Max Domi gave the Canadiens a lead six minutes into the third period. But Sam Reinhart tied it up.
  And Kyle Okposo won it late.
  The home team dominated the second period and Jason Pominville tied the game 1-1 11:22 in.
  Joel Armia restored the lead with a weird wraparound that beat Carter Hutton, but a late power-play goal by Pominville sets up a big third period..
  Domi got the Canadiens on the board 1:17 in
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner: Hope that Trump would support LGBTQ community was a mistake

  26-10-2018 03:13 via montrealgazette.com
  By Caitlyn Jenner
  These past two years under President Donald Trump have given me the opportunity to reflect on a lot of topics that have come up in the LGBTQ community and in our nation. Some of these are thorny issues still worth discussing; many should have been settled long ago. As I’ve watched and pondered, my outlook has changed significantly from what it was during my highly publicized and glamorized early Caitlyn days, when my life as an out trans woman was just beginning.
  Since th
  
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• Program helping older entrepreneurs find successors expands to Montreal

  26-10-2018 02:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A provincially backed program that supports older entrepreneurs who are in the process of transferring their business to a new owner is expanding to Montreal.
  The Centre de transfert d’enterprise du Québec is recruiting its first cohort of owners of small and medium-sized businesses that will get direct support as they look to ensure the business is transferred smoothly to a new owner.
  The first group of between five and 10 companies will be part of an 18-month program and will get
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens 2 – Buffalo 2 after two

  26-10-2018 02:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Interesting second period and deuces wild in Buffalo.
  The home team dominated and Jason Pominville tied the game 11:22 in.
  Joel Armia restored the lead with a weird wraparound that beat Carter Hutton, but a late power-play goal by Pominville sets up a big third period..
  Max Domi got the Canadiens on the board 1:17 into the game, beating Hutton after a nice feed by Artturi Lehkonen.
  Shots through 40 are 27-18 Buffalo.
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  Twitter post by Shaun Starr of TSN690:
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• Strangled teen: Closing arguments begin at Montreal murder trial

  26-10-2018 02:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The defence lawyer representing a man who strangled his 17-year-old girlfriend has asked the jury at his murder trial to find him either not criminally responsible or guilty of manslaughter.
  Closing arguments in the trial of Jonathan Mahautière, 22, began at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday.
  Mahautière is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Gabrielle Dufresne-Élie, who tried to end their relationship on June 7, 2014.
  That day, the two attended a couples th
  
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• Montreal housing market is stable, CMHC report shows

  26-10-2018 02:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s housing market continued to show a low degree of vulnerability to instability during the second quarter of 2018, according to a report released by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation on Thursday.
  The crown corporation said the region’s housing showed little evidence of price acceleration, overheating, overvaluation or overbuilding.
  While housing prices continued to rise in Montreal during the second quarter of 2018, increases in disposable income in the region si
  
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• #ICYMI: SQDC network at risk, new Champlain Bridge late, more news

  26-10-2018 02:16 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  After its first full week of operations, the Société québécoise du cannabis has admitted that supplying its stores is proving to be far more difficult than foreseen and is worried about its ability to maintain its 12-store sales network.
  Read more here: Cannabis shortage could be downfall of retail network, SQDC worries
  In Toronto some illegal cannabis shops that were
  
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• Montreal on track with social and affordable housing, Plante says

  26-10-2018 02:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante issued a report card Thursday on her administration’s efforts to fulfill a key campaign promise: create 12,000 social, affordable and family housing units within four years.
  From home-ownership subsidies to construction of subsidized housing projects, Plante said the city is on track to achieve that goal by creating 6,000 social housing units (subsidized housing for low-income residents) and the same number of affordable dwellings (housing whose rent o
  
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• Montreal parking meter thieves get jail, but spared reimbursement

  26-10-2018 01:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Three men who were working for Stationnement de Montréal when they stole toonies and loonies from parking meters were sentenced to prison terms Thursday.
  The three were estimated to have stolen nearly $300,000 over 10 months while they gathered money from the city’s solar-powered parking meters.
  Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle noted each had a different motive for stealing from a system Stationnement de Montréal believed was theft-proof, but each merited a prison term to se
  
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• Stu Cowan: Sergio Momesso knows what it's like to play with Canadiens at 18

  26-10-2018 00:03 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — Sergio Momesso is one of the very few people who can really relate to what Jesperi Kotkaniemi is experiencing as an 18-year-old playing with the Canadiens.
  Momesso was also 18 when he made his NHL debut with the Canadiens during the 1983-84 season and it’s a day he will never forget. Momesso had played with the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes on a Friday night and the next morning the phone rang at his billet’s house. Momesso was told it was Canadiens GM Serge Sav
  
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• Liberals concede they have drifted away from ordinary people

  26-10-2018 00:02 via montrealgazette.com
  LAC-BEAUPORT — Pierre Arcand says his party is not into self-flagellation, but the Liberals are doing some serious soul-searching about their disastrous election performance.
  Emerging from a two-day closed meeting of the much-reduced party caucus, which turned into an election post-mortem, Arcand, the interim party leader, ventured a few theories on why the party cranked out the worst electoral performance in its 150-year-old history.
  Liberals have already admitted many of their traditiona
  
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