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• McGill protesters demand change of Redmen name

  31-10-2018 23:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Hundreds of students came out in the pouring rain Wednesday afternoon to protest the McGill Redmen name.
  Around since the late 1920s, the moniker for the university’s varsity men’s teams has sparked renewed debate of late for being insulting to Indigenous people.
  “This name has got to change,” said protester Jennifer Chan, vice president external affairs of the Political Science Students Association. “It’s just not right for a school this influential in Canada
  
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• Als' season has silver lining as Henoc Muamba earns award nominations

  31-10-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  In yet another season of disappointment and underachievement for the Alouettes, one player stood tall — Henoc Muamba.
  On Wednesday, the Canadian Football League announced the non-import middle linebacker is the Als’ award nominee in three categories — outstanding player, defence and top Canadian. Muamba was a unanimous selection in all three.
  Meanwhile, tailback William Stanback is the team nominee for outstanding rookie and the special-teams award. Completing the list is centr
  
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• Montreal traffic hell to hit new level over next two weekends

  31-10-2018 22:07 via montrealgazette.com
  If ever there was a need for an express train to the West Island, it’s now — with construction projects set to close major highways in Montreal over the next two weekends.
  As it happens, work on the light-rail project is the cause of the first set of traffic disruptions.Builders of the $6.3 billion Réseau express métropolitain are urging commuters to and from the West Island to take public transit on Sunday — or stay home.
  That’s because starting Saturd
  
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• Despite missing MLS playoffs, Impact players buoyed by strong finish

  31-10-2018 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  When a team fails to make the playoffs, professional athletes are loath to suggest where improvements are required, inevitably stating those decisions rest with management.
  But on Wednesday, as Impact players cleaned out their lockers and met the media at Centre Nutrilait after missing Major League Soccer’s playoffs for the second consecutive season, midfielder Samuel Piette had no problem offering his two cents’ worth.
  “Obviously we need a top striker,” the 23-year-old R
  
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• Free of foreclosure, LaSalle Legion set for Remembrance Day ceremonies

  31-10-2018 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Ray Cormie has been sleeping far better than he has for the last few years, now that there is no longer the threat of foreclosure hanging over the Royal Canadian Legion in LaSalle.
  Cormie, president of the LaSalle Legion, is delighted to report that annual Remembrance Day ceremonies will take place as usual at the branch on Sunday. This year’s event will have particularly special significance for the LaSalle Legion as well as all the others in the land, as it marks the 100-year anniversary
  
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• REM says no to TMR request to bury its tracks

  31-10-2018 21:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Builders of the $6.3 billion Réseau express métropolitain are throwing cold water on a request by the Town of Mount Royal to bury the part of the line slated to run through the suburb.
  Residents of the area recently packed the town hall for an information session about the  project, which would see the number of trains running through the town increase to 550 per day, from 62 currently.
  T.M.R. Mayor Philippe Roy said he would like CDPQ Infra, the REM’s builders, to
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron skip practice

  31-10-2018 20:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron both took therapy days Wednesday and did not take part in the Canadiens’ 11:30 a.m. practice in Brossard.
  Gallagher scored the only goal — his team-leading seventh of the season — in Tuesday night’s 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars at the Bell Centre, while Byron left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury and didn’t return.
  After practice Wednesday, coach Claude Julien said Gallagher will be in the lineup Thursday night
  
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• Kwasi Benjamin sentenced to life in prison for killing girlfriend

  31-10-2018 20:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A judge sentenced Kwasi Benjamin to life in prison on Wednesday for the second-degree murder of his girlfriend Nellie Angutiguluk, stipulating that the perpetrator will be ineligible for parole for 14 years.
  In his sentencing statement, Superior Court Judge Pierre Labrie said there were several aggravating circumstances that led him to dole out a more severe penalty than recommended by the jury.
  Eight members had recommended life in prison with no consideration for parole before 10 years. The ot
  
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• Martin Patriquin: On signs of religion, CAQ targets imaginary problem

  31-10-2018 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s the gist of the spiel wafting from the Coalition Avenir Québec government: Religious types, left unchecked by 15 years of wanton multiculturalism at the hands of the Quebec Liberal Party, are imposing their will and practices on Quebec’s institutions. These religious minorities are poised to flood Quebec’s expansive civil service with kippahs, hijabs and the like, altering it in particular and society in general. These practices are taking over and must be stopped
  
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• Opinion: McGill's Redmen team name should remain

  31-10-2018 19:38 via montrealgazette.com
  As McGill alumni, we share the commitment of the Working Group on Principles of Commemoration and Renaming to ensure that our campus is more inclusive and welcoming to Indigenous people. We applaud McGill University’s recent initiatives like the launch of the college program in Kahnawake and ongoing efforts to boost recruitment of Indigenous faculty and students.
  As student-athletes, we proudly wore the red colours of McGill and were proud to represent McGill as its Redmen. There is a long
  
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• Assisted dying: Don't fill out federal forms, Quebec doctors told

  31-10-2018 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s College of Physicians is telling its members not to fill out paperwork required by Ottawa once federal legislation on assisted dying goes into effect on Thursday.
  The provincial medical association contends the information required by Health Canada will not only increase the administrative burden on Quebec doctors, but also could reveal the identity of patients seeking to end their lives.
  The College worries those new requirements might make doctors here less willing to involve th
  
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• Legault contradicted: No freeze on salaries of medical specialists

  31-10-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The provincial government has backtracked after saying last week it had frozen the salaries of Quebec’s medical specialists.
  “Before we talk about a freeze or anything else for that matter, we have to fully understand the agreement,” Treasury Board President Christian Dubé told reporters arriving for a Wednesday cabinet meeting.
  “For the moment, there is no freeze because we want to understand the numbers which would be frozen if we were to freeze.&r
  
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• Airbus masks production shortfall — with help from Bombardier

  31-10-2018 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Airbus SE acknowledged it must now rely on a Bombardier Inc. jet acquired this year to meet its delivery target of 800 planes in 2018.
  It’s the first time the planemaker has factored the impact of the purchase into plans to meet its forecast, after previously saying it wouldn’t need the A220s to do so. On Wednesday, the company said it would count 18 of the narrow-body jets, formerly called the C Series, in this year’s total.
  The shift, announced with third-quarter results, hig
  
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• Pilot's attack on 'spinal column' of Hydro-Québec is unprecedented: lawyer

  31-10-2018 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  There is no crime that compares to what Normand Dubé did to Hydro-Québec’s power network when he somehow short-circuited two high-tension power lines nearly four years ago, a prosecutor argued at the St-Jérôme courthouse on Wednesday.
  “There is nothing that compares to what he did,” Steve Baribeau said of Dubé while seeking the maximum 10-year sentence that accompanies a conviction of mischief. The prosecutor emphasized that he could find no pr
  
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• Public security minister confident Montreal cops will heed BEI's warning

  31-10-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The public security minister says she has complete confidence in the head of Quebec’s police watchdog agency and believes Montreal police officers will conform to her warning about respecting the rules on investigations into police shootings.
  “I saw extracts of this letter in the media,” Geneviève Guilbault told reporters Wednesday as she arrived for a meeting of the Quebec cabinet. “What I saw is (Madeleine) Giauque did her work.
  “She warned M
  
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• 13 spooky stats about Halloween in Montreal

  31-10-2018 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Halloween is now upon us, and obviously that means it’s time to talk about numbers.
  With a little help from the City of Montreal, here are some numbers that encompass this spooktacular day:
  304,475 kids live on the Island of Montreal, which adds up to a lot of doorbell rings tonight.
  Speaking of loot to hand out, the city says the average household spends $174 on candy each year. Households in L’île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève spend the most on candy — $187, to b
  
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• Quieter, safer: Montreal calls Mount Royal pilot project a success

  31-10-2018 15:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal was a success, Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration claims in a preliminary report.
  Eliminating cross-town traffic on Remembrance Rd. and Camillien Houde Way and reducing the speed limit to 40 km/hour reduced the daily number of vehicles from 10,000 to 3,700 and made the roads quieter and safer, according to the report, presented to the city’s executive committee Wednesday morning.
  Whereas 600 to 700 traffic ti
  
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• Playing it straight: Posture tips for musicians can help you, too

  31-10-2018 14:40 via montrealgazette.com
  When it comes to posture, many musicians aren’t much better than people who work in front of a computer all day, according to Anne Ouellet-Demers. In some ways, they’re worse off.
  “An instrument is not like a desk, where you can raise your computer, or push your keyboard back, use an ergonomic mouse or change sides (of your mouse hand),” said the Montreal kinesiologist and kinesiotherapist.
  Classical musicians often play from a seated position and focus almost all their e
  
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• Quebec names former Sûreté du Québec officer as UPAC interim-director

  31-10-2018 14:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A former Sûreté du Québec officer has been named interim-director of Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, UPAC.
  Frédéric Gaudreau has been working as an associate commissioner for investigations with the squad since June.
  Gaudreau will fill both posts and assume that of interim-director on Nov. 3, a day after the departure of incumbent Robert Lafrenière.
  Once a full-time replacement for Lafrenière is found, their candidacy will have to be appr
  
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• Man dies in car crash near Cowansville

  31-10-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old man died Tuesday night after the car he was driving was struck by another vehicle and then plunged into a ditch.
  The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Saint-Ignace à Dunham Rd. southwest of Cowansville.
  The victim was ejected from his car on impact was and in critical condition during transport to hospital. He later died of his injuries.
  The driver of the other vehicle, a 31-year-old man, was treated for nervous shock and may face a charge of dangerous driving causing de
  
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• CAQ's Energy Ministry chief of staff is in conflict of interest, opposition says

  31-10-2018 13:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s official opposition is calling for the head of a former lobbyist for interests seeking to promote petroleum exploration — he is now chief of staff to the province’s minister of energy and natural resources.
  Pierre-Yves Boivin was until recently a registered lobbyist for the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, which has called for oil exploration at Anticosti Island, a pipeline that would transport petroleum from the oilsands as well as e
  
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• It'll be 'a few months' before Quebec cannabis stores open full time: SQDC

  31-10-2018 12:56 via montrealgazette.com
  It may take “a few months more” before the 12 sales outlets of the Société québécoise du cannabis reopen seven days a week, SQDC president Jean-François Bergeron said on Tuesday.
  Just nine days after opening for business on Oct. 17, the dozen stores across Quebec reduced their operating schedules to Thursday to Sunday after restocking problems left most of its inventories sold out.
  “Once I see that production is regular — we’r
  
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• While you were sleeping: Stolen colon returned to rightful owner

  31-10-2018 12:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you enjoyed one more rest before Halloween.
  The Canada Post employee strike in Montreal ended Tuesday night. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) the 6,000 Montreal Local employees were returning to work at 11:30 p.m. following a 25-hour strike. In addition to the island of Montreal, the strike also hit cities on the North Shore and the South Shore, including Terrebonne, Laval, Chambly, La Prairie, St. Bruno, Châteaugauy and Beauharnois.
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• Montreal weather: Here comes the rain again

  31-10-2018 12:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Dreary. There is really no other polite way to describe today’s weather.
  Environment Canada is calling for rain beginning in the morning and a high of 6 for the day.
  Tonight: Periods of rain with a low of plus 4.
  Special note for people living north of the city: there is a “special weather statement” calling for freezing rain in the morning. Tap here for more details: Freezing rain: Special weather statements cover areas north of Montreal
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• These resources can help parents concerned about teens' risky behaviour

  31-10-2018 12:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The temptations for young people in today’s world are many, be it the misuse of alcohol, drugs, excessive internet use or a combination thereof. Some succumb to negative peer pressure, others retreat into a world of cyber fantasy. For parents who want to be proactive and for parents who suspect their child might be struggling with a risky behaviour, there are resources a click away.
  This list of resources was supplied by Viviane Briand, a consultant in addictions prevention and health prom
  
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• ‘We don’t focus on one drug’: Students given tools to make good choices

  31-10-2018 12:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The fact that smoking recreational pot became legal this month isn’t creating much of a ripple with the Lester B. Pearson School Board. That’s because the board has long had measures in place to teach students decision-making skills to help them make informed decisions when tempted by risky behaviours.
  “We don’t just focus on one drug,” Viviane Briand said. “Cannabis is part of a bigger picture. We look at substance use through a larger lens.”
  Briand is
  
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• Kramberger: Construction is going to be a pain, but West Islanders deserve the REM

  31-10-2018 11:02 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s unavoidable that the construction of a 67-kilometre integrated public transit regional network — which includes several stations planned for the West Island — will have some impact on the local environment and traffic. You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs, right?
  There are naysayers for almost any kind of development project, from building a new school or seniors residence to replacing a rundown resto-bar. This isn’t to say nearby residents can
  
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• Support is a click away for concerned parents

  31-10-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The temptations for young people in today’s world are many, be it the misuse of alcohol, drugs,  excessive internet use or a combination thereof. Some succumb to negative peer pressure, others retreat into a world of cyber fantasy. For parents who want to be proactive and for parents who suspect their child might be struggling with a risky behaviour, there are resources a click away.
  This list of resources was supplied by Viviane Briand, a consultant in addictions prevention and healt
  
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• Kinesiologist makes musicians straighten up

  31-10-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When it comes to posture, many musicians aren’t much better than people who work in front of a computer all day, according to Anne Ouellet-Demers. In some ways, they’re worse off.
  “An instrument is not like a desk, where you can raise your computer, or push your keyboard back, use an ergonomic mouse or change sides (of your mouse hand),” said the Montreal kinesiologist and kinesiotherapist.
  Classical musicians often play from a seated position and focus almost all their e
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'Our power play wasn't working,' Gallagher says

  31-10-2018 04:54 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens’ special teams have to be a lot better.
  That was the message to take away from the Canadiens’ 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars Tuesday night.
  The Canadiens had four power plays and managed only one shot on goal. And the Stars opened a 3-1 lead in the third period when Devin Shore scored a short-handed goal.
  “We knew they had a good power play, but the disappointing part is that our power play wasn’t working,” said Brendan Gallagher, who scored the lone Mon
  
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• About last night … Dallas rides Bishop to 4-1 win

  31-10-2018 03:57 via montrealgazette.com
  If the Canadiens find themselves in the Stanley Cup final, let’s hope they’re not facing Ben Bishop.
  Let’s return to reality:
  In a game between two teams unlikely to be playing in late May, the Dallas goaltender kept his team in the game through a first-period bombardment at the Bell Centre.
  Bishop made 10 saves, while his teammates managed a grand total of two shots on Carey Price.
  Then the game changed.
  Bishop stopped Artturi Lehkonen’s penalty shot early in the second
  
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• Canadiens can't overcome poor play on special teams in loss to Stars

  31-10-2018 03:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens’ special teams made the difference Tuesday night and not in a good way.
  The Dallas Stars scored a power-play goal and a short-handed goal en route to a 4-1 win over the Canadiens at the Bell Centre.
  The Canadiens attempted a comeback in the third period when Brendan Gallagher cut the Dallas lead to 2-1 with his seventh goal of the season at the 2:58 mark. Gallagher left a drop pass for Tomas Tatar and then made a beeline to the net. Ben Bishop stopped Tatar’s shot, but
  
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• Canada Post strike ends in Montreal

  31-10-2018 03:31 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — The Canada Post employee strike in Montreal ended Tuesday night as the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) continues its lobbying efforts across the country.
  CUPW announced late Tuesday that the 6,000 Montreal Local employees were returning to work at 11:30 p.m. following a 25-hour strike.
  In addition to the island of Montreal, the strike also hit cities on the North Shore and the South Shore, including Terrebonne, Laval, Chambly, La Prairie, St. Bruno, Châteaugauy and B
  
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• Liveblog: Dallas beats Canadiens 4-1

  31-10-2018 03:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Alexander Radulov’s empty-netter capped a weird one at the Bell Centre.
  Brendan Gallagher’s early-third-period goal made it interesting … for a while.
  But Devin Shore’s shorthanded goal made it 3-1 and sealed the deal.
  Artturi Lehkonen’s shorthanded  penalty shot was stopped by Ben Bishop seconds into the second period. Then Esa Lindell scored on the Dallas power play. It was the Stars’ third shot of the game.
  And six minutes later, a Miro Heiskanen
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: 'Talk to Bergy,' Radulov says after Stars win 4-1

  31-10-2018 03:19 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:
  Former Canadien Alexander Radulov didn’t want to talk to the media who showed up at the Bell Centre for the Dallas Stars’ morning skate on Tuesday, walking past them and simply saying: “No.&r
  
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• Family of Montreal man fatally shot by police files suit

  31-10-2018 02:47 via montrealgazette.com
  As she cradled her nine-month-old granddaughter in her arms, Erma Gibbs criticized the Montreal police for killing her son and for racially harassing young black men across the city.
  Nicholas Gibbs, a 23-year-old black man, was fatally shot in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce last August after allegedly threatening police with a knife.
  A cellphone video that captured part of the police intervention shows that police fired five shots toward Gibbs, including two while his back was turned.
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• Liveblog: Dallas 2 – Canadiens 0 after two

  31-10-2018 02:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Arturri Lehkonen’s shorthanded  penalty shot was stopped by Ben Bishop seconds into the second period.
  Then Esa Lindell scored on the Dallas power play. It was the Stars’ third shot of the game.
  And six minutes later, a Miro Heiskanen rocket beat Carey Price to give the visitors a 2-0 lead … on eight shots on goal.
  The Canadiens have hit a few posts.
  Shots through 40 are 19-17 Canadiens … who had a 10-2 advantage after 20 minutes..
   
  
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• Townships employers look to recruit immigrants to ease labour shortage

  31-10-2018 01:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Employers and organizations in the Estrie region are trying to encourage immigrants to move to the area to help fill its worsening shortage of workers.
  The region, which roughly overlaps the Eastern Townships, had an unemployment rate of 4.1 per cent in September, according to Statistics Canada. Local employers are increasingly looking to hire new arrivals, but in order to do that, they need to attract more new immigrants to the region.
  Louise Bourgault, the director of the Sherbrooke Chamber of
  
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• Liveblog: Dallas 0 – Canadiens 0 after one

  31-10-2018 01:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens dominated the opening 20 minutes, but have nothing to show for it.
  Ben Bishop made some good saves, the Canadiens rang a couple posts and we’re tied at Nada.
  The home team had a couple of power plays.
  Shots were 10-3.
   
  
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• #ICYMI: Police killing leads to suit, Kahnawake legalizes pot, more news

  31-10-2018 01:04 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  As she cradled her nine-month-old granddaughter in her arms, Erma Gibbs criticized the Montreal police for killing her son and for racially harassing young black men across the city. Nicholas Gibbs, a 23-year-old black man, was fatally shot in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce last August after allegedly threatening police with a knife. “I don’t want another black family to go through this,&
  
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• REM's Outremont construction site a headache for schoolchildren

  31-10-2018 00:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Noise-cancelling headphones are the latest craze for students at École St-Germain d’Outremont.
  Since school came back into session this past summer, the public school on Vincent D’Indy Ave. has found itself only steps away from a four-year construction site that’s part of the $6.3-billion Réseau express métropolitain. In July, crews began working to build the light-rail network’s Université de Montréal station, which will be attache
  
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• Stu Cowan: Max Domi is enjoying the spotlight with Canadiens

  31-10-2018 00:16 via montrealgazette.com
  I remember being at a golf tournament years ago and sitting at the same dinner table as former Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer.
  During the meal, Cournoyer was interrupted several times by fans asking for an autograph. He politely signed them before returning to his meal and I wondered how many times in his life Cournoyer had experienced that situation and I asked if he ever got bothered by it. The Hall of Famer responded it would bother him when people no longer wanted his autograph.
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• Home furnishings company Bouclair, executives charged with tax evasion

  31-10-2018 00:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Pointe-Claire-based home furnishings retailer Bouclair and two of its executives have been charged with tax evasion.
  Bouclair, Peter Goldberg, the company’s president and CEO, and Erwin Fligel, its vice-president of real estate services, have been charged with four counts of violating the income tax act.
  The Canada Revenue Agency alleges Goldberg, Fligel and Bouclair willfully evaded payment of the company’s taxes and made “false or deceptive statements” on the
  
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