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• Canadiens Game Day: Lightning goalie ruins the party as Habs lose 4-1

  03-11-2018 22:11 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:
  Max Domi scored for the Canadiens only 58 seconds into the first period and the Bell Centre was ready for a Saturday night party.
  Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy ended up ruining it and the Lightning beat
  
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• Bernier will face Conservative farmer, ex-FQM leader Lehoux in 2019

  03-11-2018 20:21 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a dairy producer who will run against the leader of the new People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, in the Beauce riding next election.
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was in St-Elzéar Saturday morning to announce that Richard Lehoux, a former president of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM), would run under the Conservative banner in the upcoming October 2019 election.
  In addition to his responsibilities at the FQM, Le
  
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• What you need to know about flu season in Quebec

  03-11-2018 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  As flu season approaches so to does the effort to get as many Quebecers vaccinated as possible.
  The government kicked off its flu shot program on Thursday, offering free vaccinations to the most at-risk patients.
  There are some modifications to the program. For instance, it isn’t recommended that healthy people between 60 and 74 must get the shot but, but it will be offered on demand.
  Those targeted by the program are adults aged 75 and older, or children between the ages of 6 and 17 who h
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Brendan Gallagher among NHL leaders in goals

  03-11-2018 18:38 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:
  Heading into Saturday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN360, CITY, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio) the Canadiens’ Brendan Gallagher was tied for eighth in the NH
  
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• SQ assisting local police investigation into suspicious death in Blainville

  03-11-2018 18:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Police are investigating after a man in his 30s died in suspicious circumstances early Saturday morning in Blainville, roughly 40 kilometres from Montreal.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, around 3 a.m. Saturday, a woman showed up a corner store in Blainville asking for directions to the nearest hospital.
  The local police force was contacted soon after the car was intercepted on La Seigneurie Blvd.
  There were several people in the car, including the victim, who was vis
  
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• Gatineau bus driver suspended for calling client a 'salope'

  03-11-2018 15:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A bus driver from the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) has been suspended with pay for having called a client a “slut” (“salope”).
  Captured on video a week ago, the incident shows a woman standing in the open bus doorway while the bus is moving.
  The exchange between the driver and the client was also filmed. The incident occurred at the CEGEP de l’Outaouais terminus in Gatineau.
  The STO has apologized and the driver has been su
  
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• Maxime Bernier will have a strong Conservative opponent in his riding

  03-11-2018 14:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The leader of the new People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, will have a strong Conservative opponent in his own riding in the next election.
  Conservative leader Andrew Scheer is expected to announce Saturday that Richard Lehoux, former president of the Quebec Federation of Municipalities, will run for the party in the Beauce riding.
  Bernier already reacted to the possible candidacy a few days ago on his Twitter account, saying he wasn’t surprised that the Conservatives are choosi
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Industrial concrete has become a trendy decor element

  03-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  One of the biggest trends poured upon us this year is concrete. It offers an industrial edge to decor and plays nicely along with the grey colour trend that has escalated over the past few years. When it comes to concrete, you probably usually think of sidewalks, garages or basements. Concrete can admittedly be rough, difficult to keep clean and not comfortable to the touch. But when polished and sealed, concrete can add urban sophistication or a textural rustic element to a space. And for those
  
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• One-on-one with Mayor Valérie Plante, one year later

  03-11-2018 13:43 via montrealgazette.com
  T’es bonne! Fière de toi! You rock! T’es capable!
  Mayor Valérie Plante looks down at the handwritten inspirational sticky notes that mark her spot at the round wood table.
  “It has been a long week and I’m tired — my team left these to boost my energy,” a laughing Plante tells a reporter as she sits down for a Friday afternoon interview in her second-floor, corner office at Montreal city hall.
  It has been a long year since she and her Projet Montr
  
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• Poll: Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante less popular than a year ago

  03-11-2018 13:39 via montrealgazette.com
  One year after being elected as Montreal mayor, Valérie Plante’s popularity has dropped sharply, according to a new Léger-Journal de Montréal poll that shows that 44 per cent of voters already want change when it comes to who’s running the city.
  However, facing little opposition, Plante still obtained 42 per cent of voting intentions.
  Only 10 per cent of respondents showed support for Ensemble Montréal leader Lionel Perez, and half said they didn
  
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• While you were sleeping: Florida shooter identified, Spice Girls back?

  03-11-2018 13:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. Here are a few stories from the overnight desk.
  Florida shooter, victims identified: Authorities have identified the shooter at a yoga studio in Tallahassee and the two people he killed. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that police there identified the victims as Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21. Scott Paul Beierle, 40, killed himself at the scene Friday. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told reporters Friday night that the man shot six people an
  
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• Week in Review: Massacre, wind, Mount Royal, neige and surplus

  03-11-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.At Montreal synagogues, messages of solidarity transcend religious barriers
  Two days after 11 of his fellow Jews were massacred in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Mark Fishman arrived at his own synagogue on the West Island to find numerous messages of support from regular Montrealers and from the leaders of Muslim and Christian communities across the island. “There are incredible messages of solidarity and love and the decency o
  
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• Shelter: The Kagans downsized and upgraded to condo life in Dorval

  03-11-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sheldon and Linda Kagan were living in a large house in Dorval when, after Sheldon retired in 2015, they decided to downsize. Their son and daughter had long since flown the coop (the couple now have three grandsons), and while they were ready to move into something smaller, they didn’t want to leave Dorval, a city that had been their home “for decades.”
  Downsizing was quite a wrench. Sheldon had a huge collection of music memorabilia from his years as a disc jockey, event orga
  
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• Mayor Valérie Plante's Year 1: A timeline

  03-11-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s a look at Valérie Plante’s eventful debut year as Montreal’s mayor.
  2017
  November
  • After running an energetic, upbeat, mobility-focused campaign, Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal wins the election, riding a wave of dissatisfaction with incumbent Denis Coderre to become the city’s first female mayor.
  • The incoming administration says it is surprised to find a $358-million budgetary shortfall left behind by Coderre. It says it will h
  
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• Montreal weather: Wet and windy

  03-11-2018 12:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The weekend kicks off with more rain and quite blustery.
  A west wind at 20 km/h, gusting to 40, in the morning will then increase to 40 km/h, gusting to 70 in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 7.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of showers and a low of 2.
  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&rsq
  
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• Rosemont residents take zero waste challenge

  03-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  On Wednesday, Douglas Beeson did something he has never done: he weighed his garbage. Actually, he weighed his garbage, recycling and compost.
  The result: 41.5 kg of waste, for two people, in one week.
  “Nowhere to go but down from here,” he joked.
  The software engineer and his roommate represent one of 50 households selected by the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough to take part in the Défi Zéro Déchet, or zero waste challenge, over the next eight months.
  Truth be
  
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• Josh Freed: Embracing the convenience revolution is a slippery slope

  03-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I needed a new espresso-maker, so I phoned some local stores, but nobody had the one I wanted.
  But there it was on Amazon for a cheaper price than expected. So with some guilt, I pressed the purchase button and it arrived two days later.
  In principle, I support local stores run by actual humans: If I don’t shop at them, how will they survive? But sometimes it’s easy to choose convenience over principle.
  That’s also why I find myself driving to Marché Central lately for l
  
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• No reprieve on Saturday for road construction woes

  03-11-2018 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are three trouble spots to avoid at all costs today.
  Highway 40
  Parts of the highway will be completely closed in both directions on Saturday starting at 6 p.m.  until Monday at 5 a.m.
  Eastbound, the closing will be between St-Jean Blvd. and Highway 13.
  Westbound, the closing will affect the section between Highway 13 and Sources Blvd.
  Detours will be in place, but Transport Quebec is urging motorists to avoid the area if possible.
  Turcot Interchange
  Four ramps will be closed satu
  
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• #ICYMI: Veterans care, puppets, changing clocks, other news

  03-11-2018 03:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.When Wolf William Solkin moved into Ste-Anne’s Hospital in 2013 after complications following hip surgery, he was blown away by the facilities and care offered. For the next two years, Solkin, a 95-year-old Second World War veteran, says he considered himself to be living in one of the “most outstanding” long-term care facilities in the country. Then came April 1, 2016, the day the h
  
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• TSB blames seaman's death near Trois-Rivières on 'inadequate work procedures'

  03-11-2018 02:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded that a foreign crew member on a cargo vessel who drowned after falling overboard in the St. Lawrence River in Trois-Rivières, was using unsuitable equipment and following inadequate work procedures.
  The disappearance of the third officer on the Dutch cargo ship Amazoneborg was reported to the Sûreté du Québec on Nov. 29, 2017, while the ship was docked at a port in Trois-Rivières.
  Searches of the water by t
  
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• Appeals court orders new trial for SQ officer François Laurin

  03-11-2018 01:35 via montrealgazette.com
  François Laurin, a Sûreté du Québec officer found guilty of dangerous driving that caused a man’s death, will get a new trial.
  His guilty verdicts were overturned by the Quebec Court of Appeal on Friday.
  In June 2012, Laurin was heading to assist a colleague who was dealing with a man in crisis at the Rockfest music festival in Montebello, in Quebec’s Outaouais region. Driving at more than 180 km/h, his squad car hit the vehicle of Éric Rompré
  
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• Court authorizes franchisee class action against Jean Coutu

  03-11-2018 01:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Superior Court has authorized franchises to launch a class action against Groupe Jean Coutu.
  The pharmacist-owners, grouped together under the Sopropharm group, are challenging a clause in their contract that deals with royalties that must be handed over based on a percentage of sales in franchises.
  They allege that this clause violates their ethics code, at least for the dispensary part of the pharmacy — as opposed to the commercial part for consumer and personal care goods —
  
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• C.D.N.–N.D.G. borough to reject motion banning smoking in its parks

  03-11-2018 01:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s most populous borough will consider banning smoking tobacco and cannabis in all of its public parks on Monday.
  “There’s no safe level of second-hand smoke and parks are places where kids and adults go to enjoy themselves,” said Snowdon city councillor Marvin Rotrand. “No one should have to breathe in someone else’s smoke.”
  Rotrand and fellow councillor Lionel Perez will present a motion at Monday’s Côte-des-Neiges—N
  
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• Veteran seeks class action for decline in care at Ste-Anne's Hospital

  03-11-2018 00:59 via montrealgazette.com
  When Wolf William Solkin moved into Ste-Anne’s Hospital in 2013 after complications following hip surgery, he was blown away by the facilities and care offered.
  For the next two years, Solkin, a 95-year-old Second World War veteran, says he considered himself to be living in one of the “most outstanding” long-term care facilities in the country.
  Then came April 1, 2016, the day the hospital was transferred from federal to provincial jurisdiction and was no longer under the
  
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• Quebec's new drug dealers: Who owns the SQDC's cannabis suppliers?

  03-11-2018 00:39 via montrealgazette.com
  As lineups continue outside Société québécoise du cannabis stores, who stands to profit from Quebecers’ apparently insatiable demand for pot?
  While the SQDC itself is a crown corporation, its six suppliers are all private companies.
  Five of the six are publicly traded, which means that in most cases their ownership is spread out among stock market investors. The only SQDC supplier that isn’t listed on a stock market, MedReleaf, is a wholly-owned subsi
  
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• Als to give QB Shiltz a chance in final meaningless game

  03-11-2018 00:34 via montrealgazette.com
  HAMILTON — So much has changed since the Alouettes reported for training camp last May and the competition to become the starting quarterback was between Drew Willy and Matt Shiltz.
  Willy hasn’t been seen since he hurt his hand at Calgary in July, while Shiltz hasn’t thrown a pass since that same game — his only QB appearance — having suffered injuries to his oblique muscle, ribs, hand and shoulder. The day following that game, the Als acquired Johnny Manziel i
  
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• Judge rejects motion to end case against former SNC-Lavalin exec, lawyer

  03-11-2018 00:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Superior Court judge rejected two motions filed by former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Sami Bebawi and his tax lawyer in their effort to put an end to the criminal case brought against them alleging they tried to obstruct justice.
  In 2014, Bebawi, 72, and his tax attorney, Constantine Kyres, 55, of Town of Mount Royal, were charged with obstructing justice in a case where they were alleged to have offered a $10-million bribe to a key witness in another criminal case. In that case, Bebawi
  
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