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• Watch: Trudeau visits Tsilhqot’in and apologizes for hanging of chiefs

  05-11-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to the Tsilhqot’in community for the hanging of six chiefs more than 150 years ago in an emotional ceremony Friday that one chief said brought an end to a “difficult journey.”
  
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• Acquittal in Quebec child porn case won't be appealed

  05-11-2018 23:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s office of criminal prosecutions (DPCP) won’t appeal the judgment that acquitted Jonathan Bettez of all the child pornography charges he faced.
  DPCP spokesperson Jean Pascal Boucher confirmed the decision Monday, saying a team of experienced prosecutors made the decision after a rigorous analysis of the case’s facts and law.
  Quebec Court Judge Jacques Lacoursière acquitted Bettez on Oct. 12. On the same day, he struck down the search warrants that
  
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• Woman at centre of pit bull attack sentenced for drug trafficking

  05-11-2018 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Frances Richardson, who saw two of her grandchildren attacked by a dog she was looking after, has been sentenced to perform 100 hours of community service for drug trafficking.
  The 62-year-old St-Michel resident made headlines this summer when the dog she was looking after first bit her four-year-old granddaughter on the head, then severely injured her seven-year-old grandson after she took the first child to the hospital.
  The Montreal police report on the Aug. 19 incident describes the animal a
  
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• Read her lips: Plante vows no tax hike beyond inflation rate

  05-11-2018 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante is promising not to increase taxes beyond the inflation rate — and this time, she says, she really means it.
  The Plante administration came under fire last year for reneging on an election promise not to raise taxes by more than the inflation rate.
  But there will be no nasty surprises when the 2019 budget is tabled Thursday, she told reporters Monday after greeting travellers in Bonaventure métro station during the morning rush hour to mark the first anni
  
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• Impact technical director Adam Braz leaves MLS club

  05-11-2018 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact announced on Monday that the club and its technical director, Adam Braz, ended their relationship by mutual agreement.
  “It’s an amicable separation that was done in the utmost respect,” Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo said in a release. “I thought it was important to make changes to optimize our technical structure. Different new opportunities were offered to Adam, but he preferred to decline them. I wish to thank him for his work and his profess
  
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• Purebreds put best paw forward at annual dog championship in St-Lazare

  05-11-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Dog breeders and handlers from across North America gathered in St-Lazare last weekend to vie for a coveted Best In Show title at the United Kennel Club’s annual all-breed championship show.
  Event secretary Diana Edwards said the conformation competition included over 1,300 purebred dogs, including sporting dogs, hounds, working dogs, terriers, toy dogs, non-sporting dogs and herding dogs.
  During the competition, a panel of expert judges from Mexico, Manitoba, and the Maritimes scrutinized
  
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• STM shuts métro door on Michèle's irksome public service announcements

  05-11-2018 21:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The STM has stopped broadcasting public service announcements by the actress Michèle Deslauriers about — well, it’s not clear what they were about because many métro passengers couldn’t hear them.
  Spokesperson Philippe Déry told TVA the announcements had been tested before their launch, but they were cancelled because the STM couldn’t guarantee adequate audio quality across its network.
  In an Oct. 23 news release, the STM said the “Conseils
  
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• What the Puck: GM Bergevin won this summer but past blunders haunt Habs

  05-11-2018 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  I’m not ready to forgive Marc Bergevin or to give him my vote as general manager of the year.
  Before the season started, there was no small amount of animosity toward the Montreal Canadiens’ GM from a big chunk of the fan base. For reasons known only to my psychiatrist, I spend far too much time listening to sports-radio phone-in shows and on a daily basis, in Canada’s two official languages, I’d hear folks just tearing a strip off the best-dressed GM in the National Hock
  
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• Cops are ignoring police watchdog rules, activists say

  05-11-2018 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Too many officers are thumbing their noses at Quebec’s police watchdog agency and undermining the credibility of the organization, civil rights groups say.
  The head of Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes has written letters to four police forces saying some officers are not respecting the rules on investigations into police shootings.
  The rights’ activists released the letters Monday and said many of the cases involved Montreal police officers flouting the rules.
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• Motorist dies in single-car crash in Lanaudière

  05-11-2018 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A man is dead after apparently losing control of his car while on a road near the town of L’Épiphanie in the Lanaudière region.
  The incident occurred at about 6 a.m. at curve on L’Achigan Rd., and the victim was declared dead at the scene.
  The vehicle crashed through a Hydro pole before coming to a stop in a ditch.
  Police suspect speed, fatigue, an illness or a combination of those factors may have contributed to the incident.
  It’s hoped an autopsy will shed light
  
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• Horse's death strengthens resolve to end Montreal calèche industry: Plante

  05-11-2018 19:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The sudden collapse and death of a calèche horse in Old Montreal on Sunday afternoon is more confirmation that the city’s plan to put an end to the city’s calèche industry is the right thing to do, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said Monday.
  “For me, it was already clear but now it is even more so,” Plante said.
  The horse collapsed around 3 p.m. Monday on St-Jean St. near St-Sacrement St. By the time two officers from the Montreal Society for the Preve
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Antti Niemi to start in goal against Islanders

  05-11-2018 19:27 via montrealgazette.com
  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Antti Niemi will make his fourth start of the season when the Canadiens face the New York Islanders Monday (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio) at Barclays Centre.
  This is the opening game in the first back-to-back set this season for the Canadiens and that means that Carey Price will face the New York Rangers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
  ‘When we have back-to-back games, we’re going to use both goaltenders,” said Canadiens head coach C
  
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• Rona shutdowns: PQ wants swift, firm reaction from Legault government

  05-11-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The Parti Québécois says it expects a “very strong” reaction from the government of François Legault in the wake of news that U.S. hardware giant Lowe’s is closing nine Rona stores in Quebec.
  The shutdowns were announced at 7 a.m. Monday. The Canadian subsidiary of the North Carolina-based Lowe’s has not said how many workers will lose their jobs because of the closures.
  PQ finance critic Martin Ouellet said on Monday that the employees affected have
  
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• Rona pays the price — 31 stores — after rebuilding with Lowe's

  05-11-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Rona has paid for the price for a restructuring by American hardware giant Lowe’s, with 24 of the outlets operating under the Rona brand being shut down across Canada — nine of them in Quebec.
  In total, 31 stores owned by Lowe’s — 27 of them deemed to be “underperforming” — will be shut down in Canada by the end of January. Nine of the stores are in Quebec, nine in Ontario, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, two in Alberta and one in British Columbia.
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• Opinion: Chronic homelessness need not exist in Montreal

  05-11-2018 19:09 via montrealgazette.com
  As we walk around our city, we see hundreds of people who are experiencing homelessness. In addition, hundreds of others live in a precarious existence, rooming with friends and acquaintances or in less than ideal conditions in apartments that are unsuitable.
  Given my role leading a large not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to eliminating chronic homelessness and hunger in Montreal, people sometimes ask me to explain what is going on. Part of the explanation is good news. Des
  
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• Road rage appeal rejected; Laval man who punched a driver will be jailed

  05-11-2018 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A Laval resident has been ordered to report to jail within 48 hours after the Quebec Court of Appeal rejected his request to overturn the verdict in a case where he was convicted of aggravated assault for having disfigured a much older man during a road rage incident.
  On Dec. 31, 2012, Jonathan Clermont, now 24, was driving a large pickup truck with a friend in the passenger seat when he cut off another driver as they were approaching an on-ramp to Highway 40 somewhere in Montreal. Both men exch
  
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• Lowe's to close 9 Rona stores in Quebec, 22 outlets in the rest of Canada

  05-11-2018 17:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Rona has paid for the price for a restructuring by American hardware giant Lowe’s, with 24 of the outlets operating under the Rona brand being shut down across Canada – nine of them in Quebec.
  In total, 31 stores owned by Lowe’s – 27 of them deemed to be “under performing” – will be shut down in Canada by the end of January. Nine of the stores are in Quebec, nine in Ontario, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, two in Alberta and one in British Columbia.
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• The Airbus ‘Whisperjet’ is too loud for Zurich residents

  05-11-2018 17:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Swiss Air greeted the arrival of its latest plane with great fanfare, dubbing the Airbus SE A220 model the “Whisperjet” and promising neighbourhoods around Zurich Airport that it would be 50 per cent quieter than older aircraft.
  But that tag has come back to haunt the Deutsche Lufthansa AG unit as the narrow-body’s twin engines emit what locals have described as a strange howling noise as it comes in to land, enraging people living on the flight path.
  “It’s even lou
  
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• Montreal cops are ignoring police watchdog rules: civil rights activists

  05-11-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The head of Quebec’s police watchdog agency has written 10 letters to various police organizations saying some officers are not respecting the rules on investigations into police shootings.
  Civil rights groups released the letters on Monday, saying many of the cases involved Montreal police officers who have been flouting the rules.
  In some cases, officers were not isolated after a shooting and the implicated officers were together when they wrote reports that were submitted to the Bureau
  
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• Ariana Grande, Muse, Ozzy Osbourne to play Bell Centre (but not together)

  05-11-2018 17:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Promoter Evenko has kicked off the week by confirming a spate of shows for Montreal’s Bell Centre.
  As announced at the end of October, Ariana Grande will play the arena on Monday, April 1, as part of her Sweetener world tour. Tickets are now on sale, priced from $63.95 to $286.70.English trio Muse will bring its Simulation Theory tour to the Bell Centre on Saturday, March 30. Tickets start at $52.75 and go on sale Friday, Nov. 16 at noon.Ozzy Osbourne is allegedly retiring from global tour
  
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• Everything is on the table as Bloc Québécois plans to refresh its image

  05-11-2018 16:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Will the Bloc Québécois change its name and logo with less than a year before the federal election? That’s one of the questions the party’s 15,000 members will have to consider over the next few months.
  The party has launched a vast program to renew itself in the wake of the crisis that essentially paralyzed it for the past year. Everything is on the table — the party’s name, its image, its platform and its rules and regulations.
  Interim-leader Mario Be
  
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• 'The thread of space and time' will be explored at the Old Port

  05-11-2018 15:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Next June, Montrealers will be able to experience a multimedia trip extending from the Big Bang to a myriad of possible futures inside a pyramid being set up at the Clock Tower site in the Old Port.
  Called Through the Echoes the presentation will be the first produced for PY1, a venue developed by Lune Rouge Entertainment, which was founded by Guy Laliberté of Cirque du Soleil fame.
  An artist’s rendition of the PY1, a venue expected to open in summer 2019 in the Old Port of Mon
  
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• Valérie Plante marks mayoral anniversary by greeting métro commuters

  05-11-2018 15:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante marked her first year in office by greeting morning commuters in Bonaventure métro station on Monday.
  Plante exchanged a few friendly words with ticket takers in their glass booths, thanking them for their hard work.
  Jonathan, a ticket taker who declined to give his last name, said Plante seems “very nice.”
  But the South Shore resident said that Plante seems less visible and accessible than previous mayor Denis Coderre.
  “You saw him all over t
  
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• Lowe's to close 9 hardware stores in Quebec, 22 in the rest of Canada

  05-11-2018 14:57 via montrealgazette.com
  American hardware giant Lowe’s announced on Monday it would be closing 31 “underperforming stores” in Canada — nine of them in Quebec.
  Lowe’s expects the stores targeted will be closed by Feb. 1.
  Many of the Quebec outlets slated for closure are in the Montreal area: Highway 209 in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay; Iberville Blvd. in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu; Ange-Gardien Blvd. in Assomption; Sainte-Rose Blvd. in Laval; Maurice-Duplessis Blvd. in the east end.
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• Former PQ cabinet minister Richard Le Hir dies at 71

  05-11-2018 14:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Parti Québécois Richard Le Hir died Sunday morning, several days after suffering a stroke. He was 71.
  Journalist Pierre Schneider, a friend of Le Hir, said the former MNA had been hospitalized for several days after having suffered the stroke in his home in Montreal’s Ahuntsic district.
  Schneider told the Presse Canadienne Le Hir had been found in his home almost 36 hours after suffering the stroke.
  “He was a very endearing person, very cultivated. It’
  
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• 'The police didn't have the right to kill my son,' Nicholas Gibbs's mother says during protest

  05-11-2018 14:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Chanting “no justice, no peace” and “black lives matter,” more than 100 people marched through the streets of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Sunday evening to protest against the fatal shooting by Montreal police of 23-year-old Nicholas Gibbs in August.
  Erma Gibbs, Nicholas’s mother, led the procession from Trenholme Park, east along Sherbrooke St., to Montclair Ave., as police on mountain bikes kept their distance ahead of the demonstrators. The marchers turned south do
  
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• While you were sleeping: At this courthouse, bedbugs are repeat offenders

  05-11-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened as you slept off the last bits of a 25-hour day.
  An employee of an upscale downtown restaurant was severely injured Sunday afternoon when his head got stuck in an elevator. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. in Le Majesthé, a restaurant on Robert-Bourassa Blvd. The worker, who was in critical condition, was rushed by ambulance to a hospital. Constable Andrée-Anne Picard, a spokesperson for the Montreal police department, could not provide any m
  
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• Canadiens at Islanders: Five things you should know

  05-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Islanders game Monday at Barclays Center (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690):
  The matchup: The Canadiens lost 4-1 at home to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and they’ll have to be much better if they hope to avoid losing two consecutive games for the first time this season. The loss dropped their record to 7-4-2. The Islanders have been as big a surprise as the Canadiens in the early going. Lou Lamoriello is overseeing the front o
  
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• Analysis: CAQ learns governing is harder than making election promises

  05-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — It was François Legault himself who candidly opened up on the theme at the swearing-in of his new MNAs on Oct. 16.
  “You are allowed to make mistakes,” he told his crew of 73 newbies, some of whom were later named cabinet ministers in a separate ceremony in the historic red room of the legislature.
  After all, Legault said, you are human. Quebecers don’t expect perfection and will understand if you make a few mistakes, as long as you show you are trying.
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• Allison Hanes: Montreal has long way to go on accessibility

  05-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Brent Dicks knows better than most the limits of getting around Montreal for people of limited mobility.
  The 66-year-old Ville Émard resident has his left leg amputated below the knee. While he says he can manage to hobble downstairs on his prosthetic, he mostly uses a wheelchair. As such, he relies on the adapted transit service provided by the Société de transport de Montréal when he goes out, particularly to get to his thrice-weekly dialysis treatments at the Jewis
  
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• All you need to know about the new Pie-IX SRB as construction starts Monday

  05-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After a decade of delays, construction of a new kind of express bus network in the city will finally get underway on Monday, but don’t hold your breath for the service to start soon — it’s a four-year construction process.
  Called SRB Pie-IX, the network was first promised in 2008, with an expected delivery date of 2012. Here is a brief explanation of the project.
  What is an SRB?
  The service rapide par bus (Bus Rapid Transit in English) is like a super reserved bus lane that is
  
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• #ICYMI: Police protest, Johnny Football, candlelight, other news

  05-11-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.Chanting “no justice, no peace” and “black lives matter,” more than 100 people marched through the streets of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Sunday evening to protest against the fatal shooting by Montreal police of 23-year-old Nicholas Gibbs in August.
  Aaron Derfel files this report: ‘The police didn’t have the right to kill my son,’ Nicholas Gibbs’s mo
  
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• Calèche horse collapses and dies in Old Montreal

  05-11-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal SPCA is expected to release a statement on Monday surrounding the circumstances of the death of a calèche horse in Old Montreal Sunday afternoon.
  Montreal police responded to a call of the collapsed horse at about 3 p.m. Representatives of the SPCA soon arrived on the scene.
  Constable Audrée-Anne Picard, a spokesperson for the Montreal police department, said that police were not involved in investigating the incident.
  The Anti-calèche Defense Coalition posted a
  
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• Jonathan Mahautière convicted of second-degree murder in girlfriend's death

  05-11-2018 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Hours after a jury convicted Jonathan Mahautière of second-degree murder in the 2014 strangulation of his 17-year-old girlfriend, his defence lawyer suggested that her client might appeal the verdict.
  “We’re contemplating it, yes,” Marie-Hélène Giroux told the Montreal Gazette Sunday night, adding that “we’re a little bit surprised” by the verdict.
  In closing arguments last week in Quebec Superior Court, the defence had asked the jury of e
  
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• Man in critical condition after freak accident in elevator

  05-11-2018 02:34 via montrealgazette.com
  An employee of an upscale downtown restaurant was severely injured Sunday afternoon when his head got stuck in an elevator, Montreal police said.
  The incident occurred around 2 p.m. in Le Majesthé, a restaurant on Robert-Bourassa Blvd. The worker, who was in critical condition, was rushed by ambulance to a hospital.
  Constable Andrée-Anne Picard, a spokesperson for the Montreal police department, could not provide any more details other than to say the accident was being investigate
  
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• Missing 29-year-old man is found by police in Verdun

  05-11-2018 01:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police report they have found Mitchell Paré in Verdun on Sunday evening.
  The 29-year-old went missing around 2 a.m. from his home on Osborne St. in Verdun.
   
  
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• 'The police didn't have the right to kill my son'

  05-11-2018 01:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Chanting “no justice, no peace” and “black lives matter,” more than 100 people marched through the streets of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Sunday evening to protest against the fatal shooting by Montreal police of 23-year-old Nicholas Gibbs in August.
  Erma Gibbs, Nicholas’s mother, led the procession from Trenholme Park, east along Sherbrooke St., to Montclair Ave., as police on mountain bikes kept their distance ahead of the demonstrators. The marchers turned south do
  
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