Aylmer, Quebec news

• Liveblog: Vegas at Canadiens

  10-11-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Saturday night, the Canadiens’ former captain makes his first visit to the Bell Centre in a Las Vegas Golden Knights uniform.
  Carey Price will be watching Max Pacioretty from a seat on the home-team bench.
  Antti Niemi will start against Vegas while the NHL’s highest-paid goaltender tries to get his head together after a period of unPriceian suckitude.
  The erstwhile number 1 was bad against Buffalo Thursday night. While giving up at least four goals in each of his last four start
  
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• Hamilton tops Vettel to get pole position at Brazilian Grand Prix

  10-11-2018 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  SAO PAULO — World champion Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix, boosting Mercedes’ chance of winning the Formula One constructors’ championship, too.
  Hamilton clocked a record 1 minute, 7.281 seconds around Interlagos, edging Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by 0.093 seconds.
  Hamilton’s teammate, Valtteri Bottas, was third, and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen fourth.
  Mercedes leads Ferrari in the constructors’ championship by 55 p
  
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• 'His spirit moves us': Friends, colleagues pay respects to Bernard Landry

  10-11-2018 19:31 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A cortège arrived at the Quebec legislature on Saturday, placing former Quebec premier Bernard Landry’s casket in the Red Room for the first of two days of lying in state.
  Despite bad weather, Quebecers went in large numbers to pay their final respects between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
  Premier François Legault and his wife, Isabelle Brais, were among the first dignitaries to do so.
  Many others walked past the casket, draped in the Quebec flag, before stopping to offer
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Max Pacioretty returns to Bell Centre as a Golden Knight

  10-11-2018 19:29 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, notes, quotes and opinion you’re looking for:
  At the Canadiens golf tournament four years ago at Laval-sur-le-lac, the club brought out the four members of the new leadership group following the departure of captain Brian Gionta to the Buffalo Sabres as a
  
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• Elections Quebec denies voter lists hacked in computer security breach

  10-11-2018 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Director General of Elections is denying a news report that says confidential information contained in the provincial voter list was hacked during a computer security breach at the beginning of the provincial election campaign.
  In a statement issued on Friday, the provincial elections office said it refutes a Journal de Montréal report that said the chief electoral officer’s computer system was the target of an attack on Aug. 24, and that the evidence of it was erased
  
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• Bernard Landry: Day 1 of paying respects in Quebec's National Assembly

  10-11-2018 16:04 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A cortège arrived at the Quebec legislature on Saturday, placing former Quebec premier Bernard Landry’s casket in the Red Room for the first of two days of lying in state.
  Premier François Legault and his wife were among the first dignitaries to pay their respects.
  Many other dignitaries have announced they’ll attend to pay their respects. Members of the public were also welcome to offer their condolences to Landry’s family between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m
  
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• Climate march in Montreal to target Legault government on Saturday

  10-11-2018 15:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Organizers of a climate march planned in Montreal on Saturday afternoon say they’ll redouble calls for the new Coalition Avenir Québec government of Premier François Legault to make the environment a priority.
  Environment Minister MarieChantal Chassé and Quebec Treasury Board president Christian Dubé have already announced they’ll participate in the event, as have members of opposition parties.
  Ecology groups behind the event, which comes two weeks before
  
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• Karl Lohnes: A few decorating projects you still have time to complete

  10-11-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The weeks leading up to the holidays can be one of the busiest times of the year. With the time change, shorter daylight hours, and all the planning needed to get holiday-ready, there don’t seem to be enough hours in the day. With six weeks to go before Christmas, now is the time to set the stage for a stylish holiday season with easy pre-holiday decorating projects that bring big impact to your rooms. I hope these tips, from creating a focal wall to decking out the guest room, will help m
  
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• While you were sleeping: Trudeau at Vimy, Macron taps Trump, Petra floods

  10-11-2018 14:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. While you think twice about getting in your car, if you have one, here is a roundup of stories from the overnight desk.
  Trudeau at Vimy: A year after he visited the monument to mark the centenary of the battle, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again visited the iconic monument at Vimy Ridge on Saturday, a day ahead of 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Running his hands along the carved names of Canada’s war dead and walking among the graves — s
  
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• Week in Review: Road rage, pot profits, traffic torture, tiny taxes, climate change

  10-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Road rage appeal rejected; Laval man who punched a driver will be jailed
  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.
  Pot insiders: Who’s already cashed out their cannabis stocks?
  Recreational cannab
  
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• Shelter: A Westmount fixer-upper brought quickly into grandeur

  10-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When a couple plans to start a family, they often decide to buy a house with more space to accommodate children, rather than continuing to rent. That was certainly the case with Julie and Peter Dalfen, the parents of Ellie, a toddler, and Leo, who was born just over a year ago. The couple also have two standard poodles, which are considered part of the family.
  Julie runs her own personal concierge and lifestyle management company and works from home. Peter is employed in the e-commerce sector. H
  
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• Let's remember: Van Doos fought for the honour of French Canada

  10-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  For someone destined to become one of Canada’s most valiant war heroes, Jean Brillant’s early life and military career were relatively unassuming.
  Like the province in which he was born, Brillant would come to distinguish himself through his courage and sense of duty during the First World War. His actions as a member of Canada’s storied French-speaking Royal 22e Regiment would help to speed the armistice signed 100 years ago Sunday, bringing to an end a global conflagrati
  
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• Saturday home delivery of Gazette delayed by road closures, weather

  10-11-2018 13:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Home delivery of the Montreal Gazette to some subscribers in the Montreal area could be delayed up to two hours due to weather and road closures.
  Our apologies for the inconvenience.
  Readers can access an exact facsimile of the Saturday print edition at no charge via our e-edition. We have also removed the pay meter on our website so readers will not be charged for reading our stories online.
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  Saturday's road closings look like an atomic attackRain ending in the morning, then windy w
  
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• Update: Suspect still in West Island hospital after boy, man shot Friday

  10-11-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are still waiting to interview the suspect arrested Friday night after a six-year-old boy and a 69-year-old man were shot in a West Island home and taken to hospital.
  Police had responded Friday to several 911 calls around 7 p.m. concerning a man in distress in a house near Ste-Marie Rd. and Montrose Dr., which is on the border between Beaconsfield and Kirkland.
  A heavy police presence was dispatched and found two victims, who were brought to a local hospital. Both were conscious
  
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• Montreal weather: Rain ending in the morning, then windy with possible flurries

  10-11-2018 13:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Rain ending in the morning, then a mix of sun and cloud with 40-per-cent chance of flurries.
  The wind will come out of the southwest at 30 km/h, gusting to 50, then increasing to 50, gusting to 80 near noon.
  Environment Canada is calling for the temperature to fall to 2 in the afternoon.
  Tonight: Cloudy, windy and cold with a low of minus 5.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one pe
  
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• Josh Freed: Let's all move out of Montreal and shut it down for repairs

  10-11-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  We’ve just learned our construction woes won’t end in 2021 as promised, or even in 2023, or 2025.
  A confidential two-year-old city report obtained by the Gazette predicts major construction work in Montreal will continue until 2040! And probably much longer, when many of us are in walkers, wheelchairs or graves.
  The reconstruction of Berlin after the Second World War was a quick patch-up job compared to us.
  Imagine another 20-plus years of driving chaos, congestion, rerouted streets
  
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• Saturday's road closings look like an atomic attack

  10-11-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what you need to know about the worse-than-usual road closings in Montreal today:
  Turcot Interchange:
  The access for Highway 20 West from the Ville Marie will be closed until Tuesday at 5 a.m.
  The Ville-Marie access from Highway 20 E. will be closed until Tuesday at 5 a.m.
  Highway 15 North will be closed from the entrance off the Champlain Bridge to the Décarie Expressway until Monday at 5 a.m.
  De la Vérendrye Blvd. eastbound, between Galt St. and Highway 15, will be c
  
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• Survey shows hate crimes in Quebec are far more widespread than police stats suggest

  10-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A new survey suggests hate crimes and hate incidents in Quebec are far more widespread than previously believed — about 50 times more — with few of them ever reported to police.
  The first of its kind in the province, the survey of close to 2,000 people concludes 0.7 per cent of adults — roughly 46,000 people — said they were victims of hate crimes between 2014 and 2017, and 2.9 per cent (or 191,000 people) said they were victims of hate incidents.
  That contrasts
  
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• Editorial: 'An evil thing has passed'

  10-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War, we republish the editorial published in the Montreal Gazette on Nov. 12, 1918:
  Today, after four years of unexampled trial and sacrifice, the world is free. The victory for which the Allied nations have struggled so long, have endured with such fortitude, which they have bought with so great a price, that victory has come, and it is complete. A dark and terrible cloud which hung over civilization has lifted and
  
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• #ICYMI: Road work, Price panic, Turcot detours, other news

  10-11-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.Whether the work falls under the heading of repaving, minor repair, patching or complete reconstruction, the city of Montreal is budgeting to redo fewer kilometres of roads in 2019. The city is forecasting an almost 22 per cent drop in the number of kilometres of streets it will repave or rebuild next year compared with 2018, the new three-year capital works program shows.
  Linda Gyulai files this rep
  
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• Quebec says it won't join national securities regulator

  10-11-2018 04:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government will not join the new Canada-wide securities regulator approved by the country’s highest court on Friday.
  “We understand the decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada, but we intend to keep our autonomy and our expertise in Quebec,” new Quebec Finance Minister Éric Girard said in a statement.
  The government’s decision is what the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec asked for a few hours after the Supreme Court j
  
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• Two people, including 6-year-old boy, shot in the West Island

  10-11-2018 02:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating after two people — a six-year-old boy and a man in his 50s — were shot in a West Island home Friday night.
  According to spokesperson Manuel Couture, police responded to several 911 calls around 7 p.m. concerning a man in distress in a home near Ste-Marie Rd. and Montrose Drive, which is on the border between Beaconsfield and Kirkland.
  When police arrived at the house, they found the two victims and managed to bring them to a local hospital. Couture s
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Preparing for Bell Centre return of Max Pacioretty

  10-11-2018 02:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Phillip Danault was not only Max Pacioretty’s linemate with the Canadiens, he was also his good friend.
  So Danault is looking forward to playing against his former teammate for the first time Saturday night when Pacioretty and the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio.)
  “It’s going to be weird, definitely,” Danault said after the Canadiens practised Friday at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard. “Obviously, a great guy. A
  
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• Montreal budget: Fewer kilometres of roads slated to be redone next year

  10-11-2018 01:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Whether the work falls under the heading of repaving, minor repair, patching or complete reconstruction, the city of Montreal is budgeting to redo fewer kilometres of roads in 2019.
  The city is forecasting an almost 22 per cent drop in the number of kilometres of streets it will repave or rebuild next year compared with 2018, the new three-year capital works program shows.
  The spending plan presented by Mayor Valérie Plante on Thursday calls for work on a total of 258 kilometres of the ci
  
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• Charge in Pointe-Claire parking-lot killing upgraded to first-degree murder

  10-11-2018 01:10 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who was arrested this year in connection with a homicide carried out in the parking lot of a hotel in Pointe-Claire saw the charge filed against him upgraded to first-degree murder this week.
  Jérôme Latham, 49, made a brief appearance before Quebec Court Judge Joëlle Roy on Thursday at the Montreal courthouse where he learned that the murder charge filed against him during the summer was being upgraded. The change suggests the Crown is convinced the death of Tommy Dugas,
  
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• SPVM needs stability and continuity, police chief candidate Sylvain Caron says

  10-11-2018 01:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The man expected to be Montreal’s next police chief admits he has a lot of work ahead in order to straighten out the troubled force, but feels confident he’s the right person to do it.
  Sylvain Caron, a former assistant director of the Sûreté du Québec, made his first public appearance Friday since being chosen by the city’s selection committee to head the SPVM.
  It came during a hearing before Montreal’s public security committee, where he presente
  
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• Stu Cowan: Player agent Allan Walsh grew up as huge Canadiens fan

  10-11-2018 00:57 via montrealgazette.com
  It was very early in the morning on the second day of this year’s NHL Draft in Dallas on June 23 when Allan Walsh’s cellphone rang.
  Max Pacioretty was on the other end, looking for a new agent after a trade the Canadiens had tried to make with the Los Angeles Kings fell through because Pacioretty wouldn’t agree to a contract extension.
  “He asked me if I was interested in representing him,” Walsh said during a wide-ranging interview at the Jonathan Drouin Golf Tourna
  
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• Former CHOM couple Leslie Sole and Terri Michael die in car crash in Mexico

  10-11-2018 00:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A broadcasting couple from CHOM FM’s early days died in a car crash in Mexico on Monday.
  Leslie Sole and Terri Michael were killed in a head-on collision in Cabo San Lucas, where they had retired.
  The pair met at CHOM in 1975, where he served as program director and she was the first solo female host of Canadian morning and afternoon shows.
  They moved on to Toronto a few years later. Sole worked his way up to CEO of Rogers Television, and Michael had a successful career in radio and televi
  
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• A Q&A with outspoken NHL player agent Allan Walsh

  10-11-2018 00:44 via montrealgazette.com
  NHL player agent Allan Walsh grew up in Chomedey, Laval, dreaming of one day playing goalie for the Canadiens, just like his idol Ken Dryden.
  That didn’t work out, but his second goal was to become a lawyer, something he did after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University and then graduating from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.
  “I wanted to be the next Ken Dryden, although I was vertically challenged being only like 5-foot-8 instead of 6-foot-4,” Walsh sa
  
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• Activists confident François Legault gets message on climate change

  10-11-2018 00:43 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — He did not sign the pact but a fast-growing movement dedicated to fighting climate change believes Premier François Legault is on board in making the environment a priority.
  “François Legault arrives here with a clean slate,” said Dominic Champagne, spokesperson for the movement following an hour-long meeting with Legault Friday.
  “He’s not dogmatic. It think the environment was not a priority for him, but he admits (it is now) on Day 1. I thin
  
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