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• Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime targets top-50 tennis ranking in 2019

  13-11-2018 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Félix Auger-Aliassime is ready for a full-scale assault on the ATP Tour.
  The 18-year-old Montrealer has had a rapid rise in the men’s tennis rankings, reaching a career-high No. 109 this month. He achieved that ranking largely on his play in Challenger events — the tennis equivalent of the American Hockey League — but he has his sights set on bigger and better things in 2019.
  “He played 20 Challengers and 10 ATP Tour events this year because he needed them to raise
  
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• Buses towed away daily because they run out of gas, says union boss

  13-11-2018 23:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Within the last year, hundreds of buses have been towed off city streets, not because they broke down, but because they ran out of gas, the boss of the Société de transport de Montréal’s maintenance workers union told the Montreal Gazette Tuesday.
  Gleason Frenette said as a way to save money, the STM eliminated some jobs in its maintenance garage, which forced them to institute a new system of gassing up the buses. Instead of fuelling them at the end of each day,
  
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• Allison Hanes: Applying the lessons of the Turcot closure every day

  13-11-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  So much for carmageddon.
  The dire predictions didn’t come true. The monster jams didn’t materialize.
  That the unprecedented four-day closure of the Turcot Interchange due to ongoing reconstruction failed to create the traffic nightmare that Transport Quebec had projected should be cause for serious reflection.
  Like, what did we do right? What measures made the most difference in diminishing the congestion? How can we make that the norm every day?
  We accept hellish traffic as a way of
  
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• Montreal police raid illegal cannabis, cocaine operations

  13-11-2018 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Police in Montreal and the surrounding area seized nearly a thousand cannabis plants on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a drug trafficking network that produced and sold pot as well as trafficked in cocaine.
  In a release issued Tuesday afternoon, the Montreal police highlighted how it was their first major operation targeting marijuana growers since the recreational use of cannabis became legal in Canada on Oct. 17. They alleged that they uncovered four illegal grow operations. One of t
  
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• Who's who of Quebec politics bids final farewell to Bernard Landry

  13-11-2018 22:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Several thousand people filled the pews of Notre Dame Basilica Tuesday for a final farewell to former premier Bernard Landry.
  At precisely 2 p.m., a Sûreté du Québec honour guard carried Landry’s flag-draped casket up the middle aisle of the church while the mourners stood in silence. Outside, a crowd also was gathered.
  Following an opening blessing from Montreal Bishop Christian Lépine, the funeral mass opened with remarks from Landry’s daughter, Pasc
  
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• Ogilvy's Christmas windows on display at the McCord

  13-11-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  It was beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, Tuesday morning, as melting snow fell and a landmark of Montreal’s holiday season was revived in a new setting.
  Ogilvy’s beloved mechanical Christmas displays were unveiled at the McCord Museum, where they will be shown until Jan. 6.
  The downtown department store’s annual scenes of stuffed animals interacting in imaginary settings had been delighting Montrealers since 1947. The tradition was brought to an end this year, when The Se
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price becoming an $84-million question

  13-11-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  EDMONTON — What are the Canadiens going to do with Carey Price?
  That has become an $84-million question early this season and the answer Tuesday night against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place (9 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio) is to start Antti Niemi in goal for the second straight game.
  When asked after the morning skate at Rogers Place how difficult that decision was, Canadiens coach Claude Julien said: “I’d just say it’s a decision … you know, it’s simp
  
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• Bernard Landry funeral: 'Builder of our modern Quebec'

  13-11-2018 21:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Dignitaries of all political stripes gathered at Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal on Tuesday afternoon for the state funeral of former Parti Québécois premier Bernard Landry, who died last week at age 81.
  Here is what some of those attending had to say as they arrived at Landry’s funeral.
  Premier François Legault
  “Mr. Landry was a statesman. He said it very often; for him, the interests of all Quebecers passed before his personal interests or the interests of
  
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• Blood drives will take place in Off-Island and West Island

  13-11-2018 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A couple of Héma-Quebec blood drives will take place in the off island on Thursday, Nov. 15.
  The Mayor’s Blood drive will be held in Vaudreuil-Dorion at the Multi-Sports Centre from 2 to 8 p.m. The multi-Sports Centre is located at 3093 De la Gare Blvd.
  Another blood drives takes place at the Pharmaprix in St-Lazare from 1:30 to 7 p.m. The Pharmaprix is located at 1780 chemin Ste-Angélique.
  West Island blood drives are set for Beaconsfield (from 1:30 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 19 at t
  
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• Montreal General Hospital launches $100-million fundraising campaign

  13-11-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal General Hospital (MGH) Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million to improve patient care and support research.
  In a communiqué released Tuesday, MGH Foundation board chair Andrew Molson noted that, “The Quebec government has committed to investing $300 million in the construction of a new wing that will include an emergency room, operating rooms and a sterilization unit. We hope to do our part as well.”
  The launch of the C
  
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• Hundreds already stopped by Montreal police impaired-driving spot checks

  13-11-2018 20:35 via montrealgazette.com
  While they have said they will not be able to provide a detailed analysis of the operation until next month, Montreal police acknowledged on Tuesday that they have been running daily spot checks for impaired driving since Oct. 17, the day recreational cannabis became legal in Canada.
  Dubbed with the French acronym B.R.A.V.E.S (barrages routiers, alcool au volant et évaluation de stupéfiants), the squad assigned to conduct checks for alcohol and drug impairment have stopped hundreds
  
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• For breakdance crew ILL-Abilities, physical challenges aren’t crutches

  13-11-2018 20:25 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s history in the making,” said Luca Patuelli, a.k.a. Lazylegz. The Montrealer used the phrase more than once when I met up with him and three other members of his differently challenged, internationally acclaimed breakdance crew ILL-Abilities on Monday.
  And with good reason. Big things are happening in his world.
  Later Monday, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal announced the addition of Patuelli and his wife, Melissa Emblin-Patuelli, to the team of adapted
  
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• Special weather statement notes it will be cold in mid-November

  13-11-2018 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Quite, cold, though.
  Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Tuesday warning that temperatures in the Montreal and Laval regions could dip to minus-20 to minus-30 Celsius on Wednesday with the wind-chill factored in. Ah, the wind-chill factor, our old friend.
  The statement, which also covers Châteauguay and Longueuil, specifies that a “wintery air mass and brisk winds will bring unseasonably cold weather.”
  Because of the recent on-again, off-again precipitation, t
  
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• Royalmount project would worsen evening commute, city document reveals

  13-11-2018 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The new development soon to begin construction on Royalmount Ave. will have a major impact on the commute home for hundreds of thousands of Montrealers, a new city document reveals.
  Though the development in question would be situated in Town of Mount Royal, because of its central location — close to the intersections of Highway 40, the Décarie Expressway and the Côte-de-Liesse Expressway, it would add significant time to the commute home for anyone driving through the area.
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• Adele Sorella trial views crime-scene photos of girls' bodies

  13-11-2018 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  LAVAL — Adele Sorella’s trial continued Tuesday morning with the jury being shown crime scene photos taken at the accused’s home in Laval.
  Sorella, 52, is on trial for two counts of first-degree murder for her daughters’ deaths in 2009.
  The two girls, ages 8 and 9, were found dead in their school uniforms, side-by-side on the floor in their family’s playroom.
  Before close-up photos of the victims were shown, Superior Court Justice Sophie Bourque warned the juro
  
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• Opinion: Yes, there is something you can do to fight climate change

  13-11-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  On the morning of Nov. 7, a coalition of prominent artists and scientists from across Quebec launched the Pact for the Transition. It is a call for all of us who are concerned about the climate crisis to commit to individual climate action. In signing this pact, we are committing to examine our lifestyles and choices, and take steps as best we can to decrease our carbon footprints.
  In the first week following its launch, more than 180,000 people signed. We are
  
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• Bixi’s 10th season was a record-breaking success; it will expand in 2019

  13-11-2018 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  As BIXI’s 10th season of operations winds down this week, the bicycle service announced on Tuesday it had logged a record-setting season of more than 5.3 million rides this year, an increase of 11.3 per cent compared with 2017.
  Over the past decade, 1.3 million BIXI users have taken more than 38 million rides and the city of Montreal announced in August the service would be expanding in 2019.
  In total, 60 new stations offering 2,625 docking points and 1,000 additional bicycles will be
  
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• Céline Dion launches 'gender-free' kids' clothing line collaboration

  13-11-2018 16:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Céline Dion may be on the verge of leaving Las Vegas, but she’s not slowing down.
  The Québécois legend announced Tuesday she’ll be collaborating with NUNUNU designers Iris Adler and Tali Milchberg on a gender-neutral kids’ clothing line.
  The new brand, which goes by the portmanteau CÉLINUNUNU, says it “liberates children from the traditional roles of boy/girl, and enables younger people to grow on values of equality with the freedom to strength
  
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• Advance Payments of Tax Credits—Don't Miss the December 1 Deadline!

  13-11-2018 16:05
  If you are you applying for advance payments of the tax credit for childcare expenses, the work premium or the adapted work premium, keep in mind that the number of payments you receive depends on when you file your application. To get 12 payments in 2019, you need to apply by December 1, 2018. If you apply after that date, you will receive the same amount for the year, but it will be spread out over the months remaining after we process your application.Also, in the case of
  
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• The 411 on 367: Eastern Quebec to get new area code

  13-11-2018 15:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Beginning Nov. 24, the 367 area code will gradually be introduced into the eastern Quebec region already served by the 418 and 581 area codes, the Telecommunications Alliance announced on Tuesday.
  The new area code will cover much of eastern Quebec including the municipalities of Alma, Chicoutimi, La Malbaie, Lévis, Montmagny, Québec, Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, St-Georges-de-Beauce, St-Félicien and Thetfo
  
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• Montreal police target illegal drug network with raids across city, region

  13-11-2018 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police organized crime division launched a series of raids Tuesday morning across the city and in the Montreal region aimed at breaking “a drug production and distribution network.”
  The raids also involve the Sûreté du Québec, Laval police and Hydro-Québec.
  Montreal police were providing no details on the operation, saying a briefing on the raids will be held later Tuesday.
  This story will be updated.
   
   
  
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• Pilot of British Airways flight from Montreal sees UFO off Irish coast

  13-11-2018 14:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The pilot of a British Airways flight that departed Montreal for London last week encountered a luminous and thus far unexplained phenomenon off the coast of Ireland.
  The incident occurred Nov. 9. The pilot contacted the control tower at Shannon at 6:47 a.m. to ask if any military maneuvers were taking place in the sector, since she had seen something “that moved very fast,” according to a BBC report on Tuesday. The control tower replied that no maneuvers were taking place.
  The pilot
  
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• Sportium opens its first sports store in Montreal

  13-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sportium opened its first store in Montreal last Wednesday, determined to make a big splash in the local sports retail market.
  Billed as Quebec’s largest sports store, the 53,000-square-foot building is located along Highway 40 in Kirkland, next to the Provigo grocery store just east of St. Charles Blvd.
  It is the fourth Sportium store, owned by SAIL Outdoors Inc., to open in Quebec in less than three years. The others are located in Laval, Quebec City and South Shore St-Hubert.
  Norma
  
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• Canadiens at Oilers: Five things you should know

  13-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  EDMONTON — Here are five things you should know when the Canadiens (9-5-3) face the Oilers (8-8-1) Tuesday night at Rogers Place (9 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio):
  Who’s in goal for Habs? Coach Claude Julien wouldn’t say who will start against the Oilers after the Canadiens practised Monday afternoon at Rogers Place. Antti Niemi has a 4-1-0 record with a 3.30 goals-against average and a .894 save percentage, while Carey Price is 5-4-3 with a 3.07 GAA and a .892 save perce
  
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• SAQ employees poised to launch three-day strike beginning Friday

  13-11-2018 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The 5,500 members of the union representing store and office workers at the Société des alcools du Québec say they will launch a three-day strike beginning Friday unless an agreement is reached in contract negotiations.
  Union president Katia Lelièvre says that while union negotiators have been ready to try to reach a deal, management has not done the same.
  The employees’ contract expired on March 31, 2017.
  Lelièvre wants SQ management to do better in its
  
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• Man in serious condition after stabbing attack in Longueuil

  13-11-2018 13:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A man in his 40s was in serious condition Tuesday morning after being stabbed.
  He had just parked his car in the driveway of a Longueuil residence around 6 p.m. When he got out of the vehicle, he was stabbed.
  An occupant of the residence called police to the scene. As of Tuesday morning, no motive had been established for the attack.
  This story will be updated.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Runaway elephant goes for stroll, returns home

  13-11-2018 13:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while it was snowing(!?) on the island.
  Montreal police obtained a warrant to arrest alleged neo-Nazi Gabriel Sohier Chaput. The 32-year-old man’s whereabouts appear to be unknown as his address is listed as “unknown” on the warrant. It lists only one count that falls under a section of the Criminal Code covering the willful promotion of hatred. A conviction under the charge carries a maximum two-year prison sentence. The warrant was issued
  
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• Adapted dance crew ILL-Abilities is 'breaking down walls'

  13-11-2018 13:31 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s history in the making,” said Luca Patuelli, a.k.a. Lazylegz. The Montrealer used the phrase more than once when I met up with him and three other members of his differently challenged, internationally acclaimed breakdance crew ILL-Abilities on Monday.
  And with good reason. Big things are happening in his world.
  Later Monday, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal announced the addition of Patuelli and his wife, Melissa Emblin-Patuelli, to the team of adapted
  
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• Former NDP MP hired as director general of Hudson

  13-11-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Philip Toone is Hudson’s new director general. The former NDP MP for Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine begins the job in December.
  Toone’s predecessor in Hudson, Jean-Pierre Roy, resigned in September after three years at the helm. Hudson Treasurer Claudia Ouellette acted as interim DG until the selection committee came to a decision.
  Philip Toone, former NDP MP, has been hired as Hudson’s town manager.
  The selection committee, which included the town council and Mayor
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' Andrew Shaw is still a blue-collar kid

  13-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  EDMONTON — No one will ever question Andrew Shaw’s work ethic, but many will question the six-year, US$23.4-million contract he received from Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin after being acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks two years ago.
  “I think I’ve earned what I got and I’m going to keep earning it and play that contract out and play it to the best ability I can,” Shaw said after the Canadiens practised Monday at Rogers Place ahead of Tuesday night’s game
  
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• Sky's the limit for differently abled ILL-Abilities breakdance crew

  13-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s history in the making,” said Luca Patuelli, a.k.a. Lazylegz. The Montrealer used the phrase more than once when I met up with him and three other members of his differently challenged, internationally acclaimed breakdance crew ILL-Abilities on Monday.
  And with good reason. Big things are happening in his world.
  Later Monday, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal announced the addition of Patuelli and his wife, Melissa Emblin-Patuelli, to the team of adapted
  
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• Montreal weather: A messy day

  13-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  We’re in for a sloppy mix this morning, and it might be slippery because there was a risk of freezing rain overnight.
  Environment Canada is calling for snow mixed with rain ending in the afternoon, then cloudy skies. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High plus 4.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low minus 10. Wind chill minus 8 in the evening and minus 20 overnight.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal vi
  
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• If you think your bus is unreliable, these STM numbers might answer why

  13-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The STM’s aging bus fleet appears to be in crisis.
  Figures recently provided by the transit agency show a fleet plagued by frequent breakdowns, and maintenance workers can’t keep up with repairs and maintenance they must perform on the buses.
  According to figures obtained from the Société de transport de Montréal though an access to information request, between 400 and 450 buses are continuously parked in garages either being repaired, or awaiting repairs or main
  
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• Flower Pot florists inadvertently attracting lovers of pot, not peonies

  13-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There are magnificent arrangements of lilies, orchids, peonies and tulips. There are also green plants galore. But none of the aforementioned can be smoked.
  No matter, people continue to call or drop into this florist shop on Notre-Dame St. W. and inquire about purchasing pot. That has everything to do with the name of the place, Le Pot de Fleurs / The Flower Pot.
  In spite of the fact that the only shops permitted to sell pot in Montreal are the provincially run Société qu&eac
  
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• Pointe-Claire introduces new youth council

  13-11-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Pointe-Claire is introducing some young voices to city council.
  Pointe-Claire Mayor John Belvedere and members of city council recently introduced 10 young residents who will form the city’s first Youth Advisory Board.
  The bilingual members, aged 14 to 21, will participate in seven meetings per year to analyze projects and present their recommendations to city council to improve activities, services, and public facilities.
  They will also be asked to represent the city at events and activit
  
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• Laval Rocket's Jake Evans is "buying in" after preseason concussion

  13-11-2018 04:20 via montrealgazette.com
  This was Jake Evans’s baptism to life as a hockey pro — in the opening game of last September’s NHL rookie showdown, he was removed from the ice on a stretcher, his head hitting the ice after catching an errant high-stick from an Ottawa defenceman.
  While Evans was released from a hospital that night, the 22-year-old suffered the first concussion of his career.
  “I remember the play leading up to it. I was kind of out of it for a while, but once I got to the hospital, thing
  
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• McGill students vote 79% to change 'Redmen' name

  13-11-2018 03:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The student leading the fight to change McGill University’s controversial sports team nickname says the results of a referendum tabulated on Monday clearly shows the student body is also behind it.
  The Student Society of McGill University announced Monday evening that of the more than 27 per cent of electors who voted in the referendum, 78.8 per cent were in favour of the name change and 21 per cent against.
  The question was: “Do you endorse the immediate renaming of the ‘Redme
  
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• Montreal police obtain warrant to arrest alleged neo-Nazi

  13-11-2018 03:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police have obtained a warrant to arrest Gabriel Sohier Chaput, an alleged neo-Nazi who was the subject of a series of investigative articles published by the Montreal Gazette earlier this year.
  According to court records, a warrant for 32-year-old Sohier Chaput’s arrest was issued through the Montreal courthouse on Oct. 30. The mysterious man’s whereabouts appear to be unknown as his address is listed as “unknown” on the warrant. It lists only one count that
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Shea Weber practises for first time this season

  13-11-2018 03:09 via montrealgazette.com
  EDMONTON — Shea Weber practised with his teammates for the first time Monday since off-season knee surgery, but it still might be a while before the new Canadiens captain makes his season debut.
  After Weber has surgery on June 19 to repair a meniscal tear in his right knee, the Canadiens said his recovery period was expected to be about six months, meaning he wouldn’t return to the lineup until mid-December. Weber has been skating alone with the Canadiens’ training camp, but ha
  
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• Men's mental-health survey: 1 in 5 in crisis, only a third sought help

  13-11-2018 02:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Maybe a man in your life — your partner, your son, your brother — has told you he feels anxious, or that he feels so tired that every little thing he tries to do feels like an effort. Maybe you’ve noticed he is restless or fidgety. Perhaps he admits to feeling depressed, worthless or hopeless.
  You might know that these are all signs of psychological distress, and yet you can’t get him to go see a mental health professional. A new survey suggests you are not alone, and nei
  
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• #ICYMI: Bernard Landry, city hall applause, alleged neo-Nazi, more news

  13-11-2018 02:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  For Touria Sakalli, coming to say farewell to Bernard Landry was the right thing to do. “When I emigrated here to Quebec (in 2001), he was my premier,” Sakalli said standing in line under a cold November sky waiting her turn to enter Notre-Dame Basilica, where Landry lay in state Monday. “I say God bless him. He was a good minister. He was someone I appreciated.”
  Philip Authie
  
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• Jury convicts man who used Kirkland library in drug smuggling conspiracy

  13-11-2018 01:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A West Island resident who used the Kirkland municipal library to send messages via email while he was plotting to smuggle drugs into Canada was found guilty by a jury on two of the four conspiracy charges he faced.
  Louis Nagy, 59, of Beaconsfield, and three other men, including an Ontario stuntman who has worked on several blockbuster Hollywood movies, were all found guilty by a jury that had deliberated through the weekend and emerged with decisions on a total of 16 charges. Much of the eviden
  
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• Allison Hanes: A "new social contract" to fight climate change in Quebec

  13-11-2018 01:03 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s hard not to feel despondent, powerless and alone these days when it comes to the high-stakes battle against climate change.
  The science about the declining health of the planet is bleak and gets bleaker by the week. With time running out to make the drastic changes needed to stave off the worst effects of global warming, many world leaders and decision makers are still in denial about our pending doom. Facing such odds, we as citizens are left wondering how the small steps taken by or
  
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• Adele Sorella pleads not guilty to murder charges as Laval trial begins

  13-11-2018 00:29 via montrealgazette.com
  LAVAL — After giving a short overview of the Crown’s case against the accused, prosecutor Nektarios Tzortzinas briefly paused to look down at his notes, then refocused his gaze on the 12 jurors seated before him.
  “If there is one thing I ask that you retain from everything I told you,” he said to the jury, “it is that Adele Sorella had the exclusive opportunity to commit the murder of her two young daughters, Amanda and Sabrina.”
  Sorella, now 52, is on trial f
  
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