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• Aging fleet, gauge error to blame for bus breakdowns, says STM boss

  22-11-2018 23:20 via montrealgazette.com
  An aging fleet of buses, limited work shifts in which to repair them and improperly set gauges on its new hybrid models are among the reasons Montreal’s bus system has been plagued with maintenance issues and seen a 10-fold increase in the number that run out of gas en route.
  These were among the main reasons Luc Tremblay, director general of the Société de transport de Montréal, cited in a presentation of the STM’s 2019 budget to the city’s standing commit
  
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• Vanier College adopts new sexual violence policy

  22-11-2018 22:49 via montrealgazette.com
  As of Wednesday, Vanier College has a new Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Policy that focuses on preventing sexual violence and supporting individuals who disclose or report an experience of sexual violence.
  Approved by the college’s board of directors this week, the Vanier policy includes safety measures, mandatory training activities and a process for filing complaints, as well as referral, psychosocial and support services for victims of sexual violence.
  “I am extremely pr
  
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• Crown defends warrant used to search Leonardo Rizzuto's home

  22-11-2018 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Information gathered as part of an investigation that led to the search of Leonardo Rizzuto’s home in Laval corroborates an informant’s allegation that he was a “decision-maker” among organized crime groups, a prosecutor argued in court on Thursday.
  Prosecutor Matthew Ferguson made the argument before Quebec Court Judge Julie Riendeau as part of the Crown’s effort to justify why police searched Rizzuto’s home in November 2015 while they made arrests in Project
  
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• Job vacancies in Quebec jump a record 40% in second quarter

  22-11-2018 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of jobs that needed to be filled in Quebec stood at about 116,440 during the second quarter of 2018, an increase of nearly 40 per cent compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
  The agency found that the rate of job vacancies — the number of jobs needing to be filled expressed as a percentage of demand — stood at 3.2 per cent in Quebec during the period, similar to the national rate as well as those recorded
  
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• 'It's a great opportunity': Jean Pascal set for one more title shot

  22-11-2018 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Jean Pascal’s world championship bout against World Boxing Association Dmitry Bivol on Saturday will be the 10th of his career and his first in three years.
  But the Quebecer’s trainer, Stéphan Larouche, says his protegé couldn’t be in a better state of mind ahead of the fight.
  It’s rare to appear in 10 world championship bouts, Larouche said during one of Pascal’s training sessions last week.
  “What’s remarkable is Jean’s journey,&rdqu
  
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• Movie review: Montreal-shot Lemonade explores perils of immigration system

  22-11-2018 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Lemonade
  ★★★1/2 out of 5Cast: Malina Manovici, Dylan Scott Smith, Milan Hurduc, Steve BacicDirector: Ioana UricaruDuration: 88 minutes
  Timing is everything, and the current focus on immigration around the world, and particularly in North American news and politics, lends added resonance to Ioana Uricaru’s affecting debut feature Lemonade.
  An immigrant herself, the Romanian-American writer-director brings personal investment to this Montreal-shot Romanian-Canadian-German-S
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: It's already hard enough to park downtown

  22-11-2018 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  What’s a parking spot worth? Ask a parent travelling with their child(ren) downtown, ask someone who lives in a remote part of the city or the suburbs and has to commute into town to work at odd hours. Ask someone with reduced mobility who cannot take the métro and bus easily and either needs to drive or rely on relatives and friends to bring them downtown.
  Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration is planning to develop Ste-Catherine Street W. into a pedestrian-friendly (N
  
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• Analyze This: Cracks in Habs' D run deeper than Weber alone can fix

  22-11-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  After an incredibly strong start to the season, clear deficiencies are starting to become evident in the Canadiens’ defence.
  And while most of the focus has been on Carey Price’s play in nets, which has been subpar, it’s the blue line that has struggled the most in recent weeks.
  Noah Juulsen’s recent injury hasn’t helped, nor has the absence of top defenceman Shea Weber, and the team has had to deal with a heavy workload — Saturday’s home game against Bo
  
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• Update: Cops bust luxury car theft ring that operated around Trudeau airport

  22-11-2018 18:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police said on Thursday they had arrested eight suspects and raided four sites – including a suspected chop shop in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines – as part of an operation aimed at breaking a stolen car ring that specialized in luxury vehicles stolen from hotels near Trudeau airport in Dorval.
  Police spokesperson Benoit Boisselle said the raids had netted car parts, at least one luxury vehicle apparently still intact as well as tools and paraphernalia linked to car theft.
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• Atwater Tunnel expected to be completely reopened by rush hour

  22-11-2018 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The Atwater Tunnel southbound lanes are expected to be reopened to traffic by 3 p.m. Thursday, 48 hours after being flooded when a water main was cut during nearby roadwork.
  The reopening was announced by the Sud-Ouest borough on Twitter on Thursday morning.
  One lane headed toward downtown Montreal was reopened Thursday morning but southbound lanes remained closed pending inspections and further clean-up efforts.
  The sudden shutdown of the tunnel caused a massive traffic headache for motorists w
  
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• Gas leak closes one lane of Highway 50 eastbound at Mirabel

  22-11-2018 18:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A detected gas leak has forced the closing of the left-hand lane of eastbound Highway 50 near Mirabel, Transport Quebec says.
  The lane closes at Exit 288 — Henri-Fabre Blvd. in Mirabel.
  The lane is to remain closed pending the results of readings of gas levels in the soil, which will then be used to determine how to deal with the issue.
  This story will be updated.
  
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• Liberals, PQ, QS demand emergency action from Quebec on environment

  22-11-2018 18:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Saying they are dissatisfied with the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s stand on environmental issues, Quebec’s opposition parties united on Thursday to demand the creation of estates general on climate change as well as concrete action on the issue.
  Accompanied by candidates defeated in the last general election, the opposition — the Quebec Liberals, Parti Québécois and Québec Solidaire — unveiled a tripartite statement calling upon the Leg
  
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• Winter Music series launches with harmony workshop and sold out show

  22-11-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Bryan Bowser has been an aficionado of Hudson’s music scene for decades. He’s a member of the folk group The Breeze and a regular at the various jam sessions that unfold at town eateries and drinking establishments.
  He and a few like-minded musical friends decided it was time to put the Hudson music scene on the map, so they formed Big Door Productions and are poised to launch the Winter Music series at the Hudson Village Theatre, Nov. 29. Headliners for the first show are the Juno A
  
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• It's not just you — it is record-breakingly cold in Montreal

  22-11-2018 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  By 9 a.m., it was minus-15 Celsius in Montreal, breaking a record set in 1972, when the low was minus-14.4C. With the wind chill, this Nov. 22 feels like minus-26.
  That’s approximately the temperature at which your nose hairs freeze. And when you go indoors, your glasses fog up. Normals for this day are a high of 3 C and low of minus-4 C.
  Still, it’s a lot balmier than the coldest place in Canada on Thursday, which is Thomsen River, NT, at minus-38 C. they won’t get much r
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Nov. 23-25

  22-11-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Beaches
  Canadian alternative-rockers The Beaches are in concert at L’Astral on Friday night, with Goodbye Honolulu. Showtime: 8 p.m.Introduction to Urban Dance Krump
  This workshop with professional urban dance artists offers an introduction to the basic Krump movements, closing with a performance by the artists and/or participants. Admission is free. It’s on at Georges-Émile-Lapalme Cultural Space, Place des arts, Saturday at 1 p.m.
  Mark Kingswood
  The Britis
  
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• Update: Atwater Tunnel expected to be completely reopened by rush hour

  22-11-2018 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The Atwater Tunnel southbound lanes are expected to be reopened to traffic by 3 p.m. Thursday, 48 hours after being flooded when a water main was cut during nearby roadwork.
  The reopening was announced by the Sud-Ouest borough on Twitter on Thursday morning.
  One lane headed toward downtown Montreal was reopened Thursday morning but southbound lanes remained closed pending inspections and further clean-up efforts.
  The sudden shutdown of the tunnel caused a massive traffic headache for motorists w
  
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• 5 arrested as SQ continues operations against meth distribution ring

  22-11-2018 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Sûreté du Québec officers arrested five persons Thursday in connection with what they allege was a drug production network that supplied several criminal organizations.
  The suspects — Tommy Charrette, 25,  of Sainte-Mélanie; Steven Sideris, 25, of Laval; Steven Arthur Gaglia, 28, of Laval; Pierre-Luc Savoie, 35, of Saint-Félix-de-Valois; and Pierre-Olivier Clément, 35, of Saint-Jean-de-Matha — are expected to face charges at the Joliette
  
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• The buzz is back for Canadiens fans | HI/O Show

  22-11-2018 16:06 via montrealgazette.com
  On this week’s show, our panelists — Gazette columnists Pat Hickey and Brendan Kelly along with CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak and host Adam Susser — take a look at the young, run-and-gun Canadiens.
  They also weigh in on these topics:Is this the most exciting Canadiens team in years?
  Blue-liner Jeff Petry shines at both ends of ice
  Jesperi Kotkaniemi adds spark to top power-play unit
  Carey Price shows flashes of brilliance
  Karl Alzner is the odd man out on the blue lineRel
  
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• Montreal police launch raids to bust West Island luxury car theft ring

  22-11-2018 15:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police said on Thursday they have launched a series of raids as part of an operation aimed at breaking a stolen car ring that specialized in luxury vehicles.
  Police spokesperson Benoit Boisselle said the alleged car theft ring operated out of the West Island, but noted that raids were also taking place in the greater Montreal area.
  Police expect to make public the results of the raids later on Thursday.
  
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• Ambitious plan for old Spectrum land includes towers ‘like tango dancers’

  22-11-2018 15:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Imagine being able to watch the massive blowout concert at the Jazz Festival every year from your own private loge, 25 storeys above the stage.
  That’s what real-estate developers Devimco and Fiera Properties are promising as they announce the creation of a $700-million residential and commercial project in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles.With 1,000 condos and 500 rental units, Maestria, which is also backed by the FTQ’s real-estate fund, will take the shape of two towers &md
  
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• Longueuil gang had toothpicks in their burglary arsenal: cops

  22-11-2018 14:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Four persons are expected to appear in a Longueuil courtroom Thursday to face at least 50 charges related to as many break-ins in and around the Longueuil area since last May.
  The four suspects — two men between 50 and 88 and two women, each 50 — were arrested in Montreal Thursday by Longueuil police.
  Police allege the gang focused on individual homes, apartments and condominium complexes and used burglary tools — as well as toothpicks or some other small object — to jam
  
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• Montreal police investigate after Décarie Blvd. restaurant firebombed

  22-11-2018 14:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A restaurant on Decarie Blvd. in the Côte-des-Neiges district was the target of a firebomb early Thursday.
  Montreal police say a 911 call was received around 1:45 a.m. reporting that someone had been seen throwing a firebomb inside the restaurant, a pizzeria at the corner of Garland Place. The suspect fled the scene.
  Firefighters quickly brought flames under control. The restaurant was closed at the time of the incident and no injuries were reported.
  The investigation is being handled by t
  
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• Atwater Tunnel reopened toward downtown only as cleanup continues

  22-11-2018 13:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The Atwater Tunnel was partially reopened to traffic Thursday morning, nearly 48 hours after being flooded when a water main was cut during nearby roadwork.
  One lane headed toward downtown Montreal was reopened but southbound lanes remained closed until further notice.
  Montreal police have lifted the detour they were obliged to impose that saw vehicles headed north redirected along Charlevoix St.
  The sudden shutdown of the tunnel caused a massive traffic headache for motorists who use the thorou
  
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• While you were sleeping: Missing bedazzled pigeon finds way back home

  22-11-2018 13:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you counted turkeys instead of sheep.
  Youth Court Judge Jacques Nadeau condemned Batshaw Youth and Family Centres for failing a young girl in its protection — allowing her to be sexually abused not once but three times in one of its Montreal area group homes. The case, brought to the attention of the court by one of the child’s social workers, involves a girl who was only 9 and 10 years old at the time of the three incidents, between November 201
  
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• New MUHC boss cleans house in upper-management ranks

  22-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Six months into his tenure as head of the embattled McGill University Health Centre, Dr. Pierre Gfeller has made sweeping changes to upper management — from security to human resources — and has signalled he will replace more key administrators.
  Among the managers who have left thus far are Imma Franco, previously director of technical services and real-estate management who oversaw the opening of the MUHC superhospital in April 2015; and Richard Fahey, who headed human resources (re
  
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• Montreal weather: Bright, cold and breezy

  22-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunshine returns today, along with the cold.
  Environment Canada is calling for mainly sunny conditions, with a 30 km/h wind gusting to 50. High minus 9. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 17 in the afternoon.
  Tonight: Clear, with wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 13. Wind chill near minus 19.
  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&
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: A limited income leaves Nancy feeling the cold

  22-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As the cold weather begins to set in, Nancy is trying to prepare herself the best she can.
  But she doesn’t have a winter jacket, she explained, and the money she receives from social assistance doesn’t go far enough to buy one.
  Living with bipolar disorder, Nancy is unable to work. So she finds comfort in routine, she said, doing the same things every day, including taking care of her pet birds.
  “They calm me down a lot.”
  She also said workers at a community centre she fr
  
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• Allison Hanes: Sexting an issue the school system can't ignore

  22-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Four in ten teens do it.
  Conservative MP Tony Clement did it.
  Taking explicit images of oneself and texting them to a crush, boyfriend or girlfriend or even a seemingly trustworthy stranger, is increasingly common among the generation that has grown up with smartphones and snapchat.Sexting — as the practice is colloquially known — may in many cases be harmless flirtation if conducted among consenting parties. At least that’s how it’s portrayed in popular culture wher
  
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• $700M project on old Spectrum ground will feature two towers, walkway

  22-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Imagine being able to watch the massive blowout concert at the Jazz Festival every year from your own private loge, 25 storeys above the stage.
  That’s what real-estate developers Devimco and Fiera Properties are promising as they announce the creation of a $700-million residential and commercial project in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles.With 1,000 condos and 500 rental units, Maestria, which is also backed by the FTQ’s real-estate fund, will take the shape of two towers &md
  
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• Bill Young: Nothing but the best at Que de Bonne Chose health-food market

  22-11-2018 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  If you haven’t recently had the chance to stop by Que de Bonnes Choses, Hudson’s freshly renovated and expanded health food market and bistro, you really should take a bit of time this weekend and treat yourself to a visit.
  For co-owners Gwen Giberson and Heidi Niderost, and their hard-working, ever-smiling corps of associates are hosting a wide-open open house. Beginning with a cinq à sept on Friday, their welcoming staff will be ever keen to assist you, ready to point out th
  
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• Lachine Hospital fundraiser features Aislin, Chapleau

  22-11-2018 11:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lachine Hospital Foundation invites the public to attend its fall fundraiser, titled Chapleau & Aislin Live: Deux Solid Dudes.
  The bilingual event will be held Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. at L’Entrepôt, 2901 St-Joseph Blvd. in Lachine.
  The benefit event brings together two of Canada’s most renowned editorial cartoonists — Serge Chapleau of La Presse and the Montreal Gazette’s Aislin (Terry Mosher) — for a retrospective of their fascinating careers.
  Both Cha
  
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• Restaurant review: Pineau’s sommelier and service are beyond reproach

  22-11-2018 09:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Pineau
  ★★1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$$
  Address: 5064 Papineau Ave. (near Laurier Ave)
  Phone: 514-543-5363
  Open: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
  Website: pineau.ca
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Reservations: Recommended
  Cards: Major cards 
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Parking: Street with meters 
  Price range: Starters $6-$20; main courses $18-$32; desserts $10. Five-course tasting menu $65, additional wine pairings: $45.
  Pineau’s chef, Sarak Tiann, has create
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'Well, our back end had a tough night,' Julien says

  22-11-2018 05:41 via montrealgazette.com
  NEWARK, N.J. — There are probably going to be some Canadiens fans putting the blame on Carey Price for Wednesday night’s 5-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils when they see the goalie only faced 28 shots.
  They would be wrong.
  No goalie was going to get a win for the Canadiens on this night as the defence coughed up the puck time and again in their own zone and left Devils players standing alone in front of the net.
  The Devils’ first goal came when the Canadiens couldn’t clear
  
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• About last night … Devils top Canadiens 5-2

  22-11-2018 04:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Has it taken 22 games for us to finally get a glimpse of the REAL Montreal Canadiens?
  If the playoffs were to start Thursday, we would be seeing postseason hockey in Montreal.
  But when the real playoffs begin in April …
  Well, let’s just say the 5-2 loss in New Jersey Wednesday night did not augur well for a happy spring in Montreal.
  The Canadiens are still holding down an Eastern Conference Wildcard spot. And because the NHL is idle Thursday, the Canadiens will still be in the playo
  
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• Comets defeat Rocket 3-2 in New York

  22-11-2018 03:55 via montrealgazette.com
  UTICA, N.Y. — Evan McEneny scored a power-play goal midway through the third period as the Utica Comets came from behind to defeat the Laval Rocket 3-2 on Wednesday.
  Nikita Jevpalovs and Alex Belzile scored for the Rocket to give the Rocket a 2-1 lead in the second period. Charlie Lindgren faced 17 shots in the Rocket’s third straight loss (0-2-1).
  Michael Carcone had a goal and an assist for the Comets (7-10-2), who ended a four-game losing streak (0-3-1). Dylan Blujus also scored,
  
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• Canadiens' defence abandons Carey Price in 5-2 loss to Devils

  22-11-2018 03:55 via montrealgazette.com
  NEWARK, N.J. — After Ottawa missed the playoffs last season with an even worse record than the Canadiens, Senators GM Pierre Dorion said: ” ‘Rest is a weapon’ — if I hear that one more time I’ll go crazy.”
  It’s going to take a lot more than rest to fix what’s wrong with the Canadiens’ defence this season after Wednesday night’s 5-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center. What little hair Canadiens coach Claude Juli
  
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• Liveblog: New Jersey romps to 5-2 win

  22-11-2018 03:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The middle period decided the game in favour of the home team.
  Max Domi’s third-period goal kept his 11-game point streak alive, but the game was over.
  Taylor Hall converted a perfect Nico Hischier feed nine minutes into the second period to make it 3-1. Pavel Zacha made it 4-1 62 seconds later and then scored again on a power play
  In the first period, Kyle Palmieri tapped Andy Greene’s point shot past Carey Price 6:26 into the game. The lead lasted 24 seconds before Jonath
  
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• #ICYMI: Legault on hydro exports, Rizzuto on trial, more news

  22-11-2018 02:52 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Allowing Ontario workers to help build dams in Quebec to increase hydro exports is a “win-win” for both provinces, says Premier François Legault.
  Philip Authier files this report: Legault defends his Ontario power-export plan as ‘win-win’ for all
  ***
  Premier François Legault says Quebec is willing to do more to help francophone communities living outside the
  
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• Judge blames Batshaw in case of girl sexually abused in their care

  22-11-2018 02:46 via montrealgazette.com
  In a decision made public Tuesday, Youth Court Judge Jacques Nadeau has condemned Batshaw Youth and Family Centres for failing a young girl in its protection — allowing her to be sexually abused not once but three times in one of its Montreal area group homes.
  The case, brought to the attention of the court by one of the child’s social workers, involves a girl who was only 9 and 10 years old at the time of the three incidents, between November 2016 and August 2017.
  As the decision ma
  
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• Liveblog: New Jersey 2 – Canadiens 1 after one

  22-11-2018 01:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A lively 20 minutes to start the game.
  Kyle Palmieri tapped Andy Greene’s point shot past Carey Price 6:26 into the game.
  The lead lasted 24 seconds before Jonathan Drouin beat Keith Kincaid from a bad angle.
  New Jersey had a ton of great chances, and Nico Hischier converted a perfect Taylor Hall fed to restore the lead 17 minutes in.
  Shots were 11-7 for the team that’s leading.
   
  
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• Helicopter pilot confirmed dead after crash in Laurentians

  22-11-2018 01:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec has confirmed that the pilot of a helicopter found Tuesday afternoon after crashing in the Laurentians was found dead at the scene.
  The identity of the pilot, a resident of Rouyn-Noranda who was in his 50s, has yet to be officially confirmed.
  The helicopter was found atIvry-sur-le-Lac, about 10 kilometres from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts.
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and investigators from the SQ began their investigation Wednesday.
  The SQ has
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens give Île-Bizard native Michael Chaput a shot

  22-11-2018 01:05 via montrealgazette.com
  NEWARK, N.J. — Michael Chaput was wearing a Laval Rocket long-sleeve undershirt in the locker room after the Canadiens’ morning skate Wednesday at the Prudential Center.
  Wednesday night he was probably still wearing that shirt, but on top he had a Canadiens sweater for the first time in his NHL career.
  For a player who grew up in Île-Bizard on Montreal’s West Island, it was going to be a special night for the 26-year-old Chaput and his family back home.
  “The exhibit
  
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• Family dinner was held night before girls' deaths, Sorella trial hears

  22-11-2018 01:01 via montrealgazette.com
  LAVAL  — The night before Adele Sorella’s two daughters were found dead, the family gathered for a Sunday dinner at her home.
  According to her brother, Enzo Sorella, nothing seemed out of the ordinary that night.
  Enzo and his father had driven over after work, as they did every evening, to spend time with Sorella and her mother, Teresa, who had moved in with her in Laval.
  Sorella had been suicidal and depressive, but seemed to be doing better in recent weeks, including that eve
  
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• Rizzuto unfairly targeted because of family name, defence argues

  22-11-2018 00:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The police included Leonardo Rizzuto as a suspect in a drug trafficking investigation based mostly on his family name, a defence lawyer argued on Wednesday as the alleged Montreal Mafia leader’s trial began at the Montreal courthouse.
  The charges Rizzuto faces are related to how police found two handguns and five grams of cocaine inside his home in November 2015. At the time, they were making arrests in Project Magot, a lengthy investigation into organized crime and cocaine traffickin
  
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