Aylmer, Quebec news

• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price will start in goal against Bruins

  24-11-2018 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  After losing 3-2 in overtime to the Sabres Friday afternoon in Buffalo, the Canadiens cancelled a scheduled morning skate Saturday in Brossard before facing the Boston Bruins Saturday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  It will be back-to-back games for both the Canadiens and Bruins, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in overtime Friday in Boston.
  The first time the Canadiens and Bruins met this season on Oct. 27 in Boston, Carey Price stopped all 33 shots he face
  
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• Environment Canada issues freezing rain warning for Montreal

  24-11-2018 22:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning with a forecast things could get slippery in the city Saturday evening.
  The warning was issued for Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and Châteauguay, as well as the Outaouais region and the Upper St. Lawrence beginning Saturday evening.
  Environment Canada also forecast: “The freezing rain will move into Mont-Tremblant Park and Central Quebec overnight tonight and then into the Mauricie up to La Tuque on Sunday morning. Freezing rain
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price expected to start against Bruins

  24-11-2018 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  After losing 3-2 in overtime to the Sabres Friday afternoon in Buffalo, the Canadiens cancelled a scheduled morning skate Saturday in Brossard before facing the Boston Bruins Saturday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  It will be back-to-back games for both the Canadiens and Bruins, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in overtime Friday in Boston.
  The first time the Canadiens and Bruins met this season on Oct. 27 in Boston, Carey Price stopped all 33 shots he face
  
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• Tattooist faces new sex-assault charge after local #MeToo campaign

  24-11-2018 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A decision by two women to shine a light on how they were sexually abused when they were minors by a man who operated tattoo parlours in the West Island has produced a new sexual assault charge against Rowan McKenzie.
  McKenzie, 50, of Pierrefonds, is currently serving a nine-month sentence he received in May after he pleaded guilty to charges related to how, in 2013, he had sex with two minors, ages 14 and 15, inside his tattoo and body piercing boutique, Skin Deep, on des Sources Blvd. in Pierr
  
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• Police ask for help to locate elderly, confused man

  24-11-2018 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police have asked for help from the public as they and other police forces attempt to locate Marcel Séguin, an 80-year-old man from Vaudreuil-Dorion who appeared to be very confused and lost when he asked for directions in Baie D’Urfé Friday night.
  Séguin was last seen in St-Charles-Borromée, a town located 100 kilometres northeast of his home, at around 6:30 Saturday morning. According to a release issued by the Montreal police, Séguin also
  
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• Update: Hamilton clinches pole in Abu Dhabi for Grand Prix 2018 finale

  24-11-2018 16:04 via montrealgazette.com
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Five-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton clinched pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday.
  The Mercedes driver’s 11th pole of the season and record-extending 83rd of his career looked in some doubt as Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was quicker at the first time split.
  But Vettel went too wide on the last turn and qualified only third behind the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.
  “What a great way to end the s
  
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• Mémo-mamo hopes more than 65% of Quebec women get mammograms

  24-11-2018 15:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian Cancer Society is launching its 10th Mémo-mamo campaign in Quebec on Saturday and wants to remind women of the importance of undergoing a mammogram every two years.
  Only 65 per cent of Quebec women over the age of 50 have their breasts examined through mammograms, as is strongly recommended by medical authorities.
  Eight out of 10 types of breast cancer affect women who are 50 years and older.
  When breast cancer is diagnosed and treated early, the survival rate is almost 100 p
  
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• Judge will render January decision as priest's sex assault trial wraps

  24-11-2018 15:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Warning: Story contains graphic content 
  After hearing closing arguments on Friday, a Quebec Court judge will render a decision in early January in the case of Father Brian Boucher, a Montreal priest charged with sexually assaulting a youth.
  Boucher, 56, is on trial for charges alleging he repeatedly sexually assaulted and abused a minor while he served as parish priest at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Town of Mount Royal.
  The victim, whose identity is covered by a publication
  
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• Eastern Townships couple dies after single car accident in Shefford

  24-11-2018 15:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A man and a woman in their 50s died hours after the car they were riding in crashed in Shefford Friday night.
  The victims were found after the Sûreté du Québec was informed that a vehicle struck a tree after it had somehow swerved off Route 243, also known as Foster Road, and rolled over several times at around 8 p.m.
  The woman, who was driving, was found lying on the ground near the vehicle and the man was found pinned inside it.
  SQ spokesperson Sgt. Claude Denis said the vi
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Advent calendars that are pleasing for those of all ages

  24-11-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The beginning of December has always been a segue to the start of holiday celebrations for me. The excitement builds for decorating, shopping, party planning and of course, the first window, drawer or door that gets opened on the advent calendar. A tradition that started around the mid 1850s, the Advent (meaning “coming of” in Latin) started off as a natural green wreath laid horizontally and referred to as an Advent wreath. Each Sunday in December, families would gather around and l
  
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• While you were sleeping: Moon-landing check, mummies, Turkey boycotts

  24-11-2018 14:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. Here are a couple of stories from the overnight desk to help you rub the sleep out of your eyes.
  Russians might be joking when vowing to verify U.S. moon landings: The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency has said that a proposed Russian mission to the moon will be tasked with verifying that the American moon landings were real. “We have set this objective to fly and verify whether they’ve been there or not,” said Dmitry Rogozin in a video posted Sat
  
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• Week in Review: Cheap Schwartz’s, no parking, Spectrum rebirth, broken buses, E. coli

  24-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Montreal icon Schwartz’s turns back clock on prices to mark anniversary
  London’s Financial Times once trumpeted: “A beef on rye to freeze to death for!” in describing a Schwartz’s smoked-meat sandwich. We’ll find out soon enough. To mark its 90th anniversary, the Montreal Hebrew Delicatessen — much better known as Schwartz’s — on the Main will be turning back the clock on i
  
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• Shelter: Couple downsizes from 17-room house to luxury condo in Outremont

  24-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Until three years ago, Michelle and Guy Bouthillier lived in what Michelle describes as a “very big house.” Situated in Outremont, it had 17 rooms, filled with antiques and original artwork. In 2015, the retired couple, who are in their late 60s, decided their home was too much to look after and started looking around for a smaller one.
  The Bouthilliers have four children (and five grandchildren) who had long since forged lives of their own. The couple needed enough space to accommod
  
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• Photo essay: Goodbye to Montreal Children's Hospital

  24-11-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A neighbourhood doesn’t recover quickly when a beloved landmark disappears.These days, it’s disorienting to walk or drive past the corner of Atwater Ave. and René Lévesque Blvd. That red-brick institution Montrealers fondly remember as their Montreal Children’s Hospital, the place that cured and tended to so many children, is gone. 
  DEC. 15, 2016: BEFORE: The site stands untouched on the day development plans are unveiled by Devimco and the city of Montr
  
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• Josh Freed: Anglo Quebecers are déçu with you, Doug Ford

  24-11-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Bonjour Premier Ford.
  (That means “hello,” in case you don’t know).
  This is Josh in Quebec, a charter member of a new group called Anglos who Support French Rights in Ontario.
  Your stingy behaviour toward Ontario’s French-speaking population is causing anger and hurt here in your neighbouring province.
  By dumping Ontario’s French Language Commissioner and cancelling plans for a French university, you’ve become a cause célèbre in Quebec — an
  
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• Montreal weather: Bright, but brisk

  24-11-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunny and cold in the morning with a wind chill of minus 10, then increasing cloudiness in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 1.
  Tonight: Rain, but no no snow, with a low of plus 1.
  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’s photo was posted on Instagram by @sanyadivjak.
  Quote of the day:We are
  
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• Getting to and from the Shore Shore will be a chore on Saturday

  24-11-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Roadwork will make travel difficult as closings affect several connections to the island of Montreal.
  New Champlain Bridge construction/ Nuns’ Island Corridor
  Highway 15 North, between Highway 10 and the entrance of Edouard Monpetit Blvd., will be completely closed until Monday at 5 a.m.
  Highway 10 East toward the Champlain Bridge, at Exit 4, will be completely closed until Monday at 5 a.m.
  Complete closing of Exit 57-N (Chemin de la Pointe Nord, Île-des-Sœurs) until Monday at
  
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• Montreal homeless man had nowhere to turn night dog froze in his arms

  24-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It was minus-16 Celsius on Thursday night when Christian banged on the doors of the Berri-UQAM métro station.
  It was 2:30 a.m., and it was too cold to be outside — especially for his dog and life companion. Buddy, a Doberman, was wrapped in two blankets in his arms. Still, he was shivering badly.
  The shelters — the Maison du Père, the Old Brewery Mission, and the Acceuil Bonneau — were all full, as Montreal recorded its coldest-ever Nov. 22. But only one shelter i
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Community lifts Patrice up after year of loss

  24-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The past year has taken a toll on Patrice.
  Within that time, he said he’s lost everything, from his family to his business. Now separated from his wife and child, Patrice said the holidays are a particularly lonely time.
  “Without a family … it’s a sad time.”
  But Patrice stressed he doesn’t want to be a burden — no one likes listening to someone complain, he said.
  He would rather focus on what he does have: a community at the Centre de soir Denise-Mass&e
  
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• Bruins at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  24-11-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Bruins game at the Bell Centre on Saturday (7 p.m., Sportsnet, TVA Sports, TSN-690 Radio).
  The matchup: This is the second half of a back-to-back for both teams. The Canadiens were in Buffalo, where they put up a strong fight in a late afternoon game Friday, but lost in overtime on Jeff Skinner’s second goal of the contest. This game seemed to represent at least a temporary change in the Canadiens’ philosophy as the team relied
  
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• #ICYMI: Holiday train, E. coli, Shania Twain, more news

  24-11-2018 04:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  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.
  John Meagher is all aboard: CP Holiday Train makes its annual ho-ho stop in Beaconsfield on Nov. 27
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  The Canadia
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'You can't be satisfied with the point,' Julien says

  24-11-2018 03:41 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — There were several things to like about the Canadiens’ game against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
  The final score wasn’t one of them.
  The Canadiens played one of their better defensive games of the season and salvaged one point, but they also lost a point when Jeff Skinner scored his second goal of the game — and 17th of the season — during a 4-on-3 power play in overtime to give the Sabres a 3-2 win.
  “You can’t be satisfied with the point beca
  
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• Judge will render January verdict as priest's sex assault trial wraps

  24-11-2018 02:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Warning: Story contains graphic content 
  After hearing closing arguments on Friday, a Quebec Court judge will render a verdict in early January in the case of Father Brian Boucher, a Montreal priest charged with sexually assaulting a youth.
  Boucher, 56, is on trial for charges alleging he repeatedly sexually assaulted and abused a minor while he served as parish priest at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Town of Mount Royal.
  The victim, whose identity is covered by a publication
  
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• Three more cases of E. coli confirmed, but none found in Canadian lettuce

  24-11-2018 02:05 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has tested more than 2,000 samples of fresh lettuce and packaged salads, but it hasn’t found produce containing the bacteria in its search for the source of an E. coli outbreak.
  Aline Dimitri, the agency’s deputy chief food-safety officer, said Friday the results don’t mean E. coli is gone from Canada’s food supply.
  They do suggest if it’s present, it is at very low levels, she said.
  Three more cases of E. coli were
  
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• Jeff Skinner torches Habs with OT winner as Sabres win eighth straight

  24-11-2018 01:17 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — The Buffalo Sabres extended their win streak to eight games as Jeff Skinner scored a power-play goal at 3:06 of overtime for a 3-2 win over the Canadiens Friday at KeyBank Center. The Sabres earned a 4-on-3 man advantage when Max Domi was called for slashing at 1:32.
  Buffalo pulled even when Skinner scored his 16th goal of the season at 17:34 of the third period.
  Julien wanted to tighten things up on defence and that’s why the team called up Brett Kulak from Laval and dress
  
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• About Friday afternoon … Buffalo wins 3-2 in OT

  24-11-2018 01:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Very brief recap here, peeps.
  The Ol’ Blogger is tired, grumpy and in urgent need of evening sustenance.
  Phillip Danault, in a segment telecast during L’Antichambre, described it as a “good, intense game.”
  And he was right. Danault and his teammates played pretty well.
  And if Max Domi hadn’t taken that OT penalty …
  But he did.
  And the no-longer-lousy Sabres won.
  Buffalo is good this season: First in the Atlantic Division — pending Friday night action &m
  
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• Liveblog: Buffalo beats Canadiens 3-2 in OT

  24-11-2018 00:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Not a good idea to give up power plays in Overtime.
  With Max Domi in the box, Jeff Skinner won the game.
  Andrew Shaw tipped David Schlemko’s point shot past Carter Hutton on a power play nine minutes into the third period. Then Skinner’s 16th of the season tied it up with 2:26 left.
  Brendan Gallagher scored 14 minutes into the second period … except he didn’t. Obvious kick-in.
  But with two minutes left, Gallagher bagged his 11th … for real. Newcomer Bret
  
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• Eighth former Canada Revenue Agency bureaucrat accused of taking bribes from Tony Accurso

  24-11-2018 00:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The RCMP has filed charges of corruption against an eighth former bureaucrat at the Canada Revenue Agency who it says was bought by construction entrepreneur Tony Accurso to turn a blind eye to his fiscal fraud.
  Antonio Girardi, 54, of Montreal, faces several charges, including breach of trust, fraud and conspiracy, the RCMP announced Friday. He is set to appear at the Palais de justice on Dec. 5.
  Girardi, a former team leader at the CRA, joins a list of 14 other accused in the investigation lau
  
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