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• Stu Cowan: Ex-Canadien Scherbak a cautionary tale for NHL prospects

  03-12-2018 23:32 via montrealgazette.com
  “I tell the kids and the parents, all the draft means is you got drafted. Now the work starts. From 15 to 22 or so, that’s the window when you’ve got to put a lot back into the game. Because there’s always somebody else out there who wasn’t that flashy as a 15-year-old that ends up making it.”
  Truer words were never spoken about making it in the NHL and those ones came from Hall of Fame defenceman Paul Coffey, who was the guest on Hockey Night in Canada’
  
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• Montreal, environmental groups join forces to reach climate goals

  03-12-2018 23:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is partnering with three environmental organizations to achieve its goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2050, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  Flanked by representatives of the David Suzuki Foundation, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and the Trottier Family Foundation, Plante signed a two-year agreement to work together to help reach the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting increases in greenhouse-gas emissions to 1.5 per cent.
  In addition to lending their ex
  
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• What the Puck: Scherbak's loss showcases Habs' draft/development woes

  03-12-2018 23:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The departure of winger Nikita Scherbak speaks volumes about how badly the Montreal Canadiens have developed young talent for the first 14 years of this century. Scherbak was placed on waivers Saturday by the Habs and was picked up on Sunday by the Los Angeles Kings.
  Looking at all of the first-round draft picks squandered from 2000 to 2014, there are only two possible explanations. The Habs are really bad at picking young players or they are really bad at developing young players.
  Either way, i
  
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• Restricting cars on Mount Royal doesn't improve safety: CAA Quebec

  03-12-2018 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Banning or restricting cars on Mount Royal goes against the international norms of the Vision Zero road safety movement, CAA Quebec told Montreal’s public consultation office Monday.
  Traffic safety expert Marco Harrison said the goal of Vision Zero, to which the city subscribes, is the safe sharing of roads for all forms of traffic — and not at the exclusion of a major group.
  “Vision Zero is an inclusive concept, so it should include all road users,” said Harrison, t
  
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• Watch: Folk-rock band Whitehorse makes Irish cream for the holidays

  03-12-2018 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland of Canadian folk-rock duo Whitehorse demonstrate how to make homemade Irish cream.Doucet says his mom doesn’t often drink but will make this beverage over the holidays. 
  
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• Lise Ravary: Franco-Ontarians shouldn't be underestimated

  03-12-2018 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Who would have thought that a language crisis would erupt in Ontario, of all places — with ex-first daughter Caroline Mulroney at the centre of it all. This is normally Quebec territory.
  I don’t know how her father, as bilingual and bicultural as can be, views her performance thus far as Ontario’s attorney-general and minister responsible for francophone affairs, but I hope she has somewhere nice and comfy to retire to when this is all over. Last week, a Toronto Star columnist
  
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• Plateau shootout ends in Montreal's 29th homicide of 2018

  03-12-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  One man is dead and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, after which a police car chase ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. and Notre-Dame St. The death has been designated Montreal’s 29th homicide of 2018.
  When police arrived around 12:30 a.m. at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Ave., they found one victi
  
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• Informant with ties to Septimus Neverson takes stand in murder trial

  03-12-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who became an informant for the Montreal police while investigators were trying to track down Septimus Neverson has taken the stand in his murder trial.
  Jonathan Rogers, 53, revealed that he will be paid a total of $100,000 to $110,000 when Neverson’s trial at the Montreal courthouse comes to an end. He has already been paid $65,000 and his contract with the Montreal police calls for him to be paid either $35,000 or $45,000 when the trial ends.
  Neverson, 56, is on trial before Superi
  
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• Update: Glenmount negotiations back on, C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor says

  03-12-2018 20:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A day and a half after an agreement between the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Town of Mount Royal over the neighbourhood of Glenmount apparently fell through, C.D.N.-N.D.G. borough mayor Sue Montgomery wrote on Monday that talks are back on.
  “I have a meeting Thursday with (T.M.R. mayor) Philippe Roy and I am hoping for a transparent and fair agreement that will be favourable for all. Thank you,” Montgomery wrote on her Facebook page about two h
  
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• Opinion: Protecting English rights means keeping our school boards

  03-12-2018 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  “We are proud to protect your historical rights and we will continue to do just that.” These reassuring words, addressed to the English-speaking community, were pronounced by Premier François Legault in his inaugural speech in the Quebec National Assembly. Later in that same speech, he reiterated his government’s intention to abolish elected school boards governed by democratically elected school commissioners. These two goals are antithetical — the second threaten
  
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• Montreal métro will pull an all-nighter for New Year's Eve

  03-12-2018 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Métro service in Montreal will be maintained throughout the night of Dec. 31, New’s Year’s Eve, the Société de transport de Montréal announced on Monday.
  The STM says the métro system — usually shut down at night for maintenance and repairs — will remain open for New Year’s revellers. It also expects demand for fares to be so great that it is advising those who intend to leave their cars at home the night of Dec. 31 to take ad
  
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• Montreal's famous 'ugly' Christmas tree is back, still not ugly

  03-12-2018 18:41 via montrealgazette.com
  If Montreal’s ‘ugly’ Christmas tree was a model, it’d be the kind that gets talked about as brave and normal and unconventional while looking much like everyone else on catwalks and magazine covers.
  The 2018 edition of this burgeoning local tradition involves an entire Christmas village on Prince Arthur St.
  But this story really begins in 2016, when a tall, waiflike tree was installed in front of Place des Arts.
  The twiggy tree went mildly viral, and out of that a new hol
  
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• Update: Plateau shootout ends in Montreal's 29th homicide of 2018

  03-12-2018 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
  One man is dead and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, after which a police car chase ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. and Notre-Dame St. The death has been designated Montreal’s 29th homicide of 2018.
  When police arrived around 12:30 a.m. at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Ave., they found one victi
  
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• More than one child? Expect more cash from Quebec, Legault says

  03-12-2018 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — François Legault’s first economic update will offer more money to families with two or three children as well as low-income seniors.
  The mini-budget, introduced on Monday, forecasts a budgetary surplus of $1.7 billion for 2018-2019, but also slower economic growth in 2019 than in 2017 and 2018.
  It also includes business tax changes aimed at making the province more competitive. 
  As part of the economic update, the Coalition Avenir Québe
  
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• Quebec rolls out fresh money for electric cars in economic update

  03-12-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Aiming to deflect its image as being a less than green regime, the Legault government is pouring fresh money into the province’s hugely popular electric car rebate program.
  In his economic update made public Monday, Finance Minister Éric Girard said the government will add an additional $21 million to the Drive Electric program, which provides rebates to individuals.
  “The program was going to run out of cash,” said Girard. “It is a victim of its own
  
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• Montreal, environmental groups will collaborate to reach climate goals

  03-12-2018 16:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is partnering with three environmental organizations to achieve its climate goals, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  Flanked by representatives of the David Suzuki Foundation, C40 and the Trottier family foundation, Plante signed a two-year agreement to work together to achieve the goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2050.
  The partnership will make it possible to pool resources, knowledge and know-how, she said.
  The foundations will contribute at least $250,00 to the c
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Herb and Garlic Meatloaf

  03-12-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A meat loaf in the refrigerator or freezer is like money in the bank. There’s a sense of security if you have this popular dish ready to bake, or baked and ready to serve cold, or sliced in sandwiches.
  Toronto food writer and TV cook Claire Tansey includes this recipe in the more than 125 in her new book, Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking (Penguin, $32). Her loaf takes 10 minutes to mix and about an hour to bake. She calls it “classic comfort food”, adding th
  
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• Town of Mount Royal cancels press conference as Glenmount deal ends

  03-12-2018 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Citing a last minute “setback,” Town of Mount Royal has cancelled a press conference scheduled for Monday morning on the end of the Glenmount agreement.
  Glenmount is a de facto Côte-des-Neiges borough enclave of the Town of Mount Royal, cut off from the rest of the Montreal borough by a railway.
  The agreement saw Montreal subsidizing residents of the Glenmount neighbourhood near Jean-Talon St. W. and Canora Rd. for access municipal recreation services in TMR.
  Montreal oppositio
  
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• Quebec boxer Adonis Stevenson in medically induced coma after knockout

  03-12-2018 15:31 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Blainville boxer Adonis Stevenson has been put in an medically induced coma after being knocked out Saturday night in his light heavyweight title fight in Quebec City.
  The Journal de Montréal first reported this development. RDS then revealed doctors had indicated to promoter Yvon Michel the next 48 hours will be crucial.
  On Sunday evening, Michel said in a tweet Stevenson’s condition was upgraded to stable from critical from yesterday to today, “which is,
  
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• Suspected bank robber arrives at crime scene — to retrieve his wallet

  03-12-2018 14:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in a Quebec City courtroom Monday after allegedly breaking into a bank in the city’s Charlesbourg district and then returning to the scene of the crime — while police were on site — to retrieve his wallet.
  The incident occurred at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at the bank branch on Henri-Bourassa Blvd. Police, alerted by an alarm and already in possession of a description of the suspect, arrived at the scene to find evidence of a break-in. They deploy
  
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• While you were sleeping: You can't lop 20 years off your age, court rules

  03-12-2018 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you dreamt that today would turn out not to be a Monday.
  A guest at the wedding of a high-ranking Hells Angels member and the daughter of a notorious former drug trafficker was charged with assault of a police officer. The 50-year-old man was aggressive and uncooperative toward police officers, said Benoît Boisselle of the Montreal police. Police would not identify the man, but according to media reports, he was a member of the Hells Angels.
  
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• Plateau-Mont-Royal shootout leaves 2 men critically wounded

  03-12-2018 13:45 via montrealgazette.com
  One man was in critical condition and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, which occurred at 12:30 a.m., after a police car chase that ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. (formerly University St.) and Notre-Dame St.
  When police arrived at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Ave., they found one victim, a 31-year-ol
  
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• Tomkinson: Send in the plows

  03-12-2018 12:33 via montrealgazette.com
  It seemed like the bright yellow markers from my snow removal contractor had only just appeared at the end of my driveway when the white stuff began to fall. At the first growl of the tractor engine my daughters ran to the window to watch our plow driver Hoover up the snow and blow it off to the side. “When I grow up, I want to do that,” my nine-year-old sighed.
  I was a little surprised. But as she explained why, I began to understand. The plow driver helps people for a living, she s
  
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• Montreal weather: Rain to start the day, then later some flurries

  03-12-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A few rain showers changing to a few flurries late in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 1.
  Tonight: Clearing and a low of minus 6.
  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 @bnel_.
  Quote of the day:If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal. — OvidHere is
  
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• Success of Montreal's electric buses comes at a high cost

  03-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Daniel Girard pulls his $1.2-million electric bus into the parking lane under the recharging dock at Square Victoria during Friday morning rush hour, and waits for the two metal arms to descend and give him a quick charge.
  Nothing happens.
  Girard has been driving a bus for the Société de transport de Montreal (STM) for 39 years, so he knows a thing or two about parking. But the system is finicky, so he reverses and lines up the bus again as a photographer snapped shots of the rare
  
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• No charges: UPAC closes investigation of Claude Dauphin

  03-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s anti-corruption squad has closed its file on former Lachine borough mayor Claude Dauphin and won’t be laying charges, a police investigator and the Crown have confirmed to his lawyer.
  “I confirm that the criminal investigation of abuse of trust called ‘Fronde’ file 066-090622-002 and that concerns your client Claude Dauphin is definitively closed,” says a one-sentence email message from Jean-Michel Masse, a Sûreté du Québec investi
  
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• Glenmount residents decry borough decision to end recreation subsidy

  03-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Residents of the Glenmount neighbourhood near Jean-Talon St. W. and Canora Rd. are talking of separating from the city of Montreal unless the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough renews a deal allowing them to access municipal recreation services in Town of Mount Royal.
  “I just want my children to have the same access to services as anyone else,” said Guillaume Tardif, a member of the Glenmount Community Association, representing about 1,800 re
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Single mother ready to move after rough patch

  03-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Isabelle has had to learn some tough lessons over the last few years.
  “I was always a generous person, ready to help everyone,” the 39-year-old recalled. “But when I needed help, it felt like everyone disappeared.”
  She said she’s now more selective about who she surrounds herself with, hoping to provide her three children — all under the age of three — with a safe and healthy environment in which to grow up.
  Working toward that goal, she and her kids wil
  
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• Creative Finance: Stéphane Rituit 'at the right place at the right moment'

  03-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal has long been a hub for creative innovators, entrepreneurs and artists. In this column, Brendan Kelly offers a snapshot of individuals pushing the boundaries of their field, looking at how they’ve managed their relationship with money in order to “make it” in their chose domain.
  Name: Stéphane Rituit
  Occupation: Co-founder and CEO of Felix & Paul Studios
  Length of career: 16 years in the film and virtual-reality business
  Savings: None.
  Assets: A duplex in Ho
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Habs get caught in another Shark attack

  03-12-2018 06:07 via montrealgazette.com
  To say the San Jose Sharks have the Canadiens’ number would be putting it mildly.
  The Sharks beat the Canadiens 3-1 Sunday night at the Bell Centre, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. It was the seventh straight win for San Jose over the Canadiens and the Sharks are 11-1-0 in the last 12 meetings between the two teams.
  The last time the Canadiens beat the Sharks was on March 21, 2015 when they won 2-0 at the Bell Centre. Carey Price stopped all 29 shots he faced that night for the s
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Sharks have Montreal's number — 12 wins in 13 tries

  03-12-2018 05:17 via montrealgazette.com
  May the more desperate team win.
  That was the script for Sunday’s matchup between the Canadiens and the San Jose Sharks, and it was the visitors who played with more desperation as they defeated the Canadiens 3-1.
  “We knew they were going to be hungry and they were better in the first period,” said defenceman Jeff Petry. “As the game went on, we got better, but we have to be better at the start. We had won one of out of six and there’s no reason why we shouldn&rsquo
  
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• About last night … San Jose beats Canadiens again

  03-12-2018 05:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Imagine if the Canadiens had to play those guys four times every season.
  San Jose’s 3-1 win Sunday night made it 12 Ws in the last 13 games between the teams.
  As it is, however, they won’t see the Sharks again until the Canadiens’ California swing in the first week of March.
  Will the Canadiens be a playoff team by then?
  Not if the they play like they did through the first 40 minutes against the Sharks.
  Carey Price let in a stoppable shot by Justin Braun less than three minutes
  
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• Sharks rip Canadiens 3-1 despite third-period barrage by the home team

  03-12-2018 04:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Coach Claude Julien likes to split the workload for his goaltenders when the Canadiens play back-to-back games, but he deviated from that strategy Sunday when he decided to start Carey Price, who helped the Canadiens to a 5-2 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday.
  Julien’s reasoning was Price gave the best chance to win and the Canadiens need wins to stay in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt.
  It was the right decision and Price held up his end of the bargain. But he didn’t get
  
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• Liveblog: San Jose beats Canadiens 3-1

  03-12-2018 03:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens played a strong third period but couldn’t solve Martin Jones.
  Jeff Petry got them back into the game 12 minutes into the second period, beating Jones from close in.
  Jubilation was short-lived. At 15:51, Joe Pavelski tipped in a Brent Burns feed to make it 3-1.
  In the first period,  took a shade under three minutes for Justin Braun to open the scoring on a shot Carey Price should have stopped. At 10:29, Burns’ power-play goal – with a two-man advantage &n
  
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• Quebec to announce tax breaks in economic update Monday

  03-12-2018 01:54 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec government will be offering Christmas goodies to Quebec’s families in its economic update Monday.
  Acting on a key election promise, Finance Minister Éric Girard is to announce he is bolstering Quebec’s family allowance system so the second- and third-born children get as much allowance as the first born, government sources said Sunday.
  Girard will announce the increases — to be phased in over four years — Monday at
  
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