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• Montreal has sent pothole-patching machines out to pound the streets

  05-12-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal is breaking out its pothole-patching trucks to tackle the craters that have started appearing around the metropolis.
  The city started a patching campaign this week to tackle potholes created by the recent freeze-thaw cycle. Patching has to be done when the temperature is not too cold and the roadways are dry.
  “We will profit from every occasion between now and June to make the necessary repairs,” said Sylvain Ouellet, the executive committee member responsible fo
  
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• Montreal steakhouse ordered to pay former worker $14.5K

  05-12-2018 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The owner of a Montreal steakhouse was ordered to pay a former employee $14,500 in damages for ordering her to wear skirts and get rid of her braided hair.
  In a Nov. 27 decision, the Quebec Human Rights Commission found Roulla Kyriacou created working conditions that discriminated against her employee’s race and gender.
  Lettia McNickle started waitressing at the downtown Madisons Restaurant & Bar in October 2014 and said she began noticing problems early.
  “I was wearing pant
  
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• Owner wants pit bull that attacked grandmother euthanized

  05-12-2018 20:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A pit bull that seriously injured a grandmother and an intellectually handicapped woman will likely be euthanized after a 10-day waiting period to determine whether the dog has rabies.
  “The owner has asked that the dog be euthanized but nothing has been signed yet,” said Diana Aubert, who owns Carrefour Canin, the animal control centre in the Lanaudière region where the pit bull is being held.
  The 73-year-old grandmother was attacked by her grandson’s dog after she tried
  
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• Analyze This: Andrew Shaw lights fire on Canadiens' top line

  05-12-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Canadiens’ excellent duo of Jonathan Drouin and Max Domi has received a lot of praise recently, and rightfully so, because they’ve been producing at an impressive rate and have been the team’s main source of offence in most games.
  They have speed, creativity and talent to burn. But they were missing one key element on the line to really propel them among the NHL’s elite. We simply can’t ignore the contributions by the most recent addition the duo, Andre
  
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• Update: ‘Please don’t use pot. It’s dangerous,’ premier tells Quebec youth

  05-12-2018 19:46 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — With Premier François Legault urging youth to just say no, the Coalition Avenir Québec government has moved to increase the legal age to buy or possess cannabis from 18 to 21 and crack down on where people can consume.
  But the opposition says the CAQ’s new cannabis legislation, Bill 2 tabled in the legislature Wednesday, is “irresponsible,” and will drive youth back into buying pot on the black market.
  “I want to send a clear message to all yo
  
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• Docs in the legislature? National Assembly to re-examine dress code

  05-12-2018 19:39 via montrealgazette.com
  After the style choices of Québec Solidaire MNAs made headlines on Wednesday, the speaker of the National Assembly has decided it’s time to review the dress code of the National Assembly.
  Speaker François Paradis called for the review after a news report pointed out that some QS MNAs are showing up in the legislature wearing jeans and running shoes or Dr. Martens boots.
  Assembly rules call for MNAs to attire themselves in a manner that will contribute to the decorum of the ve
  
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• Montreal police seek 3 suspects after car torched in broad daylight

  05-12-2018 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Police are seeking three suspects in connection with a car was deliberately set on fire on Esplanade St. in Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville district at about 11 a.m. Wednesday.
  The arson took place in the parking lot of an industrial area, police said. Investigators have several eye witnesses and also expect to be able to scan images captured by local surveillance cameras in connection with the event, which thus far does not appear to be connected with any other crime.
  The fire was quickl
  
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• The SQ is looking for missing Sorel-Tracy woman

  05-12-2018 19:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Provincial police are looking for a 43-year-old Sorel-Tracy woman who was reported missing on Monday.
  Josée-Marie St-Germain was last seen walking on Prince St. in Sorel on Sunday afternoon. She was wearing a white coat with a fur collar, a brown hat and jeans.
  St-Germain is 5-feet-5-inches tall and weighs 105 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
  Her family fears for her safety.
  Anyone with information about St-Germain can call 911 or the Sûreté du Québec at 1-80
  
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• Opinion: Reform of Quebec's human rights commission is long overdue

  05-12-2018 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  News of Tamara Thermitus’s resignation last week as head of Quebec’s embattled human rights and youth rights commission had been a long time coming. Dogged by accusations of poor management and abuse of power, Thermitus was reportedly about to be removed from her position by the National Assembly.
  All this was a bitter pill for many (including me) who celebrated a ground-breaking appointment. (Full disclosure: I know Thermitus from professional circles.)
  But her appointment turned ou
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Justin Trudeau is pushing his electoral luck

  05-12-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In retrospect, Justin Trudeau’s 2015 victory was less about Hope and Hard Work, the Liberal Party’s unofficial and mildly nauseating campaign slogan. In fact, it was more like smarm and good luck.
  Trudeau and the Liberals secured a leftish, immigration-friendly and self-described feminist government barely a year before Donald Trump provided right wing populist movements the world over a playbook on how to win by railing against lefties, immigrants and feminists. The campaign of his
  
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• Whole lotta latke: Montrealers make 200-pound giant for Hanukkah

  05-12-2018 18:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Latkes are addictive and unhealthy and may make you feel like ballooning into a giant, but the potato pancakes are not usually giant themselves.
  But Rodal’s Hebrew Bookstore in Côte-des-Neiges broke with convention for Hanukkah this year.
  Noting that Hanukkah is about spreading the light of the menorah — both literal and figurative — owner David Silberstein says they were wondering how to spread light in the wake of October’s deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Cong
  
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• Owner wants pit bull who attacked grandmother to be euthanized

  05-12-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A pit bull that seriously injured a grandmother and an intellectually handicapped woman will likely be euthanized after a 10-day waiting period to determine whether the dog has rabies.
  “The owner has asked that the dog be euthanized but nothing has been signed yet,” said Diana Aubert, who owns Carrefour Canin, the animal control centre in the Lanaudière region where the pit bull is being held.
  The 73-year-old grandmother was attacked by her grandson’s dog after she tried
  
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• Plante unveils Montreal’s 'winning conditions' immigration action plan

  05-12-2018 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante said Wednesday that her new action plan on immigration “brings together the winning conditions that will help speed up the integration of newcomers to maximize their full participation in life in Montreal.”
  The three-year plan pledges to make the city more inclusive, improve access to services, boost job opportunities and protect migrants who do not have immigration status or are in precarious situations. That should result in higher participation in the j
  
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• Impact reach deal with French winger/striker Harry Novillo

  05-12-2018 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact have agreed to terms with French winger and striker and Martinique international Harry Novillo on a two-year contract, with an option year, the MLS club announced on Wednesday.
  The acquisition is pending confirmation of Novillo’s international transfer certificate and a medical.
  “I’m happy that Harry Novillo accepted to join the Impact’s project,” said Montreal Impact head coach Rémi Garde. “He’s an attacking player with good t
  
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• Cannabis: CAQ's Bill 2 would raise age of consumption to 21 from 18

  05-12-2018 17:18 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The legal age to buy or possess cannabis will be increased from 18 to 21 and new restrictions will be imposed on consuming in such public spaces as parks and playgrounds.
  Acting on an election promise, the Coalition Avenir Québec government Wednesday tabled hard line legislation in the National Assembly tightening the regulation of cannabis in Quebec.
  The bill, to be steered by junior Health and Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant, has to be examined by a committee of t
  
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• Sorry isn’t good enough after English speech, group tells Plante

  05-12-2018 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante apologized again Wednesday morning for giving a speech almost entirely in English.
  On Tuesday, while making an announcement on artificial intelligence to a business audience, she got momentarily carried away and spoke off the cuff in English instead of reading her speech, which was in French, Plante said at a meeting of the city’s executive committee.
  “I want to emphasize that French is my mother tongue, it is the language of my heart and it gives me great
  
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• More Quebec high-schoolers reporting anxiety, learning challenges: study

  05-12-2018 15:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of Quebec high school students who say they have had to deal with mental health problems jumped by eight percentage points compared with six years ago, a study made public Wednesday by the Institut de la statistique du Québec suggests.
  The report, which examines the health of Quebec high school students between 2016-2017, found that the proportion of respondents reporting mental health problems stood at 29 per cent compared with the 21 per cent recorded in the institute’s
  
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• Longueuil police investigating vandalism at two local cemeteries

  05-12-2018 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than 12 hours after announcing on Tuesday evening their their investigation into a case of vandalism at one local cemetery, Longueuil police learned on Wednesday morning of that a second cemetery in their jurisdiction had also been targeted.
  In a post on their Facebook page Tuesday evening, Longueuil police said the vandalism was committed between Nov. 24 and the morning of Dec. 4 at the Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue cemetery on Chambly Rd. in the city’s Vieux-Longueuil district. They said
  
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• Has Pioneer Bar escaped the wrecking ball just to die of neglect?

  05-12-2018 14:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The Pioneer bar in Pointe-Claire may have dodged the wrecking ball, for now.
  But after the iconic building flooded from within last week, there are fears the shuttered bar could succumb to negligence.
  Emergency city crews rushed to the scene Nov. 25 and pumped water from the bar’s flooded basement after a sprinkler pipe broke.
  The flood caused more than $100,00 worth of damages, according to owner Diane Marois, who wants to sell the bar to a developer who plans to demolish it and
  
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• While you were sleeping: What if Secret Santa…but Robin Hood?

  05-12-2018 13:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were wondering if it was the weekend yet (spoiler: it is not).
  After some researchers were unable to get visas to attend a major international AI conference in Montreal, organizers fear future events might avoid Canada. Organizers say that around half of the 200 people who sought visas to attend Black in AI — an event aimed at AI researchers from Africa and of African descent, which takes place alongside the Neural Information P
  
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• Dorval looking at senior housing project for old church site

  05-12-2018 13:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Dorval is setting aside the site of the former Elizabeth Russell Centre in Dorval for a future seniors’ residence.
  But Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau said the city has not yet decided what type of seniors’ residence would be built at the site, located at 750 Dawson Ave.
  “We’re looking at several different options right now,” he said.
  The mayor said the city itself does not build housing, but has been in contact with developers who might be interested in
  
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• Suburban mayors approve budget but have long list of concerns

  05-12-2018 13:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Compared to the furor triggered by Montreal’s last budget, the mayoral mood within the 15-member Association of Suburban Municipalities was cautiously upbeat in the wake of Montreal’s adoption of its operational and investment budgets last week.
  A minority report on the budgets, with input from the ASM, was released by the Montreal Agglomeration Council’s Finance and Administration Commission last week. It contained recommendations, criticisms and praise.
  Beaconsfield Mayor Geo
  
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• Hudson council to vote on salary increase

  05-12-2018 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Hudson’s town council will soon vote on a proposed 46 per cent increase in compensation for mayor and council, which would be retroactive to the beginning of this year.
  The town published a public notice online on Nov. 19 notifying citizens that a bylaw to adjust compensation was proposed at the Nov. 5 council meeting. The notice states that the proposed bylaw will be adopted at the next regular council meeting on Dec. 10.
  The proposed bylaw would increase the mayor’s base salary fro
  
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• Montreal weather: Chance of flurries today

  05-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  We’re in for a couple of cloudy days with flurries today and periods of snow on Thursday, according to the forecast.
  Environment Canada is calling for mainly cloudy conditions today with a 30-per-cent chance of flurries in the afternoon. High minus 3. Wind chill minus 12 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with 30-per-cent chance of flurries. Low minus 5. Wind chill near minus 9.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Young mother adjusts to life with twins

  05-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When 20-year-old Jane became pregnant last year, the last thing she was expecting was to go from being child-free to a mother of two in a matter of months.
  “We were pretty surprised, but we’re also very happy,” she said, recalling the doctor’s appointment during which she and her boyfriend learned they’d be having twins. Their children are now four months old.
  “I wasn’t ready at first, but now I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
  But the firs
  
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• CTV news anchor Tarah Schwartz giving up plum gig for family

  05-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Amid budget cuts, buyouts and layoffs, this is definitely not the most propitious time to bolt a plum media job, particularly with no backup plan in place. But CTV weekend anchor and reporter Tarah Schwartz is more intent on spending quality time with her young son and husband, so she has decided to leave her high-profile job Dec. 23, on her own terms, at the peak of her career.
  For 18 years, the last 16 as an anchor, Schwartz has been a pillar of the local news front, bringing both gravitas and
  
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• City promises $2.7 million to new agency promoting Ste-Catherine St.

  05-12-2018 07:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal will contribute $2.7 million over the next five years to a new non-profit organization created to keep Ste-Catherine St. vibrant as it goes through a major overhaul.
  With a $4-million annual budget — of which 70 per cent will come from the private sector — Expérience Centre-ville will work hand in hand with Sensation Mode, the team behind the Festival Mode & Design, to organize promotional events like fashion shows, pop-up boutiques and seasonal displa
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Max Domi lives up to his 'Shootsy' nickname

  05-12-2018 06:04 via montrealgazette.com
  During the pregame warmup Tuesday night at the Bell Centre, Canadiens players wore sweaters with their numbers and nicknames on the back that were being auctioned off later as part of the annual Montreal Canadiens Children’s Foundation telethon.
  Max Domi’s sweater had “Shootsy” on the back.
  It was fitting since “Shootsy” scored twice as the Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2. Jonathan Drouin, Artturi Lehkonen and Brendan Gallagher added singles for the Can
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Domi and Drouin get an A in chemistry

  05-12-2018 05:55 via montrealgazette.com
  It can take some time for players to develop chemistry, but Max Domi says it’s easy to play with Jonathan Drouin.
  “He’s so good,” Domi said after he and Drouin each collected three points to lead the Canadians to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. “When you see what he can do with the puck, it’s so cool. The talent he has with the puck puts him among the elite players in the NHL right now.
  “When you’re making plays
  
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• About last night … Canadiens romp to easy 5-2 win over Senators

  05-12-2018 05:06 via montrealgazette.com
  In his postgame interview with Marc Denis, telecast on RDS, you could tell that Max Domi was enjoying the Bell Centre adulation.
  He probably didn’t hear many “Do-mi! Do-mi!” chants in Arizona.
  But there will be more ’em in Montreal.
  This is a great city in which to play hockey … especially if you’re as good  – and as gutsy – as Max Domi.
  Even through his recent scoring slump, Domi has played a consistently tough 200-foot game, the subtleties
  
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• Max Domi and Jonathan Drouin ignite Habs' offence in 5-2 victory

  05-12-2018 04:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Max Domi did something stupid and got away with it.
  And then he did some smart things as he scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
  Domi went to the penalty box early in the first period after he went after fourth-liner Drake Batherson. This never met the definition of a fight, because Batherson didn’t drop his gloves and both players went off for roughing, with Domi getting an extra two minutes as t
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens romp to 5-2 win over Ottawa

  05-12-2018 04:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Brendan Gallagher’s early third-period goal put the game out of reach.
  And Mark Stone’s goal was meaningless.
  The Canadiens exploded 14 minutes into the second period with two goals by Max Domi and another by Artturi Lehkonen, off a great feed by Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  Dylan DeMelo scored on a knuckleball from the blueline to make it 1-1 9:50 into the second period.
  Jonathan Drouin completed a textbook 2-on-1 with Domi to open the scoring, 14:31 in.
  Shots were 41-30  for the winnin
  
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• Alessandro Sucapane, leader in a Montreal Mafia clan, granted day parole

  05-12-2018 03:32 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who police considered to be among the top-ranking members of a Mafia clan that clashed with the Rizzuto organization a few years ago has been granted day parole following his claim that he has retired from organized crime.
  Alessandro Sucapane, 53, was granted the release following a hearing held before the Parole Board of Canada on Tuesday at a minimum-security federal penitentiary in Laval. He will be allowed to reside at a halfway house for the next six months. He was denied full parole
  
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• Quebec confirms plan to reduce immigration by about 20%

  05-12-2018 03:21 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Despite a mild rap on the knuckles from Ottawa, Quebec is steaming ahead with its plan to reduce its immigration numbers by about 20 per cent in 2019.
  Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled the plan in the National Assembly on Tuesday. It says Quebec will reduce the total number of new arrivals by more than 10,000 a year — from 53,300 in 2018 to between 38,000 and 42,000 in 2019.
  The idea, Jolin-Barrette said, is to welcome in fewer but do
  
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• Organizers fear visa issues may push AI conferences to avoid Canada

  05-12-2018 03:06 via montrealgazette.com
  One of Montreal’s leading artificial intelligence researchers says international AI conferences may avoid coming to Canada in the future after some researchers were unable to get visas to attend a major international AI conference currently taking place in Montreal.
  Organizers say that around half of the 200 people who sought visas to attend Black in AI — an event aimed at AI researchers from Africa and of African descent, which takes place alongside the Neural Information
  
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• #ICYMI: Mount Royal, Plateau ban, STM buses, more news

  05-12-2018 01:49 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.An environmental organization, a cycling group and a union representing cemetery workers gave starkly contrasting assessments on Tuesday of this summer’s pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal.
  Marian Scott files this report: Many voices, but all agree public transit to Mount Royal is inadequate
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  As the city of Montreal considers how it will get existing bagel bake
  
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• Three UK-based artificial-intelligence companies expanding to Montreal

  05-12-2018 01:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Three United Kingdom-based artificial-intelligence companies are expanding to Montreal.
  The announcement, made on Tuesday, comes the same day as the launch of a declaration calling for the responsible development of AI.
  Both took place as Montreal hosts one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence conferences.
  The expansion of QuantumBlack, WinningMinds and BIOS to Montreal will create more than 130 jobs in the city over the next three years, according to Montré
  
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• Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher awarded Jean Béliveau Trophy

  05-12-2018 01:40 via montrealgazette.com
  This past Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of the death of Canadiens legend Jean Béliveau.
  He’s a man who will never be forgotten for what he did, both on and off the ice, and before Tuesday night’s game between the Canadiens and Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre memories of the Hall of Famer came back when Brendan Gallagher was presented with the Jean Béliveau Trophy for his charitable actions and community involvement during the 2017-18 season. Gallagher was pre
  
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• Many voices, but all agree public transit to Mount Royal is inadequate

  05-12-2018 01:19 via montrealgazette.com
  An environmental organization, a cycling group and a union representing cemetery workers gave starkly contrasting assessments on Tuesday of this summer’s pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal.
  But they all heartily agreed with a commissioner for Montreal’s consultation bureau when he commented that public transit options for visiting the mountain are totally inadequate.
  “Frankly, the service offered on Mount Royal, it’s really rough (ça fait dur)
  
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• Stu Cowan: Game day dress code isn’t preferred fit for all Canadiens

  05-12-2018 00:42 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re one of those people who still watches Don Cherry on Coach’s Corner on Saturday nights, you’re well aware of how much he loves the fact NHL players arrive at the rink for games wearing suits.
  It’s as if Cherry feels compelled almost every week to show video of the players arriving for the game — especially those “good Canadian boys” — in their fancy suits while he wears his outrageous clothes that remain part of his stale schtick.
  The suit
  
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• Plateau will prohibit new businesses from burning wood to cook food

  05-12-2018 00:35 via montrealgazette.com
  As the city of Montreal considers how it will get existing bagel bakeries, pizzerias and others to stop burning wood, the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough has announced it will prohibit any new businesses that use wood or charcoal to cook food from opening in the borough.
  Following a similar move by Ahuntsic-Cartierville in September, the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council passed a notice of motion on the issue at a council meeting Monday evening.
  “The reason we decided to act is simple,”
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Dec. 5

  05-12-2018 00:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  Cedar Park United Church presents their To The Stable Creche Display on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 204 Lakeview Ave. in Pointe-Claire. All are welcome. Free admission. Tea room available both days from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Call 514-695-3337.
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, presents three exhibitions for the holidays — Origo — L’Effeuilleuse — Sam Black Sketches. Each exhibition highlights printmaking in its own
  
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