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• Man who drugged elderly women before robbing them gets 8-year sentence

  07-12-2018 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An Algerian man who apparently came to Canada with the sole intent of drugging elderly women before pilfering anything of value from their homes was sentenced to an overall prison term of eight years on Friday after admitting he carried out four robberies in a similar fashion in Montreal and Ottawa.
  “I made an enormous error. I ask for forgiveness, especially from the victims,” Hamid Chekakri said just before Quebec Court Judge Thierry Nadon agreed with the joint recommendation prese
  
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• False alarm at Jean-Talon station shuts down part of métro

  07-12-2018 23:50 via montrealgazette.com
  “Threatening comments made by an individual” at the Jean-Talon métro station forced the shutdown of part of the Orange Line and the complete Blue Line for about an hour and a half on Friday afternoon.
  The Orange Line was shut between Berri-UQAM and Henri-Bourassa stations before resuming around 3:45 p.m. The STM reported service on the Blue Line gradually resumed starting at 3:50 p.m.
  Shuttle buses were mobilized to provide backup service on both lines during the disruption.
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• Canadiens' fourth-liners play key roles in closing out Senators

  07-12-2018 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  CHICAGO — Why is Nicolas Deslauriers on the Canadiens’ roster?
  This is a popular question on Twitter, but the answer was there for all to see Thursday as Deslauriers played his part in the Canadiens’ 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre.
  Deslauriers was a healthy scratch Tuesday, when the Canadiens won the first half of their home-and-away series against the Senators. A second-period outburst propelled Montreal to a 5-2 win. They won most of the battles and
  
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• Glenmount residents open to seceding from borough

  07-12-2018 22:52 via montrealgazette.com
  As negotiations over access to municipal swimming pools and hockey rinks in the Town of Mount Royal drag on, the residents of Glenmount are keeping their powder dry.
  For now.
  This week, residents of the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood threatened to secede from the borough and join T.M.R. if they can’t access the neighbouring city’s recreational services at a fair price.
  But a Thursday meeting between C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor Sue Montgomer
  
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• Balanced attack paces Habs for second straight win over Sens

  07-12-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — The Canadiens got a goal from each of their four lines as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  The Canadiens kicked off a three-game road trip by sweeping their home-and-away series against the Senators. Montreal also beat Ottawa 5-2 Tuesday at the Bell Centre. The win gave the Canadiens 33 points and they moved into the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. They are one point ahead of Boston, which lost to Tampa Bay on Thursd
  
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• Medical intervention partially shuts métro's Orange, Blue Lines

  07-12-2018 22:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A police forced the shutdown of part of the Orange Line and the complete Blue Line for about an hour on Friday afternoon.
  The Orange Line, originally shut between Berri-UQAM and Henri-Bourassa stations, was reopened gradually around 3:45 p.m., but with trains not stopping at Jean-Talon. The STM reported service on the Blue Line gradually resuming at 3:50 p.m.
  Shuttle buses were mobilized to provide backup service on both lines.
  Police said a man called 911 at 2:15 p.m. Friday making threatening
  
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• Six cookbooks that nourish the body and mind for the holidays

  07-12-2018 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Few pastimes are more alluring to me than finding myself lost in a book, carried into another world on the wings of an engrossing story, lyrical language or evocative images.
  I read more fiction than non-fiction but count books about food, cooking and entertaining among my favourites. I read them for comfort, for inspiration, for escape. The late, great writer Laurie Colwin said she liked to read cookbooks like novels. So do I: they make excellent bedtime reading.
  Some people say they find
  
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• Yves-François Blanchet has clear path to Bloc Québécois leadership

  07-12-2018 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Parti Québécois minister Yves-François Blanchet is the only remaining candidate for the leadership of the Bloc Québécois, after MP Michel Boudrias, who said he was in reflection, announced on Friday he would not run for the job.
  Boudrias, MP for Terrebonne, did not throw his support behind Blanchet, saying he would not support any candidate in the race. He said a leadership race was not the best ways “to advance ideas.”
  He said he would
  
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• Montreal police to move Outremont/T.M.R. operations into C.D.N. station

  07-12-2018 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police department has confirmed that the personnel of community police station (PDQ) 24, which serves Outremont and Town of Mount Royal, will be merged into PDQ 26, which serves western Côte-des-Neiges, as of Jan. 14.
  The department announced Friday that the Van Horne Ave. offices of PDQ 24 are in need of major repair, forcing the relocation, and that the station facilities of PDQ 26 can “easily accommodate” the extra personnel in the short term.
  The personnel tran
  
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• Legault wants nothing to do with pipelines other premiers crave

  07-12-2018 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Premier François Legault said he doesn’t want to hear any more talk about oil pipelines crossing Quebec because the issue is no longer socially acceptable.
  Arriving for what is shaping up to be an acrimonious meeting of Canada’s first ministers in Montreal and where some of his counterparts want oil moved up on the agenda, Legault signalled that it’s a nonstarter for Quebec.
  “There are some who maybe will want to talk about petroleum. I am going to talk to the
  
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• What the Puck: Staying in the black is bottom line for bleu-blanc-rouge

  07-12-2018 19:48 via montrealgazette.com
  One of the great talking points among Habs fans during the past 10 or 15 years is trying to figure out the 21st century Canadiens conundrum — why has one of the National Hockey League’s greatest franchises sunk so low since that last Stanley Cup win in 1993?
  I know, I know, Les Boys just swept the mighty Ottawa Senators — sarcasm alert! — but let’s forget this week and at least admit that the Habs in this century are but a pale shadow of the Flying Frenchmen th
  
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• Montreal man sentenced to life for murder of girlfriend

  07-12-2018 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A 22-year-old man convicted last month of the 2014 second-degree murder of his girlfriend was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 11 years.
  Jonathan Mahautière, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Gabrielle Dufresne-Élie, who tried to end their relationship on June 7, 2014.
  That day, the couple attended a therapy session during which Dufresne-Élie revealed she wanted to break up with him. However, she later had
  
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• Moishes sold to La Cage aux Sports owner Sportscene Group

  07-12-2018 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal institution Moishes Steakhouse has been sold to the Sportscene Group, the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  The sale, announced on Friday, sees Sportscene acquire the iconic restaurant on St-Laurent Blvd. as well as all Moishes trademarks, branding and the line of products sold at grocery stores.
  Lenny Lighter, the former owner and operator of Moishes, will continue to manage the restaurant. He is the son of founder Moishe Lighter.
  The steakhouse has been in business
  
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• Alberta goes on offensive to sell pipeline expansion to Canadians

  07-12-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Alberta has gone on the offensive to sell the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, portraying the issue as a national priority.
  In full-page ads purchased in Quebec media Friday, including the Montreal Gazette, the province says delays in the pipeline expansion are costing Canadians $80 million a day.
  The campaign was launched as Canada’s first ministers, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, gather in a Montreal hotel for talks. And on Thursday Premier François Legault said the issue of
  
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• Witness at Neverson trial fears being known as 'a rat or a snitch'

  07-12-2018 19:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The end of the Septimus Neverson murder trial will be delayed by a month because a key witness has health concerns and does not want to be perceived as “a rat or a snitch.”
  Neverson, 56, faces 54 charges related to 13 home invasions carried out between 2006 and 2009 in Montreal, parts of the West Island and Laval. One of the armed robberies resulted in the death of Jacques Sénécal, a 61-year-old artist and teacher who was shot on July 20, 2006, during a break-in at his
  
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• Les Grands Ballets’ Nutcracker stays on its toes

  07-12-2018 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  With the regularity of a clockwork soldier, Les Grands Ballets’ lavish production of The Nutcracker reports for duty on Thursday to begin its annual 2 1/2-week billeting at Place des Arts.
  Now in its 55th year, this unapologetically ultra-traditional production has attracted more than two million spectators. That’s two million-plus people reliably oohing and aahing at the sight of more than 300 sumptuous costumes; at the magnificent sets representing the von Stahlbaums’ la
  
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• Editorial: It's time to knock out boxing

  07-12-2018 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A couple thousand years ago, in a generally less civilized time, enthusiastic spectators used to gather in Roman arenas to watch gladiators battle, often to the death. Eventually, the rise of Christianity put a stop to the barbaric, murderous “sport.”
  Society has not advanced quite as far as we might think. Today, we have boxing.
  There is nothing sweet about the sweet science. While there may be fewer lives taken in boxing rings than in the arenas of old, the sport is a fundamen
  
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• Macpherson: CAQ's populism may be good politics, but it's bad policy

  07-12-2018 18:21 via montrealgazette.com
  True story: Before the 1970 Quebec election, Robert Bourassa was sitting with his head back over a sink, getting a shampoo for what the former French paratrooper with the mysterious past who served as his combination bodyguard-hairdresser described as his “nervous hair.”
  (Wait, that’s not the whole story.)
  Suddenly, an idea came to the then Liberal leader, who had been seeking a way to establish himself in the minds of the electorate as the best choice for the economy.
  &ld
  
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• Legault: Ottawa open to footing $300M bill for asylum seekers

  07-12-2018 17:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier François Legault says he has noticed an openness on the part of Ottawa when it comes to considering Quebec’s claim for $300 million to process the asylum seekers who irregularly crossed the border into Canada last year.
  Arriving at the first ministers’ conference in Montreal on Friday, Legault said he had raised the issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but noted it would not be settled by the end of the conference and further meetings would be necessary.
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• Social Notes: Women take action against cancer for ICRF

  07-12-2018 15:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Against the backdrop of the American midterm elections, when a record-breaking number of diverse women were elected to the House of Representatives, as well as the history-making and history-changing #MeToo movement, it was rather timely — and apropos — to be covering the Israel Cancer Research Fund’s Women of Action Luncheon.  
  Founded by a determined crew of Montreal women on a mission to find a cure for cancer and help fund ICRF’s extraordinary, oft pioneerin
  
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• While you were sleeping: Habs show heart, Hart shows remorse

  07-12-2018 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were fretting in bed about your holiday shopping list: 
  Coach Claude Julien said the Canadiens “weren’t quite there” in the first period of Thursday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators, but they were where they wanted to be at the end of the game.
  Montreal turned in strong performances in the second and third periods as the Canadiens beat Ottawa 5-2 for the second time this week.
  “We had some chances, but I thought (the
  
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• Junior health minister backs down on Quebec's legal drinking age

  07-12-2018 13:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Should the legal drinking age in Quebec be rethought?
  In an interview on CBC Radio Thursday morning, junior health minister Lionel Carmant, who is also a child neurologist, said he would like to see a debate on the issue. But hours later, the newly appointed minister backed off from the suggestion.
  During the radio interview, Carmant said that if previous governments possessed the information available today, the legal drinking age might have been set higher than 18, adding that drinking at that
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'It's nice when everyone contributes'

  07-12-2018 13:33 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Claude Julien said the Canadiens “weren’t quite there” in the first period of Thursday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators, but they were where they wanted to be at the end of the game.
  Montreal turned in strong performances in the second and third periods as the Canadiens beat Ottawa 5-2 for the second time this week.
  “We had some chances, but I thought (the Senators) wanted to be really physical on us. But our guys got going and after we tied t
  
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• Stars Above: Geminid meteor shower is earth's most reliable sky show

  07-12-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The starry skies of December brings holiday treats for skywatchers with a few cosmic surprises and the return of wintertime stellar acquaintances.
  Like an old friend dropping in for the holidays, its time for the annual Geminid meteor shower to make an appearance in our local skies. Considered an early holiday gift for skywatchers, this astronomical event offers up a seasonal celestial fireworks show that begins this week with a trickle, and peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and 14.
  The Geminids are qu
  
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• Montreal real estate: Investors snap up most condo mega-project units

  07-12-2018 12:03 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s not enough to just read the headlines, folks.
  Those who didn’t scan past the first paragraph or so of the recent spate of news stories this week about a new report analyzing condo investment trends in Montreal could easily have come away with the impression that most investors in the city are losing money. It’s an unfortunate misreading of the text that overlooks some really interesting findings.
  That latest Montreal Housing Market Insight Report from Canada Mortgage and H
  
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• Underground pizza war: Lebanese bakery plans to fight eviction attempt

  07-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A provincial court judge might have to decide what legally constitutes a pizza.
  That’s one of the issues at play in a lawsuit filed by insurance company Industrial Alliance against Chez Fourna, a Lebanese-style bakery located in the food court of the downtown Carrefour Industrielle Alliance mall.
  Industrial Alliance is seeking to evict Chez Fourna on the grounds that it has been selling pizza — in violation of its lease.
  Among the items on Chez Fourna’s
  
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• Montreal weather: A snowy start to the day

  07-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s a good chance we’ll get some sunshine this afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for light snow ending in the morning, then clearing. The temperature is expected to fall to minus 10 in the afternoon, with a wind chill near minus 18. 
  Tonight: Clear, with a low of minus 16 and a wind chill near minus 22.
  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
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Mom gave up career to care for autistic son

  07-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Stefka insists she owes her nine-year-old son all that she can give him.
  “I believe any parent’s desire is to see their children thrive and to see their children flourish — to do well in life, to be independent and to be happy,” she said.
  But for the single mother, giving her son the tools he needs to thrive has been a never-ending battle.
  He was diagnosed with Level 2 autism at a young age, she explained, and thus requires a lot of support. Unable to secure a spot in a s
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'It's nice when everyone contributes,' Gallagher says

  07-12-2018 05:47 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Claude Julien said the Canadiens “weren’t quite there” in the first period of Thursday night’s game against the Ottawa Senators, but they were where they wanted to be at the end of the game.
  Montreal turned in strong performances in the second and third periods as the Canadiens beat Ottawa 5-2 for the second time this week.
  “We had some chances, but I thought (the Senators) wanted to be really physical on us. But our guys got going and after we tied t
  
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• About last night … Canadiens stomp Senators 5-2 again

  07-12-2018 05:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Interesting stat: In every game since Shea Weber’s return to the lineup, the Canadiens have had 40 or more shots on goal.
  The latest was Thursday night in Kanata.
  The Canadiens had 43 shots on Craig Anderson, five of which eluded the Senators’ shellshocked goaltender.
  There were also 13 shots that missed the net, while the home team blocked 16.
  Total shot attempts: 72 – including 19 in the third period (while Ottawa had three).
  The Senators had 21 shots on Carey Price. The Cana
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens beat Ottawa 5-2

  07-12-2018 05:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Brendan Gallagher’s early third-period goal sealed the deal. Paul Byron’s empty-netter was icing on the gateau.
  Byron converted a lovely Phillip Danault feed 11 minutes into the second period to give the Canadiens the lead. Five minutes later, Jonathan Drouin set up the 100th goal of Andrew Shaw’s career.
  But Colin White’s late-period power-play goal set up a good third period.
  Two goals 20 seconds apart opened the scoring in the first.
  Mark Stone snapped one past Ca
  
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• Balanced attacked paces Habs for second straight win over Sens

  07-12-2018 04:42 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — The Canadiens got a goal from each of their four lines as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  The Canadiens kicked off a three-game road trip by sweeping their home-and-away series against the Senators. Montreal also beat Ottawa 5-2 Tuesday at the Bell Centre. The win gave the Canadiens 33 points and they moved into the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. They are one point ahead of Boston, which lost to Tampa Bay on Thursd
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens 3 – Ottawa 2 after two

  07-12-2018 03:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Paul Byron converted a lovely Phillip Danault feed 11 minutes into the second period to give the Canadiens the lead.
  Five minutes later, Jonathan Drouin set up the 100th goal of Andrew Shaw’s career.
  But Colin White’s late-period power-play goal set up what should be a good third period.
  Two goals 20 seconds apart opened the scoring in the first.
  Mark Stone snapped one past Carey Price, who had been great to that point, at 7:58. Then with the energetic fourth line on for the Can
  
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• Legault wants nothing to do with oil pipelines other premiers crave

  07-12-2018 03:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Premier François Legault said he doesn’t want to hear any more talk about oil pipelines crossing Quebec because the issue is no longer socially acceptable.
  Arriving for what is shaping up to be an acrimonious meeting of Canada’s first ministers in Montreal and where some of his counterparts want oil moved up on the agenda, Legault signalled that it’s a nonstarter for Quebec.
  “There are some who maybe will want to talk about petroleum. I am going to talk to the
  
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• Nurses slam conditions at Île-Bizard nursing home, Lakeshore General

  07-12-2018 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Warning that “patients are in danger” at the Centre d’hébergement Denis-Benjamin-Viger long-term care centre in Île-Bizard, more than 500 nurses and other health-care workers protested on Thursday outside the West Island health authority in charge of the nursing home.
  The demonstrators urged Health Minister Danielle McCann to intervene following an arbitrator’s decision in April ordering the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal to h
  
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• Woman accused of being a Russian sex spy fights for Canadian residency

  07-12-2018 02:51 via montrealgazette.com
  In the spring of 1994, Elena Filatova was in her apartment in Tver, a city northwest of Moscow, when her phone started to ring.
  Filatova, an interpreter by trade, had been working two jobs at the time. One promoting a master’s program for the Portland School of Business in Tver, another doing translation work for a local Canadian housing project.
  Hoping to drum up interest in the university program, she had taken out an ad in the local newspaper, attaching her number to it.
  And when s
  
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• #ICYMI: Woman denies being sex spy, young cannabis users defiant, more news

  07-12-2018 02:45 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  Elena Crenna, sat before an Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada panel member in Montreal on Thursday. Through hours of testimony, she tried to convince the board she is not what the federal government contends she is: a Russian “sex spy” who seduced her eventual husband to obtain information from him and use it as leverage.
  Jesse Feith files this report: ‘I’m not
  
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• Trudeau defends visa process for researchers at AI funding announcement

  07-12-2018 01:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended the way Canada issues visas for foreign researchers attending conferences at an event Thursday announcing federal funding for Montreal-based artificial intelligence.
  More than 100 international researchers who had planned to attend the conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, which is taking place in Montreal until Saturday, were unable to get the required visas. Among them were researchers from internationally recognized universities such as Ox
  
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• Commuters still in dark on plans for Mount Royal Tunnel closure

  07-12-2018 01:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Authorities say they are formulating an alternate plan for commuters affected by the two-year closure of the Mount Royal Tunnel, but with 13 months to go, that plan is still a secret to most.
  Tens of thousands of commuters who rely on the Deux-Montagnes and the Mascouche train lines will have to find alternate means of travel starting in January 2020because of work on the new Réseau express métropolitain — a $6.3-billion electric light rail project that will take over th
  
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