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• New City Gas bathroom could be Canada’s ‘best restroom’

  14-07-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The washrooms at New City Gas resemble a Turkish bath, complete with a communal water fountain – but is that enough to be crowned Canada’s Best Restroom? Global’s Paola Samuel finds out what it takes to dethrone last year’s winner.
  
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• Fresh in Montreal: blueberries and raspberries have arrived

  14-07-2017 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Eating Quebec-grown raspberries and blueberries is like biting into summer, says Sabrina Racine.
  “It just tastes like summer,” said Racine, the daughter of Daniel Racine, the owner of Racine Petits Fruits.”It’s like sun that you eat.”
  On Thursday, the Racines received their first crop of wild blueberries from the forests of Abitibi, heralding the beginning of blueberry season. It was the second week for raspberries at the Jean-Talon market, mostly from St-Eustache,
  
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• What’s happening with Vaudreuil’s bike path to nowhere?

  14-07-2017 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A bike path in Vaudreuil has become the butt of jokes on social media. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Montreal cyclist dies after collision with truck

  14-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  A cyclist in her 30s is dead after colliding with a tanker truck in Montreal’s east end. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Man armed with knife triggers police operation near Square-Victoria in downtown Montreal

  14-07-2017 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A police operation is underway near Square-Victoria in Old Montreal, where a man armed with a knife in a parked car threatened officers who approached him.
  
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• Stu Cowan: It appears unlikely Andrei Markov will return to ... - Montreal Gazette

  14-07-2017 23:11 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Stu Cowan: It appears unlikely Andrei Markov will return to ...
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  Montreal Canadiens' Andrei Markov looks to pass the puck during second period of National Hockey League game against the Florida Panthers in Montreal ...and more »
  
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• Stu Cowan: It appears unlikely Andrei Markov will return to Canadiens

  14-07-2017 23:11 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Andrei Markov got married last week in Russia, but the honeymoon will have to wait.
  “There was no honeymoon. There’s no time for that … once he’s done playing,” said Sergei Berezin, the former NHLer who is one of Markov’s closest friends, an adviser and his off-season trainer. “He took three or four days off to get married, came back and boom! Back to work. That’s the kind of person he is.”
  Berezin was talking on the phone from South Florida
  
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• Cyclist dies after being struck by truck in Rosemont

  14-07-2017 22:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A cyclist has died after being struck by a heavy truck in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie.
  Police said the accident occurred around 9:25 a.m. Friday when a truck travelling east on Bélanger St. turned right to head south on 6th Ave. and struck the cyclist, who was travelling parallel to the truck on Bélanger St., at the intersection.
  The cyclist was a 41-year-old woman and was declared dead at the scene.
  The driver of the truck, a 49-year-old man, was sent to a hospi
  
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• Editorial: Montreal needs a 'traffic czar'

  14-07-2017 22:28 via montrealgazette.com
  
  In April, the appointment of Pierre Lacasse as Montreal’s traffic spokesman was announced by Mayor Denis Coderre with great fanfare. 
  Some dismissed it as a public relations exercise, a way for the city to deflect citizens’ frustrations with traffic chaos resulting from poorly co-ordinated roadwork. 
  Perhaps, but there was — and is — a crying need for someone to ensure roadwork is better co-ordinated and properly marked, and that citizens are adequately informed
  
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• Haptonomy: How to bond with your baby like the French

  14-07-2017 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  Although it is not widely available in Canada, some Montreal clinics are offering up the service.
  
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• Buchignani: Lewis Hamilton eyes home redemption at British GP

  14-07-2017 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  With engines still warm, Formula One gets right back to work this weekend at the British Grand Prix — and not a minute too soon for local hero Lewis Hamilton.
  Races on back-to-back weekends are the exception to the rule, but the Mercedes ace will be eager to climb back into the cockpit and try to pull himself out of his mini-slump as the season hits the midway mark.
  The 32-year-old from Stevenage, Hertfordshire will be hoping to get a boost from the home crowd at Silverstone after two diff
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens debate shows Habs Nation is bitterly divided

  14-07-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s a nation divided. I’m not talking about our neighbours to the south, a country split down the middle for years between red and blue states.
  I’m talking about the Habs Nation. In a curious kind of way, it’s a people divided in a similar fashion to the Republican/Democrat partition in the U.S.
  On the one side you have the pro-Bergevin crew. These are Canadiens fans who believe that Montreal general manager Marc Bergevin is moving our team in the right direction and are
  
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• Montreal festivals collide with each other, overlapping in space and time - The Globe and Mail

  14-07-2017 21:18 via theglobeandmail.com
  
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  Montreal festivals collide with each other, overlapping in space and time
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  Such is the crush of events that some festivals overlap in space as well as in time, as I inadvertently discovered while checking out free outdoor events by Montréal Complètement Cirque (MCC). This fête strives each year to blanket more of the city in ...
  
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• Inside the CFL: Stamps' Andrew Buckley hopes to dispel Canadian QB stereotype

  14-07-2017 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The guy who is one injury away from becoming the Calgary Stampeders’ starting quarterback has a picture on his cellphone of himself as a kid, wearing the team’s iconic red jersey at McMahon Stadium.
  As a Canadian-born quarterback Andrew Buckley never seriously considered a pro career, with good reason. He was the last player selected (62nd overall) in the 2015 Canadian college draft, and had resigned himself to following in his parents’ footsteps and becoming a doctor. The Calg
  
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• 49 people to decide whether Quebec City’s Muslims get their own cemetery

  14-07-2017 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of people allowed to vote is small because only those living or working near the proposed site get to cast a ballot.
  
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• Half of Montreal’s Metro network now has cell service

  14-07-2017 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The STM is on schedule to having all 68 stations and 71 km of tunnel connected by the year 2020.
  
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• Don Macpherson: The NDP's 'Jagmeet Singh problem' in Quebec is real

  14-07-2017 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebecers are not used to being asked to vote for politicians who look like Jagmeet Singh. He wears colourful turbans and has a long, dark beard, symbols of his Sikh faith. And he is a serious contender for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party.
  Some Quebec New Democrats are concerned that if Singh wins the leadership, voters in this province will reject their party. Considering the evidence, including their own recent experience, that concern is understandable.
  Last week, Le D
  
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• Montmagny, Que., family doctor charged in connection with sexual assault of 10 patients

  14-07-2017 20:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Jean-François Rancourt, 56, was charged with sexually assaulting 10 women between the ages of 20 and 40.
  
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• Memorial service for Montreal boxing ref Marlon Wright set for July 16

  14-07-2017 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A memorial service will be held on Sunday for Marlon B. Wright, a former welterweight fighter who went on to become one of Canada’s top boxing referees and officiated title bouts around the world. Wright, who was 51, died on July 6. 
  A remembrance for Wright will take place on Sunday, July 16, from noon to 9 p.m. at Kane & Fetterly Funeral Home, 5301 Decarie Blvd., in Montreal, with a ceremony beginning at 7 p.m.
  In an interview with The Gazette’s Herb Zurkowsky publish
  
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• Welcome back to the jungle: the 1992 Metallica/Guns N' Roses debacle

  14-07-2017 19:28 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Happy anniversary, Montreal. Looks like you owe Axl Rose some silver.
  Perhaps a nice platter, inscribed “Memories 08.08.92!” with one of those wedding bonfire sunsets.
  A plated Colt pistol and sterling-dipped natural rose for the literalists out there.
  Or maybe a silver photo frame with a picture of the Guns N’ Roses singer storming off the Big O stage on Aug. 8, 1992, split-screened with the merry sight of T-shirt pyres lighting up that cavernous hellhole. Summertime!
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• Looking back: Guns N' Roses will never play Olympic Stadium again, Montreal mayor said in 1992

  14-07-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Original headline: Band will never play Big O again: Dore
  This story was published in the Montreal Gazette on Aug 11, 1992. 
  By Elizabeth Thompson and Paul Wells
   Saturday’s riot at the Metallica/Guns N’ Roses concert at the Olympic Stadium was in part the fault of one of the groups on stage, Mayor Jean Dore said last night as he announced that the group has been banned from ever playing the Big O again.
  Dore didn’t specify which group he was referring to, but it
  
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• Looking back: 'Dynamite concert' by Metallica/Guns N' Roses turned into a dud in 1992

  14-07-2017 19:24 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Original headline: Dynamite concert turns into a dud; Metallica singer hurt, Rose has sore throat and fans feel burned
  This story was published on the front page of the Culture section Montreal Gazette on Aug. 9, 1992.  
  By Mark Lepage
  “They Said It Would Never Happen” was the tag line for last night’s Metallica/Guns N’ Roses blowout for 53,000 at the Big O.
  They were right.
  There was a blowout all right — in fact, there were a couple, neither of
  
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• Cyclist killed after being struck by truck in Rosemont

  14-07-2017 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A cyclist in her 30s has been killed after being struck by a heavy truck in the borough of Rosemont—La Petite Patrie.
  Police said the accident occurred about 9:25 a.m. when a truck travelling east on Bélanger St. turned right to head south on 6th Ave. and struck the cyclist, who was also travelling parallel to the truck on Bélanger St., at the intersection.
  The cyclist was declared dead at the scene.
  The driver of the truck, as well as several witnesses, are being treated for
  
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• Looking back: Angry Montreal fans trashed Olympic Stadium after Metallica/Guns N' Roses show in 1992

  14-07-2017 19:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Original headline: Angry fans trash Big O after concert
  This story was published on the front page of the Montreal Gazette on Aug. 9 1992. 
  By Mark Lepage, Walter Buchignani and Ann McLaughlin 
  The fans went wild.
  Touted as the rock blowout of the year, the Metallica-Guns N’ Roses show just fell apart and left thousands boiling mad.
  When Guns N’ Roses cut short their set after just 55 minutes, police had a riot on their hands.
  Inside the stadium, fans burned chairs and
  
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• Looking back: Metallica/Guns N' Roses cut short sold-out Montreal show in 1992

  14-07-2017 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Original headline: Big O bust — Metallica, Guns N’ Roses cut short sold-out show
  This story was published on the front page of the Montreal Gazette on Aug. 9, 1992. 
  By Walter Buchignani
  The concert was being touted as the rock blowout of the year.
  But last night’s double-header with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica at Olympic Stadium turned into a bust as headliners Guns N’ Roses walked off the stage only 55 minutes into their set.
  Angry fans chanted and
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: July 14

  14-07-2017 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  From Châteauguay working to repeal its pit bull ban to the hidden dangers of eyelash extensions, here are the five biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Vaudreuil residents laugh, cry over bike path to nowhere

  14-07-2017 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some have even offered creative suggestions to fix the problem, hinting at Steven Spielberg's sci-fi blockbuster, E.T.
  
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• #Habs dominate discussion on Twitter in Montreal

  14-07-2017 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal Canadiens are so popular on Twitter that three of the top five Montreal-related hashtags on the social media site are related to the hockey team.
  It was one of the insights shared by Twitter Canada’s managing director, Rory Capern, during a visit to Montreal on Thursday.
  He said posts on the site that are connected to Montreal tend to be about politics or sports.  
  “In Montreal it was this dominant conversation from the Habs, but then also emploi and jobs and qcpoli
  
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• Do you know which sunscreen best fits your skin type?

  14-07-2017 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The sun hasn't been around much this summer, but experts say applying sunscreen is still important.
  
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• Fantasia film fest: Programmers' picks

  14-07-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s wicked, it’s wild, it’s the 21st Fantasia International Film Festival. Montreal’s genre movie extravaganza presents 160 features and 300 shorts from 40 countries, through to Aug. 2.
  To help you parse through the barrage of action, horror, Asian, skewed comedy and more, the Montreal Gazette got the scoop straight from festival programmers. Here are 15 films they recommend at this year’s edition.
   
  Ariel Esteban Cayer (director of the Camera Lucida section):
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: July 14, 2017

  14-07-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Under $18: Everyday drinking
  Sylvaner 2016, Cuvée René Dopff, Dopff & Irion, France white, $13.95, SAQ # 13190018. Solid sylvaner. Shows good acidity and a hint of minerality alongside the expected citrus notes. I love the texture — super fresh yet comfortable on the finish. Easy to drink and quite complete for the price. Residual sugar: 6 g/L. Grape variety: sylvaner. Serve at: 8-10 C. Drink now-2019. Food pairing idea: apéritif, scallops, lighter seafoo
  
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• Rick Modi, accused in hit-and-run death of toddler in Saint-Constant, released on bail

  14-07-2017 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The 24-year-old man charged in connection with a hit and run that killed two-year-old Dominique Wenga last May on the Saint-Constant street where they both lived has been released on $5,000 bail.
  
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• Rick Modi, charged in hit-and-run death of toddler, granted bail

  14-07-2017 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rick Modi faces a possible life sentence after a fatal collision in Saint-Constant in Montreal’s south shore.
  
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• One of the most talked about moments from this past week - Comedian @JessicaKirson's awkward & hilarious interview… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  14-07-2017 17:41
  One of the most talked about moments from this past week - Comedian @JessicaKirson's awkward & hilarious interview… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• With marijuana legalization looming, the BT panel discusses how Canada should get ready youtu.be/hvuaSyjozuA

  14-07-2017 17:39
  With marijuana legalization looming, the BT panel discusses how Canada should get ready youtu.be/hvuaSyjozuA
  
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• We say hello to @Tinatenneriello! https://t.co/TgQXssMA6R

  14-07-2017 17:28
  
  We say hello to @Tinatenneriello! https://t.co/TgQXssMA6R
  
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• BT Summer Sizzle: Vegetarian BBQ with Chef Erica! https://t.co/H3Kg8IENUU

  14-07-2017 17:16
  
  BT Summer Sizzle: Vegetarian BBQ with Chef Erica! https://t.co/H3Kg8IENUU
  
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• ICYMI: Laval Police investigating bizarre dognapping case https://t.co/xteZi078LO

  14-07-2017 17:15
  
  ICYMI: Laval Police investigating bizarre dognapping case https://t.co/xteZi078LO
  
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• Cyclist killed after colliding with tanker truck in Montreal’s east end

  14-07-2017 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A cyclist is dead after colliding with a tanker truck.
  
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• It's all about swimsuits: Hot fashion looks with @zeeta https://t.co/pJ0oLwUxaq

  14-07-2017 17:02
  
  It's all about swimsuits: Hot fashion looks with @zeeta https://t.co/pJ0oLwUxaq
  
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• Female cyclist killed after being hit by truck in Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie

  14-07-2017 16:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say a cyclist was killed after being hit by a truck in Montreal's Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie borough.
  
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• Canada's first skater cop hopes to inspire other police

  14-07-2017 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  A Longueuil, Que., police officer is using skateboard diplomacy to build bridges between the city's police service and local teens.
  
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• Canada's first skateboarding cop hopes to inspire other police

  14-07-2017 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  A Longueuil, Que., police officer is using skateboard diplomacy to build bridges between the city's police service and local teens.
  
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• MUHC meets with health minister

  14-07-2017 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fri, Jul 14: Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette met with several MUHC unions Thursday. As Elysia Bryan-Baynes explains, they took the opportunity to express their concerns about their working conditions.
  
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