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• Young Liberals propose to open language charter and let francophones into English schools

  12-08-2017 23:59 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — Montreal’s young Liberals are proposing to loosen the rules of the French Language Charter to allow normally inadmissible francophone students into the English school system as a way of keeping it alive.
  And ending the first day of a two day policy convention, the Liberal youth have massively endorsed the idea of creating a professional order for Quebec’s teachers and making school obligatory to age 18.
  They made the decision — which stands as a recommendatio
  
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• 'Rivers and rivers of blood': Montreal cyclist needs 70 stitches after bike path accident

  12-08-2017 23:58 via cbc.ca
  Ariel Kincler lost control of his bike on a stretch of path designated for both cyclists and pedestrians under highway 20 last month.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Aug. 12

  12-08-2017 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  No guarantees of asylum for refugees, Premier Couillard says
  “Yes, we are a society with a compassionate, welcoming tradition that we are proud of, but we are also a society that believes in the rule of law and fairness,”Philippe Couillard told reporters Saturday. 
  “This (obtaining asylum status) is very demanding, and difficult and success is far from guaranteed.”
  Earlier, on his personal Facebook page, Couill
  
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• Kahnawake chiefs to mobilize against Bill 85 in Quebec City

  12-08-2017 23:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Grand Chief of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory Joseph Norton appeared on K103 radio Friday to express his opposition to legislation proposed by the Quebec government.
  Bill 85 is “an Act to establish two logistics hubs and an economic development corridor along (Highway) 30 and develop the industrial port zones in the Montreal metropolitan area.”
  The bill would allow the provincial government to prescribe planning rules for the establishment of logistics sector businesses and to preser
  
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• Quebec speed skater Marianne St-Gelais to miss Olympic trials

  12-08-2017 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Short-track speed skater Marianne St-Gelais withdrew from the Canadian team trials on Saturday due to concussion symptoms.
  
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• Shapovalov effect: ticket sales and enthusiasm up at Rogers Cup

  12-08-2017 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Denis Shapovalov has become the talk of the tournament at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. His surprise run is even boosting ticket sales.
  
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• No guarantees of asylum for refugees, Premier Couillard says

  12-08-2017 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — As the flow of people seeking asylum at the border continues, Premier Philippe Couillard has felt it necessary to clarify there is no guarantee people trying to get into Canada will be accepted.
  Without naming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre directly for saying on Twitter refugees can count on Canada creating the impression the doors are wide open, Couillard said he felt the need to correct certain perceptions.
  “Yes, we are a society with a
  
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• Zverev ends Canadian teenager Shapovalov's magical Rogers Cup run

  12-08-2017 21:34 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Denis Shapovalov has been eliminated from the Rogers Cup after falling 6-4, 7-5 to Alexander Zverev of Germany in the semifinals.
  
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• Saint-Hyacinthe home invasion ends in police chase

  12-08-2017 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating following a home invasion overnight in Saint-Hyacinthe.
  
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• Updated: McGill colleagues in shock as police search for missing music professor

  12-08-2017 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Police are searching for a prominent conductor, musicologist and professor at McGill University who has been missing since Monday.
  Eleanor Stubley, 57, the associate dean of Graduate Studies at the Schulich School of Music and an associate professor of music history, is an internationally renowned conductor who has worked with the Massey Singers, Bach Festival Orchestra and members of he Canadian Opera Company, according to McGill’s website.
  Stubley, who lives in Westmount, has mu
  
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• Montreal demands 3 Labradors be euthanized after attack in park - CBC.ca

  12-08-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
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  Montreal demands 3 Labradors be euthanized after attack in park
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  A Montreal dog owner and her lawyer say her three dogs are not aggressive and don't need to be euthanized, something the man who was attacked by at least one of them contests. Mario Minucci says he was attacked by the three Labrador retrievers in the ...
  
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• Montreal demands 3 Labradors be euthanized after attack in park

  12-08-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal dog owner and her lawyer say her three dogs are not aggressive and don't need to be euthanized, something the man who was attacked by at least one of them contests.
  
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• Dog owner, attack victim disagree about severity of injuries caused by Labradors

  12-08-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal dog owner and her lawyer say her three dogs are not aggressive and don't need to be euthanized, something the man who was attacked by at least one of them contests.
  
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• Couillard warns would-be asylum seekers: “There is no guarantee”

  12-08-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Couillard is alerting would-be asylum seekers that there are no guarantees they will be granted refugee status in Canada.
  
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• Former NHL coach, GM Bryan Murray dies at 74

  12-08-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  Bryan Murray, the veteran NHL coach and general manager who led the Ottawa Senators to a Stanley Cup final appearance in 2007, has died. He was 74.
  
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• 15 Canadian Stories: The killing of Pierre Laporte

  12-08-2017 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The 1970 kidnapping, and subsequent murder, of Pierre Laporte changed forever Canadians’ perceptions of themselves as immune from terrorism. This is the latest instalment in the 15 Canadian Stories series, presented as part of the ongoing Canada 150 coverage by the Ottawa Citizen.
  Pierre Laporte was at home in the Montreal suburb of St. Lambert, throwing a football with his nephew on the front lawn, when a group of men drove up in a blue-green Chevrolet Biscayne and forced him into the car
  
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• No guarantees of asylum, says Premier Philippe Couillard

  12-08-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE – As the flow of people seeking asylum at the border continues, Premier Philippe Couillard has felt it necessary to clarify there is no guarantee people trying to get into Canada will be accepted.
  Without naming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre directly for saying on twitter that refugees can count on Canada creating the impression the doors are wide open, Couillard said he felt the need to correct certain perceptions
  “Yes we are a society wit
  
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• Marianne St-Gelais suffers concussion symptoms, forced to withdraw from short track selection trials

  12-08-2017 19:09 via cbc.ca
  Following a fall at training Friday afternoon, Canadian short track star Marianne St-Gelais withdrew from the national team selection trials this weekend in Montreal due to moderate concussion symptoms.
  
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• Bring your appetite for food and fun to Quebec Public Market Week

  12-08-2017 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Did you know that Quebec has at least 50 public markets, both permanent and pop up? And many have special activities planned throughout the province for Quebec Public Market Week, on now through Aug. 20? 
  The Association des Marchés Public du Québec and the Union des producteurs agricoles created the week-long province-wide event to support buying locally grown produce and products. 
  Concerts, cooking demonstrations and other amusements will be on offer at a market near y
  
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• McGill colleagues in shock as police search for missing music professor - Montreal Gazette

  12-08-2017 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
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  McGill colleagues in shock as police search for missing music professor
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  Eleanor Stubley was last seen Aug. 7 at 8:30 p.m. near Notre-Dame St. W. and St-Philippe St. in the St-Henri district. Handout / Courtesy of SPVM. Share Adjust Comment Print. Montreal police are searching for a prominent conductor, musicologist and ...
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• Well-known Montreal music professor is missing

  12-08-2017 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Police are searching for a prominent conductor, musicologist and professor at McGill University who has been missing since Monday.
  Eleanor Stubley, 57, the associate dean of Graduate Studies at the Schulich School of Music and an associate professor of music history, is an internationally renowned conductor who has worked with the Massey Singers, Bach Festival Orchestra and members of he Canadian Opera Company, according to McGill’s website.
  Stubley, who lives in Westmount, has mu
  
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• Check your child's car seat, Ste-Justine hospital urges parents

  12-08-2017 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Because of the high number of children injured in auto accidents, the Ste-Justine University Hospital Centre’s trauma department is putting out a call to remind parents to check their child car seats.
  The SJUHC reports that more than 1,100 children under the age of 10 are killed or injured every year in road accidents in Quebec. In the case of the youngest victims, poorly installed seats bear some of the blame.
  According to statistics, a properly installed seat can reduce the risk of death
  
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• CFIA issues Quebec-wide raspberry mousse recall

  12-08-2017 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  A province-wide food recall has been issued for raspberry mousse products, due to reported cases of norovirus.
  
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• Photos: ÎleSoniq back at Parc Jean-Drapeau

  12-08-2017 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Now in its fourth year, the electronic music festival ÎleSoniq returned Friday to its traditional Parc Jean-Drapeau home after a foray into Montreal.
  The festival continues Saturday with a concert slate spread over three stages. Concerts run from 1 to 10:50 p.m. French producer Malaa will be in attendance, albeit in his signature face mask. 
  IleSoniq under the dome at Parc Jean Drapeau in Montreal, on Friday, August 11, 2017.
   
  IleSoniq got under way at Parc J
  
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• No guarantees of asylum for people at the border says Premier Couillard

  12-08-2017 16:19 via montrealgazette.com
  “When they (Justin Trudeau and Philippe Couillard) say you are going to live here the rest of your life, it’s false,” Lisée said. “At least half of these people will be sent back.”
  Couillard’s office responded with its own statement saying Legault is needlessly stirring up the fears and concerns some Quebecers may be feeling about the situation when he should be acting like a huanitarian leader in a crisis.
  It said Legault had failed another leadership
  
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• Well-known Montreal music professor is missing in St-Henri district

  12-08-2017 16:07 via montrealgazette.com
  A prominent choir director, conductor and music professor at McGill University who uses a wheelchair or forearm crutches has been missing since Monday.
  Montreal Police are asking the public’s help to help locate Eleanor Stubley, 57, who was last seen on August 7 at 8:30 pm near Notre-Dame St. W. and St-Philippe St. in the Sud-Ouest borough.
  Stubley, who has multiple sclerosis, drives a specially adapted 2004 blue Dodge Grand Caravan, license plate number 238 RQL.
  She is on medication, whic
  
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• Gabrielle Roy's groundbreaking novel Bonheur d'occasion awarded historic status

  12-08-2017 15:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The publication of author Gabrielle Roy’s novel Bonheur d’occasion has been designated an official historic event, Quebec Culture Minister Luc Fortin announced on Saturday, which is also Buy a Quebec Book day.
  Last year, Fortin bestowed the honour on Avalée des avalés, by Réjean Ducharme.The novel by the Manitoba-born author appeared in June 1945 and was a great success in Quebec as soon as it was released. The realistic narrative depicts the working class and un
  
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• Denis Shapovalov says he doesn't remember taking that photo with Rafael Nadal

  12-08-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Nine years ago, a pint-sized Denis Shapovalov, Canada's newest tennis darling, posed for a photo with Rafael Nadal, whom he beat during Rogers Cup action Thursday night.
  
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• Denis Shapovalov claims he didn't remember taking that photo with Rafael Nadal

  12-08-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Nine years ago, a pint-sized Denis Shapovalov, Canada's newest tennis darling, posed for a photo with Rafael Nadal, whom he beat during Rogers Cup action Thursday night.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Submarine sinks, Air Transat pays, more

  12-08-2017 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Happy Saturday, if the rain is getting you down this morning just remember—you didn’t sink any Submarines and the Als won last night. 
  Here are some stories you might have missed while you were sleeping. 
  The Als blasted the Toronto Argonauts last night.They scored 18 points in the opening 30 minutes — and then three the rest of the way, for a 21-9 victory at Molson Stadium. But Nik Lewis still wasn’t pleased to be frank, he says the team “played like crap
  
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• 'I made it': Called up to the MLB, pitcher Jesen Therrien's lifelong dream comes true

  12-08-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Six years after he was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal North's Jesen Therrien, 24, took the mound against the Atlanta Braves in his MLB debut.
  
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• 'No guarantees' asylum seekers will get refugee status, Quebec premier points out

  12-08-2017 13:41 via cbc.ca
  In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Philippe Couillard said it was "sad that these very vulnerable people are being convinced that being admitted to Canada and here in Quebec as a refugee would be simple, even automatic. It's not."
  
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• Shelter: Elegant, spacious Redpath loft offers stunning Montreal views

  12-08-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Andrea Wilde spent many of her formative years along Montreal’s waterfront, in a building that her parents bought back in the 1990s. It was part of a complex that included the shot tower once operated by Stelco. In the early part of the 20th century, the steel company manufactured lead shot inside the circular structure — still a Montreal landmark.
  After the factory closed down, the Stelco complex was converted into condos and loft apartments and Wilde’s parents (and her two si
  
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• Freed: The crippling reality of my Donald Trump addiction

  12-08-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  My name is Josh Freed and I am a Trumpaholic.
  I shoot up the New York Times and other fake news sites every hour to see what havoc Trump’s been causing.
  I ignore entire continents I used to follow. Who cares about Japan’s aging crisis, Greece’s debt crisis or even Brexit when North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and Trump are trash-talking each other, like two schoolyard bullies carrying nuclear arms.
  I apologize constantly to my friends after boring them to death with Trump talk, o
  
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• Week in review: Migrants head to Quebec, anglophone growth in the province? and more

  12-08-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Review of the top stories from the past week:
  From Brazil to the Big O: Tales of migrants’ journey north
  Milling about outside the Olympic Stadium, the latest newcomers to Montreal from the United States tell varied and desperate tales of making their way to Quebec and the cavernous Big O — what they hope will be their second to last stop on a long journey north. 
  Haitian national Catia Jean travelled from Florida, where she’s been living for a year, and in her broken Engl
  
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• From the archives: Faster than a speeding horse

  12-08-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Aug. 12, 2001, in the Montreal Gazette.
  The injured man was carried into Gauvin’s drugstore, at the corner of the street, apparently dead, but in reality he did not cease to breathe until 20 minutes later in the Notre Dame Hospital. The wife of the unfortunate man never lost hope before the arrival of the ambulance and continued to bathe her husband’s head with water.
  The Gazette, Monday, Aug. 13, 1906
  The unfortunate man was Antoine Toutant, a 47-ye
  
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• Eastern Townships community turns clock back to 1867

  12-08-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  For Canada's 150th anniversary, communities across the Eastern Townships are holding events to celebrate their history, from the arrival of the first settlers to the rise of the industrial era.
  
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• Test drive in Montreal: An urban environment is the Mitsubishi Mirage’s natural habitat

  12-08-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Urban life can be a bit of a compromise. Sure, you’re in the heart of the cultural action and perhaps closer to work. But living space is often reduced, and if public transportation isn’t enough for you to get around, finding a vehicle that’s suited for city life can be challenging, too.
  While Europe might specialize in econoboxes built and bred for urban life, Japanese companies like Mitsubishi Motors have Montrealers covered with the Mirage, their baby-of-the-bunch (at least
  
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• Montreal in 19 neighbourhoods: Galerie d’Anjou Blvd.

  12-08-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This series of maps explores different neighbourhoods in Montreal’s 19 boroughs. We’ll be featuring one map per week until September 9.For information on La Grande Tournée, visit 375mtl.com.
  This map was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Alive 375.
  
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• Nik Lewis brutally honest after Alouettes' victory: 'We played like crap'

  12-08-2017 05:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The Alouettes like to tease us, like to lead us down the garden path into believing they truly do have a legitimate offence. And, with 11 regular-season games remaining, maybe they’ll ultimately get the last laugh.
  Last month at Ottawa, Darian Durant passed for 452 yards, but the Als were held to 19 points after a late third-down play from deep in the Redblacks’ territory was deemed to be short. Two weeks ago, at Winnipeg, Montreal produced a season-high 40 points. But the common den
  
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• Wunderkind Denis Shapovalov blasts into Rogers Cup semifinals

  12-08-2017 05:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Denis Shapovalov has to come up with some new goals.
  The 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., had his sights set on a place in the top 100 in the ATP rankings this year, but a successful run at the Rogers Cup has guaranteed him a place in the mid-60s — and he’s not finished.
  Shapovalov reached the semifinals of the $4.9-million event Friday night with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final win over Adrian Mannarino of France. Shapovalov broke Mannarino to take a 5-4 lead in the deciding set
  
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• Alouettes race out to early lead and manage to hold on vs. Argonauts

  12-08-2017 04:54 via montrealgazette.com
  This time there would be no epic collapse by the Alouettes.
  Montreal had a 12-point lead over the Toronto Argonauts in the fourth quarter, just like they did in their last game at Winnipeg, when the team squandered that advantage in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter.
  Not this time. But then again, the Argos were missing veteran quarterback Ricky Ray, out with a shoulder injury.
  The Als scored 18 first-half points, then held on for a 21-9 victory Friday night before an announced crowd o
  
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• Alouettes capitalize on Ray's absence in Trestman's return

  12-08-2017 04:43 via cbc.ca
  Darian Durant threw touchdown passes to Ernest Jackson and George Johnson as the Montreal Alouettes downed the visiting Toronto Argonauts 21-9 on Friday to snap their two-game losing skid.
  
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• 'We will work together': Mayor Coderre tells Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities

  12-08-2017 04:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada Pride Montreal 2017 kicked off its first edition with the hoisting of a rainbow Pride flag to a crowd full of smiles in Parc des Faubourgs Friday night. 
  Despite being welcomed on to the stage by a small chorus of “boos” ahead of the flag raising, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre elicited a joyous reaction from the crowd of a few hundred after sharing a message of reconciliation with both Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities. 
  “We’ve had … in our past ind
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Aug. 11

  12-08-2017 04:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Caisse posts 5% return during first 6 months of 2017, looks to invest in Montreal’s AI sector
  Quebec’s largest pension fund manager is increasingly looking to diversity its investments — and investments in Montreal’s artificial intelligence sector are part of that plan.
  “AI represents an opportunity that is quite, quite significant for the future of Montreal,” Michael Sabia, the president and CEO of the&
  
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• StatsCan admits error led it to overestimate number of anglos in Quebec

  12-08-2017 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Statistics Canada has recognized it made a mistake in its recent calculations on the number of English-speaking Quebecers and will correct the data.
  But the fallout from the incident continues with representatives of the English-speaking community saying such “alternative facts” have likely already done lasting damage to their efforts to shore up a fragile minority — especially in the regions.
  Quebec Community Groups Network director general Sylvia Martin-Laforge said the erron
  
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