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• Stats don't tell the full story of Alouettes' defence - Montreal Gazette

  29-08-2017 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
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  Stats don't tell the full story of Alouettes' defence
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  Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols is sacked by Montreal Alouettes defensive end John Bowman during first quarter CFL football action Thursday, August 24, 2017 in Montreal. Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment ...and more »
  
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• Stats don't tell the full story of Alouettes' defence

  29-08-2017 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  It was Jerry Jones, the bombastic showman, businessman, general manager and owner of the Dallas Cowboys who, in 2010, stated “stats are for losers. They relish in them.”
  Halfway through the Canadian Football League regular schedule, only two Alouettes defensive players — John Bowman and rookie linebacker Branden Dozier — have more than one quarterback sack. And, had Dozier not recorded one last week against Winnipeg, Bowman would be alone.
  “People just see results.
  
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• CAQ caucus discusses asylum seekers

  29-08-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Coalition Avenir Quebec leader François Legault says Canada should block all migrants from coming into the country unless they can prove their lives are in danger. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Montreal woman injured during storm

  29-08-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal woman is awaiting surgery after being severely injured during the intense thunderstorm that raged through Montreal. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, she was helping to set up a tent for a fundraiser in Pointe-Claire when she was hit in the face with a metal beam.
  
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• Man, 24, charged in Quebec City in death of his father

  29-08-2017 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A 24-year-old man was charged with the premeditated murder of his father on Tuesday afternoon at the Quebec City courthouse.
  Frédéric Gas is accused of murdering his father, Claude Gas, age 67.
  The body of the man was discovered Monday afternoon in St-Lambert-de-Lauzon, in Chaudière-Appalaches.
  Frédéric Gas has a criminal record, for narcotics, theft, fraud and breach of conditions. He was due to appear on Tuesday at the Quebec City courthouse on these issues.
  
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• McConnell woods property goes on auction block

  29-08-2017 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Green Coalition is lauding the city of Dorval for its efforts to preserve the McConnell woods, the sprawling waterfront property which is currently up for sale.
  Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau announced recently that the city had submitted an offer of $15.1 million to buy and preserve the property. The tree-lined Lakeshore Road lot, which measures 540,000 square foot, is evaluated at about $11 million.
  The Green Coalition, a non-profit association that promotes the conservation of green spaces an
  
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• GPS immobilizers, setup fees and other car-lease caveats in Quebec

  29-08-2017 22:58 via cbc.ca
  If you’ve never heard of a GPS immobilizer, chances are you've never leased a car on bad credit.
  
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• Impact defender Shaun Francis to play for Jamaica in friendly against Canada

  29-08-2017 22:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Impact defenceman Shaun Francis was selected by the Jamaican national team to take part in a friendly match against Canada on Saturday at Toronto’s BMO Field.
  Francis, 30, played 12 matches and scored three career goals with the “Reggae Boyz” in international play. They include a CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal goal against Canada.
  Impact forward Anthony Jackson-Hamel, midfielders Samuel Pierre and David Choinière as well as goalkeeper James Pantemis will play for Canada
  
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• Authorities worried about legionnaires’ disease in Quebec town

  29-08-2017 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  A cooling tower in a building was identified as the source of the contamination.
  
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• Pierrefonds school crosswalk still not safe

  29-08-2017 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro residents are still waiting after the borough announced it would increase safety measures and install school zone signs after two elementary students were hit by a car near École Saint-Gérard. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Fisheries department monitoring North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear

  29-08-2017 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  At least 13 of the whales have been found dead this year off the coasts of Canada and New England.
  
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• CAQ presents solutions for ‘broken’ Quebec health system

  29-08-2017 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  The CAQ said if elected, it will force family doctor clinics to stay open on evenings and weekends to reduce the number of patients going to emergency rooms.
  
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• A longer Blue Line, more Azur trains, and improved accessibility part of STM's 2025 vision

  29-08-2017 21:12 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's public transit authority unveiled its 2025 strategic plan Tuesday afternoon, which outlines long-term priorities and projects to come.
  
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• Quebec, Airbnb reach agreement to collect lodging tax

  29-08-2017 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Airbnb will automatically collect and remit a 3.5 per cent lodging tax on bookings.
  
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• Government keeps watch on latest entangled right whale off Gaspé Peninsula

  29-08-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Another North Atlantic right whale has been discovered entangled off the Gaspé Peninsula.
  
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• Government keeps watch on latest entangled North Atlantic right whale off Gaspé Peninsula

  29-08-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Another North Atlantic right whale has been discovered entangled off the Gaspé Peninsula.
  
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• 'Historic' election could put the CAQ in power, Legault says

  29-08-2017 20:55 via montrealgazette.com
  SHAWINGAN — The 2018 general election will be “historic,” because there’s a good chance Quebecers will elect their first Coalition Avenir Québec government in history, says leader François Legault.
  And he’s again invited anglophones to get aboard the band wagon, saying they have just as many reasons for voting against the tired Liberal government as francophones do — and that includes the poor state of the health care system.
  Gushing with confide
  
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• Amal Asmar’s racial, social profiling case first of its kind to be heard in court

  29-08-2017 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Amal Asmar's case of both racial and social profiling will the first of its kind to be tried at the Human Rights Tribunal.
  
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• For local game developers, Quebec tax credit provides big benefits

  29-08-2017 20:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Guillaume Provost was working in France when he decided to return to Canada to open a video game studio.
  Over the course of his 22-year career in the video game industry, he’d worked in Toronto and Montreal, and both cities were strong contenders. 
  What ultimately tipped the scales and led him to launch his company, Compulsion Games, in Montreal was Quebec’s multimedia tax credit.
  Part of his reasoning, Provost said, was that the credit here is better suited to the needs of
  
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• Quebec offers aid to Texas in aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec has offered aid to Texas, which is being devastated by Hurricane Harvey and the subsequent flooding, said Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre.
  The minister spoke on the phone Tuesday at noon with Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos.
  The assistance will come in the form of cots, blankets, pillows and hygiene kits, the minister said in a telephone interview shortly afterward.
  She also offered the services of Hydro-Québec, which can help to re-establish the pow
  
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• Contrecoeur trial: Frank Zampino blames bureaucrats, says 'I never did give any orders to anyone' - Montreal Gazette

  29-08-2017 20:35 via montrealgazette.com
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  Contrecoeur trial: Frank Zampino blames bureaucrats, says 'I never did give any orders to anyone'
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  Montreal civil servants testified earlier the land should have sold for at least $20 million to developers hoping to build 1,800 residential units on the site. Instead, the city's real-estate arm, the Société d'habitation et de développement de ...
  
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• Zampino decries "prudence and fear" after Charbonneau

  29-08-2017 20:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Frank Zampino, the former chairman of the city of Montreal’s top decision-making body and right hand man to the mayor, took the stand in his own defence Tuesday at the Contrecoeur fraud trial.
  He spent most of the morning outlining his duties as chairman of the executive committee and explaining that most administrative decisions were taken by the city’s civil servants and directors, and not politicians such as himself. He also bemoaned the fact that city councillors and employees no
  
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• Pierrefonds parents still waiting after borough promised to install school zone signs

  29-08-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Parents are still waiting for the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro to install signs around a school after two girls were struck by a car in June.
  
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• STM promises more electric buses, extended Blue Line by 2025

  29-08-2017 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société de transport de Montréal announced on Tuesday an ambitious revised strategic organizational plan for 2025.
  STM chief executive officer Luc Tremblay said the revised plan places greater emphasis on customer satisfaction. The plan is similar to what the STM has voiced in the past, vowing to increase the number of electric buses, extend the Blue Line and improve infrastructure.
  The plan is an update from the STM’s strategy for 2020, outlined in 2012. By law, t
  
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• Airbnb agrees to pay lodging taxes in Quebec

  29-08-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Airbnb and the Quebec government announced an agreement Tuesday that will see the home-sharing platform begin collecting a lodging tax on short-term rentals in the province as of October.
  In what Airbnb is calling a first in Canada, the service will automatically collect and remit a 3.5 per cent tax on bookings for stays of under 31 days.
  Tourism Minister Julie Boulet said the new rules will deal with a rapidly expanding industry.
  “The government has the obligation to adjust, to adapt to t
  
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• Best in photojournalism exhibited at World Press Photo Montreal 2017

  29-08-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  An award-winning Canadian freelance photojournalist has her work displayed at World Press Photo Montreal 2017 exhibition.
  
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• Bombardier shut out of N.Y. subway contract because of poor performance

  29-08-2017 19:39 via montrealgazette.com
  An increasing number of delays and cost overruns by Bombardier has shut out the Quebec firm from a $3.2-billion contract with New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority.
  The company confirmed on Tuesday that its proposal for a contract to construct up to 1,695 subway cars for the MTA is no longer under consideration.
  “We are extremely disappointed as we spent considerable time developing an innovative solution that included world-class subway cars, an attractive delivery sch
  
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• Convict testifies at trial of Montreal lawyer Dimitrios Strapatsas

  29-08-2017 19:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The trial of a Montreal lawyer accused of obstructing justice in a murder case will proceed, as he was reported to be in better health on Tuesday. 
  Fabio Dell’Aquila, a lawyer representing lawyer Dimitrios Strapatsas, told Quebec Court Judge Marc-André Dagenais that his client was ready to proceed in the trial where Strapatsas is accused with his cousin, convicted killer John Boulachanis. 
  Dell’Aquila made no mention of the health problems that delayed the start of t
  
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• Update: Métro's Green Line back in service

  29-08-2017 19:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Subway service on the Green line between Berri-UQAM and the Honoré-Beaugrand stations was restored by 1:32 p.m., after being suspended because of an emergency medical intervention. The line went down just after noon Tuesday, the STM announced.A temporary bus shuttle service has been established between Berri-UQAM and Honoré-Beaugrand stations. #stminfo
  — STM Ligne Verte (@stm_Verte) August 29, 2017
   
  
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• Montreal and two police officers ordered to pay $45,000 for racial, social profiling

  29-08-2017 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Human Rights Commission has recommended that the city of Montreal and two of its police officers pay $45,000 in damages to Amal Asmar, who complained she was illegally arrested and detained by the officers in 2010 while sitting on a bench outside the Alexis Nihon Plaza.
  In its decision, made public on Tuesday, the commission found there is enough evidence to show that the officers engaged in “discriminatory profiling based on ethnic or national origin, but also based on
  
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• Refresh your space with art for the fall - @CitizenAtelier joins us in studio https://t.co/cb7KGfwBGo

  29-08-2017 19:02
  
  Refresh your space with art for the fall - @CitizenAtelier joins us in studio https://t.co/cb7KGfwBGo
  
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• Long weekend ahead! @karolinajez shares her picks for Labour Day weekend events https://t.co/wC8pvkw16E

  29-08-2017 18:32
  
  Long weekend ahead! @karolinajez shares her picks for Labour Day weekend events https://t.co/wC8pvkw16E
  
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• NYC says Bombardier not in running for subway contract because of constant delays

  29-08-2017 18:28 via cbc.ca
  Bombardier says it's been shut out of a $3.2-billion US contract to supply subway cars in New York City because of past delivery delays.
  
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• How to plan the perfect birthday party for your kids - @montreal_mom shares tips btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…

  29-08-2017 18:00
  How to plan the perfect birthday party for your kids - @montreal_mom shares tips btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…
  
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• This Montreal man danced in front of (almost) every Metro station

  29-08-2017 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  He danced in front of (almost) every Montreal Metro station. Why? "To put a smile on people's faces."
  
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• Student leaders @jackdotorg tackle mental health issues https://t.co/FMZo6xfTd7

  29-08-2017 17:46
  
  Student leaders @jackdotorg tackle mental health issues https://t.co/FMZo6xfTd7
  
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• Montreal man dances in front of Metro stations

  29-08-2017 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  Benoit Savard spent eight hours dancing in front of (almost) every Montreal Metro station “to put a smile on people’s faces.”
  
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• Check out these great events happening in town this week: https://t.co/7q91RDHeH7

  29-08-2017 17:05
  
  Check out these great events happening in town this week: https://t.co/7q91RDHeH7
  
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• Faced with overcrowding, French school board looks to English counterpart for help

  29-08-2017 16:54 via cbc.ca
  According to the Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM), 59 per cent of its elementary schools are overpopulated, while 65 per cent of English Montreal School Board (EMSB) schools are under-capacity.
  
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• Airbnb agrees to pay lodging taxes in Quebec - Montreal Gazette

  29-08-2017 16:08 via montrealgazette.com
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  Airbnb agrees to pay lodging taxes in Quebec
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  Airbnb and the Quebec government announced an agreement Tuesday that will see the home-sharing platform begin collecting a lodging tax on short-term rentals in the province as of October. In what Airbnb is calling a first in Canada, the service will ...
  Quebec reaches 'landmark' deal with AirbnbCBC.caall 7 news articles »
  
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• Quebec reaches 'landmark' deal with Airbnb

  29-08-2017 15:57 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec government has reached an agreement with Airbnb, allowing the home-rental website to collect and remit the tax on lodging on behalf of its hosts.
  
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• PK Subban's in Montreal for hockey, charity, reminding us why we miss him - Montreal Gazette

  29-08-2017 15:47 via montrealgazette.com
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  PK Subban's in Montreal for hockey, charity, reminding us why we miss him
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  P.K. Subban is playing hockey in Montreal again, and it's for an even better cause than the Habs. His hockey clinic for kids is in its second and final day Tuesday. Participants get to spend 90 minutes on the ice with the former Montreal Canadien ...
  
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• Man to face murder charge in connection with rural Quebec slaying

  29-08-2017 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  The charges stem from the death of a man in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon.
  
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• World press photo Montreal 2017

  29-08-2017 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  See some of the best press photographs from around the world as World Press Photo producer Matthieu Rytz and photographer Amber Bracken join Global’s Laura Casella in studio.
  
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• Back to school fashion for kids

  29-08-2017 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a back to school fashion show as stylist Claude Laframboise joins Global’s Laura Casella with the latest trends in fall fashion for kids.
  
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• Pauline Marois recalls Quebec election night shooting 5 years later

  29-08-2017 14:51 via cbc.ca
  Former premier Pauline Marois says she has forgiven the man who murdered a lighting technician that night and who was also intent on killing her.
  
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• 'I am someone who forgives': Pauline Marois recalls Quebec election night shooting

  29-08-2017 14:51 via cbc.ca
  As the fifth anniversary of Quebec's election shooting approaches, former premier Pauline Marois says she has forgiven the man who murdered a lighting technician that night and who was also intent on killing her.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/ZatW6EIFVU

  29-08-2017 14:35
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/ZatW6EIFVU
  
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• A leg workout you can do anywhere

  29-08-2017 14:33 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Jennifer Rochon drops by Global News Morning to show Laura Casella a couple of leg exercises you can do just about anywhere!
  
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• 8 apartments evacuated after overnight fire in Rosemont

  29-08-2017 14:31 via globalnews.ca
  Residents were evacuated after an apartment complex fire in Rosemont-la-Petite-Patrie early Tuesday morning.
  
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