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• Montreal Labour Day 2017: What’s open and closed in the city

  02-09-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  Planning to make the most of your Labour Day weekend? Check out what is opened and closed.
  
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• Last yr, Clémence Beaulieu-Patry was murdered. Her alleged killer's trial begins nxt wk. Plaque honouring victim ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-09-2017 23:53
  Last yr, Clémence Beaulieu-Patry was murdered. Her alleged killer's trial begins nxt wk. Plaque honouring victim ha… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Texas welcomes prayers and hurricane relief from Quebecers, Republican politician clarifies

  02-09-2017 23:47 via cbc.ca
  Confusion over Quebec's offer to help Texans dealing with the effects of Hurricane Harvey has generated a storm of a different kind, this one involving not rain and wind but religion and politics.
  
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• Texas official disputes declining Quebec's Harvey aid and asking for prayers instead

  02-09-2017 23:47 via cbc.ca
  Confusion over Quebec's offer to help Texans dealing with the effects of Harvey has generated a storm of a different kind, this one involving not rain and wind but religion and politics.
  
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• SQ to intensify patrols during Labour Day weekend

  02-09-2017 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec is urging caution as motorists hit the road over the long holiday weekend.
  
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• Concrete concert hall resonates with music fans at new Mile Ex End Festival

  02-09-2017 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  The festival brings two full days of music from noon 'til midnight to the concrete oasis, boasting indie rock royalty like Patrick Watson, Cat Power, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
  
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• Montreal woman found strangled to death in northeast Edmonton: police

  02-09-2017 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating Edmonton's 34th homicide of 2017 after a woman from Montreal was found dead in an apartment suite in the city's northeast on Thursday.
  
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• Oil exploration company halts drilling near Gaspé, announces talks with First Nations

  02-09-2017 22:10 via cbc.ca
  Under mounting pressure from First Nations leaders and environmental activists, an oil exploration company has agreed to temporarily halt drilling activities at a local site in the Gaspésie and hold consultations with the surrounding M'ikmaq communities.
  
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• Former justice minister Jérôme Choquette leaves legacy dominated by FLQ crisis

  02-09-2017 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A powerful member of Robert Bourassa’s first government, Jérôme Choquette, has died at the age of 89.
  He succumbed to pneumonia on Friday.    
  Choquette was best known for his role during the October Crisis, which took place while he was Quebec’s Minister of Justice for Quebec. He associated himself with the more hawkish members of the government, an image he liked to project by carrying a revolver, which he later said was so he wouldn’t be intimidat
  
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• Montreal woman found strangled in Edmonton suite

  02-09-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Police Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found strangled in a home Thursday in the city’s northeast.
  
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• Montreal woman found strangled in Edmonton apartment

  02-09-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Police Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found strangled in a home Thursday in the city’s northeast.
  
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• Increasing minimum vacation time for workers will pay off, IRIS tells Quebec government

  02-09-2017 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A progressive think tank is calling for the Quebec government to increase the minimum amount of vacation time given to workers.
  While Quebecers are currently entitled to at least two weeks of vacation during their first few years at a job, the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) would like to see that increased to three weeks and, after five years, for the number of vacation weeks to jump from three to four.
  IRIS published the requests as the provinc
  
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• RAMQ receives first bills for medical services offered to migrants

  02-09-2017 21:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) has begun receiving the first bills from physicians and pharmacists for offering services to newly arrived migrants who are not covered by the federal program that provides health care to asylum seekers.As of Aug. 31, RAMQ had received 100 requests for payment, for a total of $7,000. However, this data shows only a small proportion of the newcomers’ use of the health care system.The majority of migrants arrived in the co
  
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• Italian Grand Prix update: Stroll to start second beside record-setter Hamilton

  02-09-2017 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Lance Stroll will start second in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix – becoming the youngest driver in the history of F1 to start from the front row. He is 18.
  It’s not his first first: In June, the Williams driver became the youngest rookie to finish on the podium after placing third in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
  Stroll qualified fourth in torrential rain at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday but will move up to second on the grid following engine-change penalti
  
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• 7 injured in heavy-truck drag race accident

  02-09-2017 21:09 via cbc.ca
  Seven people suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon during a heavy-truck drag race in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.
  
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• Mile Ex End Musique Montréal's unusual venue has a festival history

  02-09-2017 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Mile Ex End Musique Montréal, which runs Sept. 2 and 3, is not the first event to repurpose the Van Horne overpass.
  The roots of the location’s identity as a site for celebration go back to 2007, to a little party thrown with no permits, no advertising and little to no advance warning by Megasoid, a hip-hop/electro duo consisting of DJ Sixtoo, a.k.a. Speakerbruiser, and Hadji Bakara of Wolf Parade.
  The pair played music out of a van one night for a few hours, drawing 200 to 300 peop
  
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• Former Quebec minister Jerome Choquette dies

  02-09-2017 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  Former Quebec minister Jerome Choquette has died at the age of 89.
  
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• Van crashes into Montreal catering business destroying storefront

  02-09-2017 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  A catering business in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is cleaning up Saturday after an Econoline-style van crashed into its storefront, causing extensive damage.
  
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• Fall fashion fab 5: A selection of not-so-basic handbags

  02-09-2017 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  By Rebecca Tay, Postmedia
  In our ongoing quest to express ourselves through our fashion choices, bags have emerged as an unlikely hero. Where once, our range of options started at bowler and ended at tote (with the trusty bucket bag and satchel falling in between the two extremes), these days, the choices remind us a bit of the geometry chapter of a math textbook. From symmetrical triangles to, well, animals, Rebecca Tay shares five uniquely shaped bags for right now.
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• Jérôme Choquette, Quebec's justice minister during October Crisis, dead at 89

  02-09-2017 19:40 via cbc.ca
  The former politician and lawyer served in the cabinet during the October Crisis.
  
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• Ubisoft to announce 100 new jobs in Saguenay, invest $100 million: reports

  02-09-2017 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  International video game giant Ubisoft plans to announce the creation of 100 jobs in Saguenay on Tuesday, according to multiple sources. 
  The cofounder and CEO of the French company, Yves Guillemot, is scheduled to be on-site to announce the details of the plan to grow the business in Quebec. He will be accompanied by Quebec finance minister Carlos Leitao.
  The company plans to invest more than $100 million in Saguenay, according to the newspaper Le Progrès.
  The Quebec
  
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• Italian Grand Prix: Stroll to start second beside Hamilton with a record 69th pole start

  02-09-2017 18:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Lance Stroll will start second in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix becoming the youngest driver to start on the first line of the Grand Prix of the Formula 1.
  Pole position goes to Lewis Hamilton, for the 69th time, allowing him to break the Formula One record previously held by his childhood idol, Michael Schumacher.
  Stroll had the fourth fastest qualifying time, but moves up because of disqualifications for Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel RicciardoWow @la
  
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• SQ investigate death of Bécancour toddler

  02-09-2017 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Investigators with the Sûreté du Québec are not ruling out "family drama" as they investigate the death of a two-year-old child in Bécancour on Friday night.
  
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• Former Quebec justice minister Jérôme Choquette has died

  02-09-2017 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  A powerful member of Robert Bourassa’s first government, Jérôme Choquette, has died at the age of 89.
  He succumbed to pneumonia on Friday.    
  Choquette was best known for his role during the October Crisis, which took place while he was Quebec’s Minister of Justice for Quebec. He associated himself with the more hawkish members of the government, an image he liked to project by carrying a revolver, which he later said was so he wouldn’t be intimidat
  
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• Police identify man killed in Terrebonne fire, cause still unknown

  02-09-2017 16:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Terrebonne Police say they still don’t know what started a fire that killed a 66-year-old man on Friday afternoon.
  Police officers were called to J. G. Aubry St., in the north-shore suburb shortly before 12:10 p.m. to assist the local fire department. When they arrived on scene, the fire had destroyed the home’s garage. There, they found the body of Paul-André Lacasse, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
  Terrebonne Police say they believe the fire was accidental, b
  
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• Police investigating death of 2-year-old in Bécancour, Que.

  02-09-2017 16:09 via cbc.ca
  Police responded to a 911 call around 9 p.m. Friday and found a child in respiratory arrest.
  
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• Would-be thieves crashed a vehicle into a Montreal business but fled empty-handed

  02-09-2017 16:03 via montrealgazette.com
  In what appears to be an attempt at theft, a van was driven into a business in Montreal’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough Friday night.The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. at a Grosbois St. caterer.According to the owners, nothing has been stolen, but material damage is significant.The perpetrators were probably looking for money. They fled the scene with the same van. The police are still searching for them.
  
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• ICYMI: BT's resident chef @cookingwithv introduced some healthy lunches. Healthy food= healthy brain! Watch: btmontreal.ca/videos/lunch-b…

  02-09-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: BT's resident chef @cookingwithv introduced some healthy lunches. Healthy food= healthy brain! Watch: btmontreal.ca/videos/lunch-b…
  
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• While you were sleeping: McCord behind the scenes, Hello #longweekend

  02-09-2017 15:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. Hope you are set to enjoy a lovely Labour Day weekend.
  To start your day, here are some stories you might have missed while you were sleeping.Gazette reporter Christopher Curtis went behind the scenes at McCord Museum to learn about the connection between Harry Houdini and Montreal with curator Christian Vachon.
  Check out the video at the top of this article to see what he learned. 
  Ottawa looking to add heated accommodations for asylum seekers
  The Department of Public Works i
  
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• Shelter: Owners' love of music a focal point in Baie-d'Urfé home décor

  02-09-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Amanda Fritz and David Campeau grew up on the West Island but, like many young professionals, they lived in Montreal while they were studying and forging their careers. Fritz works in fundraising at McGill University, and Campeau is in the admissions department at John Abbott College.
  The couple enjoyed everything the city had to offer, but a couple of years ago, they decided it was time to buy rather than continue to rent. At the time, they lived in a small apartment in Notre-Dame-de-Grâc
  
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• Suspicious death in Becancour: Police investigate after body was found Friday night

  02-09-2017 14:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating a suspicious death this Saturday morning after a person was found dead in Becancour Friday evening.
  Police received and responded to the call about the body at 9 p.m. on Friday, said an S.Q. spokesperson Saturday morning. The body was found somewhere on Cyr Avenue near the south shore of Trois-Rivières, he said. Bécancour is about 150 kilometres northeast of Montreal. 
  S.Q. spokespeople have not released a descript
  
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• East end catering shop damaged overnight

  02-09-2017 14:03 via cbc.ca
  A catering shop in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve was heavily damaged when a white Econoline van backed into the front of the business early Saturday morning.
  
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• Would-be Montreal mayor Valérie Plante isn't a household name. But she needs to be

  02-09-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The woman who would be mayor of Montreal has little trouble getting people to like her.
  It’s the getting to know her part, however, that may prove Valérie Plante’s biggest hill to climb to topple Mayor Denis Coderre.
  A Léger poll commissioned for Projet Montréal in mid-June, with a little over four months to go to the Nov. 5 municipal elections, showed that only 33 per cent of Montrealers recognized Plante at summer’s start. That compares with an 85-per-cen
  
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• Who to check out at the Mile Ex End festival this weekend

  02-09-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Patrick Watson, Charlotte Cardin, Suzanne Vega and Dallas Green will get down under the Rosemont viaduct this weekend. Here's who to check out.
  
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• The Week in Review: Tax credits and election preparations

  02-09-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s multimedia tax credit has been a boon to the local video game industry, developers say
  The multimedia tax credit subsidizes between 26.5 and 37.5 per cent of salaries paid to technical staff working on interactive multimedia projects. This, the provincial government said, has helped build an industry that employs 11,000 people at 140 companies. Foreign multinationals are among the tax credit’s beneficiaries. This state of affairs is fine with many local studios because it at
  
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• SQ urges caution on roads over Labour Day weekend

  02-09-2017 13:07 via cbc.ca
  Last year, during the same long weekend, the SQ reported two fataliies on Quebec roads.
  
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• Josh Freed: Who needs parents, friends or neighbours? We've got Google!

  02-09-2017 13:01 via montrealgazette.com
  My coffee grinder was jammed and I wasn’t sure who could fix it — so instead I Googled it.
  There were dozens of online sites for how-to-fix various grinders — including mine! So I followed the idiot-proof instructions.
  I removed two screws and the blade, then tooth-brushed off some grit — and blasted it all with my wife’s hair dryer. Pretty soon I was drinking a fresh cup of coffee, with only a few hairs in it.
  It was just another day of learning life skills from so
  
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• From the archives: Eric McLean at Papineau house

  02-09-2017 12:35 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Sept. 3, 1995, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “About six o’clock the loyalists marched up Bonsecours Street, and it was with great difficulty that they were restrained from attacking Mr. Papineau’s house.”
  So read The Gazette on Nov. 7, 1837.  Passions were running high in Montreal at the time and the first shots of the 1837 rebellion would be fired just nine days later. Had that loyalist mob truly gotten out of hand, “Mr. Papineau&r
  
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• 4 kids, 3 schools, and mom's a teacher: A West Island family's back-to-school story

  02-09-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Daybreak's Shari Okeke meets with a West Island family - 4 kids in 3 schools and mom's a teacher - to find out how they're doing with their back-to-school transition.
  
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• Montreal in 19 neighbourhoods: Mont-Royal Ave. East

  02-09-2017 06:45 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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• Villa Maria High School’s specialty programs prepare students for CEGE

  02-09-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Does your daughter hope to enroll in medical school one day? Is your son a natural leader, who dreams of starting his own business? Maybe your children are more interested in law and international studies, or engineering and science.
  Villa Maria High School in Montreal is set to introduce four new academic programs in the 2018-2019 school year. The private coeducation school is offering new and engaging courses built in consultation with parents, teachers, and students. The programs, known as &l
  
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• Selwyn House: Fostering a supportive, nurturing environment for boys

  02-09-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Since its very first days as a school in 1908, Selwyn House has been dedicated to creating an environment in which boys can grow into successful, responsible, and productive members of society. With only seven students during its first year of operation, the school quickly grew into one of Montreal’s most recognizable and respected private boys’ schools, and today is home to 540 pupils and nearly 100 faculty and staff.
  “We are unwavering in our belief that boys’ schools r
  
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