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• Stu Cowan: Hipster Ales Hemsky hopes to find fit with Canadiens - Montreal Gazette

  20-09-2017 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
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  Stu Cowan: Hipster Ales Hemsky hopes to find fit with Canadiens
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  When asked about the sleeve tattoo on his left arm, 34-year-old responds: "I just thought I'm 30 and I can finally do what I want.” Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette More from Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 20, 2017 | Last Updated: ...
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• Quebec to hold public consultations on systemic racism

  20-09-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec has announced the details of the first part of its public consultations on systemic racism, but as Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, opposition parties insist such discrimination doesn’t exist in the province.
  
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• Montrealers challenge Denis Coderre for mayoralty

  20-09-2017 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  There are now two candidates who want Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre’s job: Jean Fortier and Valerie Plante. Global’s Phil Carpenter meets the challengers to find out why they’re running.
  
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• Convicted B.C. gangster Jarrod Bacon arrested

  20-09-2017 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  At the time of his arrest, he was found with another man who is well known in the drug trade.
  
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• Tour of Montreal Children’s Hospital ER

  20-09-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  The head of pediatric emergency services at the Montreal Children’s Hospital gives Global’s Anne Leclair a tour of the ER after she reported on a story of a young child who was poorly triaged.
  
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• Rat poison killing pets in Verdun, Westmount

  20-09-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in Verdun and Westmount are worried about their pets after learning that someone may be leaving rat poison out for them to eat. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Montreal marathon cancelled due to hot, humid weather

  20-09-2017 23:29 via cbc.ca
  The half-marathon and 10 km events will still take place on Sunday morning, with the half-marathon scheduled to start an hour earlier than planned, at 7:30 a.m.
  
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• Bombardier looking beyond CSeries duty decision after workers rally in Toronto - Montreal Gazette

  20-09-2017 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
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  Even as scores of Bombardier workers in Toronto rallied in support of the company's battle with Boeing, the Montreal transportation company said it's looking beyond next week's U.S. Department of Commerce decision about preliminary duties against its ...and more »
  
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• Invictus Games National Flag Tour stops in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

  20-09-2017 22:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Retired sergeant Nic Meunier, a veteran of the Bosnian War, spoke about the importance of the Invictus Games during the event’s National Flag Tour stop at Ste. Anne Hospital in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue last week.
  The Invictus Games National Flag Tour visited communities across Canada to raise awareness of the sporting competition established by Prince Harry in 2014 as a way to contribute to the emotional and physical healing of wounded veterans. This year the games are in Toronto, beginning Se
  
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• Turtle Island Reads: Indigenous authors and stories take centre stage tonight

  20-09-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  Three advocates will each champion their chosen work of fiction written by an Indigenous Canadian and try to persuade our live and online audience to make that book next on their reading list. The event starts at 7 p.m. at McGill's Tanna Schulich Hall.
  
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• Turtle Island Reads event showcasing Indigenous writers and stories ends in 3-way tie

  20-09-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  The audience at the Turtle Island Reads event has spoken, and it's selected all three works.
  
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• 2017 edition of Turtle Island Reads celebrates the best in Indigenous Canadian writing

  20-09-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous authors and stories took centre stage Wednesday night with the 2nd annual edition of Turtle Island Reads.
  
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• Three Montreal spots make national list of restaurants for wine lovers

  20-09-2017 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  If you enjoy a good glass of wine with dinner, Montreal is an excellent place to live or eat.
  Three of the city’s restaurants made OpenTable’s list of the 50 “Best Restaurants for Wine Lovers in Canada.” That outcome places Montreal ahead of Toronto (2) and Vancouver (1) in terms of the number of such destinations. 
  OpenTable says the list was compiled using reviews of more than 2,000 restaurants on its platform.
  Here are the Montreal restaurants that made the list:
  
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• Team Canada to face Croatia in Davis Cup, Romania in Fed Cup

  20-09-2017 21:52 via montrealgazette.com
  On the men’s side, Team Canada — stacked with the likes of Milos Raonic (ranked 11th), Denis Shapovalov (51st) and Vasek Pospisil (81st) — will face Croatia in the men’s David Cup, Feb. 2-4. 
  The women’s side, led by Montrealer Françoise Abanda and Ontarian Bianca Andreescu, will play host to Romania during the women’s Fed Cup on Feb. 10-11. 
  The matches were announced Wednesday when the International Tennis Federation (ITF) held the offi
  
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• Kevin Tierney: Jean Drapeau, the forgotten man in the Expo 67 anniversary party

  20-09-2017 21:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Nostalgia runs wild through the streets of Montreal these days, much of it wrapped in aspects of Expo 67, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.
  The McCord Museum has a show called Fashioning Expo 67; the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal has In Search of Expo 67; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has Revolution, a show that takes what are essentially American memories and mixes them with British music and makes a vague, not altogether successful attempt
  
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• Police release photos of suspects in N.D.G. boutique theft

  20-09-2017 21:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects who allegedly stole $3,500 in cash from a merchant in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  The couple entered a boutique near the intersection of Sherbrooke St. W and Wilson Ave. one evening in June. One of the suspects managed to sneak behind the counter and steal the cash without the cashier noticing, police say. They also stole a smartphone and a printer before fleeing in a black car, possibly a Hyundai Elantra, police say.
  
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• NDG Food Depot to close for 1 week, reopen at new location on Somerled Ave.

  20-09-2017 21:30 via cbc.ca
  The NDG Food Depot will be closed from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 as the community organization moves into its new home on Somerled Avenue.
  
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• Former CEGEP teacher may have attempted suicide after being sentenced

  20-09-2017 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A man in his 50s caused panic at the Quebec City courthouse on Wednesday morning when he made what appears to be a suicide attempt after receiving his sentence in a child pornography case.
  When Judge Christian Boulet sentenced him to six months in prison, Nicolas Boudreau, 52, swallowed an unidentified liquid substance.
  The special constables intervened to perform resuscitation manoeuvres until the arrival of the paramedics, who took him to a hospital.
  Crown prosecutor Régis Juneau-Drole
  
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• Montreal projects $31.4M deficit, 1st time in red since 2013

  20-09-2017 20:25 via cbc.ca
  Montreal is projecting a $31.4 million deficit for 2017, mainly due to salary increases in the latest union agreements. If confirmed, this deficit will be a first since 2013.
  
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• Laval corruption: 4 men sentenced in Project Honorer

  20-09-2017 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men, including the former head of two construction companies owned by Antonio Accurso, were sentenced on Wednesday in the Laval municipal corruption case dubbed Project Honorer. 
  None of the sentences involved the offenders having to serve jail time. But, as was explained to Superior Court Justice James Brunton during a hearing at the Laval courthouse, different circumstances were taken into consideration before the Crown and the defence made common suggestions on sentences before the
  
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• Update: Ugo Fredette must be evaluated before facing murder charges, judge says

  20-09-2017 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered a medical evaluation of the ability of Ugo Fredette to appear in court to face charges of second-degree murder.
  Fredette had been scheduled to appear in court in Saint-Jérôme Wednesday on those charges in connection with the death of Véronique Barbe, who was found dead in her Saint-Eustache home last Thursday. That discovery led police to issue an Amber Alert to find the couple’s six-year-old son, who is in protective
  
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• Fresh in Montreal: Peppers are extra spicy this season

  20-09-2017 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Peppers are in season at local markets, and the recent hot weather has made them extra spicy, Stéphanie Langlais said.
  Langlais was at the booth for Les Fermes André et Dominic Palardy at the Jean Talon Market this week. She said staff at her booth had a little contest, and none of them were able to eat an entire habanero pepper.
  “Those are the hottest of the peppers we sell, and the person who did best in the contest couldn’t even eat half of one,” Lang
  
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• ‘It’s very confusing’: Montreal bans turns onto one-way street

  20-09-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  People are confused after the City of Montreal installed a sign banning drivers from turning left onto a one-way street.
  
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• Video shows scary moments before, after earthquake strikes Mexico City

  20-09-2017 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Video sent to Global News by Myles Morin, a Montreal musician on tour in Mexico City, shows the scary moments before and after a earthquake struck Mexico City Tuesday, as seen from a Mexico City dog park.
  
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• Opposition calls for Quebec systemic discrimination hearings to be cancelled

  20-09-2017 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's immigration minister says public consultations on systemic discrimination are going ahead despite calls from opposition parties to cancel them.
  
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• Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record for exclamation point

  20-09-2017 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A small community in Quebec has entered the Guinness World Records — with not one but two exclamation points.
  The municipality of Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, finds itself on page 161 of the 2018 edition of the book of records.
  It is being recognized as the only community in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
  Mayor Sonia Larrivee says she found out about the distinction for the town of about 1,400 when she opened up her compu
  
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• Montreal West denied grant for new recreation centre

  20-09-2017 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal West residents were disappointed after the town was denied a $13 million grant for a new recreation centre.
  
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• Montreal West denied grant for new centre

  20-09-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Sep 20: Montreal West residents were disappointed after the town was denied a $13 million grant for a new recreational centre. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin can enjoy lifestyle of the rich and famous

  20-09-2017 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Imagine being only 22 and already having a $33-million contract.
  That’s something we can only dream about, but it’s reality for the Canadiens’ Jonathan Drouin, who signed a six-year, US$33-million contract with the Canadiens after they acquired him from the Tampa Bay Lightning on June 15 in exchange for top defence prospect Mikhail Sergachev.
  How does a young man handle that much money?
  “Well, you don’t get that money in one lump-sum cheque,” Drouin’s ag
  
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• Jean Fortier to join Montreal mayoralty race for Coalition Montréal

  20-09-2017 19:10 via cbc.ca
  Jean Fortier, a former chair of the city's executive committee, will run against Denis Coderre and Projet Montréal's Valérie Plante, under the banner of the centrist Coalition Montréal.
  
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• Suspect in Quebec Amber Alert case still hospitalized, case put off one week

  20-09-2017 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  The 41-year-old suspect has been in an Ottawa hospital since Saturday and had been in a coma.
  
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• Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin embracing Montreal spotlight

  20-09-2017 18:52 via montrealgazette.com
  When Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin started free-agent shopping on July 1, he was disappointed Montreal was not a popular destination for some of the players.
  “I kicked tires on a lot of UFAs,” Bergevin said during a news conference on July 2 after signing goalie Carey Price to an eight-year contract extension worth US$84 million. “We made really, really good offers to these guys and we pretty much thought we had them locked up, but they decided not to. There&rsqu
  
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• Saint Louis du Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record nod for its exclamation marks

  20-09-2017 18:41 via cbc.ca
  The municipality of Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, finds itself on page 161 of the 2018 edition of the book of records.
  
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• Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin embracing Montreal spotlight - Montreal Gazette

  20-09-2017 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
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  Former Canadiens captain and GM Serge Savard has message for players who don't want to come here: "They don't know what they're missing." Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette More from Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 20, 2017 | Last ...and more »
  
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• Valérie Plante, vying to be Montreal's 1st female mayor, talks transport, families, city spending

  20-09-2017 18:18 via cbc.ca
  Leader of Projet Montréal launched her official campaign platform this week. The municipal election in Montreal and other Quebec municipalities is Nov. 5.
  
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• Quebec municipality Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record nod

  20-09-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  It is being recognized as the only community in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
  
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• New post-secondary program puts Inuit youth in touch with their culture

  20-09-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Nunavik Sivunitsavut is the first program of its kind in Quebec. The post-secondary program focuses on teaching an Inuit language, humanities, government relations and physical education, all from an Inuit perspective.
  
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• U.S. decision on Bombardier CSeries preliminary duties delayed until Tuesday

  20-09-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  A U.S. Department of Commerce spokesman says the government will announce its decision on Boeing's request for preliminary duties against Bombardier's CSeries on Tuesday, a day later than it previously indicated.
  
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• Bombardier looking beyond Tuesday's duty decision as workers rally in Toronto

  20-09-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Even as scores of Bombardier workers in Toronto rallied in support of the company's battle with Boeing, the Montreal transportation company said it's looking beyond next week's U.S. Department of Commerce decision about preliminary duties against its CSeries aircraft.
  
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• Trump continues bluster with "Rocket Man" U.N. speech - We talk to @Concordia prof & media historian Brian Gabrial btmontreal.ca/videos/trump-c…

  20-09-2017 17:36
  Trump continues bluster with "Rocket Man" U.N. speech - We talk to @Concordia prof & media historian Brian Gabrial btmontreal.ca/videos/trump-c…
  
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• Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to speak in Montreal

  20-09-2017 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be speaking in Montreal in celebration of Canada's 150th birthday.
  
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• Systemic racism hearings are necessary, will go ahead, Kathleen Weil says

  20-09-2017 17:21 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil is defending the government’s hearings into systemic racism despite the controversy swirling around the process and calls for it to be scrapped.
  “It’s launched,” Weil told reporters Wednesday. “It’s an absolutely necessary exercise. You can talk to your neighbours, friends, colleagues.
  “There’s always somebody who has lived it (racism). Everybody knows it’s a reality. Yes, we have strategies a
  
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• Cyclists take to social media to call out vehicles that block bike lanes

  20-09-2017 17:10 via cbc.ca
  A group of Montreal cyclistsn is hoping a popular new Facebook group called #dansmapiste propels local politicians and police to crack down on when a car or truck blocks a bike path.
  
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• Contract, pension settlements cause Montreal to post small deficit

  20-09-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A series of contract and pension plan settlements with municipal employees caused Montreal to project a budgetary deficit for 2017 of a little more than $31 million, the city’s executive committee heard on Wednesday.
  A presentation of the city’s budget by finance director Yves Courchesne found that contract settlements with the police, firefighters and blue collar unions combined to create a projected deficit of $31.4 million.
  The deficit represents a little less than one per cent of
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal-made doc focuses on the tragedy of early onset dementia

  20-09-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The title Much Too Young is particularly apt. This heart-wrenching yet insightful documentary not only focuses on those afflicted with early onset dementia, but also on their children who have been thrust into unanticipated roles as caregivers at much too young an age.
  It’s no coincidence that Much Too Young makes its broadcast première Thursday — World Alzheimer’s Day — at 9 p.m. and midnight on TVO. The documentary will also be available across Canada, beginning
  
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• Airlines evacuation operations continue as Hurricane Maria batters Caribbean

  20-09-2017 16:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Air Transat has launched an evacuation operation to get all its travellers out of the Dominican Republic as another Category 5 hurricane spirals through the Caribbean.
  Hurricane Maria has devastated the island of Dominica, and is on track to pass near Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands late Tuesday to early Wednesday.
  Air Transat said it is sending eight aircraft to Punta Cana, Puerto Plata and Samana. Three aircraft are expected to arrive in Puerto Plata and Samana on Tuesday evening
  
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• Montreal Mobster story hits the small screen with 'Bad Blood' btmontreal.ca/videos/montrea…

  20-09-2017 16:27
  Montreal Mobster story hits the small screen with 'Bad Blood' btmontreal.ca/videos/montrea…
  
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• Quebec seniors at public nursing homes to get two baths per week

  20-09-2017 16:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government is to announce Wednesday it will spend $30 million to provide residents at the province’s long-term care facilities with a second bath each week, according to Cogeco News.
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon in Quebec City.
  Parti Québécois health critic Diane Lamarre said that $30 million is “peanuts” in the overall health budget and that the government should be spending more money o
  
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• Couche-Tard still wants to sell marijuana in its Quebec convenience stores

  20-09-2017 16:16 via cbc.ca
  Alimentation Couche-Tard is still interested in selling marijuana and its co-founder says he thinks provincial governments should stay out of selling this product.
  
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• Taste test: Meal order delivery services

  20-09-2017 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  Food writer Amie Watson joins Laura Casella on Global News Morning to try three different meal order delivery services and see how they measure up.
  
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