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• Coderre campaigns in Sud-Ouest and N.D.G.-C.D.N. boroughs Sunday

  08-10-2017 23:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Incumbent mayoralty candidate Denis Coderre happened to run into two consuls general while campaigning in the Sud-Ouest borough Sunday.
  Galit Baram, consul general of Israel to Toronto and Western Canada, tweeted a photo of herself, Coderre and Ziv Nevo Kulman, consul general of Israel in Montreal, which Coderre retweeted on Sunday afternoon.
  Earlier in the day, Coderre greeted parishioners at St-Kevin Church in Côte des Neiges with members of his team of candidates for the borough of
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos look to solidify playoff aspirations with win over Alouettes

  08-10-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos look to end their six-game losing streak and improve their playoff chances when they visit the Montreal Alouettes on Thanksgiving Day.
  
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• Alouettes' shoe is on the other Foote with rookie's activation against Eskimos

  08-10-2017 23:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Back in June, when the Alouettes were seeking a Canadian defensive-tackle at the start of the regular season, they re-signed Don Oramasionwu, a free-agent addition last winter from Edmonton, and activated him on short notice.
  Fabion Foote, a non-import defensive-tackle — and Montreal’s top draft choice last May — was overlooked in the process. And, thus, began an arduous 15-week process of sitting and waiting for the rookie.
  Foote’s patience will pay off Monday afternoon
  
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• Tanker truck collision on Highway 15 in Laval injures 3, causes gas spill

  08-10-2017 22:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A collision involving a tanker truck on Sunday morning on highway 15 in Laval has left three people injured, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  SQ spokesperson Hélène Nepton said the accident occurred at 7:45 a.m. and one person was seriously injured, although that person is expected to survive.
  The accident caused a gas spill and Urgence-Environnement was deployed for cleanup. 
  The highway was closed for the early part of the day, but a detour was provided
  
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• Hamilton wins Japanese GP to move closer to F1 title; Stroll in 12th

  08-10-2017 22:33 via montrealgazette.com
  SUZUKA, Japan — Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking a major step toward winning his fourth Formula One title.
  The Mercedes driver crossed the finish line 1.2 seconds ahead of Malaysia GP winner Max Verstappen to claim his eighth F1 victory of the season and third at the Suzuka circuit. Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo was third.
  “The track was fantastic today and the team did an unbelievable job,” Hamilton said.
  
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• Mural calling out white supremacy in Saint-Henri defaced for a third time

  08-10-2017 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  A mural in Saint-Henri has been defaced for the third time in a month and now residents are urging the borough to step up efforts to curb vandalism.
  
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• Who will run Lingwick? Small Quebec township can't find mayoral candidates

  08-10-2017 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Lingwick's current mayor had hoped to retire from municipal politics this year, but he will have to stay on until the town can find a successor.
  
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• Strong wind gusts cause power outages across Quebec

  08-10-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Many homes across Quebec are in the dark after strong winds caused power outages across the province.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Mayoral candidates from Beaconsfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion go head-to-head in debate

  08-10-2017 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  With the municipal elections in Quebec just around the corner, candidates are campaigning in earnest. Hear what your candidates have to say.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Vaudreuil-Dorion mayoral candidates face off in debate

  08-10-2017 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  Pierre Séguin faces off against current Vaudreuil-Dorion mayor Guy Pilon over key issues such as urban sprawl, availability of services for English speakers, as well as access to healthcare. Part two of two.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Mayoral candidates from Vaudreuil-Dorion face off in debate

  08-10-2017 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Pierre Séguin faces off against current Vaudreuil-Dorion mayor Guy Pilon over key issues such as urban sprawl, availability of services for English speakers, as well as access to healthcare. Part one of two.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Mayoral candidates from Beaconsfield face off in debate

  08-10-2017 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Oct 8: In this debate, the two men vying to be mayor of Beaconsfield — incumbent mayor Georges Bourelle and challenger James Bonnell — tackle the noise issue along Highway 20, as well as other hot-button topics.
  
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• Tributes continue to pour in for Clément Ouimet, cyclist who died on Mount Royal

  08-10-2017 20:00 via cbc.ca
  More and more friends, family and cyclists are gathering to pay tribute to Clément Ouimet, the 18-year-old man who was killed Wednesday while cycling on Mount Royal.
  
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• Greyhound workers in Ontario, Quebec threaten to strike

  08-10-2017 19:22 via cbc.ca
  The union that represents 302 Greyhound Canada drivers and mechanics in Ontario and Quebec says it is prepared to strike at midnight Sunday night after several weeks of failed contract negotiations.
  
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• Greyhound bus strike averted as union, company reach deal: union rep

  08-10-2017 19:22 via cbc.ca
  The possibility that 300 Greyhound Canada bus drivers and mechanics in Ontario and Quebec would walk off the job Sunday night has been averted, according to a union spokesperson who told CBC News an agreement with the company has been reached.
  
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• 113 patients make quiet move from St-Luc Hospital to Nouveau CHUM

  08-10-2017 19:11 via montrealgazette.com
  After nearly 110 years of treating some of Montreal’s poorest patients — including the homeless and drug addicts — St-Luc Hospital closed for good on Sunday.
  But this is not a sad tale. It’s a story of rebirth, for all of St-Luc’s patients were transferred to Canada’s newest and most modern hospital next door, the $2-billion Nouveau CHUM on St-Denis St., corner of Viger Ave. Each patient was assigned a private room with a floor-to-ceiling window.
  Among the pat
  
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• 3 injured in multi-vehicle crash on Highway 15 in Laval

  08-10-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Preliminary reports indicate that a vehicle heading south on Highway 15 may have crossed over into the northbound lane for unknown reasons, hitting another car which then crashed into the tanker truck.
  
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• Woman, 2 young children dead after house fire in eastern Quebec

  08-10-2017 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  The major crimes unit is investigating after a woman and her two children were killed in a house fire in Cap-Chat on Sunday morning.
  
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• Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 has weak opening despite strong reviews

  08-10-2017 18:40 via cbc.ca
  Blade Runner 2049 opened surprisingly weakly at the North American box office, debuting with an estimated $31.5 million US.
  
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• Centenarians celebrate at Vista seniors' residence

  08-10-2017 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  At Vista, a seniors’ residence in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, eight residents celebrated turning 100 years old or older on Sept. 29.
  Una Adams, celebrating her 104th birthday, speaks about her longevity in this video.
  Video by Pierre Obendrauf, Montreal Gazette
  
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• Laval suspends plan to paint curbs blue and white to get drivers to slow down

  08-10-2017 18:13 via cbc.ca
  Laval has suspended a plan to paint sidewalks blue and white to caution drivers to slow down, after some residents expressed surprise and confusion over the brightly coloured curbs.
  
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• Driver involved in 2 collisions arrested for impaired driving in Villeray

  08-10-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  As both drivers were filling out accident reports, police said the suspect drove off at high speed heading northbound -- against the flow of traffic -- on Christophe-Colomb Avenue.
  
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• Catch them if you can: Canadian men's short track relay team golden again

  08-10-2017 17:51 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian men's relay team struck gold on Sunday in the Netherlands, making them a perfect two-for-two this season in World Cup competition. The women's relay team also stepped onto the podium for the second time in as many weeks, claiming bronze.
  
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• Pincourt’s Yvan Cardinal among four Off-Island acclamations

  08-10-2017 17:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Four Off-Island mayors have been acclaimed to serve another term in office.
  Pincourt’s Yvan Cardinal, Claude Pilon of Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Michel Bourdeau of Terrasse-Vaudreuil and Danie Deschêsnes of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot were all elected by acclamation. 
  The nomination period for the Nov. 5 municipal elections ended Friday.
  Cardinal has been mayor of Pincourt since 2009.
  Deschêsnes was first elected mayor of Notre-Dame in a by-election in 2014.
  Danie De
  
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• Vaudreuil-Soulanges still seeking answers to protect drinking water

  08-10-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC announced it was “pleased” to learn that the Energy East pipeline project by TransCanada has been abandoned.
  But the MRC also said in a statement on Thursday that it “still requires the federal government to respond to the protection of its territory and its citizens.”
  “We are already saturated with this type of infrastructure on our territory,” said Jean Lalonde, Vaudreuil-Soulanges MRC Prefect and mayor of Très-St-R&ea
  
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• Mother and twin babies killed in Gaspésie fire

  08-10-2017 16:46 via cbc.ca
  A 37-year-old woman and her one-year-old twin girls are dead after an early-morning fire in Quebec's Haute-Gaspésie region.
  
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• Mother and 2 babies killed in Gaspésie fire

  08-10-2017 16:46 via cbc.ca
  A 37-year-old woman and her two one-year-old babies are dead after an early-morning fire at a home in Quebec's Haute-Gaspésie region.
  
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• Vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women: Tiffany Morrison's memory lives on

  08-10-2017 16:23 via montrealgazette.com
  On Oct. 4, more than 200 vigils were held across the country for missing and murdered Indigenous women. The 12th annual vigil in Montreal was held at Place Émilie-Gamelin.
  Melanie Morrison spoke about the death of her sister Tiffany — one of over 1,200 Indigenous women who were murdered or went missing since the 1980s.
  Video by Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette.
  
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• Need last minute inspiration for your Thanksgiving entertaining? Check out @Janette_Ewen's tips for holiday hosting: ow.ly/DNS830fGPxR

  08-10-2017 16:01
  Need last minute inspiration for your Thanksgiving entertaining? Check out @Janette_Ewen's tips for holiday hosting: ow.ly/DNS830fGPxR
  
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• Highway 15 North partially closed in Laval following major collision

  08-10-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  A tanker truck and two other vehicles are involved, police say.
  
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• Highway 15 North fully reopened in Laval following major collision

  08-10-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  A tanker truck and two other vehicles were involved, police say.
  
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• Highway 15 North closed in Laval following major collision

  08-10-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  A tanker truck and several other vehicles are involved, police say.
  
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• Kids in Laval glide down the slopes — in October

  08-10-2017 15:30 via cbc.ca
  With warm winter weather hurting recent ski seasons, L'Association des Stations de ski du Québec hopes dry hills could be the first step towards making the sport a year-round activity.
  
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• Inuit, Ottawa launch task force to fight tuberculosis in the North

  08-10-2017 14:56 via cbc.ca
  The federal government and Inuit have launched a task force to examine the tuberculosis crisis across Inuit Nunangat. Among Inuit, the rate of the lung disease in 2015 was more than 270 times higher than the rate among Canadian-born non-Indigenous people.
  
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• Just because summer's over doesn't mean backyard enjoyment needs to end

  08-10-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ahhh, the backyard! In the summer, it’s a place to unwind after a long work day, a place for countless hours of barbecues and alfresco dining under the sun or stars. It can be a retreat for solitude, the enjoyment of a great book or a comfortable hammock under a maple tree. It’s where kids romp barefoot under a sprinkler and play badminton or bocce.
  Suddenly, September arrives with a new school year and (finally) a cool front. Many people simply accept the change of seasons and pack
  
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• Controversial OPUS card technology kept under wraps in Quebec City

  08-10-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Commuters in Quebec City are asking why they were never told about the $7.6-million OPUS card-charging technology that could have saved them from time-consuming waits to renew their bus passes.
  
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• First wave of patients transferred to CHUM from Hôpital Saint-Luc today

  08-10-2017 13:56 via cbc.ca
  About 109 patients from Montreal’s Hôpital Saint-Luc are being moved just down the street to the new Université de Montréal hospital centre, CHUM, today.
  
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• First wave of patients moved to CHUM from Hôpital Saint-Luc

  08-10-2017 13:56 via cbc.ca
  About 109 patients from Montreal’s Hôpital Saint-Luc have been moved just down the street to the new Université de Montréal hospital centre, the CHUM superhospital, today.
  
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• Montreal architect Dan Hanganu dead at 78

  08-10-2017 13:48 via cbc.ca
  The architect behind the Pointe-à-Callière Museum and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Dan Hanganu, died Thursday at 78.
  
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• October skies for stargazing

  08-10-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  As crisp and long autumn nights begin to settle this month skywatchers can look forwards to variety of celestial shows. The skies promise to feature planetary dances to shooting star shows.
  Throughout the first weeks of October early risers can revel as Venus and Mars join forces. Best views of the two planets will be about an hour before sunrise in the low eastern sky. Look for Venus to be the brighter of the two, while Mars appears with a distinct orange hue.
  Late night on Oct. 13 the waning g
  
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• Quebec City garage owners scramble to find workers

  08-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  With high employment rates and warm weather, garage owners in the Quebec City region are going to great lengths to find auto mechanics at this time of year.
  
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• From the archives: Montreal-to-Ottawa flight marked newspaper's debut

  08-10-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Oct. 8, 2011, in the Montreal Gazette.
  All aviation ceased with the accident, and a pall of gloom and sadness has descended over the village.
  The Gazette, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1913
  An airplane piloted by Lincoln Beachey, known for daring verging on recklessness, dipped over a shed in Bath, N.Y. It was too low, and four young spectators were swept from the shed’s roof. One of them, Ruth Hildreth, died and the others were badly injured. Beachey himself was hur
  
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• In the Habs Room: Carey Price a man of few words after loss to Capitals

  08-10-2017 05:39 via montrealgazette.com
  WASHINGTON — Carey Price wasn’t in the mood to answer a lot of questions following Saturday night’s 6-1 loss to the Washington Capitals.
  That’s understandable considering the goalie was pulled after allowing four goals — three by Alex Ovechkin — in the first period of a 6-1 loss. Ovechkin scored a fourth goal against Al Montoya, who replaced Price, while T.J. Oshie and Nathan Walker — the first Australian to ever play in an NHL game — also scored f
  
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• Montreal Impact officially eliminated from MLS playoffs

  08-10-2017 05:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact was officially eliminated from the playoff race on Saturday following a 3-0 victory by New York’s Red Bulls against the Vancouver Whitecaps.Daniel Royer scored in the first half, then Bradley Wright-Phillips and Felipe widened the gap in the second half, nailing the Impact’s coffin shut and securing the Red Bulls’ participation in the MLS playoffs.The Red Bulls (13-12-7, 46 points) are seven points ahead of the Impact (11-15-6, 39 points), which has only two
  
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• Canadiens at N.Y. Rangers: Five things you should know

  08-10-2017 04:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on Sunday (7 p.m., Sportsnet, RDS, TSN-690 Radio).
  Playoffs-tested rivalry: These are two of the so-called Original Six teams, but they play in different divisions and the growing rivalry between the clubs is a byproduct of two playoff meetings in the past four seasons. The teams met in the Eastern Conference final in 2014 and the Rangers won in six games after Carey Price was injured in Game
  
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• Ovechkin records historic hat trick as Capitals crush Canadiens

  08-10-2017 04:13 via cbc.ca
  Alex Ovechkin scored four goals to become the first player in 100 years with back-to-back hat tricks to open a season, and the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 on Saturday night.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Alex Ovechkin and Capitals put a 6-1 beating on Canadiens

  08-10-2017 04:02 via montrealgazette.com
  WASHINGTON — The Canadiens didn’t have a team morning skate Saturday at the Capital One Arena, but Claude Julien did meet with the media.
  The coach was asked if he would use a different defensive system to focus on the Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, who scored three goals in the third period of Washington’ season-opening 5-4 win over the Senators on Thursday night in Ottawa.
  “I think you have to respect what he is as a player,” Julien said. “He’s obvious
  
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