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• Montreal election: Plante promises to put opposition members on executive committee

  31-10-2017 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Pledging to create a less partisan city hall more representative of all Montrealers, Projet Montréal Leader and mayor candidate Valérie Plante said Tuesday she will allow members of opposition parties to sit on the city’s executive committee and allow free votes among her party members.
  The executive committee is the city’s top decision-making body, composed of roughly a dozen elected city councillors chosen by the mayor and traditionally emanating from the mayor’
  
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• Matthew Shiltz latest to get shot on Alouettes' quarterback carousel

  31-10-2017 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Perhaps you’ve noticed the Alouettes have gone through a few quarterbacks since the retirement of Anthony Calvillo in 2014, unable to find the heir apparent to pro football’s career passing leader.
  There’s probably a correlation between Calvillo getting concussed during a game in 2013 and the Als missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season. That, and myriad other reasons.
  “We all know the quarterback position is the toughest to fill. It takes a lot of dedication,
  
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• Stormy weather holds up search for remaining missing hunters in Waskaganish

  31-10-2017 23:42 via cbc.ca
  The season's first winter storm in the James Bay region of Quebec has put the water and ground search for two missing Cree hunters on hold, and led to school closures, power outages and cancelled flights and Halloween activities in several communities.
  
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• Polytechnique, Dawson shooting survivors receiving pro-gun messages

  31-10-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 31: Survivors of the École Polytechnique and Dawson College shootings are allegedly receiving taunting messages from pro-gun activists. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Huge West Island mansions causing controversy

  31-10-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 31: Large homes are popping up around the West Island. They’ve been given the nickname “McMansions” and residents who live nearby are not happy about the possibility that these homes could inflate prices. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Quebec floods: Family being evicted from hotel

  31-10-2017 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 31: An Île Mercier family forced out of their home during the Quebec spring floods is being told they can no longer stay in the hotel they were placed in by the Red Cross. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Guy Ouellette speaks out

  31-10-2017 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 31: Guy Ouellette, the Chomedy MNA who was arrested by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad, says he believes UPAC arrested him to stop him from asking questions about how the agency operates. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Canadiens' Charles Hudon pays tribute to deceased friend after scoring

  31-10-2017 23:20 via montrealgazette.com
  After the Canadiens’ Charles Hudon scored his first NHL goal in Monday night’s 8-3 win over the Senators in Ottawa, he pointed skyward as part of his celebration.
  He did the same thing after scoring his second goal later in the game and will continue to do so after every other goal he scores in the NHL, he says.
  Hudon does it as a tribute to his friend Nicholas Antonelli, who was killed six years ago at age 17 after being hit by a drunk driver while walking home from a party.
  Hudon w
  
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• Quebec flood victims told they need to find a new place to live

  31-10-2017 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  Flood victims from Ile Mercier have been staying in a hotel for the last five months, but have recently been told it's time to leave.
  
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• Couple used ISIL list to prepare for trip to Syria, terror trial told

  31-10-2017 22:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The young couple on trial on terror-related charges at the Montreal courthouse, including an allegation they were preparing to leave Canada to join ISIL, apparently used a how-to guide published by the terrorist group while at least one of the accused made preparations to leave for Syria.
  Evidence of this was presented to the jury on Tuesday while Tarek Mokdad, an RCMP expert on Islamic extremism, testified in the trial of Sabrine Djermane, 21, and El Mahdi Jamali, 20.
  Mokdad, a member of the RC
  
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• Quebec police investigating death of 11-year-old girl in Nunavik

  31-10-2017 22:36 via cbc.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec confirms that a child's body was found outside the Nunavik community of Umiujaq on Saturday evening.
  
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• Denis Coderre says Montreal has moved on from corruption

  31-10-2017 22:23 via cbc.ca
  The incumbent mayor, who has painted himself as the man who rid Montreal of corruption and collusion, was forced to defend that record Tuesday after a report suggested many of the same big players are still bidding on lucrative municipal contracts.
  
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• As it happened: Guy Ouellette speaks out about UPAC arrest

  31-10-2017 22:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Guy Ouellette, the Member of the National Assembly arrested last week by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, addressed the legislature on Tuesday afternoon.
  Ouellette, who has not been charged, lashed out at the Unité permanente anticorruption for the arrest (UPAC). He accused UPAC of trying to muzzle him and scare off MNAs who question the unit’s power.
  Here are the highlights of an extraordinary day at the National Assembly, where Ouellette’s arrest and the w
  
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• Former manager at Laval housing authority files discrimination complaint

  31-10-2017 22:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A former manager at the l’Office municipal d’habitation de Laval says he quit his job after senior managers told employees they were not permitted to converse in Spanish during office hours, except on their lunch hour.
  Walter Romeo Rivera Tamacas said he left his job in May after failing to persuade his senior managers that the unwritten directive was “illegal and immoral.”
  “It was hard for me to work with people who made gestures of discrimination toward me or my c
  
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• Other side of the Cap-Nature debate questions the survey questions

  31-10-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Vrai changement pour Montréal borough candidate for Cap-St-Jacques Naghmeh Shafiei questions the questions used in a local opinion poll on the proposed Cap-Nature residential development.
  The proposed Cap-Nature project slated for former agricultural land in Pierrefonds West is controversial, with environmentalist opposing any disruption to the significant green space and developers saying on-island housing is needed and that half of the 360-hectares will be left untouched.
  The environmen
  
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• Opinion: What future for public participation in Montreal?

  31-10-2017 21:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The issue of participatory democracy deserves to be addressed during this election campaign in Montreal following the adoption of Bill 122 last June recognizing that municipalities are local governments.
  In the area of urban planning, the bill allows municipalities to evade referendum approval of zoning changes as long as they adopt alternatives that encourage public participation. Citizen participation is all the more important in this area because many interests revolve around urban projects &
  
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• Man, 26, charged with 1st-degree murder of grandparents in Sainte-Catherine home

  31-10-2017 21:51 via cbc.ca
  Jeannot Jr. Cormier appeared at the Longueuil courthouse Tuesday afternoon to face charges related to the deaths of his grandparents, Jeannot Chapdelaine and Simonne Jourdain.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens great Larry Robinson finds home with Blues

  31-10-2017 21:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Larry Robinson is very happy in his new job as a senior consultant in hockey operations with the St. Louis Blues.
  But the Hall of Fame defenceman adds: “I’ve always thought that it might be nice if I was going to wind up my career to end up in the Canadiens organization.”
  It doesn’t appear that will happen. Robinson, who won six Stanley Cups with the Canadiens, became a free agent this summer after spending five seasons with the San Jose Sharks as an associate coach
  
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• Ouellette addresses legislature about UPAC arrest

  31-10-2017 21:35 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — With a defiant speaker of the legislature telling the anti-corruption unit to put up or shut up, an emotional Guy Ouellette said Tuesday that he is completely innocent and will keep up his watchdog role over the police in the name of democracy.
  And under pressure from all sides, Robert Lafrenière, the head of the anti-corruption squad UPAC, announced he will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the police operation last week that led to the arrest of Ouellet
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for week of Nov. 1

  31-10-2017 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibition of paintings by the Kirkland Artists Association starting Thursday and continuing to Nov. 28. Vernissage on Nov. 19 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, presents the exhibition Lattices and Interstices — featuring assembled works by various local artists. Continues until Nov. 19. Call 514-684-1012, local 298.
  The Stewa
  
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• Brownstein: Adam Miller — a new old master

  31-10-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  From afar, the painting could almost pass as a Baroque classic. Streams of celestial light pouring down. Dramatic depictions of battle and romance figuring prominently. Birds soaring through the sky with noble men and women entering the fray on terra firma.
  Has the McCord Museum managed to get its mitts on a Rembrandt or Rubens?
  No. That would require fundraisers until the end of this millennium.
  On closer inspection, it’s clear this is a more contemporary work. René Lévesque
  
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• Quebec daycare workers strike for 1 day

  31-10-2017 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  Parents of more than 21,000 children across Quebec scrambled to find alternate childcare as daycare workers went on strike for one day. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Be on lookout for suspected child lurer, police warn Quebec Cree communities

  31-10-2017 21:15 via cbc.ca
  The Eeyou Eenou Police Force is warning people in the Cree communities in Quebec's James Bay region to be on the lookout, after a non-Indigenous man tried to lure a young Indigenous boy into his pick-up truck Monday.
  
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• Fatal Kahnawake crash leads to charges

  31-10-2017 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  A 21-year-old man is facing several charges in connection with a crash in Kahnawake that killed two men and injured several others. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Coderre, Plante neck-and-neck: poll

  31-10-2017 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  A new CROP poll shows incumbent Mayor Denis Coderre and challenger Valérie Plante are head-to-head with less than a week to go before Montrealers head to the polls. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Kramberger: Thrift Shops for NOVA opens in Plaza Pointe-Claire

  31-10-2017 20:49 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a win-win situation for the West Island community. Thrift Shops for NOVA — the charitable haunt for bargain hunters — has opened a new outlet in Plaza Pointe-Claire, near the St-Jean Blvd.-Highway 20 intersection.
  This is the organization’s sixth storefront, joining three in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue (thrift shop, used book store and the Bargain Alley), a second-hand furniture outlet in Beaconsfield’s Beaurepaire Village and a thrift shop on St-Charles Blvd. in Kirk
  
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• Supporting women living with mBC, with the always inspirational @NalieAgustin #mbctime btmontreal.ca/videos/struggl…

  31-10-2017 20:30
  Supporting women living with mBC, with the always inspirational @NalieAgustin#mbctime btmontreal.ca/videos/struggl…
  
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• Not sure where to trick-or-treat? This handy Montreal map shows the best spots

  31-10-2017 20:02 via cbc.ca
  Find out where you can hit the most homes with the least amount of walking. No guarantee that there will be candy in all of them though.
  
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• Liveblog: Guy Ouellette addresses National Assembly

  31-10-2017 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Guy Ouellette, the Member of the National Assembly, arrested last week by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, is expected to address the legislature on Tuesday just after 2 p.m.
  Ouellette, who has not been charged, has lashed out at the Unité permanente anticorruption for the arrest (UPAC). He has accused UPAC of trying to muzzle him and scare off Liberal MNAs who question the unit’s power.
  We’ll post highlights of his comments here.
  2:15 p.m. UPAC will speak l
  
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• UPAC to discuss operation that led to arrest of MNA Guy Ouellette

  31-10-2017 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The head of the province’s anti-corruption squad will hold a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the police operation last week that led to the arrest of Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette.
  The announcement came as Ouellette prepared to address the National Assembly, and after Premier Philippe Couillard invited UPAC to clarify the reasons it arrested a sitting member of the National Assembly.
  Couillard warned Tuesday morning that without careful guidelines, having Ouel
  
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• Ethnic, visible minorities want Montreal mayoral candidates to address diversity

  31-10-2017 19:39 via cbc.ca
  Daybreak's Shari Okeke meets people concerned about the under-representation of visible minorities and immigrants in Montreal's public service and say it's an issue municipal election candidates should not ignore.
  
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• Couillard urges UPAC to shed light on Guy Ouellette’s arrest

  31-10-2017 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  Philippe Couillard says there are currently more questions than answers about Guy Ouellette's arrest.
  
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• Stay safe tonight everyone. Halloween safety tips from the @SPVM btmontreal.ca/videos/hallowe…

  31-10-2017 19:30
  Stay safe tonight everyone. Halloween safety tips from the @SPVM btmontreal.ca/videos/hallowe…
  
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• Pumpkin dinner made easy with 13-year-old singing chef Samantha Calabrese! btmontreal.ca/videos/easy-an…

  31-10-2017 18:45
  Pumpkin dinner made easy with 13-year-old singing chef Samantha Calabrese! btmontreal.ca/videos/easy-an…
  
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• Melrose Tunnel gets spooky makeover

  31-10-2017 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 31: Melrose Tunnel in Montreal’s NDG neighbourhood got a total Halloween makeover this weekend. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Tarantulas... bearded dragons... a Burmese python... It must mean Pat Fallon from @patspetshow was on BT! btmontreal.ca/videos/animal-…

  31-10-2017 18:13
  Tarantulas... bearded dragons... a Burmese python... It must mean Pat Fallon from @patspetshow was on BT! btmontreal.ca/videos/animal-…
  
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• What kind of monster are you? Ask Montreal's scholar of spook

  31-10-2017 18:09 via cbc.ca
  Jean-Charles Ray, whose doctoral thesis examines monsters in novels and video games, says there are only four kinds of monsters in literature.
  
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• NDG’s Melrose Tunnel gets spooky makeover for Halloween

  31-10-2017 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Melrose Tunnel in NDG has been getting an annual makeover for years to make it more attractive for trick-or-treaters.
  
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• Montreal family donates $100K to help find missing man in Peru ... - CBC.ca

  31-10-2017 17:43
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  A prominent Montreal family is donating $100,000 to a fund set up to continue looking for missing 22-year-old Jesse Galganov who was last heard from while ...and more »
  
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• Witness life backstage at Katy Perry's Montreal tour launch

  31-10-2017 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  All concert tours have to begin somewhere, and in the case of Katy Perry’s latest, that somewhere was Montreal’s Bell Centre.
  It wasn’t always going to be that way — Montreal only got the nod because of “unavoidable production delays” — but that is how Witness: The Tour began.
  And now you can witness backstage scenes from that fateful evening.
  A video posted on Twitter by Perry shows the cast and crew gearing up for opening night and the crowd&rsquo
  
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• Doctor admits giving money to gynecologists who referred patients

  31-10-2017 17:14 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal doctor has pleaded guilty to ethical breaches and offered to pay $27,500 in fines in a case involving gynecologists referring patients to his ultrasound clinic.
  It was part of a plea deal submitted to a Quebec College of Physicians disciplinary hearing on Tuesday by Jacques Provost, acting as a syndic, or prosecutor, on behalf of the College. The disciplinary board is to decide on the matter within three months.
  Provost said doctors exchanging cash in this way could raise questions ab
  
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• Montreal family donates $100,000 to help find Canadian man missing in Peru

  31-10-2017 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  A prominent Montreal family is donating $100,000 toward a fund in an effort to continue looking for a Canadian missing in Peru.
  
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• Quebec sex assault centres see up to 500% spike in calls

  31-10-2017 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A provincial support network for victims of sexual assault says it has seen its call volume spike more than 500 per cent in some regions in the wake of a series of allegations involving high-profile Quebec personalities.
  And the Centres d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel says it has yet to see any of the emergency funding pledged by the province in the days after the allegations made headlines.
  CALACS helps victims of sexual assault who may not have f
  
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• Montreal family donates $100k to help find missing man in Peru

  31-10-2017 16:43 via cbc.ca
  Well-known Montreal businessman Mitch Garber and his wife Anne-Marie Boucher announced Monday they are contributing to a fund set up through the Missing Children's Network.
  
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• Senneville fire destroys abandoned mansion

  31-10-2017 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  A fire destroyed a mansion along Senneville Road Monday night, one firefighter was injured injured during the blaze.
  
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• Andie Duquette: Here we are

  31-10-2017 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal singer-songwriter Andie Duquette joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk career and her first album, “Here We Are.”
  
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• Google, Amazon, Netflix mount lobby crusade on Trudeau Liberals

  31-10-2017 15:26 via cbc.ca
  U.S. tech giants including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook have held more than 100 separate meetings with influential members of Canada's Liberal government over the past 12 months, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Last-minute Halloween costumes

  31-10-2017 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  It’s Halloween and you still don’t have a costume? No worries — fashion consultant Mlle. Geri and Global’s Laura Casella look at some last-minute costume ideas.
  
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• Workouts for busy moms

  31-10-2017 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Tina Kissavos joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to show her a workout that moms can fit into their busy day.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Brussels Sprouts Salad an easy, tasty side dish

  31-10-2017 15:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The next time you plan a dinner of roast chicken or beef, a chef from British Columbia recommends adding this lusty cool-weather warm salad.
  Brussels sprouts have a long season and a growing fan base. Chef Rod Butters, author of The Okanagan Table: The Art of Everyday Home Cooking (Figure 1 Publishing, $37.95), roasts the sprouts and adds bacon and apples in an easy, last-minute dish. This chef, whose restaurant in Kelowna is called RauDZ Regional Table, has written a user-friendly cookbook with
  
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