Montreal news

• Unknown no more, mayoral hopeful Valérie Plante senses wave of support

  04-11-2017 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  For someone who was unknown to a good portion of Montrealers a few short months ago, Projet Montréal’s mayoral hopeful Valérie Plante certainly seems to have come a long way.
  On her last day of active campaigning Saturday, Plante dropped into several of Montreal’s most popular public markets to urge Montealers to vote, and was welcomed by an enthusiastic public that seemed to know exactly who she is.
  At Atwater Market yesterday afternoon, several shoppers made a bee-lin
  
  Read more

• Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for Montreal and much of Quebec

  04-11-2017 23:39
  Rain, at times heavy, is expected for the Montreal area on Sunday and Monday.
  
  Read more

• Coderre and Plante make final push before Sunday vote in Montreal mayoral race

  04-11-2017 23:35
  The two have been in a statistical dead heat for weeks — a surprise to many who initially saw the election as a cakewalk for Coderre.
  
  Read more

• Montreal Vegan Festival draws crowds at Marché Bonsecours

  04-11-2017 23:28
  The fourth edition of the Montreal Vegan Festival is underway at the Marché Bonsecours and visitors will have the chance to discover new products and learn about veganism.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Plante and Coderre campaigning in earnest ahead of Sunday election

  04-11-2017 23:24
  Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante, the top contenders in Montreal’s mayoral race, made the most of their last day on the campaign trail on Saturday. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, every vote counts in what appears to be a deadlocked race.
  
  Read more

• This week on Focus Montreal: Nov. 4

  04-11-2017 22:58
  This week on Focus Montreal, political columnist Philippe Authier dissects the Guy Ouellette vs UPAC scandal, McGill University doctoral student Chris Erl talks voter apathy and writer Marie-Claude Giguère discusses her new book on senior care and its connection to singer Katy Perry.
  
  Read more

• Liveblog: Canadiens at Winnipeg

  04-11-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Can the Priceless Canadiens avoid a winless weekend?
  It won’t be easy (as if ANYTHING involving the 2017-’18 Montreal Canadiens were easy.)
  Playing without their maybe-not-so-All-World goaltender, the Canadiens face a challenging back-to-back against tough Western Conference opponents.
  It starts Saturday night in Winnipeg.
  The big, tough Jets are 7-1-2 in their last 10 and coming off a 5-2 win over Dallas.
  The Canadiens were putrid in their 6-3 loss at Minnesota Thursday night, and t
  
  Read more

• Arson squad to investigate fire in heritage house

  04-11-2017 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal arson squad will investigate an overnight fire in a stone heritage house on Jarry St. E. in St-Léonard.
  The stone house at 5675 Jarry St. E. was abandoned and utilities had been turned off, so firefighters turned the case over to police, said Jean-Pierre Brabant, a media relations officer with Montreal Police.
  The stone house stands on a large, 12,800-square-foot lot, overgrown with vegetation.
  On Monday, arson investigators will visit the scene of the blaze, which broke out
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Quebec MNA urges Justin Trudeau to grant Catalonian president asylum

  04-11-2017 20:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire spokesperson Manon Massé sent a letter to prime minister Justin Trudeau Friday, urging him to grant political asylum to exiled Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont — who is the target of an international arrest warrant.
  Massé, the MNA for Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques says Canada should act “like a democracy” in the face of the Spanish crisis.
  After Catalonia unilaterally declared its independence, last week, Canada backed Madrid b
  
  Read more

• Denis Coderre, Valérie Plante make final pitches before Sunday's election

  04-11-2017 20:49 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's two candidates for mayor wrapped up their six-week-long campaigns Saturday as Quebec's municipal elections draw closer.
  
  Read more

• Focus Montreal: Improving senior care

  04-11-2017 20:34
  Sat, Nov 4: Writer Marie-Claude Giguère joins senior anchor Jamie Orchrad to discuss her new book on senior care called “Grandma’s Place” and its connection to singer Katy Perry.
  
  Read more

• Focus Montreal: Fighting voter apathy

  04-11-2017 20:27
  Sat, Nov 4: McGill University doctoral student Chirs Erl joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to discuss what leads to voter apathy and what can be done to increase voter engagement.
  
  Read more

• Montrealers swarm Marché Bonsecours for vegan festival

  04-11-2017 20:26
  The fourth edition of the Montreal Vegan Festival is taking place this weekend at the Marché Bonsecours in Old Montreal.
  
  Read more

• Focus Montreal: UPAC vs Ouellette

  04-11-2017 20:17
  Sat, Nov 4: Montreal Gazette journalist Philip Authier joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to offer his take on the political scandal pitting Chomedey MNA Guy Ouellette against Quebec’s anti-corruption unit known as UPAC.
  
  Read more

• 'If it ain't broke': Coderre boasts of record on campaign's last day

  04-11-2017 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Denis Coderre portrayed himself as the only candidate who can keep Montreal on the road to prosperity — and bring back the Expos — in a press briefing on the final day of Montreal’s campaign.
  “We cannot afford to start from scratch,” Coderre said Saturday in a park across from city hall, accusing his opponent, Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal, of making “474 promises that have no chance of being kept.”
  Surrounded by candidates for his &Eac
  
  Read more

• Montreal firefighters undertake smoke detector blitz

  04-11-2017 19:34
  Montreal firefighters and students were out raising awareness on Saturday about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home.
  
  Read more

• Parc-Ex residents get voter cards with bad info - CTV News

  04-11-2017 19:19
  CTV News
  Parc-Ex residents get voter cards with bad info
  CTV News
  A city councillor representing Parc-Extension is furious over inaccurate information distributed to voters in her riding by Election Montreal. Mary Deros is running for reelection under the Equipe Denis Coderre banner. She said over 5,700 people in the ...
  
  Read more

• Denis Coderre denies claim he silenced Toronto cycling activist

  04-11-2017 18:47 via montrealgazette.com
  How’s this for weird?
  A Toronto parking officer whose Twitter account has made him a minor celebrity claims Montreal mayor Denis Coderre used political influence to muzzle him on social media.
  Kyle Ashley would frequently take to his @TPS_ParkingPal account to tweet pictures of cars parked in bicycle lanes and advocate for safer roads. He uses a bicycle on the job and his posts are frequently retweeted by Montreal cycling activists. Apparently, some of these activists have also been floodi
  
  Read more

• Montreal Canadiens goalies skate on morning off

  04-11-2017 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  WINNIPEG — The Canadiens were given a chance to sleep in after Claude Julien cancelled the morning skate prior to Saturday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets (7 p.m., Sportsnet, TVA Sports, TDN-690 Radio).
  But there were three people on the ice at the Bell MTS Place. Goaltending coach Stéphane Waite fired pucks at Al Montoya and Charlie Lindgren for bout 40 minutes. Montoya will be the starting goaltender while Lindgren will serve as the backup and there’s a chance he&rsqu
  
  Read more

• Saint-Leonard home built in early 1820s destroyed in overnight fire

  04-11-2017 17:33
  An abandoned home on Jarry Street, dating back to the early 1820s, was destroyed in an overnight fire.
  
  Read more

• This RSS feed URL is deprecated

  04-11-2017 16:39
  This RSS feed URL is deprecated, please update.New URLs can be found in the footers at https://news.google.com/news
  
  Read more

• Everything you need to know about voting in Montreal's mayoral election - CTV News

  04-11-2017 16:38
  CTV News
  Everything you need to know about voting in Montreal's mayoral election
  CTV News
  Montrealers have decisions to make at the ballot box on Sunday but the first step is knowing where to go. To check which polling station you need to show up at, click here. The deadline for adding or correcting your name on the electoral list passed on ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Daylight savings time ends tonight. Remember to turn back your clocks

  04-11-2017 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Winter is coming. Before life gets cold and dark, however, we all have some clocks to tend to.
  Daylight savings time comes to an end this weekend. At 2 a.m. Sunday morning clocks will be turned back to 1 a.m., thereby extending the night by an hour.
  This will either give Montrealers some much needed rest or a chance to stay out longer. It’s your bonus hour; use it however you want. 
  The time change applies to virtually all of Quebec. A portion of the North Shore is the province’
  
  Read more

• How will Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante spend your money?

  04-11-2017 15:49 via cbc.ca
  Montreal will have a budget upwards of $5.2 billion next year. That’s a hefty sum, and for both front-runners, earning votes means first establishing their credentials as financial stewards.
  
  Read more

• Montreal conference helps parents of kids with learning disabilities

  04-11-2017 15:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A conference on learning disabilities, which affect more than 800,000 young Quebecers, is being held in Montreal on Saturday, while a second one will be held in Quebec City on Nov. 25.
  Both meetings are open to parents of elementary, high school and post-secondary children.
  The goal is to inform parents about learning disabilities and provide then with tools to help their children achieve success.
  Topics covered include anxiety, early detection, self-esteem and bullying. In addition, about 20 ex
  
  Read more

• Montreal conference helps parents of kids with learning disabilities - Montreal Gazette

  04-11-2017 15:21
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal conference helps parents of kids with learning disabilities
  Montreal Gazette
  A conference on learning disabilities, which affect more than 800,000 young Quebecers, is being held in Montreal on Saturday, while a second one will be held in Quebec City on Nov. 25. Both meetings are open to parents of elementary, high school and ...
  
  Read more

• Heavy rain and strong winds en route to Quebec for election day

  04-11-2017 15:18 via cbc.ca
  A low pressure system developing over the middle of the continent will bring rain and strong winds to places from the Outaouais region east to Blanc-Sablon on Sunday and Monday, according to a special weather statement issued by Environment Canada.
  
  Read more

• ICYMI: Beloved Canadian singer Ginette Reno stopped by BT to discuss National Diabetes Awareness Month. Watch!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-11-2017 15:01
  ICYMI: Beloved Canadian singer Ginette Reno stopped by BT to discuss National Diabetes Awareness Month. Watch!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
  Read more

• This week in Canada: 5 things that could kill you; 1 that could save you

  04-11-2017 15:00
  There were a couple of serious Halloween warnings from police this week, along with some big recalls that had readers concerned about what's in their homes.
  
  Read more

• Quebec's main nationalist organization has a new president

  04-11-2017 14:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The Mouvement national des Québécois (MNQ) — a provincial federation of nationalist groups — has a new president.
  Former Parti Québécois MNA Étienne-Alexis Boucher has replaced Martine Desjardins, who is now the federation’s director general.
  Boucher represented  the Johnson riding in the Quebec National Assembly, a seat previously held by his father, from 2008 to 2012. He ran in Richmond (after the riding changed) in 2012 and 2014 but lo
  
  Read more

• Quebec braces for flooding with heavy rain expected Sunday and Monday - Montreal Gazette

  04-11-2017 14:04
  Montreal Gazette
  Quebec braces for flooding with heavy rain expected Sunday and Monday
  Montreal Gazette
  Authorities in Quebec will be monitoring rivers in the coming hours, with heavy rain forecast for Sunday and Monday. Forty millimetres of rain are expected, which could cause some rivers to overflow their banks. Strong winds could aggravate the situation.
  Rainy forecast carries flood risk on Sunday, MondayCTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Quebec braces for flooding with heavy rain expected Sunday and Monday

  04-11-2017 14:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Authorities in Quebec will be monitoring rivers in the coming hours, with heavy rain forecast for Sunday and Monday.
  Forty millimetres of rain are expected, which could cause some rivers to overflow their banks. Strong winds could aggravate the situation.
  On Friday, about 15 homes in the Beauport area of Quebec City were evacuated when the Montmorency River overflowed, flooding streets. 
  Water levels were also dangerously high in the St. Charles, Yellow and Huron rivers.
  Some places receive
  
  Read more

• Globe-trotting Montreal collective Nomadic Massive brings multiculturalism to hip-hop nation - Calgary Herald

  04-11-2017 13:45
  Calgary Herald
  Globe-trotting Montreal collective Nomadic Massive brings multiculturalism to hip-hop nation
  Calgary Herald
  Six of the eight members of Nomadic Massive. Lou Piensa, Nantali Indongo, Waahli, Ali Sepu, Meduza Ma'at and Butta Beats. Evan Shay. Share Adjust Comment Print. Nomadic Massive play the Festival Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m..
  
  Read more

• The week in review: Contracts, entrapped, E-Prix, babies and goalie

  04-11-2017 13:19 via montrealgazette.com
  City hall contracts: The names have changed, the players haven’t
  Some companies have changed names. Others are under new management. A few have merged. But as a joint Montreal Gazette-La Presse investigation reveals, one thing that hasn’t much changed under the Coderre administration is that the majority of municipal engineering and infrastructure contracts remain in the hands of the same key industry players. That’s one of the main findings of the two newspapers’ analysi
  
  Read more

• Election issues: Montrealers face duelling visions of democracy

  04-11-2017 13:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Valérie Plante stood in front of a poster of a $500-million cheque to say she wouldn’t spend that kind of money on a new baseball stadium without consulting Montrealers first.
  Speaking to journalists on Sept. 27, the Projet Montréal leader said she loves baseball as much as anyone — but it should be up to citizens to decide by referendum whether their tax dollars should be spent on bringing back the Expos.
  But wait, aren’t Montrealers about to elect a mayor to mak
  
  Read more

• Concert review: Lady Gaga lights up the Bell Centre - Montreal Gazette

  04-11-2017 13:10
  Montreal Gazette
  Concert review: Lady Gaga lights up the Bell Centre
  Montreal Gazette
  The Lady Gaga publicity machine cranked up a notch this week when the pop superstar partied with her entourage at District Video Lounge in Montreal's Gay Village on Halloween, ahead of her Joanne World Tour concert at the Bell Centre on Friday night.
  
  Read more

• Concert review: Lady Gaga lights up the Bell Centre

  04-11-2017 13:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lady Gaga publicity machine cranked up a notch this week when the pop superstar partied with her entourage at District Video Lounge in Montreal’s Gay Village on Halloween, ahead of her Joanne World Tour concert at the Bell Centre on Friday night.
  The Halloween photos of Gaga disguised as Edward Scissorhands that were posted on her Instagram account generated a lot of positive buzz in the city where her Little Monsters – her fans – were upset following the last-minute p
  
  Read more

• Anti-marijuana activists target ads for 'Weedmaps' app in Montreal - CTV News

  04-11-2017 13:05
  CTV News
  Anti-marijuana activists target ads for 'Weedmaps' app in Montreal
  CTV News
  MONTREAL -- Ben Anson says he was outraged to see a large-scale billboard advertising Weedmaps, an app that lists local marijuana providers, crop up in a spot near several schools in Montreal earlier this year. Recently, he contacted the company ...and more »
  
  Read more

• While you were sleeping: The Als' season is over. Did it ever start?

  04-11-2017 12:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Sinning never tasted so good
  The Montreal Alouettes’ omnishambles of a season is finally over. When you think about it, though, did it ever really begin? The Als won just three of their 18 games this year, establishing a team record loss total. Last night’s loss of the season — 33-0 on the road against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats — was, in a sense, a fitting conclusion to an embarrassing campaign. Put otherwise: ouch.
  Cogeco Media says it has ended its contract wit
  
  Read more

• Josh Freed: Have we reached the tipping point of a service revolution?

  04-11-2017 12:37 via montrealgazette.com
  I was at a restaurant recently with pretty ordinary food and service but when it came time to tip the waiter, the options on the credit-card machine were anything but ordinary.
  The choice of tip was 20, 25 and 30 per cent!
  At first, I instinctively reached for the middle button like most of us do, trying not to be too cheap (or too extravagant). Then I slammed on the brakes and hit the lowest option: 20.
  Later, I wished I’d punched the mostly-ignored “other amount” button &mdas
  
  Read more

• Shelter: Young, married couple drawn to inexpensive Plateau apartment

  04-11-2017 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Caitlin Stall-Paquet grew up in the Eastern Townships and Aaron Krajeski is from Virginia. Both are 30 years old and they came to Montreal to further their education. They met as students in university and are now gainfully employed — Stall-Paquet as the editorial assistant at enRoute (Air Canada’s inflight magazine), Krajeski as a technical artist, specializing in computer graphics.
  Like many millennials, they lived in the Plateau, then Mile End for a while, but in 2015, when they g
  
  Read more

• What you need to know to vote in Montreal this weekend - CBC.ca

  04-11-2017 12:03
  CBC.ca
  What you need to know to vote in Montreal this weekend
  CBC.ca
  If you're not sure where your local polling station is, you can check on Élection Montréal's website, inputting your postal code. There are 470 voting sites and 3,380 polling stations in Montreal. And bring your kids — they can vote alongside their ...
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre in close fight for re-electionToronto Star
  Snapshot of Montreal's mayoral candidates (and taking sides on smoked meat vs. poutin
  
  Read more

• Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets: Five things you should know - Montreal Gazette

  04-11-2017 12:01
  Montreal Gazette
  Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets: Five things you should know
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal hopes to bounce back from Thursday's loss when they face off against the Jets in Winnipeg Saturday night. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: November 4, 2017 | Last Updated: November 4, 2017 ...
  Montreal Canadiens: The Montoya-Lindgren TandemA Winning Habit
  Carey Price out with lower body injuryHabs Eyes on the Prize (blog)
  Carey Price injured f
  
  Read more

• What you need to know to vote in Montreal this weekend

  04-11-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  With only one day left to go, here is everything you need to know to about voting in Montreal on Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Editorial: Denis Coderre has earned a second term

  04-11-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s municipal election campaign is drawing to a close. It’s decision time.
  Each of the two principal mayoral candidates has strengths and weaknesses; but both deserve credit for strong and civilized campaigns.
  They have spoken at length about what they would do for this city: for citizens just trying to get from one place to another by car, public transit, bike or on foot; for young families and for merchants — in sum, how they would make Montreal both more vibrant and m
  
  Read more

Follow @MontrealCANews on Twitter!