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• Young motorist severely injured in Rigaud crash

  24-11-2017 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A 17-year-old motorist is in critical condition after he lost control of his car and slammed into a tree in Rigaud.
  The youth was travelling on St-Georges St. with two friends when his car went off the road Friday morning about 11 a.m. The road was wet at the time of the accident, said Sgt. Stéphane Tremblay, a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec. 
  Two passengers, who are also 17, suffered minor injuries. The driver was transferred to the Montreal General Hospit
  
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• Tour of Aurora’s Montreal cannabis production site

  24-11-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Dan Spector goes inside Aurora’s new medical cannabis production plant in Pointe-Claire, in Montreal’s West Island.
  
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• Representing English-speakers in Quebec

  24-11-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Global News Montreal Anchor Andrea Howick speaks to anglophone affairs minister Kathleen Weil about the creation of the new Secretariat for relations with English-speaking Quebecers.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Stage is set for the return of Canadiens' Carey Price

  24-11-2017 23:39 via montrealgazette.com
  After Canadiens goalie Carey Price signed his eight-year, US$84-million contract extension during the summer, he said: “I’ve never thought about playing anywhere else. It’s a great place to be and I have enough experience to deal with anything that being a goaltender with the Canadiens can throw at you. I never really thought about putting on another uniform, I just thought it would be too weird.”
  Price’s new contract doesn’t even kick in until next season, bu
  
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• Cathy Wong named new speaker of Montreal city council

  24-11-2017 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Cathy Wong was named the new council speaker for Montreal Friday, becoming the first woman to ever hold the post, as well as the first member of an opposition party to be selected. 
  She will be responsible for leading city council meetings, acting as a neutral arbiter on objections and points of order and keeping Montreal’s 65 councillors, borough mayors and the mayor in line. Her role also calls for her to foster citizen participation in municipal life, and to ensure that city hall c
  
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• You're welcome, world: Alexander Skarsgard says Quebec saved his life - Montreal Gazette

  24-11-2017 23:08
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  You're welcome, world: Alexander Skarsgard says Quebec saved his life
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  Alexander Skarsgard Cast member Alexander Skarsgard arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The East" at the ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: CACP109 05281313632, ...and more »
  
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• You're welcome, world: Alexander Skarsgard says Quebec saved his life

  24-11-2017 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Alexander Skarsgard has taken to Instagram to thank medical staff in Lachute for saving his life.
  The actor posted an image of a cut hand that suggests that his injuries were not actually life threatening. But if he wants to credit Quebec with feats of medicine, who are we to argue?
  He specifically thanked “nurse Rosalie and doctor Taleb” in his Instagram post. 
  Skarsgard, who won an Emmy for his performance in Jean-Marc Vallée’s Big Little Lies, is in Quebec f
  
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• Montreal mayor names Cathy Wong speaker of city council - CBC.ca

  24-11-2017 22:39
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  Montreal mayor names Cathy Wong speaker of city council
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  Wong is one of only four minorities elected in this month's municipal election — not one of them was on Plante's party, Projet Montréal. "I think that this pressure is a healthy one, I think that it is important that when we come from different ...
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• Uproar over lack of French translation at Aurora Cannabis opening in Pointe-Claire

  24-11-2017 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The official opening ceremony of a medical marijuana facility in Pointe-Claire on Friday was marred by a language brouhaha.Alberta-based Aurora Cannabis announced in March it would be opening a 40,000-square-foot facility called Aurora Vie on Hymus Blvd. When reporters and camera operators from both French and English media outlets showed up for the unveiling, everybody was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement to ensure the security of the facility would not be compromised during reporting.
  
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• Class action authorized for ex-students claiming sexual abuse at Granby school

  24-11-2017 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit to go ahead against Granby’s Collège Mont-Sacré-Coeur on behalf of former students who say they were sexually abused there.
  Robert Kugler, of the law firm Kugler, Kandestin, is leading the case, and said more than 70 people have come forward with abuse complaints over the years. The span of class action covers the time frame from 1932, when the school was founded, until 2008, when the order of Les Frères du S
  
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• Tierney: Why isn't Michel Tremblay's work on TV in Quebec?

  24-11-2017 21:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Michel Tremblay is the most popular author in Quebec.
  He is 75 years old. In the course of the past 50 years, he has published 16 novels, 26 plays, three musical comedies, three books of short stories and seven film scripts, including translations.
  His latest work, Le peintre d’aquarelles (The Watercolor Painter), has just been published by Lémeac, the Montreal-based publishing house with whom Tremblay has been associated for his entire career.
  November could well be Tremblay month.
  
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• Black Friday hits Montreal

  24-11-2017 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 24: Shoppers waited outside over an hour for the doors of Best Buy to open in downtown Montreal as part of Black Friday. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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• Former Hells Angel leader no longer required to reside at halfway house

  24-11-2017 20:04 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who was once one of the most powerful Hells Angels in Quebec has gained another step toward freedom on the sentence he is serving for plotting to murder rival gang members as the Parole Board of Canada has agreed he no longer needs to reside at a halfway house. 
  During Quebec’s biker war – a conflict between the Hells Angels and an alliance of rival criminal organizations that ran between 1994 and 2002 – Normand Robitaille, 49, graduated from the lowest ranks of the
  
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• Tommy Schnurmacher, a fixture of Montreal talk radio, is retiring

  24-11-2017 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Tommy Schnurmacher, a veteran of Montreal talk radio, is retiring.
  “I may be saying goodbye to daily radio deadlines but I have a sneaking suspicion that I will not be able to keep myself from holding court from time to time, whether that’s on-air, off-air or on Twitter,” Schnurmacher said in an announcement released Friday.
  The final instalment of Tommy Schnurmacher’s Gang of Four show, which airs Monday to Friday from 12 to 1 p.m. on CJAD 800, will be broadcas
  
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• Shoppers line up outside stores in Montreal on Black Friday

  24-11-2017 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Shoppers waited outside over an hour for the doors of Best Buy to open in downtown Montreal.
  
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• Update: Cathy Wong named new speaker of Montreal city council

  24-11-2017 19:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Cathy Wong has been officially named the new council speaker for Montreal, midday Friday at city hall. 
  Wong is the first woman to fill the role, as well as the first member of an opposition party to sit in the speaker’s chair, nominated by mayor Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal, sources close to the mayor said.
  She will be responsible for leading city council meetings and acting as a neutral arbiter on objections and points of order.
  Wong, 30, is a member of the &Eacut
  
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• Review: Vic and Flo’s cinematic magic barely served in stage version

  24-11-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The decision to create a piece of theatre out of a film of such enigmatic eccentricity and understated visual panache as Denis Côté’s Vic and Flo Saw a Bear is certainly a bold one.
  So let’s start by acknowledging the intrepidity of Michael Mackenzie, who directs his own adaptation, and of Talisman Theatre, whose mandate it is to present Québecois francophone texts in English, for embarking on this particular bear hunt.
  There were always going to be traps ahead. U
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Carey Price will be back in goal Saturday night

  24-11-2017 19:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Carey Price will be back in goal for the Canadiens Saturday night at the Bell Centre when they face the Buffalo Sabres (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  Price has missed the last 10 games with what the team called a “minor” lower-body injury suffered during the pre-game warmup on Nov. 2 in Minnesota. Price still played in that game, allowing five goals on 26 shots in a 6-3 loss to the Wild with the final goal into an empty net.
  Price had been struggling before the injury and h
  
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• Buchignani: Lance Stroll takes stock as F1 season closes

  24-11-2017 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  So we’ve learned something about Lance Stroll, the Formula One rookie from Montreal: modesty, it seems, is not his strong suit.
  Which is not necessarily a bad thing. If you’re going to claim your place among the world’s top race-car drivers, you probably need to show a little swagger.
  So maybe it’s not surprising that when he was asked to rate, on a scale from one to 10, his performance during his freshman F1 season — which closes in Abu Dhabi on Sunday — Stro
  
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• 'Why not?' Montrealers embracing Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales

  24-11-2017 19:22 via cbc.ca
  According to one survey, Quebec consumers will spend an average of $342 each, which amounts to some $946 million over the next four days.
  
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• Carey Price to return vs. Sabres after missing nearly a month

  24-11-2017 19:18 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Canadiens star goaltender Carey Price is set return against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday after missing nearly a month with a lower-body injury.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 24

  24-11-2017 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  Families say schools aren't properly dealing with racist bullies.
  
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• Shania Twain dishes on life, music and making a comeback

  24-11-2017 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  Country music superstar Shania Twain was back in Montreal to talk about life, career and releasing a new album after 15 years.
  
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• Cathy Wong to be named new speaker of Montreal city council

  24-11-2017 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Cathy Wong has been officially named the new council speaker for Montreal, midday Friday at city hall. 
  Wong is the first woman to fill the role, as well as the first member of an opposition party to sit in the speaker’s chair, nominated by mayor Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal, sources close to the mayor said.
  She will be responsible for leading city council meetings and acting as a neutral arbiter on objections and points of order.
  Wong, 30, is a member of the &Eacut
  
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• Don Macpherson: Quebec voters just won't stay bought

  24-11-2017 18:40 via montrealgazette.com
  “An honest politician,” a notoriously corrupt 19th-century American politician named Simon Cameron is supposed to have said, “is one who, when he is bought, stays bought.”
  Nobody has ever applied that standard to voters, however. And politically, that’s the trouble for the Couillard government with its billion-dollar bid to buy votes legally with public funds in this week’s budget update: history suggests that when a Quebec government gives voters a bribe with
  
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• Montreal drivers in for a tough ride this weekend

  24-11-2017 18:36 via cbc.ca
  It's going to be a rough ride for motorists heading to and from the city this weekend, with closures affecting the Turcot Interchange, Lafontaine Tunnel and Mercier Bridge.
  
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• Montreal entertainment: Christmas markets, holiday train

  24-11-2017 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Christine Beaudoin joins Global’s Laura Casella with all the details about the Christmas markets and CP holiday train.
  
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• Community Events: Volunteers Rock For AJOI

  24-11-2017 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Friday, November 24.
  
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• How to winter-proof your beauty routine https://t.co/q8ciQ3Rdeo

  24-11-2017 18:09
  
  How to winter-proof your beauty routine https://t.co/q8ciQ3Rdeo
  
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• Habs hope hits keep coming from Deslauriers | HI/O Bonus

  24-11-2017 18:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel breaks down the reasons the Habs called up Nicolas Deslauriers from Laval instead of Daniel Carr.
  Missed this week’s show? You can watch it here.
  
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• Easy appetizers for the holidays

  24-11-2017 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Martin Patenaude joins Global’s Laura Casella with some easy appetizers to prepare over the holidays.
  
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• Fertility clinic didn't botch paternity results, mother lied, Quebec Superior Court rules

  24-11-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that a mother who sued a fertility clinic for botching a paternity test actually lied to the potential fathers about the results.
  
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• Zacharkiw: Under-$30 bubble guide

  24-11-2017 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the festive season once again, and that means more people are buying sparkling wines. There are more than 200 sparkling wines available under $30. So, what to buy? Here are 10 that I would gladly serve at my next party. All sparkling wines should be served at 8C and are meant to be drunk immediately.
  Cava, Brut, Selección, Villa Conchi, Spain sparkling, $15.30, SAQ # 12956456. Finessed bubbles, browning apples, citrus and a solid mineral finish. Comfortable and a crowd pleaser.
  
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• Fingerlings, a must-have this year

  24-11-2017 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Wowwee Toys brand manager Sidney Wiseman joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about Fingerlings, the most sought-after toys this holiday season.
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Nov. 24, 2017

  24-11-2017 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16 
  Bordeaux Supérieur 2015, Château la Mothe du Barry, France red, $15.05, SAQ # 10865307. Organic. Riper and richer than 2014. Juicy, plummy fruit with soft tannins and a satiny mid-palate. Classic right-bank merlot that stays finessed and elegant despite its ease of drinkability. Love to see more inexpensive Bordeaux like this. Grape variety: merlot. Residual sugar: 3.4 g/L. Serve at: 16C. Drink now. Food pairing idea: roast pork with herbs, beet salad.
  $16-$20 
  
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• Emily Haines' @choirofthemind is coming to Montreal - We discuss her new solo album and just how "badass" she is https://t.co/EMuBE7DyCx

  24-11-2017 17:56
  
  Emily Haines' @choirofthemind is coming to Montreal - We discuss her new solo album and just how "badass" she is https://t.co/EMuBE7DyCx
  
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• Safety first around new toys

  24-11-2017 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  For many children, the holidays are all about toys, toys, toys. Montreal Children’s Hospital trauma coordinator Liane Fransblow shows Global’s Laura Casella how to keep kids safe when discovering their newest playthings.
  
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• The Right Chemistry: The perfect cup of tea

  24-11-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  I steeped some green tea for five minutes in my bright red McGill mug using water filtered to reduce its mineral content. I then did the same with a white mug. Why? Because I had come across an episode of the BBC program Inside the Factory, that delved into the intricacies of making the perfect cup of tea.
  The first bit of advice was to never drink tea from a foamed polystyrene cup because the plastic absorbs the flavour. That has some merit judging by the slew of experiments triggered by a phys
  
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• Shania Twain returns to Montreal

  24-11-2017 17:19 via globalnews.ca
  Country music superstar Shania Twain joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about life, career and releasing a new album after 15 years.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Friday, November 24

  24-11-2017 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  Carla Bosacki has Montreal’s weather forecast for Friday, November 24.
  
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• Ex-Hab Mike Ribeiro arrested for trespassing in Miami Beach

  24-11-2017 16:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Montreal Canadiens centre Mike Ribeiro has been arrested in Miami Beach. 
  According to his wrap sheet, posted online, Ribeiro was arrested on Oct. 27 for trespassing.
  Ribeiro, 37, had not been in touch with his team, the Nashville Predators, since the end of last season.
  His manager, Bob Perno, revealed in May that Ribeiro was struggling with alcoholism, saying neither he nor his family had heard from him for several weeks.
  “Mike doesn’t think he is sick, and in his
  
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• Montreal doctor allegedly goes missing, abandons 1,500 patients

  24-11-2017 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  The College is asking a Quebec court to impose an injunction to stop the doctor from accessing his patients' files.
  
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• Video: @joannevrakas shares how much she misses us (And we miss her too!) https://t.co/U7sIG4Baun

  24-11-2017 16:34
  
  Video: @joannevrakas shares how much she misses us (And we miss her too!) https://t.co/U7sIG4Baun
  
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