Montreal news

• Liveblog: Detroit at Canadiens

  02-12-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Saturday dawned overcast in Montreal, but the city’s hockey fans, i.e. the entire population, were basking in the sunny glow of seeing their faves in a playoff spot.
  The euphoria didn’t last.
  Boston’s 3-0 win over Philadelphia in their afternoon game moved the Bruins one point ahead of the Canadiens into third place in the Atlantic Division.
  But a victory over Detroit Saturday night would let the Canadiens leapfrog the Bruins (who will have four games in hand)..
  Man, December h
  
  Read more

• Liveblog: Canadiens 2 – Detroit 0 after one

  02-12-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
   
  The high-flying home team struck early.
  Paul Byron’s breakaway goal, his seventh of the young season, got the Canadiens on the board 5:22 into the game.
  Thirty-two seconds later, Nicolas Deslauriers converted a feed from Byron Froese for his first goal as a Canadien.
  Shots were 14-7 for the team that’s leading.
  
  Read more

• ‘This is not what Canada’s known for’: Immigrant family set to be deported pleads for reprieve

  02-12-2017 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  An immigrant family from Sri Lanka is pleading for the federal government to suspend or delay its decision to deport them.
  
  Read more

• Quebec municipalities want one-third of pot tax revenues

  02-12-2017 22:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Even though there is yet to be a gram of cannabis legally sold in Canada, the tug of war to capture revenue from eventual sales is well underway in Quebec. 
  While the Quebec government wants more than one-half of the tax revenues generated by the sale of cannabis, Quebec municipalities are looking to get one-third. 
  According to Alexandre Cusson, president of Quebec’s union of municipalities (UMQ), it’s only logical municipalities get a share of the proceeds, seeing how the
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Update: Pro-gun rally proceeds smoothly far from original Polytechnique location

  02-12-2017 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  A pro-gun lobby held a rally at a sugar shack west of Quebec City on Saturday after it was forced to backtrack on a plan to have the event at a memorial site for the 14 women who were killed at École polytechnique in 1989.
  The group posted on its Facebook page Saturday afternoon to say the event was was running smoothly.
  Originally, the group had wanted to stage the event at Montreal’s Place du 6 décembre.
  That idea was quickly and roundly blasted by politicians of all stripe
  
  Read more

• Controversial pro-gun rally held at sugar shack near Quebec City

  02-12-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  A pro-gun lobby held a rally at a sugar shack west of Quebec City on Saturday after it was forced to backtrack on a plan to have the event at a memorial site for the 14 women who were killed at Ecole polytechnique in 1989.
  
  Read more

• Montreal police searching for thieves who made off with works of art worth over $50K

  02-12-2017 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are searching for suspects after more than $50,000 worth of art was stolen in four separate incidents between May and October.
  
  Read more

• Toronto Maple Leafs could become NHL’s top team

  02-12-2017 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Toronto Maple Leafs have a chance to become the NHL's #1 team on Saturday night.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Weber, Drouin game-time decision; Davidson placed on waivers - CTV News

  02-12-2017 20:32
  CTV News
  Weber, Drouin game-time decision; Davidson placed on waivers
  CTV News
  Jonathan Drouin will be a game-time decision for the Canadiens match against Detroit on Saturday, according to head coach Claude Julien. Drouin didn't play in the Habs' previous game, a 6-3 win road game against the Red Wings. On Saturday morning, the ...
  Fans optimistic as Montreal Canadiens stretch winning streak to four gamesGlobalnews.ca
  Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens: NHL Odds, PredictionSports Interac
  
  Read more

• Quebec municipalities vying for one third of pot tax revenues

  02-12-2017 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Not one gram of legal cannabis has yet been sold in Quebec, but municipalities in the province are already clamouring for their share of tax revenues from its sale.
  
  Read more

• Quebec solidaire votes to merge with Option nationale ahead of 2018 election

  02-12-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  The two parties reached an agreement in October but the deal must be endorsed by both memberships before it is made official.
  
  Read more

• Montreal police searching for thieves who made off with four works of art - CTV News

  02-12-2017 18:55
  CTV News
  Montreal police searching for thieves who made off with four works of art
  CTV News
  Montreal police are searching for suspects after more than $50,000 worth of art was stolen in four separate incidents between May and October. The stolen artwork includes a winter scene painted by Marc-Aurele Fortin, a bust of French explorer Rene ...and more »
  
  Read more

• 'We went too far': Pro-gun group apologizes for planning rally at Polytechnique memorial

  02-12-2017 18:32 via cbc.ca
  A pro-gun lobby group held a rally at a sugar shack near Quebec City, after facing backlash for their initial plan to hold it at a Montreal memorial commemorating the 14 women killed at École Polytechnique in 1989.
  
  Read more

• It's not Pastagate 2, but the 'Bonjour-Hi' debate has gone a little international

  02-12-2017 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The unanimous vote in the National Assembly urging businesses to greet customers with a warm “Bonjour” instead of the common “Bonjour-Hi,” which premier Philippe Couillard had hoped wouldn’t become another Pastagate, has been reported by the foreign press.
  The BBC picked up the story, noting that, “Bonjour-Hi” had long been the city’s “unofficial greeting.”
  An earlier version of the story was tweeted by BBC North America with the factua
  
  Read more

• Game Day: Shea Weber appears ready to return to Canadiens lineup

  02-12-2017 18:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Shea Weber and Jonathan Drouin took part in the Canadiens’ morning skate Saturday in Brossard but coach Claude Julien said they will both be game-time decisions on whether they’re in the lineup Saturday night at the Bell Centre against the Detroit Red Wings (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  It seems likely that Weber will return to the lineup after missing the last five games with a lower-body injury. Weber took a regular turn with Jordie Benn as the No. 1 defence pair during
  
  Read more

• Man in hospital with life-threatening injuries after Hwy. 15 crash

  02-12-2017 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  A 26-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after a collision on Highway 15 in Mirabel Saturday morning.
  
  Read more

• Québec solidaire members approve merger with Option nationale

  02-12-2017 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire members voted Saturday to merge with the Option nationale party.
  After a closed-door debate, 80 per cent of delegates at Québec solidaire’s convention in Longueuil approved the merger.
  Party co-spokesperson Manon Massé welcomed members of the hardline separatist party to the QS fold.
  “It’s an important step in the sovereignty movement in Quebec,” Massé said, adding it was “a great day.”
  The proposed merger with Opti
  
  Read more

• Québec Solidaire members back merger with Option Nationale

  02-12-2017 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Québec Solidaire delegates have voted in favour of a proposal to merge with the smaller sovereigntist party Option Nationale.
  
  Read more

• 'Save the magic', drive safe: Impaired-driving spot checks have begun

  02-12-2017 16:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Police forces across Quebec, in collaboration with the Société de l ‘assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), are holding Opération Vaccin this weekend to crack down on impaired driving.
  Police will put of roadblocks to conduct spot checks for drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs. 
  Police officers will also distribute stickers that drivers can stick to their windshield reminding them that impaired driving is a criminal offence.In 2016, an average of 18 driver
  
  Read more

• Nez Rouge has begun offering rides home, but still needs drivers

  02-12-2017 16:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The 34th annual Nez Rouge campaign was launched on Friday night, with more than 3,000 rides given across Quebec.
  In the Montreal area, call 514-256-2510. For other areas, tap here and select your city/region. Or download the app from iTunes or the Google Play store.
  This year, 61 communities across the province are taking part in the operation, which runs until Dec. 31.
  Last year, approximately 58,700 rides were given in Quebec.
  Nez Rouge, held in partnership with the Société de l
  
  Read more

• Nez Rouge has begun offering rides home, but still needs drivers - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2017 16:33
  Montreal Gazette
  Nez Rouge has begun offering rides home, but still needs drivers
  Montreal Gazette
  The Operation Nez Rouge command centre, where volunteers receive calls from people looking for a safe ride back home. NATASHA FILLION / Montreal Gazette File Photo. Share Adjust Comment Print. The 34th annual Nez Rouge campaign was launched on Friday ...
  3000 rides given on opening night of Operation Nez RougeCTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Gun-owners' group moves rally from Polytechnique memorial to west of Quebec City

  02-12-2017 16:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The pro-gun rally that was to be held at the memorial to the victims of the 1989 Polytechnique massacre will be held at a sugar shack in the Portneuf region, west of Quebec City, on Saturday.
  On Tuesday, the gun-owners’ group decided to move the demonstration opposing the gun registry away from Montreal after its original plan, to rally at Parc Place du 6 décembre 1989 at Queen-Mary Rd. and Decelles Ave., caused widespread outrage.
  The group’s original
  
  Read more

• ICYMI: Quebec filmmaking duo Caroline Labrèche and @steeveleonard's exhilirating new sci-fi thriller @RadiusMovie i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-12-2017 16:01
  ICYMI: Quebec filmmaking duo Caroline Labrèche and @steeveleonard's exhilirating new sci-fi thriller @RadiusMovie i… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
  Read more

• Québec solidaire members debate merger with Option nationale

  02-12-2017 15:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The debate over a mooted political merger with Option nationale promises to be heated at Québec solidaire’s convention in Longueuil on Saturday.
  The debate is being held behind closed doors.
  The co-spokesperson for Quebec Solidaire, Manon Massé, acknowledged that the discussions could get heated, but that the party is “ready” for that.
  The proposed merger with Option nationale, whose leader is Sol Zanetti, was negotiated in October by QS co-spokesperson Gabriel Na
  
  Read more

• New poll: CAQ most popular party, could form 'clear majority'

  02-12-2017 15:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A new poll confirms that the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) has risen to first place in Quebecers’ voting intentions.
  The Léger poll for Le Devoir released Saturday puts the CAQ ahead, with 36 per cent in popular support, compared to 32 per cent for the Quebec Liberal Party, 19 per cent for the Parti Québécois and 11 per cent for Québec solidaire.
  With 43 per cent of voting intentions among francophones, François Legault’s CAQ could form a &ld
  
  Read more

• Kelley says 'Bonjour-Hi' debate a political ploy by PQ

  02-12-2017 15:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Liberal MNA Geoff Kelley says his West Island constituents shouldn’t read too much into his support for a motion in the Quebec National Assembly that calls on merchants to scrap the “Bonjour-Hi” greeting in favour of a simple “Bonjour.”
  The provincial legislature in Quebec City.
  The motion, sponsored by the Parti Québécois, was passed unanimously in the legislature Thursday after haggling over the wording was hammered out between the Liberal government
  
  Read more

• Man critically injured, Highway 15 closed near Mirabel

  02-12-2017 15:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A man is in critical condition after his vehicle flipped over and caught fire overnight on Highway 15 near Mirabel.
  The man lost control of the wheel and his vehicle hit a guardrail and flipped over several times in the accident between Friday night and Saturday morning.
  Other drivers quickly intervened to get the victim out of his vehicle.
  The precise cause of the accident is unknown.
   
  
  Read more

• While you were sleeping: Art heists and a runaway deer - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2017 14:19
  Montreal Gazette
  While you were sleeping: Art heists and a runaway deer
  Montreal Gazette
  A Quebec Superior Court judge placed a stay of proceedings on sexual assault charges that were filed against a mentally challenged man seven years ago and ordered he be released from custody on Friday after calling the case filed against him a ...
  
  Read more

• While you were sleeping: Art heists and a runaway deer

  02-12-2017 14:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: A “Kafkaesque” court proceeding in Quebec and the American senate passes its tax bill
  A Quebec Superior Court judge placed a stay of proceedings on sexual assault charges that were filed against a mentally challenged man seven years ago and ordered he be released from custody on Friday after calling the case filed against him a procedural nightmare. The charges Roger Lee Desmarais faced involved two sexual assaults that occurred on Mount Royal on Sept. 30, 2010. At that time, D
  
  Read more

• The Week in Review: Beauty's, grow-pot, Jean Coutu, Dorval ramp and Bill 62

  02-12-2017 14:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Beauty’s founder Hymie Sckolnick dies at 96
  The son of Jewish Russian immigrants, Sckolnick bought the Bancroft Snack Bar for $500 in 1942. He rechristened the restaurant as a nod to his bowling nickname: Beauty. Beauty’s quickly earned a reputation as one of the city’s finest greasy spoons — a place specializing in bagels, roast beef sandwiches and other Eastern European comfort food. It served what man
  
  Read more

• Pot provider app ads taken down after complaint - CTV News

  02-12-2017 14:10
  CTV News
  Pot provider app ads taken down after complaint
  CTV News
  Several Montreal billboards promoting an app that lists local pot providers appear to have been taken down after complaints by at least one citizen. Ben Anson says the company hosting ads for Weedmaps agreed to remove the billboards last week. Anson ...
  
  Read more

• Entertaining 101: Lesley Chesterman and Laura Calder share rules for success

  02-12-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Tis the season to be jolly … unless you host a dinner party and everything goes sideways. Yes, it’s great to entertain, but even after decades of having people over, I get nervous, I fret, and chances are I’m still drying my hair five minutes before guests arrive. Truth is, it’s rare that a dinner party in my home goes off without a glitch. Recent disasters include a couple not showing up because the date had never been confirmed, serving a steamy duck soup on a fall nig
  
  Read more

• Close-up on racism in Quebec: 'I lost part of my life'

  02-12-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Launched in July 2017, Quebec’s on-again off-again commission on systemic racism and discrimination was a political minefield from the outset.
  Too much talk, not enough action, said the Parti Québécois, before accusing the Liberal government of Quebec bashing.
  The commission would put Quebecers on trial, echoed the Coalition Avenir Québec. 
  Quebecers have grown tired of “systemic contempt,” said La Meute — the far-right group that staged a protes
  
  Read more

• Deadline for bids on Montreal's light rail project extended until January - CBC.ca

  02-12-2017 13:31
  CBC.ca
  Deadline for bids on Montreal's light rail project extended until January
  CBC.ca
  The company in charge of building Montreal's $5.5 billion light rail project will not be revealed until February, according to CDPQ Infra, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec's subsidiary responsible for the project. The announcement was ...
  
  Read more

• Deadline for bids on Montreal's light rail project extended until January

  02-12-2017 13:31 via cbc.ca
  On Friday, the Caisse de dépôt announced its decision to "launch a period of sustained discussions" with the two consortiums that qualified for engineering and construction of the project last year.
  
  Read more

• Shelter: Couple brings cool design and comfort to new Laval highrise - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2017 13:30
  Montreal Gazette
  Shelter: Couple brings cool design and comfort to new Laval highrise
  Montreal Gazette
  'My goal was to make the interior feel roomy and uncluttered and I think we've achieved that.' Helga Loverseed, Special to the Montreal Gazette. Published on: December 2, 2017 | Last Updated: December 2, 2017 7:30 AM EST. The third-floor condo has a ...
  
  Read more

• Shelter: Couple brings cool design and comfort to new Laval highrise

  02-12-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Monique St-Jean is a booking agent for musician Enzo De Rosa and his wife, soprano Isabelle Metwalli. 
  St-Jean’s husband, Daniel Gackowski, is also an artistic type. A retired civil engineer, he is an amateur painter (his canvases hang throughout their home) and he has also designed one of the sideboards at their condo in Laval.
  St-Jean and Gackowski, who are in their mid-60s, have lived in Laval for almost four decades but earlier this year they decided it was time to make
  
  Read more

• Josh Freed: Let's come down from our Bonjour-Hi hysteria

  02-12-2017 13:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The government wants to take the “Hi” out of “Bonjour-Hi!”
  Our nice little Montreal greeting was just denounced by Quebec’s entire National Assembly. Stores can still legally say “Bonjour-Hi” to customers — but the conversation wont be government-certified.
  Naturally, the motion was led by PQ leader Jean-François Lisée, who never saw a divisive issue he didn’t want to exploit. But this time he managed to drag in the other partie
  
  Read more

• Josh Freed: Let's come down from our Bonjour-Hi hysteria - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2017 13:00
  Winnipeg Free Press
  Josh Freed: Let's come down from our Bonjour-Hi hysteria
  Montreal Gazette
  Our nice little Montreal greeting was just denounced by Quebec's entire National Assembly. Stores can still legally say “Bonjour-Hi” to customers — but the conversation wont be government-certified. Naturally, the motion was led by PQ leader Jean ...
  Quebec to say 'bye' to Montreal's 'hi'Winnipeg Free Press
  Montreal Man's Brutally Honest Opinion About The Quebec Government's Ban On "B
  
  Read more

• Montreal Christmas Fund 2017: New immigrant struggles without work permit - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2017 12:01
  Montreal Christmas Fund 2017: New immigrant struggles without work permit
  Montreal Gazette
  She immigrated to Canada from the Democratic Republic of Congo a year ago. With an aunt and uncle in the city, Montreal was her top choice, she said. They have been here for a while and since her arrival, she said she's been liking it as well. And ...
  
  Read more

• 'This is a major discovery': Explorers find massive ice-age cavern beneath Montreal

  02-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Explorers have just discovered a new underground passage, complete with stalactites and a lake, all buried beneath the city of Montreal — and they don't know where it ends yet.
  
  Read more

• Montreal Christmas Fund 2017: New immigrant struggles without work permit

  02-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite living in Montreal for the last year, Milca is still unable to work.
  She immigrated to Canada from the Democratic Republic of Congo a year ago. With an aunt and uncle in the city, Montreal was her top choice, she said. They have been here for a while and since her arrival, she said she’s been liking it as well.
  And while some social assistance allows her to contribute to their household, she said she’d like to help more.
  “I would say my situation is difficult,” Mi
  
  Read more

• If Québec Solidaire and Option Nationale merge, the stakes may be higher than you think

  02-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Québec Solidaire delegates vote this weekend on whether to join forces Option Nationale. Jonathan Montpetit argues a merger would alter the political environment for two increasingly rare species in Quebec: sovereignists and progressives.
  
  Read more

• From the archives: Follies of winter; Snow and ice came early in 1869

  02-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Dec. 9, 2007, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “A lot of daring lads and men were skimming over the ice in the wharf-locked basin opposite the old water works yesterday.”
  The Gazette, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1869
  As it has done this year, winter in 1869 arrived early and with a vengeance. Just into December there was a serious dump of snow and a sudden drop in temperature. The days were bright and the frost sharp, “what Montreal winter should be,” it
  
  Read more

• Detroit Red Wings at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  02-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Red Wings game at the Bell Centre on Saturday (7 p.m., Sportsnet, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio):
  Opening a gap: Ten days ago, the Canadiens were five points behind the Red Wings in the standings, but their decisive 6-3 win at Little Caesars Arena Thursday allowed Montreal to move two points ahead of Detroit in the Atlantic Division race and they can widen that gap with a win in this game. The Canadiens have reached the .500 mark (12-12-3) for
  
  Read more

• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Dec. 1

  02-12-2017 03:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Quebec’s new face-covering law fails first legal challenge
  In a decision delivered on Friday, Quebec Superior Court Justice Babak Barin agreed with a request, from Marie-Michelle Lacoste, a Muslim woman who wears a veil, for a temporary suspension of the section of the law that requires an uncovered face when giving or receiving public services. The decision is an interim one and is applicable until the Quebec government establi
  
  Read more

• Judge calls sex assault case against mentally challenged man a Kafkaesque nightmare and releases him

  02-12-2017 03:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Superior Court judge placed a stay of proceedings on sexual assault charges that were filed against a mentally challenged man seven years ago and ordered he be released from custody on Friday after calling the case filed against him a procedural nightmare. 
  Justice Marc-André Blanchard described the case against Roger Lee Desmarais, which dated back to 2010, “Kafkaesque” and issued the highly unusual order he be released from the prisoner’s dock immediately
  
  Read more

• Spelunkers discover 15,000-year-old cavern in St-Léonard park

  02-12-2017 03:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Daniel Caron’s eyes twinkle with excitement as he recounts how he and fellow spelunker Luc Le Blanc finally managed to dig their way into a massive, naturally occurring underground cavern beneath a city park in the borough of St-Léonard one day last October.
  “In the life of a spelunker, something like this happens once,” Caron said. “It was so easy to open it up. We were happy and surprised, but it was a complete fluke.”
  On Friday, Caron took reporters on a t
  
  Read more

Follow @MontrealCANews on Twitter!