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• Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson says GM Marc Bergevin has his full support

  08-12-2017 23:45 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson has given general manager Marc Bergevin a vote of confidence.
  
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• Power outage hits downtown Montreal on Friday afternoon

  08-12-2017 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Around 9,000 Hydro-Québec customers in downtown Montreal are without power after a problem at the Dorchester transformer station on Friday afternoon.
  Montreal City Hall and the Palais de justice were among the buildings affected.
  Hydro-Québec said crews were already on the scene, attempting to determine the cause of the problem.
  Montreal police said they were aware of the outage and were directing traffic at affected intersections as rush hour began.
  Métro service in downtow
  
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• Grade 9 students in Montreal use science to solve a ‘murder’

  08-12-2017 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  Students at LCC have become gumshoes to solve a mock crime and learn about science.
  
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• Checking In: Le Grand R offers window onto spectacular scenery of St-Donat

  08-12-2017 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The community around St-Donat is popular with cottagers, but it’s not often in the limelight.
  The resort hotel Le Grand R is changing that.
  Le Grand R is a deluxe woodsy resort on a splendid private estate about 10 kilometres outside of St-Donat in the Lanaudière tourism region. This domain embraces all of the lodging requisites of a deluxe property, but its wow factor is the great outdoors. Set among the most compelling, pristine landscapes north of Montreal, Le Grand R is at the h
  
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• Judge delays sentence for Canada Revenue Agency auditor

  08-12-2017 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Court Judge Yves Paradis has delayed his decision on sentencing for a Canada Revenue Agency auditor convicted of soliciting and accepting a bribe from a Plateau Mont-Royal restaurant. 
  Elias Kawkab, 55, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon at the Montreal courthouse. He is facing the possibility of a 15-month prison term for having negotiated a $100,000 bribe from the manager and the owners of the Arahova restaurant on St-Viateur St. W. in 2008. He later returned half the b
  
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• Montreal's plastic bag ban goes into effect Jan. 1

  08-12-2017 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal bylaw banning plastic shopping bags goes into effect as of Jan. 1, 2018.
  And while the city’s website says it won’t be enforced until June 5, the ban is backed up by a schedule of fines targeting individuals and companies.
  Individuals continuing to provide plastic bags in stores face fines ranging from $200 to $1,000 for a first offence and $300 to $2,000 for a subsequent offence.
  Companies found in violation of the bylaw face fines of $400 to $2,000 for a first offence
  
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• What the Puck: Second-rate Canadiens generating first-rate profits

  08-12-2017 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  The worst moment this week for Habs fans wasn’t the Canadiens losing to the not-so-mighty Calgary Flames. It wasn’t listening to Max Pacioretty whining in sad-sack fashion about his lacklustre play.
  The most depressing piece of news was to be found in the annual Forbes article on the value of National Hockey League teams. The piece noted that the Canadiens’ value increased 12 per cent during the past year and that the team is worth US$1.25 billion, placing it third on the list
  
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• Christmas trees to be pricier this year, Quebec growers say

  08-12-2017 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Higher demand for real Christmas trees and a shortage south of the border means evergreens are likely to fetch higher prices than usual this holiday season.
  “Last year, we had a good improvement, and this year, finally the demand is strong for Canadian trees,” said Larry Downey, a Christmas tree farmer and the president of the Canadian Christmas Tree Growers Association. “There could be a slight shortage in the U.S.”
  Locally, consumers can expect a modest increase in the
  
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• Montreal moves to reform controversial pit bull-type breed ban

  08-12-2017 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal is taking steps to reform the pit bull-type breed ban by suspending some elements of the bylaw.
  
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• Hydro-Québec restores power to 11,000 clients in downtown Montreal

  08-12-2017 22:36 via cbc.ca
  The electricity is now back for the more than 11,000 Hydro-Québec clients in Montreal's downtown who were without electricity for nearly an hour because of a fire at the utility's substation in the city's Parc-Extension district.
  
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• Plante makes good on promise to suspend Montreal ban on pit-bull-type dogs

  08-12-2017 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Valérie Plante’s administration is moving ahead with a campaign promise to scrap Montreal’s ban on pit-bull-type dogs.
  On Friday, Craig Sauvé, a city councillor and the member of the executive committee responsible for animal control, said the bylaw, which bans the acquisition of pit-bull-type dogs and requires people who already own animals that city considers to be pit-bull types to muzzle their dogs and buy a special license, would be suspended.
  The decision is expec
  
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• Quebec surgeons, anesthesiologists get bonuses for getting to work on time

  08-12-2017 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  The bonuses are aimed at ensuring operating rooms are up and running early in the morning.
  
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• Quebec surgeons, anesthesiologists get bonuses for arriving to work on time

  08-12-2017 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  The bonuses are aimed at ensuring operating rooms are up and running early in the morning.
  
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• Philippe Couillard asks Quebec anglos for empathy over ‘bonjour, hi’

  08-12-2017 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Philippe Couillard said it's important for anglophones to understand the challenges the Liberals face.
  
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• Is equality between women possible?

  08-12-2017 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Dec 8: Gabrielle Bouchard, new president of Quebec’s Women’s Federation, is advocating for equality for, as well as between, all women.
  
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• Wage gap is closer to 40%, according to Quebec Women’s Federation president

  08-12-2017 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  "Marginalized women will tell us it's not 20 per cent, it's 40 per cent," Gabrielle Bouchard told Global News.
  
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• Montreal to lift controversial pit bull ban

  08-12-2017 20:21 via cbc.ca
  In a move being welcomed by animal welfare advocates, Craig Sauvé said parts of the city's animal control bylaw which target specific breeds or dogs with certain physical characteristics will be suspended.
  
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• Montreal takes steps to roll back controversial pit bull ban

  08-12-2017 20:21 via cbc.ca
  Craig Sauvé said bylaw articles targeting specific breeds or dogs with certain physical characteristics will be suspended. The move is being welcomes by animal welfare advocates.
  
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• Don Macpherson: Questions for PQ members about Lisée's leadership

  08-12-2017 20:09 via montrealgazette.com
  “What’s wrong with Lisée? And what, if anything, can we do about it?”
  Those are the questions Parti Québécois members, including MNAs, will be asking themselves and each other over the holiday break.
  That’s following the publication of poll results that are alarming for the PQ and its leader, Jean-François Lisée — and for the future employment prospects of its National Assembly members.
  A poll can’t predict the results of an
  
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• Review: Immigrants tell their Urban Tales at Centaur Theatre

  08-12-2017 20:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Apart from world peace, a nice sweater and two front teeth, what a lot of people want for Christmas is more diversity on Montreal stages. On that score, the 11th edition of Urban Tales delivers by the sackful, thanks to this year’s chosen subject (plus a generous monetary leg-up from the diversity-promoting Cole Foundation).
  Subtitled Immigrant Songs: First Xmas in Montreal, the Centaur and Théâtre Urbi et Orbi-produced show consists of six monologues, all performed under an a
  
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• 'It's amazing what we accomplish together': How a Montreal dad learned to read and love it

  08-12-2017 20:00 via cbc.ca
  A father of three opens up about his struggles and how Literacy Unlimited has helped him advance his career and get closer to his family. The group is one place your donations go as part of CBC charity drive this year.
  
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• Quebec proposes heftier fines for distracted driving, booster seats til age 9

  08-12-2017 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Drivers and cyclists, get ready: there may be new and tougher provisions in proposed revisions to Quebec's Highway Safety Code.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: December 8

  08-12-2017 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  From bad Santa to a two-letter English word making waves at the National Assembly, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Couillard dismisses CAQ as 'joke,' despite rival party's rise in polls

  08-12-2017 18:56 via cbc.ca
  Premier Philippe Couillard derided the right-leaning party that has eclipsed his Liberals in recent polls as "a joke," describing the Coalition Avenir Québec as a bunch of populists willing to say anything to win votes.
  
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• No evidence of bestiality in animal-cruelty case, Quebec City police say

  08-12-2017 18:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City police say that information on social media suggesting a suspect in an animal-cruelty case might have also committed bestiality was unfounded.
   
  In a statement issued Friday, the force said, “Many verifications were carried out by investigators and, according to the results obtained, nothing leads us to believe that the suspect committed bestiality. Information transmitted via social media did not originate from the woman and have proved to be unfounded.”
   
  The
  
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• Quebec's drug-insurance plan 'obsolete', costly, study says

  08-12-2017 18:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A review by a Quebec think tank of the province’s 20-year-old drug-insurance plan concludes the public/private policy is obsolete and forcing users to pay dramatically higher prices for medication available elsewhere for much less.
  “The system in place favours intermediaries who profit from the system at everyone else’s expense,” Carlton University professor and review co-author Marc-André Gagnon said in a study published Friday by the Institut de recherche et d&rs
  
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• Bad Santa fired by Montreal shopping mall after complaints

  08-12-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  A mall Santa in Montreal was more of a Grinch, until he got fired.
  
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• From synagogue to Bell Centre: a chorister's Leonard Cohen adventure

  08-12-2017 18:19 via montrealgazette.com
  I’ve sung in the Shaar Hashomayim Choir for 25 years and, to nobody’s shock, have accumulated precisely zero groupies or autograph requests. It’s a fun gig and great musical training, but it’s never been cool. Until two years ago, when a gust of fate lifted our choir into a recording studio for Leonard Cohen’s final record. What followed was a media twister of performances at major Montreal clubs, a trip to Los Angeles, an outdoor concert in front of 80,000 people,
  
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• An imperfect crime: Killer made series of errors in hiding Montrealer’s body

  08-12-2017 18:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A Gatineau man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death three years ago of 36-year-old Little Burgundy resident Tricia Boisvert and to carrying out an attempt to hide her body that involved one mistake after another. 
  “My crazy friend is coming to stay with me,” Tricia Boisvert told another friend.
  On Friday, Philippe Steele-Morin, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and to interfering and committing an indignity to a dead body in January 2014. He was original
  
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• Byron’s improving puck skills pay off in goals | HI/O Bonus

  08-12-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel wonders if Paul Byron is capable of a 30-goal season?
  Miss this week’s show? You can watch it here.
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: 'Burgundy' is the baseline for all good wine

  08-12-2017 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  When I was starting out as a wine critic, I was drinking an old Barolo with one of my mentors, David Scholefield, who now owns the British Columbian winery Haywire. “This is great Burgundy,” he said.
  “Um … Dave … this is Barolo,” I replied. “It’s not even pinot noir, it’s nebbiolo.”
  He smiled and explained that all wine wants to be great Burgundy. It took me a few years to fully comprehend what he was getting at, but he was right.
  If
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: A bargain for cab lovers, a serious pinot grigio

  08-12-2017 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16 
  Vin de Pays D’Oc 2016, Cabernet Sauvignon, L’Orangeraie, France red, $13.95, SAQ # 13189973. A real bargain for you cab lovers. Loaded with notes of blackberry and cassis, a subtle mint note, touch of smoke from the barrels, and some finely layered tannins. Dry and restrained and without any makeup. Grape variety: cabernet sauvignon. Residual sugar: 2.2 g/L. Serve at: 16-18C. Drink now-2019. Food pairing idea: grilled rack of lamb, T-bone with steak spice.
  $16-$20&nbs
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Taking a kick at the no-touch knockout

  08-12-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  “You are just a skeptic,” was the accusation when I ventured the opinion that “no-touch knock out” had nothing to do with any mythical “chi,” but had plenty to do with the power of suggestion.
  I had just given a talk on the power of the mind, mostly focusing on placebo and nocebo effects, when I was asked by a member of the audience why I had not mentioned the amazing ability of chi kung masters to focus their chi and knock down a person without touching them.
  
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• Looking for some great gift ideas? @LivJudd shares her top picks under $100 https://t.co/d8kl2LjS86

  08-12-2017 17:09
  
  Looking for some great gift ideas? @LivJudd shares her top picks under $100 https://t.co/d8kl2LjS86
  
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• Sina Queyras wins risky game of engagement with Sylvia Plath's Ariel

  08-12-2017 17:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Never underestimate the attachment a reader can feel with a favourite book. It goes, in many cases, beyond the book’s contents to the physical object itself: a cover design can become personally totemic, carrying a lifetime’s memories and associations. Imagine that you have such a book in your life, and a new book comes along that, in an act somewhere between homage and vandalism, essentially overlays itself on your beloved original. You might be a bit upset, right?That is precisely
  
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• Fighting sexual harassment with Artificial Intelligence - We speak with the minds behind Montreal's @botler_ai https://t.co/C91EGCOyff

  08-12-2017 16:55
  
  Fighting sexual harassment with Artificial Intelligence - We speak with the minds behind Montreal's @botler_ai https://t.co/C91EGCOyff
  
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• New Montreal restaurants to indulge this holiday season - @foodguymtl shares his top picks https://t.co/THOpL7biCr

  08-12-2017 16:51
  
  New Montreal restaurants to indulge this holiday season - @foodguymtlshares his top picks https://t.co/THOpL7biCr
  
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• This Holiday season, hit the party circuit with a fun, festive makeup look. https://t.co/Aw9PJt2Byd

  08-12-2017 16:45
  
  This Holiday season, hit the party circuit with a fun, festive makeup look. https://t.co/Aw9PJt2Byd
  
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• Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco has an appetite for success

  08-12-2017 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Though he has come a long way from the days when he was much in need of a meal, Sebastian Maniscalco has advice for those seeking to make it in the comedy business — or, for that matter, any other business: “Stay hungry.” 
  Not so coincidentally, Stay Hungry is the title of the comedian’s coming North American tour, which kicks off in Montreal with four shows, Jan. 5 and 6 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts. Stay Hungry is also the title of Maniscalco&r
  
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• Longueuil thief makes off with commemorative cross

  08-12-2017 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  The wooden cross, mounted on a metal base, was placed at the intersection of Curé-Poirier Boulevard and Jean-Bélieveau Street following the death of a 17-year-old girl in 2013.
  
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• Montreal home’s Christmas lights attracting residents from across the city

  08-12-2017 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal resident has taken his Christmas lights display from festive to impressive, boosting the number of bulbs used from 15,000 last year to 100,000 this year.
  
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• Quebec City police officer erred in firing tear-gas canister point-blank at protester: ethics board

  08-12-2017 15:45 via cbc.ca
  In a 48-page decision, the police ethics committee found Charles-Scott Simard was wrong when he fired a canister at a protester in 2015. Her face was badly bruised in the incident.
  
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• Take a walk ‘In the Wild’

  08-12-2017 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Jon Pike joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk career and sing his latest single “In the Wild.”
  
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• Laura Casella sings with BRDGS

  08-12-2017 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella joins BRDGS to perform a fabulous duet!
  
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• Surgeons get hefty bonuses for showing up, starting on time: report

  08-12-2017 15:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Couillard government has paid out $41 million in bonuses to doctors who are ready to operate at 8 a.m. or work past 3 p.m. in hospital operating rooms, the Journal de Montréal reported Friday.
  Medical specialists who perform surgeries are entitled to an “attendance bonus” in operating rooms that are being used on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. They are also paid $21 for every 15 minutes worked in an operating room past 3 p.m.
  For surgeons, the bonus is $105 if the proc
  
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• Great places to buy Christmas gifts

  08-12-2017 15:09 via globalnews.ca
  Jay Walker joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with a stellar list of weekend activities, including Quebec’s largest artisan holiday gift show at Place Bonaventure.
  
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• Holiday brunch ideas

  08-12-2017 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Join Laura Casella and Chef Martin Patenaude for some really great holiday brunch ideas.
  
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• Jennifer Campbell's Social Notes: Montreal's K4K's supersoirée has staying power

  08-12-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s something kind of magical about watching something go from thought mode to launch mode to difference-making mode to enduring mode … which pretty much sums up how I feel about the Kids for Kids movement and annual gala that has been making its mark for more than 20 years.
  Masterminded in the late 1990s by a crew (ahem, squad) of young and fabulous professionals I know well, including powerhouses Doug Lewin, Jordan Dermer, Catherine Melling Turner, Erika Ludwick and others, th
  
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