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• Appreciation: Stanley Hartt was a brilliant, accomplished civil servant under Mulroney

  04-01-2018 23:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Brian Mulroney remembers the first time he met Stanley Hartt in the mid-1960s, when both were young labour lawyers with corporate clients on the Montreal waterfront.
  “We became acquaintances and then friends,” the former prime minister said from his winter home in Palm Beach Thursday, the day after Hartt’s passing at 80 of cancer in Toronto. “I’ve often said he was the most brilliant young man I ever met.”
  Their paths often crossed in Montreal, where Mulroney
  
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• Parc Extension tenants not getting enough heat in extreme cold

  04-01-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 4: Parc Extension tenants say their apartments are too cold. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, they say the landlord controls the heat and that in some cases pipes have frozen
  
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• Quebecers remember 1998 ice storm

  04-01-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 4: It’s been 20 years since Quebec was battered by the 1998 ice storm that downed Hydro lines and left hundreds of thousands of families without power in the freezing winter. Global’s Anne Leclair speaks to Montrealers who lived through the crisis.
  
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• Liveblog: Tampa Bay at Canadiens

  04-01-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Any optimists out there?
  Thursday night at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens reach the halfway mark of what has become a miserable season.
  And to mark the occasion, they play host to the hottest team in the NHL.
  Tampa Bay is 24 points ahead of the Canadiens – with a game in hand.
  The Lightning have scored 146 goals to 101 for their hosts. The Canadiens have surrendered 126 goals to Tampa Bay’s 93.
  But games are played on the ice, not the stat sheet, right?
  The teams met on the ice of th
  
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• Show Biz Chez Nous: Dancer denies rumours of romance with Céline Dion

  04-01-2018 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Spanish dancer Pepe Muñoz has finally commented publicly on the rumours that he and Céline Dion were or are romantically linked, saying the two never took the gossip seriously.
  In an interview with the French magazine Gala, Muñoz dismissed all the talk.
  “These rumours really amused us,” said the 32-year-old dancer. “And we still laugh about them.”
  Muñoz danced with Dion on her European tour in the summer of 2016, steaming it up with her during
  
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• Stu Cowan: Life is very sunny for Lightning rookie Mikhail Sergachev

  04-01-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  After he was traded from the Canadiens to the Tampa Bay Lightning last summer, Mikhail Sergachev spoke with Brian Reid, his billet father with the junior Windsor Spitfires.
  “He said: ‘What did I do wrong?'” Reid recalled on Thursday afternoon. “I said: ‘Nothing, dude. It’s just a business.’ ”
  Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin traded Sergachev to Tampa in exchange for centre Jonathan Drouin and the 19-year old rookie defenceman returned to Montreal to play
  
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• Bomb cyclone causes flight cancellations at Montreal's Trudeau Airport

  04-01-2018 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The “bomb cyclone” sweeping its way up the eastern seaboard Thursday has largely spared Montreal but it caused 101 flight cancellations at Trudeau International Airport.
  The storm — which battered the coast with freezing rain and snow — led to 7o cancellations to and from the United States as well as postponing 31 flights to and from Atlantic Canada.
  Travellers can monitor the situation online.
  Though Montreal was only hit with a few centimetres of snow overnight, the Gas
  
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• You thought traffic was bad already? Prepare for Ste-Catherine St. closures

  04-01-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Starting Monday and for at least three years, the city’s main commercial artery will be a construction site, but key questions remain about the project’s length and how traffic will be disrupted.
  Ste-Catherine St. is getting a makeover between Atwater Ave. and Bleury St. in a project slated to last until sometime in 2021. The first phase of the work — from Mansfield to Bleury Sts. — will necessitate the closure of part or all of the street in different points along that s
  
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• Two Montreal law firms seek to file class action lawsuit against Apple over battery life

  04-01-2018 22:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Two Quebec law firms are seeking authorization from Quebec Superior Court to file a class action lawsuit against Apple, claiming that its warranty policies violate Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act.
  The application, filed on Dec. 29, comes after Apple admitted that it slows the performance of some iPhone models in certain situations. The company said that’s done to prevent unexpected shutdowns that result from aging, which makes batteries less effective.
  Apple’s statement, and a
  
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• Impact announces full 2018 schedule

  04-01-2018 22:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact announced its full 2018 regular-season Major League Soccer schedule on Thursday, with 17 games at home and 17 on the road.
  As previously announced, the team will play one home opener at Olympic Stadium, March 17 against Toronto FC. The remaining 16 home games will be at Saputo Stadium, starting April 21 against the new Los Angeles FC.
  Major League Soccer will take a week-long break for the World Cup June 14-22. The Impact’s break will be a bit longer, with home and away
  
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• David Sappa, 22, ID'd as man killed by police in Umiujaq, Que.

  04-01-2018 22:18 via cbc.ca
  Sappa was shot and killed on Dec. 28 after approaching a member of the Kativik Regional Police Force with a knife.
  
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• Jean Audette, former SQ deputy director, will learn his fate in criminal case Jan. 29

  04-01-2018 21:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Jean Audette, the former deputy director of the Sûreté du Québec on trial on charges alleging he used a secret fund to hide payments made to a consultant who was barred from working for the provincial government, will learn later this month whether the Crown has proven his actions were criminal. 
  One of the final stages in Audette’s lengthy trial came to an end at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday as lawyers on both sides made their closing arguments before Quebe
  
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• Game Day: Lightning's Mikhail Sergachev returns to the Bell Centre

  04-01-2018 20:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Things could get ugly — or should we say more ugly — for the Canadiens Thursday night at the Bell Centre when they face the Tampa Bay Lightning (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  The Canadiens (16-20-4) rank 28th out of 31 teams in the overall NHL standings and have lost their last five games while scoring only four goals. The Lightning (29-8-2) have the NHL’s best record, rank No. 1 in offence, No. 2 in defence and No. 2 on the power play. The Canadiens rank 26th in penalt
  
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• Gaspé braces for winter's next blast — a messy mix of winds, waves, snow

  04-01-2018 20:37 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Gaspé region is about to be pummelled by blowing snow, violent winds of up to 100 km/h and pounding waves as a major storm moves in.
  
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• Opinion: Tax evasion should be as stigmatized as drunk driving

  04-01-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  When I started work as an accountant in Montreal in the 1970s, back when the schmata business was still going strong, I carried out many audits around Chabanel Street. Every one of those garment factories was open for direct retail sales on Saturday morning.
  The fact that these sales were for cash and not reported on the books was known to the partners of the accounting firms as well as to all of the staff who worked on the audit. Many members of the public knew that they could buy “direct
  
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• Opinion: #MeToo is no 'witch-hunt'

  04-01-2018 20:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Revelations of sexual misconduct continue to hit high-profile men in the United States. #MeToo is now a social movement, an idea whose time has come —and a force to be reckoned with on both sides of the border. This is particularly true, not only in the entertainment industry, but at McGill and other Quebec universities, where students are pushing for new protections against assault and harassment.   
  A reaction is already brewing. All too often, it uses the word “witch-hun
  
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• Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street getting a facelift

  04-01-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 4: Major construction is set to begin on Sainte-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Shriners patient teams up with NHL star for hospital PSA

  04-01-2018 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Kaleb Wolf De Melo stars with Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher in a commercial about the Shriners Hospital in Montreal.
  
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• Lac-Mégantic trial: Defence warns jury against 'vindictive' spirit

  04-01-2018 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — In his closing arguments Thursday morning, defence lawyer Gaétan Bourassa downplayed his client’s role within Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, casting doubt on what his actual responsibilities were the night of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train derailment. 
  Jean Demaître, the company’s train operations manager on duty that night, was the third and last link in the “chain of security” that could have prevented
  
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• Heated sidewalks may not be part of Sainte-Catherine Street facelift

  04-01-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's Sainte-Catherine Street revitalization is on its way; heated sidewalks, maybe not.
  
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• Ste-Catherine St. project begins in downtown core

  04-01-2018 19:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Starting Monday and for at least three years, the city’s main commercial artery will be a construction site, but key questions remain about the project’s length and how traffic will be disrupted.
  Ste-Catherine St. is getting a makeover between Atwater Ave. and Bleury St. in a project slated to last until sometime in 2021. The first phase of the work — from Mansfield to Bleury Sts. — will necessitate the closure of part or all of the street in different points along that s
  
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• Memories of 1998 ice storm remain vivid on 20th anniversary

  04-01-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  20 years ago this week, a deadly ice storm crippled parts of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, leaving millions without power and causing billions of dollars in damages.
  
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• Man charged with harassment of C.D.N.-N.D.G. Mayor Sue Montgomery

  04-01-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who was arrested at Montreal city hall during a recent council meeting has been ordered to appear in court later this month on a charge alleging he criminally harassed Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Mayor Sue Montgomery for several weeks before and after she was elected to the position. 
  The criminal charge was filed at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday. It alleges that Robert Michael Edgar (who goes by the name Robin Edgar), 58, acted in a way causin
  
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• Defence urges jury to distinguish between MMA and ex-employees charged in Lac-Mégantic trial

  04-01-2018 18:52 via cbc.ca
  Gaétan Bourassa, the lawyer for Jean Demaître, the former railway operations manager indicted for his role in the Lac-Mégantic train disaster, is urging jurors to make a distinction between his client's actions and those of the railway company he worked for.
  
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• Crown witness lied, defence lawyer tells jury in Lac-Mégantic trial

  04-01-2018 18:52 via cbc.ca
  Gaétan Bourassa, the lawyer for the former railway operations manager indicted for his role in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train disaster, told jurors in his closing arguments that key witness François Daigle is protecting his own mistakes and can't be believed.
  
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• Habs’ Gallagher, Shriners patient team up for PSA

  04-01-2018 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  Shriners Hospital patient Kaleb Wolf De Melo and his mother Marie-Hélène Bédard tell Global’s Laura Casella what it was like to record a PSA with Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher.
  
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• Canada's Victor Mete to play world junior semifinal vs. Czechs

  04-01-2018 18:27 via cbc.ca
  Defenceman Victor Mete will be in the lineup when Canada faces the Czech Republic on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET in the semifinal of the world junior hockey championship in Buffalo.
  
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• “Schlemdog Millionaire” comes as advertised | HI/O Bonus

  04-01-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel gives their thoughts on defenceman David Schlemko after a delayed debut due to injury.
  Missed our last show? You can watch it here.
  The HI/O Show returns on Jan. 11, 2018. 
  
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• Karine Vanasse relishes her return to CTV's 'real and raw' Cardinal

  04-01-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Cardinal has been a dream gig for Karine Vanasse.
  We talked almost exactly a year ago, just before the première of the first season of the gritty CTV crime series, based on the bestselling novels by Giles Blunt. At the time, the francophone Montreal actress was pumped to finally be starring in her first English-Canadian series, and was happy that audiences in the rest of Canada would be able to see her in a homegrown drama. Prior to that, she was most famous outside Quebec for two high-pr
  
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• How will new mortgage rules affect you? What areas of Montreal will be hot in 2018? @ThierryLindor has the answers https://t.co/z6pwe9Aphj

  04-01-2018 17:32
  
  How will new mortgage rules affect you? What areas of Montreal will be hot in 2018? @ThierryLindor has the answers https://t.co/z6pwe9Aphj
  
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• In wake of flooding, Hudson mayor aims to curb waterfront development

  04-01-2018 17:31 via cbc.ca
  Hudson residents are already preparing for the risk of more flooding and the city is too, with its plan to limit construction on the waterfront.
  
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• Closing arguments continue in Lac-Mégantic train disaster trial

  04-01-2018 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  Three men are each facing one count of criminal negligence causing the death of 47 people.
  
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• What is "Bombogenesis"? @CVDmtl breaks down everyone's favourite new word. https://t.co/QqQUvNlzsz

  04-01-2018 17:00
  
  What is "Bombogenesis"? @CVDmtl breaks down everyone's favourite new word. https://t.co/QqQUvNlzsz
  
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• Downtown Montreal construction set to begin Monday

  04-01-2018 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  A face-lift to Sainte-Catherine Street between Atwater and de Bleury Street is expected take several years. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Previewing day 2 of Lac-Mégantic closing arguments

  04-01-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  Three men face criminal charges after the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed 47 people. Global’s Billy Shields previews day two of the trial’s closing arguments from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  
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• Kim Sullivan learns karate

  04-01-2018 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  Ever wanted to start karate? Global’s Kim Sullivan learns all the basic moves at Groupe Karaté Sportif.
  
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• 25 years of karate in Laval

  04-01-2018 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  Groupe Karaté Sportif is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Co-owner Marcelin Cantin tell Global’s Kim Sullivan about its history and explains karate belt colours.
  
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• Montreal to sidestep weather bomb

  04-01-2018 16:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal appears to be in the clear as the snowstorm affecting eastern North America is expected to merely sideswipe the city.
  Between five and 10 centimetres of snow are predicted to fall in Montreal Thursday night into Friday — no where near the major snowfall expected in the east of the province.
  The Gaspé Peninsula is expecting as much as 50 centimetres of snow starting Thursday, as the area is affected by a storm that has been called a bomb cyclone, which will also hit the Mari
  
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• Quebecers still have vivid memories of 1998 ice storm as 20th anniversary approaches

  04-01-2018 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Twenty years ago, nearly five million Canadians were battered by three successive waves of freezing rain.
  
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• Montrealer racing across Tunisia in women’s rally

  04-01-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers Lyne Morin and Anique Regimbald tell Global’s Laura Casella why they’re participating in the Rallye Alyssa Tunisie, a race for female drivers.
  
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• New rules for wood burning appliances in Montreal, two decades after ice storm

  04-01-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  The law does have one exception.
  
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• Doga: Yoga with your dog! https://t.co/xBfYKoR0lP

  04-01-2018 15:42
  
  Doga: Yoga with your dog! https://t.co/xBfYKoR0lP
  
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• Quebec court story to watch in 2018: New trial for Adele Sorella https://t.co/ott3W4260z

  04-01-2018 15:40
  
  Quebec court story to watch in 2018: New trial for Adele Sorella https://t.co/ott3W4260z
  
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• Everything you need to know about the E. coli risk from romaine lettuce

  04-01-2018 15:29 via cbc.ca
  Two people have died and dozens more have become ill since November because of consuming romaine lettuce that had been contaminated with the Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain. Here's everything you need to know about the outbreak, and how to stay safe.
  
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• Getting kids’ sleep schedules back on track

  04-01-2018 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  Infant and toddler sleep consultant Erin Junker joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips and tricks to get your kids’ sleep schedules back on track after the holidays.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Thursday, January 4

  04-01-2018 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Thursday, January 4
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Thursday, January 4

  04-01-2018 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Thursday, January 4.
  
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• Global News Community Shout-out: Temporel

  04-01-2018 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s Community Shout-outs for Thursday, January 4
  
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• Montreal grew around these historic homes, and now an expert is fighting to save them

  04-01-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Shoebox homes dot Montreal's cityscape, but if they're not protected, they'll disappear, warns urbanism expert David Hanna.
  
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• Robin Edgar charged with harassment of C.D.N.-N.D.G. Mayor Sue Montgomery

  04-01-2018 14:59 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who was arrested at Montreal city hall during a recent council meeting has been ordered to appear in court later this month on a charge alleging he criminally harassed Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Mayor Sue Montgomery for several weeks before and after she was elected to the position. 
  The criminal charge was filed at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday. It alleges that Robert Michael Edgar (who goes by the name Robin Edgar), 58, acted in a way causin
  
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