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• Montreal was ill-prepared for spring flooding, city report shows

  12-01-2018 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Outdated flood maps. Emergency vehicles sidelined because they had low floors. No inventory of city equipment and materials. Not enough inspectors to check flooded homes. A 911 system inundated with calls because the city help line went down for four hours.
  A city report shows Montreal was ill-prepared for disaster in the spring of 2017, when the island suffered its worst flooding in 40 years. The document, obtained by the Montreal Gazette, is to be made public next week.
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• Clinic offers to treat elderly man after CHUM language spat

  12-01-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jan 12: A Montreal clinic has offered to treat Zbignew Malysa after he said he would not be returning to see a urologist who allegedly made fun of him because he’s an immigrant. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports.
  
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• Lac-Mégantic trial deliberations begin

  12-01-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jan 12: Deliberations are underway in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster trial. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the three accused face charges of criminal negligence causing the deaths of 47 people.
  
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• Château Frontenac celebrates 125 years

  12-01-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jan 12: Quebec City’s famous Château Frontenac is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Global’s Raquel Fletcher takes a walk through the hotel’s long history.
  
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• Update: Concordia students 'appalled' sexual misconduct allowed to go on so long

  12-01-2018 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Concordia University has reassigned courses that were to be taught this term by professors who have been the subjects of recent high-profile allegations of sexual misconduct while those allegations are being investigated, according to a statement sent to students in that department by their student association.
  “We are deeply upset and appalled that this university has allowed sexual misconduct to harm students for so long in what should have been a safe and professional environment,&rdquo
  
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• Turcot: Ville Marie Expressway to close this weekend

  12-01-2018 23:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Saturday will be the first of many instances where the entire Ville Marie Expressway will be closed as workers demolish the old structure.
  Westbound traffic on the Ville-Marie was diverted to the eastbound span last month and will remain that way at least until the middle or end of 2019. Crews must demolish and then rebuild the westbound highway. Until then, both the eastbound and westbound traffic on the expressway will share one span, with traffic lanes reduced to two lanes for most of that sp
  
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• Quebec health minister condemns mistreatment of Polish immigrant at CHUM

  12-01-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's health minister has condemned the way a Polish immigrant was treated at the CHUM superhospital.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Victor Mete and Ales Hemsky rejoin team for practice

  12-01-2018 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens’ mini-vacation ended Friday when the players reported to Brossard for a 4 p.m. practice to prepare for Saturday night’s game against the Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690) as their bye week in the schedule came to an end.
  Forward Ales Hemsky, who hasn’t played since suffering a concussion during a game in Anaheim on Oct. 20, was on the ice wearing a non-contact jersey, while rookie defenceman Victor Mete rejoined the Cana
  
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• Montreal budget: City promises to consult with angry suburbs — next time

  12-01-2018 22:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Next time, the city of Montreal says it will consult with suburbs before calculating how much they owe for shared services such as policing and public transit.
  But that won’t help suburban mayors who are furious after being told Wednesday that they’ll have to pay a lot more — in some cases hikes were of nine per cent or more — in 2018.
  At a city of Montreal finance committee hearing on Friday morning, Montreal City Manager Alain Marcoux admitted the city did not
  
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• Potholes in Montreal wreaking havoc

  12-01-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jan 12: The extreme temperature swing is wreaking havoc on Montreal’s aging roads. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Barrette pays premium to add more beds for Quebec's flu season

  12-01-2018 22:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette had to pay a big price to avoid overcrowding in emergency rooms as Quebec heads toward flu season.
  Barrette announced Friday an injection of $23.25 million to open 350 additional beds in Montreal and on the North and South Shores. The places, mostly in the private sector, will allow emergency rooms to clear short-term beds for patients who have already been seen by a doctor but are still there because of a lack of room elsewhere at the hospital. He sai
  
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• Growing number of potholes in Montreal wreaking havoc on the roads

  12-01-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  The city is encouraging anyone who sees a pothole to call 311.
  
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• Château Frontenac celebrating 125 years of history

  12-01-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  In the 90's, the Château Frontenac in Quebec City became known as the most photographed hotel in the world. This year, the Canadian landmark celebrates its 125th anniversary.
  
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• Don Macpherson: Who is entitled to victimhood in Quebec

  12-01-2018 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec is a province of minorities. Even the French-speaking provincial majority is keenly aware that it is a national cultural and political minority. And not even political separation from Canada would change its status as a tiny minority in North America.
  The insecurity of minorities explains the defensiveness of Quebec’s nationalism, which is really based on culture rather than territory, and the divisiveness of its politics, which treats other cultures as threats to its majority&rsquo
  
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• Editorial: Sexual misconduct, and power imbalances

  12-01-2018 21:50 via montrealgazette.com
  This week, Concordia University’s creative writing program was in the spotlight over accusations that certain male professors hit on their students.
  Last week, it was Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company, where the artistic director resigned amid allegations of workplace sexual misconduct.
  Since October, the Weinstein effect has shown no sign of letting up.
  But this is not about one man or another, even if there is a certain schadenfreude in seeing tables turned.
  Suddenly, what is be
  
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• Ledvance lighting factory to close in Drummondville, putting 59 out of work

  12-01-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  A fluorescent light bulb manufacturing plant in Drummondville owned by Ledvance will shut down at the end of the year, resulting in 59 workers losing their jobs, according to Unifor, the union that represents the employees.
  The company, owned by a Chinese consortium, had already made several waves of layoffs in the past. In the latest wave in August, 30 workers lost their jobs, the union said.
  Unifor Local 127Q denounced the layoffs, saying it tried to find solutions for the plant as the market
  
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• Concordia University was warned of 'toxic' atmosphere in creative writing department in 2015

  12-01-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  The president of the university denied hearing rumours about sexual misconduct in the creative writing department, but six women wrote a letter expressing concern two years ago.
  
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• 2 Concordia University teachers reassigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct

  12-01-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Two teachers at Concordia University have been suspended, just two days after the school's president denied hearing rumours of sexual misconduct within the creative writing program.
  
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• 2 Concordia University profs stripped of teaching duties amid allegations of sexual misconduct

  12-01-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Two teachers at Concordia University have been suspended, just two days after the school's president denied hearing rumours of sexual misconduct within the creative writing program.
  
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• Flintstones vitamins replaced with ‘unidentified capsules’ prompts Health Canada warning

  12-01-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Health Canada is warning parents to check their bottles of children’s “Flintstones Plus Iron” vitamins after one bottle was returned containing the wrong pills.
  
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• Quebec investing $23M to ease hospital overcrowding

  12-01-2018 19:57 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is investing about $23 million annually in extra beds to ease the demand on emergency rooms, which are often overcrowded especially during flu season.
  
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• Jurors in Lac-Mégantic railway trial begin Day 2 of deliberations

  12-01-2018 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  They are debating the fates of Tom Harding, Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre.
  
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• Montreal drug bust nabs cocaine, other drugs, 2 arrests

  12-01-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Police arrested two men who now face charges related to drug trafficking.
  On Tuesday, Montreal police raided the homes of  Philippe Lalonde, 47, and Barry Mark Collin, 39. Police arrested the men after finding a large cache of illegal drugs as well as a sum of cash in their homes.
  Among the substances seized were 562 grams of cocaine, 3,229 pills of methamphetamine, 480 grams of hashish, nearly two kilograms of cannabis, 1,765 speed pills, 105 ml of Gamma Hydroxybutyrate, known as
  
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• Montreal’s mayor criticized for too much English in city’s budget documents

  12-01-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  In a joint statement, Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste president Maxime Laporte and Mouvement Montréal français spokesperson Sophie Stanké, strongly condemned the new administration's linguistic practices.
  
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• Montreal budget contravenes Quebec rule by delaying capital-works plan: opposition

  12-01-2018 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal opposition leader Lionel Perez says Mayor Valérie Plante is putting the money before the planning.
  He said Plante’s administration has broken a provincial rule by bringing in an operating budget before a capital-works plan. The operating budget covers day-to-day expenses, while the three-year capital-works plan tackles larger-scale, longer-term infrastructure projects and is financed largely through long-term borrowing.
  “It’s a legislative re
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Jan. 12, 2018

  12-01-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16
  Chardonnay 2015, Serra Gaúcha, Miolo, Brazil white, $15.95, SAQ # 11202345. Great surprise to see this vintage back on the shelves. A very well-made chardonnay for the price. Simple, straightforward, with apple, peach, tangerine and a touch of dill. Structurally perfect, with an ideal balance between richness and acidity. Grape variety: chardonnay. Residual sugar: 3 g/L. Serve at: 8-10 C. Drink now. Food pairing idea: apéritif, mushroom or seafood risotto.
  $16-$20
  Co
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: How to get the most out of your sommelier

  12-01-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After a 10-year hiatus, I recently returned to my former job as a sommelier at 40 Westt in the West Island. While getting used to staying up late has been tough, working the floor has allowed me to have a lot of one-on-one chats about wine, and to get an immediate reaction from people about my recommendations.
  At times, though, I feel under-used. And I’m not alone, based on conversations I have with other sommeliers: Some people hesitate to take full advantage of this service. Since Montre
  
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• Starting the New Year with energy - @JessicaCollRD shares some tips https://t.co/hq2u6PpRfD

  12-01-2018 17:43
  
  Starting the New Year with energy - @JessicaCollRD shares some tips https://t.co/hq2u6PpRfD
  
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• Quebec gangster can leave halfway house, return home to Trois-Rivières

  12-01-2018 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  One of Quebec’s most notorious gangsters has succeeded in his efforts to have the Parole Board of Canada lift a condition that required him to reside at a halfway house for the past six months. 
  “I am chained like a dog to a halfway house. So if someone wanted to kill me it is very easy for them to find me,” said Raymond Desfossés, 67, during a hearing held Friday morning at a federal penitentiary in Laval. 
  Desfossés was addressing a question put to him
  
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• Fentanyl-laced cocaine found in Montreal, public health department warns

  12-01-2018 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal public health’s directors say a new, dangerous type of cocaine appears to be in circulation on the streets of Montreal.
  Cocaine laced with fentanyl has been discovered in the city, and has caused at least one death and one hospitalization due to overdose this month, the public health authority told CBC.
  Fentanyl has also been found in intravenous drugs and was responsible for several overdoses, some of them fatal, in Montreal in 2017.
  The health authority is concerned the practic
  
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• Trudeau says pot purchasers are funding gangs, organized crime and must be charged

  12-01-2018 17:39 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians who buy pot are funding gangs and organized crime and will continue to be charged until marijuana is legal.
  
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• Liberals consider pot pardons when cannabis becomes legal

  12-01-2018 17:39 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government is considering ways to deal with Canadian criminal records for possessing pot that were on the books before marijuana becomes legal this summer. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says officials are examining “all the legal implications."
  
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• Quebec's YouTube stars upload their lives

  12-01-2018 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Every morning at around 8, Cynthia Dulude wakes up, scrolls through her Instagram feed and devotes a few minutes to a meditation app before heading downstairs for breakfast. The soft-spoken redhead waters her plants, gets dressed, carefully applies her makeup and starts her work.
  Dulude did not reveal these intimate details to me, but her typical morning is available for all to see on her YouTube channel, one of the most popular in Quebec. The 25-year-old vlogger from the South Shore recently re
  
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• Demerged municipalities, hurt by high tax increases, want Plante to revisit budget

  12-01-2018 17:33 via cbc.ca
  The mayors of demerged municipalities on the island of Montreal are asking Mayor Valérie Plante to revisit the budget her administration released earlier this week, which includes higher tax increases than expected.
  
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• Demerged municipalities, also hurt by high tax increases, want Plante to revisit budget

  12-01-2018 17:33 via cbc.ca
  The mayors of demerged municipalities on the island of Montreal are asking Mayor Valérie Plante to revisit the budget her administration released earlier this week, which includes higher tax increases than expected.
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Antioxidant hype is more marketing than science

  12-01-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  I stopped counting at about 20, but could have gone on and on. I was scanning product labels for the term “antioxidant” as I recently meandered through a Whole Foods supermarket in New York. There were juices from exotic berries, fruit concentrates, smoothies, an array of teas, dried plums, fresh blueberries and powdered extracts of vegetables, grape seeds and pine bark. And of course, innumerable capsules and pills loaded with vitamins, polyphenols and minerals, all touting their po
  
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• Improvements made to Place Bell after mishaps during Killers concert

  12-01-2018 17:02 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Laval said it put in place improvements to the Place Bell amphitheatre after hundreds were forced to wait outdoors to attend a concert over the weekend.
  Many of those who attended The Killers’ concert on Saturday night had to deal with parking lot gridlock and sound problems that forced the interruption of the music on four occasions. People who parked in the indoor lot reported waiting an hour or more to get out after the concert.
  The city said it put in place the “corre
  
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• Better health and happiness through laughter

  12-01-2018 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  Laughologist Albert Nerenberg drops by Global News Morning to talk to Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan about an upcoming conference that’s all about finding health and happiness through laughter.
  
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• Hockey Inside/Out creates group so fans can interact

  12-01-2018 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Hockey fans, particularly those of the Canadiens, are a passionate and opinionated group who rarely shy away from a chance to chime in on the successes or — this season especially — the failures of their team.
  Now we are giving you a place where you can comment, and post your own stories, about the Canadiens via our new Hockey Inside/Out Facebook group.
  There we will link to all of the Montreal Gazette’s hockey content from talented team of writers, as well as our weekly HI/O s
  
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• Quebec City police officer acquitted of all charges in 2014 death of cyclist

  12-01-2018 16:41 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City police officer Simon Beaulieu has been acquitted of the charges laid against him in the death of Guy Blouin. The 48-year-old died in September 2014 after Beaulieu's cruiser struck him on his bicycle.
  
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• Looking for a winter adrenaline rush?

  12-01-2018 16:35 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Christine Beaudoin joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with some great weekend activities, from yoga and rock climbing to rally-driving in the snow!
  
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• Mini-burgers galore at downtown Montreal restaurant

  12-01-2018 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  Mini-burgers and tartare are on the menu as Global’s Laura Casella tries some specialties from Montreal’s new TABOO Cuisine Rebelle restaurant.
  
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• Denis Coderre's old party changes name to Ensemble Montréal

  12-01-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Denis Coderre's old party has a new name again — and this time it wasn't rejected.
  
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• Montreal budget should be in French only: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste

  12-01-2018 15:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Plante administration received new criticism about its budget Thursday, but not because it raised taxes.
  Instead, two Montreal-based nationalist groups said they take issue with the fact that the budget documents were drafted in both English and French.
  The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste and Mouvement Montréal français said the city violated the first article in its charter by having bilingual budget documents. The groups claim French is in decline on the island
  
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• Facebook makes sweeping changes to News Feed https://t.co/9dIonWnRJZ

  12-01-2018 15:21
  
  Facebook makes sweeping changes to News Feed https://t.co/9dIonWnRJZ
  
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• Montreal potholes causing trouble on the roads

  12-01-2018 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  You may be enjoying the mild weather, but as the snow and ice disappear, the potholes emerge. Global’s Dan spector reports.
  
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