Montreal news

• SQ seeks possible victims in investigation of gymnastics coach

  25-01-2018 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is urging possible victims of a gymnastics coach suspected of a series of sexual assaults more than 20 years ago to step forward and aid them in their investigation.
  The coach, whom the SQ is not identifying because their investigation is ongoing but is now believed to be living outside of Quebec, is suspected of assaulting at least seven victims in the early 1990s, all of whom were girls age 10 to 20 years old at the time of the alleged incidents.
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• Don’t feed the ducks

  25-01-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 25: Ducks should not be eating rice, bread, biscuits, couscous or pasta, according to Le Nichoir Wild Bird Conservation Centre. Global’s Billy Shields finds out what can happen if ducks consume food not meant for them.
  
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• Hydro-Québec wins major Massachusetts energy contract

  25-01-2018 23:37 via cbc.ca
  Hydro-Québec has won the biggest energy deal in its history Thursday as authorities in Massachusettes approved its proposed Northern Pass transmission line.
  
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• PQ reveals strategy for early childhood education

  25-01-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 25: The Parti Québécois is promising a return to a single daily rate for daycare if they’re elected in the 2018 provincial elections. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Jan 25

  25-01-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Thursday, January 25, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Controversial Montreal agglomeration budget adopted

  25-01-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 25: Montreal’s agglomeration budget, which sets rates for the surrounding suburban cities and towns on the island, was adopted. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, mayors of the demerged cities aren’t happy.
  
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• McGill professor denies involvement in alleged theft of U.S. military technology

  25-01-2018 23:11 via montrealgazette.com
  An FBI investigation into a threat to U.S. national security — with military secrets apparently being given to the Chinese government — has landed at the door of a McGill professor. 
  Last week, RCMP officers raided the Brossard home of McGill associate professor Ishiang Shih, who teaches electrical and computer engineering.
  According to an FBI affidavit, money was transferred by wire from the U.S. to a Brossard company registered in Shih’s name. The money was sent by
  
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• Stu Cowan: Vladimir Guerrero will be first Angel in Hall's outfield

  25-01-2018 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  In a way, it’s fitting that Vladimir Guerrero will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., this summer wearing an Angels cap instead of an Expos cap.
  Guerrero made that official on Thursday, a day after being voted into the Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility. His Angels cap is just another heartbreaking moment for Montreal baseball fans in a long list of them.
  As former Gazette sports columnist Michael Farber put it in the MLB Network’s wonderful documentary
  
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• Montreal budget: Mayors call for changes to agglomeration rules

  25-01-2018 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayors representing 15 independent municipalities are calling on the Quebec government to revise the rules for the Montreal Agglomeration Council, which oversees shared services such as policing, firefighting, water systems and public transit.
  “We have no power at the agglomeration level,” said Beaconsfield Mayor Georges Bourelle, vice-president of the Association of Suburban Municipalities, in an exchange with journalists at Montreal city hall on Thursday, after the agglomerati
  
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• Light up your January with 1st edition of Lux Magna

  25-01-2018 22:27 via cbc.ca
  Local creators with community spirit close to 30 events from local creatives with an eye for community spirit and offering something fun to do at the end of January.
  
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• Montreal agglomeration budget adopted against wishes of demerged cities

  25-01-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mayors of Montreal's demerged cities aren’t happy about the agglomeration budget being adopted.
  
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• Muslims at home in Quebec: Philippe Couillard on mosque shooting a year later

  25-01-2018 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Philippe Couillard said he doesn't believe Quebec is worse than other societies or that Quebecers are more racist than other people.
  
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• Competition Bureau sues Ticketmaster, Live Nation over allegations of inflated ticket prices

  25-01-2018 22:02 via cbc.ca
  Canada's competition regulator is suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for allegedly misleading consumers on the prices for sports and entertainment tickets.
  
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• Restaurant review: Endearing imperfections at Bloomfield

  25-01-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Bloomfield
  ★★ out of ★★★★
  $$-$$$
  Address: 1199 Van Horne Ave. (Corner Bloomfield Ave.)
  Phone: 514-277-1001
  Open: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tues.-Sat. 5 to 10 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: No
  Reservations: Essential
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Parking: On the street with meters
  Price range: Soup and salad of the day $8-$10; main courses $12-$23; desserts $6.
  Imagine a night out in a perfect restaurant. The greeting is warm, the table is in the best spot, t
  
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• Canada's top military judge charged in alleged fraud

  25-01-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Canada's highest-ranking military judge has been charged in an alleged fraud involving false documents, as well as an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
  
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• All drug overdoses in Eastern Townships to be reported after region's 1st carfentanil death

  25-01-2018 21:57 via cbc.ca
  Public health authorities in the Eastern Townships are asking frontline medical workers to flag any and all drug overdose cases they encounter, in the wake of the death last September of a Cowansville man from a carfentanil overdose.
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero to enter Hall of Fame as an Angel, not an Expo

  25-01-2018 21:39 via cbc.ca
  Vladimir Guerrero will become the first player to wear an Angels hat on his Hall of Fame plaque. Guerrero spent more time in Montreal, leading many to think he would sport an Expos cap.
  
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• Show Biz Chez Nous: Villeneuve's Blade Runner doesn't merit Oscar love

  25-01-2018 21:33 via montrealgazette.com
  There was much hand-wringing in Quebec this week with folks grumbling that Denis Villeneuve was snubbed by Oscars voters.
  That’s hogwash. Blade Runner 2049 did not receive Academy Award nominations for best picture or best director for the very simple reason that it didn’t deserve those honours. Villeneuve nabbed both those nominations last year for Arrival, but that’s because Arrival is a brilliant piece of filmmaking. Blade Runner not so much. The latest Villeneuve film is a
  
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• Impact transfer top prospect Ballou Tabla to FC Barcelona

  25-01-2018 20:56 via cbc.ca
  Top prospect Ballou Tabla has been transferred to FC Barcelona in what the Montreal Impact called a proud moment for its organization.
  
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• Parti Québécois courts families with promise of attractive new daycare policy

  25-01-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  SHAWINIGAN — The pre-electoral battle to woo Quebec families continued Thursday with the Parti Québécois pledging to bring back a flat public daycare rate of $8.05 a day.
  And low income earners — making under $34,000 a year — would get free child-care services.
  The party made the announcement at the close of a two-day caucus meeting that will dovetail into a weekend party meeting Saturday and Sunday focused on the politically vote-rich theme of making family life
  
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• Comedy nights launch Hudson's season of St. Patrick's Day events

  25-01-2018 20:33 via montrealgazette.com
  If the weather is getting you down, a good laugh might be in order. The comedy show Hudson Brouhaha is at the Hudson Village Theatre, Jan. 26-27. The two-nights kick off a series of events which culminate, way down the road, with the Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17.
  The Hudson Brouhaha is hosted by Jewel 106.7 Radio morning man Ted Bird and features performances by comedians Joey Elias, Gino Durante and David Pryde, plus Jewel 106.7 newsman Tom Whelan.
  Three of the participants
  
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• Under VIA's plan, Quebec-to-Windsor travel would involve the REM

  25-01-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Passengers travelling from Quebec City to Toronto may have to take three trains to get to the final destination according to VIA Rail’s current plan to build a dedicated rail in the Windsor corridor.
  The proposed $4-billion project to have dedicated tracks along the Quebec-Windsor route would allow the crown corporation to boost the number of trips in the corridor. However, VIA’s heavy rail passenger trains will likely be incompatible with the planned transformation of the Mount Roya
  
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• Father and son pianists do their duelling on stage

  25-01-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It sure beats pistols, but regardless, duelling pianos can also bring out a level of aggression among its participants. Even if the duelling pianists are a father/son tandem.
  Eddie Bullen and his son Quincy have been facing off in piano duels around this continent for the last seven years. Their tickling of the ivories may take on a competitive tone as they push each other on stage, but the result is a captivating recital of their interpretations of jazz, classical and contemporary standards.
  Th
  
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• Calgary skydiver killed in California was taking part in final jump of the day

  25-01-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A relative of Canadian skydiver Aime-Jean St. Hilaire Adam says the family is in shock at his sudden death but can take solace that he died doing what he loved.
  
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• Judge's past comments questioned during manslaughter sentencing

  25-01-2018 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Court Judge has been placed in the rare and very awkward position of having to determine if comments she made in the past, when she was a defence lawyer, are evidence she was prejudiced against police officers when she convicted one of manslaughter last year. 
  In September, Judge Joëlle Roy found Éric Deslauriers guilty of manslaughter in the death of a 17-year-old boy he shot while on duty in Ste-Adele in 2014. Deslauriers, a Sûreté du Québec consta
  
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• Members of Quebec City mosque gather for prayers ahead of shooting anniversary

  25-01-2018 19:29 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City is holding four days of events to mark the anniversary of the shooting that left six Muslim men dead and 19 injured last Jan. 29.
  
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• Montreal school bus drivers threaten to strike

  25-01-2018 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 25: School bus drivers, who transport about 15,000 students on a daily basis in Montreal, are threatening to walk off the job next week. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the union wants better pay for drivers.
  
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• Bombardier vs. Boeing battle expected to drag on — even after Friday’s ruling

  25-01-2018 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  The heated battle between Boeing and Bombardier will likely drag on regardless which side comes up short Friday in a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling.
  
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• Remembering legendary hockey writer Red Fisher

  25-01-2018 19:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Legendary hockey writer Red Fisher passed away Jan. 19. He was 91.
  Fisher covered the Canadiens from 1955 to 2012, as the team won 17 Stanley Cups. Along the way, Fisher won three National Newspaper Awards. He was awarded the Order of Canada less than a month before his death.
  The Saturday following his death, a moment of silence was held at the Bell Centre in his honour. A tribute to Fisher was set up that night at his old spot in the Canadiens’ press box.
  Former players and colleagues sh
  
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• Ticket resellers offer great deals for Hurricanes-Canadiens game

  25-01-2018 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  This hasn’t been a fun season for Canadiens fans, but on the bright side they can get some good deals on tickets at the Bell Centre.
  As of 12:30 p.m. Thursday, seats in the blues for Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690) were selling on the StubHub website for as little as US$19.90 (C$28), plus service charges, in Section 426. Two tickets in Section 107 of the reds behind one of the nets were selling for US$68 each (C$84), plus se
  
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• Businessman fined $510,000, agrees to compensate investors at end of seven-year case

  25-01-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Court judge has endorsed an agreement that will see a Montreal businessman fined $510,000 seven years after being slapped with more than two dozen charges, including 11 counts of acting illegally as an investment representative, Quebec’s Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced on Thursday.
  The decision, rendered last November, ends the AMF’s case against Hershey Rosen, whom the securities watchdog said solicited investments from four individuals totalli
  
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• Under VIA's plan, Quebec-to-Windor travel would involve the REM

  25-01-2018 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Passengers travelling from Quebec City to Toronto may have to take three trains to get to the final destination according to VIA Rail’s current plan to build a dedicated rail in the Windsor corridor.
  The proposed $4-billion project to have dedicated tracks along the Quebec-Windsor route would allow the crown corporation to boost the number of trips in the corridor. However, VIA’s heavy rail passenger trains will likely be incompatible with the planned transformation of the Mount Roya
  
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• Revenu Québec is taking a fraudster to court — for his space collectibles

  25-01-2018 18:07 via cbc.ca
  Sylvain Bélair, 51, is serving a three-year prison sentence for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme which, from 2006 to 2009, caused 46 people to lose $1.45 million.
  
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• ‘Sexting is porn’ campaign raises awareness in Châteauguay-area schools

  25-01-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Sharing or possessing an intimate photo of another person can lead to an arrest — even if you're underage.
  
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• McGill student recognized for over a decade of philanthropy

  25-01-2018 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  Hannah Taylor started raising money to support the homeless when she was five.
  
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• Opinion: Press pause on 'gaming disorder' diagnosis

  25-01-2018 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The recent announcement that the World Health Organization is in the process of updating the International Classification of Diseases to add “gaming disorder” is giving parents (and the merely paternalistic) one more thing to worry about.
  Symptoms include loss of control over video gaming habits; prioritization of gaming over other activities; and the continuation of gaming despite clear negative consequences. 
  The new addition follows a study out of Oxford University and p
  
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• Restaurant Nouveau Verdun given heavy fine for tax fraud

  25-01-2018 17:26 via montrealgazette.com
  A numbered company that did business under the name Restaurant Nouveau Verdun and its administrator, Dionisios Gianniotis were found guilty last month of tax fraud and respectively fined $150,665.07 as well as sentenced to 30 days in jail, Revenue Quebec announced on Thursday.
  The sanctions come after the company and Gianniotis pleaded guilty to having made false and/or misleading tax statements, deliberately failed to collect and forward sales taxes and, in Gianniotis’s cas
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin looks to build on three-point night

  25-01-2018 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Jonathan Drouin had his first three-point game with the Canadiens in Tuesday night’s 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche at the Bell Centre, scoring a goal and adding two assists.
  When asked afterward if it was his best game with the Canadiens, the 22-year-old said: “No, not really, to be honest. Sometimes it’s just points going in. Obviously, I liked my game, but I’ve had some better games where I had zero points at the end of the night and felt good about my game.&
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Jan. 26 to 28

  25-01-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As winter persists, you may be on the lookout for things to spice up your weekend. 
  Here are five ways to make the most of it:
  Lux Magna
  Yes, Montreal now has yet another arts and culture festival. Wholly organized by women and non-binary people, the four-day festival includes concerts, art installations and documentary screenings.58th Annual Mac Woodsmen Competition
  A lot of wood will be chopped this weekend at the Watson Field on McGill’s Macdonald Campus.This competition for lumber
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Special needs children and positive parenting https://t.co/EWiiNm9FLV

  25-01-2018 16:55
  
  Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Special needs children and positive parenting https://t.co/EWiiNm9FLV
  
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• Burger King uses Whopper to explain Net Neutrality https://t.co/2AZ6JN2iBw

  25-01-2018 16:46
  
  Burger King uses Whopper to explain Net Neutrality https://t.co/2AZ6JN2iBw
  
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• 'It has to end now': Manawan chief calls on Hydro-Québec to halt repeated power outages

  25-01-2018 16:30 via cbc.ca
  The leader of the 2,000-person community, about 250 kilometres north of Montreal, said it often undergoes 20 to 30 outages per year, making it one of the hardest hit areas in Quebec.
  
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• Quebec to cut taxes for small, medium sized businesses in next budget: Couillard

  25-01-2018 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  The premier said his government would be "cautious'' while maintaining fiscal and financial responsibility.
  
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• Vladimir Guerrero's Hall of Fame induction brings @DenisCoderre back to Twitter https://t.co/RZ01WADHC8

  25-01-2018 16:19
  
  Vladimir Guerrero's Hall of Fame induction brings @DenisCoderre back to Twitter https://t.co/RZ01WADHC8
  
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• Quebec small businesses to get tax cut in next provincial budget, Couillard says

  25-01-2018 16:16 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec Liberals are planning to cut taxes for small- and medium-sized businesses in the next provincial budget, Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday.
  
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• Quebec small businesses to get tax cut in next provincial budget

  25-01-2018 16:16 via cbc.ca
  Philippe Couillard's Quebec Liberals are planning to cut taxes for small- and medium-sized businesses in the next provincial budget.
  
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• Kids learn coding and digital skills

  25-01-2018 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  Kids Code Jeunesse founder Kate Arthur tells Global’s Laura Casella about the benefits to learning coding and digital skills from a young age.
  
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• P.K. Subban talks charity on The Daily Show https://t.co/90CP0gps9b

  25-01-2018 16:11
  
  P.K. Subban talks charity on The Daily Show https://t.co/90CP0gps9b
  
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• Get your home organized

  25-01-2018 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  A place for everything and everything in its place? Professional organizer Allison Weigensberg shows Global’s Laura Casella how to get your home organized.
  
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• How much salt does the City of Montreal use on its roads? This much: https://t.co/H81TP7Fzm8

  25-01-2018 16:02
  
  How much salt does the City of Montreal use on its roads? This much: https://t.co/H81TP7Fzm8
  
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