Montreal news

• Snow-removal operations to clear remainders of this week's storm

  27-01-2018 23:45 via cbc.ca
  Freezing rain fell on Montreal last week and without much help from Mother Nature melting it away, the city has announced it will clear what's left of it.
  
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• City will remove snow, ice left by last week's storm starting tonight

  27-01-2018 23:45 via cbc.ca
  Freezing rain fell on Montreal last week and without much help from Mother Nature melting it away, the city has announced it will clear what's left of it.
  
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• François Legault and the CAQ surge ahead in polls

  27-01-2018 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  A new survey released Saturday shows the Coalition Avenir Quebec heading towards a majority government.
  
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• Floundering PQ tries out new message, while CAQ soars in poll

  27-01-2018 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  The Parti Québécois is gathering this weekend for a pre-election convention, but a new poll shows its political rivals soaring ahead.
  
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• Father Emmett Johns: Hundreds gather to mourn 'Pops'

  27-01-2018 20:45 via montrealgazette.com
  They came from all walks of life to attend a ceremony dubbed a “celebration of love.”
  Many of the hundreds who attended the funeral for Father Emmett Johns — better known as Pops — at St. Patrick’s Basilica Saturday morning, talked about the unconditional love he displayed for street kids, many of whom had described themselves as lost causes.
  “He saved my life,” a woman named Talasia said through tears in an homage to Johns during the ceremony.
  Talasia w
  
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• The #GRAMMYs are bringing the best & brightest together! Don't miss a moment of Music's Biggest Night tomorrow! LIV… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-01-2018 20:25
  The #GRAMMYs are bringing the best & brightest together! Don't miss a moment of Music's Biggest Night tomorrow! LIV… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal Impact’s Kyle Fisher to be sidelined 4 months following surgery for stress fracture

  27-01-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal Impact defender Kyle Fisher will miss the start of the season after having surgery to repair a stress fracture on his left tibia.
  
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• Protest held outside NAFTA talks to put pressure on Canadian negotiators

  27-01-2018 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  As round six of NAFTA negotiations continued in Montreal on Saturday, protesters gathered to bring light to issues of social justice and the environment.
  
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• Widows of Quebec City mosque attack express thanks, call for unity

  27-01-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Sitting in the room where their year of sorrow began, widows and relatives of the six men killed in the Quebec City mosque attack offered their thanks Saturday to those who've helped them cope since the tragedy.
  
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• Quebec City mosque holds open house nearly 1 year after deadly shooting

  27-01-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The site of last year's deadly shooting at the Sainte-Foy mosque in Quebec City will be open to the public on Saturday night, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  
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• After one year of grieving, Quebec City mosque undaunted in quest to build tolerance

  27-01-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Widows and relatives of the six men killed in the Quebec City mosque attack offered their thanks Saturday to those who helped them cope since the tragedy.
  
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• Enter to WIN passes to the advance screening of #FiftyShadesFreed! Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-01-2018 19:00
  Enter to WIN passes to the advance screening of #FiftyShadesFreed! Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return as Christ… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'We lost six lives, but that was not the end': Documentary on aftermath of Quebec mosque shooting screening Saturday

  27-01-2018 18:36 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Tariq Syed travelled to Quebec City within days of last year’s shooting at a local mosque. He met with survivors, mourning widows and orphaned children. He attended funerals for the six victims — both in Quebec City and Montreal. 
  Syed knew then he needed to do something to document what had happened. But the idea to produce a full-length documentary came to him a month later.
  Syed, 35, was heading back to Quebec City to deliver some of the money Dawanet, a n
  
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• Is the Instant Pot an instant classic or destined for the dustbin?

  27-01-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Have you been converted to the church of the Instant Pot? Cooks across the country swear the pressure cooker makes everything from cheesecake to roast beef in record time. We asked two Instant Pot lovers why the device makes them want to get cooking.
  
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• Impact's Kyle Fisher out 4 months with fractured tibia

  27-01-2018 16:59 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Impact defender Kyle Fisher will miss the start of the season after having surgery to repair a stress fracture on his left tibia.
  
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• Montreal's counting on warm weather to clear icy streets and sidewalks

  27-01-2018 16:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal, despite the snow and ice accumulations across its territory, has no immediate plans for another clearing operation.
  Instead, the city is counting on the weekend’s warmer temperatures to do the job. Forecasts suggest temperatures in Montreal will be at or above the freezing point: a high of 5 C and a chance of showers on Saturday and zero on Sunday, with a chance of flurries.
  Jean-François Parenteau, the city’s executive committee member responsible for ci
  
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• #ICYMI: Father and son piano-duo, Eddie and Quincy Bullen on the show about how they "duel" with music.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-01-2018 16:01
  #ICYMI: Father and son piano-duo, Eddie and Quincy Bullen on the show about how they "duel" with music.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Love, hate and loss: One year after the Quebec City mosque shooting

  27-01-2018 15:19 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — It isn’t easy for Megda Belkacemi to talk about the “night of horror” that was Jan. 29, 2017.
  First, there was the news alert on her phone about a shooting at the Quebec City mosque that her father, Khaled Belkacemi, a professor at Université Laval, attended regularly.
  Then, the hours she and her brother spent frantically searching local hospitals for their missing father, hoping against hope he had been admitted somewhere, perhaps under a mistaken identit
  
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• New poll: CAQ closing in on majority as lead keeps growing

  27-01-2018 14:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A new public opinion poll has the Coalition Avenir Québec steaming to a majority government in 2018.
  Published Saturday in Le Devoir, the Léger poll has the CAQ garnering a cool 39 per cent in public opinion, leaving the other parties trailing in its wake. A month ago, the party was polling at 36 per cent.
  The CAQ also leads the important category of francophone votes with 46 per cent, allowing Léger to conclude François Legault’s party is within striking distan
  
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• Final homage to Father Emmett 'Pops' Johns a 'celebration of love'

  27-01-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  After two days of public visitation, the funeral for the beloved founder of Dans la rue, Father Emmett "Pops" Johns, was held Saturday morning, at Saint Patrick's Basilica in downtown Montreal.
  
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• Final homage to Father Emmett 'Pops' funeral brings together street youth, dignitaries

  27-01-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  After two days of public visitation, the funeral for the beloved founder of Dans la rue, Father Emmett "Pops" Johns, was held Saturday morning, at Saint Patrick's Basilica in downtown Montreal.
  
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• Father Emmett 'Pops' Johns public funeral at Saint Patrick's Basilica in downtown Montreal today

  27-01-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  After two days of public visitation, the funeral for the beloved founder of Dans la rue, Father Emmett "Pops" Johns, will be held today, at Saint Patrick's Basilica in downtown Montreal.
  
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• Father Emmett 'Pops' Johns funeral brings dignitaries, street youth together

  27-01-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  After two days of public visitation, the funeral for the beloved founder of Dans la rue, Father Emmett "Pops" Johns, is being held today, at Saint Patrick's Basilica in downtown Montreal.
  
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• While you were sleeping: The Nutella wars are spreading

  27-01-2018 14:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Montreal retail sales are up and Université Laval’s job candidate questionnaire is down
  Retail sales in Montreal were up 1.2 per cent from October to November, Statistics Canada says. That’s higher than in Toronto and Vancouver, the other two metropolitan areas where monthly retail sales are tracked. The result helped push retail sales across Quebec up by 1.2 per cent, month-over-month, a growth rate that was first among Canadian provinces. 
  Université L
  
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• Love, hate and loss on the anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting

  27-01-2018 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — It isn’t easy for Megda Belkacemi to talk about the “night of horror” that was Jan. 29, 2017.
  First, there was the news alert on her phone about a shooting at the Quebec City mosque that her father, Khaled Belkacemi, a professor at Université Laval, attended regularly.
  Then, the hours she and her brother spent frantically searching local hospitals for their missing father, hoping against hope he had been admitted somewhere, perhaps under a mistaken identit
  
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• Tragedy lessened negative image of Muslims in Quebec: Poll

  27-01-2018 14:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Favourable opinions of Muslims increased by 22 points following the Jan. 29, 2017 massacre at the Quebec City mosque that killed six, according to a poll by Léger for the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) shows.
  Only 28 per cent of Quebecers viewed Muslims positively in March 2016. But a year later, following the massacre, half of Quebecers said they had a positive opinion of Muslims.
  The wave of sympathy after the attack caused a major shift in public opinion, said Jack Jedwab, pres
  
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• The Week in Review: Hospital (in)security, train travel and C Series surprise

  27-01-2018 14:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Hospital (in)security: New safety concerns arise at Montreal General
  The Montreal General Hospital reports far more violent incidents involving patients and visitors than any other acute-care hospital in Quebec, yet it provides markedly less security than comparable health institutions, a Montreal Gazette investigation has found. That is still the case even after the Montreal General boosted security following the near-strangul
  
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• 'It's kind of like the Stanley Cup': Severed arm of St. Francis Xavier in Montreal today

  27-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers will have a chance to see the forearm of St. Francis Xavier in the flesh for three days. The arm is on its last leg of a tour across Canada.
  
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• 'It's kind of like the Stanley Cup': Severed arm of St. Francis Xavier coming to Montreal today

  27-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers will have a chance to see the forearm of St. Francis Xavier in the flesh this weekend. The arm is on its last leg of a tour across Canada.
  
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• 'It's kind of like the Stanley Cup': Severed arm of St. Francis Xavier coming to Montreal this weekend

  27-01-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers will have a chance to see the forearm of St. Francis Xavier in the flesh this weekend. The arm is on its last leg of a tour across Canada.
  
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• Shelter: Couple's Ste-Marie condo has modern interior with a great view

  27-01-2018 13:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Ghislaine Laforest and Michel Forrest are born and bred Quebecers, but their similar family names — a source of some amusement when they first met — reveal their heritage. According to Laforest, her ancestors came from France, while Michel’s originated in Ireland.
  The couple enjoy words and language. Until she retired, Laforest worked for the Office québécois de la langue française. (Her English is fluent, as is her Spanish.) Forrest, who is still in the wo
  
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• Mosque shooting anniversary: Quebec City trash radio is stronger than ever

  27-01-2018 13:31 via montrealgazette.com
  One year ago, even before the bodies of the six victims at the mosque had been laid to rest, politicians and activists alike pointed their fingers at the wildly popular shock jocks of Quebec City and to the part they may have played in fomenting a climate of fear and hatred in the capital.
  Had these talk-radio hosts contributed to the animosity toward Muslims, that in the extreme case of Alexandre Bissonnette led him on Jan. 29, 2017 to open fire at the mosque?
  We still don’t know what Bis
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal cantor up for Grammy — for best rock performance

  27-01-2018 13:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Most of Montreal cantor Gideon Zelermyer’s weeks follow a similar pattern. He sings with the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue choir. He teaches students preparing for bar mitzvahs. He presides over weddings and funerals. 
  But this week will end on a different note. He heads to New York on Sunday to attend the 60th annual Grammy Awards. Zelermyer will be sitting with his fingers crossed. He is in the running for a Grammy along with the late Leonard Cohen and the Shaar choir for their work on
  
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• 'I'm not here by chance': One mosque shooting victim's journey of healing

  27-01-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Saïd Akjour, still scarred physically and emotionally from the shot he took to the shoulder in the Quebec City mosque shooting, believes he has a role to play in helping Muslims and non-Muslims in his adopted city understand one another better.
  
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• In case you missed it, here is what happened on January 26

  27-01-2018 02:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Montreal business community hails trade decision favouring Bombardier
  The decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to overturn duties of nearly 300 per cent on imports of Bombardier C Series planes was greeted with surprise and joy in Montreal. “It’s great news, it threw me off my chair, to be honest,” said David Chartrand, the Quebec coordinator of the International Association of Mach
  
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• Université Laval pulls form asking job candidates to disclose HIV status, abortions

  27-01-2018 02:46 via cbc.ca
  In a section reserved for women, applicants were asked to jot down the date of their last menstruation and gynecology exam, and declare whether they'd ever been pregnant or had an abortion.
  
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• Quebec university defends asking job candidates about menstruation, HIV status

  27-01-2018 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  Universite Laval's vice-rector for human resources said the questionnaire was used to find out whether candidates would need workplace accommodation.
  
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• Programmers of tomorrow: EMSB students get hands-on robotics, AI training

  27-01-2018 02:00 via cbc.ca
  The English Montreal School Board is launching five different programs to integrate robotics and artificial intelligence into the regular school curriculum.
  
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• Mystery unfolds behind ‘loud boom’ heard by Montrealers on Friday morning

  27-01-2018 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  A possible frostquake hit the Montreal area early Friday morning as residents woke up to what appeared to be a loud boom.
  
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• Le Manoir’s liquor licence suspended for 10 days

  27-01-2018 01:59 via globalnews.ca
  Pointe-Claire bar Le Manoir had its liquor licence suspended over a dispute about what kind of alcohol it can serve at the restaurant's bar.
  
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• Groupon selling ‘dental hygiene kits’; dentists warn of dangers

  27-01-2018 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  The kit was being sold on the e-commerce site groupon.ca, and the promotional material says it includes a mirror, pick and tweezers.
  
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• Author, radio host and philosopher Jacques Languirand dies at 86

  27-01-2018 01:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Author, philosopher and radio personality Jacques Languirand, who hosted Par quatre chemins on Radio-Canada for four decades, died Friday at 86 from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced.
  Languirand retired from radio after announcing he was stricken with the disease in 2014.
  The family said a private ceremony would take place later, and asked for privacy as it grieves.
  Born May 1, 1931, Languirand was 18 years old when he decided to move to Paris, where he was a columnist for Radiodif
  
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• Icy sidewalks creating dangerous conditions in Montreal

  27-01-2018 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  Take it easy on the sidewalks: icy conditions make it treacherous to walk.
  
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• Checking In: A Sugarbush vacation can be fancy or folksy

  27-01-2018 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sugarbush Resort, a superlative mountain development in Vermont, is home to experiences that range from simple to sophisticated.
  The centrepiece of the Mad River Valley, Sugarbush is marking its 60th year. It’s a big dual-mountain getaway that embraces superlative skiing and riding on Lincoln Peak and Mt. Ellen, with thrilling variations like terrain parks, glades, cat skiing, backcountry, uphill skinning and creative children’s programs.
  SKI Magazine’s influential 2017-2018 re
  
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• Quebec leads Canada in retail sales growth, with Montreal leading way

  27-01-2018 00:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Retail sales in Montreal were up 1.2 per cent from October to November, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
  That’s higher than in the other two metropolitan areas where monthly retail sales are tracked, Toronto, where sales grew by 0.8 per cent, and Vancouver, where sales were down 0.1 per cent. 
  In total, retail sales rose in the Montreal area from $4.723 billion in October to $4.779 billion in November.
  That helped push retail sales across Quebec up by 1.2 per cent, month-over-month
  
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• Antonio Accurso and Mascouche mayor were long friends, Accurso's son and household governess testify at his fraud trial

  27-01-2018 00:43 via montrealgazette.com
  JOLIETTE — Antonio Accurso and former Mascouche mayor Richard Marcotte were close friends long before Marcotte was elected to the post, a jury was told on Friday. 
  Accurso’s eldest son, Jimmy Accurso, was called to the witness stand on Friday at the Joliette courthouse where his father is on trial on a charge related to alleged municipal corruption in the city of Mascouche while Marcotte, who died in 2016, was mayor. Accurso is charged with helping Marcotte commit a breach of tr
  
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• Is talk radio turning up the volume on hate?

  27-01-2018 00:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A year after the Quebec City mosque shooting that left six dead and a further 19 injured, questions linger about the climate in the provincial capital that might have led to this tragedy.
  Alexandre Bissonnette’s motivations are not fully known, but some have pointed fingers at the city’s wildly popular shock jocks, saying they have fomented hate and fear toward the Muslim community. 
  While one radio personality, Sylvain Bouchard, said he should have provided more context an
  
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