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• Sherbrooke cops nab arson suspect after 7 fires set in same neighbourhood

  23-02-2018 23:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Sherbrooke firefighters had to deal with seven fires that broke out early Friday in the same neighbourhood in the city’s east end.
  Local police have arrested one man.
  The fires, which broke out at about 3:45 a.m., were set in automobiles and various objects found on properties on St-Gilles, Lalemant, Druillettes and Dunant Sts. In at least one case, flames also damaged a residence, causing damage to its facing.
  At least two vehicles are considered a total loss.
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• Stu Cowan: Habs ironman Karl Alzner focuses on mental side of blue line

  23-02-2018 23:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Defenceman Karl Alzner played in his 600th consecutive NHL regular-season game Thursday night when the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-1 at the Bell Centre.
  If Alzner doesn’t miss any games for the remainder of his contract with the Canadiens, he will reach 950 consecutive games, which would leave him 14 behind the NHL ironman record set by former Canadiens forward Doug Jarvis.
  The thought of Alzner playing 350 more games in bleu-blanc-rouge probably scares a lot of Canadiens fans in
  
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• Creditors demand $32.4 million but Montreal Formula E has few assets

  23-02-2018 23:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montréal c’est électrique’s creditors say they are owed $32.4 million, but the organizer of last year’s ill-fated Formula E electric car race left assets of no more than $462,000.
  The non-profit organization, set up by the city of Montreal, closed shop this month after Mayor Valérie Plante cancelled plans to hold races in 2018 and 2019. She described Formula E, a pet project of former mayor Denis Coderre, as a “financial
  
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• Stranded U.S. marines volunteer at Welcome Hall Mission

  23-02-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Feb 23: It’s been two months since a U.S. naval ship got stick in ice in Montreal’s Old Port. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, some of the sailors have decided to give back to their adopted community by volunteering at the Welcome Hall Mission.
  
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• Montreal bars struggle to draw crowds amidst Habs slump

  23-02-2018 23:32 via cbc.ca
  Local bar managers say the Canadiens' losing streak is taking a toll on business, with fans losing interest in watching the games.
  
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• Dollarama pushing small Sud-Ouest dollar store out of business

  23-02-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Feb 23: A local dollar store in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough says they’re being forced out of business because a Dollarama has recently opened a few doors down. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Super clinic to open in Côte-des-Neiges

  23-02-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Feb 23: Residents in Côte-des-Neiges will now have access to their own super clinic. As Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes reports, Quebec has been rolling out the service to help with ER overcrowding.
  
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• Update: Atwater market reopens after overnight fire

  23-02-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  The Atwater market reopened Friday morning after a brief closing caused by an overnight fire.
  It was market employees who alerted authorities to the fire at about 3:30 a.m. The Montreal fire department said it seems the flames took hold in the wooden stalls inside the market and then spread to the building itself.
  Material damage is estimated at $50,000. No one was injured in the incident.
  There is no evidence thus far to suggest the fire was deliberately set. The possibility it may have been sp
  
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• When will the new Champlain Bridge open?

  23-02-2018 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Feb 23: Will the new Champlain Bridge be delivered on time at the end of 2018 or will it be late? Global’s Tim Sargeant takes a tour of the construction site to find out more.
  
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• Champlain Bridge is 65% done, on track for December

  23-02-2018 23:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Every day, roughly 1,000 people are on the site of the new Champlain Bridge, working nearly around the clock to build one of the widest bridges in the world within a short timeframe.
  “The government of Canada has asked for this bridge to be delivered by December 2018, and we’re absolutely committed to meeting that objective,”said Daniel Genest, the director of co-ordination for Signature on the St. Lawrence.
  Speaking to reporters on the South Shore worksite of the bridge,
  
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• Judge tells jury they are 'sole judges of the evidence' in Nellie Angutiguluk's murder case

  23-02-2018 22:45 via cbc.ca
  Six weeks since it began, the second-degree murder trial of Kwasi Benjamin is now moving toward its final phase. Quebec Superior Court Justice Michael Stober has begun his instructions to the jury.
  
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• Police searching for man selling fake tickets to Pink concert

  23-02-2018 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police are seeking the public’s help to track down a man suspected of selling fake tickets to attend a Pink concert next month.
  The police are also asking for potential victims of the ticket seller to step forward.
  The suspect is about 25 years old with short brown hair, the police said in a press release on Friday. He’s about 5-foot-10 and weighs about 155 lb. The suspect was seen wearing a black-hooded down-filled jacket, beige slacks and black shoes. 
  The su
  
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• Stranded U.S. marines volunteer at Montreal’s Welcome Hall Mission

  23-02-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  A group of American navy sailors stuck in Montreal since December volunteered at the Welcome Hall Mission Friday morning, helping hand out food to Montrealers in need.
  
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• STM, premier confirm talks to accelerate Azur replacement program

  23-02-2018 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government might step in to help save jobs at Bombardier’s transportation plant in La Pocatière with an order of more Azur métro cars for Montreal, Premier Philippe Couillard suggested on Friday.
  Speaking to reporters while on a mission in Washington, Couillard called such a move a “very interesting hypothesis.”
  He also confirmed that discussions are underway to place an order of Azur cars for the Société de transport de Montréal an
  
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• Quebec universities launch ‘world first’ UNESCO anti radicalization chair

  23-02-2018 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  The research centre will be directed by a team of professors from Concordia University, Université de Sherbrooke and Université du Québec a Montréal.
  
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• Groups behind Montreal’s new Champlain Bridge say project will be done on time

  23-02-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  The number of workers on the project increased from 650 last summer to 850 in January in order to get work done.
  
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• The new Champlain Bridge will be open by December, consortium says

  23-02-2018 21:03 via cbc.ca
  The new Champlain Bridge, which connects Nuns' Island and Brossard, is 65 per cent complete. The consortium building the span says it's hiring more workers to get the job done.
  
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• Montreal writer wins battle to get insurer to recognize his depression

  23-02-2018 21:02 via cbc.ca
  After being denied coverage for his depression, Samuel Archibald received a call from UQAM's group insurance company, Desjardins, on Thursday morning informing him that they had reviewed his file and accepted his claim.
  
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• 'It's time to heal': Montreal writer wins battle to get insurer to recognize his depression

  23-02-2018 21:02 via cbc.ca
  After being denied coverage for his depression, Samuel Archibald received a call from UQAM's group insurance company, Desjardins, on Thursday morning informing him that they had reviewed his file and accepted his claim.
  
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• Kathleen Weil: Enhancing the vitality of the anglophone community

  23-02-2018 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Last spring Premier Philippe Couillard, on a tour to the Gaspé, met with English-speaking community leaders. It was an eye-opener for the premier. He learned first-hand of the challenges the local English-speaking community, from access to health care, to youth retention, to low representation in the civil service and to the challenges of poverty and unemployment in the region. This led to a rethinking of how the Quebec government can better meet the needs of English-speaking Quebecers.
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• Fire temporarily closes Atwater Market

  23-02-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Feb 23: There was an early morning fire at the Atwater Market. Global’s Billy Shields finds out what happened.
  
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• Freezing rain on tap for southern Quebec

  23-02-2018 20:27 via cbc.ca
  After a few mild days, a blast of winter weather is on the way for southern Quebec. A freezing rain warning is in effect for several areas, including Montreal, the Laurentians and the Eastern Townships.
  
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• Romeo Santos: Bow down and groove before the King of Bachata

  23-02-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  When bachata music superstar Romeo Santos plays to a packed Bell Centre in March, it might come as a surprise to just about everyone in Montreal — that is, everyone except our city’s Latin music aficionados.
  In a city historically divided along francophone and anglophone lines, it can be tough to gauge the popularity of Latin music stars here. But in markets with large Spanish-speaking communities — and Montreal could be considered one with more than 120,000 people in greater M
  
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• Five Latin music acts to know about

  23-02-2018 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  In a city with more than 120,000 residents claiming Spanish as their mother tongue, Latin music has been hiding in plain sight for years in Montreal. If you’re not yet familiar, here are five acts to get you ready for Montreal shows in March and June. 
  Romeo Santos
  The self-proclaimed King of Bachata music. After finding success as the lead vocalist of Aventura, the Bronx native now has three solo albums under his belt. He’s credited with infusing traditional bachata music from
  
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• Prepare for a slippery rush hour in Montreal

  23-02-2018 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is warning that freezing rain is expected in the Montreal region late Friday afternoon.
  The agency issued a warning Friday morning, saying between 2 and 5 millimetres of freezing rain could fall, and urging people to take care when walking or driving in affected areas.
  The freezing rain is forecast to start around 4 p.m. in Montreal and switch to rain around 7 p.m. The temperature, around 1 C just before 2 p.m., is expected to stay just above zero, rising to 6 C by Saturday mo
  
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• Arcade Fire to perform, receive achievement award at the Junos

  23-02-2018 19:29 via cbc.ca
  Arcade Fire have been added as performers to next month's Juno Awards broadcast.
  
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• Surprise, Montreal: Highways 720 and 20 to remain open this weekend

  23-02-2018 18:36 via cbc.ca
  Montreal motorists will be getting a short reprieve from usual weekend closures around the Turcot Interchange this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
  
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• Quebec City dumps 46 million litres of raw sewage into Saint Lawrence River

  23-02-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City dumped about 46 million litres of raw sewage into the Saint Lawrence River over 12 hours.
  
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• Canada's Olympians are singing Céline Dion and our hearts won't go on

  23-02-2018 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Pack it up folks, we have reached peak Canada and there’s really no point in trying to outdo this.
  The story here, such as it is, involves a group of Team Canada athletes on a bus doing the only right and natural thing: Belting Céline Dion’s smash hit “My Heart Will Go On.”
  They may lack Céline’s melisma, but they more than make up for it with enthusiasm.
  Moreover, since Olympians are in good shape and flexible, they’d probably be able to share a
  
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• 5 Montreal stories guaranteed to make you smile this week: Feb. 23

  23-02-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Are you tired of reading all the bad, negative news out there?
  
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• The curious case of Sriracha's iconic bottle https://t.co/JKVaQ0SvSC

  23-02-2018 18:32
  
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• 'We're committed': Champlain Bridge is 65% done, on track for December

  23-02-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Progress on the new Champlain Bridge is proceeding on track, say the builders in charge of the $4.2-billion project. 
  Daniel Genest, the director of co-ordination for Signature on the St. Lawrence, told reporters Friday the work is 65 per cent completed, and he’s confident he can meet the December deadline to open the bridge to traffic.
  “The government of Canada has asked for this bridge to be delivered by December of 2018, and we’re absolutely committed to meeting th
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Cracking a nut conundrum

  23-02-2018 18:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The question took me by surprise. “Do you really have to activate your nuts?” Just as a plethora of strange mental images began to bubble through my mind, I learned that we were talking about tree nuts.
  “Activation” does not refer to poking sleeping nuts; it refers to soaking and then drying raw varieties before consuming them. The aim is to increase nutritional value. And profit margins for processors.
  Although “activated” on the label is synonymous with &ldq
  
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• Don Macpherson: A good week for 'indig-nationalism' and anglo bashing

  23-02-2018 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  For Quebec anglos who can still laugh at foolishness over language in our province, this was a good week.
  Let’s start with the latest flare-up of what I call “indig-nationalism.”
  It started with a story in — where else? — Quebecor’s Le Journal de Montréal (more on them later) that Hockey Canada had asked public-address announcers at the Pyeongchang Olympics to anglicize the pronunciation of three Canadian players’ names that were apparently French
  
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• Quebec lobbying Montreal transit agency to buy more Bombardier Metro cars soon

  23-02-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  Under the threat of job losses in a potentially strategic riding, Quebec's Liberal government is pushing the Montreal transit agency to bump up its order of Metro cars from a Bombardier factory in La Pocatière, Que.
  
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• Quebec lobbying Montreal transit agency to buy more Bombardier Metro cars, and soon

  23-02-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  Under the threat of job losses in a potentially strategic riding, Quebec's Liberal government is pushing the Montreal transit agency to bump up its order of Metro cars from a Bombardier factory in La Pocatière, Que.
  
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• Mob-linked Leonardo Rizzuto to answer to weapons, drug charges in March

  23-02-2018 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Acquitted this week in a case that alleged he was heading the Mafia in Montreal, Leonardo Rizzuto will return to court next month, as he still faces firearm and drug possession charges in a separate case.
  The son of Vito Rizzuto, the reputed mob boss who died in 2013, Rizzuto, 48, was acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine on Monday.
  But separate possession charges still stand in another case, which was briefly heard at the Montreal courthouse Friday morning only t
  
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• Wines of the Week: Feb. 24, 2018

  23-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16
  Côtes de Gascogne Igt 2016, Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine de L’Herré, France white, $15.60, SAQ #12015525. My type of sauvignon blanc. Fresh yet textured, a subtle herbal note, and a clean and balanced finish. This is all citrus and nicely dry. Very good for the price. Grape variety: sauvignon blanc. Residual sugar: 2.3 g/l.  Serve at 8C. Drink now. Food-
  
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• Canadiens’ losing culture extends to Laval Rocket | HI/O Bonus

  23-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The panel looks at how concerned Canadiens fans should be about the Laval Rocket’s poor performance this season in the AHL.
  Missed this week’s full episode? You can watch it here.
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• Bill Zacharkiw: How to learn about wine

  23-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  After “what is your favourite $12 wine that tastes like a $20 wine,” the question I am most often asked is “how do I learn about wine?”
  To answer the “extraordinary” bargain question, my response is that these wines are unicorns. Maybe they exist, but I certainly haven’t tasted them.
  On “how to best learn about wine,” I can offer some good advice.
  Wine courses are fine, but finding ones that fit your schedules are tough, and there are not man
  
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• How was alleged Mafia boss Leonardo Rizzuto acquitted of gangsterism?

  23-02-2018 17:51 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than two years in jail, Leonardo Rizzuto was released in Montreal on Feb. 19, 2018.
  The 48-year-old son of former mob boss Vito Rizzuto was acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine after Quebec Superior Court Justice Eric Downs ruled that police illegally wiretapped them in the conference room at their lawyer’s office.
  The judge ruled that police had not put in place sufficient measures to prevent the interception of conversations between other lawye
  
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• Lessons from Montreal: Why demolishing its Olympic stadium might be South Korea's best move

  23-02-2018 17:45 via cbc.ca
  Officials in South Korea plan to destroy their $136 million Olympic stadium after using it just four times. Economist Victor Matheson says it's probably their best option.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Friday, February 23

  23-02-2018 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Friday, February 23.
  
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• STM confirms Quebec offer to accelerate Azur replacement program

  23-02-2018 17:23 via montrealgazette.com
  While the Société de transport de Montréal won’t address what might have prompted the move, the transit authority confirmed on Friday it has been approached by the provincial government concerning a plan to increase the size of its fleet of new generation métro cars.
  “We regularly communicate with the (Quebec) government to examine ways to improve service,” STM spokesperson Isabelle Tremblay said in an email to the Montreal Gazette on Friday. &l
  
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• 'I did not say that': Trudeau denies equating Sikh separatism with Quebec

  23-02-2018 17:23 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau categorically denied on Friday that he had cited Quebec’s struggle for independence as an example of the risk of violence associated with separatist movements.
  “The report is entirely false,” he said, referring to an account of a conversation on Wednesday between Trudeau and Amarinder Singh, chief minister for the Punjab, that had originated from the latter’s office. “I never said that.”
  Trudeau told reporters that he ha
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Friday, February 23

  23-02-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Friday, February 23.
  
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• Restaurant Palme serves up fusion cuisine

  23-02-2018 17:11 via globalnews.ca
  Creole cuisine with a twist of Italian and Greek? That’s what Lee-Anne Millaire Lafleur and Chef Ralph Alerte are serving up at Restaurant Palme.
  
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• Pointe-Claire singer makes it onto La Voix

  23-02-2018 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  Pointe-Claire resident Ben Alexander tells Global’s Laura Casella what it was like to make it through the blind auditions on La Voix.
  
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• Women flocking to Montreal motorcycle show

  23-02-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Bianca Kennedy, Montreal Motorcycle Show manager, tells Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan why more women are getting interested in motorcycles.
  
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• Brian Wilde: Habs close in on trade deadline

  23-02-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Global News hockey analyst Brian Wilde gives Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan his predictions for the Montreal Canadiens as the NHL trade deadline approaches.
  
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