Montreal news

• Cause of Bishop Street fire still unknown

  24-03-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters are trying to determine the cause of a five-alarm fire in downtown Montreal Saturday morning. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the blaze damaged several residences and a popular Bishop Street bar.
  
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• Montreal marches for stricter gun control

  24-03-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  As thousands rallied in Washington and other American cities, Montrealers held their own marches to show solidairy with their neighbors. Global’s Felicia Parrillo has more on their call for stricter gun control.
  
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• Sale of bottled water to be phased out at McGill

  24-03-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  In a bid to go green and become model of sustainability, McGill University will be banning the sale of bottled water on campus.
  
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• Argos' Jim Popp has no hard feelings after tenure with Alouettes came to ignoble end

  24-03-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  WINNIPEG — Through his 21 years in Montreal as the Alouettes’ general manager and, occasionally, head coach, Jim Popp never was at a loss for words — until his firing, when his only proclamation, eventually, came through an innocuous statement.
  Nothing unusual about a guy not attending or offering an opinion on his own execution.
  Although many in the Als’ front office said Popp took the news hard and, predictably, was emotional when he cleaned out his desk, the passage of
  
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• Liveblog: Washington at Canadiens

  24-03-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Fresh (one can only hope) off their Friday night win in Buffalo, the Canadiens play host to Washington Saturday night.
  Carey Price will start against the Capitals, and he has a tough act to follow: Antti Niemi was excellent in a 35-save shutout of the lowly Sabres.
  Fearless prediction: Price will not hang a goose egg on Alexander Ovechkin and the Caps.
  The Canadiens have split two games with Ovie & Co. this season.
  • On Oct. 7, fresh off their season-opening Shootout win in Buffalo, the
  
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• Quebec doctors protest their own raises, call for improved patient accessibility

  24-03-2018 21:49 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec doctors' group is decrying the Quebec government's raises for doctors, saying the money should be spread more equally among health care workers.
  
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• How kids and teens can navigate social media in the era of fake news

  24-03-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Teaching youth to think critically is essentially, in the increasingly murky world of online information, says Adam Dubé, assistant professor in McGill's department of educational and counselling psychology.
  
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• Quebec doctors take to the street to denounce inequalities in health care system

  24-03-2018 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  Organized by Médecins québécois pour le régime public (MQRP), the group demands the provincial government backtrack on plans to give them and other physicians substantial pay hikes.
  
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• ‘It’s just the beginning’: Montrealers march for stricter gun control

  24-03-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers rallied in solidarity with those in the U.S. and all other the world, calling on stricter gun control.
  
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• Hundreds take to the streets in Montreal to push for better gun control legislation in U.S.

  24-03-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds of people took to the streets in Montreal on Saturday, joining thousands across the world in the “March for Our Lives” rally to push for better gun control legislation in the U.S.
  
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• Montreal firefighters battled major blaze on Bishop Street

  24-03-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal firefighters battled a major downtown fire on Saturday in the building that houses the Irish Embassy Pub & Grill.
  The fire – on Bishop St. between Ste-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. – began early Saturday. Firefighters arrived on the scene before 5:30 a.m.
  The firefighters completed their work just after 2 p.m. There were no injuries.
  Parts of Bishop, Ste. Catherine and René-Lévesque were closed for several hours and Hydro-Qu&
  
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  24-03-2018 20:00
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• Montrealers go dark for Earth hour but Quebec lags behind on reduction goals

  24-03-2018 17:51 via cbc.ca
  People across the province will be turning our their lights for Earth Hour tonight, but Quebec Environment Minister Isabelle Melançon knows its going to take more than that to reach the government's greenhouse gas reduction goals.
  
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• Space oddity: This flying saucer is for sale on Kijiji in Quebec

  24-03-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Are you looking to buy a UFO? 
  If so, you’re in luck, because a flying saucer from the former site of UFOland in Maricourt, Que., is currently up for sale on Kijiji.
  The flying saucer, was built by the Raëlian movement, which maintains aliens created life on earth. You can read about this in the leaflet about Raëlian beliefs that is being sold with the flying saucer.
  Posting on Kijiji, the seller suggests the flying saucer might be of interest to a discotheque, restaurant, b
  
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• Fire rips through apartments above Irish Embassy Pub in downtown Montreal

  24-03-2018 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  Over 150 firefighters were called to battle a five-alarm fire on Bishop Street Saturday morning.
  
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• March for Our Lives: Hundreds in Montreal demand stricter gun control

  24-03-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Several hundred people marched through Montreal streets Saturday to demand stricter gun control in the U.S. and Canada.
  The event was one of a series of protests across North America known as the March for Our Lives, organized in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed.
  It began at Cabot Square in western downtown and ended at the U.S. consulate on St-Alexandre St., near René-Lévesque Blvd.
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• Music and Irish cheer celebrated at Quebec City's St-Patrick's Day parade

  24-03-2018 16:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City's ninth St. Patrick's Day parade kicks off today at 2 p.m., at St. Patrick's High School.
  
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• 'Arms are for hugging,' Montreal students say at march for tighter gun control measures

  24-03-2018 16:34 via cbc.ca
  Young Montreal students are marching through the streets today as part of a larger movement calling for tighter gun control laws in the U.S. and Canada.
  
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• Wary of cryptocurrency mining centres, some Quebec municipalities impose 90-day ban

  24-03-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec regional council has instituted a temporary ban on data centres that mine cryptocurrencies, as Brome-Missisquoi officials say the businesses bring few jobs and consume large amounts of energy.
  
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• Snowmobiler paralyzed in crash warns riders to get insured

  24-03-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  After an accident left her a paraplegic, Camille René, 23, learned she'd have to pay to make her home wheelchair accessible. She didn't know her insurance didn't cover personal injury.
  
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• #ICYMI actress and president of @together1heart, AnnaLynne McCord (@IAMannalynnemcc), is hosting a gala tonight in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-03-2018 15:00
  #ICYMI actress and president of @together1heart, AnnaLynne McCord (@IAMannalynnemcc), is hosting a gala tonight in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal firefighters battling major blaze on Bishop Street

  24-03-2018 14:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal firefighters were battling a major downtown fire on Saturday morning in the building that houses the Irish Embassy Pub.
  The fire – on Bishop St. between Ste-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. – began early Saturday. The fire department arrived on the scene before 5:30 a.m. 
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• Bloc Québécois leadership crisis: National office gathering in Montreal

  24-03-2018 14:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The Bloc Québécois’ national office is meeting in Montreal on Sunday to discuss a referendum on the party’s role and a vote of confidence regarding its leader, Martine Ouellet. 
  In an interview on Friday, Ouellet said she did not intend to resign before members have been consulted. She maintained that the threshold of 50 per cent plus one vote is enough to retain her role. 
  Ouellet did not confirm reports that party president Mario Beaulieu had withdrawn his s
  
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• Karl Lohnes on decor: Let the right rug floor your home

  24-03-2018 13:15 via montrealgazette.com
  An area rug can be like artwork underfoot, but many people buy rugs that are too small or choose odd colours and patterns. The right rug adds comfort, warmth, colour and style, while defining a sitting area, grounding a dining room table or, with carpet runners, guiding you through the house. Here’s how to get the right size and style for your space.
  Measure for the room
  Living room: Do you want all legs of your furniture to sit on the rug or just the front legs? I prefer just the front le
  
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• Lance Stroll 14th in Australian GP qualifying; Hamilton takes pole again

  24-03-2018 13:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Lance Stroll will start 14th at tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix.
  Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set a blistering time in his final lap of qualifying to take pole position at the season-opening race on Saturday for a record seventh time, outpacing his nearest rival by a sizable 0.664 seconds.
  The defending Formula One champion set a time of 1 minute, 21.164 seconds at Albert Park circuit, breaking a tie with Ayrton Senna for most poles at the Australian GP. It’s the
  
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• The Week in Review: Walkies, doggies, Lisée, worries and tragedy

  24-03-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  jeanCatch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
   West Island clinic may have to eliminate walk-in services
  A West Island family medicine clinic that looks after 32,000 patients annually says it is facing budget cuts that will eliminate its funding for the walk-ins. The small group of doctors running Medistat Clinic say their facility is being sacrificed as “collateral damage” in the face of Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette’s super clin
  
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• Shelter: This 1914 Lower Westmount semi-detached is fully, completely home

  24-03-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Jasmin Uhthoff spent most of her childhood in Ottawa, her summers in the Townships and university years in Halifax but there was always “an affinity” with Montreal.
  The child of doctors who immigrated to Canada after the Second World War, Uhthoff and her sister and brother were born in Montreal, but the family headed to the capital after her father was offered a position at the Ottawa General Hospital.  
  The Quebec links were maintained by a country place in the Eastern Tow
  
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• Just for Laughs: Exit Rozon, enter new kings of comedy

  24-03-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  No, it isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke come early. Canadian cut-up Howie Mandel has indeed hooked up with U.S. entertainment juggernaut ICM partners to purchase the Just for Laughs Group/Groupe Juste pour rire. But it’s no laughing matter on some levels.
  Like the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Cirque du Soleil (which now has significant Chinese and American investment), JFL is so very much a part of our cultural patrimony in this province. With Quebecor choosing no
  
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• Just for Laughs: A timeline

  24-03-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  1983: 
  Juste pour rire is launched with four shows over two nights. In French only. Free outdoor events take place on St-Denis St.
  1985:
  Juste pour rire launches English component, Just For Laughs. Among the performers are Jay Leno, Kevin Nealon and Yakov Smirnoff. André-Philippe Gagnon dazzles audience with his rendering of We Are the World at Théâtre St-Denis, launching his career and putting fest on map.
  Jerry Lewis underwhelms in 1986.
  1986:
  Andrea Martin hosts serie
  
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• $40M library renovations unveiled at Concordia after 3 years of construction

  24-03-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Concordia University is celebrating an end to $40-million renovations that transformed its Webster Library into a space designed not only for studying, but for hands-on learning and exploration.
  
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• 30 Days of Céline Dion: The launch of Unison, her first English album

  24-03-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec singer, businesswoman and all-around icon Céline Dion is turning 50 on March 30, 2018. Each day for the month leading up to this milestone, the Montreal Gazette is revisiting a memorable moment from her career. Today is Day 24 of 30 Days of Céline. Check back in tomorrow for another update.
  Céline Dion launched Unison, her first English-language album, on April 2, 1990 at Metropolis, with the 22-year-old singer lip-synching a few numbers for the crowd at the downtown
  
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• Josh Freed: Big Daddy Data knows everything — and never forgets

  24-03-2018 12:54 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re reading this online you are saying
  “I AGREE” to sharing your views, news and social cues with Josh Freed Analytica — and you may “occasionally” be sent a targeted column, commentary or fake news story aimed especially at you.
  For instance, if you’re still reading after that first silly paragraph, we know a lot about your sense of humour — and we’ll send you non-stop online pop-up ads for silly books.
  If you’re already clicking
  
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• While you were sleeping: Airplane loses 9.3 tons of gold cargo

  24-03-2018 12:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: The Viens Commission is done in Montreal and the search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou continues
  The Viens Commission, after four weeks at the Palais des Congrès, has likely held its last hearing in Montreal. Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced the  two-year public inquiry into the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and public services in Quebec in 2016. Over its time in Montreal the commission heard of “extremely underfunded” Indigenous organizations a
  
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• St. Patrick’s Day parade in Châteauguay to honour the late ‘Parade Man’

  24-03-2018 12:38 via globalnews.ca
  Ernie Presseau worked on 70-plus parades around the Greater Montreal Area during his lifetime.
  
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• Irish Embassy pub assessing water damage after fire ravages top floor apartments

  24-03-2018 12:38 via cbc.ca
  Irish Embassy pub on Bishop Street is closed and assessing water damage after a five-alarm fire broke out in the apartments above.
  
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• Irish Embassy pub assessing water damage after fire ravages top floor

  24-03-2018 12:38 via cbc.ca
  Irish Embassy pub on Bishop Street is closed and assessing water damage after a five-alarm fire broke out in the rooms above it early Saturday morning.
  
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• Fire breaks out above Irish Embassy pub on Bishop Street

  24-03-2018 12:38 via cbc.ca
  A five alarm fire broke out in the apartments above Irish Embassy pub on Bishop Street just below Ste-Catherine Street, overnight into Saturday.
  
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• Washington Capitals at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  24-03-2018 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Capitals game at the Bell Centre on Saturday (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio):
  Finding a  meaning: This is an important game for the Capitals and that’s good news for fans who hope to see the Canadiens tumble a bit farther in the standings. The Capitals are in first place in the Metropolitan Division and they want to stay there to ensure themselves of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. 
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• Quebec mayors want more help protecting their water from resource drilling

  24-03-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A group of 338 mayors — representing close to half of Quebec's population — are demanding the provincial government help them keep resource companies further away from their water supplies.
  
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• Wakefield train plan gets thumbs up from man who kept locomotive running

  24-03-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A new plan to bring a local historic train to Wakefield, Que., has the blessings of the man who kept the locomotive going for three decades.
  
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• What's being done with your data: Experts ask, shouldn't someone get this under control?

  24-03-2018 09:00 via cbc.ca
  Now that Facebook, Google and Amazon know pretty much everything about us, how they're using that information is drawing the focus of politicians throughout the Western world, asking in effect: "Shouldn't something be done about this?"
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'A win is a win,' Alzner says after beating lowly Sabres

  24-03-2018 04:28 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — Karl Alzner was on the ice when the horn sounded to end Friday night’s game between the Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres and his first thought was to retrieve the puck. 
  He thought goaltender Antti Niemi might want the puck as a souvenir of the 3-0 shutout win, but he didn’t realize it was the veteran Finn’s first shutout since Dec. 22, 2015, when he helped the Dallas Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks.
  “I was lucky that I was out there and I know some
  
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• Upset college loss puts No. 1 pick Ryan Poehling on Canadiens' radar

  24-03-2018 03:23 via montrealgazette.com
  If the Canadiens want to sign 2017 first-round draft choice Ryan Poehling, he’s available.
  Poehling’s sophomore season at St. Cloud State came to an abrupt end Friday when St. Cloud, the top team in U.S. college hockey for most of the past season, suffered a stunning upset at the hands of the Air Force Academy in the NCAA West Regional at Sioux Falls, S.D.
  The 19-year-old Poehling has two years of college eligibility remaining at St. Cloud and the Canadiens must decide whether to off
  
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• Game Report: Canadiens' win over Buffalo bad news for draft positioning

  24-03-2018 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  BUFFALO — What happens when the team with the worst road record in the NHL visits the team with worst home record? That was the scenario Friday night at Key Bank Center, where the Canadiens added to the Sabres’ record of futility at home by posting a 3-0 win. As has been the case for much of this season, backup goaltender Antti Niemi showed why he should be a hot commodity on the free-agent market as he made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season. That improved his record to 6-
  
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• About last night … Canadiens beat hapless Sabres 3-0

  24-03-2018 02:59 via montrealgazette.com
  How bad do you have to be to lose two home games to the 2017-18 Montreal Canadiens?
  Maybe bad enough to draft Rasmus Dahlin.
  The Buffalo Sabres are going to have the best mathematical chance of picking first and thereby snagging the Swedish defenceman touted as a generational talent.
  Their 3-0 win Friday night moved the Canadiens a point ahead of Detroit in the overall standings. If the draft lottery were held Saturday, the Canadiens would have the sixth best odds of getting the top spot and dra
  
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• Niemi shuts out Sabres for rare bright spot in bleak week for Habs

  24-03-2018 02:53 via cbc.ca
  Antti Niemi stopped 35 shots for his first shutout in 27 months, and the Montreal Canadiens snapped a seven-game road skid with a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on March 23

  24-03-2018 02:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Police aren’t giving up search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, missing almost 2 weeks
  Montreal police continued its investigation Friday into the disappearance of 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, while maintaining a presence in the neighbourhood where he was last seen. The boy disappeared on March 12 after leaving his home late that morning to visit a friend whose family lives three blocks away. Earlier this week, Montre
  
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