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• Humboldt bus crash brings back painful memories for Sherbrooke Castors

  08-04-2018 23:53 via montrealgazette.com
  For Michel Brisebois, the news of the fatal crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team brought back memories of his own brush with death while riding the bus in junior hockey.
  Brisebois was the leading scorer on the Sherbrooke Castors, who were ranked as one of the top teams in Canadian junior hockey going into the 1974-75 season.
  The team was on its way to Chicoutimi on Nov. 24, 1974, when its bus skidded off the road and went down a ravine along what is now Route 175, in the
  
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• Obituary: Jennifer Manitt was a pioneering palliative-care nurse in Montreal

  08-04-2018 23:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Jennifer Manitt, a pioneering nurse in the field of palliative-care medicine who tended to the sick and terminally ill for nearly four decades in Montreal, died on March 30 following a lengthy illness.
  Manitt, who was 66, spent her last days as a patient in the palliative-care unit she helped found at the Royal Victoria Hospital, which moved in 2015 to the Glen site in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  “She was so gentle and caring,” said Dr. Alan J. Maclean, a medical internist and Manitt&
  
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• Children with autism get airport practice run in Montreal

  08-04-2018 22:48 via cbc.ca
  This was the sixth year that Montreal's Giant Steps School for children and adults with autism has organized the airport practice run, which the school hopes will make flying easier for families.
  
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• Héma-Québec employees give unions a strike mandate

  08-04-2018 22:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Employees of Héma-Québec, which runs the province’s blood supply, voted 99 per cent on Sunday in favour of an unlimited general strike mandate to be used when deemed appropriate.
  Contract negotiation talks have stalled over salaries since 2016, officials from Héma-Québec unions in Montreal said in a statement.
  Unions representative Sophie Larouche called on the Quebec Treasury Board to give the two parties a clear mandate at the bargaining table t
  
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• Quebec hockey community sends condolences to Broncos organization after fatal crash

  08-04-2018 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Both pros and amateurs alike showed their support for those involved in the bus crash.
  
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• This week on Focus Montreal: April 7

  08-04-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  This week on Focus Montreal: Jean-Pierre Fortin discusses the recent uptick in asylum seekers crossing illegally into Canada, a McGill prof explains his unique idea to do away with sandbags during floods, and Great Montrealer Matthew Pearce talks about how the Old Brewery Mission has changed its approach to homelessness.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Meet #GreatMtler Matthew Pearce

  08-04-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Over his decade of working with the homeless in Montreal, as president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, Matthew Pearce has made a significant change in how we approach the issue and his vision is having a very real impact.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Doing away with sandbags?

  08-04-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Amar Sabih, a mechanical engineering professor at McGill, joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to discuss his unique solution for protecting homes during flooding.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Illegal border crossings

  08-04-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Global National correspondent Mike Lecouteur sits down with Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the Customs and Immigration Union in Ottawa, to discuss a recent uptick in asylum seekers crossing illegally into Canada and what could happen as the weather warms up.
  
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• Villa Maria students march to save music program

  08-04-2018 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Students and supporters of Villa Maria College’s private music school took to the streets Saturday to protest the closure of the school’s historic music program. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports.
  
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• VISEZ DROIT salon brings free legal consultations to Complexe Desjardins

  08-04-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The Grande-Place at the Montreal Complexe Desjardins shopping mall is to be transformed for a few days into a giant law firm.
  From Monday to Thursday, this vast space will host the VISEZ DROIT salon, an event featuring free legal consultations by a hundred volunteer lawyers with varied expertise.
  Aside from obtaining legal advice, participants can consult representatives of various organizations such as the Quebec rental board, the Régie du logement, and the non-profit justice organi
  
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• Police investigate vehicle arson in LaSalle

  08-04-2018 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating after two vehicles were torched in a commercial parking lot in LaSalle.
  
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• McCarron’s skills unsuited to today’s NHL | HI/O Bonus

  08-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  What should the Canadiens do with Mike McCarron, who can become a restricted free agent this summer?
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• Montreal panel to debate women in politics

  08-04-2018 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  On the eve of an electoral campaign in Quebec, the organization “La Gouvernance au Féminin” (Women in governance) has invited representatives of political parties represented in the National Assembly to a panel on women in politics.
  Held Monday at the Ritz-Carlton, in Montreal, the event will bring together Liberal Minister Hélène David, Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault, PQ Vice-President Véronique Hivon and former Québe
  
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• Tomorrow, @FrancescoYates is going to be in studio following his performance at the Bell Centre, where he's opening… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-04-2018 17:00
  Tomorrow, @FrancescoYates is going to be in studio following his performance at the Bell Centre, where he's opening… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• “A church is more than just a place of worship”: Quebec congregations rally as Catholic church plans more closures

  08-04-2018 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  While the church doesn't want to close buildings, dwindling attendance and soaring maintenance leave them with few options,
  
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• #ICYMI Les Jeux de Montreal wrap up today and Patrice Bernier (@pbernier10) was on the show inspiring young and loc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-04-2018 16:00
  #ICYMI Les Jeux de Montreal wrap up today and Patrice Bernier (@pbernier10) was on the show inspiring young and loc… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec congregations rally as Catholic church plans more closures

  08-04-2018 15:57 via montrealgazette.com
  For more than 150 years, the church in Sainte-Sophie, Que. has stood in the heart of the village, its steeple like a beacon summoning the faithful through its doors.
  But with so few answering the call each Sunday, the small town northwest of Montreal is one of many facing what once would have been unimaginable: a churchless future.
  As the Saint-Jérôme Catholic diocese north of Montreal contemplates whether to dramatically slash the number of buildings it maintains, parishioners say
  
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• Quebec taxpayers not in a hurry to submit tax return

  08-04-2018 15:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Three weeks before the deadline, only 40 per cent of Quebec taxpayers have filed their tax return with Revenu Québec.
  Of the 6.5 million returns expected, only 2.6 million have been transmitted.
  More than ever, forms are completed and sent electronically. No less than 90 per cent of taxpayers use the NetFile Québec service.
  Revenue Québec spokesperson Geneviève Laurier explains that this approach speeds up the processing of returns, which is done in three weeks or les
  
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• Fitness: Can pills, powders and bars improve athletic performance?

  08-04-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a rare athlete, whether recreational or elite, who doesn’t take some sort of dietary supplement. Whether it’s a couple tablespoons of protein or creatine powder in a smoothie or a hit of caffeine, the promise of improved performance or enhanced recovery is a powerful motivator for anyone who takes his or her workouts seriously.
  Yet as popular as they are, there’s little proof that supplements live up to their billing. Most studies have been equivocal regarding their
  
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• Two men stabbed downtown

  08-04-2018 14:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Two men were stabbed Saturday night in downtown Montreal, but their lives are not in danger.
  Police discovered the victims around 10:25 p.m. The two men, aged 18 and 23, had taken refuge in a business on Ste-Catherine St., near Robert-Bourassa Blvd.
  They had stab wounds to the upper body. Their condition is considered stable.
  The motive for the attacks and where they took place are unknown, the two victims refusing to collaborate with police.
  
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• A big box toy store memoir: Schukov

  08-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I am going to miss heading to the big box toy store because it holds many memories of me waiting for hours when my kids as they ran up and down the aisles wanting everything. I am also not going to miss waiting for hours as my kids ran up and down the aisles wanting everything.
  My other takeaway is remembering the spectacular toy fads that turned parents into battling zombies. Aside from the carnage caused by people fighting over the last Cabbage Patch doll, the peace-disturber that really stand
  
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• While you were sleeping – Pope: ’Nothing justifies’ chemical weapons in Syria, Lonyangata retains title at Paris marathon

  08-04-2018 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Top stories from around the world:
  Pope: ’Nothing justifies’ chemical weapons in Syria: Pope Francis closed his traditional Sunday blessing by saying “nothing can justify” the use of chemical weapons against defenceless populations and called for those responsible for a suspected attack in Syria to seek negotiations. The pope referred to news of dozens killed, including many children and women, in a suspected poison gas attack on a rebel-held town near the Syrian cap
  
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• Man stabbed in St-Michel not cooperating with police

  08-04-2018 13:36 via cbc.ca
  The victim's life is not in danger.
  
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• Yellow square movement to protest 'sexist' school dress codes gains traction in Quebec

  08-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  High school students at a dozen schools in Quebec are wearing yellow squares to show they support having more freedom in their dress code.
  
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• Yellow square movement to protest dress codes gains traction in Quebec

  08-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  High school students at a dozen schools in Quebec are wearing yellow squares to show they support having more freedom in their dress code.
  
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• Quebec woman won't go back to Walmart, after it reinstates program for people with intellectual disabilities

  08-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Walmart has reversed a decision to end an on-the-job training program for people with intellectual disabilities in Quebec. But at least one former participant, Catherine Plamondon, says she doesn't plan on going back to the store.
  
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• Canadiens hope to learn from disappointing campaign

  08-04-2018 06:20 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens are hoping they learned lessons from a disappointing 2017-18 season.
  
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• About this season … oh, never mind

  08-04-2018 05:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Hit the 2017-’18 Season-in-a-Nutshell highlight reel: That last ludicrous goal on Carey Price.
  But rather than dwell on possibly the season’s only slapstick sequence that did not feature Karl Alzner,  let’s ride the HIO Time Machine back to Oct. 5, 2017: Opening night in Buffalo.
  Jonathan Drouin’s shootout goal secures a 3-2 win.
  A disquieting note: The hometown team, which would go on to finish dead last in the NHL, outshoots the Canadiens 45-40.
  No one knew it at t
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Forgettable? 'It's a wasted season if you don't learn from it'

  08-04-2018 05:33 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — The  Canadiens’ season came to an inglorious end Saturday as the Toronto Maple Leafs prepared for the playoffs with a 4-2 win at the Air Canada Centre. 
  This game was a microcosm of the season gone wrong. 
  The Leafs scored two power-play goals against the worst penalty-killing unit in the NHL.  
  The Canadiens’ offence continued to struggle and Montreal scored only one goal before Alex Galchenyuk made the final score semi-respectable with a pow
  
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• Game Report: Leafs make a historic clean sweep of Canadiens

  08-04-2018 04:39 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — Zach Hyman scored 37 seconds into the third period to snap a 1-1 tie and the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to the beat the Canadiens 4-2 Saturday at Air Canada Centre. The  Leafs started the period with 24 seconds remaining in a power play. The Habs managed to kill that, but the Leafs’ first power-play unit was still on the ice. Carey Price made the initial save on Auston Matthews, but Hyman buried the rebound 
  Wild finish: The Leafs appeared to sew it up when
  
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• Frederik Andersen breaks franchise record as Leafs top Habs

  08-04-2018 04:09 via cbc.ca
  ​Frederik Andersen made 31 saves to set a new franchise mark with his 38th win of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs closed out their schedule with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
  
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• Liveblog: Toronto beats Canadiens 4-2

  08-04-2018 02:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Zach Hyman scored while my cable was on the fritz to give Toronto the lead, 37 seconds into the third period. Then Nazem Kadri sealed the deal during a late Leafs power play.
  Jeff Petry’s late power-play goal made it a one-goal game before Carey Price’s turnover became a Patrick Marleau goal.
  Ugh!
  Daniel Carr got the Canadiens on the board 16:04 into the second. They hadn’t scored against Toronto in 185:19.
  With a heavy cloud of grief hanging over the game, the first perio
  
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• Montrealers form human chain for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

  08-04-2018 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers stood hand-in-hand Saturday in the area where 10-year-old-Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou was last seen nearly four weeks ago. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the hope is to keep Ariel’s name in people’s hearts and minds.
  
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• NHL teams honour Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims with pre-game tributes

  08-04-2018 02:16 via globalnews.ca
  A number of NHL teams in action Saturday night paid tribute to the victims of the bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus. 
  
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• Jennifer Manitt, pioneering palliative-care nurse in Montreal, dead at 66

  08-04-2018 02:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Jennifer Manitt, a pioneering nurse in the field of palliative-care medicine who tended to the sick and terminally ill for nearly four decades in Montreal, died on March 30 following a lengthy illness.
  Manitt, who was 66, spent her last days as a patient in the palliative-care unit she helped found at the Royal Victoria Hospital, which moved in 2015 to the Glen site in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  “She was so gentle and caring,” said Dr. Alan J. Maclean, a medical internist and Manitt&
  
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• Liveblog: Toronto 1 – Canadiens 0 after one

  08-04-2018 01:53 via montrealgazette.com
   
  With a heavy cloud of grief hanging over the game, the first period started slowly.
  But with a shade less than two minutes to go, Auston Matthews got the home team on the board with a power-play goal – 34th of the season for the sensational sophomore.
  Shots were 10-6 Canadiens.
   
  
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• Villa Maria students protest closure of Montreal school’s private music program

  08-04-2018 01:07 via globalnews.ca
  The individualized music program is scheduled to end this June due to declining enrolment, school officials say.
  
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• Woman killed in crash north of Maniwaki

  08-04-2018 00:29 via cbc.ca
  A 21-year-old woman from Abitibi, Que., is dead after losing control of her vehicle Saturday afternoon on a highway in western Quebec.
  
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• Villa Maria students protest announced closing of music school

  08-04-2018 00:01 via montrealgazette.com
  More than two hundred people took to the streets Saturday morning to protest the coming closure of Villa Maria High School’s music school, a place of learning that predates Confederation. 
  Students who cherish the school took part in the march from their private high school to Girouard Park, in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, along with their parents, teachers and other people who care that culture remains a part of education. 
  The school’s
  
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