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• Stu Cowan: MLS refs leave frustrated Impact coach, players seeing red

  24-04-2018 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s some simple advice for the Impact heading into their next game on the road Saturday against Atlanta United FC: try to keep 11 players on the field for the full 90 minutes.
  The Impact (2-5) have lost their last three games while being outscored 12-4. In two of those games, the Impact had to play with 10 men because of red cards taken in the first half, including last Saturday’s 5-3 loss to Los Angeles FC in which they allowed four unanswered goals in the second half at Saputo S
  
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• West Island Living: There’s more to selling a home than Centris alone

  24-04-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Realtors don’t sell homes: the multiple listing service sells homes. Or at least that’s what the smarmy realtor we had hired to sell our first home told us when we asked about his marketing plan. Needless to say, he didn’t stay our realtor for long.
  While your listing on Centris and Realtor.ca is an important way to help promote your home to buyers, there’s a lot more your realtor should be doing to promote your home than just publishing a listing online.
  To begin with th
  
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• Wayne Larsen brings love of landscapes to Art by the Water

  24-04-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Wayne Larsen is a landscape artist, author, Canadian Group of Seven expert, journalist and a full-time lecturer at Concordia University.
  When he was 15 years old, he bought his first set of oils from a friend for $5 and has been painting landscapes ever since.
  He was editor-in-chief of the Westmount Examiner for 11 years, a copy editor at Reader’s Digest and a freelance writer for both online publications and print outlets, including the Montreal Gazette. He is the author of four books on
  
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• For elderly, opioids tied to higher risk of fall-related injuries and deaths, Montreal researcher says

  24-04-2018 23:23 via cbc.ca
  Opioid use linked to increased risk of falls and death in older adults
  
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• 2017 an all-time high for anti-Semitic acts in Canada

  24-04-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Apr 24: Last year was a record-breaking year for anti-Semitism in Canada, according to a new audit by B’nai Brith’s league for human rights. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, Quebec ranks second in the country for reported anti-Semitic activity.
  
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• Man wins another discrimination case against Longueuil police for ‘driving while black’

  24-04-2018 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Apr 24: Joel DeBellefeuille has been making headlines for years for being pulled over – he says, simply because he’s black. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the south shore resident has won yet another victory against Longueuil police.
  
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• UPAC chief doesn't rule out arrests during Quebec election campaign

  24-04-2018 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Robert Lafrenière, the head of Quebec’s permanent anti-corruption squad — UPAC — performed an about-face Tuesday, saying his team could carry out arrests during the coming provincial electoral campaign.
  Last December on Radio-Canada, Lafrenière said he would not allow any search warrants or arrests during that period for fear of interfering with the democratic process. 
  “I may have pushed it a bit too far,” he said Tuesday during his testimony at
  
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• Repentigny cop arrested in raids targeting Hells Angels in Quebec

  24-04-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Police raids across Quebec targeting the Hells Angels netted 63 arrests — including a police officer who is alleged to have acted as a drug courier. 
  Carl Ranger of the Repentigny police force was among those arrested in Project Objection, said Sûreté du Québec spokesman Captain Guy Lapointe.
  When the police operation began Tuesday morning, police had warrants to arrest 79 people in all. 
  “The investigation revealed that Carl Ranger (allegedly)
  
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• Pincourt offers Green Line environment services again this summer

  24-04-2018 22:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Pincourt residents can once again consult the advice of a Green Line consultant regarding “environmental best practices.”
  The Green Line started this week and will continue until September.
  From Monday to Friday, residents can call the line for advice on lawn care, weeds, tree issues, insects, plant diseases, ragweed, tree planting, sowing grass seeds, laying sod rolls, composting and water conservation.
  An environmental consultant will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays during t
  
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• Uber Quebec general manager Jean-Nicolas Guillemette resigns

  24-04-2018 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than four years as the face of Uber in Quebec, Jean-Nicolas Guillemette has decided to leave his job as general manager, citing family reasons.
  The 35-year-old father of three said Tuesday that he wanted to devote the next few months to his “role as a father.”
  Guillemette was a very public figure in the debate that led to a pilot project that legalized the ride-hailing service. That pilot project has been extended for another year to fall 2019.
  Uber’s business in Que
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of April 25

  24-04-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  Aikawa Restaurant, 55 Brunswick Blvd., in Dollard exhibits the works by members of the Artist’s Circle of the West Island until June 30. Visit facebook.com/events/211045182981099.
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibition of paintings by Elke Attal, Lisa Marie Boissonneau, Nicole Dorion, Huguette Gabrial, Terri McKeown and Catherine Zanbaka. Continues to May 6. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd. in Do
  
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• Îles-de-la-Madeleine mayor expected to run for Quebec Liberals

  24-04-2018 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Jonathan Lapierre, mayor if Îles-de-la-Madeleine, will be a star candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party in October’s general elections, a source tells La Presse Canadienne.
  Lapierre, vice-president of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités, intends to succeed Germain Chevarie, who has decided not to seek another mandate.
  Lapierre would not confirm the news when reached for comment, saying he is at the “discussion&rdquo
  
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• Celine Cooper: Increased flow of migrants poses new challenges

  24-04-2018 21:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The history of the world has been shaped by human migration. The reasons may vary, but people will always move.
  Because of our geography and cold climate, Canada has never experienced massive flows of asylum seekers, the likes of which Europe has seen in recent years. 
  But in 2017, RCMP officers intercepted 18,836 asylum seekers in Quebec. At the current rate, the number for 2018 will be even higher. As the weather warms, projections suggest that it could rise as high as 400 people cro
  
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• Expos investors polling Montrealers on stadium experience

  24-04-2018 21:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The group of investors who want to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal want to know more on the customer experience that fans want to have in an eventual new stadium.
  The group led by Stephen Bronfman has hired CSL to put together focus groups in Montreal on May 22 and 23.
  To be selected for these groups, organized with Léger Marketing, baseball fans must fill out a survey that can be found on the Facebook page ExposNation. The group is specifically targeting baseball fans who co
  
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• Ferrandez accuses network of smearing reputation after it catches him napping

  24-04-2018 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s not against the rules to close your eyes in a long council meeting, Plateau Mont-Royal Mayor Luc Ferrandez said Tuesday after the TVA network caught him briefly napping at Monday night’s council meeting.
  “I did not fall asleep, I just closed my eyes,” he said to reporters after he emerged from a city council meeting.
  Ferrandez lashed out at the network, accusing it of smearing his reputation, after it posted a story about him catching 40 winks during the citizen
  
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• Kramberger: Pointe-Claire residents not sorting their garbage correctly, samples show

  24-04-2018 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  It seems that much of what fellow Pointe-Claire residents throw in their garbage can isn’t actually placed in the correct curbside container.
  Last year, Pointe-Claire mandated a company to conduct a household waste characterization study in residential areas, in light of household garbage being picked every other week since May 2015. Based on random samplings, the results of this study indicated 45 per cent of garbage consisted of organic waste and 20 per cent consisted of recyclables alon
  
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• Man charged in murders of 2-year-old girl, 25-year-old woman in Sept-Îles

  24-04-2018 21:23 via cbc.ca
  A 24-year-old man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of a toddler and a woman who were found Monday in Sept-Îles.
  
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• Seal, Herbie Hancock among performers at 2018 Montreal Jazz Fest

  24-04-2018 21:18 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival announced the lineup for its indoor concerts Tuesday. The program features 150 concerts and runs from June 28 to July 7.
  
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• Another win for Longueuil man who accused police of racial profiling

  24-04-2018 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  Longueuil resident Joel DeBellefeuille has won another victory in his discrimination case against the Longueuil police.
  
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• Mosque shooter shows potential for rehabilitation, Quebec City court hears

  24-04-2018 20:31 via cbc.ca
  Two mental health professionals experts who interviewed Alexandre Bissonnette say the 28-year-old could be rehabilitated, if he is treated for his ongoing anxiety and feelings of victimization.
  
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• Quebec streamlining court system by ditching paper records

  24-04-2018 19:43 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is moving its courts into the 21st century with a $500-million project that aims to modernize the overburdened and antiquated legal system.
  
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• Part of Lachine Canal pedestrian pathway closed

  24-04-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Apr 24: Part of the pedestrian pathway along the Lachine Canal will be closed all summer. Global’s Dan Spector finds out why.
  
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• Politicians in Quebec City and Montreal show solidarity with Toronto

  24-04-2018 19:36 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — With the flag over the National Assembly at half-staff, Quebec politicians have expressed solidarity with the people of Toronto in the wake of the van attack that left 10 dead and 15 wounded.
  Premier Philippe Couillard phoned Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Monday evening to offer moral support.
  “Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones,” Couillard said in a tweet. “Express our solidarity with Toronto.”
  Je viens de parler à @Kathlee
  
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• Anti-Semitic incidents increase for second consecutive year, B'nai Brith reports

  24-04-2018 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Across the country, the number of reported cases of anti-Semitism ranging from verbal harassment to physical violence increased by 1.4 per cent in 2017 compared with 2016, according to B’nai Brith Canada’s annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents made public Tuesday.
  And while the total number of incidents in Quebec reported in 2016 was 249, that number nearly doubled to 474 in the 12 months that followed.
  Nationally, a total of 1,752 anti-Semitic incidents were reported in 2017,
  
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• Quebec hoping to reduce use of paper in justice system

  24-04-2018 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government says it hopes to greatly reduce the use of paper in the province's judicial system in order to make it much more efficient.
  
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• Repentigny police officer arrested in raids targeting Hells Angels in Quebec

  24-04-2018 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Police carrying out a series of raids targeting the Hells Angels in various parts of Quebec on Tuesday arrested more than 60 people, including a member of the Repentigny police who is alleged to have acted as a courier for a drug trafficking network. 
  Captain Guy Lapointe, a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec said Carl Ranger, a member of the Repentigny police force, was among the 63 people arrested in Project Objection, an investigation of several members of the bike
  
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• Conservatives demand Liberals act to halt illegal border crossings

  24-04-2018 19:01 via cbc.ca
  Conservative MPs are calling on the federal government to take “immediate action” to halt illegal border crossings, describing the flow of asylum seekers from the United States as a “crisis without a plan.”
  
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• Conservatives demand feds act to halt illegal border crossings

  24-04-2018 19:01 via cbc.ca
  Conservative MPs are calling on the federal government to take “immediate action” to halt illegal border crossings, describing the flow of asylum seekers from the United States as a “crisis without a plan.”
  
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• Toronto van attack suspect attended Canadian Forces basic training in Quebec

  24-04-2018 18:54 via cbc.ca
  Alek Minassian, the suspect in Monday's van attack in Toronto, joined the Canadian Forces last August and turned up for basic training at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., in September, National Defence said Tuesday.
  
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• Montreal International Jazz Festival: Seal, Jann Arden join lineup

  24-04-2018 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival is many things to many people. For the majority, it’s simply a big outdoor summer party in the Quartier des spectacles. For the real aficionados, it’s a chance to see some great but maybe not superstar jazz acts in smaller venues like the Monument-National or Place des Arts’ Cinquième Salle.
  Some of those more intimate shows were unveiled at a news conference Tuesday morning at the Maison du Festival, as fest organizers revealed t
  
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• STM bus driver caught on camera yelling, nearly hitting cyclist suspended for 5 days

  24-04-2018 18:22 via cbc.ca
  The STM bus driver who was caught on camera passing close to a cyclist on Sherbrooke Street West and arguing with him after the fact has been suspended for five days without pay.
  
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• Quebec City mosque shooter ‘medium’ risk to re-offend: psychologist testimony

  24-04-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  The crown cross-examined the defence’s forensic psychologist Tuesday during the sentencing hearing for Quebec City mosque shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette.
  
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• The Ninth edition of The McCord Museum Sugar Ball btmontreal.ca/videos/the-9th… https://t.co/MlFSNUIjK9

  24-04-2018 18:11
  
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• It’s tax time – where can you save money? @paolettijohn gives us some great tips btmontreal.ca/videos/its-tax… https://t.co/YXnJfXbpK8

  24-04-2018 18:07
  
  It’s tax time – where can you save money? @paolettijohn gives us some great tips btmontreal.ca/videos/its-tax… https://t.co/YXnJfXbpK8
  
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• ChefMom: We dive into @nadiasaputo's new cookbook btmontreal.ca/videos/nadia-s… https://t.co/2cIPzWJ708

  24-04-2018 18:04
  
  ChefMom: We dive into @nadiasaputo's new cookbook btmontreal.ca/videos/nadia-s… https://t.co/2cIPzWJ708
  
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• Is going to concerts more beneficial than yoga? @NikkiBOnAir shares the details. Full video: btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/lmofHU5ywk

  24-04-2018 18:03
  
  Is going to concerts more beneficial than yoga? @NikkiBOnAir shares the details. Full video: btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/lmofHU5ywk
  
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• Union vows to defend Montreal bus driver over cyclist's viral video

  24-04-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The union representing the Société de transport de Montréal’s bus and métro drivers says it will “provide the best representation possible” for the driver of a No. 24 bus who was suspended five days without pay after a video of his confrontation with a cyclist went viral this month.
  In a statement, union president Renato Carlone said “the union … has a duty to represent all of its members and they can count on the best representation pos
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Simple omelette shored up with sprouts, cheese, pesto

  24-04-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Eggs are the trusty assistant, often forgotten, when the harried meal provider runs out of planned menus, frozen meals or order-in money. Toronto cookbook author Christine Tizzard suggests making an omelette into a satisfying meal by filling it with fresh, crunchy greenery, cheese and pesto. Her book, called Honest To Goodness: Everyday Recipes for the Home Cook (Whitecap, $29.95), is a comprehensive guide for making nutritious family meals. This recipe, one of more than 120 in the book,  i
  
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• Opposition motion calls for action to stop flow of illegal border crossings into Canada

  24-04-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Concerns were raised last week by the Quebec government over the mounting pressures caused by the tens of thousands of asylum seekers pouring into the province.
  
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• Makeup mistakes that add 10 years btmontreal.ca/videos/makeup-… https://t.co/hsYumjXkS1

  24-04-2018 17:57
  
  Makeup mistakes that add 10 years btmontreal.ca/videos/makeup-… https://t.co/hsYumjXkS1
  
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• Just one suspect in death of two year old girl: Quebec City police

  24-04-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City police say their investigation into the slaying of a two-year-old girl points to just a single suspect.
  
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• Former West Island biker gang member granted day parole

  24-04-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A West Island man recently told the Parole Board of Canada he joined a Hells Angels affiliate gang because he wanted to be part of a brotherhood. 
  David Manneh also told the parole board that once he was in he didn’t know how to get out because he feared for his life. 
  Manneh’s stint with the Devil’s Ghosts, a Hells Angels puppet gang that had a chapter based in Pointe Claire when some of its members were investigated for drug trafficking in 2015, was discussed at len
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Psychologist questioned at sentencing hearing

  24-04-2018 17:15 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A day after a psychologist said he believes Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette could reintegrate into society eventually, Crown prosecutor Thomas Jacques questioned him on some of the troubling personality traits the court has heard about the convicted killer.
  Is it not true, Jacques asked psychologist Marc-André Lamontagne in cross-examination Tuesday, that some of Bissonnette’s traits could make it harder for him to be rehabilitated?
  “They could,
  
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• Raids targeting Hells Angels yield dozens of arrests in Quebec

  24-04-2018 16:57 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say they have arrested "influential" members of the Hells Angels and dismantled three of the biggest drug trafficking rings in the province.
  
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• Police in Quebec make several dozen Hells Angels-related arrests

  24-04-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Police in Quebec are carrying out dozens of arrests they say are linked to Hells Angels-related drug activities.
  
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• Police in Quebec make more than 60 Hells Angels related arrests

  24-04-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Police in Quebec are carrying out dozens of arrests they say are linked to Hells Angels-related drug activities.
  
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• Politicians in Quebec and Montreal show solidarity with Toronto

  24-04-2018 16:22 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — With the flag over the National Assembly at half-staff, Quebec politicians have expressed solidarity with the people of Toronto in the wake of the van attack that left 10 dead and 15 wounded.
  Premier Philippe Couillard phoned Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Monday evening to offer moral support.
  “Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones,” Couillard said in a tweet. “Express our solidarity with Toronto.”
  Je viens de parler à @Kathlee
  
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• Quebec will grant French painting heritage status, bringing saga to an end

  24-04-2018 16:17 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Culture Minister Marie Montpetit announced Monday the province has issued a notice of intent to have Saint Jerome Hears the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, by French artist Jacques‑Louis David, classified as a heritage document.
  
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• New Cree medical app teaches doctors and patients medical terms to communicate

  24-04-2018 16:10 via cbc.ca
  The Cree Health Board in the James Bay region of Quebec has created the East Cree Medical App — a free Cree glossary and translation dictionary.
  
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• Fashion Revolution Quebec

  24-04-2018 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  The inaugural ‘Fashion Revolution Quebec’ takes place on April 25th, where fashion industry experts come together to explore eco-friendly alternatives in clothing production.Founder Myriam Laroche joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the event.
  
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