Montreal news

• Former Montreal Alouettes head coach Joe Scannella dies at age 89

  08-05-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  Joe Scannella, who coached the Montreal Alouettes to two Grey Cup games in the 1970s, has died, the CFL club announced Tuesday.
  
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• Joe Scannella 1928-2018: Ex-Alouettes coach enjoyed 60-year career

  08-05-2018 23:53 via montrealgazette.com
  If there’s one everlasting image of former Alouettes head coach Joe Scannella, it might be of him holding, and smoking, an omnipresent cigarette.
  He’s photographed with one in the team’s 1980 media guide on his bio page. Indeed Gordon Batty, one of the Als’ equipment managers in 1979, would follow him around during practices and games to provide him with one that had already been lit. 
  “If he could live to 90, I’ve got hope because he was a terrible chain
  
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• Road deaths involving young people increases in Quebec

  08-05-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: Road deaths in Quebec claimed the lives of 75 young people in 2017. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, road deaths among 15 to 24 years olds has increased dramatically.
  
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• Navigating the concrete jungle of the Turcot Interchange

  08-05-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  As of now, the Turcot Interchange project is over 60 per cent completed, though it may sometimes not feel that way.
  
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• Navigating the Turcot Interchange

  08-05-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: With two more years to go before the new Turcot is completed, driving through the Interchange is often jarring. Global’s Felicia Parrillo takes us through the concrete jungle.
  
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• La Presse in for some major changes

  08-05-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: Montreal-based La Presse plans to adopt a not-for-profit structure. Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to Paul Gott, a Concordia University journalism lecturer, about the implications of the move for media as a whole.
  
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• Terminally-ill refugee wants family by his side

  08-05-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: Support is growing for a terminally-ill refugee’s request for his family from Lebanon to temporarily visit him in Canada. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports in this exclusive follow up, a human rights lawyer is calling on the federal immigration minister to reconsider the case.
  
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• Pediatric cancer research gets financial boost

  08-05-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: Scientists say about 300 children in Canada will be diagnosed with cancer this year. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the Canadian Cancer Society and Montreal’s Cole Foundation are giving nearly $4 million to fund research into leukemia and lymphoma.
  
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• Number of bike racks in downtown Montreal to triple

  08-05-2018 23:30 via cbc.ca
  Cyclists in downtown Montreal will soon have an easier time finding spots to lock their bikes. The Ville-Marie borough now has 400 bike racks but is getting as many as 1,000 more.
  
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• 'Ghost bus' dragnet nabs drivers for texting, seatbelts

  08-05-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  It was like shooting fish in a barrel.
  From the privileged vantage point of an unmarked white tour bus (with tinted windows, no less), agents of Contrôle routier Québec (CRQ) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) had a field day on Tuesday, catching drivers talking or texting on their cellphones and/or not wearing their seatbelts.
  “The objective is to witness infractions,” said Marie-Josée Michaud, spokesperson for the CRQ. “On a plain bus, a gho
  
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• Bridge collapse imperils salmon sport-fishing season on Gaspé's Cascapédia River

  08-05-2018 23:13 via cbc.ca
  Several fishing trips in Cascapédia-Saint-Jules have been cancelled after a bridge along Route 299 collapsed last week due to spring flooding, making the camps difficult to get to.
  
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• Wemotaci takes first step to healing after children's cutting 'game'

  08-05-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  To reclaim it as a safe place, 20 adults and children cleaned up the playground in Wemotaci, an Atikamekw community 400 kilometres north of Montreal where dozens of children cut themselves or others last week.
  
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• Céline Dion’s son René-Charles Angélil covers The Weeknd under name Big Tip

  08-05-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Céline Dion's eldest child, René-Charles Angélil, has dropped several new rap songs, including two covers paying tribute to The Weeknd.
  
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• Fight leads to shutdown of métro's Orange Line

  08-05-2018 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A fight between two men that broke out in the Bonaventure métro Monday afternoon shut down the subway line for nearly an hour after one them pulled a can of pepper spray and used it on his opponent.
  The incident occurred around 3:50 p.m. and forced the STM to evacuate a train in the station as well as shut down the Orange Line completely between Berri-UQAM and Lionel-Groulx stations for 50 minutes in order for the air to clear completely.
  Urgences Santé treated four people on site
  
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• Dramatic play compels audience to ponder the nature of justice

  08-05-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Rough Justice is theatre designed to trigger a debate about the nature of justice and the myriad of  elements at play when we make the decisions we make.
  Lakeshore Players Dorval closes the season with an eight-performance run of the Terence Frisby play, at Lakeside Academy in Lachine, beginning Thursday.
  Frisby is best known for There’s A Girl in My Soup, the longest-running comedy in London’s West End. (It ran from 1966 to 1973.) Rough Justice is the polar opposite of Frisby&r
  
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• Names of prominent far-right commentators spray-painted onto Plateau buildings

  08-05-2018 21:53 via cbc.ca
  The tags, appearing to laud neo-Nazi and far-right commentators, were painted on the side of businesses and apartment buildings on Laurier Street between St-Denis Street and de Gaspé Avenue.
  
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• The latest Liberal snub: Marguerite Blais chooses CAQ for comeback

  08-05-2018 21:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – Former Liberal cabinet minister Marguerite Blais will be a candidate in the October election.
  But this time she will be running for the Coalition Avenir Québec, sources confirmed Tuesday.
  In a fresh snub for Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberals who are struggling to hand on to incumbent candidates — 14 Liberals have chosen to not run again — Blais is to jump ship and run for the competing CAQ.
  Born in Montreal, Blais, a former radio and television persona
  
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• Hey BT Montreal fans, have you heard? @Scotiabank is giving away a trip to the #StanleyCup Final, Official Bank of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-05-2018 21:48
  Hey BT Montreal fans, have you heard? @Scotiabank is giving away a trip to the #StanleyCup Final, Official Bank of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 4 more men charged in Hells Angels-linked cocaine investigation in N.B. and Quebec

  08-05-2018 21:26 via cbc.ca
  Four more people have been charged in connection with an investigation into cocaine trafficking linked to the Hells Angels in New Brunswick and Quebec, say RCMP.
  
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• Mayor Plante invites Montrealers to try city's new public toilets

  08-05-2018 21:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante is encouraging Montrealers to try out the city’s new public toilets, the first three of which are scheduled to open this month.
  “It’s excellent news, and I invite Montrealers to try the toilets,” Plante told reporters on Tuesday.
  The city has said the first three toilets will be inaugurated this month in Place Émilie-Gamelin, near Berri métro, at Papineau métro station, and at de la Commune St. E. and St-Gabriel St.
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• On a day marked for teachers, educators talk about pride, perils of the profession

  08-05-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  National Teacher Appreciation Day is May 8.
  
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• West Island community calendar for the coming week

  08-05-2018 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  Aikawa Restaurant, 55 Brunswick Blvd., in Dollard-des-Ormeaux exhibits the works by members of the Artist’s Circle of the West Island until June 30. Visit facebook.com/events/211045182981099.
  Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibit of oil paintings by Parviz Alavi starting Thursday and continuing to May 29. Vernissage on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd. in Dollard, presents Reflec
  
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• Opinion: Assault weapons should be banned in Canada

  08-05-2018 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Media coverage of the Crown’s evidence at the sentencing hearing in connection with last year’s massacre at Quebec City’s Islamic Cultural Centre has allowed Canadians to better assess Alexandre Bissonnette’s attack on 46 worshippers and four children who were struggling to hide or flee. Six of our brothers in the prime of their lives — Hassan, Aboubaker, Mamadou Tanou, Azzedine, Ibrahima and Khaled — could not escape death by bullets.
  Citizens heard that
  
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• Kramberger: The true cost of municipal public security patrols

  08-05-2018 20:34 via montrealgazette.com
  In stark contrast to the demerged West Island municipalities within the Montreal agglomeration, the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro has opted to axe its local public security patrol.
  The borough council’s decision last month to reject tenders to provide the public security service for the 2018-2023 period was based on cost. Borough Mayor Jim Beis said the offers came in at 25 per cent over the expected amount. The borough had been paying around $200,000 annually for the out-sourced service,
  
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• Safe but not sound in Canada after crossing the border

  08-05-2018 20:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Being born in Canada is like winning the jackpot — through no good deed of your own, you get the best opportunities for prosperity in a peaceful, healthy environment.
  Toward the opposite end of the spectrum sits Taha El Taha.
  A Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia — and therefore officially stateless — he was one of the 1,916 people to cross by foot into Quebec last December from the United States, along the now (in)famous Roxham Rd.
  Like most of the other 19,000 migrants who arriv
  
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• Montreal police seek suspect in brutal robbery in LaSalle

  08-05-2018 20:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have turned to the public in an effort to track down a suspect involved in what investigators describe as a particularly brutal robbery committed in the borough of LaSalle last February.
  Police allege that on Feb. 28 a man twice entered a dépanneur on Juliette St., first alone and then with an accomplice. During the second visit, the accomplice seriously injured the store owner, striking him across the face with a beer bottle.
  The suspect being sought is described as a hea
  
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• Quebec highway safety in 2017: fewer accidents, but more deaths

  08-05-2018 20:24 via montrealgazette.com
  There were fewer accidents on Quebec roads in 2017 compared with the previous year, but they resulted in more deaths.
  Quebec Transport Minister André Fortin and Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) chairperson Nathalie Tremblay on Tuesday made public the board’s accident statistics compiled for 2017.
  While the number of accidents dropped by 474 compared with 2016, the number of deaths increased by 13 and of those seriously injured b
  
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• Neutral zone trap: Habs go 'beige' on Twitter, like they've been on ice

  08-05-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Won’t someone let the Habs’ social media staff join the rest of the team in signing off to play golf? 
  Not for the first time this season, the Habs are spending the day trying to bounce back from a dispiriting loss.
  On Monday, Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand noted the Canadiens had been “out of the playoff race since October” after they subtweeted his strange penchant for licking opposing players.
  Having been roundly trounced in the confrontational humour sphere,
  
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• Montreal-bound cruise ship stuck in Trois-Rivières due to swollen St. Lawrence River

  08-05-2018 19:57 via cbc.ca
  The MS Marina, en route to Montreal, is unexpectedly having to unload all its passengers in Trois-Rivères, Que., because high water levels on the St. Lawrence River is preventing the ship from fitting under the Laviolette Bridge.
  
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• Celine Cooper: Andrew Scheer's Tout le monde en parle gamble

  08-05-2018 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Seeking to raise his profile, Andrew Scheer, the 38-year-old federal Conservative leader from Saskatchewan, rolled the dice and went on Tout le monde en parle (TLMEP). 
   
  Why do I say “rolled the dice”? Because for English-speaking federalist politicians, an appearance on Quebec’s must-watch television talk show can be a risky venture. For Scheer, his appearance on Sunday night’s show was his first time on the hot seat. 
   “You are against ab
  
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• New railway track to bypass downtown Lac-Mégantic

  08-05-2018 19:18 via cbc.ca
  After years of pressure from residents, the federal and provincial governments have confirmed an alternate train route will be built at a cost of $133 million to bypass downtown Lac-Mégantic.
  
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• Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Day

  08-05-2018 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 8: It’s National Teacher Appreciation Day. Global’s Billy Shields caught up with a few teachers who are making a difference in their students’ lives.
  
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• La Presse seeks not-for-profit structure, pending Quebec legislation changes

  08-05-2018 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal-based La Presse news group plans to adopt a not-for-profit structure.
  
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• NDP MP Christine Moore suspended from duties following veteran's allegations

  08-05-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has suspended caucus member Christine Moore from her duties while the party orders an investigation into allegations she behaved inappropriately toward an Afghanistan veteran five years ago.
  
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• MP Christine Moore suspended as NDP investigates allegations

  08-05-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  The NDP is suspending caucus member Christine Moore from her duties while the party investigates allegations she behaved inappropriately toward an Afghanistan veteran five years ago.
  
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• Quebec imposes curfew, passenger limit for young drivers

  08-05-2018 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  The changes come after recent statistics showed 29 more young people died on Quebec roads in 2017 than the year before.
  
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• Valeant to change name as part of image rebuild

  08-05-2018 17:39 via cbc.ca
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. is changing its name to Bausch Health Companies Inc. as it works to move further past the issues that tarnished its reputation and sullied its brand.
  
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• Mount Royal traffic: lower speed limit, Sunday-morning car bans coming

  08-05-2018 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  One month before the Plante administration enacts a five-month ban on through traffic by cars across Camillien Houde Way on Mount Royal, Ville Marie borough council will vote Tuesday night to reduce the speed limit on the road to 40 kilometres per hour from 50 km/h.
  And organizers of Cyclovia, a program that sees city streets temporarily closed to traffic to benefit cyclists and runners, announced Tuesday that beginning May 20, the road will be closed to cars from 7 a.m. to noon one Sunday a mon
  
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• 'It is on you. It is your fault,' judge tells accused as jury dissolved

  08-05-2018 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  A jury selected last week to hear a first-degree murder trial at the Montreal courthouse was sent home Tuesday because the accused suddenly decided he could no longer work with his lawyer. 
  Superior Court Justice André Vincent did not mince words as he informed the jury set to hear the trial of Zine-Elabidine Hajouji-Idrissi, 72, that their services would no longer be required. The judge said it was unfortunate that 350 people who were part of the jury pool came to the Montreal court
  
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• Montreal's La Presse to become non-profit entity

  08-05-2018 17:24 via cbc.ca
  A bastion of Quebec journalism, La Presse, is undergoing a major change, severing ties with the powerful Desmarais family and becoming a non-profit entity.
  
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• La Presse to become non-profit entity

  08-05-2018 17:24 via cbc.ca
  A bastion of Quebec journalism, La Presse is undergoing a major change, severing ties with the powerful Desmarais family and becoming a non-profit entity.
  
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• La Presse to adopt non-profit structure after cutting ties with Desmarais family

  08-05-2018 17:24 via cbc.ca
  A bastion of Quebec journalism, La Presse, is undergoing a major change, severing ties with the powerful Desmarais family and becoming a non-profit entity.
  
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• Update: La Presse to become a non-profit run by a social trust

  08-05-2018 17:08 via montrealgazette.com
  La Presse will become a non-profit organization and Power Corp. will invest $50 million, then back away, the newspaper’s management said on Tuesday.
  The shift to non-profit status will require a 1967 law regarding the paper’s ownership status to be repealed, it said.
  Once that happens, a social trust will be established to run the paper.
  The shift to a non-profit business model will allow the paper to collect donations.
  The newspaper said becoming a non-profit will allow it to compet
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Delicate green pea soup with a minty twist

  08-05-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Toronto TV chef Corbin Tomaszeski has produced the kind of cookbook that is likely to end up food-spattered and bulging with notes and recipe clippings. In other words, a much-used help in the kitchen.
  Raised in Alberta with a Polish grandmother and trained in French cuisine, this cook really enjoys his work, even when dealing with the Time Crunch (his term) of turning out meals for his wife and three young sons.
  His almost 100 recipes offer easy, relaxed, fresh cuisine. How to gather friends at
  
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• Montreal class action aims to tackle event ticket delivery fees

  08-05-2018 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  evenko says in a statement the addition of fees for ticketing is common practice in the entertainment industry.
  
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• Feds, Quebec to announce Lac-Mégantic rail bypass on Friday

  08-05-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  The price tag for the 11-kilometre bypass is estimated at $133 million.
  
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• U de M film scholar, 'accidental scientist' among winners of $100K Killam Prize

  08-05-2018 16:37 via cbc.ca
  Five academics from universities across the country are being awarded the prestigious Killam Prize, which honours researchers, scientists, doctors and scholars whose body of work has bettered the lives of people in Canada and beyond.
  
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• The lastest Liberal snub: Marguerite Blais chooses CAQ for comeback

  08-05-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – Former Liberal cabinet minister Marguerite Blais will be a candidate in the October election.
  But this time she will be running for the Coalition Avenir Québec, sources confirmed Tuesday.
  In a fresh snub for Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberals who are struggling to hand on to incumbent candidates — 14 Liberals have chosen to not run again — Blais is to jump ship and run for the competing CAQ.
  Born in Montreal, Blais, a former radio and television persona
  
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• Video: @lionelperez gives Projet Montréal failing grade for first six months in power youtube.com/watch?v=E1zM_t…

  08-05-2018 16:30
  Video: @lionelperez gives Projet Montréal failing grade for first six months in power youtube.com/watch?v=E1zM_t…
  
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• Sure it's easier to say yes, but at what price to your peace of mind? Here's why saying no may be a healthier optio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  08-05-2018 16:29
  Sure it's easier to say yes, but at what price to your peace of mind? Here's why saying no may be a healthier optio… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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