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• T'Cha Dunlevy: What's next for SLĀV?

  09-07-2018 23:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The SLĀV saga is dying down, with the end of the 39th Montreal International Jazz Festival, but we may not have heard the last of the controversial production.
  Singer Betty Bonifassi issued a statement, Saturday, echoing one emitted by director Robert Lepage on Friday in which the director brushed off criticism and proclaimed his determination to forge ahead despite the naysayers.
  Bonifassi’s words were recounted to La Presse journalist Véronique Lauzon from her hospital bed, w
  
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• Belgian fans in Montreal say knocking off rival France would be sweet

  09-07-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  As with most long-standing neighbours, the relationship between Belgium and France is one that has its fair share of friendly needling built in.
  
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• Public is asked to vote on design of REM trains

  09-07-2018 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The public is being asked to help choose the final design of the region’s future commuter train network.
  Important step for the REM today: we are revealing 3 design options for REM cars and we want to hear your opinion. Your comments will help us make the final choice. First departures in 2021! https://t.co/npefcD0Zxh#designREM pic.twitter.com/kGM8vy2rO2
  — REM – Réseau express métropolitain (@REMgrandmtl) July 9, 2018Construction on the $6.3-billion Réseau
  
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• Police seize bottles, bags of 94% alcohol bound for Akulivik

  09-07-2018 23:36 via cbc.ca
  Search warrants uncover 46 bottles of vodka and six clear four-litre bags of strong alcohol heading to the Nunavik community.
  
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• Talking to your kids about marijuana: what you need to know about legalization. youtube.com/watch?v=AcfUno… https://t.co/pemgppigKw

  09-07-2018 23:13
  
  Talking to your kids about marijuana: what you need to know about legalization. youtube.com/watch?v=AcfUno… https://t.co/pemgppigKw
  
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• Allison Hanes: Last week's smothering heat a wake-up call for Montreal

  09-07-2018 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers spend much of the year longing for the dog days of summer to keep us going through the deep freeze of winter.
  So when the city sizzles through an oppressive hot spell, many of us just shut up and sweat it out, since summer is as fleeting as it is occasionally unbearable.
  But last week’s punishing heat wave, when the mercury soared about 30 degrees and stayed stuck there for seven days, was a wake-up call for citizens of this winter city. For starters, it was a tragedy, blamed f
  
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• Just for Laughs drafts new anti-harassment policy in time for Wednesday's opening

  09-07-2018 23:12 via cbc.ca
  As Montreal's Just for Laughs festival prepares to kick off Wednesday, the company has released a new anti-harassment policy for employees and addressed the sexual misconduct scandal that forced its founder to resign.
  
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• Kirkland resto-bar bans plastic drinking straws

  09-07-2018 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  A bar-restaurant in Kirkland has decided to join the growing movement of banning plastic drinking straws.
  
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• Moisson Montréal launches annual summer fundraiser, food drive

  09-07-2018 23:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Moisson Montréal launched their third annual fundraiser and food drive on Monday, setting a goal of amassing $60,000 within one month.
  According to the food bank, approximately 39,000 Montrealers between the ages of three and 17 rely on some form of food assistance. Without school food aid or other relief programs during the summer, some families have fewer resources to fall back on.
  For eight weeks this summer, Moisson Montréal is also aiming to donate snacks or lunches to 11 summ
  
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• A friendly contest for the tiara! Ever wonder what's it like competing for Miss World Canada?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 23:01
  A friendly contest for the tiara! Ever wonder what's it like competing for Miss World Canada?… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A supermodel's words of wisdom: @NikiTaylorInc's advice on making it in the fashion industry.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 22:32
  A supermodel's words of wisdom: @NikiTaylorInc's advice on making it in the fashion industry.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Brendan Kelly: 'I'm excited about the future,' Geoff Molson says of Habs

  09-07-2018 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Canadiens president and owner Geoff Molson defended his team’s decision to wait more than two weeks before revealing that Habs star defenceman Shea Weber underwent knee surgery that will force him to sit out until at least mid-December.
  The decision to withhold the information was widely criticized last week, with many noting that it seemed at odds with Molson’s forceful statements at his post-season press conference that the Canadiens were going to be committed to being ful
  
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• Would you buy a doorbell cam? This new tech helps keep your home safe and sound. youtube.com/watch?v=zx_gv1… https://t.co/h44vPxS1fw

  09-07-2018 22:21
  
  Would you buy a doorbell cam? This new tech helps keep your home safe and sound. youtube.com/watch?v=zx_gv1… https://t.co/h44vPxS1fw
  
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• Just for Laughs introduces new anti-harassment policy, addresses Gilbert Rozon scandal

  09-07-2018 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  As Montreal's Just for Laughs festival prepares to kick off on Wednesday, the company has released a new anti-harassment policy for employees and addressed the sexual misconduct scandal surrounding founder Gilbert Rozon.
  
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• Shakespeare-in-the-Park bends genders in Romeo and Juliet

  09-07-2018 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Repercussion Theatre celebrates its 30th Shakespeare-in-the-Park with a 30-stop tour of a gender-bending production of Romeo and Juliet: Love is Love.
  Gender is a flexible concept in today’s world and in this production, both Romeo and Juliet are played by women. However, the core narrative does not shift. Two families, distanced by generations of conflict, ultimately destroy what is most precious to them.
  Showtime is 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair and bug spray. The show will only be cancelled
  
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• Montreal police constable suspended for eight days after accident

  09-07-2018 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal police constable has been suspended for eight days without pay after the province’s ethics commission found he had not used police equipment — in this case, the police van he was driving — with “caution and discernment.”
  The sanction follows an incident in March 2016 that saw Const. Michael Fournier-Langelier lose control of the van he was driving and collide with an oncoming car on a night when weather and road conditions were clearly treacherous.
  While
  
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• Bill Brownstein: Sugar Sammy making big waves on other continents

  09-07-2018 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  On the surface, it would seem that Sugar Sammy has his signals crossed. The mantra for most comics on this planet is: Go west, young wit.
  But not Sugar Sammy. Much of the comedy world’s attention may now be focused on Montreal with the 36th edition of Just for Laughs — the largest chuckles gathering in this dimension — kicking off on Wednesday. But Sugar Sammy, once again marching to the beat of his own drummer and compass, has taken his act east.
  On the weekend, Sugar Sammy we
  
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• Mohawk program helps students transition from school to the workforce

  09-07-2018 21:22 via cbc.ca
  Tewatohnhi’saktha, an economic development commission in Kahnawake, started Transitions with the goal to get vocational and post-secondary graduates valuable work experience.
  
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• Montreal car-sharing services seeing a spike in usage

  09-07-2018 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Thanks to its densely populated neighbourhoods, low rates of vehicle ownership and openness to varied modes of public transportation, Montreal boasts one of the highest rates of usage of car-sharing services of any city in North America.
  Record recruitment figures and a new city administration that is an enthusiastic cheerleader of sustainable mobility indicate Montreal’s position as a top car-sharing city will endure. But car-sharing firms note that the cultural shift away from car owners
  
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• CPTAQ wants to protect quality farmland

  09-07-2018 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  The site of the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will result in the loss of valuable farmland, according to the Commission for the Protection of Agricultural Land in Quebec (CPTAQ).
  The CPTAQ said the construction of a hospital in Vaudreuil-Soulanges would result in the loss of nearly 25 hectares of farmland.
  “Nobody questions the relevance of building a hospital to serve the population of this territory,” said Christian St-Jacques, president of Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UP
  
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• Quebec firefighters call for reinforcements as forests burn

  09-07-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  Since the end June, more than 200 firefighters have been called in from Saskatchewan, Alberta, Massachusetts and from Parks Canada, according to Quebec's forest fire prevention agency, SOPFEU.
  
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• China is leaking banned, ozone-killing chemicals: watchdog

  09-07-2018 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  Chinese foam-makers appear to be the “mystery” polluters behind the use of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical, an environmental group says.
  
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• MP who beat ex-Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe twice won’t run again

  09-07-2018 18:48 via globalnews.ca
  She explained she will be 64 next April and that it is time to pass the torch.
  
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• Montreal police constable suspended for eight days after collision

  09-07-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal police constable has been suspended for eight days without pay after the province’s ethics commission found he had not used police equipment — in this case, the police van he was driving — with “caution and discernment.”
  The sanction follows an incident in March 2016 that saw Const. Michael Fournier-Langelier lose control of the van he was driving and collide with an oncoming car on a night when weather and road conditions were clearly treacherous.
  While
  
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• Montreal-area MP who beat ex-Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe twice won't run again

  09-07-2018 18:30 via cbc.ca
  Hélène Laverdière, a popular NDP MP who defeated Gilles Duceppe in both the 2011 and 2015 elections, has announced she won't run again next year.
  
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• Montreal-area MP Hélène Laverdière won't run again

  09-07-2018 18:30 via cbc.ca
  Hélène Laverdière, a popular NDP MP who defeated Gilles Duceppe in both the 2011 and 2015 elections, has announced she won't run again next year.
  
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• Major traffic expected for NDG, Decarie drivers as construction shifts on Turcot

  09-07-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  The latest phase of the Turcot Project has Transports Quebec expecting a “major hindrance” for drivers on the Decarie Expressway. As Global’s Dan Spector reports this phase will see closures at NDG exits along the span until the middle of fall.
  
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• Carey Price's father says goalie remains loyal to the Canadiens

  09-07-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Carey Price’s father says the Canadiens goalie has “always been a very loyal person” and doesn’t think he would be interested in playing for another NHL team.
  “He’s spent 13 years … he’s kind of approaching half his life he’s been in the Habs organization,” Jerry Price said about his son during an interview Saturday with Matthew Ross on his Weekend Game Plan show on TSN 690 Radio.
  “He loves the organization, he loves the fans,&rd
  
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• Watch: Montreal’s Carifiesta parade a true island celebration

  09-07-2018 18:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Thousands of people lined René-Lévesque Blvd. in downtown Montreal on Saturday to watch and dance during the annual Carifiesta parade.
  The parade, a celebration of Caribbean music and culture, featured bright costumes with lots of feathers and jewels and a family-party atmosphere.
  Grenadian Arlene Lewis explains why she shows up for the parade every year: “It’s important to me, as a mom, to expose my daughter to our culture and what our family is about and what the
  
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• Canadiens hire former NHL defenceman Luke Richardson as assistant coach

  09-07-2018 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Ottawa native spent last season as an assistant coach with the New York Islanders.
  
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• Poll: Are the Décarie bottlenecks the 'worst of the traffic congestion'?

  09-07-2018 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The first day of construction work on Highway 15 and the Décarie Expressway northbound resulted in massive bottlenecks Monday morning, with traffic backed up as far as the Champlain Bridge all the way to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, more than five kilometres back.
  “This will be the worst of the traffic congestion” caused by work on the Turcot Interchange, Transport Quebec said.Take Our Poll
   
  
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• Lise Ravary: No one in French Canada cares about Trudeau ‘groping’

  09-07-2018 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  While the English-language media in Canada are getting their knickers twisted in a knot over what Justin Trudeau did or did not do to a young female reporter 18 years ago, francophone media have been going out of their way to ignore the story.
  Or give it as little coverage as possible.
  Meanwhile, the CBC reports on a “very brief touch on the rear end” and the New York Times refers to the incident as “sexual in nature.”
  When I Google “Justin Trudeau inconduite sexuel
  
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• Canadiens hire Luke Richardson as an assistant coach

  09-07-2018 17:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens filled out their coaching staff for next season on Monday morning with the announcement that Luke Richardson has been hired to coach the defence.
  Richardson played 1,417 games in the NHL after being selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round (seventh overall) at the 1987 NHL Draft. He played for the Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ottawa Senators, posting 35-166-201 totals along with 2,055 penalty min
  
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• Community vows to rebuild after Kanesatake youth centre burns down

  09-07-2018 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Just hours after the Kanesatake youth centre burned to the ground Sunday, Grand Chief Serge Simon vowed to rebuild a bigger, better facility in its place.
  The fire started sometime after 11 p.m. Sunday. Simon said his wife roused him from bed late that evening in a panic.
  “She said ‘The youth centre is on fire, the youth centre is on fire!’ So I threw on some shorts and ran out the door,” said Simon, the grand chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.
  “I could
  
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• Former NHL defenceman Luke Richardson named Canadiens assistant coach

  09-07-2018 17:25 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens have hired Luke Richardson as an assistant coach. The 49-year-old former NHL defenceman will work with blue-liners on head coach Claude Julien's staff.
  
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• SUV driver dies after head-on collision in Lac St-Jean region

  09-07-2018 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  A 45-year-old Alma resident died Sunday afternoon after the SUV he was driving collided with a truck on Highway 169 near Hébertville in the Lac St-Jean region.
  The impact of the crash, which occurred at around 5:15 p.m., was such that the SUV was sliced in two.First responders needed hydraulic pliers to free the SUV driver from what was left of his vehicle. He later died of the injuries sustained in the crash.
  Provincial police said it appears the SUV drifted into the lane for oncomi
  
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• Woman's body discovered in Lac Saint-Pierre, near Trois-Rivières

  09-07-2018 16:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The body of a woman in her 60s was discovered early Monday in the waters of Lac Saint-Pierre near Trois-Rivières.
  The discovery was made by two passersby, according to local police. There are no signs of violence on the body.
  Media coverage of the discovery has led one man to step forward and say his wife has been missing. Investigation of the claim has led police to conclude that the body is, in fact, that of the missing woman.
   
  
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• Dunlevy: SLĀV, the heat wave and other standout moments at the jazz fest

  09-07-2018 15:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Was that so hard?
  In its annual closing news conference, Saturday, the Montreal International Jazz Festival did what neither SLĀV director Robert Lepage nor singer Betty Bonifassi appeared able to over the past two weeks: they apologized.
  For more than 30 minutes, jazz fest president and general director Jacques-André Dupont sat before reporters, fielded questions, and admitted that mistakes had been made in the festival’s reaction to the uproar surrounding the controversial pr
  
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• Women in the cannabis business

  09-07-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Legalized pot is coming to Quebec this fall. Join Global’s Laura Casella, Kim Sullivan and cannabis businesswoman Jennifer Larry as they talk about the business of pot and where women fit into this growing market.
  
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• Heat stroke: the signs and treatment

  09-07-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  The recent heat wave killed close to 60 Quebecers, many of them from heat stroke. Global’s medical specialist Dr. Mitch Shulman joins Laura Casella to talk about heat stroke, the signs and what to do during a heat wave.
  
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• Heat stroke: signs and treatment

  09-07-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  The recent heat wave killed close to 60 Quebecers, many of them from heat stroke. Global’s medical specialist Dr. Mitch Shulman joins Laura Casella to talk about heat stroke, the signs and what to do during a heat wave.
  
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• Supermodel Niki Tayor on life, family and fame

  09-07-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Morning as Kim Sullivan talks to iconic supermodel Niki Taylor about her life and commitment to a Montreal brand of women’s pants.
  
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• Supermodel Niki Taylor on life, family and fame

  09-07-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  Watch Global News Morning as Kim Sullivan talks to iconic supermodel Niki Taylor about her life and commitment to a Montreal brand of women’s pants.
  
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• Turcot closures guaranteed to be ‘a major hindrance’

  09-07-2018 15:10 via globalnews.ca
  More closures have hit the area around the Turcot Interchange.
  
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• How changes to the Labour Code may affect workers

  09-07-2018 15:09 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella and HR specialist Sherri Rabinovitch as they talk about recent changes to the Quebec Labour Code that could affect your benefits and vacation time.
  
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• Partners for Life: youth speaking to youth

  09-07-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Mélanie Boucher joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about Partners for Life, a province-wide outreach program for students 14-years-old and over who might be suffering from depression.
  
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• Turcot summer closures in effect; NDG, Decarie traffic affected

  09-07-2018 14:44 via globalnews.ca
  New closures at the Turcot Interchange will have Montreal commuters facing a major traffic hindrance around NDG and the Decarie Expressway until autumn. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/RluiHVrg2P

  09-07-2018 14:37
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/RluiHVrg2P
  
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• NEXT: She hopes to represent Canada as Miss World Canada 2018. Montreal's Tiffany-AnnaTzemenakis is headed to the n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 14:30
  NEXT: She hopes to represent Canada as Miss World Canada 2018. Montreal's Tiffany-AnnaTzemenakis is headed to the n… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, July 9

  09-07-2018 14:28 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, July 9.
  
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