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• Montreal woman discovered she won $1 million month after buying ticket

  19-07-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal woman nearly threw a winning lottery ticket into the trash while cleaning her house, according to Loto-Québec.
  July-Chinna Su was at work when she saw Facebook posts saying that no one had yet claimed the winning ticket on a $1 million Loto-Québec draw. The post reminded her she had bought a ticket in LaSalle and that the ticket, still unchecked, was sitting on her kitchen counter.
  After waiting anxiously to get home, Su looked at the number and realized she’d won
  
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• Montreal police arrest man in connection with gunshots in N.D.G.

  19-07-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  With help from a furry friend, Montreal police arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with gunshots in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood late Wednesday night.
  Police were called to the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday after the gunfire was heard near de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Regent Ave., but an initial police sweep of the area found no victims or witnesses. Several spent cartridges were found on nearby Melrose Ave.
  The SPVM said Thursday that police dog Mounty was able to
  
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• Quebec Wildlife Ministry busts black bear poaching ring

  19-07-2018 23:40 via cbc.ca
  The poaching ring allegedly killed black bears in Quebec for their gallbladders, which are worth a small fortune on the black market, shipping them mainly to Asia.
  
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• 100 Quebec black bears slaughtered as part of gallbladder-trafficking ring, officials say

  19-07-2018 23:40 via cbc.ca
  The poaching ring allegedly killed black bears in Quebec for their gallbladders, which are worth a small fortune on the black market, shipping them mainly to Asia.
  
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• Quebec police officer convicted of causing boy’s death in 2014 crash

  19-07-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Patrick Ouellet, an officer with Sûreté du Québec, Quebec’s provincial police force, has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of Nicholas Thorne-Belance, 5. Ouellet was on duty when his speeding vehicle slammed into another car, killing the little boy. Mike Armstrong reports.
  
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• Search underway in Beaconsfield after kayaker goes missing on Lac Saint-Louis

  19-07-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  A search operation is underway in Beaconsfield to locate a missing kayaker who fell into Lac Saint-Louis.
  
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• Body found in Lac Saint-Louis in Beaconsfield

  19-07-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  A search operation is underway in Beaconsfield to locate a missing kayaker who fell into Lac Saint-Louis.
  
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• Man killed during high-speed police chase in Trois-Rivières

  19-07-2018 23:16 via cbc.ca
  A 63-year-old man is dead after the car he was riding in was hit by a suspect fleeing police during a high-speed chase.
  
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• Public steps up to help local women’s shelter, but more donations needed

  19-07-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  For more than 40 years, Chez Doris has helped clients with clothing, food and other resources. Recently, though, they ran into problems — they ran out of clothes. 
  
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• Search underway for missing kayaker in Beaconsfield

  19-07-2018 22:38 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Fire Department is searching on Lac Saint-Louis for a missing kayaker, believed to be an 18-year-old man.
  
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• Rescue divers search for 18-year-old man in Lac St-Louis after kayak capsizes

  19-07-2018 22:38 via cbc.ca
  Members of the Montreal Fire Department spent several hours Thursday on Lac Saint-Louis for a man who fell into the water after his kayak capsized.
  
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• Body of a man pulled from Lac St-Louis after kayak capsizes

  19-07-2018 22:38 via cbc.ca
  Members of the Montreal Fire Department spent several hours Thursday on Lac Saint-Louis looking for a man who fell into the water after his kayak capsized.
  
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• Beaconsfield to conduct coroner's inquest after kayaker dies in Lac Saint-Louis

  19-07-2018 22:38 via cbc.ca
  Beaconsfield is conducting a coroner's inquest into the death of an 18-year-old man who drowned during a kayaking trip on Thursday in Lac Saint-Louis.
  
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• Quebec cultural milieu hopes new heritage minister imposes Netflix tax

  19-07-2018 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s all about Netflix.
  Initial reaction is quite positive from Quebec’s cultural milieu regarding the appointment of Pablo Rodriguez as the minister of Canadian heritage. That’s because his predecessor, Mélanie Joly, wasn’t particularly popular with these Québécois arts movers and shakers. They didn’t like Joly mostly because she refused to support the milieu’s desire to impose a sales tax on Netflix and other foreign online entertainment
  
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• Company must pay more to rebuild Longueuil bridge hit by dump truck

  19-07-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Longueuil recently won a judgment against a trucking company three years after a dump truck with its bed up hit a footbridge over Rte. 132.
  After the accident, the structure — situated near Normandie St. — was in such bad shape that the city had to demolish it for safety reasons. Entreprise Arguy Inc., the company that owned the dump truck, paid the city an indemnity of about $800,000. Arguy had been subcontracted by Environnement routier NJR Inc. The amoun
  
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• Quadruple amputee inspiring kindness in cross-country trek

  19-07-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  A quadruple amputee is hitchhiking across the country to try and encourage kindness in Canada.
  
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• Canadian man born without arms and legs inspiring kindness in cross-country trek

  19-07-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  A quadruple amputee is hitchhiking across the country to try and encourage kindness in Canada.
  
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• Jennifer Aniston is in Montreal, buying bougie salad like the rest of us

  19-07-2018 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Jennifer Aniston is in Montreal to film Murder Mystery, which also stars the likes of Adam Sandler, Gemma Arterton and Luke Evans.
  As work proceeds on the movie, Aniston has repeatedly shown up on social media taking in the sights.
  First she was seen strolling in the streets of Old Montreal.
  Most recently, she was spotted at Mandy’s salad bar. In an Instagram caption, co-founder Rebecca Wolfe wrote that she and her sister “felt like over excited teenyboppers” hosting the former
  
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• Fire department searches for missing boater in Beaconsfield

  19-07-2018 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal fire department is searching the Beaconsfield marina for a boater who capsized Thursday afternoon.
  Spokesperson for Urgences-Santé François Labelle said they received the call about the incident near Centennial Park on Beaconsfield Blvd. just after 3 p.m.
  Intervention de l’équipe de sauvetage nautique en cours – Beaconsfield/Shore road. pic.twitter.com/3sOPZTlTUz
  — Sécurité incendieMTL (@MTL_SIM) July 19, 2018This story will be up
  
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• Forest fires: a primer on what not to do on your vacation

  19-07-2018 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec organization has issued a warning to hikers and campers that the dangers of sparking forest fires over the weekend is pegged at “very high, if not extreme, levels” in most of the province.
  Most forest fires are caused by human carelessness, and the beginning of two weeks of summer construction holidays means it will be high season for unwanted fires, said Melanie Morin of the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU). 
  The con
  
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• First pot store in Montreal will be on Plaza St-Hubert

  19-07-2018 22:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s first pot store will open in October on Plaza St-Hubert, wedged between one of the street’s many wedding shops and a jewelry store.
  The Société Québécoise du Cannabis announced Thursday it had signed the lease for its first store in Montreal, in the Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie borough, as well as for a store in Rimouski.
  SQDC spokesperson Mathieu Gaudreault said that the provincial agency was also well advanced in the process of hiring
  
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• Restaurant review: Fresh air, fresh tastes at Val-David's L’Épicurieux

  19-07-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  L’Épicurieux
  ★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$$
  Address: 2270 de l’Église St., Val-David
  Phone: 819-320-0080
  Website: restolepicurieux.com
  Open: Wed.-Sun. 5 to 11 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: Two steps at the door
  Reservations: Essential
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Yes
  Parking: Easy around the restaurant
  Price range: Small plates $9-$19; desserts $9-$25. Wed.-Thurs., five sharing plates $30.
  The concept of the country restau
  
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• Brownstein: The new Nasty Show not as nasty in today's comedy reality

  19-07-2018 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  It used to be considered the comedy world’s bastion of political incorrectness: the Just for Laughs fest’s Nasty Show series.
  But times have clearly changed, and JFL’s most popular and enduring series is not nearly as nasty as it once was.
  Three decades back, the Nasty Show was pretty much an all-male affair, both in terms of the performers and the audience. But at opening night on Wednesday at the cavernous MTelus, females appeared to have out-numbered the males.
  Whereas there
  
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• Montreal police arrest one in connection with gunshots in N.D.G.

  19-07-2018 21:53 via montrealgazette.com
  With help from a furry friend, Montreal police have arrested a suspect in connection with gunfire in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood late Wednesday night.
  Police were called to the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday after the gunfire was heard near the corner of de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Regent Ave., but an initial police sweep of the area found no victims or witnesses. Several spent cartridges were found on nearby Melrose Ave.
  The SPVM said Thursday that police dog Mounty wa
  
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• Montreal women’s dragon boat team takes gold in international competition

  19-07-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  It's their first year competing, but the 10-paddler Canadian team has already won gold in the 200-metre race.
  
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• A twist on exhibitionism: iPhone users receiving nude photos anonymously on Montreal Metro

  19-07-2018 21:32 via cbc.ca
  Users of iPhones who haven't locked down their AirDrop file-sharing feature are being sent nude photos anonymously while riding public transit.
  
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• Beaconsfield man seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit after contaminated blood pressure drug recall

  19-07-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  Kenneth Aitchison says he's agreeing to represent plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit against five pharmaceutical companies involved in the manufacturing and sale of the drug valsartan in order to send them a message.
  
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• Downtown Montreal power outage leaves 9,000 in the dark

  19-07-2018 20:48 via cbc.ca
  A power outage in downtown Montreal early Thursday afternoon left 9,000 Hydro-Québec customers without electricity.
  
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• Naqvi-Mohamed: Mayor Plante, here's why we don't take the bus

  19-07-2018 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Last week we learned cars will be banned from a new access road to the future electric commuter train network (REM) in Kirkland. This week we find out bus ridership is down a whopping 13 per cent. From these developments a larger picture seems to be emerging of a political leadership out of touch with its constituents.
  Shortly after Mayor Valérie Plante took office, she announced the purchase of 300 hybrid electric buses. That in itself sounds like a great move — except that fewer p
  
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• Would Tyler Seguin want to play for the Canadiens?

  19-07-2018 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Would Tyler Seguin want to play for the Canadiens?
  That’s a question Canadiens fans — and maybe even general manager Marc Bergevin — might be asking now after the team struck out on free-agent centres John Tavares and Paul Stastny this summer.
  Tavares and Stastny made it clear they had no interest in coming to Montreal before signing as free agents with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights, respectively. Tavares signed a seven-year contract worth US$77 million, whil
  
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• Opinion: Why can't we have this life-changing surgery in Montreal?

  19-07-2018 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.”
  — Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf
  That quote eloquently illustrates the challenges that deaf, or severely hearing impaired, people often face. I know. I was born with a severe hearing loss that eventually progressed until I was profoundly deaf. Then in 2004, at the age of 56, I got a cochlear implant  and my life changed dramatically. I could hear and I used my new ability to run for
  
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• REM construction blamed for new commuter train delays

  19-07-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal commuters expressed their frustration after new delays were announced by transit authority, Exo.
  
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• REM construction blamed for commuter delays

  19-07-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jul 19: Citing work on the REM, Exo has announced it can no longer ensure commuter trains will be on time on the Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Update: Greenpeace activists arrested after climbing Montreal's Big O

  19-07-2018 19:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Several Greenpeace members climbed the outside of the Olympic Stadium tower in Montreal on Thursday to protest the federal government’s decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline project.
  It’s a beautiful day for an action… We’ve got a little suprise for Justin #Trudeau. Stay tuned, we’ll ne back soon… #StopTMX pic.twitter.com/gKwV0zDLDG
  — Greenpeace Canada (@GreenpeaceCA) July 19, 2018 
  The five climbers, who were equipped with cables and harnes
  
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• Montreal real estate: 5 largest condo projects now starting up

  19-07-2018 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are the five largest condo projects that have begun construction in Montreal in the last quarter, according to Altus Group.Tour des Canadiens (Phase Three). Location: Mountain and St. Antoine W. This 55-storey building by Cadillac Fairview and Canderel will have 568 units. Prices start at $371,990 for a 320-square-foot unit.
  21e Arrondissement (Phase Five). The final phase of this project in Old Montreal at St. Paul W. and des Soeurs Grises, will include 136 one- and two-bedroom units
  
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• Montreal real estate: Builders can't keep up with demand for condos

  19-07-2018 19:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite a record-setting number of new condo projects under construction in Montreal, eager buyers are snapping up condos so quickly that builders are struggling to keep up with demand.
  According to a recent report by Altus Group, a Montreal company that provides market intelligence and other advisory services to real estate developers, the total number of unsold units in projects that were recently finished or in construction dropped 43 per cent in the past year in the greater Montreal area, fr
  
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• Check out the cover of today’s @mtlgazette! It’s @DerickFage, give it a read: montrealgazette.com/news/local-new… https://t.co/3kUH6yAdr9

  19-07-2018 19:16
  
  Check out the cover of today’s @mtlgazette! It’s @DerickFage, give it a read: montrealgazette.com/news/local-new… https://t.co/3kUH6yAdr9
  
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• First pot store in Montreal will be in Rosemont-La Petite Patrie

  19-07-2018 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The Société Québécoise du Cannabis has signed a lease for its first pot store in Montreal, to be located in the Rosemont-Petite Patrie borough. The SQDC has not disclosed the exact location for the outlet, but said it, and three other stores in Montreal, would be open after the legalization of cannabis comes into effect in October.
  The stores in Montreal will add to the four other SQDC outlets already announced, in Quebec City, Lévis, Drummondville and Trois-Ri
  
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• Baseball commish says 'Montreal certainly' is a candidate for expansion

  19-07-2018 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Major League Baseball is looking to expand and considering Montreal as a possible destination.
  Commissioner Rob Manfred discussed the league’s plans on Tuesday’s Dan Patrick Show.
  Expansion, he said, would have to wait until the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays move to new stadiums. Thereafter, the goal would be to grow the league from 30 to 32 teams.
  Asked about potential expansion cities, he listed a number of American metropolises before adding, “Montreal certainly, mayb
  
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• Quebec authorities bust ring that targeted black bears for their gallbladders

  19-07-2018 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  The organ is highly coveted for the bile it contains.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard reaches Swiss Open quarter-finals

  19-07-2018 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Unseeded Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount outlasted Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Thursday.Bouchard faced a double break in both sets, but fought back to upset the No. 8 seed and 2016 Swiss Open champion 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7). 
  In the quarter-finals, Bouchard will face Russian qualifier Veronika Kudermetova, who upset No. 3 seed Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovakia 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).
  Bouchard, ranked No. 146 in the W
  
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• Sylvain Bergeron gives advice on preventing motorcycle accidents as seen recently. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=Pcnm3A… https://t.co/SUot5X3DFR

  19-07-2018 18:19
  
  Sylvain Bergeron gives advice on preventing motorcycle accidents as seen recently. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=Pcnm3A… https://t.co/SUot5X3DFR
  
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• Summer skincare tips for people with chronic skin conditions as explained by Dr. O'Brien. Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-07-2018 18:15
  Summer skincare tips for people with chronic skin conditions as explained by Dr. O'Brien. Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ms. Pat talks weight loss and the struggle of having to maintain her old underwear. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=HKCgZu… https://t.co/UAxop4WcAD

  19-07-2018 18:10
  
  Ms. Pat talks weight loss and the struggle of having to maintain her old underwear. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=HKCgZu… https://t.co/UAxop4WcAD
  
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• Things to do in Montreal, July 20-22: Say goodbye to the Pioneer

  19-07-2018 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Say goodbye to the Pioneer, for good
  Starting Saturday night and ending well into Sunday morning, the Pioneer bar in Pointe-Claire is hosting its official sending-off party, before the whole lot becomes part of a condominium project. There’s a huge lineup of bands set to perform all night long, so check it out if you’re a long-time patron or if you just want to discover — a little too late — what all the fuss was about.
  Catch a thriller at the Fantasia Film Festival
  The f
  
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• Some RAD DADS were on the show earlier with unique parenting wisdom. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=TvPYGH… https://t.co/ThHU0RfTdW

  19-07-2018 18:07
  
  Some RAD DADS were on the show earlier with unique parenting wisdom. Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=TvPYGH… https://t.co/ThHU0RfTdW
  
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• Quebec MP Christine Moore cleared on sexual misconduct claims, will remain in caucus

  19-07-2018 18:07 via cbc.ca
  Quebec MP Christine Moore will remain in the NDP caucus and resume her parliamentary duties after an independent investigation found she did not engage in sexual harassment or abuse her authority as an MP, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said today.
  
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• Checking In: Farm, birds and B&B are facts of life in Granby

  19-07-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  My goose was cooked. But in a very good way.
  I visited the unusual Au Gîte des Oies, a B&B near Granby that multi-tasks as a farm specializing in waterfowl, particularly geese and ducks.
  Linda Lazure and Louis-Paul Quérel decided that their second and third careers would be as farmers. They had travelled the world and worked at other métiers, but they both eventually trained to be cooks at Pearson School in LaSalle. She graduated as a pastry chef and he as a butcher. Once
  
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• SQ officer guilty of dangerous driving causing death of 5-year-old boy

  19-07-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Patrick Ouellet — the SQ officer who, while tailing a suspect in a breach-of-trust investigation, drove 134 kilometres per hour in a residential zone before colliding with another car, killing a 5-year-old boy — was declared guilty of dangerous driving causing death at the Longueuil courthouse Thursday morning.
  Ouellet was driving over the speed limit in an unmarked Toyota Camry when he collided with a car being driven by Nicholas Thorne-Belance’s father on Feb. 13, 2014.
  The c
  
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• JFL: Hannah Gadsby's Nanette has changed the comedy conversation

  19-07-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The heap of awards Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette has accrued over the last couple of years is most impressive: best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; the Barry Award for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; best comedy at the Adelaide Fringe Festival; best comedy performer at Australia’s Helpmann Awards.
  On Friday, July 27, Gadsby will be presented with the Comedy Special of the Year honour at the Just for Laughs Awards Show. Later that day, Gadsby will per
  
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