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• New morning rush-hour schedule for Victoria Bridge

  24-08-2018 23:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Starting Monday, a new morning rush-hour schedule is in effect for the Victoria Bridge.
  From 5 to 9 a.m., the bridge’s two lanes will be reserved for traffic heading toward the island of Montreal. This adds an hour to the previous rush-hour schedule, in which the lanes were reserved for one-way traffic from 6 to 9 a.m.
  The two lanes remain reserved for commuters leaving the city from 3 to 7:15 p.m.
  Outside of rush hour, the bridge will have one outbound and one inbound lane, as usual.
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• Dog to be euthanized after biting six people is mixed breed, SPCA says

  24-08-2018 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The dog that bit six people — including four children — in Montreal North Sunday was a mixed breed, according to DNA tests done by the Montreal SPCA.
  According to the test, the dog is 37 to 74 per cent bulldog. It also has genes from a variety of other breeds, including Boston terrier, American Staffordshire terrier and boxer.
  The SPCA sent the results to the city of Montreal.
  It was announced earlier this week that the dog would be euthanized before the end of the month but on
  
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• Police searching for driver who ran away from a two-car crash in Laval

  24-08-2018 23:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is looking for a person who ran away from an accident involving two cars on Friday afternoon.
  At approximately 2 p.m., two cars collided on Highway 19 close to the exit for De La Concorde Blvd. in Laval.
  One of the drivers was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The other driver fled the scene on foot into the Laval area.
  The Sûreté du Québec is handling the investigation and looking for the person who ran away.
  
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• Quebec election notebook: Québec solidaire briefly changes Bill 101

  24-08-2018 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire, which hopes to make inroads among anglophones, briefly made English an official language this week.
  The brouhaha began Thursday, Day 1 of the election campaign, when the party responded to a tweet from Jonathan Seifert. He noted QS wants sign language to become an official language of Quebec. “When will #english be awarded (the) same respect?” Seifert wondered.
  In response, the party tweeted: “English is an official language of Quebec and Canada. O
  
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• ‘They just keep evolving’: Ted’s Hobby Shop in Pointe-Claire marks 60 years

  24-08-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Ted's is the last of the original stores at Plaza Pointe-Claire and it's been around for 60 years.  They'll mark that anniversary in September.
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ would replace 'dreaded' CHSLDs with seniors' homes

  24-08-2018 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — A Coalition Avenir Québec government would overhaul Quebec’s entire CHSLD nursing home network and replace it with newer, more accommodating seniors’ homes.
  Switching his focus to seniors on his second campaign day, CAQ leader François Legault announced the idea on Friday morning during a stop in the Beauharnois riding, southwest of Montreal.
  The idea, called Maisons des Aînés, was described as a series of smaller
  
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• Gazette Time Machine: Deep Purple and Judas Priest in Montreal

  24-08-2018 22:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Deep Purple and Judas Priest have teamed up for a double-bill tour that stops at Montreal’s Bell Centre on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Here are excerpts from our previous coverage of the hard-rock veterans.
  Deep Purple a blast, and not just from the past
  Monday, April 1, 1985
  When words like “seminal” are used to describe a band, skeptics can be forgiven for expecting the worst, especially when the band in question hasn’t performed together for more than a decade. But t
  
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• Quebec election live blog Aug. 24: Psst. Wanna donate to my campaign?

  24-08-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election. This post will be updated throughout the day with news from the campaign trail. Email me at [email protected]:35 p.m.: Cranky voters, the Hells Angels and a stab in the back
  Jason Magder went out to talk to voters today and they’re not impressed by what they’re hearing from the candidates. “There’s nobody I really want to vote for,” one man said. “I always end up
  
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• Violent arrest caught on video raises concerns of excessive force by Montreal police

  24-08-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  At one point, one of the officers appears to slam a woman's head into the back of their squad car.
  
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• Montreal police ask for delay in euthanizing dog involved in Montreal North attack

  24-08-2018 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police say the request was granted on Friday and involves keeping the dog alive until the end of their investigation.
  
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• Hudson's Bay Company opens LaSalle store

  24-08-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Hudson’s Bay Company has opened a new store in LaSalle.
  The store is in the Carrefour Angrignon shopping centre. It opened on Friday.
  The new store features women’s, men’s and children’s fashion, as well as sections for beauty products and cosmetics, home decor and toys.
  The company is holding a grand opening event on Saturday.
  
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• 10,000 brownies are free for some scarfing in Montreal this weekend

  24-08-2018 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Good news, chocoholics: free brownies are on offer in Montreal.
  To mark the launch of its matcha and tiramisu-flavoured brownies, Juliette & Chocolat is giving a fair few out this weekend.
  From Aug. 24 through 26, a total of 10,000 brownies are up for grabs at its Montreal locations.
  The chain indicated on Facebook that it was using this promotion to encourage customer voting on which flavour should become a fixture on its menu.
  That means you can justify your carb, sugar and chocolate consu
  
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• Genie Bouchard battles way into U.S. Open main draw

  24-08-2018 21:36 via cbc.ca
  Eugenie Bouchard earned a spot in the women's main draw at the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Jamie Loeb in the final round of the qualifying tournament on Friday.
  
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• St-Léonard shooting leaves one man dead

  24-08-2018 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  One man has died and another is in stable condition after a shooting in St-Léonard.
  Police say they received a call around 8:25 p.m. Thursday about a man who had been shot in a commercial building on Lafrenaie St. near Magloire St.
  At the scene, police first came across a 23-year-old man who appeared to have been shot in the upper body. He was transported to a hospital. Police say he is in stable condition.
  Police found a second man, age 53, inside the building. He was pronounced dead at
  
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• Montreal police defend 'violent' arrest of young woman caught on video

  24-08-2018 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are defending the actions of two officers whose arrest of a young woman on the street left her with a bloody nose and screaming in pain.
  Jeremiah Hayes, who was riding his bike near Berri and Ontario Sts. on Thursday afternoon, recorded the altercation on his cellphone after hearing the woman’s shouts.
  In the video, the woman can be heard screaming “my arm hurts” as the two officers push her against their patrol car.
  One of the officers appears to raise his arm
  
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• 'Abundance of death' in Rawi Hage's Beirut Hellfire Society

  24-08-2018 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The sound bite around Rawi Hage’s fourth novel, at least in its early days, will likely be something to the effect that the writer is “back in Beirut.” But don’t make too much of that.
  De Niro’s Game, the IMPAC Dublin award-winning debut that introduced the Lebanon-born Montrealer to the world in 2006, was followed by Cockroach and Carnival, each dealing in various ways with the immigrant experience. Beirut Hellfire Society (Knopf Canada, 278 pages, $29.95) finds hi
  
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• Shortfalls in inclusive education push Quebec family to move to New Brunswick

  24-08-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  This Sherbrooke family of five feels disillusioned by Quebec's policy of separating children who have disabilities.
  
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• Quebec election: Voters say they are underwhelmed by the options

  24-08-2018 20:34 via montrealgazette.com
  While party leaders are making lofty promises as the 2018 provincial election campaign gets underway, voters say are so far underwhelmed with the choices they have.
  “There’s nobody I really want to vote for,” said Chuck, a Montreal resident. “I always end up voting for the people I hate the least.”
  An informal poll of people walking through downtown Montreal on Friday showed that nearly everyone was aware that an election campaign was underway in the province either
  
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• SPCA reveals DNA of dog set to be euthanized for biting six

  24-08-2018 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The dog that bit six people — including four children — in Montreal North Sunday was a mixed breed, according to DNA tests done by the Montreal SPCA.
  According to the test, the dog is 37 to 74 per cent bulldog. It also has genes from a variety of other breeds, including Boston terrier, American Staffordshire terrier and boxer.
  The SPCA sent the results to the city of Montreal.
  It was announced earlier this week that the dog would be euthanized before the end of the month but on
  
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• ‘It’s terrible what cannabis can do to youth’: CAQ promises to raise marijuana legal age if elected

  24-08-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  François Legault says his front-running Coalition party will hike the legal age to 21 from 18 if it wins the election.
  
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• TV mob boss @KimFCoates is pumped for @BadBloodSeries season 2 airing this fall on @City_tv #BadBloodCity https://t.co/gdRg3vgLOw

  24-08-2018 19:28
  
  TV mob boss @KimFCoates is pumped for @BadBloodSeries season 2 airing this fall on @City_tv #BadBloodCity https://t.co/gdRg3vgLOw
  
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• Quebec election: PQ deploys secret weapon Blanc in battle for Mercier

  24-08-2018 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  It may be an uphill climb for the Parti Québécois to win the Mercier riding on Oct. 1 but try telling that to Michelle Blanc.
  “My team is so good, it knocks me on my ass just thinking about it,” said Blanc, who’s running in the Plateau-area district. “I feel like we’re shaking things up. We’re rattling the competition, I can see it on social media. It’s getting nasty.”
  The plain-spoken candidate paced outside her St-Denis St. campaign
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard blasts CAQ on cannabis age limit

  24-08-2018 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard has blasted François Legault’s suggestion of raising the legal age for buying cannabis to 21, saying it would only profit the Hells Angels.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec leader has said raising the age limit would send a message that drug use must be taken seriously.
  Couillard called the idea short-sighted.
  “Why is it that people can vote at 18, can make their own decisions, but will not be allowed
  
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• Macpherson: Philippe Couillard gets a new father-in-law

  24-08-2018 19:02 via montrealgazette.com
  As the already long-underway campaign for the Oct. 1 Quebec general election finally entered its official phase on Thursday, it looked as though the only thing that might save Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberal government from defeat was Russian intervention.
  It wasn’t just that the Liberals were trailing in the polls, and incumbents tend not to come from behind in Quebec election campaigns to win.
  And it wasn’t the additional, sheer incompetence of the once-vaunted Liberal o
  
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• Pincourt residents raise a stink over wastewater treatment plant

  24-08-2018 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Pincourt residents are angered over continuous foul odours emanating from the town's wastewater treatment plant. Some say they feel like a prisoner in their own home.
  
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• Couillard would replace Gaétan Barrette as health minister if re-elected, sources say

  24-08-2018 18:57 via cbc.ca
  Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard would replace Gaétan Barrette, his unpopular health minister, with political newcomer Gertrude Bourdon if given a second mandate as premier, sources have told Radio-Canada.
  
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• Couillard promises to replace Gaétan Barrette, his unpopular health minister, with new star candidate

  24-08-2018 18:57 via cbc.ca
  Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard says he will replace Gaétan Barrette, his unpopular health minister, with political newcomer Gertrude Bourdon, a top hospital administrator, if given a second mandate as premier.
  
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• Couillard promises to replace Gaétan Barrette as health minister with star candidate

  24-08-2018 18:57 via cbc.ca
  Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard says he will replace Gaétan Barrette, his unpopular health minister, with political newcomer Gertrude Bourdon, a top hospital administrator, if given a second mandate as premier.
  
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• Notorious West End Gang leader Allan (The Weasel) Ross has died

  24-08-2018 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Allan (The Weasel) Ross, one of the more notorious organized crime figures ever to emerge from Montreal died of natural causes earlier this week while serving a life sentence in the United States.
  An official with the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to the Montreal Gazette that Ross died on Tuesday at a medical centre in North Carolina that is part of the prison system.
  Ross had been held at the medical centre for a long time while he continued to serve a life sentence. Ross continued trying
  
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• UPAC arrests two men on Châteauguay fraud charges

  24-08-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s anti-corruption unit (UPAC) arrested two men Friday morning on fraud and breach of trust charges.
  Richard Sauvé, a former public works employee of the city of Châteauguay, and Thierry de Lalonde, vice-president of Distributions Nord-Ouest, a company that supplied electrical equipment to the city of Châteauguay, were arrested at their homes.
  Sauvé is accused of fraud and breach of trust. De Lalonde is being charged with fraud and influence of a munici
  
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• CAQ wants to revamp Quebec's network of seniors' homes. Is the plan realistic?

  24-08-2018 18:12 via cbc.ca
  The Coalition Avenir Québec is pledging overhaul the province's long-term care homes, replacing CHSLDs with a new network of smaller, more "humane" homes for seniors.
  
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• CAQ wants to replace CHSLDs, create more 'humane' network of seniors' homes

  24-08-2018 18:12 via cbc.ca
  The Coalition Avenir Québec is pledging overhaul the province's long-term care homes, replacing CHSLDs with a new network of smaller, more "humane" homes for seniors.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow 'dreams' of poutine — hopefully not as a cleanse

  24-08-2018 18:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Who among us is capable of resisting the charms of a good québécois poutine?
  Not wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, apparently.
  Paltrow was recently in Montreal to promote the Canadian expansion of Goop, her lifestyle brand, and took the opportunity to tell the Journal de Montréal that she “dreams of eating poutine.”
  “There was food everywhere — small plates of ancient grains and salads and not a brown avocado in the bunch,” the New York Times&rsquo
  
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• #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from film director Jean-Marc Vallée! https://t.co/Jq215SNkvP

  24-08-2018 18:10
  
  #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from film director Jean-Marc Vallée! https://t.co/Jq215SNkvP
  
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• New Liberal candidate spells the end for Gaétan Barrette as health minister

  24-08-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  Gaetan Barrette has always had the support of Premier Philippe Couillard, even if he wasn't the most popular minister in the eyes of the Quebec public. 
  
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• It could be the end for Gaétan Barrette as health minister

  24-08-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  Gaetan Barrette has always had the support of Premier Philippe Couillard, even if he wasn't the most popular minister in the eyes of the Quebec public. 
  
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• It could be the end for Gaetan Barrette as health minister

  24-08-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  Gaetan Barrette has always had the support of Premier Philippe Couillard, even if he wasn't the most popular minister in the eyes of the Quebec public. 
  
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• #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from Montreal Mayor @val_Plante! https://t.co/bFQmVYycBK

  24-08-2018 18:05
  
  #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from Montreal Mayor @val_Plante! https://t.co/bFQmVYycBK
  
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• #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from #BadBlood's @kimfcoates! https://t.co/zNlGYmS2hy

  24-08-2018 18:02
  
  #BTMTL5Years: A birthday message from #BadBlood's @kimfcoates! https://t.co/zNlGYmS2hy
  
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• Wine: Bill Zacharkiw's summer standouts

  24-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I write two “personal” columns every year. One is my year-end review; the other is this one, in which I look back on what I drank over the summer. Please note that this is about drinking, as opposed to tasting. I taste year round, but during the summer I drink my fair share of good bottles.Here are a few standouts. I love drinking aged wine, so hopefully a few of these might inspire you to do the same.Lambrusco, 15, Grasparossa di Castelvetro (private import, $27.50). Three dinner pa
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals offer families up to $300 per child annually

  24-08-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — A re-elected Liberal government would give families annual cheques of between $150 and $300 per child, in addition to child benefits already bestowed by the province, Premier Philippe Couillard announcement Friday.
  The amount granted would be based on household income, and the cheques would be issued to parents.
  “The amount will allow families to spend more quality time together,” the Liberal government said in a statement, mirroring the party&rsquo
  
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• Live – Quebec election: Québec Solidaire flip-flops on English as 'official language'

  24-08-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election. This post will be updated throughout the day with news from the campaign trail. Email me at [email protected]:25 a.m.: Leaders weigh in on QS language flap
  Two leaders have weighed in on the Québec Solidaire language flap I wrote about below.
  Jesse Feith, who is covering the Coalition Avenir Québec campaign, reports that leader François Legault was asked at a Friday morning new
  
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• Canadiens on the bubble: Nicolas Deslauriers offers depth up front

  24-08-2018 17:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens are going into training camp, which begins Sept. 13, with more bodies than they need to fill the 23 roster spots when their season begins on Oct. 3 against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. This is the third in a five-part series about players who are on the bubble to earn a roster spot.
  Nicolas Deslauriers was one of the pleasant surprises in a largely disappointing 2017-18 season. The 27-year-old winger from St-Anicet was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres last October in a trade for def
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Is drinking wine good for you?

  24-08-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The fermentation of carbohydrates by yeast to yield alcohol may be the oldest example of applied chemistry, even predating the ancient process of making soap from animal fat and wood ashes. It seems that historically, drinking trumped cleaning. Much has been written over the years about the pros and cons of alcohol, with virtually everyone agreeing that overindulging leads to problems ranging from impaired driving to liver disease. The much-discussed question, however, is whether moderate drinki
  
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• Video shows 'violent' arrest of young woman by Montreal police

  24-08-2018 17:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Riding his bike downtown Thursday afternoon near the corner of Berri and Ontario St., Jeremiah Hayes heard a young woman screaming — she was being arrested by two Montreal police officers.
  Hayes pulled out his cellphone and recorded the arrest.
  In the video, the woman can be heard screaming “my arm hurts” as the two officers push her against their patrol car.
  One of the officers appears to raise his arm and strike or punch her in the head.
  Hayes said that by the time she w
  
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• Is new #IMFC striker Quincy Amarikwa exactly what Montreal needed? youtu.be/UxMNigxDhFE

  24-08-2018 17:07
  Is new #IMFC striker Quincy Amarikwa exactly what Montreal needed? youtu.be/UxMNigxDhFE
  
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• For our fifth birthday, @VanessaGrimaldi joined us in studio youtu.be/MMe-Fp45oUA

  24-08-2018 17:06
  For our fifth birthday, @VanessaGrimaldi joined us in studio youtu.be/MMe-Fp45oUA
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ would replace 'dreaded' CHSLDs with senior homes

  24-08-2018 16:54 via montrealgazette.com
  SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — A Coalition Avenir Québec government would overhaul Quebec’s entire CHSLD nursing home network and replace it with a new series of senior homes.
  The CAQ is describing the idea, called the “Maisons des Aînés,” as a “project of a generation.” It estimates the first phase of the project would cost $1 billion, followed by $245 million a year in operating expenses.
  The party says the idea is “destined to replace
  
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• Quebec election: PQ wants answers on Val d'Or police misconduct

  24-08-2018 16:43 via montrealgazette.com
  After news Thursday that Quebec’s provincial police remained silent on allegations of sexual abuse within its ranks for years, Jean-François Lisée is demanding answers from the incumbent Liberal Party.
  “What did they know and when did they know it,” said Lisée, leader of the Parti Québécois. “The (Liberals) need to answer this question. Was the public security minister aware? If she was, what did she do about it?
  “Someone needs to
  
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• Families and seniors top priorities as political parties unveil campaign promises on Day 2

  24-08-2018 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  The promises came fast and furious from Quebec's political parties on Day 2 of the election campaign, with families, seniors and school supplies on the radar.
  
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