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• Quebec election notebook: Manon Massé is tops on Google, but CAQ is party of choice

  28-08-2018 23:56
  Quebec voters are searching for change.
  An analysis of what we’re looking up on Google shows Quebecers are looking for more information on the two main parties that have never formed a government.
  They really want to hear what Manon Massé, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec solidaire party, is saying.
  She’s by far the leader Google users are seeking out the most, according to data from Google Trends. Interest in her took off when the election ca
  
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• CAQ president steps down

  28-08-2018 23:49
  The president of the Coalition Avenir Québec and its candidate in La Prairie announced Tuesday afternoon that he is stepping down so as not to “take the risk of harming the campaign.”
  Stéphane Le Bouyonnec, 56, had come under fire since June, when it was revealed that he had been chairman of the board of directors of Techbanx, an  Ontario-based company specializing in very high-interest loans that exceeded the Quebec standard of 35 per cent.
  In a hastily calle
  
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• Growing mould problem festers in NDG

  28-08-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Aug 28: A growing mould problem continues to fester on the surface of splash pads in NDG. As Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports, many parents have filed formal complaints with the borough over the issue.
  
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• Quebec Liberals, CAQ propose solutions to ease labour shortage

  28-08-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Aug 28: The Quebec Liberals and the CAQ are proposing two opposing plans to deal with the province’s growing labour shortage. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the Quebec Liberal Party is turning to immigration – but the CAQ says the answer is better paying jobs.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Where will the children learn while schools are renovated?

  28-08-2018 23:29
  As Quebec schoolchildren return to class this week, the contrast between their new backpacks and shiny shoes versus their old, overcrowded, rundown, sometimes crumbling schools could not be more stark.
  Much of the school infrastructure in Quebec — and especially Montreal — is in a sad state of repair. On top of that, many schools are bursting at the seams because of climbing enrolment, plus the rollout of pre-kindergarten programs for four-year-olds. This has long been a problem, but
  
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• Quebec election live blog Aug. 28: Is Québec Solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 23:28
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:25 p.m.: That’s a wrap
  That’s it for today. We’ll be back tomorrow for more election coverage.
  Follow the Gazette’s ongoing election coverage here.4:25 p.m.: Young Quebecers really like the Liberals
  A new poll for the Gazette and Le Devoir confirms that Quebec youth are flocking to the L
  
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• PQ leader throws support behind Robert Lepage

  28-08-2018 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Aug 28: Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée insists he would have allowed Robert Lepage’s controversial shows to go on if he were premier. As Global’s Cora MacDonald reports, some activists are questioning the politician’s intentions.
  
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• Québec Solidaire wants to ban sale of all gas-powered cars by 2030

  28-08-2018 23:05 via cbc.ca
  Québec Solidaire presented an ambitious campaign promise Tuesday that would ban the sale of all gas-powered consumer vehicles in Quebec by 2030, and require all cars in the province to be 100 per cent electric by 2050.
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Aug. 29

  28-08-2018 23:00
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Trajectoires starting Saturday and continuing to Oct. 14. Vernissage on Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. Call 514-630-1220.
  Montreal Aviation Museum on McGill University’s Macdonald campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd. in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, is open for summer hours (until Sept. 3): every Friday to Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Starting Saturday, Sept. 8 the museum will be open to the public
  
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• Montreal woman violently arrested in 2014 sues city, officers

  28-08-2018 22:29
  Four years after Montreal police officers broke her arm during an arrest, Majiza Philip is suing the city of Montreal and two officers for $700,000.
  Philip is seeking $100,000 for time she spent away from work and for the injuries she sustained. Additionally, she’s asking for $600,000 in moral and punitive damages for her unlawful arrest.
  In 2014, during a concert, Philip’s roommate was detained for public drunkenness. It was a chilly November night, so Philip took her roommate his c
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals drawing more youth vote than other parties, poll says

  28-08-2018 22:24
  QUEBEC — Another public opinion poll has confirmed Quebec’s youth are flocking to the Liberals and not the competing parties.
  One week into the election campaign, a Léger poll conducted for the Montreal Gazette and Le Devoir concludes 35 per cent of Quebec youth plan to vote Liberal Oct. 1.
  That figure is considerably higher than the Coalition Avenir Québec’s support in the same demographic (youths age 18-34.) The CAQ score is 26 per cent.
  Even more surprising, sa
  
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• Live – Quebec election: Is Québec solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 21:46
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:35 p.m.: Health kerfuffle
  The CAQ is complaining that the Liberals are sending Gaétan Barrette, the current health minister, to an election debate about health care, instead of Gertrude Bourdon, the woman who would be the new health minister if Philippe Couillard’s government is re-elected.
  The par
  
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• Habs captain Pacioretty’s future still uncertain as NHL season looms

  28-08-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Max Pacioretty waited till the last minute to confirm that he would go ahead with his annual charity golf tournament.
  
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• Canada Post says it lost $242-million in second quarter, blames pay equity

  28-08-2018 21:32 via cbc.ca
  Canada's postal service built a massive loss into its books Tuesday in anticipation of the potential cost of settling a pay equity dispute with its biggest union.
  
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• A PQ government would work to get Robert Lepage's Kanata on the stage

  28-08-2018 21:29 via cbc.ca
  The Parti Québécois is staking its claim as the party that will defend Quebec's arts scene — and it's using a controversial play that has been panned by Indigenous leaders in the province to do it.
  
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• Habs captain Pacioretty remains uncertain of future in Montreal

  28-08-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  Amid months of trade rumours mentioning his name, Pacioretty wanted to see if he was still a Montreal Canadien before sending out invitations for the tournament that helped raise money for both the team's and his own charitable foundations.
  
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• Côte-Saint-Luc inaugurates Leonard Cohen Lane

  28-08-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Côte-Saint-Luc has inaugurated a lane after late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.
  
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• Quebec gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault to get preliminary hearing date next month

  28-08-2018 20:36 via cbc.ca
  Arsenault, 56, is facing four charges of assault and three of sexual assault. Six women were between 10 and 20 at the time of the alleged crimes in Montreal in the 1980s and early '90s.
  
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• Southern Quebec, Montreal under severe thunderstorm watch Tuesday

  28-08-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  The weather agency says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that could bring strong wind gusts, hail and heavy rain.
  
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• Parts of Southern Quebec remain under severe thunderstorm watch Tuesday

  28-08-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  The weather agency says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that could bring strong wind gusts, hail and heavy rain.
  
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• Video: P.K. Subban teaches Montreal kids at his annual hockey clinic

  28-08-2018 20:20
  It has been more than two years since the Canadiens traded P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators, but he made it clear Saturday that Montreal still holds a special place in his heart.
  At his annual hockey clinic, he passed along coveted tips and tricks as he lead the on-ice portion of the Subban Foundation Hockey Clinic. The registration money will be given to P.K.’s Helping Hand fund, which is dedicated to supporting vulnerable families financially devastated  by their chi
  
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• Live – Quebec elections: Is Québec Solidaire's gas-car ban too 'radical'?

  28-08-2018 20:11
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:10 p.m.: Poem for Pundits
  First time one of my blog posts has inspired a poem.
  In response: Poem for Pundits https://t.co/i332zEPug0 #qc2018 https://t.co/uV5ngv65t7
  — Jack Locke (@Lockeblog) August 27, 2018
  1:30 p.m.: Is a gas-car ban too radical for Quebec?
  Political opponents on Tuesday brushed asi
  
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• Montreal woman files lawsuit against city, police officers for violent 2014 arrest

  28-08-2018 20:10 via cbc.ca
  After an encounter with Montreal police in 2014 left her with a broken arm, Majiza Philip spent three years in and out of court fighting to prove she was not guilty of assaulting police officers and obstructing justice. Now, she's filed a $700,000 lawsuit.
  
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• Montreal woman files lawsuit against city, police for violent 2014 arrest

  28-08-2018 20:10 via cbc.ca
  After an encounter with Montreal police in 2014 left her with a broken arm, Majiza Philip spent three years in and out of court fighting to prove she was not guilty of assaulting police officers and obstructing justice. Now, she's filed a $700,000 lawsuit.
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ would cut 1% of public servants

  28-08-2018 20:01
  A Coalition Avenir Québec government would eliminate 5,000 jobs by attrition — one per cent of the civil service — leader François Legault said Tuesday.
  “Never with these savings will we reduce services to citizens,” Legault said at a press conference in downtown Quebec City.
  The CAQ leader said the Liberals have failed to trim the cost of government bureaucracy and that spending on information technology (IT) is out of control.
  The next government must have
  
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• Kramberger: Time for the back-to-school shopping blues

  28-08-2018 20:00
  It’s the end of summer vacation for school-aged children, a fact some parents might gleefully choose to celebrate. On the flip side of the celebration is surviving the sharp learning curve as parents try their darnedest to complete their children’s back to school supply list by the first day of classes this week.
  Back to school shopping is a rite of passage for parents. For some, it can prove to be stressful, time-consuming and costly. However, you can make the best of it by turning
  
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• Carey Price, despite, well, everything, is the top goaltender in NHL 19

  28-08-2018 19:53
  The 2017-18 season was one to forget for Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price.
  EA Sports appears to have done just that and listed Price as the top goaltender in the NHL 19 video game.
  “Calm and collected while taking full control of the net, Price makes the game look easy, even against the most elite goal scorers,” EA’s justification for his rating reads. “With virtually no holes in his game, Carey Price will be very difficult to score against this year.”
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• Quebec election: Revisiting Kanata cancelation among PQ cultural plans

  28-08-2018 19:18
  QUEBEC — A Parti Québécois government would have acted to ensure the production of the controversial play Kanata went ahead, leader Jean-François Lisée said on Tuesday.
  “Had I been premier,” he said, “I would have directed my minister of culture to meet with the producers to say, ‘One producer lacked moral courage and defected, how can we help you rebuild your financial case? How can we be of some support or find another co-producer?&rsq
  
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• English schools in Montreal face overcrowding as school year begins

  28-08-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  English schools in and around Montreal are dealing with record enrolment, forcing some to build temporary classrooms . Global’s Billy Shields looks into how administrations are dealing with overcrowding and budget cuts.
  
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• Max Pacioretty and the Habs: Speculation is par for the course

  28-08-2018 19:01
  STE-JULIE — Most NHL teams would be rushing to lock up a perennial 30-goal scorer who is playing in a city he loves.
  But the Montreal Canadiens are in no hurry to work out an extension for captain Max Pacioretty, who is in a position to become an unrestricted free agent next July.
  “There are no talks,” Pacioretty said prior to teeing off in the third annual Captain’s Tournament charity event at the Richelieu Valley Golf Club Tuesday.
  While team owner Geoff Molson said he
  
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• Olympic short-track speed skater Valerie Maltais makes move to long track

  28-08-2018 18:58 via cbc.ca
  The three-time Olympian from Saguenay, Que., won a relay silver medal at the 2014 Olympic Games in short track.
  
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• Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime recovering after U.S. Open scare

  28-08-2018 18:52 via cbc.ca
  Tennis Canada says Felix Auger-Aliassime is doing fine and “everything is back to normal” after Monday night’s scare on the court at the U.S. Open.
  
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• Trudeau 'encouraged' by NAFTA progress as Canada faces pressure to sign or face auto tariffs

  28-08-2018 18:38 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has arrived in Washington to sit down with her American counterparts to hammer out a trilateral deal, a day after Mexico and the U.S. put pen to paper on a draft agreement in principle.
  
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• Preliminary hearing date to be set for Edmonton gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault in Montreal

  28-08-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  Six women were between 10 and 20 at the time of the alleged crimes in Montreal in the 1980s and early '90s.
  
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• Preliminary date to be set next month for gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault

  28-08-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  Six women were between 10 and 20 at the time of the alleged crimes in Montreal in the 1980s and early '90s.
  
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• Freeland has 'constructive meeting' with U.S. as Canada faces pressure to sign or face auto tariffs

  28-08-2018 18:38 via cbc.ca
  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says conversations with the U.S. remain "constructive," even as White House officials threaten to impose punitive tariffs on Canadian-made cars if Canada doesn't sign on to a new North American Free Trade Agreement​ by Friday.
  
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• Back to school: set yourself up for health success with @jamieson_Canada https://t.co/c7fIsGyjrU

  28-08-2018 18:12
  
  Back to school: set yourself up for health success with @jamieson_Canada https://t.co/c7fIsGyjrU
  
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• Saudi medical trainees allowed to stay in Canada for now

  28-08-2018 18:10 via cbc.ca
  More than 1,000 medical trainees from Saudi Arabia have been told they can stay in their Canadian positions for a while longer, bringing relief to teaching hospitals and universities that have come to depend on them.
  
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• Quebec has plenty of Canada's 'very poor' roads: Statistics Canada

  28-08-2018 18:09
  The potholes and bumps were not just figments of your imagination.
  A new Statistics Canada survey of the nation’s roads suggests Quebec has more than its fair share of “poor” and “very poor” roads.
  Carried out in conjunction with Infrastructure Canada, the survey uses responses from about 1,500 government organizations. A poor road, according to the government agency, exhibits a “condition below standard and a large portion of the network exhibits significant
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ government would cut 1% of public servants

  28-08-2018 18:02
  A Coalition Avenir Québec government would eliminate 5,000 jobs by attrition — one per cent of the civil service — leader François Legault said Tuesday.
  “Never with these savings will we reduce services to citizens,” Legault said at a press conference in downtown Quebec City.
  The CAQ leader said the Liberals have failed to trim the cost of government bureaucracy and that spending on information technology (IT) is out of control.
  The next government must have
  
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• Opinion: Settling for 'tolerance' has noxious effects

  28-08-2018 18:02
  During his speech to the assembled crowd at the 2018 Pride Parade in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the usage of the word “tolerance” by Canadians when referring to their neighbours who differ from them. Instead, he called for acceptance. I could not agree more.
  As a person of colour and an individual who numbers many LGBTQ folk among relatives, friends and acquaintances, I am fully aware of the noxious effects of being tolerated. Although, given the occasion, Trudea
  
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• Protesters rally outside Quebec City school after boys accused of sharing explicit photos return to class

  28-08-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  Imagine being a 13-year-old victim and bumping into one of those boys while at school, women's rights activist Isabelle Boily told reporters as the human chain took shape in front of Séminaire des Pères Maristes Tuesday.
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard blasts Legault on economy, immigration

  28-08-2018 18:00
  YAMACHICHE — Liberal leader Philippe Couillard deviated from his early strategy of focusing on campaign proposals and playing nice by tearing a strip out of his main opponent, Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault, on Tuesday.
  “The greatest weakness of the CAQ is the economy,” Couillard said while taking media questions at a press conference to announce measures to improve education. “The great economic risk for Quebec is a CAQ government. Mr. Lega
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Lamb Burgers with Grilled Red Onions

  28-08-2018 17:59
  If you need help cooking good family meals and getting them on the table quickly, Now & Again, the latest cookbook by veteran U.S. food writer Julia Turshen, has plenty of ideas.
  London photographer David Loftus has provided fine photos for the seasonal collection of more than 150 recipes. The book features follow-up sections called It’s Me Again about how to use your leftovers. Turshen regularly cooks too much of a dish so she will have an easy cooking job the next day.
  Another sectio
  
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• Live – Quebec election: On Google, Manon Massé is most popular leader

  28-08-2018 17:54
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Aug. 28. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:40 a.m.: Quebecers look to both ends of political spectrum
  Quebecers are eager to learn more about two parties on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
  They really want to hear what Manon Massé, co-spokesperson of the left-wing Québec Solidaire, has to say.
  She’s by f
  
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• Quebec election: Public transit at core of QS economic transition plan

  28-08-2018 17:51
  A Quebec solidaire government would invest $13.3 billion into public transit over the next four years, a move the party claims would not only stimulate the economy and create jobs, it would allow Quebec to meet its ambitious climate change targets.
  “Climate change is the biggest challenge of the 21st century,” said party spokesperson Manon Massé at a news conference in Parc Lafontaine. “Our great-great-grandchildren will blame us if we don’t act now, and they will
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion adds firefighters, first responder services

  28-08-2018 17:45
  The Vaudreuil-Dorion fire department is staffing up to ensure firefighters are standing by around the clock to respond to local emergencies.
  The city of Vaudreuil-Dorion announced this week that as of Sept. 2, firefighters will be on duty 24/7, 365 days a year at the Forbes fire station. In addition to firefighting services, staff have also been provided training to offer first responder services, such as intervention in cases of anaphylactic shock, trauma and cardiorespiratory arrest.
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• Video of STM officers arresting commuter goes viral

  28-08-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  A video of a man being apprehended by STM officers at the Guy-Concordia metro station on Friday night has gone viral on social media. According to the witness who filmed and posted the video, a commuter tried to get through the metro turnstiles using his girlfriend’s pass.
  
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• Lachine man admits to killing girlfriend's son with a spear

  28-08-2018 17:21
  A 44-year-old Lachine resident put a halt to his upcoming jury trial at the Montreal courthouse by admitting he stabbed his girlfriend and killed her son with a spear after a day of heavy drinking nearly three years ago.
  Philippe Gloutney appeared before Quebec Superior Court Justice François Dadour on Tuesday as notices were about to be sent out to potential jurors for a trial that was expected to begin in a few weeks. Although he was initially charged with first-degree murder in the dea
  
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• ‘You’re choking me’: Video of public transit officers tackling commuter goes viral

  28-08-2018 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  A police investigation is ongoing after an incident between STM officers and a commuter.
  
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