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• Quebec parties promise more spending for seniors’ care

  04-09-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's campaigning political parties have revealed parts of their platforms to better the lives of seniors. However, some seniors are hesitant to believe their promises.
  
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• PQ candidate Guy Leclair arrested on drunk driving charges

  04-09-2018 23:45 via cbc.ca
  The outgoing MNA for Beauharnois and candidate for the Parti Québécois was arrested in July in a parking lot in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Quebec parties aim to woo seniors

  04-09-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Sep 4: Quebec party leaders on the campaign trail have revealed parts of their platforms to better the lives of seniors across the province. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, many seniors are hesitant to believe these campaign promises.
  
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• Mother demands answer after child is abandoned by school bus

  04-09-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Sep 4: It’s been a rough start to the school year for some parents and students at the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, a mother says her child went missing for hours after school before being found by police.
  
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• Quebec election: Group wants changes to 'unfair' electoral map

  04-09-2018 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of citizens, supported by Montreal-area mayors and councillors, is reiterating calls to have Quebec’s electoral map redrawn, claiming the current map is unfair and unreasonable.
  The group had launched a court challenge last year against electoral boundary changes finalized in 2017, but the case will only be heard in 2019. It’s now calling on all provincial party leaders to commit to making the changes once the current election is done and before the next one is held.
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• West end mayors call for changes to Quebec’s electoral map

  04-09-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Sep 4: A group of West end elected officials are calling for a reform to Quebec’s electoral law. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, they argue the current electoral map is undemocratic and unfair for thousands of voters.
  
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• UPDATE: SQ makes arrest in 2017 kidnapping of Chez Cora chief

  04-09-2018 23:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A failed franchise owner of Chez Cora restaurants is expected to be charged Wednesday with the kidnapping and forcible confinement of the president of the breakfast chain, Nicholas Tsouflidis, 18 months ago.
  Paul Zaidan, 49, who is believed to have lost his franchise in 2014, allegedly used a fake gun to force Tsouflidis out of his home in Mirabel and into the trunk of a car, in an alleged bid to hold him for ransom.
  Tsouflidis, the youngest son of company founder Cora Mussely Tsouflidou, w
  
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• Protective nets needed around arenas following hockey puck death: Quebec coroner

  04-09-2018 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  The death of a 12-year-old girl after she was struck by a hockey puck has prompted a Quebec coroner to ask the province to study the possibility of installing protective nets in all arenas.
  
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• Quebec election blog Sept. 4: Party wants to make province great again – by joining U.S.

  04-09-2018 23:19 via montrealgazette.com
  This was the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Sept. 4.
  Scroll down for the report on Parti 51, the party that wants to make Quebec the 51st U.S. state.5:20 p.m.: That’s a wrap
  Join us again tomorrow for more election fun.5:15 p.m.: Hydro and goons
  Here’s what the parties were up to this afternoon:Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault says the best thing Quebec could do for the environment would be to export hydr
  
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• Plane spotters track runway action from Dorval park

  04-09-2018 22:34 via cbc.ca
  On sunny summer afternoons, aviation enthusiasts of all ages gather in Jacques-de-Lesseps Park near Trudeau Airport to watch planes take off and land.
  
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• Quebec election: Every political party needs a Grégoire Bérubé

  04-09-2018 22:28 via montrealgazette.com
  RIMOUSKI — Grégoire Bérubé takes one last drag of his cigarette and nods approvingly as the campaign bus pulls up to the shoreline.
  His work here is done.
  In a moment, the candidate will make his way to a podium that offers an absurdly beautiful backdrop; waves crashing against sandy cliffs, catamarans sailing across the bay and a sky that bathes him in soft light.
  By the time Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée begins jousting with r
  
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• Quebec election: Legault wants more Hydro-Québec development, exports

  04-09-2018 21:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The best thing Quebec could do for the environment would be to export hydroelectric power to the world, according to Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault.
  At a press conference in Thetford Mines on Tuesday, Legault was questioned on his environmental stance — or lack thereof.
  Legault said a CAQ government would continue to develop hydroelectric power across the province. Right now, Hydro-Québec produces an excess amount of energy, some of which wil
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard slams Legault for "goons" accusation

  04-09-2018 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  GASPÉ — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard shot back on Tuesday at Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault’s accusation that Couillard is using some candidates as “goons” — having them make attacks that the leader won’t make himself.
  “We have a team where everybody makes his or her contribution,” Couillard said. “It’s as if we’ve never had campaigns before. I’m surprised by this question, it&rsquo
  
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• ‘Our vote doesn’t make a difference’: More focus needed on Indigenous concerns in Quebec campaign

  04-09-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  As the party leaders criss-cross Quebec ahead of the election, some northern residents say the leaders' promises don't really penetrate a riding that covers about one-half of the province's land mass.
  
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• Montreal tennis ace Félix Auger-Aliassime named to Davis Cup team

  04-09-2018 21:17 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — Canada’s top four tennis players and a retiring doubles standout have been selected to represent the country in a Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands next month.
  Team captain Frank Dancevic picked Milos Raonic, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime and Daniel Nestor, who is retiring this fall, to the squad for the Sept. 14-16 indoor tie at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto.
  “This is an important tie for us as we are hoping to ma
  
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• Viens Commission waking up Quebecers to plight of Indigenous peoples, says Konrad Sioui

  04-09-2018 21:08 via cbc.ca
  "It's never been a love story," the Huron-Wendat grand chief said of the relationship between First Nations and Quebec society at large, explaining why the work of Quebec's travelling Viens Commission is of "utmost importance."
  
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• Viens Commission waking up Quebecers to plight of Indigenous peoples, says Huron-Wendat grand chief

  04-09-2018 21:08 via cbc.ca
  "It's never been a love story," the Huron-Wendat grand chief said of the relationship between First Nations and Quebec society at large, explaining why the work of Quebec's travelling Viens Commission is of "utmost importance."
  
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• Legault criticizes tennis star Eugenie Bouchard

  04-09-2018 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  François Legault isn’t happy with Montreal tennis star Eugenie Bouchard.
  At a press conference in Thetford Mines on Tuesday, the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec said he didn’t really like Bouchard’s decision to become a resident of the Bahamas for tax purposes.
  La Presse broke the news Monday that Bouchard had changed her official residence to an address in the Bahamas, where tax rates are much lower.
  “I think we should live where we were born, where w
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens' noxious atmosphere has fans, players gasping

  04-09-2018 20:22 via montrealgazette.com
  This Montreal Canadiens season is going to be just about as bad as most of us expect.
  The most common Molotov cocktail of an insult launched in my direction on social media comes in the form of the charge that I never have anything positive to say about the Habs. Well, help me out here! Give me some upbeat material to work with. I’d be happy to share some good news, but I’m just not seeing it.
  During the weekend, I read two pieces from the Athletic, neither written by journalists wit
  
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• Opinion: Arthritis patients need better access to complementary care

  04-09-2018 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Cousins Caroline and Marie-Line both live with inflammatory arthritis: one has ankylosing spondylitis, the other childhood arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. While both are affected, the support they receive is very different: Caroline gets compensation from her group insurance plan for her complementary care services, while Marie-Line does not have such coverage.
  These services are not covered by the public health-care system.
  We ask: Why not?
  Both cousins need access to these services, as do
  
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• Affordable housing options lacking in the West Island

  04-09-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The lack of affordable housing in the West Island will be tackled during an upcoming forum and the general public as well as elected officials are invited to participate and offer viable solutions.
  Alena Ziuleva, the director of Table de quartier sud de l’Ouest-de-l’Île (TQSOI), said an estimated 9,000 people (including around 500 children) live under the poverty line within the south West Island sector that the TQSOI covers. As a result, there is a real need for affordable hou
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Sept. 5

  04-09-2018 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibit of paintings by Andrea Lavoie starting Sept. 11 and continuing to Sept. 29. Vernissage on Sept. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Trajectoires. Continues until Oct. 14. Vernissage on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Call 514-630-1220.
  Montreal Aviation Museum on McGill University’s Macdonald campus, 21111 L
  
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• Montreal man gets 51 months in cross-border gun smuggling case

  04-09-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Some of the handguns were left in the bathroom of a library that straddles the border between Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Que.
  
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• 'They are trying to empty my pockets': Quebec drivers stunned by dramatic increase in parking fines

  04-09-2018 19:06 via cbc.ca
  Quebec drivers have been getting quite a shock in recent weeks to learn that parking tickets now carry fines as high as $200 in some Quebec municipalities.
  
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• Quebec driver stunned by dramatic increase in parking fines

  04-09-2018 19:06 via cbc.ca
  In July, Caroline Lacoste said she "almost had a heart attack" when she saw that the ticket she'd been issued carried a $169 fee. Her car was parked on the wrong side of a street in Longueuil, an offence that used to cost $43.
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ promises to double tax credit for caregivers

  04-09-2018 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  THETFORD MINES — The Coalition Avenir Québec promises to increase the tax credit received by caregivers in the province if elected and to invest in more support centres across the province.
  Tuesday morning, CAQ leader François Legault stood in front of a seniors’ residence in southern Quebec, announcing that if his party is elected on Oct. 1, caregivers would be able to claim a $2,500 tax credit from the government, up from $1,177.
  According to the party, there are
  
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• Live – Quebec election blog: Party wants to make province great again – by joining U.S.

  04-09-2018 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Tuesday, Sept. 4. It will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:55 p.m.: Getting out the vote
  Elections Quebec has posted a series of video ads, including these three in English, encouraging voters to cast ballots.12:05 p.m.: Write your own caption.
  Gazette colleague Matthew Lapierre snapped this photo on the campaign trail yesterday. Legault was visiting the Village Qu
  
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• Record number of Montreal road construction projects causes traffic headaches

  04-09-2018 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  There are a record 40 road construction sites around the island of Montreal, making traffic congestion worse than usual, especially during rush hour. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
  
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• Midget AAA Lions open 42-game schedule on winning note

  04-09-2018 18:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lac St-Louis Lions opened the 2018-19 Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League regular-season schedule Friday with a 6-4 win over the St-Eustache Vikings at the Dollard Civic Centre.
  Forward Matt Choupani led the Lions’ attack with a pair of goals and one assist.
  Other goal scorers were Kerfalla Touré, Émile Plante and Dovar Tinling. Robert Orr picked up a pair of assists.
  Lions netminder Devon Levi stopped 30 of 32 shots for his first win of the season.  The Lions outsh
  
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• Montreal man gets 51 months in Vermont border gun smuggling case

  04-09-2018 18:20 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after he admitted smuggling about 100 handguns into Canada across the Vermont-Quebec border.
  
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• Quebec election: Québec Solidaire vows to protect lumber industry

  04-09-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire says it wants to protect the province’s softwood lumber industry from American President Donald Trump.
  Party spokesperson Manon Massé said that if her party is elected, it would suggest changes to the province’s building code to ensure new non-residential construction would include wooden structures.
  “When Donald Trump gets up in the morning and is a bad mood, it’s the people here who lose jobs,” Massé said on Tuesday.
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• Coroner clears driver of snowplow that killed 8-year-old girl in Quebec City in December

  04-09-2018 18:14 via cbc.ca
  Denise McManiman is recommending Quebec's auto insurance board, the SAAQ, make an effort to warn children about the dangers of playing near snow-removal vehicles.
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals pledge to move decision-makers to regions

  04-09-2018 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  GASPÉ — Government decisions about several natural resource sectors would be made in regions where those resources play a major part of the economy, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard promised on Tuesday.
  If his party is re-elected on Oct. 1, Couillard said a Liberal government would move bureaucrats and managers — up to the level of assistant deputy minister — who make decisions about natural resources to the region where the majority of economic activity related to
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Italian Carrot Salad

  04-09-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  If you take carrots for granted — slicing and steaming them to accompany a roast, or serving as crudités with celery sticks and a dip, or eating plain at a picnic — here is a fresh idea. This salad is from Giada’s Italy, the new cookbook by Giada de Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter/Penguin Random House, $47).
  With carrots at their best now, the TV chef suggests upgrading from the usual salad — mayonnaise and raisins — by adding dried cranberries and goat cheese.
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• Quebec election: CAQ candidate Éric Caire 'has no business in politics'

  04-09-2018 17:42 via montrealgazette.com
  CARLETON-SUR-MER — As an ethics scandal coils its away around one of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s most prominent candidates, Jean-François Lisée is intent on finishing him off.
  The CAQ’s Éric Caire, he said, needs to suspend his campaign immediately and withdraw from political life.
  “His career should be over, it’s that simple,” said Lisée, the Parti Québécois leader. “He has no business in politics.&rdqu
  
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• Police seek help in locating Quebec man missing since Sunday

  04-09-2018 17:20 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is seeking help from the public to locate a 34-year-old man missing from his residence in the Montérégie since Sunday.
  Denis Deschênes was last seen at his home in St-Édouard-de-Napierville around 4:30 p.m.
  He apparently left in his car, a grey 2002 Volkswagen Jetta, licence plate K81 FRZ.
  Police believe he might be in the area of Mont-Joli, in the Bas-St-Laurent region. Those close to him say they are worried for his safety.
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• Quebec election: Couillard says resource decisions would be made in regions

  04-09-2018 16:42 via montrealgazette.com
  GASPÉ — Government decisions about several natural resource sectors would be made in regions where those resources play a major part of the economy, Liberal leader Philippe Couillard promised on Tuesday.
  If his party is re-elected on Oct. 1, Couillard said a Liberal government would move bureaucrats and managers — up to the level of assistant deputy minister — who make decisions about natural resources to the region where the majority of economic activity related to
  
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• SQ arrest man wanted in high-profile Cora kidnapping

  04-09-2018 16:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec confirmed the arrest of a 49-year-old man wanted in connection with the March 2017 kidnapping of Nicolas Tsouflidis, president of the Cora breakfast restaurant chain.
  
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• El Mercado del Taco: Montreal’s first-ever taco festival

  04-09-2018 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal is holding its very first taco festival – El Marcado del Taco. Find out more with Global’s Andrea Howick and her guests festival founder Bernardo Arsuaga and taco restaurant owner Rosina Martinez.
  
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• UPDATE: Montreal firefighters rescue woman on Champlain Bridge

  04-09-2018 16:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal fire department’s specialized rescue team have completed a delicate operation below the Champlain Bridge, extricating a woman who had fallen onto a metal platform below the deck of the span.
  The woman suffered injuries to her wrist and chest and has been transported to hospital after being hoisted back up onto the span by the department’s vertical rescue team, also known as “Spidermen.”
  The effort led to a monster traffic jam as their emergency vehicles and t
  
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• Billionaire Desmarais takes page from Rockefeller with Ferme des Quatre-Temps

  04-09-2018 16:17 via montrealgazette.com
  André Desmarais’s farm seems too pretty to be real.
  A massive, colourful sculpture by French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle towers over beets and greens. Stained-glass windows by Quebec painter Marc Seguin adorn the pig barn on the 160-acre property that lies six kilometres from the U.S. border. Chickens hop in and out of wooden coops, occasionally escaping the meadow to venture near the Montreal billionaire’s country residence.
  And yet, La Ferme des Quatre-Tem
  
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• Fashion Tuesday: 8lack Official Fashion Pop-Up

  04-09-2018 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal’s first 8lack Official pop-up store opens, featuring all-black fashion for men and women. Find out more from founder Estera Kostardjian and Global’s Andrea Howick.
  
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• Agility exercises for mom

  04-09-2018 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  Great advice and workout tips for moms, with fitness expert Jonathan Williams and Global’s Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Quebec election: PQ candidate battles cancer as he seeks re-election

  04-09-2018 16:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Parti Québécois MNA Sylvain Roy is preparing this week to begin receiving treatments for throat cancer — even as he campaigns for re-election.
  Despite the distance the Bonaventure MNA will have to travel between the Gaspé and Quebec City for treatment, Roy was to be present Tuesday morning at an announcement by PQ Leader Jean-François Lisée, and attended a dinner Monday with supporters in his riding.
  However, he will soon have to abandon campaigning
  
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• New Turcot configuration causes traffic headaches

  04-09-2018 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday morning commute was filled with long traffic delays as many drivers are back on the roads from summer vacation. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports a new Turcot configuration added to the construction headaches.
  
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• Montreal e-sports champion keeps it real while gaming

  04-09-2018 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal e-sports champion Stephanie Harvey talks about her sport and keeping it real as she prepares for DreamHack Montreal, with Global’s Andrea Howick.
  
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• The world’s most accomplished sprint canoeist

  04-09-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Fresh from winning three gold medals at this year’s Canoe Sprint World Championships, Laurence Vincent Lapointe talks career and accomplishments with Global’s Andrea Howick.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, September 4

  04-09-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  Andrea Howick has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, September 4.
  
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