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• Stu Cowan: A special birthday surprise for Canadiens' Karl Alzner

  24-09-2018 23:59
  Canadiens defenceman Karl Alzner turned 30 on Monday.
  But since he had a busy day scheduled, which included a 10:45 a.m. practice in Brossard, a 3 p.m. flight to Toronto with his teammates to play the Maple Leafs in a 7:30 p.m. NHL pre-season game, followed by a flight back home, scheduled to arrive at 12:40 a.m., Alzner decided to celebrate with his wife, their daughter Stella, who is almost 4, and 2-year-old son Anson at home on Sunday when the Canadiens had the day off.
  “We actually did
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard attacks CAQ's 'horrible' immigration policy

  24-09-2018 23:53
  Philippe Couillard sharpened his attack against his chief rival, suggesting his views on immigration and integration of new arrivals are inhumane.
  And he made the case to be elected next Monday to four more years, saying his government turned the province’s finances around and created hundreds of thousands of jobs.
  Speaking to the Montreal Gazette’s editorial board Monday, Couillard called on Quebecers to widely reject Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault&rsq
  
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• Hudson apple orchard damaged after storm

  24-09-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Sep 24: An organic apple orchard in Hudson has been forced to cancel apple picking this fall after the severe storm last Friday wreaked havoc on its trees. Global’s Anne Leclair reports.
  
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• With a week left in the campaign, the CAQ and Liberals are headed in different directions (literally)

  24-09-2018 23:46 via cbc.ca
  With one week left till election day, how have the Liberals and CAQ kicked off the final days of the campaign? Glad you asked.
  
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• Sovereignty debate revived one week before Quebec election

  24-09-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  As the Quebec election campaign draws to a close, the issue of sovereignty has been revived.
  
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• For the front-running CAQ, offence is the best defence

  24-09-2018 23:46 via cbc.ca
  With one week left till election day, how have the Liberals and CAQ kicked off the final days of the campaign? Glad you asked.
  
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• West Island mayors celebrate steps to protect Angell Woods

  24-09-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Sep 24: West Island mayors are rejoicing after the City of Montreal announced it has acquired land in its latest step to protect Angell Woods in Beaconsfield. Global’s Dan Spector.
  
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• Quebec election: Couillard pushes Legault on sovereignty

  24-09-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Sep 24: With the Quebec election campaign in its final week, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is taking shots at CAQ Leader Françcois Legault, asking him to reiterate his stance on sovereignty. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Suspected pimp David Maignan arrested after four-month manhunt

  24-09-2018 23:29
  Montreal police have arrested an alleged pimp who has been sought since May 18.
  David Maignan, 18, was charged Thursday on several counts of procurement of a person under the age of 18, advertising sexual services and receiving a material benefit derived from sexual services, after being arrested last Wednesday. He had been sought on a Canada-warrant and had been described by investigators as violent.
  Anyone who thinks they were a victim or knows someone who may have been a victim of Maigna
  
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• ‘Nothing is really easy right now’: Some Gatineau residents still can’t access homes after tornado

  24-09-2018 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Gatineau residents forced from their homes by Friday's tornado are growing anxious to get back inside and retrieve their belongings.
  
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• Canadiens face tough decision as Jesperi Kotkaniemi impresses

  24-09-2018 22:27
  Coach Claude Julien was asked after practice Monday morning in Brossard if the Canadiens have a difficult decision ahead of them as to what to do with Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
  “Yes, we do,” the coach said.
  “Yes, we do,” he repeated.
  Yes, they do.
  Kotkaniemi, the Canadiens’ first-round pick (third overall) at this year’s NHL Draft, has had an impressive training camp so far and was named the first star in a 3-2 pre-season win over the Ottawa Senators Saturday night
  
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• Canada has removed only 6 of 900 asylum seekers facing U.S. deportation

  24-09-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Newly released figures show Canadian officials have removed only a handful of the hundreds of irregular migrants who arrived in Canada while they were already facing deportation orders from the United States.
  
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• Spurred on by CAQ's millionaire leader, other party leaders release tax returns, reveal assets

  24-09-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  The leader of Coalition Avenir Québec revealed his substantial financial assets on Monday, calling on other political leaders to tell the public what they're worth. By day's end, all had complied.
  
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• François Legault releases financial records showing assets of $10M

  24-09-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  The CAQ leader revealed his financial assets on Monday and called on other political leaders to do the same. So far, Québec Solidaire's Manon Massé has complied — and the contrast is stark.
  
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• Here’s how the Ottawa-Gatineau tornadoes formed so quickly

  24-09-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  The two tornadoes that touched down in the Ottawa-Gatineau region left demolished houses and uprooted trees in their paths and two people with critical injuries Friday night.
  
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• Lise Ravary: Anglos shouldn't spurn alternatives to the Liberals

  24-09-2018 20:45
  By the time you read my next Gazette column, Quebec will have elected a new government. I doubt that Philippe Couillard will be premier again.
  He was a contender, albeit by a minuscule margin, until he assured Quebecers that it was possible to feed a small family for $75 a week.
  So weird was this remark that even the BBC and The Guardian covered it.
  And unbelievably stupid.
  But it won’t stop Le Bloc Anglo from voting Liberal. Nor will the ongoing investigation by UPAC into illegal fundrais
  
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• What'd Youppi! look like after a bender? The new Flyers mascot, probably

  24-09-2018 20:41
  Yikes!
  The Philadelphia Flyers have a new mascot, and it looks an awful lot like something out of an after-school special designed to scare Youppi! into sobriety. It also looks plain awful.
  Given the horrifically on-the-nose name “Gritty,” the orange creation appears to view Tom Hanks’ grooming choices in Castaway as aspirational.
  Granted, the Habs have not given Youppi! cause to grow a playoff beard of late, but we’re pretty sure he’d do better than whatever happen
  
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• Secret Montreal: tarantulas, dumpster-diving and ghost-hunting

  24-09-2018 20:33
  Where are you going to learn the ins and outs of dumpster-diving — maybe more the outs than ins in this case? Or where the city’s ghosts congregate? Or where to bop to the K-Pop beat? Or where to find the tarantula of your dreams?
  Fret not. These questions, and many others dealing with the more quirky aspects of Montreal’s underbelly, will be answered in 514 Undiscovered, a six-part series debuting Tuesday on MAtv. (Each episode will stream for free Wednesdays for a week at mat
  
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• Quebec election: No electoral reform without unanimity, Couillard says

  24-09-2018 20:03
  It would be “extremely doubtful” if electoral reform were to proceed in Quebec without the unanimous consent of all members of the National Assembly, Quebec Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said on Monday.
  And even if no regulation actually requires such unanimity, Couillard said that given the repercussions such a change would have on the voting system, full support from all parties would be a “minimum” requirement.
  At the moment, Couillard is alone in his opposition to
  
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• I was stressed over exams, says man who sent bomb threats to Concordia

  24-09-2018 19:46
  A man who sent a series of emails that caused Concordia University to evacuate three of its buildings last year says he was desperate to avoid doing an exam when he carried out what he now concedes was a terrible idea.
  Hisham Saadi, 49, appeared before Quebec Court Judge Mélanie Hebert at the Montreal courthouse as the sentencing stage of his case began on Monday.
  In June, Saadi was convicted of having committed acts that, considering the context, were susceptible to causing fear tha
  
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• Coalition Avenir Quebec’s François Legault first to disclose personal assets

  24-09-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  With a week left before the Quebec election, party leaders are beginning to reveal their financial situations.
  
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• Thousands of Quebecers vote early in advance polls

  24-09-2018 19:26 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City and Sherbrooke advance polling stations have been the most popular so far. Montreal? Not so much.
  
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• Concordia University alumna donates $15M, faculty of engineering named after her

  24-09-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Concordia University alumna Gina Cody has made a historic $15-million donation.
  
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• Opinion: Montreal suburbs shouldn't always be losers at agglo council

  24-09-2018 19:03
  Last January, Montreal suburbs were blindsided with a sharp increase in their agglomeration taxes. After the usual outbursts of indignation, the increases were absorbed into the budgets of the de-merged suburbs. Suburban councils were left to stew and wonder what surprises lay in store for next year’s budget.On Thursday, the suburban mayors announced an agreement reached with Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante to integrate them into the budget process, starting in 2020. It is clear that
  
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• Update — Quebec election: Legault's tax bill would dip if he's elected

  24-09-2018 18:59
  François Legault would personally save more than $3,000 a year in school taxes if his party is elected, the Coalition Avenir Québec leader’s financial disclosures show.
  On Monday, Legault released his 2018 federal tax return and details about his personal finances.
  Legault said he wants this sort of disclosure to be the norm in Quebec, to ensure full transparency.
  “I think Quebecers have the right to know,” he said.
  According to the document released by the
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Jesperi Kotkaniemi back in lineup vs. Maple Leafs

  24-09-2018 18:56
  Jesperi Kotkaniemi will be back in the Canadiens’ lineup when they visit the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night in NHL pre-season action (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio), but he won’t have Jonathan Drouin on his left wing.
  Drouin will get the night off in Toronto and Michael Chaput will take his spot with Kotkaniemi at centre and Joel Armia on the right wing.
  “You’re looking at certain guys right now,” coach Claude Julien said after practice as the Canadiens head
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée urges anglos to get on the PQ train for 4 years

  24-09-2018 18:35
  Saying there would be no referendum on Quebec independence in a first term, Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée on Monday urged Quebec’s non-francophones to vote for his party, adding they could always switch their allegiance after four years.
  While dismissing the idea of rejecting the PQ’s “deep” commitment to Quebec sovereignty, Lisée buttressed the invitation to anglophones and allophones to support his party because the pledge
  
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• I was stressed over exams, man who sent bomb threats to Concordia says

  24-09-2018 18:27
  The man who sent off a series of emails that caused Concordia University to evacuate three of its buildings last year testified in court on Monday that he was at his wit’s end and was desperate to avoid doing an exam when he carried out what he now concedes was a terrible idea.
  Hisham Saadi, 49, appeared before Quebec Court Judge Mélanie Hebert at the Montreal courthouse as the sentencing stage of his case began.
  “There was a debate going on within myself. One side was saying
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard's 1st-round exit at Tashkent Open adds to woeful season

  24-09-2018 18:08 via cbc.ca
  Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the first round of the Tashkent Open on Monday, continuing another difficult season for the former Wimbledon finalist.
  
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• Ex-Canadiens captain Gionta to retire after 16 NHL seasons: report

  24-09-2018 17:30 via cbc.ca
  A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that 39-year-old forward Brian Gionta is retiring after scoring 291 goals and 595 points in 1,026 regular-season games, covering 16 NHL seasons.
  
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• Ex-Canadiens captain Gionta retires after 16 NHL seasons

  24-09-2018 17:30 via cbc.ca
  Forward Brian Gionta has retired after 16 NHL seasons, two Olympic appearances and a Stanley Cup title with the New Jersey Devils in 2003. He has agreed to a part-time job as a player development assistant with the Buffalo Sabres.
  
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• Quebec election: PQ promises more resources for child protection

  24-09-2018 17:29
  A Parti Québécois government would put more government resources toward the protection of children, PQ Leader Jean-François Lisée promised Monday.
  Lisée said a PQ government would name an official specifically tasked to deal with children’s issues.
  He said a “ministry of youth” would be created that would integrate the issues of primary and secondary education as well as youth protection.
  A provincial policy to promote the well-being of youth
  
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• Céline Dion to end Las Vegas residency after 8 years

  24-09-2018 17:29 via cbc.ca
  The 50-year-old songstress will continue performing at Caesars Palace until June 2019.
  
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• P.K. Subban sends heartfelt video message to Saint John cancer survivor

  24-09-2018 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  “People like yourself give guys like myself and my teammates, give us a reason every day to appreciate how lucky we are in what we do.”
  
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• Concordia’s first female building engineer gifts $15M to alma mater

  24-09-2018 17:15
  Gina Parvaneh Cody came to Montreal from Iran in 1979 with $2,000 in her pocket and dreams of becoming an engineer.
  After an hour-long interview with her brother’s engineering professor at Concordia University, Cody was given a scholarship to help cover the cost of her master’s degree.
  Ten years later, she became the first woman in Concordia University’s history to earn a Ph.D in building engineering.
  After a highly successful career as an engineer and business leader in Canada
  
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• Concordia names engineering school after Gina Cody, a first for women in Canada

  24-09-2018 17:15 via cbc.ca
  Gina Cody is the first woman at Concordia to have obtained a PhD in building engineering.
  
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• Watch: Get to know Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault

  24-09-2018 16:46
  If you include his time as a Parti Québécois minister, François Legault is now the second-to-longest-serving member of the National Assembly.
  That might lead you to believe that he’s the stereotype of a career politician, but the reality’s a bit more complicated than that.
  From co-founding and then divesting from Air Transat to his complaints about the province’s bureaucracy while serving as Lucien Bouchard’s education minister to his founding of
  
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• Suspected pimp arrested after four-month manhunt

  24-09-2018 16:12
  Montreal police have arrested an alleged pimp who has been sought since May 18.
  David Maignan, 18, was charged Sept. 20 on several counts of procurement of a person under the age of 18, advertising sexual services and receiving a material benefit derived from sexual services, after being arrested last Sept. 19. He had been sought on a Canada-warrant and had been described by investigators as violent.
  Anyone who thinks they were a victim or knows someone who may have been a victim of Maignan
  
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• Montreal International Black Film Festival

  24-09-2018 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  The 2018 version of the MIBFF gets underway this week. Find out what’s on the schedule with Film Festival founder Fabienne Colas and Global’s Laura Casella & Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Important witness in Sutton kidnapping located

  24-09-2018 15:43 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say they found an important witness in the kidnapping of a Sutton girl last week, who escaped an empty house she was brought to by her captors.
  
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• Your health: Dealing with late season allergies

  24-09-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Got the sniffles from late-summer allergies? Join Global News medical specialist Dr. Mitch Shulman and Global’s Laura Casella for the best strategies to deal with those annoying allergy symptoms.
  
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• Sutton kidnapping: Sûreté du Québec find a witness, seek Econoline van

  24-09-2018 15:23
  The man whose image was captured in a surveillance camera at a local Tim Horton’s and who is described by provincial police as a material witness in connection with a kidnapping last week of a 12-year-old girl in Sutton has been located, the Sûreté du Québec said Monday.
  However, police were otherwise providing little information on the advance in their investigation, other than to say their search for the two suspects in the case was continuing.
  Monday’s an
  
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• Travel: Hidden gems of Toronto

  24-09-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Have a weekend to spare? Why not pop down to Toronto and check out some of that city’s hidden gems! Find out more adventure-writer Jean-Michel Dufaux and Global’s Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Elijah Wood partners with Ubisoft for VR psychological thriller Transference

  24-09-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Beyond his role in Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood is also the creative director of a video game production company called SpectreVision. He joins Tom Power to talk about a new virtual reality game called Transference and the future of VR.
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ's Legault reveals personal financial details

  24-09-2018 14:56
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault released details about his personal finances on Monday.
  The CAQ leader has $9.866 million in assets and owns a single property. He has no money invested outside Canada, the party said.
  Jean-François Lisée has also agreed to release his personal tax return. While Philippe Couillard released details about his finances in 2014, he did not do so this time.
  In 2014, Legault’s assets were $9.8 million, according to the
  
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• Is the future of tech female?

  24-09-2018 14:49 via globalnews.ca
  Is the future of high-tech really female? Global’s Laura Casella talks to two tech executives whose company makes family culture a cornerstone of their growth – and attractive to female tech workers.
  
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• Careers: Executives Available transition services

  24-09-2018 14:37 via globalnews.ca
  Over 40 and looking for work? Join Global’s Laura Casella and her guests from Executives Available as they talk about the organization’s 40 years of executive job search services that have helped some 16 thousand older executives transition to new jobs.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, September 24

  24-09-2018 13:48 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, September 24.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, September 24

  24-09-2018 13:42 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, September 24.
  
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• While you were sleeping: $18M of cocaine found in bananas given to prison

  24-09-2018 13:35
  Here’s what happened while you were snoozing through the end of your weekend.
  CBC/Radio-Canada workers in Quebec and Moncton, voted 81 per cent in favour of a new three-year union contract. Syndicat des Communications de Radio-Canada president Johanne Hémond said the new deal will mean 176 permanent positions posted. The two sides also agreed on “a budgetary limit for contract workers where the total payroll doesn’t surpass 20 per cent of that of permanent empl
  
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