Montreal news

• Rolling in the green in Quebec

  17-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 17: A West Island cannabis producer is hoping to cash in on the legalization of marijuana. Aurora Cannabis has been producing medicinal marijuana for two years — now they’re hoping to take their business to the next level. Global’s Phil Carpenter got a tour inside the Pointe-Claire facility.
  
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• Newly-elected Quebec MNAs sworn in

  17-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 17: A total of 10 newly-elected Québec Solidaire MNAs were officially sworn in at the National Assembly. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher explains, the members swore their oath to the Queen behind closed doors and had the Canadian flag removed from the red room of the National Assembly for the ceremony.
  
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• Montreal tenants left out on the street

  17-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 17: A Plateau building that has been condemned because the city deems it unsafe has been boarded up — leaving more than a dozen people homeless. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, the Plante administration blames former Mayor Denis Coderre for failing to get more power from the province to punish landlords.
  
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• ‘I’m not proud about this,’ Montreal mayor says after tenants forced from homes

  17-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  It was an emotional day for the Plateau-Mont-Royal tenants who are being forced out of their homes.
  
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• Legault to make Éric Girard finance minister, give immigration portfolio to Simon Jolin-Barrette

  17-10-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  Premier-designate François Legault is turning to a trio of MNAs with experience in banking and finance to take the helm of key economic portfolios in the new Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  
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• Simulator allows Montrealers to experience 7.4 magnitude Earthquake

  17-10-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Shoppers at Place Montreal Trust got to experience a 7.4 magnitude earthquake by hopping onto a earthquake simulator.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' veterans take Jesperi Kotkaniemi under their wing

  17-10-2018 23:46
  Rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi sits right beside Brendan Gallagher in the Canadiens’ locker room in Brossard.
  Was that by design?
  “I’m not sure,” Gallagher said after practice Tuesday at the Bell Sports Complex. “I honestly think it might have just been an empty stall or something like that. You’d have to ask Gervy (Pierre Gervais, the Canadiens’ longtime equipment manager). Maybe they put some thought into it.”
  Gervy wasn’t around, so I decided t
  
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• Red Wings claim winger de la Rose off waivers from Montreal

  17-10-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Detroit Red Wings have claimed winger Jacob de la Rose off waivers from Montreal.
  
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• Québec Solidaire MNAs refuse to publicly pledge allegiance to the Queen

  17-10-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Québec Solidaire MNAs refused to pledge allegiance to the queen in public. Co-spokesperson Manon Massé says getting rid of that oath is one of their first priorities.
  
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• Watch: Legal cannabis stores open in Montreal

  17-10-2018 22:51
  Montrealers lined up for hours to buy cannabis at Sociéte québécoises du cannabis stores throughout the Montreal region Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, the first day of legalization of recreational pot in Canada. The Montreal Gazette spoke to customers waiting to get in the store on downtown Ste-Catherine St.
  
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• Who are the Quebecers buying cannabis on the first day of legalization?

  17-10-2018 22:14 via cbc.ca
  Meet some of the people who waited for hours outside to buy cannabis at one of the new government-run stores.
  
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• Canada ban on asbestos takes effect but mining residues are exempt

  17-10-2018 21:18 via cbc.ca
  Canada's ban on the import, sale and use of asbestos will not prevent companies in Quebec from sifting through the waste left over from decades of mining asbestos to look for magnesium.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price will be back in goal vs. Blues

  17-10-2018 21:09
  Canadiens Game Day is a new feature this season in which we will follow the Habs during every home game from the morning skate in Brossard through the post-game interviews at the Bell Centre, updating throughout the day with all the news, quotes, notes and opinion you’re looking for:
  Carey Price will be back in goal for the Canadiens when they take on the St. Louis Blues Wednesday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN1, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  That’s the only lineup change coach Claude J
  
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• Québec solidaire MNAs avoid public oath to Queen at swearing-in

  17-10-2018 21:06
  The 10 newly elected Québec solidaire MNAs avoided having to swear an oath to the Queen by performing the ritual behind closed doors in on Wednesday.
  The party also had the Canadian flag removed from the red room of the National Assembly for its ceremony.
  “We did it in private to avoid you having to see this oath,” QS co-spokesperson Manon Massé explained at the opening of the ceremony.
  National Assembly secretary general Michel Bonsaint said such an arrangement, while
  
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• Westmount High teachers to rally against CAQ religious symbols ban

  17-10-2018 20:47
  Four years after staging protests against the Parti Québécois’ proposed “charter of values,” teachers at Westmount High School are planning to rally against the Coalition Avenir Québec plan to bar public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.
  The teachers say they want “to send a clear message to the new government that attacks on the fundamental human rights of members of their community cannot be accepted.”
  The prot
  
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• Police speak to mom after cannabis found in 5-year-old's schoolbag

  17-10-2018 19:19
  An unusual incident last week in an elementary school in Quebec’s Outaouais region is being cited as a cautionary tale as the legalization of cannabis goes into effect nationwide.
  The incident occurred Friday at the school in the municipality of La Pêche, located about 30 kilometres north of Gatineau. Teachers at the school were surprised when one of their five-year-old students showed them a bag containing several grams of cannabis.
  The child told the shocked school staff his mother
  
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• Martin Patriquin: McGill Redmen should keep their name

  17-10-2018 19:19
  McGill’s men’s varsity sports teams were first referred to as the Red Men in the late 1920s, in yearbook and newspaper accounts of the day. Later shortened to Redmen, the new name was catchy, punchy and short enough to fit on the back of a varsity jacket. It has stuck for nearly a century.
  Until now.
  Last year, the Provost’s Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education recommended that McGill immediately adopt a team name “that breaks with the associations th
  
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• Update: Who is buying cannabis on Day 1 of legalization in Montreal?

  17-10-2018 19:16
  People line up on Metcalfe St. in Montreal Oct. 17, 2017, to buy legal cannabis at the SQDC outlet on Ste-Catherine St.
  Crowds of people lined up outside government-run cannabis stores in Quebec Wednesday to buy marijuana legally for the first time.
  The line at the Ste-Catherine St. W. store in downtown Montreal started at 3:45 a.m. and grew to hundreds of people throughout the day.Hugo Senecal: ‘Basically a stoner’
  Hugo Senecal, a 39-year-old Montrealer who was at the head of that l
  
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• Opinion: Harnessing 'disruptive' technologies for the global good

  17-10-2018 19:10
  We call certain technologies “disruptive” for good reason: they can disrupt not only markets, but also people and societies. Most emerging technologies, however, also hold the promise of substantial social benefit.
  How can we ensure that disruptive technologies disrupt poverty, disease and inequality, rather than exacerbate them?
  This question was a central theme of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, held recently in Tianjin, China, by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This globa
  
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• Montreal moves to make non-profits more transparent

  17-10-2018 19:07
  Non-profit organizations funded by Montreal will be subject to the same access-to-information rules as the city, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Wednesday.
  “Montreal is making one more step towards transparency,” Plante said at a news conference at city hall.
  The new requirements will apply to all non-profit organizations that receive at least 50 per cent of their funding from the city, when that amount totals at least $500,000, Plante said.
  The trigger for the move was last ye
  
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• Westmount's Mountainside United Church is sold to a developer

  17-10-2018 19:04
  Mountainside United Church, an imposing neo-Gothic heritage structure on the south side of The Boulevard in Westmount, has been sold to a Montreal real-estate developer who says he is considering condos or individual homes for the site — or both.
  Daniel Revah of Corev Immobilier paid $4.025 million for the property, which has a municipal valuation of more than $10 million. The church and land occupy 50,000 square feet and stretch between Roslyn and Lansdowne Aves. The sale w
  
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• Huge lineup at Montreal store as pot makes legal debut

  17-10-2018 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  The line kept growing in front of the SDQC pot shop on Ste-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal Wednesday. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, many who showed up for the first day of legal marijuana sales wanted to be part of a historic moment.
  
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• Red Wings claim Jacob de la Rose off waivers from Canadiens

  17-10-2018 18:48
  Jacob de la Rose is now a Detroit Red Wing.
  The Red Wings claimed the 23-year-old forward after he was placed on NHL waivers by the Canadiens at noon on Tuesday. Other teams had a 24-hour window to claim de la Rose and the Red Wings decided to pick him up.
  The Red Wings need all the help they can get after going winless in their first six games (0-4-2) and losing 7-3 to the Canadiens Monday night at the Bell Centre.
  De la Rose won’t give the Red Wings much help offensively after scoring on
  
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• Man who killed prison guards for Hells Angels gets closer to parole

  17-10-2018 18:47
  A man who killed two prison guards under orders from the Hells Angels — and later turned informant against the notorious gang — has been granted his first step toward full parole.
  According to Radio-Canada, Stéphane Gagné, 48, was granted permission to escorted temporary leaves from a federal penitentiary north of Montreal as he prepares for his eventual full parole, something that seemed unimaginable two decades ago.
  The Parole Board of Canada made the decision followi
  
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• 'Profit' over health: Medical associations slam recreational cannabis

  17-10-2018 18:44
  Medical associations in Quebec and across Canada weighed in with dire warnings about the use of recreational marijuana on Wednesday, the first day of its legalization.
  The Canadian Medial Association Journal urged Ottawa in an editorial to amend Bill C-45 if authorities observe a dramatic increase in the use of marijuana.
  “The government of Canada (is launching) a national, uncontrolled experiment in which the profits of cannabis producers and tax revenues are squarely pitched against the
  
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• Max Pacioretty sells his Florida home for US$3.1 million

  17-10-2018 18:42
  Things have not being going well on the ice for Max Pacioretty so far this season with the Vegas Golden Knights.
  The former Canadiens captain was held off the scoresheet in the Golden Knights’ 4-1 home win over the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday night, limited to one shot on goal in 13:24 of ice time. In his first seven games with the Golden Knights since being traded by the Canadiens during the off-season, Pacioretty has one goal and no assists to go along with a minus-3 while averaging 16:33 of
  
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• Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe

  17-10-2018 18:25 via cbc.ca
  An international team of astronomers has uncovered the largest and most massive structure ever discovered in the early universe.
  
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• Cannabis in Quebec cheat sheet

  17-10-2018 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  Cannabis in Quebec is now legal. Here’s a cheat sheet to help you navigate the ins and outs.
  
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• Update: Métro's Orange Line partially shut down, to reopen at noon

  17-10-2018 17:08
  The Orange Line of the métro has been shut down between Côte-Vertu and Lionel-Groulx stations because of the presence of smoke.
  Service is expected to resume at noon.
  The transit authority has meanwhile asked shuttle buses to provide surface service along the route.
  This story will be updated.
  
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• Quebec cannabis stores are officially open for business

  17-10-2018 17:00
  People line up on Metcalfe St. in Montreal Oct. 17, 2017, to buy legal cannabis at the SQDC outlet on Ste-Catherine St.
  It was difficult to detect a sense of history in the moment — there was too much cannabis smoke wafting from the bongs being lit outside the government-run marijuana dispensary early Wednesday morning for that.
  More than 100 people were lined up outside the boutique on downtown Ste-Catherine St., waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m.
  Hugo Senecal, a 39-year-old Montrea
  
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• Long lineup at Montreal pot shop as legalization begins

  17-10-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  In Montreal, customers at the Ste-Catherine Street location lined up well in advance of the 10 a.m. opening, while workers scrambled to put up a store sign.
  
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• First in line at Montreal pot shop

  17-10-2018 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  Hugo Sénéchal explains why he felt it was important to be first in line as Montreal’s first legal pot shops were set to open.
  
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• Indigenous Visions & Voices

  17-10-2018 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  A new multimedia orchestral theatre work titled ‘Indigenous Visions & Voices’ is a collaboration between the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the cultural leadership of the Kahnawake community. Maestro Boris Brott and violinist Tara-Louise Montour talk to Global’s Laura Casella about the upcoming shows.
  
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• Erica Diamond’s tips to aging gracefully

  17-10-2018 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  If there’s one thing that no one in this world is exempt from, its aging. And we are all fighting it at the exact same rate as the next person. Parenting expert Erica Diamond shares her tips to aging gracefully with Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• Liberal government to waive fee, waiting time for pot pardons

  17-10-2018 16:01 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government will waive the fee and waiting period for Canadians seeking a pardon for a past conviction for simple pot possession. Opposition parties aren't impressed.
  
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• Celebrating phenomenal black Canadians

  17-10-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Author Akilah Newton talks to Global’s Laura Casella about her passion project ‘Big Dreamers’, a new children’s book celebrating phenomenal black Canadians.
  
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• Jaime Damak’s ideal Halloween with the kids

  17-10-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  From a pumpkin magic potion to some dress-up fun – Jaime Damak shows Global’s Laura Casella how to get into the Halloween spirit with the whole family!
  
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• While you were sleeping: Illegal drugs, illegal bagels, and please keep urine out of the microwave

  17-10-2018 15:24
  Here are a few things you might have missed while you were sleeping for waiting in line for that store to open at 10 a.m.
  On pot day, coke and meth go down: A large-scale anti-drug operation was launched by Laval police, striking homes and businesses in Laval and the North Shore. About 150 officers were involved in the raids, which began at 4 a.m. and targeted alleged cocaine and methamphetamine dealers in Laval, Rosemère, Mirabel and Sainte-Sophie. A total of 12 individuals — all m
  
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• Big lines ahead of cannabis store opening

  17-10-2018 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  Cannabis stores open at 10 a.m. in Quebec, but that didn’t stop aficionados from lining up as early as 3 a.m. Global’s Dan Spector was there.
  
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• Sûreté du Québec suspect fatal Gaspé fire may have been arson

  17-10-2018 14:55
  A fire that claimed the lives of a woman and two teenagers Saturday at a home in the Gaspé region may have been deliberately set, the Sûreté du Québec said on Tuesday.
  “Certain elements of the investigation have led investigators to believe this may have been a criminal act,” said SQ spokesperson Béatrice Dorsainville, adding that the case had been transferred to the force’s major crimes unit.
  Dorsainville would not say what clues had led inves
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast Wednesday, October 17

  17-10-2018 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  Carla Bosaki has Montreal’s weather forecast Wednesday, October 17
  
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• Man who killed prison guards for Hells Angels goes before parole board

  17-10-2018 14:52
  Something that seemed unimaginable two decades ago will take place at a federal penitentiary north of Montreal on Wednesday.
  In 1997, Stéphane Gagné was so desperate to become a wealthy drug trafficker and a Hells Angel he was willing to kill anyone for the gang. He killed two provincial prison guards and almost killed another while the gang’s Nomad chapter in Quebec tried to intimidate the justice system.
  The former biker gang underling who later turned informant on Maurice
  
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