Montreal news

• Montreal chooses Sylvain Caron as new police chief

  07-11-2018 23:58 via cbc.ca
  The former deputy director general of Quebec's provincial police force, Sylvain Caron, has been chosen by a Montreal selection committee to lead its police service — a decision that now has to be approved by Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault.
  
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• Pointe-Claire man pleads guilty to possession of stolen silver

  07-11-2018 23:52
  A West Island resident, who was one of the first people to be charged after more than $10 million worth of silver was stolen from the Port of Montreal three years ago, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to being in possession of a fraction of the loot.
  Norberto Cordeiro, 52, made a brief appearance before Quebec Court Judge Sylvie Durand at the Montreal courthouse where he pleaded guilty to being in possession of proceeds obtained through crime. As part of the same hearing, Durand agreed with a joint r
  
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• New efforts to recruit Anglophones to police forces

  07-11-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Nov 7: After being criticized for poor outreach to Anglophone students, an about face. Representatives from the SQ and Montreal police sent English-speaking representatives and materials to the John Abbott Career fair. Global’s Dan Spector has more.
  
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• McGill students learn to save lives

  07-11-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Nov 7: A McGill University student has decided to take a proactive approach to the ever growing opioid crisis. As Global’s Phil Carpenter explains, the student is giving courses on how to properly administer Naloxone.
  
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• Fighting for a cure in Quebec

  07-11-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Nov 7: Families of children afflicted with a devastating degenerative disease are lobbying the new Quebec government to make a life-saving drug more accessible. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo explains, the drug is only available to those with the most severe form of the disease.
  
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• West Island cyclists and pedestrians sound off

  07-11-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Nov 7: A battle is brewing over a new pedestrian path along Lakeshore Road in Baie D’Urfe. As Global’s Tim Sargeant explains, cyclists want the path made wider while the pedestrians say it’s fine the way it is.
  
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• Bernier says he doesn't need to be a feminist: 'I believe in people'

  07-11-2018 23:49 via cbc.ca
  Maxime Bernier says he does not see himself as a feminist — and the former Conservative Party leadership contender also argues that policies aimed at increasing women's representation in the workplace and in politics act as a form of discrimination.
  
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• No lights on your bike? That'll cost you $127

  07-11-2018 23:47
  Montreal police started issuing $127 tickets to cyclists who did not have lights affixed to their bicycles, front and back, this week.
  With the end of daylight saving time last Sunday, which ushered in an earlier dusk, rush-hour bike commuters heading home at 5:30 p.m. in the dark were pulled over repeatedly on the de Maisonneuve bike path outside the Vendôme métro station Monday evening. The crackdown, which will continue all week on the city’s busiest bike corridors and cycl
  
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• Sylvain Caron tapped to become next Montreal police chief

  07-11-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Sylvain Caron has been chosen to become the next chief of Montreal police.
  
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• Weather alert: Snow moving in to much of Quebec on Friday

  07-11-2018 23:32
  Montrealers heading to the Laurentians and other parts of the province on Friday after work might find the traffic delays worse than usual, thanks to the four-letter word that begins to get a lot of ink around this time of the year: SNOW.
  Environment Canada has issued a “special weather statement” for much of Quebec on Friday — Montreal is not on the list yet — that goes like this:
  “Snow is knocking on the door!
  “A major low pressure system from the Southern U
  
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• Sylvain Caron chosen as new Montreal police chief

  07-11-2018 23:29
  The City of Montreal has chosen its new police chief.
  Sylvain Caron, the former assistant director of the Sûreté du Québec, has been chosen by the selection committee in charge of finding a new chief.
  The announcement came less than 24 hours after the provincial government released interim chief Martin Prud’homme’s report on his efforts to reform the troubled force, raise morale and improve its image.
  Prud’homme, who warned the SPVM is still in a fragil
  
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• Beyond the Plate: Nora Gray's Emma Cardarelli is no outsider

  07-11-2018 23:20
  This is the seventh instalment in the monthly series Beyond the Plate, looking at the motivations and passions of local chefs. This month: Emma Cardarelli.
  The 1983 coming-of-age film The Outsiders feels like an ideal backdrop to use in describing the career trajectory of Emma Cardarelli, of the restaurants Nora Gray and Elena.
  Cardarelli hails from the house of Fred Morin and David McMillan. These two masterful chefs adopted a mentoring tactic similar to venerable director Francis Ford Cop
  
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• McGill Redmen: U.S. scholar says name reinforces white settler society

  07-11-2018 23:10
  Why do non-Indigenous sports teams steal the names and symbols of North America’s first peoples?
  McGill University’s continued use of “Redmen” for its teams has many on campus grappling with that question. The name is considered an anti-Indigenous slur and has spurned protests and a campaign to rename the team.
  When it emerged in the 1920s, the name Redmen was intended to describe the school’s signature colour but many still find it offensive and point to McGil
  
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• Canada Post says Quebec cannabis buyers not affected by data breach

  07-11-2018 22:59
  A data breach at Canada Post that revealed personal information about customers of the online-only Ontario Cannabis Store did not affect people who made online orders from the Société québécoise du cannabis, the postal service said on Wednesday.
  The breach was specific to the OCS, it said.
  SQDC spokesperson Mathieu Gaudreault said it had received assurances from Canada Post that Quebecers were not affected by the breach and that it was still in communication
  
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• Families fighting for ‘life-changing’ treatment for children with spinal muscular atrophy

  07-11-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Families with children who have Type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy are asking the government to cover an expensive but 'life-changing' drug.
  
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• Crown stays charges against Montreal police officer accused of lying

  07-11-2018 22:52 via cbc.ca
  David Chartrand, who was charged with perjury and attempting to obstruct justice in 2016, was set to go on trial Wednesday.
  
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• Quebec City snow dumps get failing grades on environmental report card

  07-11-2018 22:42 via cbc.ca
  Seven of the city's ten sites need to be refurbished to meet the standards set by the Ministry of Environment, as well as the city's own regulations, a new report shows.
  
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• SPVM and SQ send Anglos to recruit John Abbott Police Tech Students after Global News report

  07-11-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  After a Global News report, the SQ and SPVM have changed their recruitment strategies.
  
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• Analyze This: Max Domi is driving force behind Canadiens' offence

  07-11-2018 22:03
  In 82 games for the Arizona Coyotes last season, Max Domi scored only nine goals, four of which went into an empty net. In 15 games this year for the Canadiens, Domi has nine goals, all of which have come against a goaltender.
  Domi’s impact has been stunning to say the least, as he’s been the driving force behind Montreal’s offensive resurgence.
  Last year, the Canadiens scored a paltry 1.96 goals per 60 minutes of ice time, good for 30th in the league — only the lowl
  
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• Quebec byelection set for Roberval after Philippe Couillard’s resignation

  07-11-2018 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  The CAQ government set the date of the byelection in Roberval for Dec. 10.
  
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• Funeral details released for Bernard Landry

  07-11-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  A state funeral will be held in Montreal next Tuesday for former Quebec premier Bernard Landry.
  
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• Jury chosen in Adele Sorella 1st-degree murder trial

  07-11-2018 21:26 via cbc.ca
  The trial of the Laval woman, accused of killing her daughters Amanda, 9, and Sabrina, 8, in 2009, is set to begin Monday.
  
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• Your weekly Wednesday book selection: Mystery, murder and espionage

  07-11-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  From what's new to hit the shelves, to the latest page-turners, here's what CBC Montreal book columnist Richard King recommends for you this week.
  
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• Plante 'proud' of city budget to be unveiled Thursday

  07-11-2018 20:40
  The municipal opposition is calling on the Valérie Plante administration to limit tax increases to one per cent in its 2019 budget, to be unveiled Thursday.
  “Montrealers especially do not want a repeat of last year’s fiasco, when the administration raised taxes by 3.3 per cent, breaking its promise not to raise them beyond the level of inflation,” Ensemble Montréal leader Lionel Perez said at a news conference on Wednesday.
  Plante has promised that that unlike las
  
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• Canadiens, like their goalies, are running hot and cold

  07-11-2018 20:22
  It would be foolish to suggest that the Canadiens have a goaltending controversy.
  Carey Price is No. 1 and, if the Canadiens hope to be a playoff contender this season, he has to play like a No. 1.
  Antti Niemi is a seasoned veteran who has proven his worth as a backup since the Canadiens claimed him on waivers a year ago. If Montreal is going to be a playoff contender, he has to be ready to answer the call when Price needs a break.
  Only one of the goaltenders got the job done on the Canadiens&rs
  
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• God help us, a forecast is warning of 14cm of snow in Montreal next week

  07-11-2018 20:18
  Winter is coming.
  That is not an overplayed Game of Thrones reference. It’s a reality of life in Montreal.
  And snow, the harbinger of winter, is on the way — at least if you’re following The Weather Network’s forecast. As of mid-day on Wednesday, it expected 5cm of snow next Tuesday and 1-3cm on each of next Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
  The worst case scenario in this forecast is 14 centimetres of snow. The best case scenario is that the forecast is wrong; it wouldn&rsq
  
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• Federal government 'failed' test of its humanity by turning away Jewish refugees in 1939, says Trudeau

  07-11-2018 20:06 via cbc.ca
  The Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler tested the limits of Canada's humanity in the lead up to the Second World War and Canada's government failed that test "miserably," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.
  
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• C Series sale to Airbus was a "very good thing," CAQ economy minister says

  07-11-2018 19:43
  The sale of the Bombardier C Series jet program earlier this year to European giant Airbus was “a very good thing,” Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said on Wednesday.
  Without paying a cent, Airbus was able to obtain 50.1 per cent of the C Series program, which cost $6 billion to develop.
  On Oct. 17, 2017 the day after the signing of an agreement in principal between the two companies, Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault denounced the deal, calling
  
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• Quebec restarts provincial bond sales as economy expected to slow

  07-11-2018 19:09
  Quebec raised $500 million by tapping its existing 2.75-per-cent bond due in 2028 in the first sale of long-term debt by a Canadian province in two weeks.
  Canada’s second-most populous province sold the bonds at a relative yield of 59.5 basis points over federal government bonds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the lowest spread of the nine offerings of these bonds, which were first sold in April.
  This is the first sale of bonds by a Canadian province since Oct. 25, w
  
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• Montreal native Marc Dos Santos gets Vancouver Whitecaps coaching job

  07-11-2018 18:44
  VANCOUVER — Marc Dos Santos has been named the new coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps.
  The club announced Wednesday that the Montreal native has been hired as the team’s new head coach.
  Dos Santos spent the past season as an assistant coach for expansion Los Angeles FC, who were knocked out of the Major League Soccer playoffs by Real Salt Lake last week. His coaching career began with the Quebec Elite Soccer League’s Lac St. Louis Lakers in 2006, and he was head coach of the
  
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• Valérie Plante pressed to cap property tax increases

  07-11-2018 18:42 via cbc.ca
  After an unexpected tax hike last year, Valérie Plante's administration should limit property tax increases to one per cent, the opposition at Montreal city hall says.
  
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• Is the surplus really $3 billion? CAQ takes another look at the math

  07-11-2018 18:23
  Quebec Premier François Legault on Wednesday questioned whether the $3-billion surplus announced last week by his government is an accurate figure, and told reporters the government is reviewing its calculations.
  On Friday, provincial Finance Minister Éric Girard commented on the government’s monthly financial report, which indicated a $3-billion surplus had been accumulated between April and August. However, Legault was pouring cold water on the figure Wednesday, questioning
  
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• Allegra Chamber Music Celebrates Women Composers!

  07-11-2018 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  Dorothy Fieldman Fraiberg, piano Simon Aldrich, clarinet Antoine Bareil, violin Amélie Benoit Bastien, violin Elvira Misbakhova, viola Jean René, viola Sheila Hannigan, cello Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Two lieder for viola, voice and piano, op. 91 (arranged for viola, clarinet and piano by Simon Aldrich) Anne Eggleston (1934-1994) Quartet for piano and strings Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)...
  
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• Woman in her 80s struck by car in Côte-des-Neiges

  07-11-2018 18:06 via cbc.ca
  The woman has upper body injuries, but it's unclear how seriously she was hurt, said Montreal police Const. Andrée-Anne Picard.
  
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• Bach Before Bedtime | A Jazzy Holiday Show

  07-11-2018 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  Bach Before Bedtime (BBB) introduces children of all ages to a fun, interactive, and sensory-stimulating series of 25 chamber music concerts throughout the year. Performed by Montreal’s premiere classical musicians, a whimsical story accompanies each piece, bringing meaning to the music. Young children have the chance to conduct the musicians, play along with percussion instruments,...
  
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• Martin Patriquin: My conversations with Bernard Landry

  07-11-2018 17:35
  Bernard Landry shouldn’t have cared a wink about me or what I wrote.
  Landry was a separatist politician who led the Parti Québécois from 2001 to 2005. I’m an anglophone journalist. We should have existed in that karmically challenged status quo bedevilling many English journalists and the politicians they cover: I would continue to write unsympathetic things about him, and he would continue to ignore me.
  But Landry, who died Tuesday at the age of 81, always called back.
  
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• Montreal will start following guidelines on how to display Quebec flag

  07-11-2018 17:31
  Beginning Nov. 19, the city of Montreal will adhere to provincial regulations concerning the presence and precedence of the Quebec flag displayed in or flying over municipal buildings.
  During a presentation Wednesday to the city’s executive committee by representatives of Montreal’s offices of protocol and government relations, it was announced that the Quebec flag, until now absent from Montreal’s city council chamber and from the Peter McGill room (where the executive committ
  
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• Spike Lee to speak at next year's C2 Montréal conference

  07-11-2018 16:48
  Filmmaker Spike Lee will be taking part in the 2019 C2 Montréal conference.
  In a statement, the C2 Montréal said Lee “will lead the discussion on racial inequalities and the creative storytelling behind his powerful films.”
  Lee is the first speaker to be announced for the eighth edition of the business conference, which will take place from May 22 to 24 and have the theme “tomorrow.”
  He last appeared in Montreal in September for the city’s Internationa
  
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• Man shot at Little Italy restaurant is Montreal's 25th homicide

  07-11-2018 16:32
  A man in his 30s died early Wednesday after being shot Tuesday night in a restaurant in Montreal’s Little Italy district.
  Montreal police said Wednesday the victim, believed to be 35, has yet to be identified and died of his wounds overnight in hospital.
  The victim was shot at least once in the upper body while in Café Cubano on Beaubien St. E. near Casgrain Ave.
  At least one suspect is believed to have fled the scene in a getaway car parked in an alley.
  Police have erected a crime
  
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• Quebec deer disease may sideline Rudolph this year

  07-11-2018 16:09 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's efforts to control a deadly deer disease may end up depriving the province of a couple of popular Rudolph stand-ins this holiday season.
  
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• Reminder: Weekend Turcot traffic agony to spill over into next week

  07-11-2018 16:00
  The Trudeau airport is telling passengers to plan to be three hours early for their flights.
  Sacred Heart School of Montreal — which has a large West Island contingent, is telling parents to consider carpooling or public transit.
  These are two examples of preparations being made for upcoming worse-than-usual traffic on Montreal’s roads. While motorists are becoming accustomed to major highway closures over the weekend as part of the reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange, the next
  
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• ‘La Voix’ runner-up to debut his album

  07-11-2018 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  After two years in the studio, former ‘La Voix’ contestant Travis Cormier is launching his debut album. He joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his journey and perform his hit single.
  
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• Is Old Port pyramid show just an excuse for Guy Laliberté to DJ here?

  07-11-2018 15:54
  Guy Laliberté doesn’t seem to worry much about the price of what he wants in life.
  He paid $41.8 million in 2009 to be blasted into outer space for a 12-day trip in a Russian rocket, though in the end he was reimbursed by the Cirque du Soleil for the trip. Laliberté is the founder of the world-famous Montreal-based circus and at the time of the space trip, he was the controlling shareholder of the Cirque du Soleil.
  In 2007, he bought the atoll of Nukutepipi in French Polynesi
  
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• Silent warning signs that you are stressed

  07-11-2018 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  Recognizing how stressed you are is the first step towards coping with it. Erica Diamond joins Global’s Laura Casella to discuss early physical and psychological warning signs that could show you’re more stressed than you think.
  
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• Best of the West: November

  07-11-2018 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  November is going to be a fun month! Rhonda Massad joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to break down all the events you can attend in this month’s Best of the West.
  
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• Quebec City among latest cities affected by Canada Post strike

  07-11-2018 15:39 via cbc.ca
  Postal workers walked off the job at 11 p.m. Tuesday. Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have been without contracts for almost a year.
  
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• Have fun at home with the whole family

  07-11-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  The holidays are coming up and that means more time at home with the kids, but how do you keep busy? Jaime Damak joins Global’s Laura Casella with great family fun night ideas everyone will enjoy.
  
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• Repair Café at Polytechnique

  07-11-2018 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Do you have old equipment laying around waiting to be fixed? Engineering students at Ecole Polytechnique will take care of it for free at their ‘Repair Café’. Global’s Laura Casella finds out more.
  
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• Police investigating possible threat at Kuper Academy

  07-11-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  A disturbing situation out at Kuper Academy in Kirkland involving a note. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Update: Man shot at Little Italy restaurant is Montreal's 25th homicide

  07-11-2018 14:34
  A man in his 30s died early Wednesday after being shot Tuesday night in a restaurant in Montreal’s Little Italy district.
  Montreal police said Wednesday the victim, believed to be 35, has yet to be identified and died of his wounds overnight in hospital.
  The victim was shot at least once in the upper body while in Café Cubano on Beaubien St. E. near Casgrain Ave.
  At least one suspect is believed to have fled the scene in a getaway car parked in an alley.
  Police have erected a crime
  
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