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Dan Delmar The Suburban Gérald Tremblay won a third consecutive mandate on Sunday night. Vision Montreal’s Louise Harel and Project Montreal’s Richard Bergeron split the protest vote, allowing Tremblay to win a challenging and, at times, nasty campaign. He finished with roughly 37 per cent of the vote to Harel’s 32 per cent and Bergeron’s 25 per cent. With both major parties being plagued by scandal, voter turnout was up at about 36 per cent. “This was the challenge of my lifetime,” Tremblay told supporters inside FOUNDATION REPAIRS CEMENT WORK AND BRICK WORK BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, FINISHED BASEMENTS, ALL KINDS OF CERAMICS, PAINTING, ROOF SHINGLES, WINDOWS AND SIDING
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Docs overwhelmed by ‘fever phobia’
Don’t rush your kids to the ER if nothing is out of the ordinary
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Wearing the Poppy — The honour behind the flower
Midnight in the European countryside, carrying all of their provisions, including their rifles and ammo, they waded through an ice-cold river, as they heard the sudden order to stop and stand still. ‰ Page 17
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Winston McQuade is a communicator. The Quebec City native, now 66, studied fine art before finding his way into the world of media. Life is good. But almost 10 years ago, it didn’t seem so for McQuade. ‰ Page 28
SPORTS
Born for baseball
Jordan Glazer started playing baseball at the age of three and just recently won NDG’s athlete of the borough award for his play in minor baseball at the age of 10. ‰ Page 45 ANDREW SOONG / THE SUBURBAN
Tremblay: “This was the challenge of my lifetime.”
See TREMBLAY, page 2 Parents are buying into media-generated panic over the H1N1 virus and unnecessarily clogging up Montreal emergency rooms, say doctors from the Children’s and Ste. Justine hospitals. ERs at both hospitals are receiving nearly twice the number of sick kids they are equipped to handle; the majority of children seen by doctors are presenting mild flu-like symptoms and fever, which can easily be treated at home. The message from health professionals: Don’t panic and use some common sense before running to a hospital. “The most important thing is for parents to use their good judgment,” said Dr. Harley Eisman, the ER medical director at the Children’s. “Some of that good judgment is
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