In the early 1980s, heavy metal was evolving. Flooring a distortion pedal while deforming Robert Johnson riffs no longer defined the genre, and in California, something big was brewing. The primal anger of hardcore punk met the driving power of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in a biker bar, and hit each other with beer bottles. After a brief knife fight, both spent time with the same stripper, and thrash was born, in the form of bands like the mighty Megadeth, who will be playing Montreal’s Heavy MTL festival today at Jean Drapeau Park.
“I knew something was happening, but I had no idea as to what (extent),” says Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, of the genre’s early years.
After a stint in unsigned band Panic, Mustaine played in Metallica’s earliest incarnation, but an acrimonious split inspired him to found Megadeth in Los Angeles in 1983. Along with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax, Megadeth became one of the Big Four pioneers of thrash, releasing seminal albums like 1986’s Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying and 1988’s So Far, So Good … So What.

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Reached at the Centre de services preventifs a l’enfance on Ste. Catherine St. E. attended by hundreds of children each week, Julien said he’s glad that Quebec is planning long-term support but added past experience has taught him not to expect too much from promises.
“I’ll be happier when I get the money,” said Julien, whose role as a social physician goes beyond his medical clinic’s walls to mobilize the community.
“One in three children are not ready to start school because of developmental problems and we can prevent school dropouts if we can support them properly. We should target these children first,” Julien said.
Programs cut include special summer camps that prepare vulnerable children for school and Ruelle anime, a paved alleyway behind the centre for supervised games that last year ran seven days a week from noon to 8 p.m., providing children with a safe place to play away from drugs, pedophiles and prostitution.

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Darryl Salach, founder and editor of The Toronto Quarterly, recently conducted an interview with Irving Layton’s son, Max, concerning the release of his new CD, Heartbeat Of Time, as well as his years growing up in Montreal with his father. He agreed to allow us the pleasure of bringing it to you person-to-personally . . . — Judith Fitzgerald
By Darryl Salach
Max Layton, born in Montreal in 1946, is the eldest son of well-known Canadian poet Irving Layton. His parents split up when he was 13; his mother, Betty Sutherland, and his sister, Naomi, moved out to California. Max stayed with his father and stepmother in a downtown Montreal apartment until his final year of high school. At 16, he took up residence in a rooming house with alcoholics, a 60-year-old prostitute and a WWI veteran who coughed all night.

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In the early 1980s, heavy metal was evolving. Flooring a distortion pedal while deforming Robert Johnson riffs no longer defined the genre, and in California, something big was brewing. The primal anger of hardcore punk met the driving power of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in a biker bar, and hit each other with beer bottles. After a brief knife fight, both spent time with the same stripper, and thrash was born, in the form of bands like the mighty Megadeth, who will be playing Montreal’s Heavy MTL festival today at Jean Drapeau Park.
“I knew something was happening, but I had no idea as to what (extent),” says Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, of the genre’s early years.
After a stint in unsigned band Panic, Mustaine played in Metallica’s earliest incarnation, but an acrimonious split inspired him to found Megadeth in Los Angeles in 1983. Along with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax, Megadeth became one of the Big Four pioneers of thrash, releasing seminal albums like 1986’s Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying and 1988’s So Far, So Good … So What.

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In the early 1980s, heavy metal was evolving. Flooring a distortion pedal while deforming Robert Johnson riffs no longer defined the genre, and in California, something big was brewing. The primal anger of hardcore punk met the driving power of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in a biker bar, and hit each other with beer bottles. After a brief knife fight, both spent time with the same stripper, and thrash was born, in the form of bands like the mighty Megadeth, who will be playing Montreal’s Heavy MTL festival today at Jean Drapeau Park.
“I knew something was happening, but I had no idea as to what (extent),” says Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, of the genre’s early years.
After a stint in unsigned band Panic, Mustaine played in Metallica’s earliest incarnation, but an acrimonious split inspired him to found Megadeth in Los Angeles in 1983. Along with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax, Megadeth became one of the Big Four pioneers of thrash, releasing seminal albums like 1986’s Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying and 1988’s So Far, So Good … So What.

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The Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court office is at 303 W. Third St. in Thibodaux. The Terrebonne office is in the parish courthouse at 7856 Main St., Houma.
Candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress sign up in Baton Rouge.
Republican U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise of Jefferson, Joseph Cao of New Orleans, Rodney Alexander of Quitman and Charles Boustany of Lafayette registered for their re-election bids Wednesday morning. One of Cao’s challengers, Democratic state Rep. Juan LaFonta, also filed his paperwork for the 2nd District race.
Candidates for the seats representing Terrebonne and Lafourche hadn’t qualified as of 9 a.m., but both Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter and his Democratic challenger, Charlie Melancon, have said they will sign up today.
Vitter is seeking a second term, his first time facing voters after a 2007 prostitution scandal. Melancon is leaving a U.S. House seat representing southeast Louisiana to challenge the incumbent senator.

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MONTREAL – In the 15 years he’s lived near Henri Bourassa Park, Gerardo Escobar says he never noticed any taxing, prostitution, street gangs or armed robberies, despite authorities’ claims that such crimes were rampant.
In fact, Aug. 9, 2008 -when unarmed teen Fredy Villanueva was fatally shot by police -was the first time there’d been any trouble, the Montreal North resident said.
Testifying yesterday at the coroner’s inquest into the shooting, Escobar said he had been in the park playing soccer when Montreal police Constable Jean-Loup Lapointe jumped out of his cruiser with his partner and threw Fredy’s older brother, Dany Villanueva, against the hood of the car.
“When the police pushed his face against the trunk, Dany pulled himself up,” Escobar said. “It’s a normal reaction. He was reacting against what the police were doing.”

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Joseph is believed to have escaped injury in the shooting by fleeing through the boutique’s back door. He was arrested shortly afterward for violating a conditional release while he faced an assault charge in Montreal court. He pleaded guilty to the assault in April and remains behind bars.
According to a source in the major crimes squad, Regis is “possibly” linked to Richard Goodridge, 41, a former associate of Joseph through a street gang.
Police say they believe Goodridge and Joseph are enemies and were involved in a conflict over drug trafficking turf in 2009 and this year.
In April, Montreal police had the licence of a Montreal strip club temporarily revoked because they had information that Goodridge controlled the club and they feared the bar would become a target in retaliation for what happened at FlawNego.

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Joseph is believed to have escaped injury in the shooting by fleeing through the boutiqueâs back door. He was arrested shortly afterward for violating a conditional release while he faced an assault charge in Montreal court. He pleaded guilty to the assault in April and remains behind bars.
According to a source in the major crimes squad, Regis is âœpossiblyâ linked to Richard Goodridge, 41, a former associate of Joseph through a street gang. Police say they now believe Goodridge and Joseph are enemies and were involved in a conflict over drug trafficking turf in 2009 and this year. In April, Montreal police had the licence of a Montreal strip club temporarily revoked because they had information that Goodridge controlled the club and they feared the bar would become a target in retaliation for what happened at FlawNego.

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… Fredy Villanueva with his parents, Lilian and Gilberto. Constable Jean-Loup Lapointe of the Montreal police shot and fatally wounded Villanueva in August 2008. He was 18.Photograph by: Courtesy of Patricia Villanueva
MONTREAL – In the 15 years he’s lived near Henri Bourassa Park, Gerardo Escobar says he never noticed any taxing, prostitution, street gangs or armed robberies, despite authorities’ claims that such crimes were rampant.
In fact, Aug. 9, 2008 – when unarmed teen Fredy Villanueva was fatally shot by police – was the first time there’d been any trouble, the Montreal North resident said.
Testifying Monday at the coroner’s inquest into the shooting, Escobar said he had been in the park playing soccer when Montreal police Constable Jean-Loup Lapointe jumped out of his cruiser with his partner and threw Fredy’s older brother, Dany Villanueva, against the hood of the car.

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