But they know his legacy, which is being showcased in “Rouge Cabaret: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix.” The show, which is a North American premiere, runs until Jan. 2 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
More than 200 works make up the stunning show which traces through Dix’s work as a war artist, his searing depiction of the gaudiness of post-war Germany and the pictures that gained him acclaim as one of the greatest portraitists of his time.
Dix’s raw, provocative work was part of the New Objectivity school of German artists, which differed from the colourful, almost theatrical rendering of the German Expressionists.
Dix’s studies of the effects of war on soldiers and veterans as well as social castoffs such as prostitutes are harsh on the eyes in many cases, with even some of his portraits giving his subjects an almost freakish look.

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Over a period of 14 months, he sexually assaulted eight victims, including the rape of a girl on her 15th birthday. In each case, he stalked his victims late at night, looking for body language that indicated vulnerability -something he was trained to recognize while conducting surveillance for the police.
Imposing strict conditions on an inmate who has reached his statutory release date requires that the case meet certain criteria. In Guay’s case, that involved an evaluation by psychiatrist Sylvain Faucher, who determined that while Guay might be considered a weak to moderate threat in the short term, the risk he poses to society will increase in the long term.
Guay has admitted that he turned to strip bars, escorts and sexual assaults when he was under stress. When he is released, Guay faces a divorce from his wife, a Montreal police officer, and a $75,000 debt to one of the victims who sued him in civil court.

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Declaring these provisions unconstitutional raises many questions and uncertainties with regard to the status of prostitution in Canada and that of the sex worker or “prostitute” (the term used by Justice Himel).
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This is not as far-fetched as its sounds. The Netherlands boasts the most developed regulations for sex workers: in fact, sex workers are required to obtain a work permit from the European Union to carry out their services in legal brothels and even benefit from representation by trade unions. Regular health exams are required as are contraceptive protection and prophylactics. Other countries such as Germany, Switzerland and Greece have also legalized prostitution. Closer to home, the state of Nevada in the United States has legalized brothels, and prostitutes are subjected to weekly medical tests, are prohibited from working over a specified number of hours and are considered by law “independent contractors”. “Street prostitution“, however, remains illegal.

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The victims were all picked in advance, stalked, dragged away and assaulted or attacked with a weapon. Sometimes he used a knife. On other occasions, he used his own police-issued revolver.
“Some victims were molested, while others were victims of sexual assault,” the board noted. “There is no doubt that these people suffered grave damages.”
The assaults occurred in Laval and Saint-Jerome, north of Montreal, between May 2004 and June 2005.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was declared a long-term offender, which means he’ll be supervised until 2022.
Guay had no previous criminal record, but admitted he had a longtime interest in voyeurism and exhibitionism. He also compulsively frequented prostitutes, strippers and escorts.
For that reason, Guay will not be allowed to visit strip clubs or cavort with prostitutes or escorts. He will also be forbidden from having access to pornographic material.

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Big social and political issues are met head-on in the Shooting from the Hip section, with films like 12th & Delaware, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s investigation of anti-abortion activists at a women’s health clinic. Iran’s Sepideh Farsi uses her cellphone to shoot secretive footage of urban tension in Tehran Without Permission, and Eve Lamont’s L’imposture is a look at prostitution in Quebec.
As its name suggests, the EcoCamera section explores scientific and environmental themes. Ondi Timoner’s Cool It challenges Al Gore’s orthodoxy on global warming; Plug and Pray looks at artificial intelligence; Pascal Sanchez’s La reine malade examines collapsing honeybee colonies; and Christian Frei’s Sundance-winning Space Tourists travels to the space tourism industry.
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Round tables focus on female directors in the Americas and community-based art. There will be discussion on global warming and psychiatric medicine, and there’s a locally themed talk about prostitution following Lamont’s L’imposture.

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The victims were all picked in advance, stalked, dragged away and assaulted or attacked with a weapon. Sometimes he used a knife. On other occasions, he used his own police-issued revolver.
“Some victims were molested, while others were victims of sexual assault,” the board noted. “There is no doubt that these people suffered grave damages.”
The assaults occurred in Laval and Saint-Jerome, north of Montreal, between May 2004 and June 2005.
He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was declared a long-term offender, which means he’ll be supervised until 2022.
Guay had no previous criminal record, but admitted he had a longtime interest in voyeurism and exhibitionism. He also compulsively frequented prostitutes, strippers and escorts.
For that reason, Guay will not be allowed to visit strip clubs or cavort with prostitutes or escorts. He will also be forbidden from having access to pornographic material.

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The selling price for Quebec street gang leader Ducarme Joseph’s luxury home at 64 Radisson Street in Dollard des Ormeaux is $250,000 more than Joseph paid for it in September 2008, property records show. (QMI Agency)
MONTREAL – Notorious Quebec street gang leader Ducarme Joseph, behind bars after surviving an assassination attempt this spring, owns a six-bedroom stone mansion in a toney district of a Montreal suburb and he’s put it up for sale for $1.6 million.
The selling price for the stone-faced luxury home at 64 Radisson Street in Dollard des Ormeaux is $250,000 more than Joseph paid for it in September 2008, property records show.
Despite Joseph’s lengthy criminal history and record for drug trafficking, violent physical assaults and gun violence, including a case where he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and forcing a 12-year-old girl into prostitution, banking giant HSBC gave Joseph a $1,275,000 mortgage to help buy the Dollard home, a QMI Agency investigation has found.

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Or maybe, just go trick or treating in the overtaxed respectable and residential neighbourhoods, dressed as a homeless guy or a crack- head, a dope merchant, a perfectly bi-lingual stoned pumpkin-head. Why not disguise oneself as a hustler-pimp with his hussy following on a rhinestone studded leash, who’s strung out or “tripping,” on who knows what chemical concoction, possibly flown in from Latin America on a chartered cargo plane into the city? But then, I fret that no one would notice such elaborate attire, as there are so many of these “colorful characters” on the city streets these days, that they just blend into the background almost invisibly. And I want to stand out amongst the crowd. But seriously folks, upon returning from a financial news event attended by top bankers and Wall Street financiers bewailing the current state of the global economy in New York City recently, I noticed a pitiful sight indeed, worth sharing with you.

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Claude Larouche, 49, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of the Corrections Canada employee from Piedmont, north of Montreal, who disappeared the night of Oct. 1, 2009.
Police believe Cournoyer was abducted after getting off work in the Corrections Canada communications department in Laval, Que. Her body was discovered days later in Pointe-aux-Trembles, a borough in Montreal’s east end.
Evidence presented at Larouche’s preliminary inquiry cannot be reported because of a publication ban. The judge presiding over the hearing will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to order Larouche to stand trial.
Larouche, with his head shaved, remained calm during the hearing Monday, which included testimony from a police officer who participated in the investigation and a crime scene investigator.
Larouche has also been arraigned on a charge of assaulting a sex worker two weeks after Cournoyer’s death.

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Claude Larouche, 48, is accused of the murder of Natasha Cournoyer, 37. Tuesday he was charged with the attempted murder of a sex worker
Photograph by: Montreal Police handout, .
MONTREAL – The preliminary hearing for Claude Larouche, the man accused of killing Natasha Cournoyer a year ago, got underway Monday in Quebec Court.Larouche, 49, sat in the prisoner’s box, his head shaven, large shoulders filling out a brown and beige sweater, and wearing oval-shaped glasses.A publication ban was placed on the testimony and evidence. Once the hearing ends, the judge will decide whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial.Cournoyer’s body was found in October in Pointe aux Trembles among bushes lining the shores of the St. Lawrence River.The Laval woman, a 37-year-old Correctional Service of Canada employee, was killed between Sept. 20 and Oct. 6, 2009. She had last been seen alive leaving her Laval office building after working late.Larouche has also been charged with attempted murder in a second case, in which a prostitute …

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