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• In the Habs' Room: Canadiens show once again they won't give up

  16-12-2018 05:45 via Montreal Gazette
  There’s one very admirable thing about this Canadiens team: they won’t give up.
  The Canadiens have showed that time and again this season and Saturday night was another example when they rallied from a 2-1 deficit after two periods to beat the Senators 5-2. The Canadiens also had to beat the referees, who made what might be the worst call of the NHL season when they penalized Artturi Lehkonen for embellishment after getting hooked to the ice by Senators defenceman Thomas Chabot while
  
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• Canadiens ride Carey Price's hot hand to a 5-2 win over Senators

  16-12-2018 05:16 via Montreal Gazette
  If the Canadiens are going to make the playoffs, this was one of those games they have to win.
  They did, but it wasn’t as easy as the final score might indicate as the Canadiens rallied from a 2-1 deficit after two periods to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 at the Bell Centre.
  The Senators are below the Canadiens in the standings and were playing their second game in two nights, following a 4-2 win in Detroit on Friday, while the Canadiens hadn’t played since Thursday’s 6-4 win ov
  
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• Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens dump the Ottawa Senators

  16-12-2018 04:26 via : Montreal
  The Montreal Canadiens took on the Ottawa Senators on home ice Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  
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• About last night … Canadiens romp to another 5-2 Senators stomp

  16-12-2018 04:21 via Montreal Gazette
  The good news?
  No more games against dishwater-dull Ottawa.
  The bad news?
  Who else can the Canadiens beat 5-2 three times in a row?
  And who else can they outshoot 47-18?
  But it wasn’t an easy Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  Despite outshooting the visitors 28-11 through two periods, the Canadiens trailed 2-1 … largely owing to the brilliance of Mike McKenna.
  And you couldn’t really fault the lifetime minor-league goaltender for the four-goal third-period explosion that sank
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens stomp Senators 5-2 … again

  16-12-2018 04:06 via Montreal Gazette
  Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored a greasy one to tie it up at 2-2 in the third.
  Then Artturi Lehkonen was robbed of the lead goal by a horrible embellishment call.
  But Shea Weber put the Canadiens ahead. Then Paul Byron capped a superb play with his linemates to make it 4-2, and Jonathan Drouin added an empty netter.
  Ottawa needed nine minutes to get their first second-period shot on goal. It went in, as Mikkel Boedker beat Carey Price from the slot.
  Bell Centre first-period jubilation lasted 20 s
  
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• Longueuil police investigate suspicious fire

  16-12-2018 02:55 via Montreal Gazette
  Longueuil police said they were investigating a suspicious fire on Saturday morning.
  Emergency services were called to a fire at a business on Chemin du Lac in Longueuil around 4:30 a.m., police said.
  A firefighter was slightly injured in the intervention.
  Police said they believe the fire was suspicious and are investigating to determine the exact cause.
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• Liveblog: Ottawa 2 – Canadiens 1 after two

  16-12-2018 02:51 via Montreal Gazette
  Ottawa needed nine minutes to get their first second-period shot on goal.
  It went in, as Mikkel Boedker beat Carey Price from the slot.
  Bell Centre first-period jubilation lasted 20 seconds. Matthew Peca, who’s on fire, opened the scoring at 3:39.
  Then Colin White evened it up at 3:59. Canadiens protested, suggesting interference on Carey Price – to no avail.
  Shots were 16-3 Canadiens in the second, 28-11 through 40.
   
  
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• Four alarm fire in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve leaves 20 homeless

  16-12-2018 02:27 via Montreal Gazette
  About 20 people were forced out of their homes by a fire in the Hochelaga—Maisonneuve borough on Saturday afternoon.
  The fire started around noon at the building near the corner of Sicard and de Rouen Sts., according to the Montreal fire department.
  About 100 firefighters were dispatched to control the four-alarm fire, which was put out shortly after 2:30 p.m.
  The residents of 10 apartments are now being cared for by the Red Cross as they look for new homes.
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• Fire causes major damage in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve residential building

  15-12-2018 23:56 via CBC | Montreal News
  It took 100 firefighters three hours to put the fire out. Damages to the building will cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  
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• Future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital to search for new site

  15-12-2018 23:28 via : Montreal
  There has been yet another setback for the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, part of the land for the proposed site is zoned for agricultural use and the Montreal Metropolitan Community says it does not conform to its land use and development plan.
  
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• Four-alarm fire tears through residential building in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  15-12-2018 22:35 via : Montreal
  Around 20 people are homeless after a fire tore through a three-storey residential building on Sicard Street.
  
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• Ottawa considering moving rail yard to safer location, 5 years after Lac-Mégantic tragedy

  15-12-2018 22:21 via CBC | Montreal News
  The railyard in Nantes, Que., where a runaway train started careening toward Lac-Mégantic in 2013, killing 47 people and destroying the downtown core, could be moved to another location.
  
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• Future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital moving to another site

  15-12-2018 21:56 via : Montreal
  The future site of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital is now undecided.
  
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• How to help Montreal's homeless and impoverished citizens this holiday season

  15-12-2018 21:34 via CBC | Montreal News
  All in a Weekend host Sonali Karnick spoke with Matthew Pearce, director general of the Old Brewery Mission, to find out what the men's homeless shelter needs right now.
  
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• Baloo the cat to be reunited with Halifax family after being accidentally shipped to Montreal

  15-12-2018 21:04 via : Montreal
  Despite his 17-hour ordeal, the cat, named Baloo, was found in good health.
  
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• Enjoy the balmy weather. It's back to the usual chill by Tuesday

  15-12-2018 20:51 via Montreal Gazette
  The mild weather that arrived in Quebec on Saturday won’t last long, according to Environment Canada.
  While no cold front is on the horizon, the temperature, which is above the freezing point on Saturday (5 C as of 2:30 p.m., with a low of -4 C Saturday and Sunday), should return to colder seasonal values next week, the environment agency said.
  “It’ll be quite brief,” meteorologist Amélie Bertrand said.
  Colder weather should arrive on Tuesday, she said, with temper
  
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• Quebec moves up deadline for obligatory winter tires in 2019

  15-12-2018 19:49 via : Montreal
  Beginning in 2019, the deadline for installing winter tires is being moved back to Dec. 1 from the current deadline of Dec. 15.
  
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• ‘Let’s be clear’: Quebec education minister says school boards will be abolished

  15-12-2018 19:40 via : Montreal
  The Quebec government is standing firm on its plan to abolish school boards and school elections.
  
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• Assault in Quebec City a possible hate crime, police say

  15-12-2018 19:17 via CBC | Montreal News
  An assault that happened overnight in a downtown Quebec City bar could be a hate crime, according to police. The victim was attacked after being asked if he was anti-fascist.
  
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• Arthur Margelidon takes silver in Canton Masters judo

  15-12-2018 18:33 via Montreal Gazette
  CANTON, China — Adopted Montrealer Arthur Margelidon won the silver medal in the under 73 kg category at the Canton Masters Tournament in China on Saturday.
  Margelidon had an almost perfect day. With his victories against Israeli Tohar Butbul and Japan’s Soichi Hashimoto during the preliminaries, as well as against Odbayar Ganbaatar of Mongolia in the quarter-finals, the 25-year-old could not get in front of Azerbaijan’s Rustam Orujov, who took gold.
  Margelidon’s compatri
  
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• Moukoko family sues Montreal, school board for $1.5M in drowning death

  15-12-2018 18:22 via Montreal Gazette
  The Montreal School Board and the city of Montreal are being sued for $ 1.5 million by the family of Blessing Claudevy Moukoko, who drowned in the swimming pool at his school in February 2018.
  The 14-year-old boy drowned in the pool of the Centre Père-Marquette, adjacent to École Père-Marquette, where he was studying.
  Thirteen family members are suing the school board and the city, saying the school board was negligent in assigning a teacher who did not have the skills to te
  
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• Even gastro can't keep Kingsbury down, as he wins another ski gold

  15-12-2018 15:59 via Montreal Gazette
  PEKING — Despite being hit hard by gastroenteritis, Deux-Montagnes skier Mikaël Kingsbury won a gold medal Saturday morning at the World Cup in Thaiwoo, China.
  Picking up his 51st career victory, the athlete revealed that he’d lost six pounds before the competition.
  He did not, however, execute a perfect run in the final.
  “I made some mistakes, but I learned from them and I was able to gather all the energy I had left to make my best run in the super final,&rdquo
  
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• Busy weekend expected for Nez rouge after more than 6,600 rides on Friday

  15-12-2018 15:16 via Montreal Gazette
  QUEBEC CITY — Nez rouge is anticipating this will be its busiest weekend of the 2018 holiday season, and Friday has already lived up to expectations.
  The organization provided more than 6,600 rides across Quebec on Friday, thanks to the services of nearly 4,500 volunteers.
  The organization is celebrating 35 years this year.Hier soir, un nombre record de 239 bénévoles de la @SAAQ ont parcouru les routes du Québec pour assurer un retour sécuritaire à ceux q
  
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• Lohnes: Tricks to help create a festive, inviting home in a small space

  15-12-2018 15:00 via Montreal Gazette
  It’s that time of year when Christmas trees, boughs and decorative items have invaded the house for another season of decorating merriment. In small (and even not so small) spaces, you might feel adding holiday decor will literally and visually fill up your home, and that finding space to entertain will become an impossible feat. As someone who has lived in small spaces most of my life, I’ve learned a few entertaining and design tricks to help create a festive and inviting home with
  
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• If you're not driving on winter tires, you are illegal as of Saturday

  15-12-2018 14:56 via Montreal Gazette
  Winter tires are obligatory as of Saturday in Quebec.
  By law, Dec. 15 is the deadline for drivers to get their winter tires on. They can come off only after March 15.
  Drivers face stiff fines for breaking the law.
  Beginning next year, the deadline for winter tires to go on will be moved to Dec. 1. The date they can come off will remain unchanged.
  According to CAA-Québec, the change is a smart move.
  Winter tires work best in cold temperatures, the automobile association’s spokesperso
  
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• Snow may have arrived long ago, but winter tires are a must as of today in Quebec

  15-12-2018 14:47 via CBC | Montreal News
  It may feel like Quebec has already been through a decade of winter this year, but the day to have your winter tires on has finally arrived.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Death of a Guatemalan child, rare ivory seized, suicide bombing

  15-12-2018 14:46 via Montreal Gazette
  Good morning. Here are a couple of stories from the overnight world desk as your morning coffee kicks in.
  Death of 7 year old on U.S.-Mexico border raises questions: Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, age 7, was picked up by U.S. authorities with her father and other migrants this month in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert. Some seven hours later, she was put on a bus to the nearest Border Patrol station but soon began vomiting. By the end of the two-hour drive, she had stopped breathing
  
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• Mikael Kingsbury fights off food poisoning for 51st World Cup victory

  15-12-2018 14:04 via CBC | Montreal News
  Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earned his 51st career World Cup victory on Saturday with a gold medal in moguls in Thaiwoo, China.
  
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• Yellowknifer rebuilding plane that dropped bombs 75 years ago

  15-12-2018 14:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  Mikey McBryan, the general manager for Buffalo Airways, bought the shell of the DC-3 aircraft on eBay.
  
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• Week in Review: Coyotes, the King, Pioneer, cannabis, the chief

  15-12-2018 14:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Montreal to deploy scare teams to shoo away urban coyotes
  Following a growing number of coyote sightings and three attacks on small children last summer, Montreal will dispatch teams to try to scare the animals away from problem areas, euthanize animals that have become aggressive, and encourage residents to better manage food waste to avoid attracting the animals. The city released its coyote management plan Monday, wit
  
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• Photographers’ picks: Best unseen Gazette photos of 2018

  15-12-2018 14:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Gazette photo journalists take countless shots every year, from classrooms to cafés to crime scenes. What you see published in the paper is just a small sampling of their work. Here are some of their favourites from 2018 that never made it to publication.
   Pierre Obendrauf: It’s not all fun and games (but sometimes it is)
  Oct. 10, 2018.
  It took 35 years on staff at The Montreal Gazette for me to get the chance to cover an NBA game — a pre-season game at that. It was nice
  
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• Glowing outdoor playground ready to make music in Quartier des Spectacles

  15-12-2018 14:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  A lit up, “vintage tropical” set of oversized dominoes are waiting to be toppled over by deep winter revellers in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles.
  
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• Yves-François Blanchet launches Bloc québécois leadership campaign

  15-12-2018 13:24 via Montreal Gazette
  Yves-François Blanchet plans to launch his leadership bid for the Bloc québécois on Saturday.
  The former Parti Québécois cabinet minister is expected to be accompanied by most of the members of Parliament of the federal BQ to make his announcement in Montreal.
  Blanchet is expected to have the support of nine of the 10 BQ MPs now that Xavier Barsalou-Duval and Marilène Gill threw their support behind him on Friday.
  So far, Blanchet faces no opponent, maki
  
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• Second-hand affection: How to give the best gifts while saving the Earth

  15-12-2018 13:00 via Montreal Gazette
  There are three headless mannequins in my house. There is a lemon-shaped honey pot, vintage costume jewelry and a closet full of child-size ball gowns. There is a lamp depicting either a love triangle or a spontaneous piano recital, and there is a Crock-Pot transformed into a planter after a pivotal episode of a popular prime-time drama.
  These peculiar knick-knacks are proof that there are presents beyond consumerism and joy beyond online shopping. In a world of Amazon and AliExpress, it ta
  
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• Christmas Fund: ‘There are hard days,’ says student with a toddler and 3-year-old

  15-12-2018 13:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Twenty-three-year-old single mother Karina’s days revolve around her children.
  She said on a typical morning she wakes up early to prepare herself before turning to her two- and three-year-olds. After getting them fed and dressed, she brings them to daycare, after which she will hop on a bus to get herself to school.
  Karina is a full-time student, working to complete her high-school education through a program with Emploi-Québec. Because of her studies, she’s unable to work.
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• Cat will be home for Christmas after mistakenly shipped 1,200 km to Montreal

  15-12-2018 13:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  Baloo, a one-year-old tabby, survived the 17-hour trip to Montreal after crawling into a parcel shipped by his family.
  
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• Turcot traffic hotspots to avoid on Saturday

  15-12-2018 12:30 via Montreal Gazette
  There will be a lot of road closings today in the Turcot area as work crews prepare to open a new configuration of Highway 20. 
  Turcot Interchange/Highway 20 
  Highway 20 East will be closed from Exit 60 for Highway 13 to the Turcot Interchange until Monday at 5 a.m.
  The Angrignon Blvd. entrance for Highway 20 East will also be closed as will the entrance from Route 138 East to Highway 20 East. However, there will be one lane available for motorists heading to Route 138 West and th
  
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• Montreal weather: Skies will turn blue, but you won't

  15-12-2018 12:30 via Montreal Gazette
  Clearing in the morning with a southwest wind of 20 km/h, gusting to 40, then becoming light near noon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 1.
  Tonight: Clear with a low of minus 5.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @mtl_by_me.
  Quote of the day:A big part of being a well-adju
  
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• Sisters and the legacy of the Sixties Scoop: Watch our short documentary

  15-12-2018 12:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  Sisters who were separated as part of the Sixties Scoop found each other decades later. But reunions can’t always fix the harm of separation. Watch their story here.
  
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• Josh Freed: In the world of lost and found, I’m a loser

  15-12-2018 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  I took out my key chain the other day and someone eyed the huge clump and asked if I was a janitor.
  “No,” I said, “I just keep some useless old keys on it as added weight so it’s easy to find.”
  I know organized people carry each key separately on a tiny elegant loop. But I like a heavy bunch — so I don’t misplace them.
  Over the decades, I’ve lost enough single keys to start a locksmith shop. I’ve left them in restaurants, cabs, on movie floor
  
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• Batshaw employees decry lack of therapy for so-called 'system kids'

  15-12-2018 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
  It’s hard to imagine children in more need of therapy than those who end up in the care of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, at group or foster homes in Montreal.
  Yet these so-called “system kids” — many of them victims of physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse — aren’t getting the help they need, say longtime employees.
  Far from it.
  “A lot of the kids aren’t getting any
  
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• #ICYMI: English schools, early snow, other news

  15-12-2018 04:30 via Montreal Gazette
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  The English-speaking community has no intention of dropping its battle to protect the existing anglophone school board system. The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) — which includes almost 60 English-language community organizations across Quebec — said in a statement Friday it “has absolutely no intention” of heeding Premier François Legault’s advice to give
  
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• Montreal blames early snow for failing to complete 10 roadwork projects

  15-12-2018 02:31 via Montreal Gazette
  Blame it on the snow.
  That’s what the city of Montreal did Friday, as it announced that it ran out of time to complete the work for at least 10 road construction sites, because of the early November snowfall.
  The work sites will all get a temporary coat of pavement in the coming days for the winter months. The asphalt will then be ripped off during the spring so crews can complete the work.
  In a news release, the city said the temporary coats of asphalt will cost an additional $1.5 million
  
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• BEI launches investigation in Longueuil car crash involving police

  15-12-2018 02:25 via Montreal Gazette
  Quebec’s bureau of independent investigations, the BEI, has launched an investigation into a police traffic stop in Longueuil early Friday that ended with a car crash and left a 28-year-old man in serious condition.
  According to information compiled thus far by BEI investigators, Longueuil police tried to intercept a vehicle travelling on Taschereau Blvd. at 3 a.m. in connection with a Highway Code violation.
  However rather than pull over, police say the driver of the car, which was carryi
  
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• Planned Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital moving to new site

  15-12-2018 01:57 via CBC | Montreal News
  The new Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will no longer be built at its planned site, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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