• Jack Todd: Numbers game is constantly changing

    It was, I thought, an innocent tweet — and a rather obvious one.
    All I did was to compare the statistics of one Jaro Halak (who is in a surprising battle with Tuukka Rask for the No. 1 goaltender’s job with the Boston Bruins) and one Carey Price.
    This was prior to the back-to-back wins Price posted in Calgary and Vancouver, games that might represent a dramatic turnaround in his form — or simply an isolated peak in an up-and-down season. The statistics, I thought, spoke for the
  • Game recognize game: Shania Twain saw Céline Dion's show this weekend

    Saturday was a night of Canadian greatness in Las Vegas.
    Before heading out on tour in Australia, Shania Twain took in Céline Dion’s show in Las Vegas.
    The pair met afterwards for a photo that can best be described as iconic.
    So happy that Shania Twain came to my show last night!Good luck with the rest of your tour, Shania ❤️✨ // Je suis tellement heureuse que Shania Twain soit venue à mon spectacle hier soir ! Bonne chance pour le reste de ta tourn&eacut
  • Montreal sportscaster Randy Tieman dead at 64

    Longtime CTV Montreal sportscaster Randy Tieman passed away on Friday at the age of 64.
    The network, where Tieman worked for 34 years until 2017, announced his death Sunday morning.
    Tributes quickly poured in from friends and former colleagues.
    I was so hoping my good friend Randy could enjoy retirement for a decade or two with Liane.
    Life is a series of memories. We can only hope to get a chance to live beautiful ones with love and laughter.He lived richly. Here’s a moment we had tog
  • Early returns favour Habs in Pacioretty trade | HI/O Bonus

    In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette sports columnist Pat Hickey, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, Hockey Inside/Out live game blogger Mike Boone and host Adam Susser — discuss the trade that sent former Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights for Tomas Tatar, prospect Nick Suzuki and a 2019 second-round draft pick.
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  • Creative Finance: Life's a circus for Shana Carroll

    Montreal has long been a hub for creative innovators, entrepreneurs and artists. In this column, Brendan Kelly offers a snapshot of individuals pushing the boundaries of their field, looking at how they’ve managed their relationship with money in order to “make it” in their chosen domain.Name: Shana Carroll
    Occupation: Co-founder and co-artistic director of the Montreal circus company Les 7 doigts de la main
    Length of career so far: 30 years into circus career
    Savings: Yes
    Asse
  • Fitness: It's November. Find a tribe and get moving

    The fitness industry is capitalizing on the power of working out in a group to improve member retention and engagement. Small fitness studios are finding success within the once dominant big box fitness club industry, suggesting that the fundamental need to belong deserves to be a bigger player in the quest to get more people moving.
    Instead of boasting about the number of fitness machines or classes offered, boutique fitness studios invest in community. They believe catering to humans’ in
  • ’Quebec is an embarrassment’: Province urged to do more on cybersecurity

    MONTREAL — On Sept. 10, municipal employees in a region between Montreal and Quebec City arrived at work to discover a threatening message on their computers notifying them they were locked out of all their files.
    In order to regain access to its data, the regional municipality of Mekinac was told to deposit eight units of the digital currency Bitcoin into a bank account — roughly equivalent to $65,000.
    Mekinac’s IT department eventually negotiated the cyber extortionists down
  • While you were sleeping: Sheriff mistakenly orders 24,000 toilet paper rolls

    Here’s what happened while you semi-consciously wondered if the snow would melt or freeze.
    In an intimate ceremony, neighbours in Verchères paid tribute to deceased former premier Bernard Landry. Close to 100 citizens came together in the morning at the St-Francois-Xavier Church, located a few kilometres from Landry’s home near his beloved St. Lawrence River. Residents from the region were paying homage to their fellow citizen, but also the former MNA for Verch&egrav
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  • Schukov: My first computer — and my last

    I was recently cleaning out my attic (after I remembered I had one) and unearthed my very first word processor — a user hostile, ergonomically bankrupt, beta-test failing, algorithmically ailing contraption. (It didn’t like me either.)
    Despite a shaky honeymoon, the old UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) and I had an understanding: “You don’t make word-processing hard on me and I won’t ask you to print more than three pages at a time.” (We both lied through
  • South Shore, other routes to avoid on Sunday

    Travel to the South Shore will not be fun as road work will affect many roadways.
    Mercier Bridge
    The bridge will undergo repair and maintenance work until 5 a.m. Monday. The span toward Kahnawake will be closed completely and only one lane in the opposite direction will be open. By default, the same work will close the entrance to Airlie St. where the roadway connects with Highway 138.
    Exit 63 on Highway 20 westbound (connecting motorists to the bridge as well as 1st. Ave and Dollard Ave.) will
  • Montreal weather: Sunny and bitter cold

    Sunday will see mainly sunny skies with a wind chill of minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon.
    Environment Canada is calling for a high of minus 3.
    Tonight: Increasing cloudiness early in the evening with a 30-per-cent chance of flurries late in the evening and overnight. Temperature rising to minus 1 by morning.
    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 he
  • In the Habs' Room: Jeff Petry an unsung hero in win over Canucks

    VANCOUVER — Carey Price was named the first star in the Canadiens’ 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night at Rogers Arena and Jonathan Drouin scored the winning goal on the power play at 17:16 of the third period.
    But the unsung hero of this victory was defenceman Jeff Petry.
    He has been that for much of this season.
    Petry logged a game-high 27:49 of ice time — including 2:30 on the power play and 3:47 short-handed — picked up an assist and was plus-1.
    Twenty g
  • Learn all about education savings!

    November 18 to November 24 is Education Savings Week, which aims to inform Quebecers about the importance of contributing to a registered education savings plan (RESP) and to highlight the various measures and government incentives available.The Québec education savings incentive (QESI)—which took effect on February 21, 2007—encourages families to save for the post-secondary education of their children and grandchildren. This measure is a refundable tax credit paid directly in
  • About last night … Drouin wins it late 3-2 in Vancouver

    When Don Cherry trashes a Canadian for a hit on a Finn …
    Michael Del Zotto had it coming.
    Late in a 2-2 game, the Vancouver defenceman — for reasons best known to himself and perhaps to Cherry — decided to rough up Jesperi Kotkaniemi along the boards.
    Off to the box Del Zotto went.
    And eight seconds later, past Jacob Markstrom and into the Vancouver net went Jonathan Drouin’s point shot to secure a Canadiens win and a successful western Canada road trip.
    Might have been
  • Canadiens battle back to nip Canucks 3-2 in Vancouver

    VANCOUVER — Last season is becoming a distant memory for the Canadiens and their fans.
    Win or lose, this new-look edition of the Canadiens are entertaining to watch and Saturday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena was no exception.
    Trailing 2-1 midway through the second period, the Canadiens fought back to win 3-2 when Jonathan Drouin scored a power-play goal at 17:16 of the third period.
    Yes, the Canadiens actually scored on the power play after going 0-for-14
  • Liveblog: Canadiens edge Vancouver 3-2

    Jonathan Drouin’s late power-play goal settled the issue.
    Sensational rookie Elias Pettersson had scored during a third-period power play.
    Fifty seconds later, Max Domi’s shot ticked in off Andrew Shaw to tie it at 2-2
    After a scoreless first period, Tomas Tatar took a gorgeous 70-foot feed from Jeff Petry and beat Jacob Markstrom eight minutes into the second. The lead lasted eight minutes before Michael Del Zotto pinched deep and tapped one past Carey Price.
    Shots were 37-31 f
  • Liveblog: Canadiens 0 – Vancouver 0 after one

    Didn’t they get the memo about the high-scoring NHL?
    The Canadiens and Canucks played a scoreless first period.
    The home team had a 10-9 shot edge, but Jacob Markstrom had to make the tougher saves – notably on Nicolas Deslauriers.
    vancouver had two power plays, the Canadiens one.
     
     
     
  • Bernard Landry's neighbours bid farewell: 'He was someone we liked very much'

    VERCHÈRES — After the elaborate state funeral of last week, the fellow citizens of  former premier Bernard Landry shared a more intimate ceremony on Saturday in Verchères, a city south of Montreal where Landry lived for more than 30 years.
    Close to 100 citizens came together in the morning at the St-Francois-Xavier Church, located a few kilometres from Landry’s home near his beloved St. Lawrence River.
    At the ringing of the bells at 10 a.m., Landry’s coffin w

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