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• 'Real pro' Brett Kulak earns his keep as Shea Weber's partner with Canadiens

  14-12-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  After Shea Weber finally returned to the Canadiens’ lineup on Nov. 27 following offseason knee surgery, coach Claude Julien said the captain could play beside a rotation of players since the team doesn’t have a “perfect partner” for their No. 1 defenceman.
  David Schlemko lasted only one game beside Weber and the next man up was Brett Kulak, who has now played seven straight games as Weber’s partner. Kulak struggled a bit defensively in the Canadiens’ 6-4 win o
  
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• Montreal MMA fighter Valérie Létourneau goes after title in Hawaii

  14-12-2018 23:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal MMA fighter Valérie (Trouble) Létourneau went halfway around the world last time she fought for a title.
  While she only had to go to Hawaii this time, she will find herself on hostile ground Saturday night when she faces Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei MacFarlane, a local, in Honolulu.
  The 35-year-old from Montreal isn’t fazed. Like most Canadians, she savours a winter trip to a tropical island.
  “I cannot complain about this place. How can I ask for a bet
  
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• Fundraising campaign to help family of Laval woman killed in Mexico

  14-12-2018 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
  An online campaign for the family for the woman who was killed in Mexico has amassed more than $13,000.
  The campaign is for the family of Laval’s Christine St-Onge, who was reported missing on Dec. 6 after a Nov. 29 trip to Los Cabos in Mexico with her boyfriend, Pierre Bergeron. He returned home on Dec. 5 without St-Onge and died by suicide the next day. Police in Mexico believe they found St-Onge’s body on Thursday, and a process in underway to bring it home.
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• English community will fight on for school boards despite Legault's warning

  14-12-2018 23:02 via montrealgazette.com
  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 up because they will lose in court.
  Press Release: English-speaking Community Will Not Abandon S
  
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• Laval boxer David Lemieux cancels a fight for health reasons

  14-12-2018 22:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Citing health reasons, Laval boxer David Lemieux has cancelled his fight scheduled for Saturday at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
  Lemieux was taken to a hospital Friday morning suffering from weight-related dehydration just ahead of his scheduled weigh-in for the middleweight fight against Tureano Johnson. His condition was serious enough to warrant the cancellation of his fight, said Camille Estephan, the president of Eye of the Tiger Management.
  “He is in the care of hospit
  
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• Quebec vows to protect 10 ‘strategic’ companies from takeovers

  14-12-2018 22:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s new government is committed to protecting local companies such as SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from hostile offers from foreign bidders and has drawn up a list of 10 “strategic” firms worth preserving.
  “The government of Quebec has to figure out what head offices are strategically important,” Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said in an interview in Montreal. “There is a scale of 1 to 10. Can we intervene for all head offices? No. If we had to buy 20 per c
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens endure seesaw week of ugly wins, uglier loss

  14-12-2018 21:37 via montrealgazette.com
  It hasn’t exactly been the most reassuring week for Montreal Canadiens fans.
  It’s funny because the Habs won two of their three games, but both wins were kind of ugly and sandwiched between them was their worst loss of the season. On Sunday, Les Boys snuck past the cellar-dwelling Chicago Blackhawks 3-2, but the good guys only won that game because Carey Price was, for a change, in vintage form.
  A comment on Reddit, in a conversation full of praise for No. 31, summed up how most of u
  
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• Have you seen a cop in a bar? It's all part of the Sûreté du Québec's plan

  14-12-2018 21:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec’s campaign to turn the province’s bars into no-go zones for organized crime continued Thursday night, with the provincial force visiting more than 130 licensed establishments across Quebec.
  The visits, conducted in collaboration with the RCMP and 25 municipal police forces, are part of a program dubbed CIBLER, which involves police making themselves visible in bars on a regular basis and establishing contact with establishment owners and staff
  
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• Weekend traffic: Turcot closings pave way for Monday opening of Highway 20

  14-12-2018 21:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The good news for motorists is that by Monday, motorists will be able to drive on Highway 20 East in its permanent configuration in the Turcot Interchange.
  The bad news is that there will be a whole lot of road closures in the area this weekend as crews prepare to open the new roadway.
  Turcot Interchange/Highway 20 
  Highway 20 East will be closed from Exit 60 for Highway 13 to the Turcot Interchange from Friday at 11:59 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.
  The Angrignon Blvd. entrance for Highway 20 Ea
  
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• Montreal's Julie Doucet revolutionized comics — then she walked away

  14-12-2018 20:05 via montrealgazette.com
  First, that title.
  Julie Doucet began making her name in the 1980s with a self-published series of freewheeling zines called Dirty Plotte. Mostly her own work, but including material from fellow cartoonists and kindred spirits, it took advantage of the form’s under-the-radar status to exercise a giddy freedom in both style and subject. The name itself — a colloquial female anatomical reference if you were conversant in Québécois slang, a complete baffler if you weren&rs
  
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• MLB in Montreal? Mayor cheers 'positive news' but tosses a curve ball

  14-12-2018 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said Friday she welcomed the news that a new study showed support among the business community for a return of major-league baseball to Montreal.
  But she reiterated that if there was any question of using city funds to build a stadium, she would hold a referendum to see if Montrealers were in favour of the move.
  “I see it as very positive news,” she said. “I’ve said since the beginning that Montrealers will be asked collectively.&rdquo
  
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• Macpherson: The hottest issue in Quebec politics these days? The T-Shirt

  14-12-2018 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  I miss the independence question already.
  At least when it topped the agenda, Quebec politics was about something.
  This year’s general election was the first since 1970 that wasn’t either a referendum on independence, or a referendum on a referendum.
  Instead, we had a Seinfeld campaign, one that, as was said of the TV sitcom, was about nothing.
  Voters literally tuned out; the television audience for the French-language leaders’ debates was down more than 20 per cent from the pr
  
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• Montreal's new top cop: 'I have my limits' when it comes to English

  14-12-2018 18:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Though he isn’t comfortable giving interviews in English, Montreal’s new police chief, Sylvain Caron, says his English-language limitations won’t affect his ability to lead the force.
  Caron, 57, was sworn in as the new chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) at city hall on Wednesday.
  Responding to questions from anglophone journalists afterward, Caron said: “Excuse me, I don’t speak English very well,” before switch
  
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• Alouettes re-sign top receiver Eugene Lewis to one-year deal

  14-12-2018 18:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Alouettes and import receiver Eugene Lewis have come to terms on a one-year deal, the CFL club announced on Friday.
  Lewis, a 6-foot-1, 208-pounder, will return to the Alouettes for a third season. In 2018, he led the team with 827 receiving yards on 44 receptions and caught four touchdowns. Lewis, 25, also threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to George Johnson on a trick play during a 40-10 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Oct. 28 at Molson Stadium.
  “In his first full season with t
  
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• Montreal's east end promised more bus lines, rebuilt Notre-Dame St.

  14-12-2018 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal and Quebec announced their plan to revitalize the eastern sector of the city Friday, by opening more bus lines connecting the area to downtown, rebuilding Notre-Dame St. E. to improve traffic flow and opening a project office to brainstorm new ideas and funding.
  Also on the horizon is restarting the river shuttle along the St. Lawrence to downtown, tested last summer, and decontaminating industrial lands once occupied by oil refineries for commercial and residential development.
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• Longueuil police intervention ends with man seriously hurt in car crash: BEI

  14-12-2018 18:04 via montrealgazette.com
  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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• Wine: What’s in a name — Chianti Classico Gran Selezione vs Super Tuscan

  14-12-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  An “appellation” is a geographic region. To use that name, a winery must follow certain rules. These rules cover such things as which grape varieties are allowed, maximum yields, and how long a wine should be aged prior to being put to market.
  Appellations are also not static, even for the world’s oldest, Chianti Classico. Back in 1716, four villages earned the right to call their wine Chianti. In the 18th century, the region was the first to impose a “recipe” as to
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Dec. 14, 2018

  14-12-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16
  Côtes du Ventoux 2017, Grande Réserve des Challières, France red, $12.05, SAQ # 331090. Classic Ventoux, in that you get a touch of the Rhône with the underlying notes of dried herbs and black olive, but the body is lean and super fresh. The fruit is fresh and juicy, and the tannins are finely layered. Keep it on the cooler side and the bottle will
  
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• East end of Montreal promised more bus lines, rebuilt Notre-Dame St.

  14-12-2018 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal and Quebec announced their plan to revitalize the eastern sector of the city Friday, by opening more bus lines connecting the area to downtown, rebuilding Notre-Dame St. E. to improve traffic flow and opening a project office to brainstorm new ideas and funding.
  Also on the horizon is restarting the river shuttle along the St. Lawrence to downtown, tested last summer, and decontaminating industrial lands once occupied by oil refineries for commercial and residential development.
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• Kaptainis: The Met is on course with Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the helm

  14-12-2018 17:02 via montrealgazette.com
  NEW YORK — A stereophonic blast of confetti from the wings as the conductor took his bow. The entire orchestra on stage. A little bottle of bubbly, Vintage Yannick, for everyone in the crowd.
  The serious operagoer must ignore the blandishments and concentrate on the reality, which is that the debut of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as music director of the Metropolitan Opera last week was a triumph. It is reasonable to predict that the performance seen Saturday afternoon as a Live in H
  
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• Weber, Juulsen will stabilize Canadiens' defence | HI/O Bonus

  14-12-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette columnist Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — discuss the team’s blue line.
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• Half of the energy used comes from renewable resources, but Quebecers

  14-12-2018 16:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A report gauging Quebec’s use of energy sources is warning that unless consumer trends in the province change, the province’s target for reduced greenhouse gas emissions will not be met.
  According to the most recent data produced Friday by HEC Montréal’s chair of energy management, Quebecers’ purchases of petroleum products increased in 2017, even though gasoline is more expensive than electricity or natural gas.
  Report co-author Pierre-Olivier Pineau notes that wh
  
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• While you were sleeping: Habs vs. 'Canes, Kanye vs. Drake

  14-12-2018 15:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while you were trying to stay warm.
  Montreal police have issued an arrest warrant in the case of a homeless, pregnant Inuit woman who says she was sexually assaulted in an alley off Park Ave. last week. 
  Officers at Station 38 are actively looking for him.
  The woman, 27, reported the assault and identified her alleged assailant on Dec. 6, but police merely questioned and released him on the spot. No one took an official statement from the victim, according to thre
  
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• Survey shows Montreal MLB team financially viable: Bronfman

  14-12-2018 14:47 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of investors trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal released a market study Thursday concluding the project would be viable and would generate strong interest among fans and the city’s business community.
  “Montreal has the market characteristics to support an MLB team effectively over the long term,” the group led by Stephen Bronfman, executive chairman of Claridge Inc., said in a statement.
  Its television market would be in the top half of existing MLB
  
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• Guilty in fatal stabbing, Inuk man released to healing house

  14-12-2018 14:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has given an Inuk man a chance to break out of the cycle of violence that has plagued his life by suspending his sentence for a fatal stabbing while he attempts rehabilitation in a program run by an Aboriginal healing foundation.
  “Follow your conditions,” defence lawyer Louis Miville Deschenes told Bobby Tukkiapik on Thursday. The attorney pointed an index finger and shot a stern look toward Tukkiapik as he spoke to him through a window that separates de
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Single mom struggles with few friends, family

  14-12-2018 14:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Adjustment to life as a single mother has not been easy for Audrey.
  She moved to Montreal from Quebec City with her young daughters and former partner about two years ago, she said. But the transition to a city in which she knew no one was not smooth.
  Upon moving, Audrey lost her job as a nursing assistant. While trying to adjust to new surroundings and push through with an unfruitful job search, she and her daughters’ father split, increasing the pressure.
  “It was a complete restart
  
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• Hotel Intel: New St. Regis joins Toronto’s luxury list

  14-12-2018 13:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Talk about a grand and glamorous entrance.
  The ravishing new St. Regis Toronto marks the brand’s debut at a coveted Bay St. address with extravagant hallmark features, such as signature butler service, a nightly champagne sabreing event, fabulous new dining and drinking and some of the most spacious accommodations in town.
  Officially opened with a gala soirée a few weeks ago, this lap of luxury operates in a glassine tower, formerly a Trump hotel, which has undergone major remodelin
  
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• Watch François Legault try very hard to avoid saying Habs are meh

  14-12-2018 13:55 via montrealgazette.com
  It has not been a banner week or two for Quebec’s relationship with other provinces.
  But on Thursday, Premier François Legault attempted a slight reconciliation with Alberta and Ontario by praising their hockey teams.
  He said that Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has a good team, the Calgary Flames, in her province.
  Legault added that one of his kids thinks the Toronto Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup.
  As for Montreal’s very own Canadiens, the premier grimaced when asked
  
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• Homeless woman sex assault case: Montreal police issue arrest warrant

  14-12-2018 13:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police issued an arrest warrant Thursday in the case of a homeless, pregnant Inuit woman who was sexually assaulted in an alley off Park Ave. last week.
  Officers at Station 38 are actively looking for him.
  The woman, 27, reported the assault and identified her alleged assailant on Dec. 6, but police merely questioned and released him on the spot. No one took an official statement from the victim, according to three witnesses. 
  The 27-year-old says her assailant found her hours afte
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'We came out and played a pretty solid game'

  14-12-2018 13:42 via montrealgazette.com
  It wasn’t pretty, but the Canadiens got back on the winning track as they outlasted the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 Thursday night in a game that featured seven goals in the see-saw third period.
  “It was a bit wild and it’s not the way you want to play in the third period, but it’s good to get the points to kick off these games at home,” said defenceman Jeff Petry, who scored two goals, including an empty-netter to seal the win.
  This homestand, which continues Saturday
  
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• Montreal weather: Warmer, but wet

  14-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The good news is that it will be much warmer today.
  But it will be a wet one.
  Environment Canada is calling for periods of light snow changing to drizzle or periods of rain near noon. Risk of freezing drizzle in the morning. High plus 3.
  Tonight: Drizzle or periods of rain ending near midnight then clearing. Low minus 1. Wind chill minus 7 overnight.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature on
  
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• House-hunting? Looking a few blocks over may save some bucks

  14-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In real estate, the single biggest factor affecting price is location. It’s one of the reasons I left Vancouver: it’s a beautiful place — and also the land of the million-dollar teardown.
  We traded endless rain and mountain vistas for Montreal’s long winters and joie de vivre. It was a big move, but it offered big gains in home size, neighbourhood, schools and overall quality of life. For my family, it has been well worth it.
  Lacking bottomless bank accounts, most of us h
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: With few friends or family, Audrey struggles in new town

  14-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Adjustment to life as a single mother has not been easy for Audrey.
  She moved to Montreal from Quebec City with her young daughters and former partner about two years ago, she said. But the transition to a city in which she knew no one was not smooth.
  Upon moving, Audrey lost her job as a nursing assistant. While trying to adjust to new surroundings and push through with an unfruitful job search, she and her daughters’ father split, increasing the pressure.
  “It was a complete restart
  
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• Batshaw workers say high turnover, poor management keep youth at risk

  14-12-2018 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
  Two months after a Quebec Court decision slammed Batshaw Youth and Family Centres for failing to protect a young girl in its care, employees at the group home where she was sexually assaulted say the incidents in question weren’t the first of their kind — and likely won’t be the last.
  Employee burnout, high turnover rates and mismanagement — including the decision to allow one of the perpetrators of
  
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• In the Habs' Room: 'We came out and played a pretty solid game,' Price says

  14-12-2018 05:51 via montrealgazette.com
  It wasn’t pretty, but the Canadiens got back on the winning track as they outlasted the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 Thursday night in a game that featured seven goals in the see-saw third period.
  “It was a bit wild and it’s not the way you want to play in the third period, but it’s good to get the points to kick off these games at home,” said defenceman Jeff Petry, who scored two goals, including an empty-netter to seal the win.
  This homestand, which continues Saturday
  
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• Canadiens bounce back from misery in Minnesota to beat Hurricanes 6-4

  14-12-2018 05:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Coach Claude Julien shook things up in the wake of Tuesday’s 7-1 disaster in Minnesota and a couple of his changes paid dividends as the Canadiens bounced back to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-4 Thursday night at the Bell Centre.
  Matthew Peca replaced Nicolas Deslauriers on the fourth line and he sparked a Montreal comeback when he scored from the high slot at 13:51 of the second period to tie the game 1-1. His linemates, Michael Chaput and Kenny Agostino, each added an assist and it
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Habs win in white at home

  14-12-2018 05:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Maybe the Canadiens should let the Carolina Hurricanes wear their red uniforms again next season when they visit the Bell Centre.
  Apparently, Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon — a Texas billionaire — doesn’t like his team’s white uniforms and early this season sent a request to the Canadiens asking if his team could wear red for Thursday night’s game against the Canadiens at the Bell Centre. For some reason, the Canadiens agreed to the request and the NHL went along with
  
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• About last night … Canadiens win a wild one 6-4

  14-12-2018 04:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The team in white uniforms won at the Bell Centre.
  But everyone went home happy.
  “That was obviously not the game we wanted to play,” Jeff Petry said in his on-ice interview after the Canadiens downed Carolina 6-4. The game’s First Star was alluding to the Canadiens’ difficulty in nailing down the win they deserved.
  Maybe not an artistic classic – especially for defensive-minded head coach Claude Julien – but it was a game Canadiens’ fans had a fine time
  
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• Montreal police issue arrest warrant in homeless woman's sexual assault case

  14-12-2018 04:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police issued an arrest warrant Thursday in the case of a homeless, pregnant Inuit woman who was sexually assaulted in an alley off Park Ave. last week.
  Officers at Station 38 are actively looking for him.
  The woman, 27, reported the assault and identified her alleged assailant on Dec. 6, but police merely questioned and released him on the spot. No one took an official statement from the victim, according to three witnesses. 
  The 27-year-old says her assailant found her hours afte
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens beat Carolina 6-4 in a wild one

  14-12-2018 04:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Jeff Petry’s empty-netter capped a crazy third period!
  After Andrei Svechnikov’s second of the game tied it 2-2 less than a minute into the third, The Canadiens got goals from Brendan Gallagher and Artturi Lehkonen to give the home team – in white! – a 4-2 lead.
  But Jaccob Slavin made it a one-goal game at 10:52 before Andrew Shaw restored the two-goal margin. Then Sebastian Aho made it 5-4 with 4:18 left.
  Petry gave the Canadiens their first lead, 17 minutes in
  
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• Two dead, three injured in Bécancour crash

  14-12-2018 03:36 via montrealgazette.com
  BÉCANCOUR — Two drivers died and three others were injured in a six-car pileup Thursday afternoon in Bécancour, just south of Trois-Rivières.
  The crash happened around 1 p.m. on Highway 55 nNorth when there was a slowdown in the right lane on the approach to the Laviolette Bridge.
  The driver of a tractor-trailer rammed into four cars and one truck ahead of him, said Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Daniel Thibodeau. Two of the car drivers died: a man, 41,
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens 2 – Carolina 1 after two

  14-12-2018 03:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Jeff Petry gave the Canadiens their first lead, 17 minutes into the middle period.
  Matthew Peca, of all people, had scored a huge goal 13:50 in, beating Petr Mrazek top shelf.
  Andrei Svechnikov opened the scoring 2:52 into the period. The Carolina rookie breezed past Shea Weber and beat Carey Price with a backhand shelf.
  Shots through 40 are 29-14 for the team in white.
   
  
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• Weekend traffic: Turcot closures pave way for Monday opening of Highway 20

  14-12-2018 02:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The good news for motorists is that by Monday, motorists will be able to drive on Highway 20 East in its permanent configuration in the Turcot Interchange.
  The bad news is that there will be a whole lot of road closures in the area this weekend as crews prepare to open the new roadway.
  Turcot Interchange/Highway 20 
  Highway 20 East will be closed from Exit 60 for Highway 13 to the Turcot Interchange from Friday at 11:59 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.
  The Angrignon Blvd. entrance for Highway 20 Ea
  
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• Legault defends plans to ban religious symbols, replace school boards

  14-12-2018 02:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec needs to act on religious symbols to address people’s fears and ensure the identity issue doesn’t careen out of control as has happened in some countries, Premier François Legault says.
  And anglophone school boards would be undertaking a pointless and losing battle if they decide to launch a legal challenge to the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s plan to replace boards with service centres.
  In a wide-ranging end-of-year interview with the Montreal Gazet
  
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• #ICYMI: Missing Laval woman, Chong on pot legalization, more news

  14-12-2018 02:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  The body of a woman believed to be that of a Quebecer missing in Mexico for more than a week appears to have been found near a hotel in Los Cabos, provincial police said on Thursday. An autopsy will have to be performed to determine with absolute certainty that the remains are those of 41-year-old Christine St-Onge of Laval, who has been missing since Dec. 4.
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• 'We're on the right track,' new SPVM chief says of troubled force

  14-12-2018 01:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police force’s new chief, Sylvain Caron, was officially sworn in to take over the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) on Wednesday.
  Caron, 57, replaces interim chief Martin Prud’homme, who was brought in to lead the troubled police department a year ago.
  With 37 years of police work to his name, first in Sorel-Tracy and later with the Sûreté du Québec, Caron is tasked with steadying the SPVM’s “fragi
  
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• Gaétan Barrette's son sentenced to house arrest for hit and run

  14-12-2018 01:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite admitting he consumed alcohol before he struck a cyclist with his vehicle and fled the scene, Geoffroy Barrette, the son of former health minister Gaétan Barrette, received a sentence Thursday that he can serve in the community.
  The former minister’s 24-year-old son pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident having known he caused bodily harm to the cyclist he struck, on Oct. 13, 2017, at the intersection of Rachel and St-Dominique Sts. He was arrested five hours lat
  
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• Survey shows Montreal MLB team is financially viable: Stephen Bronfman

  14-12-2018 00:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of investors trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal released a market study Thursday concluding the project would be viable and would generate strong interest among fans and the city’s business community.
  “Montreal has the market characteristics to support an MLB team effectively over the long term,” the group led by Stephen Bronfman, executive chairman of Claridge Inc., said in a statement.
  Its television market would be in the top half of existing MLB
  
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