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• Protesters at Trudeau airport back workers threatened with outsourcing

  16-12-2018 21:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Roughly 100 protesters descended on Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport on Sunday morning to support workers whose jobs are threatened if they don’t accept a 33 per cent salary rollback.
  Josée Dubois, the president of the union representing the airports white collar workers, says the employer is threatening to replace 93 clerks, administrative agents and security guards through outsourcing.
  She couldn’t explain the reasoning behind the decision.
  “Passenger traffic k
  
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• Jack Todd: Montreal baseball study promising, but we'll be twisting in the wind for a long time

  16-12-2018 20:51 via montrealgazette.com
  If Major League Baseball is indeed wending its way back to Montreal, it is doing so at the pace of one of those interminable postseason games we saw in October — one stately, cautious step at a time.
  That, of course, is as it should be. As it has to be. Stephen Bronfman and Mitch Garber know precisely what they’re doing. They’re the twin engines behind the effort to bring the Expos back to town and they understand that this can’t be done in haste, or with a noisy public b
  
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• Victor Schukov: My prognostications for 2119

  16-12-2018 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  “In the far future, my work will be highly publicised, although very few people will know I had a first name.” – Nostradamus (1552)
  As it is really tough to predict something really novel a year ahead, I have decided to hedge my bets and predict 2119. (Who’s going to be around to dispute it?)
  A recent Angus-Reid poll posed the following feeler: “Is there a future in predicting the future?” The results were startling: 64 per cent said Yes, 14 per cent said No a
  
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• Canadiens GM needs to spend wisely, not blindly | HI/O Bonus

  16-12-2018 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 — look at the US$9.3 million general manager has left under the NHL salary cap.
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• Montreal voters go to polls in two municipal byelections

  16-12-2018 16:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Voters in eastern and northern Montreal are voting on Sunday to replace two municipal representatives who jumped to provincial politics in the Oct. 1 election.
  The polls are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the municipal byelections in Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles borough, and the St-Michel district of the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough.
  In R.D.P.—P.A.T., Caroline Bourgeois of Mayor Valérie Plante‘s Projet Montré
  
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• Woman found dead in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu home

  16-12-2018 16:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating after a woman was found dead in a Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu home.
  Her body, which bore signs of violence, was found around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday evening.
  Police officers arrested a suspect in Saint-Adèle, in the Laurentians. He is still being interrogated.
  The link between the woman and the suspect is unknown, as is the motive for the crime.
  The investigation is being carried out by the SQ in collaboration with local police.
  
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• Fitness: How mindful is your workout?

  16-12-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mindfulness is a common buzzword around the gym. But what does it mean to be mindful during a workout? And is there any proven benefit to “being in the moment”?
  A team of researchers from the U.K. tackled some of these questions, searching for any evidence that practising mindfulness during exercise can make workouts more enjoyable, purposeful and ultimately increase the chances of sticking with it.
  For those new to the concept, the definition of mindfulness is being attentive t
  
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• Patience and a DIY spirit are true virtues in Laval riverfront home

  16-12-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Unless it’s a proverbial swamp somewhere in Florida, buying land is always a good deal. For as Mark Twain said: “They’re not making it anymore.”
  That is what one man (who preferred to remain anonymous for this article) had in mind when, at the end of his university studies in 1994, he bought a piece of land in Laval.
  Bordered on one side by Rivière-des-Mille-Îles and a conservation area on the other, on which research scientists were converting a me
  
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• While you were sleeping: Cow steals show in graduation photo shoot

  16-12-2018 13:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s what happened while the Habs beat the Senators — again.
  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
  
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• Teen in serious condition after being hit by train in Dorval

  16-12-2018 13:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A 16 year old suffered a serious head injury when he was hit by a train overnight in Dorval.
  According to Montreal police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron, the teen was trying to jump onto a moving train when he fell and was hit by another train that was moving at a low speed.
  The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. near Cardinal Ave.
  The victim was taken to hospital in serious condition.
  Bergeron said police are still trying to determine why the teen was trying to jump onto the train.
  
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• Sunday road closings to be on the lookout for

  16-12-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Try to avoid these routes today with Turcot work creating these closings.  
  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 until Monday at 5 a.m. 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 the Mercier Bridge.
  Only one la
  
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• Montreal weather: Cloudy and cool

  16-12-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Increasing cloudiness with a northeast wind of 20 km/h.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 1 and a wind chill near minus 9. 
  Tonight: Cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of flurries and a risk of freezing rain.The low will be minus 4 with a wind chill near minus 8.
  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
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Canadiens show once again they won't give up

  16-12-2018 05:45 via montrealgazette.com
  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 montrealgazette.com
  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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• About last night … Canadiens romp to another 5-2 Senators stomp

  16-12-2018 04:21 via montrealgazette.com
  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 montrealgazette.com
  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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• Liveblog: Canadiens stomp Senators 5-3 … again

  16-12-2018 03:49 via montrealgazette.com
  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 montrealgazette.com
  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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• Four alarm fire in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve leaves 20 homeless

  16-12-2018 02:27 via montrealgazette.com
  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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• Liveblog: Ottawa 1 – Canadiens 1 after one

  16-12-2018 01:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Bell Centre 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.
  The Canadiens’ late-period power play was customarily dreadful.
  Shots were 12-8 CH.
   
  
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