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• Cutting alcohol, drugs and smoking this New Year's Eve - Globalnews.ca

  31-12-2014 22:01
  
  Globalnews.ca
  Cutting alcohol, drugs and smoking this New Year's Eve
  Globalnews.ca
  MONTREAL — For four years running, Val Filion wakes up on New Year's Day to a familiar ringing sound. “I have a friend who always ends up calling me from jail because he's had too much alcohol,” she laughed. “I opted out of his party this year.”.
  
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• Mario Marcotte: The hold-up artist who can't help himself - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 21:21
  
  Montreal Gazette
  Mario Marcotte: The hold-up artist who can't help himself
  Montreal Gazette
  Marcotte pleads guilty at the Montreal courthouse to three dozen charges and his sentence is increased to a five-year prison term. While serving that sentence, it was already clear to correctional authorities that Marcotte suffered from drug addiction ...
  
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• Friends rally behind Montreal woman whose legs were severed by a train - CTV News

  31-12-2014 18:47
  
  CJAD
  Friends rally behind Montreal woman whose legs were severed by a train
  CTV News
  Her mother, Shelley Stott, told CTV Montreal that her daughter saw a train parked on one set of tracks and thought it would be safe to cross. However, Sarah didn't see another train approaching on a different set of tracks and was struck, Shelley Stott ...
  Fundraiser underway for woman whose legs were severed by trainMontreal Gazette
  Sarah Stott, young woman whose legs were severed by train, in good spirits
  
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• Montreal homicide, by the numbers: 28 slayings in 2014 - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 16:34
  
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal homicide, by the numbers: 28 slayings in 2014
  Montreal Gazette
  Marc-André Masson, 28, was shot near Sienne Park in St-Michel on May 29, and died in hospital two days later. The Montreal police later arrested James Lee Brathwaite, a 27-year-old convicted drug trafficker, in connection with the slaying. Braithwaite ...
  
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• In the Habs Room: Backup goalie Tokarski shines in rare start - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 05:51
  
  National Post
  In the Habs Room: Backup goalie Tokarski shines in rare start
  Montreal Gazette
  Florida Panthers center Vincent Trocheck (21) shoots as Montreal Canadiens goalie Dustin Tokarski, left, defends during the shootout in an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Sunrise, Fla. The Canadiens defeated the Panthers 2-1 in a shootout.
  Montreal Canadiens extend win streak to four after shootout win over Florida ...National Post
  Parenteau's SO goal gives Canadiens' victory over Pa
  
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• Habs Game Report: Parenteau pots winner in shootout - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 04:44
  
  National Post
  Habs Game Report: Parenteau pots winner in shootout
  Montreal Gazette
  Florida Panthers center Vincent Trocheck (21) shoots as Montreal Canadiens goalie Dustin Tokarski, left, defends during the shootout in an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Sunrise, Fla. The Canadiens defeated the Panthers 2-1 in a shootout.
  Montreal Canadiens extend win streak to four after shootout win over Florida ...National Post
  Top 5 Montreal Canadiens New Year's ResolutionsThe Hockey Writers
  
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• What's open / closed during New Year's - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 03:27
  
  What's open / closed during New Year's
  Montreal Gazette
  This includes all borough and Accès Montréal offices. • Most shopping malls will be closed on Jan. 1. • Société des alcools du Québec outlets will close Jan. 1 and reopen Jan. 2 at 1 p.m.. • Federal government offices in Quebec will be closed Jan. 1 and 2.
  
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• Sanctions have Montreal artist's work in bureaucratic limbo - CTV News

  31-12-2014 03:05
  
  Sanctions have Montreal artist's work in bureaucratic limbo
  CTV News
  For six months, artwork created by Montreal-based filmmaker Sadaf Foroughi has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo. Canada's economic sanctions against Iran are at the heart of the issue. The art, a Persian peep box, was brought to Canada in June but was ...
  
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• car-sharing services brace for competition - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 02:22
  
  Montreal Gazette
  car-sharing services brace for competition
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal's two car-sharing services — which enjoyed record membership growth in 2014 — are not fazed by the prospect of a third entrant, nor by plummeting gas prices. Media reports say that Groupe Bolloré CEO Vincent Bolloré has been lobbying Mayor ...
  
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• Mob hits and love gone wrong: The year in murder - Montreal Gazette

  31-12-2014 00:44
  
  Montreal Gazette
  Mob hits and love gone wrong: The year in murder
  Montreal Gazette
  Marc-André Masson, 28, was shot near Sienne Park in St-Michel on May 29, and died in hospital two days later. The Montreal police later arrested James Lee Brathwaite, a 27-year-old convicted drug trafficker, in connection with the slaying. Braithwaite ...
  
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