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• RTM, Bombardier restore commuter train service

  03-07-2017 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Service has been fully restored for the Réseau de transport métropolitain’s commuter trains, and departures on the Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines that had been cancelled Tuesday and Wednesday have been reinstated.
  Caroline Julie Fortin, spokesperson for the RTM — the successor to the Agence métropolitaine de transport — explained the cancellations were because of the recent takeover of operations by Bombardier Transportation, which went into effect Satu
  
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• Update: RTM, Bombardier restore commuter train service in ... - Montreal Gazette

  03-07-2017 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
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• Fire closes part of Jean-Talon St.

  03-07-2017 23:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A commercial building on Jean-Talon St. caught fire Monday afternoon, forcing the closure of Jean-Talon St. E. near Valdombre St. 
  The entire of the eight-storey building was evacuated as witnesses could reportedly smell smoke and see flames coming from the roof, according to a post on Twitter. 
  Jean-Talon is closed between de Fontelle and de Côme Sts. and Valdombre St. is closed between de Bellefeuille and Houel Sts while firefighters work to control the flames. 
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• Alouettes' offence remains mired by inconsistent play

  03-07-2017 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  
  As much as it left people shaking their heads in disbelief, the tandem blocking penalty against Alouettes guard Phil Blake last Friday was a legitimate call.
  “You can’t pull the ball carrier forward, which he did,” Glen Johnson, the Canadian Football League’s senior vice-president (football) said in an email Monday to the Montreal Gazette. “It was a good call.”
  While the officiating crew, technically, made the correct call, it was the infrequency with which it
  
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• Merchants worry about construction on Monkland Street

  03-07-2017 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Work on Monkland Street in NDG is expected to last until the end of August. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, merchants agree work needs to be done, but they’re worried about business if construction deters people from shopping.
  
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• Garbage left behind on Montreal moving day

  03-07-2017 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents in Montreal’s Saint-Henri borough say they’re upset to see their streets covered with garbage after the July 1 moving day. Global’s Paola Samuel reports.
  
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• Monkland Avenue merchants brace for summer construction

  03-07-2017 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Merchants of Monkland Avenue are bracing for construction work which is set to begin Tuesday.
  
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• Construction commission's pension plan review request rejected

  03-07-2017 22:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Tribunal administratif du travail has rejected the Commission de la construction du Québec’s (CCQ) application to review the decision on a case relating to worker pension plans late last month.
  In their decision, the Tribunal said the Commission did not appropriately alert its members of the changes made to the pension plan in July 2014.
  A law was modified to allow partial retirement on July 1 of that year. The CCQ then sent 13,000 participants a pamphlet informing them of the c
  
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• Squirrel meat on the table after Quebec hunter starts petition

  03-07-2017 22:18 via cbc.ca
  
  A petition has been launched to allow squirrel hunting in Quebec, which would bring the province in-line with places like Ontario and British Columbia. Some are even saying we should be eating it too.
  
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• Pincourt residents petition against Duhamel multi-use path

  03-07-2017 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pincourt residents argue that the new multipurpose path on Duhamel Road is inconvenient and unsafe. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, they want it reverted back to a two-way street.
  
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• Quebec strategy for equality disappoints LGBT rights group

  03-07-2017 21:46 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A provincial group representing LGBT rights says it is disappointed Quebec failed to include trans people in a governmental strategy for equality between men and women.
  The government missed a perfect opportunity to modernize its vision of equality to include trans people, said Alexe Dubois of the Conseil Québécois LGBT, an umbrella group representing about 35 community groups.
  “We’re criticizing that because we were consulted,” Dubois told the Montreal Gazette. &
  
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• Opinion: A letter to my daughter on graduation day

  03-07-2017 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Today was a momentous day, one that will find itself tucked into your life reel of memories. What you wore, how the sun shone bright in your eyes as you watched your friends giggle around you, all of you dressed to the nines. The feel of the school gymnasium decorated for your enjoyment.
  Your dreams for the future feel fresh for the picking and so I pray they always remain. The world is your oyster, my love, so pick wisely.
  Know that the path to success is paved with hard work, early mornings, l
  
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• Of mushroom boutiques and sturgeon fishing: 300 Reasons to Love Montreal – and then some

  03-07-2017 21:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s easy — too easy — to be cynical about life in this orange-coned metropolis we inhabit. Winters are long. Springs are almost non-existent. This summer is starting to look more like monsoon season. And fall is a fun reminder that six months of winter will soon beckon.
  And then there are the ubiquitous oranges cones that play no seasonal favourites, that can spike the blood pressure of even our toddlers. Fact is, you just can’t get there from here, or anywhere, any time
  
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• N.D.G. community groups consider moving in together as leases end

  03-07-2017 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Loyola Youth Centre, the N.D.G. Food Depot and the Walkley Community Centre all have one thing in common — they need new, permanent homes, and the sooner the better.
  Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Mayor Russell Copeman has formed a committee to find a solution that could lead to the co-habitation of these three west-end organizations in a city-funded facility. The exploratory committee, comprised of organization heads and borough staff, will analyze the issue and
  
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• Ville-Marie bar to protest against terrace bylaw on Monday evening

  03-07-2017 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A Ville-Marie bar is holding a demonstration Monday evening to fight an urban planning bylaw that requires the bar to lower its terrace by about 10 inches.
  The adjustment would make Bar Renard’s washhrooms and the indoor part of the bar inaccessible to patrons in wheelchairs, owner Marc-Antoine Coulombe told the Montreal Gazette.
  The bar, on Ste-Catherine St. E. near Beaudry St., has many customers with limited mobility, Coulombe said. While he said he understands lowering the terrace migh
  
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• Radulov signs with Stars; Montreal Canadiens take Hemsky

  03-07-2017 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Radulov said Montreal offered him a similar salary but not as many years.
  
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• Check out the beautiful "Statue of the Greek Immigrant" at the corner of Jean-Talon and Parc. It was officially unv… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  03-07-2017 19:28
  Check out the beautiful "Statue of the Greek Immigrant" at the corner of Jean-Talon and Parc. It was officially unv… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Dallas Stars sign former Canadien Alexander Radulov

  03-07-2017 19:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Dallas Stars have signed free agent Alexander Radulov.
  Radulov signed a five-year, $31.25 million deal with the Stars.
  The 30-year-old Radulov earned $5.75 million last season with the Canadiens when he finished second in team scoring with 18-36-54 totals.
  Marc Bergevin announced he has signed free-agent forward Ales Hemsky Monday.
  The 33-year-old Hemsky played 15 games with the Dallas Stars last season, posting 4-3-7 totals. Hemsky’s most productive season was in 2005-06 with the Edmo
  
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• According to Loto-Quebec, 85 Quebecers have become lottery millionaires in 2017. Wow! https://t.co/7sQX9MHwPG

  03-07-2017 19:25
  
  According to Loto-Quebec, 85 Quebecers have become lottery millionaires in 2017. Wow! https://t.co/7sQX9MHwPG
  
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• Beautiful rainbow over the skies of Montreal last night! Send us your pics. https://t.co/pWYq6vusvG

  03-07-2017 19:22
  
  Beautiful rainbow over the skies of Montreal last night! Send us your pics. https://t.co/pWYq6vusvG
  
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• The Dallas Stars have signed Alex Radulov to a 5 year contract. Radulov scored 18 goals with the Montreal Canadiens… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  03-07-2017 19:21
  The Dallas Stars have signed Alex Radulov to a 5 year contract. Radulov scored 18 goals with the Montreal Canadiens… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• SNC-Lavalin completes $3.6-billion takeover of British firm

  03-07-2017 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) says it has completed a $3.6-billion, all-cash takeover of a British engineering firm.
  The friendly acquisition of WS Atkins, first announced in April, took effect on July 3, after receiving approval from Atkins shareholders and British courts last week.
  SNC-Lavalin, the largest engineering and construction firm in Canada, says the deal will expand its global reach.
  “By combining our two highly-complementary businesses, we are solidifying SNC-Lavalin&rs
  
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• Black Lives Matter holds vigil for police shooting victim Pierre Coriolan

  03-07-2017 19:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A group of Black Lives Matter protesters from Toronto and Montreal took over a stage at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on Sunday afternoon, chanting “Jazz is Black.”
  Protesters marched to Montreal police headquarters and then climbed a stage at the jazz festival after a holding a vigil in protest against the shooting of Pierre Coriolan, a black man killed in his apartment Tuesday night in Montreal’s Gay Village.
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• Soap from Aleppo resurfaces — a sign of hope

  03-07-2017 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Adèle Tarzi-Bachi began importing soap from her native city of Aleppo in 2009.
  Said to be the oldest soap in the world, favoured by the likes of Queen Cleopatra and Queen Zenobia, though these things are hard to verify, it was still being made until recently according to ancient traditions — by hand and by foot, with planks of wood strapped onto the feet to flatten the soap before it was cut into bars. 
  Then came the war, however, and the famous soap industry became collateral
  
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• Alexander Radulov bolts Montreal for 5-year deal with Stars

  03-07-2017 18:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Former Montreal Canadiens forward Alexander Radulov agreed to a 5-year, $31.25-million US deal with the Dallas Stars on Monday.
  
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• Dallas Stars sign former Canadien Alexander Radulov: report

  03-07-2017 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Dallas Stars have signed free agent Alexander Radulov, according to a media report.
  Mike Heika — who covers the Dallas Stars for the Dallas Morning News — reported that Radulov has signed a five-year deal with the Stars worth just over US$6 million per season.
  The 30-year-old Radulov earned $5.75 million last season with the Canadiens when he finished second in team scoring with 18-36-54 totals.
  Marc Bergevin announced he has signed free-agent forward Ales Hemsky Monday.
  The 33-y
  
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• Reports of hate crimes on the rise in Montreal, police say

  03-07-2017 18:06 via montrealgazette.com
  
  For the Dorval Mosque’s congregation, caution is a constant, according to its imam, Mehmet Deger.
  “It’s very difficult to predict what’s going to happen,” he said, referring to hate crimes.
  The Dorval Mosque has been the target of hate crimes — including broken windows and anti-Islamic propaganda stickers — nine times in the last 10 years.
  In response, the mosque set up a volunteer night patrol in 2008, made up of members of its congregation who drive ar
  
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• Pincourt residents sign petition against Duhamel Road ‘multi-use’ path

  03-07-2017 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pincourt believes the path is a safer option because Duhamel Road doesn't have a sidewalk.
  
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• Canada's Eugenie Bouchard bounced from Wimbledon

  03-07-2017 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard suffered a first-round loss Monday on the opening day of Wimbledon. It was Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro who crashed the party, defeating the Canadian 1-6, 6-1, 6-1.
  
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• Cancellations on Deux-Montagnes, Mascouche train lines

  03-07-2017 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several trains have been cancelled on the Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines.
  
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• Upper, middle and low-income Canadians worried about housing prices: poll

  03-07-2017 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A new poll suggests that just over two in five Canadians believe housing in this country is not affordable for them, a finding that cuts almost evenly across income levels.
  
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• Montreal police want festivals better prepared for terrorist attacks ... - CBC.ca

  03-07-2017 14:43 via cbc.ca
  
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  Recent terrorist attacks in Europe involving vehicles slamming through crowds prompted Montreal police to draft a guide to better prepare the city's popular ...
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• Quebec man says 'life is better' after nearly losing hand in workplace accident

  03-07-2017 14:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Motorcycle enthusiast David Doonan nearly lost his right hand after it got caught in a machine, that bore down 1000 pounds of pressure between two rollers.
  
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• Your train might be cancelled this week

  03-07-2017 14:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Réseau de transport métropolitain has cancelled commuter train departures from Monday to Wednesday because of issues related to the recent takeover of operations by Bombardier Transportation.
  The Deux-Montagnes line is the most affected, with the following cancellations on Monday:
  • 7:18 and 9 a.m. trains from Deux-Montagnes toward Gare centrale (downtown)
  • 10:30 a.m. train from Gare centrale toward Deux-Montagnes
  The RTM will be offering a shuttle service in place o
  
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• Jazz fest: Trevor Payne's jubilant farewell concert

  03-07-2017 14:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  If, as Trevor Payne announced at the outset of the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir’s appearance Sunday night at the Maison Symphonique de Montréal, it was his final appearance with the choir at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, there’s nothing like going out in a blaze of glory.
  Far from being a melancholy, or even bittersweet farewell, the high-energy, rocking celebration that was — by Payne’s count — the choir’s 14th festival appearance was a
  
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• Montreal this morning: Might want to put a ring on that umbrella

  03-07-2017 14:09 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The workweek starts out mainly cloudy with a 40-per-cent chance of showers in the afternoon and a high of 23. 
  Tonight: Ditto — mainly cloudy with a 40-per-cent chance of showers in the evening and a low of 15.
  Photo of the dayDon’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 @fredericblue.
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• Montreal police want festivals to be better prepared for terrorist attacks

  03-07-2017 13:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The 25-page guide, a first in the city, focuses on vehicles that could ram into crowds, like the attacks in London and Nice.
  
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• Montreal police want festivals better prepared for terrorist attacks

  03-07-2017 13:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The 25-page guide, a first in the city, focuses on vehicles that could ram into crowds, as in recent attacks in London and Nice.
  
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• Cyclist seriously injured in collision with a car in Quebec City

  03-07-2017 13:22 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a car in Quebec City Sunday night, according to police.
  At around 9:15 p.m., a 30-year-old cyclist was going west on Einstein St. in Quebec’s Ste-Foy district and was hit by a car going north.
  The cyclist was sent to a hospital. Despite serious injuries, police say they do not fear for the man’s life.
  Quebec police say that the incident is not considered a criminal offence, because it was a simple accident with no alcohol or crimina
  
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• Laval police ask for public's help in search for missing man

  03-07-2017 12:59 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Laval police are searching for a man last seen in a Pont-Viau pharmacy, reportedly saying things that made others fear for his well-being.
  André Germain, 52, is 5’9” and weighs 175 lbs. He has gray hair, hazel eyes and wears glasses.
  He was last seen wearing a black long-sleeved sweater.
  Germain often rides a green bike. A Laval police press release stated that his family is very worried, and that he must take medication.
  Anyone with information on Germain’s whereabouts
  
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• While you were sleeping: Arcade Fire's new album, more woes for United

  03-07-2017 12:50 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal’s Arcade Fire drops its album later this month, but you can get a preview of some of the songs today, thanks to the Montreal Gazette’s T’Cha Dunlevy, whose glowing review of the album was published in the wee hours of Monday.
  The band worked with fellow Quebecer Daniel Lanois, who produced U2, David Bowie and Bob Dylan during his storied career. While Lanois isn’t a producer of Arcade Fire’s Everything Now, his influence is certainly felt on at least two tr
  
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• Cyclist badly injured in Quebec City head-on collision

  03-07-2017 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The cyclist was taken to hospital, but is expected to recover and it's not a criminal investigation so far, police say.
  
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• Jazz fest picks for July 3, 2017: King Crimson hits the stage with four drummers

  03-07-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  King Crimson (7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts, $93.75 to $210.25). What you get for a top-ticket price north of $200: eight men, including four drummers, with a rabid cult following and a sometimes-dissonant repertoire of brain-teasing compositions that spans almost five decades. Robert Fripp, the only remaining member from the influential band’s formation in 1968, promises more noise than ever. But you won’t take the evidence home: you will be warned to
  
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• From the archives: Travelling French botanist catalogued local plants

  03-07-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This story was first published on June 30, 2012, in the Montreal Gazette.
  Par.: Above all things, don’t forget my strawberries.
  Math. [going]: Thank God, I think more upon them than upon all your worlds.
  The Gazette, Thursday, June 28, 1792
  So ended a long dialogue, often facetious, sometimes profound, that had been running in instalments in The Gazette since early April of 1792. It was between a fictional philosopher named Paradoxile and his gardener, Mathurin, and time and again it was t
  
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• 50 Years of Aislin: Les anglophones, Part 1

  03-07-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Once upon a time in Quebec, it was English-speaking Montreal that produced the (mostly unilingual) captains of industry; the Catholic Church ran everything else. The Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and its noisier persona of later years finally succeeded in overturning the status quo.
  In 1974, Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa, considered a friend of the English-speaking community, introduced Bill 22 to make French the sole official language of Quebec. The province’s anglophones were thrown in
  
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• Trudeau to meet Irish PM and the Queen ahead of G20 summit

  03-07-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs this morning for Europe, where he has scheduled friendly courtesy calls with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and the Queen ahead of what is expected to be a raucous G20 summit in Germany.
  
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• Montreal creameries serving up latest ice cream trends this summer

  03-07-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Trends vary from black ice cream with charcoal to termite-dipped ice cream at the Insectarium.
  
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• 18 dead in fiery German bus crash, 30 others injured

  03-07-2017 09:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Eighteen people are dead after a bus carrying a group of German senior citizens crashed into a truck on a highway in Bavaria early Monday and burst into flames, police said.
  
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• Album review: Arcade Fire goes next-level on Everything Now

  03-07-2017 06:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  If you’re thinking, as I have been, that this could be Arcade Fire’s U2 moment, look no further than one name that pops up deep into the liner notes of the Montreal band’s new album, Everything Now, due July 28: Daniel Lanois.
  The Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer is forever tied to Bono & Co. for his production work alongside Brian Eno on the Irish band’s seminal albums, including The Joshua Tree.
  Lanois pops up on two songs on Everything Now, which
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on July 2

  03-07-2017 04:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Carey Price strikes it rich, but can Habs cash in with Cup?
  The Canadiens announced Carey Price has received an eight-year contract extension worth $84 million. The deal, which begins with the 2018-19 season, makes Price the highest-paid goaltender in NHL history.
  “I’m ecstatic,” the laid-back Price said from his off-season home in Kelowna. “This gives me an opportunity to finish my career in Montreal.”
  Price
  
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