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• Zverev upsets Federer for Rogers Cup title

  13-08-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Alexander Zverev kept his winning streak alive with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Swiss ace Roger Federer in the Rogers Cup final on Sunday.
  
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• Calèche horse needs immediate help, animal rights group warns - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
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  Calèche horse needs immediate help, animal rights group warns
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  "We see so many infractions, horses left unattended, not watered and working in over 30 degree weather," said Mirella Colalillo, a spokesperson for an anti-calèche coalition. Morgan Lowrie / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. Montreal is ...
  
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• Quebec Liberal Party's youth wing rejects possibility of reopening Bill 101

  13-08-2017 23:00 via cbc.ca
  Following a passionate debate over the role of language in schools, the Quebec Liberal Party's youth wing rejected a proposition that would soften the province's Charter of French Language.
  
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• Dorval robbery goes wrong, sending one suspect to hospital

  13-08-2017 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  An alleged breaking and entering in Dorval took a wrong turn Sunday morning, resulting in two men facing charges.
  Police received a call about a fight and assault with a weapon on Carling Place around 5:20 a.m. However, only a 26-year-old man was found on scene when officers arrived. 
  He said he was the victim of a breaking and entering and confronted two suspects, both age 19, inside his home. During the fight that took place outside, he struck one of the suspects with a blunt object. They
  
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• Rogers Cup in Montreal sets world record for attendance

  13-08-2017 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  A record 216,097 fans were on site throughout the tournament, which featured two of the top 3 players in the world in Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and rising Canadian star Denis Shapovalov.
  
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• Montreal police investigating TMR arson attack

  13-08-2017 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  The arson squad is investigating after a business in the Town of Mount Royal was the target of an arson attack early Sunday morning.
  
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• Squeaky Wheels: Blue paint on highway walls a Montreal birthday gift

  13-08-2017 22:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Q: I’m just wondering why the sound barrier walls on Highway 20 westbound have been painted an awful blue? I don’t like them.
  Sylvia,
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  A: The blue paint on the sound barrier walls is actually part of a project for Montreal’s 375th anniversary, funded by the private sector.
  The National Bank is the main sponsor of this initiative, which aims to beautify the six-kilometre stretch of Highway 20 between Trudeau airport and the 1st Ave. overpass in Ville-St-Pierre. The proje
  
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• Squeaky Wheels: Blue paint on highway walls a Montreal birthday gift - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 21:53 via montrealgazette.com
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  Squeaky Wheels: Blue paint on highway walls a Montreal birthday gift
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  Construction crews pictured demolishing the St-Jacques overpass in July 2016. According to Transport Quebec, the street is due to be reopened at the end of 2018. Dario Ayala / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. Q: I'm just wondering why the ...
  
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• Well-known McGill music professor missing, police and family asking for help

  13-08-2017 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Police are asking for the public's help to locate missing McGill music professor Eleanor Stubley.
  
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• 'There was a tennis craze in our city': Rogers Cup in Montreal sets world record for attendance

  13-08-2017 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Tennis Canada said Sunday that a record 216,097 fans were on site throughout the tournament.
  
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• Police investigate Dorval home invasion, armed assault

  13-08-2017 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating a bizarre incident in Dorval Sunday morning involving a home invasion and an armed assault that left a 19-year-old man with serious injuries.
  
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• Héma-Québec asks new mothers to donate surplus breast milk

  13-08-2017 20:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s bank of breast milk is facing a lack of donors. 
  The reserve, managed by Héma-Québce, was created in 2014 to provide milk to infants born prematurely — defined as 32 weeks gestation or less — or whose mother struggles to produce enough milk for her child.
  In an ideal situation, the organization would be able to count on 300 donors. Now, they have a little less than 200.
  This shortage has a serious impact, said Héma-Québec spokesperson L
  
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• Rogers Cup attendance sets world record

  13-08-2017 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Rogers Cup men’s tennis tournament in Montreal set a world record for attendance at a one-week tournament.
  Tennis Canada said Sunday that a record 216,097 fans were on site throughout the tournament, which featured two of the top three players in the world in Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and rising Canadian star Denis Shapovalov.
  “There was a tennis craze in our city in the last few weeks and it shows in our attendance numbers,” stated Eugene Lapierre, tournament directo
  
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• Montreal sets one-week attendance record at Rogers Cup - Sportsnet.ca

  13-08-2017 19:41 via sportsnet.ca
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  Relive the week that changed Denis Shapovalov's life from his first match to his unexpected wins and his eventual loss, all of which vaulted him into the spotlight during the Rogers Cup. Sportsnet Staff | @Sportsnet August 13, 2017, 1:41 PM. Sportsnet ...
  Rogers Cup in Montreal sets world record for attendance at one-week tournamentMontreal Gazette
  Federer beats Haase, meets Zverev in Montreal finalReuters
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• Parti Québécois wants to nix Safe Third Country Agreement amid asylum seeker boom

  13-08-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The leader of the Parti Québécois is calling for the suspension of the Safe Third Country agreement between Canada and the United States amid a surge of migrants showing up at illegal border crossings in Quebec.
  
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• 'Not a good decision': PQ wants to nix Safe Third Country Agreement amid asylum seeker boom

  13-08-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The leader of the Parti Québécois is calling for the suspension of the Safe Third Country agreement between Canada and the United States amid a surge of migrants showing up at illegal border crossings in Quebec.
  
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• 'Not a good decision': PQ wants to nix nix Safe Third Country Agreement amid asylum seeker boom

  13-08-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The leader of the Parti Québécois is calling for the suspension of the Safe Third Country agreement between Canada and the United States amid a surge of migrants showing up at illegal border crossings in Quebec.
  
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• Moroccan festival site in Laval evacuated after massive brawl

  13-08-2017 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Moroccan festival in Laval was cancelled Saturday evening after a massive brawl involving 150 youth broke out.
  
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• 12-year-old girl seriously injured after falling from carnival ride in Lac-Mégantic

  13-08-2017 18:57 via cbc.ca
  A 12-year-old Quebec girl has been injured after slipping and falling from an amusement park ride at a festival in Lac-Mégantic on Saturday.
  
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• Liberals vote against softening of language laws at policy convention - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 18:17 via montrealgazette.com
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  Liberals vote against softening of language laws at policy convention
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  Language issues have popped up at the Liberal youth convention with a clutch of Montreal Liberals proposing to loosen up the French Language Charter and allow francophones into the English system. John Kenney / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust ...
  Quebec Liberal Party's youth wing rejects possibility of reopening Bill 101CBC.ca
  Young Liberals vote down English school pilot project proposal
  
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• Liberals vote against softening of language laws

  13-08-2017 18:14 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — Despite an emotional appeal by anglophone delegates to help save the declining English school system, Liberal youth delegates have voted down the idea of a possible softening of the French Language Charter.
  After a 45-minute debate at their annual policy convention, a strong majority of delegates voted down a motion proposing a pilot project in which normally inadmissible francophones would be allowed into the English school system.
  But there were emotional appeals from the Mo
  
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• Clintons arrive in Eastern Townships Sunday for week-long vacation

  13-08-2017 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Former United States President Bill Clinton and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are scheduled to arrive in North Hatley, Quebec Sunday along with their daughter Chelsea and her two children.
  Louise Penny, a successful author and friend of the couple, invited the Clintons to spend their vacation in the Eastern Townships and Manoir Hovey. 
  Louise Penny discusses her mystery novels, 2008.
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• McGill University music professor Eleanor Stubley missing

  13-08-2017 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Police are asking for the public's help finding McGill Schulich School of Music associate dean and professor Eleanor Stubley who has been missing since Monday.
  
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• 'I wouldn't say it was like her': McGill music professor Eleanor Stubley missing since Monday

  13-08-2017 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Police are asking for the public's help finding McGill Schulich School of Music associate dean and professor Eleanor Stubley who has been missing since Monday.
  
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• Community unites to locate missing McGill music professor Eleanor Stubley

  13-08-2017 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Police are asking for the public's help finding the associate dean of graduate studies at the Schulich School of Music, Eleanor Stubley, who has been missing since Monday.
  
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• Girl injured after falling off amusement park ride in Lac-Mégantic

  13-08-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  A 12-year-old girl suffered a concussion after slipping off her seat while on a ride at a fair in Lac-Mégantic.
  
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• New Hab @AlesHemsky is celebrating a birthday - and he likes nutella! ;) twitter.com/jugarnspice/st…

  13-08-2017 17:20
  New Hab @AlesHemsky is celebrating a birthday - and he likes nutella! ;) twitter.com/jugarnspice/st…
  
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• Update: Montreal police locate missing Russian-speaking teenage girl

  13-08-2017 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have located Farahnoz Isrofilova, 13, who disappeared Saturday night from the Saint-Laurent borough where she lives. She was was found in one of the borough’s bus shelters.
  Police sought the public’s help in finding the girl, who speaks Russian and very little English. She went missing around 10 p.m. from her home located near the intersection of Modugno and Bourgoin Sts. 
  Her family was worried because she came to Quebec about two months ago and doesn&rsquo
  
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• Police attacked by young crowd at concert in Laval

  13-08-2017 16:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police say officers were attacked by young concertgoers after intervening in a brawl at an outdoor concert Saturday night.  
  About 1,000 people had gathered for the concert which was part of a new Moroccan festival near Laurentian Highway 15 and du Souvenir Blvd. said Lieutenant Geneviève Villemure from the Laval police.
  Around 8 p.m. a group of about 150 people, mostly between the ages of 15 and 18, erupted into a brawl while rapper Salimo was performing, says Villemure.
  When
  
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• PQ youth blast Liberals for contemplating loosening up French charter

  13-08-2017 16:09 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — With a resolution on the issue up for debate Sunday, the Parti Québécois youth wing has strongly denounced any possible softening of the French Language Charter by the Liberal government.
  PQ youth president Marc-André Bouvette said his members are very worried about the idea of allowing a pilot project in which francophones students not normally admissible to the English school system would get in.
  “The young Liberals are sending us a clear message:
  
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• Awww! There was a wedding proposal at @MontTremblant yesterday afternoon! Annabelle said yes! https://t.co/dolnZOeYnx

  13-08-2017 15:58
  
  Awww! There was a wedding proposal at @MontTremblant yesterday afternoon! Annabelle said yes! https://t.co/dolnZOeYnx
  
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• Beautiful day for tennis at the @CoupeRogers! https://t.co/yO8IE8WhJT

  13-08-2017 15:44
  
  Beautiful day for tennis at the @CoupeRogers! https://t.co/yO8IE8WhJT
  
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• Update: Montreal police locate missing Russian-speaking teenage ... - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 15:35 via montrealgazette.com
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  Update: Montreal police locate missing Russian-speaking teenage ...
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  Montreal police have located Farahnoz Isrofilova, 13, who disappeared Saturday night from the Saint-Laurent borough where she lives. She was was found in ...
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• While you were sleeping: Shapovalov's dreams flicker but Impact celebrate

  13-08-2017 15:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Happy Sunday, I hope you’re feeling rested, well and ready for the day. 
  To get you started, here are some stories you might have missed while you were sleeping. 
  The Alouettes won Friday night and now the Impact just crushed Philadelphia Union last night 3-0 what more can Montreal sports fans ask for? 
  Making their Superfans Deniz Oliver Celik and Marek Whitechurch proud, no doubt.  
  Montreal Impact’s Blerim Dzemaili, middle, celebrates with Ignacio Patti, r
  
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• Seven simple steps to a healthier, longer life

  13-08-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Living the best life possible is a goal worth chasing. No matter what path you follow, it’s best lived in good health and with plenty of vigour. However, not everyone lives their life with longevity in mind. And while investing in the future may seem to be a waste of time in the early decades of your life, by middle age you’ll probably begin to wonder what your golden years will look like.
  Truth be told, it’s the decades preceding those golden years that are important when it c
  
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• While you were sleeping: Shapovalov's dreams flicker but Impact celebrate - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 14:55 via montrealgazette.com
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  While you were sleeping: Shapovalov's dreams flicker but Impact celebrate
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  Montreal Impact's Blerim Dzemaili, middle, celebrates with Ignacio Patti, right, and Michael Salazar after scoring a goal during the second half of an MLS soccer match against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Chester, Pa. The ...
  Dzemaili leads Impact to 3-0 win over UnionCTV News
  Union's struggles against Montreal Impact a measure of difficult seasonPhilly.com
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• Police attacked at Moroccan festival in Laval while trying to stop fight

  13-08-2017 14:12 via cbc.ca
  Police were attacked after being called to a Laval Moroccan festival Saturday night when a fight broke out between about 100 people.
  
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• Keith Urban couldn't go wrong in his Montreal debut - Montreal Gazette

  13-08-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
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  Keith Urban couldn't go wrong in his Montreal debut
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  Keith Urban performs in concert at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Graham Hughes / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. It's remarkable but true: before Saturday night's concert in a close-to-packed Bell Centre, one of the biggest country music ...and more »
  
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• Keith Urban couldn't go wrong in his Montreal debut

  13-08-2017 13:29 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s remarkable but true: before Saturday night’s concert in a close-to-packed Bell Centre, one of the biggest country music stars in the world—a man who has racked up no less than twenty-one Billboard Number One country hits since 2001—had somehow never performed in Montreal. Keith Urban wasn’t shy to point this out, telling the adoring crowd how happy he was to “finally” be here, and going further than the average visiting artist in attempting some ons
  
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• Russian-speaking teenage girl who went missing in Montreal found

  13-08-2017 13:03 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police say the teenager who went missing in the Saint-Laurent borough Saturday night was found Sunday safe and sound.
  
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• Russian-speaking teenage girl missing in Montreal

  13-08-2017 13:03 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police investigators are asking for the public's help locating Farahnoz Isrofilova, 13, who went missing in the Saint-Laurent borough Saturday night.
  
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• Montreal bereavement camp offers grief counselling for kids

  13-08-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  There are 48 Camp Erins throughout North America, including four in Canada. The first Montreal edition takes place this weekend, at the Harry Bronfman Y Country Camp in Huberdeau, Que.
  
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• Can you guess what these Montreal artifacts are? - CBC.ca

  13-08-2017 12:31 via cbc.ca
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  Can you guess what these Montreal artifacts are?
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  On Thursday, members of the public will be able to get a look at a treasure trove of artifacts from the city's vaults. The collection is usually kept private, but the city decided to organize two public tours of the objects as part of archaeology month ...
  
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• From the archives: Success was sweet for Scots-born stonemason

  13-08-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Aug. 8, 2004, in the Montreal Gazette.
  ”A jubilee was celebrated at the Canada Sugar Refinery yesterday when the occasion was observed by presentations and congratulatory addresses.”
  The Gazette, Saturday, Aug. 13, 1904
  The Canada Sugar Refinery, better known as Redpath Sugar, was celebrating its 50th birthday that fine summer’s day. The massive factory complex beside the Lachine Canal was decked with flags, and hundreds of workers gathered in
  
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• Denis Shapovalov: From 'how do you pronounce that?' to household name

  13-08-2017 05:31 via cbc.ca
  When the dust settled, he was the youngest player ever to make an ATP 1000 Masters semifinal and somehow, for a moment, turned hockey-crazed Montreal into a city talking tennis like it was the number one sport.
  
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• Dzemaili leads Impact to 3-0 win over Union

  13-08-2017 05:16 via montrealgazette.com
  CHESTER, Pa. — Blerim Dzemaili scored two second-half goals, and the Montreal Impact beat the Philadelphia Union 3-0 on Saturday night.
  Dzemaili scored the game-winner in the 69th minute, burying a deflection off of Daniel Lovitz’s cross for his fifth goal.
  Ignacio Piatti added his 10th goal in the second minute of stoppage time after Dzemaili was taken down by Union goalkeeper John McCarthy in front of the goal. Dzemaili wrapped it up four minutes later, finding the far post after a
  
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• Shapovalov falls short, but Federer tops Haase to advance to Rogers Cup final

  13-08-2017 05:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Double faults and missed opportunities sabotaged Denis Shapovalov’s bid to reach the final of the $4.9-million Rogers Cup Canadian Open men’s tennis championships.
  Shapovalov’s week-long run of upsets ended Saturday evening when the 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost to fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-4, 7-5.
  The 20-year-old Zverev will meet second-seeded Roger Federer in Sunday’s final (4 p.m.,Sportsnet TVA Sports).
   Federer needed only 75 minute
  
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• Shapovalov loses Rogers Cup semifinal, misses out on playing Roger Federer in final

  13-08-2017 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  The 18-year-old Canadian's dream run was ended by Germany's Alexander Zverev.
  
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• Surprise museum engagement ceremony highlights inclusivity

  13-08-2017 03:28 via montrealgazette.com
  About half an hour before she celebrated her engagement in front of friends and family in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ ‘Love is Love’ exhibition room, Isabelle Binet-Rochette thought it was just another Saturday with her partner and  their son.
  Little did she know for the past month, her partner, Manouane Beauchamp, had been working behind her back to organize the perfect informal vow acknowledgment. He emailed friends and family, and went about business as usual &mda
  
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• Montreal stand-up paddlers take on Lachine Rapids

  13-08-2017 02:35 via cbc.ca
  The weekend-long MTL SUP FEST event takes place off the shores of Lasalle and included a stand-up paddleboard race.
  
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