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• 'My friends and family think I'm crazy that I still live here after being attacked by a bear'

  21-10-2017 23:17 via cbc.ca
  Erin Greene was so heartened by the support that residents of Churchill, Man. showed her after she was attacked by a polar bear that she decided to stay.
  
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• Competitors at World Indoor Skydiving Championships in Laval hope for Olympic recognition

  21-10-2017 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval is hosting the second edition of the World Indoor Skydiving Championships this weekend at the SkyVenture centre. 
  More than 200 athletes from 23 countries are competing in this new discipline, which hopes to become a recognized Olympic sport. Some of the competitors have trained for more than 500 hours. Tap here for the livestream. 
  The first championship for this sport, which sprang from outdoor skydiving, was hosted by the Czech Republic in 2015, a year after the Féd&eac
  
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• West Island monument honouring veterans, returning soldiers, unveiled

  21-10-2017 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Trans-Canada Respect Monument was unveiled in Kirkland, in support of our veterans.
  
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• Weekend traffic update Oct. 20-22: Closings, detours on Mercier, Turcot, Highway 136

  21-10-2017 22:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The following detours and road closings will be in effect for the weekend of Oct. 20-22.
  Turcot Interchange:
  Total shutdown of the following access ramps from 11:59 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday.
  A-15 South (Décarie) for the A-720 East/Downtown.
  A-20 East (du Souvenir) for the A-720 East/Downtown.
  A-720-West (Ville Marie) for the A-20 West (towards Trudeau airport).
  A-720 West (Ville Marie) for the A-15 South (towards Champlain Bridge).
  Other Turcot related shutdowns:
  Total closing of H
  
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• Search for missing hunters in Northern Quebec continues after 1 found dead

  21-10-2017 22:28 via cbc.ca
  Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to Waskaganish, Que., where members of a hunting expedition went missing Tuesday. One man was found dead on the shores of Rupert Bay on Thursday, three others are still missing.
  
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• Montreal police sexual assault hotline on hold over the weekend

  21-10-2017 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  A temporary telephone hotline set up by Montreal police for victims to report sexual assault or harassment is not in service over the weekend. Instead, those wishing to file complaint are being asked to do so in person at a local police detachment, or to call 911.
  
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• 'Future generations will know what happened here': Tree memorial honours mosque shooting victims

  21-10-2017 22:00 via cbc.ca
  A blue spruce tree now stands near the entrance of the Ste-Foy mosque in Quebec City, where six men were killed in Jan. 2017. The U.S. Consulate donated the tree along with a plaque honouring the victims.
  
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• It's Quebec Library Week, municipal-election edition

  21-10-2017 21:48 via montrealgazette.com
  With municipal elections just around the corner, Quebec’s Library Week is hoping to reinforce libraries’ key educational role in the communities they serve across the province.
  Organizers of the Semaine des bibliothèques publiques says that libraries are the most frequently used cultural institutions in Quebec, with more than 27 million visits in 2015, compared to 20 million trips to movie theatres, 14 million to museums, and 6.7 million to concerts. They include the prov
  
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• Montreal artist reimagines digestive tracts using old métro doors

  21-10-2017 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Have you ever wondered what happens to old métro cars when they are replaced by the new Azur trains?
  It turns they don’t all go to the shockingly clean white line in the sky; some become art — or at least the doors do. 
  Montreal artist Michel de Broin used dozens of doors for his mechanized installation Thresholds, which is on display in the Quartier des spectacles as part of outdoor art exhibition KM3.
  “The experience recalls the digestive tract’s ingest
  
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• Young candidates in Quebec municipal election few and far between

  21-10-2017 20:30 via cbc.ca
  People between the ages of 18 and 34 represent less than nine per cent of all the candidates in Quebec's upcoming municipal election, according to data from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs.
  
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• Here's evidence of life before Patrice Bernier played with the Impact

  21-10-2017 20:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Patrice Bernier has been such a stalwart of soccer in Quebec that it can be hard to remember a time before he first played for the Montreal Impact.
  The Brossard native’s first stint with the team lasted from 2000 to 2002 and his more recent tenure, which will end after Sunday’s match (4 p.m., TSN5, TVA Sports CJAD 800 Radio) against the New England Revolution, dates to 2012.
  He spent the intervening decade in Europe, where he won two Danish Cups and was once named player of
  
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• Montreal bus driver could face sanctions for showing support to Bill 62 protesters

  21-10-2017 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal bus driver who was seen covering his face and honking to support protesters of the province's controversial Bill 62, which would force people to have their faces uncovered to receive services, could face sanctions for his actions.
  
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• 'No negligence was involved' after 33-cm plate left inside surgery patient, says report

  21-10-2017 19:21 via cbc.ca
  The complaints commissioner at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) has ruled that an incident where a 33-centimetre metal plate was left in the abdomen of a cancer patient was not caused by negligence on the part of staff.
  
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• Future of other Bombardier projects uncertain amid C Series deal

  21-10-2017 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Bombardier's strategic C Series partnership with Airbus should put it on stronger financial footing but it remains unclear what fate awaits its other commercial aircraft.
  
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• Long-term future of Bombardier's other commercial aircraft unclear, analysts say

  21-10-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  Bombardier's strategic C Series partnership with Airbus should put it on stronger financial footing but it remains unclear what fate awaits its other commercial aircraft.
  
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• Only 5% of asylum applications have been processed by IRB

  21-10-2017 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Asylum seekers who arrived in Canada via unauthorized crossings this summer will have to exercise patience in waiting for their claims to be processed. 
  The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada has processed only five per cent of the nearly 11,000 applications that it has received since mid-March. 
  According to new data published by the IRB, a mere 592 asylum applications have been processed. 
  So far, 408 of those applications (69 per cent) were accepted. 
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• How to report sexual assault, harassment on weekends

  21-10-2017 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Police are reminding anyone intending to report a sexual assault or sexual harassment that the special phone line set up for that purpose is not being staffed over the weekend.
  To make a report on Saturdays or Sundays, you should either call 911 or go to your neighbourhood police station, said police spokesperson Constable Daniel Lacoursière.
  To speed up investigations, allegations should be reported to the police force where the alleged event took place, Lacoursière said.
  
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• Montreal city councillor defends 4 a.m. phone call to constituent

  21-10-2017 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal City Councillor Jeremy Searle is defending his early morning phone call to a constituent.
  
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• Montreal mayoral contenders take part in Night of the Homeless

  21-10-2017 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Thousands of people took part in the 28th Night of the Homeless, held in 40 Quebec cities on Friday night.
  This community initiative aims to raise awareness about homelessness.
  It has been estimated that there are as many as 50,000 homeless people in Quebec, including 30,000 in Montreal alone.
  Both candidates running in Montreal’s municipal election took part in the event.
  Pierre Gaudreau, director of the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et itinérantes de Montré
  
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• Cree women say 'loss of trust' in Quebec public services tied to language barriers

  21-10-2017 16:15 via cbc.ca
  For Cree women in Quebec, not being able to express themselves in English, much less in Cree, has made it difficult to get the public services they need.
  
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• Bill 62 puts municipal employees in "untenable" position: UMQ president

  21-10-2017 16:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Liberal government’s religious neutrality law, adopted Wednesday by the National Assembly, is “clearly not applicable in the municipal milieu,” according to the head of an association representing elected officials of most of Quebec’s cities and towns.
  The law, also known as Bill 62, was adopted in the National Assembly on Wednesday. It requires people who give or receive any public service to uncover their faces. It has been criticized as discriminatory against some
  
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• ICYMI: KidCon organizer David Newman gave us the details about this week-end's fun-filled event. Watch the clip:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-10-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: KidCon organizer David Newman gave us the details about this week-end's fun-filled event.Watch the clip:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Last blitz for candidates before Monday's Lac-St-Jean byelection

  21-10-2017 15:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Candidates in the federal byelection in Lac-Saint-Jean are making a final blitz this weekend before Monday’s election.
  Five candidates are vying to succeed Conservative MP Denis Lebel: Liberal Richard Hébert, Conservative Rémy Leclerc, New Democrat Gisèle Dallaire, Marc Maltais of the Bloc Québécois and Yves Laporte for the Green Party.
  Another byelection is being held in the Alberta riding of Sturgeon River Parkland, following the resignation of Conserva
  
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• While you were sleeping: Inept robbers and hockey players

  21-10-2017 14:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Netflix and no chill for Canada’s official languages commission
  The Montreal Canadiens lost their seventh straight game. It finished 6—2 for the Ducks in Anaheim, with the home side flying out to a 3—0 lead in the first period. The Habs somehow established a franchise record for shots in a period, amassing 30 in the second, but that was about as good as it got. The Canadiens finished 0-3 on their California road trip, were outscored 16-5, and now have a 1-6-1 re
  
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• Election issues: One city, two starkly different visions of urban planning

  21-10-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In one corner, Denis Coderre aims to put Montreal back on the map with bold projects and new towers and cranes transforming the skyline. In the other, Valérie Plante envisions a greener island with more public transit and cycling options. This Nov. 5 election, the choice is really about what kind of metropolis we want to live in.Condos, condos everywhere!
  Six gigantic towers on the site of the former Montreal Children’s Hospital. Twin towers on the last sizable green space
  
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• Josh Freed: You have the power to help shape our city's future

  21-10-2017 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Sex scandals and niqab battles are swamping Quebec headlines, so it’s easy to forget a “small” event coming soon — the election to choose Montreal’s mayor.
  The lone French-language debate took place Thursday night and no TV channel bothered to televise it — they probably assumed nothing could compete with Gilbert Rozon-gate.
  If you didn’t see it, which you didn’t, here’s your election primer.
  The good news is that in this election, we have no
  
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• Bus driver could face disciplinary action for showing support for Bill 62 protest

  21-10-2017 13:55 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal transit agency says a bus driver who honked and covered his face in support of a protest against Quebec's new religious neutrality law will meet with a superior and could face disciplinary action.
  
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• Shelter: Five diverse university roommates share downtown Montreal apartment

  21-10-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Chatting to four out of five roommates who share student accommodations in downtown Montreal, it’s hard to imagine they’ve only been living together for a little more than a month.
  Prior to the start of the university year, they knew nothing about one another. They come from different countries and have different cultural backgrounds and yet they already seem to be bosom buddies.
  Florian Montaufier hails from France. His mother is a diplomat and his family has moved around, so he has
  
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• Hickey On Hockey: Losing the "C" could lift Canadiens' Max Pacioretty

  21-10-2017 13:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Max Pacioretty is his own worst critic and there are few things in this business more painful than watching the Canadiens’ captain go through a drought.
  With the Canadiens struggling to start the season and Pacioretty sitting on one goal and no assists after seven games, the media were treated to another exercise in self-flagellation.  
  “That is the challenge … how am I going to go tell my teammates that we’ve got to be better when I’m the worst one on the ice
  
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• The Week in Review: Flying, walking, running, wearing and building

  21-10-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Review of the top stories from the past week:
  Europe’s Airbus to buy majority stake in Bombardier C Series program
  European aircraft giant Airbus Group is shaking up the global airline business by buying a majority stake in Bombardier’s C Series program and assembling the plane in the U.S. to avoid import duties.
  The two aircraft manufacturers announced the partnership Monday evening, weeks after the United States announced 300 per cent preliminary duties on exports of the aircraft f
  
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• A goodbye at home for Patrice Bernier, the Montreal Impact's native son

  21-10-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  After 18 professional seasons, the last six with the Montreal Impact, midfielder Patrice Bernier will play his final game before he retires Sunday in front of a hometown crowd. He acknowledged not many athletes get that same opportunity.
  
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• New survey suggests support in Pierrefonds for Cap-Nature project

  21-10-2017 12:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A poll sponsored by the promoters of a controversial proposed residential development in Pierrefonds West suggests that a majority of borough residents support the project.
  Of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro residents polled who knew about the Cap-Nature Pierrefonds Ouest project, 55 per cent were somewhat or very supportive of the project. Of Pierrefonds-Roxboro residents who didn’t know about the project but had it explained to them during the seven-minute interview, 72 per cent were suppor
  
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• How Quebec's face-covering ban stacks up to laws elsewhere around the globe

  21-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is not the only place in the world to restrict face coverings in the public sphere, as a debate over religious accommodation and religious attire is raging across Europe.
  
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• From the archives: Unraveling the Houdini whodunit

  21-10-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
   This story was first published on Oct. 21, 2001, in the Montreal Gazette.
  When asked if I could do anything religious, I said that the only thing I could do was to take up the collection. You have no idea how easy it is to fool anyone under the guise of a spiritualistic meeting. If I should die tonight, the spiritualistic mediums would hold a national holiday.
  The Gazette, Wed., Oct. 20, 1926
  The speaker was Harry Houdini, still hailed by many as the king of magicians. And while he did awa
  
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• In the Habs Room: Claude Julien's frustration level 'very high'

  21-10-2017 08:52 via montrealgazette.com
  ANAHEIM — It was only the eighth game of the season, but for the Canadiens it was already a big one.
  Coach Claude Julien even admitted that after the team’s morning skate at the Honda Center before facing the Anaheim Ducks.
  “It is big,” Julien said. “You don’t want to go back (home) having lost three games. We need to find a way to win hockey games … it’s as simple as that. How important is this game? I think how important is our team to play bett
  
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• Ducks hand Canadiens their seventh straight loss, 6-2

  21-10-2017 08:39 via montrealgazette.com
  ANAHEIM — The Canadiens suffered their seventh straight loss, dropping a 6-2 decision to the Anaheim Ducks Friday night at the Honda Center, but it could have been even worse.
  Much worse, believe it or not.
  The Canadiens were totally dominated in the first period — on the scoreboard, the shot clock and physically — falling behind 3-0 on goals by Dennis Rasmussen, Derek Grant and Antoine Vermette while getting outshot 21-7. The score easily could have been 5-0 and it looked like
  
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• Grant’s first 2 NHL goals lead Ducks’ 6-2 rout of Canadiens

  21-10-2017 08:33 via globalnews.ca
  Derek Grant scored the first two goals of his NHL career, getting the second while the Anaheim Ducks scored three goals in a 97-second span of the third period during a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
  
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• About last night … third-period collapse sinks CH in Anaheim

  21-10-2017 07:47 via montrealgazette.com
  So is 2018 going to be a good year for draft choices?
  Too soon to be speculating?
  Maybe so.
  But a mere eight games into their season, the Montreal Canadiens are looking very much like a team that’s headed for its highest draft pick since 2012.
  That was the year when a last-place finish in the eastern Conference got the Canadiens the third overall pick in draft.
  They chose Alex Galchenyuk. 
  Let’s not even go there …
  The 2018 draft is still nine months away. And eight games
  
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• Ducks shred Carey Price as Habs ride worst 8-game start since 1941

  21-10-2017 07:12 via cbc.ca
  Derek Grant scored the first two goals of his NHL career, getting the second while the Anaheim Ducks scored three goals in a 97-second span of the third period during a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
  
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• Ducks shred Carey Price as Habs ride worse 8-game start since 1941

  21-10-2017 07:12 via cbc.ca
  Derek Grant scored the first two goals of his NHL career, getting the second while the Anaheim Ducks scored three goals in a 97-second span of the third period during a 6-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
  
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• Liveblog: Anaheim blows open close game, beats Canadiens 6-2

  21-10-2017 06:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The beat goes on …
  Anaheim scored three times in 97 third-period seconds to blow open a close game.
  Brandon Montour, Derek Grant (with his second of the game) and Chris Wagner were the scorers who squelched Canadiens’ hopes of a  comeback.
  The Canadiens dominated the second period – Anaheim didn’t have a SoG for more than 10 minutes – and got an early goal from Paul Byron. Then Brendan Gallagher scored a power-play goal on the Canadiens’ 26th shot o
  
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• Liveblog: Anaheim 3 – Canadiens 2 after two

  21-10-2017 05:56 via montrealgazette.com
  We’ve got a game!
  The Canadiens dominated the second period – Anaheim didn’t have a SoG for more than 10 minutes – and got an early goal from Paul Byron.
  Then Brendan Gallagher scored a power-play goal on the Canadiens’ 26th shot of a middle period in which the Canadiens had a mind-boggling 30 SoG.
  When the game began, the Canadiens were down 2-zip inside of four minutes.
  Dennis Rasmussen’s redirect opened the scoring and was was followed, two minutes later, b
  
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• Stéphanie Vallée commentary: Living together in harmony

  21-10-2017 04:50 via montrealgazette.com
  In Quebec, living together in harmony has long been a focus of society-wide debate. In addition, accommodation on religious grounds has also been widely discussed, and Quebecers’ expectations were clear: government had to exercise leadership and tackle this issue.
  This was the Quebec Liberal Party’s commitment to Quebecers in 2013, and what it proposed in its 2014 electoral program; this commitment lies at the heart of Bill 62, which was passed and given assent on Oct. 18.
  In a democ
  
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• Search is on for Montrealer missing in Peru as police focus on hostel

  21-10-2017 04:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Police in Peru have begun a criminal investigation into the disappearance of 22-year-old Montrealer Jesse Galganov, according to his mother.
  The young man left Montreal last month for what was to be an eight-month backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia. On Sept. 28, Galganov texted his mother, Alisa Clamen, from Lima to tell her he would be out of contact for a few days because he was heading out on a four-day hike on the Santa Cruz trek, a popular route through the Cordillera
  
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• Canada's official languages commission to investigate Netflix deal

  21-10-2017 03:32 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Canada’s Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages is opening an investigation into the $500-million deal between the Canadian government and Netflix.
  Sylvie Lépine, spokesperson for the office, confirmed the news Friday, without specifying what the investigation would focus on. She said the commission had received two complaints about the deal announced in September by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly.
  The deal with the U.S. streaming giant was stron
  
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• More workers hired to ensure new Champlain Bridge will be completed on time

  21-10-2017 03:10 via cbc.ca
  The consortium in charge of building the new Champlain bridge says the span will be finished on time.
  
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• Buchignani: Lewis Hamilton riding high as F1 goes to Texas

  21-10-2017 03:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Forget Ferrari’s foibles. The real reason Lewis Hamilton is cruising to his fourth Formula One’s drivers’ championship can be summed up in two words: Lewis Hamilton.
  Too often in F1 — as in other endeavours — we are too quick to attribute one’s success to the failure of others. I’ll be the first to plead guilty as charged.
  So let’s step back and give credit where it is due. The timing certainly seems right. Against all expectations, Hamilton arrive
  
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• Montreal church presbytery becomes temporary home to asylum seekers

  21-10-2017 03:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A church presbytery in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve has been transformed into a centre for asylum seekers, which will be officially inaugurated by the Catholic Church of Montreal on Thursday.
  The centre, named Le Pont, is on the second floor of the presbytery of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church on Lacordaire St., near Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. It has been home to 18 asylum seekers — mainly women and young children from Eritrea, Congo, Egypt, Haiti and Sudan — sinc
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens at Anaheim

  21-10-2017 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Stanley Cup Express completes its California swing with a visit to Anaheim on Friday night.
  On their most recent date with the Ducks, last Nov. 29, the Canadiens were 2-1 losers. Despite outshooting the home team 40-38, the Canadiens needed a late third-period goal from Andrew Shaw to make the score close. Shaw completed his scoresheet entry by drawing a misconduct penalty with 28 seconds left.
  Price, who had the night off in Los Angeles on Wednesday, returns to the net in search of the Pric
  
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• In case you missed it: here's what happened on Oct. 20

  21-10-2017 02:53 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Time crunch faces builders of new Champlain Bridge
  A tight timetable has gotten even tighter for builders of the new $4.24-billion Champlain Bridge.
  In the last two years, Signature on the Saint Lawrence — the consortium building the new bridge — has endured two strikes, and an altered plan to deliver its materials because of weight load restrictions on the old bridge.
  Instead of transporting most of the materials for
  
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