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• Liveblog: Buffalo at Canadiens

  11-11-2017 23:41 via montrealgazette.com
  In theory, playing a team in the second half of its back-to-back should be an advantage.
  Unless the theoretically advantaged team is the Montreal Canadiens.
  This week’s evidence:
  • On Tuesday, the Canadiens played host to Las Vegas. The Golden Knights were 4-3 shootout losers in Toronto on Monday night. But notwithstanding 65 minutes of hockey the night before, Vegas played the Canadiens tough. They outshot the home team 29-14 over the final two periods, and only the heroics of Charli
  
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• 'It's an insult': Defaced war memorial leaves visitors shocked, gets quick cleanup

  11-11-2017 23:38 via cbc.ca
  Just as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Saturday morning, a war memorial was defaced in the borough of Saint-Laurent.
  
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• 'It's an insult': Defaced war memorial in Montreal leaves visitors shocked on Remembrance Day

  11-11-2017 23:38 via cbc.ca
  Just as Remembrance Day ceremonies got underway Saturday morning, a war memorial was defaced in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent.
  
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• Canadiennes, Red Star square off in Chinese push for 2020 Olympics

  11-11-2017 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Digit Murphy won an NCAA-record 318 games as the women’s coach at Brown University, but she described Kunlun Red Star’s 3-1 victory over Les Canadiennes on Saturday at the Bell Centre as the “greatest win of my career.”
  “We had Chinese kids out there playing regular shifts and we had a Chinese goaltender who was making her first start,” Murphy said. “I couldn’t be any prouder.”
  Murphy has long been a proponent of growing hockey as a global ga
  
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• How a high-fat diet helped curb a Laval child's daily seizures

  11-11-2017 23:18 via cbc.ca
  When she was just two years old, Tiana Raposo from Laval started having up to 500 seizures every single day, and nothing seemed to help keep the attacks under control.
  
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• Montrealers mark Remembrance Day with ceremony at Place du Canada

  11-11-2017 21:42
  Veterans, public figures and citizens gathered in downtown  Montreal Saturday morning to take part in the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at Place du Canada.
  
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• Bloc québécois calls on Competition Bureau to review Netflix deal

  11-11-2017 21:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The Bloc québécois is asking Canada’s Competition Bureau to review the federal government’s agreement with Netflix.
  In a letter to the Competition Commissioner, Bloc parliamentary leader Xavier Barsalou-Duval called for an investigation into the tax exemption granted to the American streaming service.
  He accused Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly of “deliberately” ignoring expert advice in creating a double standard that favours foreign enterprises. 
  
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• Trudeau weighing options on Quebec face-covering ban in wake of court challenge

  11-11-2017 21:14
  Trudeau's remarks on Quebec's Bill 62 are the strongest indication he's given yet about the federal government's position on the law, which has been widely panned across the country for perceived discrimination against Muslim women.
  
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• Quebec's private schools dominate in Fraser Institute rankings

  11-11-2017 21:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Private schools again took top marks in the controversial Fraser Institute rankings of Quebec high schools.
  Just five out of the top 25 schools in the province were public — and all of those are elite schools with enriched programs and competitive entrance exams, according to the rankings, released Saturday. 
  Only three of the top 25 were outside the Montreal area.
  Five private schools, all in Montreal, tied for first place: Jean-de-Brébeuf, Jean-Eudes, Sainte-Anne de Lachine,
  
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• Trudeau weighing options on Quebec face-covering bill after court challenge

  11-11-2017 20:37 via cbc.ca
  In the wake of a court challenge against a controversial Quebec law banning people from wearing face coverings while giving or receiving public services, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is actively studying ways in which it might also weigh in.
  
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• Lance Stroll 18th in Brazil F1 qualifying; Bottas wins pole position

  11-11-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Lance Stroll will start 18th at tomorrow’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
  The rookie will be looking to catch up with Valtteri Bottas, who claimed pole position from a qualifying session in which his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton crashed on the first lap on Saturday.
  Hamilton, who won his fourth Formula One championship two week ago in Mexico, walked away from the car without appearing injured and will start at the back of the grid on Sunday.
  It’s been a tough weekend in B
  
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• Valérie Plante, Denis Coderre honour veterans on Remembrance Day

  11-11-2017 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  After weeks of campaigning against each other in the race for Montreal mayor, Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante locked arms Saturday to honour the memory of Canada’s fallen soldiers.
  The former rivals laid a wreath at Place du Canada while the Black Watch pipe and drum band played on in the biting November cold. Coderre appeared sullen in one of his last public outings as mayor.
  For Plante, who was elected last Sunday, the ceremony was a chance to absorb the weight of her new office.
  
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• Tony Accurso says he donated to political parties using cheques signed by employees

  11-11-2017 18:56 via cbc.ca
  Former construction magnate Tony Accurso admitted he gave $75,000 a year to fundraiser Marc Bibeau for financing Quebec's Liberal Party in the form of 25 cheques of $3,000 signed by employees of his, who he then reimbursed.
  
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• Game Day: Jonathan Drouin, Shea Weber expected back in Canadiens lineup

  11-11-2017 18:44 via montrealgazette.com
  It looks like the Canadiens will have both Jonathan Drouin and Shea Weber back in the lineup when they face the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  Drouin (upper-body injury) and Weber (lower body) both missed Thursday’s 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild at the Bell Centre because of their injuries. Both players took part in Saturday’s morning skate in Brossard with Drouin saying he believes he will be ready to play against the Sabre
  
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• Defeated Quebec City candidate wants to challenge victory of new opposition leader

  11-11-2017 18:10 via cbc.ca
  The municipal team of Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume is demanding a recount in district 16, which could threaten the seat of newly elected opposition leader Jean-François Gosselin.
  
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• Woman arrested for drunk driving after crashing into Montreal cop car

  11-11-2017 18:02
  A 26-year-old woman is facing charges of driving under the influence after she crashed into a police cruiser on St-Denis Street early Saturday morning.
  
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• As cold sets in, Quebecers scramble to get winter tires installed

  11-11-2017 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  With freezing cold weather and spots of snow affecting Quebec this week, garages across the province are being swarmed by drivers looking to equip their vehicles with winter tires.
  Although the use of winter tires in Quebec is not mandatory for another month, experts recommend having them put on as soon as possible. 
  CAA-Quebec said these tires will not be prematurely worn down so long as temperatures stay below seven degrees Celsius. 
  Quebec law requires the use of winter tires from D
  
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• Remembrance Day ceremonies underway in Montreal #LestWeForget https://t.co/M2CIhVwrJL

  11-11-2017 16:41
  
  Remembrance Day ceremonies underway in Montreal #LestWeForget https://t.co/M2CIhVwrJL
  
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• Molson will move to a new, $600-million plant in Longueuil: report

  11-11-2017 16:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Molson Coors is planning to move to Longueuil, on a piece of land near St-Hubert Airport and the Canadian Space Agency, La Presse reported.
  Access to highways was a major factor in the choice of location, according to the newspaper, which said several sources confirmed the move to the new plant, which will cost a total of $600 million. 
  Montreal had proposed a site in the east of the island, near Highway 40, but the Métropolitain Expressway is often congested and thus not ideal for t
  
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• Delivery delays

  11-11-2017 16:18 via montrealgazette.com
  To our subscribers, 
  Because of technical difficulties, the delivery of the Saturday Montreal Gazette may be delayed this morning.Thank you for your patience.
  
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• ICYMI: The Opera de Montreal presents La Cenerentola tonight! The general director was on BT this week. See the clip ow.ly/JBSK30gumbl

  11-11-2017 16:02
  ICYMI: The Opera de Montreal presents La Cenerentola tonight! The general director was on BT this week. See the clip ow.ly/JBSK30gumbl
  
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• Plante should move ahead on calèche ban, pit bulls: SPCA

  11-11-2017 15:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) hailed the election of Valérie Plante as mayor of Montreal and said the departure of Denis Coderre “was no big loss”.
  The SPCA’s executive director, Élise Desaulniers, said that while Coderre did not make any commitments on animal issues during the election campaign, Projet Montréal emphasized those issues in its program.
  Desaulniers said the SPCA would work with Plante and her team t
  
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• Quebec's 'Hacksaw ridge' hero: the story of a veteran who followed his conscience

  11-11-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Korean War veteran Alphonse Pelletier from Sherbrooke Que. tells his story of going to battle without a weapon, and why he refused to kill another human being.
  
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• Quebec's 'Hacksaw ridge' hero: the story of a Quebec veteran who followed his conscience

  11-11-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Korean War veteran Alphonse Pelletier from Sherbrooke Que. tells his story of going to battle without a weapon, and why he refused to kill another human being.
  
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• While you were sleeping: A robbery suspect handed out doughnuts

  11-11-2017 14:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Locker room etiquette
  What is to be done about nudity in a pool’s locker room? Brossard informed swimmers in its November newsletter that nudity is forbidden in changing rooms. “I’m all for respect, but when I’m taking my shower, I don’t want to wear my bathing suit,” pool regular Roland Bérard told the Montreal Gazette. The new policy was announced in advance of Brossard opening a new aquatic centre with a universal chang
  
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• 'We must remember': Montrealers pay respects at Remembrance Day ceremony

  11-11-2017 14:22 via cbc.ca
  Veterans, public figures and citizens came together to pay their respects at the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at Place du Canada, Saturday morning.
  
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• Montrealers honour Remembrance Day with 21-gun salute at Place du Canada

  11-11-2017 14:22 via cbc.ca
  The event will take place in front of the Cenotaph, on the south side of René Lévesque Blvd. between Peel and de la Cathédrale streets.
  
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• 'It's always in your heart': Montrealers pay respects at Remembrance Day ceremony

  11-11-2017 14:22 via cbc.ca
  Veterans, public figures and citizens came together to pay their respects at the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at Place du Canada, Saturday morning.
  
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  11-11-2017 14:02
  
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• The Week in Review: Valérie, Bill 62, sex suit, Big O roof, nudity

  11-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Montreal election: Valérie Plante takes a victory walk to city hall
  On her first day as Montreal’s mayor-elect, Valérie Plante took a morning stroll from Square Victoria to city hall and saw first-hand how excited Montrealers are about her victory.  Along the route, motorists honked their horns, firefighters stopped to shake her hand, calèche drivers waved and supporters dashed across the street
  
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• Marking Remembrance Day: Two soldiers, one calling

  11-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Dave McCrindle, who is 95 and a Second World War veteran, has been wearing his Remembrance Day poppy since the end of October. As far as he knows, he is the only soldier left from the 35th Battery from Sherbrooke.
  Five years ago, McCrindle came across an archival photograph of his old battery in an army magazine. He recognized himself — a fresh-faced boy crouched in the front row. He keeps a framed copy of that photograph next to the easy chair in his den.
  McCrindle was 18 when he enl
  
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• Couple revels in charm and history of Victoria farmhouse in Terrebonne

  11-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  You could call it fate, synchronicity or plain sheer luck if you don’t believe in cosmic signs. But one day in 2008, the life of Michel Arseneault and his wife, Claude Gagnon, was changed forever because of roadwork.
  Since their usual route to go shopping was closed, the couple had to take a detour. And, along the way, they passed in front of this old house.
  It must be said, however, the couple was quite content at the time, living in their bungalow on Île-St-Jean on the Mille-Î
  
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• Anthony Griffin's death sparked an uprising in Montreal, but police still have work to do

  11-11-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Today marks 30 years since Anthony Griffin was shot dead by a Montreal police officer, a lightning-rod moment that was to usher in a new era of relations between Montreal's multi-ethnic communities and the police. But has that change stood the test of time?
  
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• Shelter: N.D.G. apartment is a cozy living space for successful author

  11-11-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Walking into Irena Karafilly’s apartment, it quickly becomes evident this is the home of a writer. A successful one at that.
  Karafilly has won many awards for her works of fiction. (They include a CBC literary award and a National Magazine award.) Her latest novel, The House on Selkirk Avenue, has just hit the bookstores and is available on Amazon. It is set (appropriately) in Montreal during the fall.
  The author’s home, a lower duplex in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, is filled with boo
  
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• Sabres at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  11-11-2017 13:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Sabres game at the Bell Centre Saturday (7 p.m., Sportsnet, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690):
  Goalies on the limp: Charlie Lindgren will get his fourth consecutive start in goal, but he’d be starting even if the Canadiens weren’t dealing with injuries. He’s 2-1-0 with a 1.35 goals-against average and a .961 save percentage. Al Montoya has suffered an upper-body and Zach Fucale has been recalled from Laval. Carey Price was place
  
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• Josh Freed: Presenting some projects for Valérie Plante

  11-11-2017 13:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Dear Mairesse Plante:
  Congratulations on becoming the first woman elected as Montreal mayor — and the first major mairesse on the continent.
  It was fun to see the Gazette and other English media dub you the mairesse, a title borrowed from the French language.
  The English term is actually “mayoress,” used in Britain in recent years — but that has a whiff of “hostess,” “seamstress” and the dreaded “stewardess.”
  So mairesse has a nice dist
  
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• Lachine teen builds memorial to war dead at Lakeside Academy

  11-11-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Evan Rowat, 16, created a concrete war memorial in front of Lakeside Academy.
  
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• Week of commemoration events draw Leonard Cohen fans from around the world

  11-11-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The first anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death saw international fans joining Montrealers in celebrating his legacy and the very personal impact he had on each of them.
  
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• Leonard Cohen fans take Montreal

  11-11-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The first anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death saw international fans joining Montrealers in celebrating his legacy and the very personal impact he had on each of them.
  
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• From the archives: The first Armistice Day

  11-11-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Nov. 11, 2007, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “Montreal yesterday paid an impressive tribute to the memory of a day which is fated to ring down through the centuries.”
  The Gazette, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 1919
  Canada’s first Remembrance Day was Nov. 11, 1919, exactly a year after the end of the First World War. Yet it was a work in progress, for here, as elsewhere in Canada, there was no universally understood idea of what the occasion was all about. Eve
  
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• The Instagram mayor: Valérie Plante shares life at city hall

  11-11-2017 05:34 via montrealgazette.com
  What’s Valérie Plante been up to since winning the mayoral election last Sunday?
  With the campaign over, you’re probably hearing and seeing less of municipal politicians. That does not, however, mean they’re taking time off.
  Plante, the city’s mayor-elect, has been documenting her calls with dignitaries on Instagram.
  “You are a source of inspiration,” she told Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. “We’ll see one another soon.”
  She also indicated t
  
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• Montreal’s Ogilvy unveils storefront window holiday display

  11-11-2017 03:20
  Ogilvy unveiled their storefront holiday display on Friday.
  
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• In case you missed it: Here's what happened in Montreal on Nov. 10

  11-11-2017 03:18 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  The Instagram mayor: Valérie Plante shares life at city hall
  What’s Valérie Plante been up to since winning the mayoral election last Sunday? With the campaign over, you’re probably hearing and seeing less of municipal politicians. That does not, however, mean they’re taking time off. Plante, the city’s mayor-elect, has been documenting her calls with dignitaries on Instagram. “You are a source o
  
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• Brian Wilde: Montreal Canadiens lose against Minnesota

  11-11-2017 02:16
  Fri, Nov 10: Global sports analyst Brian Wilde and Global News Montreal anchor Andrea Howick looks at the Canadiens’ last game, which included two disallowed goals and a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
  
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• Nudity in pool locker rooms: natural or offensive?

  11-11-2017 02:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Roland Bérard has been using Brossard’s indoor pool for 30 years.
  It never occurred to the 67-year-old healing facilitator and former engineer that it was inappropriate to take all his clothes off in the locker room to shower and change.
  But the South Shore municipality informed swimmers in its November newsletter that nudity is forbidden in changing rooms.
  “The city would like to remind users of the public pools that in the changing rooms, they must be clothed, covered up or
  
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• Carabins' Danny Maciocia, Rouge et Or's Glen Constantin are friends and forever rivals in Dunsmore Cup - Montreal Gazette

  11-11-2017 01:46
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  Carabins' Danny Maciocia, Rouge et Or's Glen Constantin are friends and forever rivals in Dunsmore Cup
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  Université de Montréal head coach Danny Maciocia, right, congratulates Laval Rouge et Or coach Glen Constantin following Laval's victory in the Quebec university football championship game in Montreal Saturday November 12, 2016. John Mahoney ...
  
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• Maciocia, Constantin are friends and forever rivals

  11-11-2017 01:45 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — They looked like Mutt and Jeff standing next to each other at the back of the room — Danny Maciocia dwarfed by the hulking Glen Constantin. But it was clear the opposing coaches in Saturday’s Dunsmore Cup final respect and are at ease when thrown together, albeit briefly.
  “We go way back. I remember Danny Maciocia the CFL general manager and head coach,” said Constantin, head coach of the Laval Rouge et Or. “There was a time he used to come to Bishop&
  
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• Sentinels of the Streets pilot project gives homeless veterans in Montreal chance to rebuild lives

  11-11-2017 01:29
  The Old Brewery Mission is spearheading the project with help from the federal government and the Quebec Veterans Foundation.
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Nov 10

  11-11-2017 01:23
  The Friday, November 10, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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