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• Liveblog: Toronto at Canadiens

  18-11-2017 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Saturday dawned overcast and chilly in Montreal, weather reflecting the mood among the city’s hockey fans as the Canadiens prepare to wrap up their longest homestand of the season.
  The Canadiens are 2-2-1 on this six-game run at the Bell Centre. The visiting Toronto Maple Leafs will be looking for their sixth win in a row as they struggle to stay within reasonable distance of Tampa Bay in the Atlantic Division standings.
  The Canadiens are at the other end of  the Atlantic. They are th
  
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• STM halts repair work on Blue line escalators

  18-11-2017 22:35 via cbc.ca
  The STM has been forced to indefinitely suspend repair work on its Metro station escalators because of defective replacement parts — potentially stranding passengers with limited mobility.
  
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• MEGA toggles on as Montreal's first video-game exhibition

  18-11-2017 22:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Although Montreal is the third-largest city in the global video-game industry, it still does not have an annual rallying event for the industry.
  Louis-Félix Cauchon, of the Independent Video Game Developers Guild of Quebec, is hoping to change that by launching the first-ever Montreal Expo Gaming Arcade (MEGA) this weekend at Bonsecours Market in Old Montreal.
  “The MEGA is a big celebration of video games in Quebec,” he said. “We can’t understand why there wasn&rsq
  
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• Community pitches in to help Saint-Lazare family who lost everything in fire

  18-11-2017 21:49
  A Saint-Lazare family who lost almost everything in a fire that devastated their home, is grateful to the community for their help and support.
  
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• Eugénie Bouchard surprises travellers at Trudeau Airport

  18-11-2017 21:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Tennis player Eugenie Bouchard made an appearance at Trudeau International Airport’s departure lounge Saturday to take part in a promotional campaign for West Jet.
  Bouchard, who failed to qualify for the WTA Finals, said she was disappointed after dropping to 83rd in the world for women’s tennis in the rankings.
  The airline hired her to hit balls at a wall behind which were hidden prizes given out to travellers.
  Bouchard said she was looking forward to relaxing with family in Montrea
  
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• Coeur de Pirate's airport show will have you dreaming of flight delays

  18-11-2017 21:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal singer-songwriter Coeur de Pirate performed a surprise concert at Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport this week, and the 40-minute set was almost enough to make one wish to be stranded at the airport.
  The performance was teased on Facebook an hour in advance, where it was later streamed live. 
  “Just another day at the office,” one airport employee commented on Facebook. 
  “We are delighted to have brought this experience to our passengers who, thank
  
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• Adam Sandler! Mark Wahlberg! Will Ferrell! Mel Gibson! Win tickets to #DaddysHome2! btmontreal.ca/contests/win-p…

  18-11-2017 20:50
  Adam Sandler! Mark Wahlberg! Will Ferrell! Mel Gibson!Win tickets to #DaddysHome2! btmontreal.ca/contests/win-p…
  
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• Santa thrills crowds at annual Montreal Santa Claus Parade

  18-11-2017 20:00
  The man in the red suit was in downtown Montreal on Saturday, marking the official start of the holiday season.
  
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• Game Day: Only six players at Canadiens' optional morning skate

  18-11-2017 18:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens held an optional morning skate Saturday in Brossard before facing the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CBC, SN, CITY, TSN Radio 690) and only six players took part.
  There was good news because the three players who missed practice Friday with the flu — captain Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Drouin and Jordie Benn — were all on the ice Saturday, joined by Torrey Mitchell, Brandon Davidson and goalie Antti Niemi.
  Assistant coach Daniel Lacroix and goalie coach St
  
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• Weather warning: Snow and freezing rain expected all weekend

  18-11-2017 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing-rain warning for Montreal and surrounding areas for periods throughout the weekend.
  Expect some snow but mostly rain and freezing rain Saturday afternoon and later in the evening in the southwest of the province, especially in Montreal. The precipitation will spread north and east overnight Sunday and Monday.
  Between 5 and 15 centimetres of freezing rain and snow could fall north of the St-Lawrence, less south of la fleuve. 
  Be extra cautious when dr
  
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• City Hall turfing long-time kiosks in Phillips Square as part of redesign

  18-11-2017 17:49 via cbc.ca
  A small flower kiosk in Phillips Square is fighting for its survival amid the city's plans to renovate Ste-Catherine Street West.
  
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• Freezing rain warning issued for Montreal, southern Quebec

  18-11-2017 17:43
  Be cautious in your travels as freezing rain is expected over Montreal and could lead to slippery roads and walkways.
  
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• Santa Claus parade on Ste-Catherine St. W. on Saturday

  18-11-2017 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Downtown traffic is gridlocked but Ste-Catherine St. is already lined with children and grown children taking in the 67th Santa Claus parade.
  The annual Santa Claus parade follows Ste-Catherine St. W. from Fort St. to St-Urbain St., having started at 11 a.m.
  The annual event, presented by the merchants’ association Destination Centre-Ville, features singer Geneviève Leclerc, a finalist on the Quebec television show La Voix, the Christmas Fairy and more than 20 floats. 
  The para
  
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• Take this survey to help Quebec get more women involved in politics

  18-11-2017 16:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec National Assembly has launched an online consultation on how to get more women involved in provincial politics.
  The assembly’s committee on citizen relations is planning hearings on women’s participation in public life.
  To encourage public input, it has also launched the online questionnaire to gain a better understanding of the factors that help or hinder women from getting involved in politics.
  An accompanying consultation document provides an overview of the subject and
  
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• ICYMI: Most people think children do not understand the concept of death. Natalie and Jillian host the Good Grief w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-11-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: Most people think children do not understand the concept of death. Natalie and Jillian host the Good Grief w… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec sovereignists rally in support of Catalan leaders

  18-11-2017 15:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec sovereignists will meet in Montreal Saturday afternoon to demonstrate solidarity with the ousted government of Catalonia.
  Politicians, union members and other sovereignty supporters are attending the meeting at Collège de Maisonneuve in support of the government of Carles Puigdemont.
  Spain has issued a European arrest warrant for Puigdemont and other Catalan leaders, seeking their extradition from Belgium to face charges of sedition and misuse of state funds. A Belgian court h
  
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• Royal Vale student hopes to make 'big difference' with charity donation

  18-11-2017 15:04 via cbc.ca
  The 13-year-old Royal Vale student wanted to donate his hair to Angel Hair for Kids, a Canadian organization that manufactures wigs for sick children from donated materials.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Man buried with his favourite sandwich

  18-11-2017 14:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Religious leaders discuss Bill 62
  Religious leaders gathered in Montreal on Friday were unanimous in their condemnation of Bill 62. Rather than excluding people who wear certain religious garb, they said, Quebecers should reach out and get to know them. Representatives of the Jewish, Innu, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Muslim faiths took part in the discussion at the Grand Séminaire. Roman Catholic Archbishop Christian Lépine spoke out against Bill 62, sayi
  
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• Reflections of P.K. Subban, 16 months after The Trade

  18-11-2017 14:24 via montrealgazette.com
  P.K. Subban is not over the P.K. Subban trade.
  It has been 16 months since No. 76 was traded to the Nashville Predators — and yet, it’s clear he still feels a little hurt he is no longer a member of the Montreal Canadiens.
  It’s equally clear Montreal has not forgotten Subban. Fans here continue to have heated debates about the trade that saw the 2013 Norris Trophy winner as the National Hockey League’s top defenceman exchanged for rugged all-star Shea Weber.
  Subban remain
  
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• The Week in Review: Bill 62, bike path, pot law, new mayor, Accurso mistrial

  18-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Allison Hanes: Let the Supreme Court examine Bill 62 ASAP
  Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Montreal this weekend to denounce hate, from the rise of far-right groups to Quebec’s troubling state neutrality law, which targets a tiny minority of Muslim women who wear the full face veil. From Vietnam, where he was attending the APEC Summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mused about t
  
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• Shelter: Osteopath built up to enlarge living space in Plateau apartment

  18-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Carole Dumais is an acupuncturist and osteopath and for many years she owned a country house in Racine in the Eastern Townships.
  She always kept a rented pied-à-terre in Montreal, but in 1997 she decided it was time to buy a residence in the city.
  To that end, she bought a duplex in the Plateau, then in 2000 sold her country house. Next, she started converting her 1890-era home into a combined work and living area.
  Dumais operated her clinic on the ground floor and lived on the second flo
  
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• Josh Freed: In the Age of Distraction, goldfish have better focus

  18-11-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  You’re probably reading this column while you make your Saturday morning espresso, listen to the weather forecast and watch a YouTube video about cats chasing their tail — all while checking your messages every 13 seconds.
  I understand. It’s hard to pay attention nowadays, when there are so many things to distract us: texts, tweets, “breaking news” alerts, sports updates and long-term weather forecasts people follow like their stock portfolio.
  “Ohmigod &m
  
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• Canadiens vs. Maple Leafs: Five things you should know

  18-11-2017 13:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Maple Leafs game at the Bell Centre Saturday (7 p.m., CBC, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  It never rains, it pours: The Canadiens are coming off arguably their worst performance of the season — a 5-4 loss to the lowly Arizona Coyotes — and they may be shorthanded going into this game. Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Drouin and Jordie Benn all missed practice Friday with the flu and coach Claude Julien said he has no idea whether they wil
  
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• Freezing rain, snowfall warnings in effect for Southern Quebec

  18-11-2017 13:09 via cbc.ca
  The greater Montreal and Quebec City areas will see freezing rain beginning this evening.
  
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• Freezing rain, snowfall warnings in effect for parts of Southern Quebec

  18-11-2017 13:09 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a weather warning for parts of Southern Quebec, as an extended period of freezing rain is expected to affect the Quebec City area.
  
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• From the archives: Courts, police took dim view of wild parties

  18-11-2017 13:07 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Nov. 18, 2001, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “That’s the last cake walk I’m going to,” said a bright looking young woman when she was bailed out of the Central Police Station at an early hour this morning. A dance and cake walk was on last evening in a hall on Bonsecours street and was in full blast when a posse of police … walked in and put an abrupt ending to the festivities by placing the manager, three other men and twenty-four wome
  
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• Wind turbine becomes 1st-class stage for musicians in Gaspé, Que.

  18-11-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Three musicians perched on top of a wind turbine in Gaspé, Que. is getting worldwide attention. The Festival Musique du Bout du Monde produced the video, filmed 80 metres off the ground, to launch its 15th edition.
  
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• Santa Claus is coming to town

  18-11-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  It’s Santa Claus’s busiest time of year, but he’s making time to stop by Montreal for the city’s annual parade.
  
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• Charity with ties to Trudeau excluding Quebecers from contest

  18-11-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A high-profile Canadian charity with close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife is excluding youth from Quebec, Trudeau’s home province, from a nationwide contest to win tickets to an event featuring former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama.
  
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• Defence in Contrecoeur trial rests, final arguments expected in January

  18-11-2017 04:49 via montrealgazette.com
  The Contrecoeur fraud trial may be nearing an end, nearly two years after it began.
  The defence rested its case this week, and dates were set for Court of Quebec Judge Yvan Poulin, who is overseeing the trial, to hear final arguments from the prosecution and the defence in mid-January.
  The trial of former Montreal city executive committee chairman Frank Zampino, businessman Paolo Catania and four former executives of Catania’s construction firm began in February 2016. 
  They were
  
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• Accurso mistrial: Relative said 'it was like a Mafia,' Juror No. 6 says

  18-11-2017 04:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Loose lips sunk the ship that was Antonio Accurso’s fraud and municipal corruption trial in Laval. 
  A juror’s inability to respect two cardinal rules brought a sudden and unexpected end to the trial of the 66-year-old construction entrepreneur whose notoriety made him the poster boy of municipal corruption in Quebec. The trial ended abruptly in a mistrial on Friday.
  Prosecutor Richard Rougeau was minutes away from make his closing arguments when Superior Court Justice James Brun
  
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• Stu Cowan: Bullied as a boy, GSP grew into UFC's humble superstar

  18-11-2017 04:40 via montrealgazette.com
  UFC middleweight champ Georges St-Pierre still remembers the first time he got into a fight — vividly.
  “Yes, I lost it viciously,” St-Pierre recalled with a big laugh. 
  It wasn’t funny at the time, though. St-Pierre was a 10-year-old growing up in the tiny municipality of St-Isidore and was constantly bullied at school. 
  “During class, I was not focusing on what the teacher was saying,” he recalled. “I was focusing on how I’m going to get
  
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• Stu Cowan: The Canadiens simply aren't a very good hockey team

  18-11-2017 03:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Twenty games into the NHL season, one thing has become clear: the Canadiens aren’t a very good hockey team.
  With an 8-10-2 record, the Canadiens rank 27th out of 31 teams in the overall NHL standings. After Thursday’s 5-4 loss to the Arizona Coyotes, the Canadiens ranked 28th in offence (average of 2.50 goals per game), 27th in defence (3.40 goals against per game), 26th on the power play (15.3 per cent) and 28th in penalty-killing (74.6 per cent).
  As former NFL coach Bill Parcells o
  
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• In case you missed it: Here's what happened in Montreal on November 17

  18-11-2017 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Accurso mistrial: Relative said ‘it was like a Mafia,’ Juror No. 6 says
  Loose lips sunk the ship that was Antonio Accurso’s fraud and municipal corruption trial in Laval.  A juror’s inability to respect two cardinal rules brought a sudden and unexpected end to the trial of the 66-year-old construction entrepreneur whose notoriety made him the poster boy of municipal corruption in Quebec. The trial ended abruptl
  
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• Chicago Med's Marlyne Barrett back in Montreal to support victims of sex trafficking

  18-11-2017 02:57 via montrealgazette.com
  How was Marlyne Barrett doing, Friday afternoon, on a rare visit back to the city where she grew up?
  “Well behaved, Mr. Dunlevy!” she exclaimed.
  The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born, Montreal-raised actress has her hands full with the coming launch of Season 3 of NBC’s Chicago Med, on which she plays charge nurse Maggie Lockwood, but she dropped everything to come back to support a cause that’s close to her heart.
  On Saturday evening, Barrett hosts a fundraiser for La Sortie aka The W
  
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• Bill 62: Lawyer calls for temporary suspension of face-covering law

  18-11-2017 02:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s controversial face-covering law was tested for the first time before the courts on Friday as opponents argued for a temporary suspension of a key section.
  Marie-Michelle Lacoste, a Quebec woman who wears the veil, the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association launched the challenge last week, asking for a temporary suspension of the section of the law that requires uncovered face when giving or receiving public services.
  Quebec Superior Cour
  
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• Shock, questions after Max Stern exhibit cancelled over restitution claims

  18-11-2017 01:59 via cbc.ca
  The abrupt cancellation of an exhibit on Max Stern's life and work by the Germany city of Düsseldorf over restitution claims has raised questions, disappointment and outrage from Montrealers involved in organizing the project.
  
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• Religious leaders unanimous in denouncing Bill 62

  18-11-2017 01:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Rather than excluding people who wear certain religious garb, Quebecers should reach out and get to know them, religious leaders said Friday at a panel discussion on how to promote intercultural harmony.
  Representatives of five faiths were unanimous in criticizing Bill 62, which requires anyone giving or receiving government services in Quebec to uncover his or her face.
  While the provincial bill, passed last month, does not specifically name the niqab, it is understood to target the small minor
  
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• NHL 'not ignoring' Montreal as league celebrates centennial: Bettman

  18-11-2017 01:24 via cbc.ca
  The NHL wanted to hold an outdoor game in Montreal to mark its 100th anniversary but couldn't find a suitable venue, commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday.
  
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• Hockey sweater retired for Dorval teen killed by train

  18-11-2017 01:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Hockey West Island will be retiring the midget AA jersey of Tristan Morrissette-Perkins on Sunday, Nov. 19, at Dorval Arena.
  Morrissette-Perkins, a standout hockey player, died tragically July 3 when he was struck by a VIA passenger train on a rail bridge near Lancaster, Ont.
  He was 16 years old and had just graduated from John Rennie High School in Pointe-Claire.
  Members of the Morrissette-Perkins family, as well as many of Tristan’s former teammates, will be in attendance for the sweater
  
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• Bettman says Montreal lacked venue for outdoor game on NHL 100th anniversary

  18-11-2017 01:24 via cbc.ca
  The NHL wanted to hold an outdoor game in Montreal to mark its 100th anniversary but couldn't find a suitable venue, commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday.
  
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• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante: Ready, set, 'This is the moment, right now'

  18-11-2017 01:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Valérie Plante does not need a cup of coffee, but she’d really like one.
  For the past two months of campaigning, she has been “surfing on a wave of adrenalin.” However on Thursday morning — just eight and a half hours before she would be sworn in as Montreal’s first mairesse — Plante can feel the crash coming.
  She asks her driver Ernst if he can pull over so “we can all get some coffee.”
  “Do we have time? Can we? Can we?” she ple
  
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• Checking In: Envoy tops Boston's booming Seaport scene

  18-11-2017 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s practical, progressive and posh in a next-generation style.
  The Envoy Hotel opened to a string of ovations, including being named the Best New Hotel in Boston by Forbes.com, Yankee Magazine and USA Today’s Readers’ Choice. That is lofty praise, but in a town with several openings a year, it is over the top.
  An Autograph Collection Hotel, which is part of the Marriott group, The Envoy is a boutique-style establishment that is strong on lifestyle: It’s all about stylis
  
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• World Prematurity Day: 1 in 10 babies born prematurely in Quebec

  18-11-2017 00:59
  The birth of a baby is one of the most joyful times in a family's life but for some, life hangs in the balance if the baby is born prematurely.
  
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• Police hunt man, possibly armed, in woods near Mauricie

  18-11-2017 00:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec police are searching for a man who is possibly armed in a wooded area in Champlain, in the Mauricie region.
  The suspect, who is in his 40s, was involved in an argument with his wife on Friday morning around 5:30 a.m., the Sûreté du Québec said. Champlain is about 175 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
  The man fled when police officers arrived following a complaint to police about an assault.
  Information given to the police suggests the suspect may be in a wooded area be
  
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• Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt granted day parole

  18-11-2017 00:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt has been granted day parole on the sentence he received in December when he pleaded guilty to charges involving the system of collusion he ran while awarding city contracts to construction companies and engineering firms. 
  The Parole Board of Canada made the decision on Thursday and a written summary of the decision was released to the Montreal Gazette on Friday, just hours after the trial of Antonio Accurso ended in a mistrial. Accurso is alleged to h
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Nov 17

  18-11-2017 00:29
  The Friday, November 17, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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