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• Laval Rocket's Chris Terry still chasing dream of playing in the NHL

  06-12-2017 23:36 via montrealgazette.com
  It can’t be easy looking around, knowing it has been almost a decade since you were drafted and realizing you’re the oldest guy in the minor-league team’s dressing room at age 28.
  Nonetheless, winger Chris Terry has embraced his role with the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket.
  “I don’t feel old, but I think I’m looked at as an older guy on the team,” he said following a recent practice at Place Bell. “I’m getting a littler older, bu
  
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• Montreal Police chief Philippe Pichet has been suspended with pay following a report showing he's mismanaged the SP… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 23:21
  Montreal Police chief Philippe Pichet has been suspended with pay following a report showing he's mismanaged the SP… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Update: Pichet suspended, Sûreté head put in charge of Montreal police

  06-12-2017 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Public Security minister has suspended Montreal’s chief of police Philippe Pichet for at least a year and has named an interim administrator to bring order to the SPVM’s troubled ranks.
  Sûreté du Québec director general Martin Prud’homme has been tasked with running the force effective immediately until Dec. 31, 2018, when he will be expected to make a recommendation as to whether Pichet should be reinstated or fired.
  On Wednesday, the ministr
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: @GuignoleeMedias is here to talk about Media’s Big Food Drive and how you can help too! https://t.co/Q5aeZaZnxk

  06-12-2017 22:00
  
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: @GuignoleeMedias is here to talk about Media’s Big Food Drive and how you can help too! https://t.co/Q5aeZaZnxk
  
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• Analyze This: Daniel Carr adds punch to Canadiens' fourth line

  06-12-2017 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens aren’t known as an offensive superpower in the NHL. Most seasons, they are somewhere near the middle of the pack in goals scored.
  This season has been much of the same, although they’ve had a recent uptick in goals scored, most notably during the home-and-home series against the Red Wings in which they scored 16 goals — almost 20 per cent of their 2017-18 output. 
  Until the Red Wings series, the Canadiens had only three sources of offensive production: the to
  
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• Analyze This: Daniel Carr adds punch to Canadiens' fourth line - Montreal Gazette

  06-12-2017 21:52
  Analyze This: Daniel Carr adds punch to Canadiens' fourth line
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  In only 34 minutes of ice time since his call-up from the AHL's Laval Rocket, the 26-year-old has five points. Marc Dumont, Special to The Gazette. Published on: December 6, 2017 | Last Updated: December 6, 2017 3:58 PM EST. Montreal Canadiens' Daniel ...and more »
  
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• 28th anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre btmontreal.ca/videos/28th-an…

  06-12-2017 21:39
  28th anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre btmontreal.ca/videos/28th-an…
  
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• Lawyer for man charged with terrorism-related offences condemns RCMP 'tunnel vision'

  06-12-2017 21:17 via cbc.ca
  In his closing arguments, El Mahdi Jamali's defence lawyer, Tiago Murias, told jurors there were problems with the way investigators worked and with what they neglected to present as evidence.
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal : Halifax-based @neondreams discuss their new album and upcoming tour with Hedley! https://t.co/KywMNwjRCP

  06-12-2017 21:00
  
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal : Halifax-based @neondreams discuss their new album and upcoming tour with Hedley! https://t.co/KywMNwjRCP
  
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• House of Commons holds moment of silence for victims of Montreal Massacre

  06-12-2017 20:26
  MPs stood in the House of Commons on Wednesday for a moment of silence in memory of the 14 women who were killed there 28 years ago at École Polytechnique in Montreal.
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: Too much holiday food and drinks? City health expert @WyldeOnHealth shares his tips to hel… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-12-2017 20:00
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: Too much holiday food and drinks? City health expert @WyldeOnHealth shares his tips to hel… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'They're like chips': How insects are making their way onto Montreal plates

  06-12-2017 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Creepy, crawly insects are just one good marketing makeover away from becoming the "superfood" those who love them want to see it become.
  
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• How insects are making their way onto Montreal plates

  06-12-2017 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Creepy, crawly insects are just one good marketing makeover away from becoming the "superfood" those who love them want to see it become.
  
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• Quebec credit union Desjardins Group lifts moratorium on pipeline lending

  06-12-2017 19:27
  Desjardins is dropping its moratorium on loans for pipeline projects.
  
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• ‘Bonjour, hi’ motion ‘positive in its spirit’ says English minister

  06-12-2017 19:18
  West Island MNA's are doing damage control after voting for a motion against the common Montreal greeting, "Bonjour-Hi."
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Shea Weber and Jonathan Drouin absent from practice

  06-12-2017 19:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens practised Wednesday morning in Brossard but No. 1 defenceman Shea Weber and No. 1 centre Jonathan Drouin both weren’t there.
  Weber, who scored two goals and logged 22:32 of ice time in Tuesday night’s 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues at the Bell Centre, took a therapy day on Wednesday, while Drouin is now battling a virus after missing three games with a lower-body injury.
  The Canadiens, who saw their five-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday night, are back in act
  
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• Police have my confidence, Plante says in shadow of internal report

  06-12-2017 19:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said on Wednesday she will join Quebec Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux later in the day to address a reportedly devastating internal report on the management of the city’s police department, a document that has already led to speculation that Philippe Pichet’s days as chief of police are numbered.
  Pichet’s future was called into doubt Tuesday night after details of the report, ordered last March by Coiteux, were obtained by
  
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• Opinion: Canada's flawed shipbuilding strategy needs to be righted

  06-12-2017 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you thought things couldn’t get worse than the federal government’s broken and wildly over-budget Phoenix pay system, you haven’t been paying enough attention to the fiasco-in-waiting known as the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
  Nor, it seems, have the cabinet ministers supposed to be overseeing the program — leaving Canada’s navy ill-equipped for at least another decade, hundreds of Quebec workers about to lose their jobs and Canadian taxpayers on the hook for t
  
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• Gridlock, gridlock, gridlock: No Turcot relief till middle — or end — of 2019

  06-12-2017 18:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Most Montreal drivers will likely be affected by the latest phase of construction in the Turcot Interchange project, especially on weekends.
  Transport Quebec held its third technical briefing for reporters on Wednesday, ahead of a planned closure of the westbound Ville-Marie expressway, scheduled to start Monday.
  And on Wednesday, KPH-Turcot’s Sébastien Marcoux dropped another bombshell — the work to rebuild the Ville-Marie could last nearly two years, with work expected
  
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• Turcot Interchange gong show set to begin Monday

  06-12-2017 18:30 via cbc.ca
  If you thought heading east along the Turcot Interchange was hard, heading west from downtown Montreal is about to get a whole lot harder as of Monday, when most westbound entrances will close until - gulp! - 2019.
  
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• Turcot Interchange gong show begins today

  06-12-2017 18:30 via cbc.ca
  If you thought heading east along the Turcot Interchange was hard, heading west from downtown Montreal is about to get a whole lot harder as of Monday, when most westbound entrances will close until - gulp! - 2019.
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Dec. 6

  06-12-2017 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Pellan & Shakespeare: Twelfth Night in Five Acts starting Saturday and continuing to Jan. 21, 2018. Vernissage on Sunday at 2 p.m. Call 514-630-1220, local 1778.
  The Beaconsfield Library, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd., presents the exhibition Expressions featuring the students’ art from the Culture and Leisure Services. Continues until Jan. 7. Call 514-428-4460.
  The Kirkland Lib
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Celery Salad

  06-12-2017 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  This recipe is a find, considering we have celery in our stores year-round, and it is easy to make. It comes from a new cookbook called Dutch Feast, by Emily Wight (Arsenal, $32.95), a Vancouver recipe developer who blogs at wellfedflatbroke.com and married into a Dutch family. She gives the reader an easy-reading rundown on a cuisine that, in her opinion, does not get enough attention. Historical touches are plentiful throughout its well-designed pages and 120 recipes. We buy and enjoy Dutch gr
  
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• Comic Morgan O'Shea embraces his growing pains as he becomes Adultish

  06-12-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The setting was the Comedyworks, nearly four years ago. A dozen comics were auditioning for the 2014 Just for Laughs festival. The fest judges and the crowd at the packed venue seemed to concur that at least one of the comics was destined for a long, lucrative career in the biz: Morgan O’Shea.
  A Calgary native, O’Shea had moved to Montreal six years earlier to pursue comedy. He showed up at open-mic nights and eventually landed opening and hosting gigs.
  He won audiences over with his
  
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• Quebec artists pay tribute to French rocker Johnny Hallyday

  06-12-2017 17:44 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec music community paid tribute to French rocker Johnny Hallyday on Wednesday as an influential figure whose legendary status will live on.
  
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• Food! @cookingwithv shares holiday recipes favourites from Nonna https://t.co/UQ7lhA9eDP

  06-12-2017 17:21
  
  Food! @cookingwithv shares holiday recipes favourites from Nonna https://t.co/UQ7lhA9eDP
  
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• The hottest app around? It's @hqtrivia. @eliasmakos has a look at the live game show https://t.co/kWRXGAb3ak

  06-12-2017 17:15
  
  The hottest app around? It's @hqtrivia. @eliasmakos has a look at the live game show https://t.co/kWRXGAb3ak
  
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• Video: @maripiermorin & @BrandonPrust8 join us in studio https://t.co/zcCEYRmKdZ

  06-12-2017 17:12
  
  Video: @maripiermorin & @BrandonPrust8 join us in studio https://t.co/zcCEYRmKdZ
  
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• 'Please remember,' says volunteer behind a white ribbon tribute to victims of Polytechnique massacre

  06-12-2017 17:12 via cbc.ca
  Erin Hogg, a retired nurse, has volunteered her time to prepare and distribute hundreds of white ribbons every Dec. 6, asking people to remember the 14 women killed 28 years ago in the Montreal massacre.
  
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• Show Biz Chez Nous: CHOM cancels Montreal Rocks, plus more

  06-12-2017 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Rocks is not long for this world.
  On Sunday, the bomb dropped on social media. Jay Walker was short and sweet on Facebook.
  “Big news. #MontrealRocks is coming to an end after 7 years. Thanks for letting us share your music and stories, it was an honour. Final episode airs on December 31, 2017. Catch us tonight 10p chom 977fm Studio #RueBarree”
  Montreal Rocks is the totally great radio show that media personality Walker has been hosting and producing for the past se
  
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• Kevin Tierney: French Invasion brings Zeitoun and Zenou to Montreal

  06-12-2017 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  There has been much talk of late of the French Invasion, the seeming increase in the number of French citizens who for one reason or another have moved to Montreal. 
  The number of French students is well established. A couple of years ago I was ordered to go to Ikea. (What can I say? I don’t like meatballs.) Walking around, it felt like herds of people were speaking French with that accent. A peripheral glance confirmed that many of the herd were mothers buying furniture for their chi
  
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• With Montreal police chief's future uncertain, Valérie Plante vows to restore confidence in the force

  06-12-2017 16:26 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux will hold a news conference this afternoon to shed light on the future of the Montreal police force’s chief.
  
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• Montreal police Chief Philippe Pichet suspended, replaced by SQ director

  06-12-2017 16:26 via cbc.ca
  Philippe Pichet has been suspended from his duties as the chief of Montreal police.
  
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• Former Montreal Gazette printing press in N.D.G. to become data ... - Montreal Gazette

  06-12-2017 16:20
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  Former Montreal Gazette printing press in N.D.G. to become data ...
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  The building housing the Montreal Gazette's old printing press in Nôtre-Dame-de-Grâce was bought by Montreal-based eStruxture Data Centers.and more »
  
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• Former Montreal Gazette printing press in N.D.G. to become data centre

  06-12-2017 16:20 via montrealgazette.com
  The building housing the Montreal Gazette’s old printing press on St-Jacques St. in Nôtre-Dame-de-Grâce was purchased by Montreal-based eStruxture Data Centers, the company announced Wednesday.
  The company said it will build a data centre with a power capacity of 30 megawatts, and the $150-million investment will allow the company to pursue growth, while providing customers with a world-class infrastructure and unique proximity to downtown Montreal. 
  “The conversion
  
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• Opinion: Myth of liberation therapy finally put to rest

  06-12-2017 16:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Well, it’s finally over. It took eight years, but I think we might actually be done. Liberation therapy will hopefully fade into obscurity as one of the many medical myths that seem absurd when you look at them in retrospect.
  If you have forgotten the story, everyone was talking about liberation therapy in November 2009 when a segment aired on CTV’s W5 program. The claim was that narrowed veins in the neck caused multiple sclerosis. Opening up these narrowed veins would therefore tre
  
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• Gift ideas from Main and Local

  06-12-2017 16:18
  Main and Local’s unique gifts are a cheeky nod to Montreal. Co-founder David Prince shows Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan what’s trending this holiday season.
  
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• Dan Delmar: French enjoys a renaissance — in English Canada

  06-12-2017 16:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The nationalist vaudeville performed over the past few weeks by much of Quebec’s political class has been profoundly embarrassing for all Quebecers, but fear not, francophiles. There are signs French is becoming cool again, no thanks to this province’s language hobbyists.
  The crisis resulted from a sneaker store manager speaking too many English words and new government data suggesting a marginal decline in the use of French as the primary language in Quebec workplaces. That led to a
  
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• François Legault on boosting the birth rate, curbing immigration and 'bonjour/hi'

  06-12-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  In an interview with Mike Finnerty, the leader of Coalition Avenir Québec explained why he wants to temporarily curb immigration, boost the birth rate and encourage shop clerks to say "bonjour" rather than "bonjour/hi."
  
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• Helping your child stay stress-free during exams

  06-12-2017 15:58
  Life coach and parenting expert Erica Diamond gives Global’s Laura Casella some tips on how you can help your child destress during exams.
  
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• Update: Police have my confidence, Plante says in shadow of internal report

  06-12-2017 15:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said on Wednesday she will join Quebec Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux later in the day to address a reportedly devastating internal report on the management on the city’s police department, a document that has already led to speculation that Philippe Pichet’s days as chief of police are numbered.
  Pichet’s future was called into doubt Tuesday night after details of the report, ordered last March by Coiteux, were obtained by
  
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• Stocking stuffer ideas for kids

  06-12-2017 15:45
  Parenting and lifestyle blogger Jaime Damak gives Global’s Laura Casella some fun (and inexpensive) stocking stuffer ideas for kids.
  
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