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• Museum of Jewish Montreal holds its first Hanukkah marketplace

  10-12-2017 23:47
  Traditional food, drink and handcrafted items were available Sunday at the annual "Hanukkah marketplace."
  
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• Option Nationale votes in favour of joining Québec Solidaire, finalizing merger

  10-12-2017 23:43 via cbc.ca
  The merger between Quebec's two small sovereignist parties is now official: Option Nationale members approved a motion Sunday afternoon to join forced with Québec Solidaire.
  
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• Montreal expected to be hit with 15 cm of snow on Tuesday

  10-12-2017 22:30
  As Environment Canada put it: "It should please children, but seriously annoy motorists stuck in traffic."
  
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• Quebec to inject $3 billion into anti-poverty program

  10-12-2017 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec plans to inject $3 billion over the next five years to fight poverty by increasing financial assistance to society’s poorest.
  Individuals with a limited capacity to work are the big winners of the much-anticipated welfare reform announced on Sunday. By 2023, they will see their annual government assistance jump from $12,749 to $18,029, which will bring their income up to the poverty threshold. Quebec will pay a total of $1.2 billion to provide them with a basic income (or guaranteed
  
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• From a week of triumph to one of despair: Canadiens stumble again

  10-12-2017 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The long-suffering Habs fan is back again
  After winning five games in a row, the Montreal Canadiens had a miserable week culminating in a drubbing to the struggling Edmonton Oilers and all-universe centre Connor McDavid.
  Our own all-universe player, goaltender Carey Price, was pulled in the second period. The battle of the all-universes being won by the Oilers’ McDavid.
  What to make of this reversal of fortune?
  Alexander Galchenyuk is in the doghouse (again). Learned sports hockey pundits
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Natalia Machado, award-winning executive chef of L'Atelier d'Argentine will be sharing some of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 21:00
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Natalia Machado, award-winning executive chef of L'Atelier d'Argentine will be sharing some of… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• From a week of triumph to a week of despair: The Canadiens stumble again

  10-12-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The long-suffering Habs fan is back again
  After winning five games in a row, the Montreal Canadiens had a miserable week culminating in a drubbing to the struggling Edmonton Oilers and all-universe centre Connor McDavid.
  Our own all-universe player, goaltender Carey Price, was pulled in the second period. The battle of the all-universes being won by the Oilers’ McDavid.
  What to make of this reversal of fortune?
  Alexander Galchenyuk is in the doghouse (again). Learned sports hockey pundits
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Need some gift inspiration? Blogger Julia Chiarella-Genoni talks feel-good gift giving in this… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 20:00
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Need some gift inspiration? Blogger Julia Chiarella-Genoni talks feel-good gift giving in this… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Montreal

  10-12-2017 19:56
  Singh affirmed that the party will not only hold seats but grow support in Quebec. However, a recent poll suggests the NDP leader's quest for votes in La Belle Province may be more of a battle. 
  
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• Quebec to offer basic income for people unable to work

  10-12-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  The Couillard government plans to provide a basic income for Quebecers who have a severely limited capacity to work.
  
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• Quebec to offer basic income for 84,000 people unable to work

  10-12-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  The Couillard government plans to provide a basic income for Quebecers who have a severely limited capacity to work, but falls short of offering a basic income for all Quebecers, a demand of many anti-poverty groups.
  
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• Road rage incident causes massive traffic jam on Highway 132 in Longueuil

  10-12-2017 19:15
  The Sûreté du Québec found four children aboard the van as well as undetermined drugs. 
  
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• Share your holiday pics with us! How are you decorating? Any photos with Santa yet? The #BTMTL studios are feeling… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 19:08
  Share your holiday pics with us! How are you decorating? Any photos with Santa yet? The #BTMTL studios are feeling… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Prepare to be amazed! Sabrina Sieck from Ripley's Believe It Or Not joins us with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 19:00
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Prepare to be amazed! Sabrina Sieck from Ripley's Believe It Or Not joins us with… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec driver facing charges after van crashes with four children aboard

  10-12-2017 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A 40-year-old man is facing dangerous driving charges after a van with four children on board was involved in a series of collisions near Montreal on Saturday.
  The Sûreté du Québec say the van hit at least three other vehicles in three separate locations in what they’re describing as a road rage incident.
  They say calls began arriving at about 10 a.m. about a man driving dangerously with children in his vehicle on Highway 132 in Longueuil.
  Police arrested the driver aft
  
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• Habs’ defence is deeper, but still misses Markov | HI/O Bonus

  10-12-2017 18:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel looks at whether or not the Canadiens’ defence is better than last season’s edition, as GM Marc Bergevin predicted?
  Miss this week’s show? You can watch it here.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Adelle Tarzibachi joins us to discuss how she keeps her Syrian traditions alive with Aleppo soa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 18:01
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Adelle Tarzibachi joins us to discuss how she keeps her Syrian traditions alive with Aleppo soa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Habs’ defence is deeper, but stills misses Markov | HI/O Bonus

  10-12-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel looks at whether or not the Canadiens’ defence is better than last season’s edition, as GM Marc Bergevin predicted?
  Miss this week’s show? You can watch it here.
  
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• Sunday snow in Montreal is a dusting compared to what's coming Tuesday

  10-12-2017 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s first real snowfall is expected to end Sunday night with a light accumulation of three centimetres — a mere dusting of snow — as temperatures drop to a chilly -13 C overnight.
  Baby, it will be cold out there! And the landscape is to change as of Tuesday with more flurries, forecasts Environment Canada. 
  Environment Canada issued a special weather alert for Châteauguay—La Prairie, Laval, Longueuil—Varennes and Montreal Island area expected to re
  
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• Liveblog: Edmonton stomps Canadiens 6-2

  10-12-2017 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Early third-period goals by Oscar Klefbom and Yohann Auvitu made it 6-1 and brought the Bell Centre boo birds to life.
  Phillip Danault scored late in Garbage Time to make it 6-2.
  Milan Lucic’s power play goal, 2:24 into the second period, ended Carey Price’s night. The goal came 1:13 after Jujhar Khaira had made it 3-1 with his second of the game.
  Price was beaten four times on 13 shots.
  Alex Galchenyuk got the Canadiens on the board during a late-period power play, deflecting J
  
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• Mariana Mazza is favoured to win big at Les Olivier comedy awards

  10-12-2017 17:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The 19th Gala les Olivier will take place on Sunday evening in Montreal in the shadow of allegations of sexual assault against the former president of Groupe Juste pour rire, Gilbert Rozon.
  The evening’s host, comedian François Morency, intends to raise the Rozon issue, and Morency thinks he has found the right tone to talk about it.
  As for the trophies, Mariana Mazza could leave with some statuettes. She dominates the nominations, with five, including one for the Olivier of th
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: This holiday season, add some sophistication to your cocktail selection with DIY, premium spiri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 17:00
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: This holiday season, add some sophistication to your cocktail selection with DIY, premium spiri… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec anti-poverty plan to include minimum income guarantee

  10-12-2017 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The Couillard government will present on Sunday its action plan to fight poverty, including a guaranteed minimum income for Quebecers that would be subject to several conditions.
  The plan would rely on several incentives to get people currently on social assistance back into the workforce, with the goal of taking 100,000 people out of poverty.
  Among those invited the unveiling of the plan Sunday are members of the Collective for a Quebec Without Poverty. Spokesperson Serge Petitclerc said his gr
  
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• Our mistake: Correct grid for New York Times Sunday crossword

  10-12-2017 16:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Because of a production error, the wrong grid for the Sunday New York Times crossword appeared in the Saturday print edition.
  Here is the correct grid and clues. We will also reprint the puzzle in the Monday print edition.
  Our apologies for the mistake.
  Click here to download the PDF.
  
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• Head-on collision, crash involving parked car on Montreal streets early Sunday

  10-12-2017 16:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Two separate road incidents took place overnight in Montreal.
  The first, a violent collision at about 1:50 a.m. in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, occurred when a car travelling west on Notre-Dame St. near Alphonse-D.-Roy St. veered into the oncoming lane for no apparent reason. It smashed head-on into another vehicle.
  Police received several 911 calls about the loud collision. Firefighters had to use Jaws of Life equipment to pry apart the wreckage and pull free three peop
  
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• U.S. woman offers handmade mittens, hats to Quebec-bound asylum seekers

  10-12-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Janet McFetridge has been handing out mittens and hats to people as they cross the U.S.-Canadian border illegally at Roxham Road.
  
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• ICYMI: Maripier Morin was back in the BT studios, and this time she brought along her husband Brandon Prust and the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-12-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: Maripier Morin was back in the BT studios, and this time she brought along her husband Brandon Prust and the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'A small gesture': U.S. woman offers handmade mittens, hats to Quebec-bound asylum seekers

  10-12-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Janet McFetridge has been handing out mittens and hats to people as they cross the U.S.-Canadian border illegally at Roxham Road.
  
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• Korf: Joyeuses fêtes

  10-12-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Dare I say happy holidays? With the recent and unanimous decision of our elected members of the National Assembly to pass a Parti Québécois motion asking merchants to greet clients in French only, is it politically correct to say anything in English?
  Quebec’s National Assembly.
  Speaking with friends and colleagues about this elicited comments such as, “I get it, but…” and “I can’t say anything – my spouse is francophone.” I heard tha
  
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• Fitness: Exercise gadgets and gear make great gifts. Here are eight suggestions

  10-12-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Finding the right gift for your favourite fitness fanatic isn’t easy. After all, exercise enthusiasts are well known for being picky about their stuff. The good news is that they also love stuff, so you can’t go wrong feeding their passion for working out with a gift — or two. To help put a smile on the face of anyone who enjoys a good sweat, here are some last minute gift ideas that will fit under any tree.
  1 Rotibox Wireless Bluetooth Beanie
  If there’s one thing that&rs
  
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• Embracing the spirit of Hanukkah through vibrant decorations

  10-12-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When it comes to holiday decor, some people are happy to simply put red and green candy in a decorative bowl or a single menorah on the table. Others go all out in a competition for the biggest display in the neighbourhood, where the goal seemingly is to have the most extravagant illumination spotted by Google Earth. Regardless of where you fall between these two extremes, most people who enjoy the winter holidays decorate in one form or another.
  People do it to lift their moods or to get into t
  
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• While you were sleeping: Israeli defence chief calls for Arab boycott; Indonesians rally at U.S. Embassy over Jerusalem

  10-12-2017 13:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Top stories from around the world:
  Israeli defence chief calls for Arab boycott after protests: Israel’s defence minister called Sunday for a boycott of Arab businesses in an area where residents took part in violent protests against President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, said the Arabs of Wadi Ara in northern Israel were “not part of us” and that Jewish Israeli
  
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• Meet Gabrielle Bouchard, the first trans president of the Quebec Women's Federation

  10-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Last month, Gabrielle Bouchard was elected as the president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec. Bouchard’s goals as president of the association are simple: equality for all women and equality between all women.
  
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• Watch CBC Montreal's 2017 Christmas Sing-In

  10-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Today, the 38th annual CBC Montreal Christmas Sing-In fills the halls at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul with choral music. You can watch it here.
  
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• The last Trappist cheesemaker: 83-year-old monk ready to retire, pass tradition to new hands

  10-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Eighty-three-year-old Manitoba monk Brother Albéric says that if you stacked all the cheese he's made in his life, the pile would reach up to heaven.
  
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• Get ready! CBC Montreal's 2017 Christmas Sing-In is today

  10-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Today, the 38th annual CBC Montreal Christmas Sing-In will fill the halls at the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul with choral music.
  
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• From the archives: Revolution wasn't all quiet

  10-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Dec. 10, 2006, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “Rush-hour traffic on midtown Dorchester Blvd. was tied up for hours as students paraded back and forth between Place Ville Marie and Central Station carrying placards reading ‘Replace Gordon!’ “
  The Gazette, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1962
  The Quiet Revolution that began to transform Quebec in the 1960s was not utterly silent. One of the loudest bangs – and in decibels and impact alike – came
  
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• Couple hopes to keep Trappist-style cheese alive as last monk retires

  10-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Eighty-three-year-old Manitoba monk Brother Albéric says that if you stacked all the cheese he's made in his life, the pile would reach up to heaven.
  
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• CBC Montreal's 2017 Christmas Sing-In hits the right note

  10-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A packed house of 1,500 people was on-hand as the sound of carols fills the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul for the 38th annual CBC Montreal Christmas Sing-In.
  
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• About last night … Canadiens get stomped on by Edmonton

  10-12-2017 05:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Can it get any worse for the Canadiens?
  Well, they are headed to Western Canada …
  That trip will include a Dec. 23 visit to Edmonton, where the Canadiens will play the team that humiliated them Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
  Is there any point analyzing how bad the home team was against the Oilers?
  Simply and crudely put, the Canadiens sucked.
  From the goaltender out.
  Carey Price was beaten on four of the 13 shots he faced. Milan Lucic’s goal sent the All-World goaltender to the
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Could be worse — Western road swing coming next

  10-12-2017 05:26 via montrealgazette.com
  It would be an understatement to say the Canadiens have trouble playing against teams from the Western Conference.
  A 6-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers at the Bell Centre on Saturday night left the Canadiens with a pathetic 3-11-2 against Western teams and that doesn’t bode well for the Canadiens as they prepare for a three-game swing through Western Canada next week.  
  Edmonton arrived here with the second-worst record in the Western Conference and No. 1 goaltender Cam Talbot on the inj
  
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• Habs Game Report: Carey Price a no-show and pulled as Oilers win 6-2

  10-12-2017 04:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The bottom line: Carey Price didn’t show up and the Montreal  offence made Edmonton goaltender Laurent Brossoit look like an all-star as the Oilers defeated the Canadiens 6-2 Saturday night at the Bell Centre. Price was pulled early in the second period after giving up four goals, while Brossoit faced only 24 shots as he posted his second win in 10 starts this season. The Canadiens 1-2-1 in the current homestand and they are fading out of the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference.
  
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• Oilers chase Carey Price in rout of Canadiens

  10-12-2017 03:56 via cbc.ca
  Jujhar Khaira scored twice in a game for the first time in his NHL career as the Edmonton Oilers downed the Montreal Canadiens 6-2 on Saturday night.
  
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• Friends, family mourn loss of young girl struck by snowplow in Quebec City

  10-12-2017 03:19 via cbc.ca
  Michelle Solaye died after being struck by a snowplow in Quebec City apartment building parking lot, Dec. 1.
  
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• Liveblog: Edmontonstomps Canadiens 6-2

  10-12-2017 02:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Early third-period goals by Oscar Klefbom and Yohann Auvitu made it 6-1 and brought the Bell Centre boo birds to life.
  Phillip Danault scored late in Garbage Time to make it 6-2.
  Milan Lucic’s power play goal, 2:24 into the second period, ended Carey Price’s night. The goal came 1:13 after Jujhar Khaira had made it 3-1 with his second of the game.
  Price was beaten four times on 13 shots.
  Alex Galchenyuk got the Canadiens on the board during a late-period power play, deflecting J
  
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• Liveblog: Edmonton 4 – Canadiens 1 after two

  10-12-2017 02:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Milan Lucic’s power play goal, 2:24 into the second period, ended Carey Price’s night.
  The goal came 1:13 after Jujhar Khaira had made it 3-1 with his second of the game.
  Price was beaten four times on 13 shots.
  Alex Galchenyuk got the Canadiens on the board during a late-period power play, deflecting Jeff Petry’s point shot past Laurent Brossoit.
  Edmonton, held without a shot on goal for the first seven minutes of the game, got on the board when former Habs Michael Cammalleri
  
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• Marlies use big second period to get past Rocket, win fourth in a row

  10-12-2017 02:37 via montrealgazette.com
  LAVAL — Jeremy Bracco had one of four Toronto goals in the second period and added an assist as the Marlies beat the Laval Rocket 5-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight win in American Hockey League action.
  Andreas Johnsson, Kasperi Kapanen and Frederik Gauthier also found the back of the net in the second with Ben Smith scoring an empty netter in the third for Toronto (20-5-0), the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate. Travis Dermott and Kerby Rychel tacked on two assists apiece.
  Chris Ter
  
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