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• 17-year-old boy with autism found safe and sound

  16-12-2017 23:53 via cbc.ca
  The teen was found on the evening of Dec. 16.
  
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• Montreal police appeal for help locating young man with autism - CTV News

  16-12-2017 23:46
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  Montreal police appeal for help locating young man with autism
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  Paul Gerard Ngoujou, 17, has autism and according to police, the mental capacity of a seven-year-old child. He does not speak, and with a cold front approaching, police are concerned for his safety. Ngoujou is 5'9", weighs 200lbs, has brown hair and ...
  Montreal police seek missing autistic teenagerMontreal Gazette
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• RCMP dismantles suspected fentanyl lab in Châteauguay

  16-12-2017 23:37 via cbc.ca
  Four people were arrested and interrogated by police, and are expected to appear in court at a later date.
  
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• Five-alarm fire in downtown Montreal leaves 20 people homeless

  16-12-2017 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  140 Montreal firefighters responded to a five-alarm fire in downtown Montreal on Saturday. 
  
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• Police dismantle clandestine drug lab in Châteauguay

  16-12-2017 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Police dismantled a clandestine drug lab in Châteauguay where illicit drugs were being manufactured.
  Three people were arrested, the RCMP said Saturday.
  The lab was in a house on a residential street.
  Ongoing operation: Clandestine Laboratory Now Being Dismantled in Châteauguay. A spokesperson for the RCMP is on location until 5 p.m. Info: 514-939-8308. pic.twitter.com/gvISljpiwd
  — Quebec RCMP (@rcmpqc) December 16, 2017More details to come.
  
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• Quebec, Canada must push to end modern slavery, Khadir says after march

  16-12-2017 22:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers marched through downtown Montreal Saturday to denounce a resurgence of slavery uncovered by a recent CNN report.
  The protest was organized by the Ligue des Noirs du Québec is organizing the march, along with other community organizations in the wake of global outrage after a CNN video showed African men being sold at a slave market in Libya.
  Reached by phone after the march, Québec solidaire MNA Amir Khadir said that the leaders who turn a blind eye to these atroci
  
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• Update: Blaze leaves residents of historic greystone temporarily homeless

  16-12-2017 22:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The residents of five condos in a historic downtown greystone can’t go home Saturday night after a five-alarm fire that closed the area between Docteur-Penfield, Peel, Sherbrooke and Drummond Sts. for several hours.
  A total of 140 firefighters and 40 vehicles battled the fire, probably caused by an electric thermostat in the fourth-floor condo of the c. 1895 building at 3414 Stanley St.
  The renovated building had two roofs — one installed over another one — which made it d
  
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• Lumpfish, species fished in Lower North Shore, deemed under threat after steady decline

  16-12-2017 22:00 via cbc.ca
  In order to be on the endangered list, lumpfish will undergo a lengthy process that includes industry consultations.
  
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• See what Christmas in Montreal looked like 60 years ago - Montreal Gazette

  16-12-2017 21:17
  See what Christmas in Montreal looked like 60 years ago
  Montreal Gazette
  The NFB documentary The Day Before Christmas is a reminder of where this is – and is not – the case. Filmed in 1957, it shows crowded stores full of shoppers looking for last-minute gifts. This is a relatable experience, even in the era of online ...
  
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• See what Christmas in Montreal looked like 60 years ago

  16-12-2017 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
  When it comes to Christmas in Montreal, some things never change. 
  The NFB documentary The Day Before Christmas is a reminder of where this is – and is not – the case. 
  Filmed in 1957, it shows crowded stores full of shoppers looking for last-minute gifts. This is a relatable experience, even in the era of online shopping.
  But it also features depictions of jazz performances at nightclubs that you might be hard-pressed to experience in the coming week. The 29-minute-long fi
  
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• Analysis: Properly evaluating Jonathan Drouin's play with the Montreal Canadiens - Habs Eyes on the Prize (blog)

  16-12-2017 20:01
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  Analysis: Properly evaluating Jonathan Drouin's play with the Montreal Canadiens
  Habs Eyes on the Prize (blog)
  Some have been disappointed in the play of the off-season acquisition, but how is he faring in his new role in Montreal? By David St-Louis@RinksideView Dec 16, 2017, 2:00pm EST. tweet · share · pin · Rec. Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images. It's ...
  
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• Ex-Canadian Olympian Clayton looks to chase world title under new management

  16-12-2017 19:48 via cbc.ca
  Custio Clayton is under new management and hopes it takes him to his goal to fight for a world boxing title.
  
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• This group hopes we wish each other a much simpler holiday season

  16-12-2017 19:27 via montrealgazette.com
   
  Réseau québécois pour la simplicité volontaire has issued an invitation for everyone to enjoy a simpler, more mindful holiday season. 
  This does not have to be a time of intensive shopping, says Jean-François Boisvert, co-ordinator for the network that sponsors initiatives like the November day without purchases. 
  Instead of material goods, consider giving your time by babysitting, helping with housework or sharing expertise. 
  Another
  
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• Man assaulted in his Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension home

  16-12-2017 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  The victim was allegedly attacked by four hooded individuals who broke into his home.
  
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• Game Day: NHL 100 Classic will be a chilling experience for Canadiens

  16-12-2017 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — It’s going to be cold Saturday night at Lansdowne Park — very cold.
  When the puck drops for the outdoor NHL 100 Classic between the Canadiens and Ottawa Senators (7 p.m., CBC, SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690) the temperature is forecast to be minus-14C with a wind chill making it feel like minus-21.
  When asked after Friday afternoon’s practice at Lansdowne Park if it would be colder for a goalie than other players, the Canadiens’ Carey Price responded: &
  
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• Montreal's Nez Rouge service gears up for busiest weekend of the holiday season - CBC.ca

  16-12-2017 19:00
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  Montreal's Nez Rouge service gears up for busiest weekend of the holiday season
  CBC.ca
  It's the busiest time of year for Opération Nez Rouge, the free volunteer service that offers rides home for people and their cars if they've had too much to drink. Organizers say many people attend holiday parties this time of the holiday season and ...
  Nez Rouge's busiest weekend? Good start with 6630 rides on FridayMontreal Gazette
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• Montreal's Nez Rouge service gears up for busiest weekend of the holiday season

  16-12-2017 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police say it's better to be safe than sorry when it comes to drinking and driving.
  
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• Firefighters combat five-alarm blaze in downtown Montreal

  16-12-2017 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Firefighters have set up a security perimetre in the heart of downtown to fight a fire on Stanley St. north of Sherbrooke St. W. 
  Authorities, who upgraded the fire from four to five alarm, are urging Montrealers to avoid the area and warn that they might have to cut power in the area as they combat the blaze. 
  Montreal police spokesperson Benoit Boisselle did not have any further information about the blaze, which broke out Saturday morning.
  Feu de bâtiment– Stan
  
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• Terror trial: Jury breaks from deliberations to ask a question

  16-12-2017 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury deliberating in the trial of a young couple facing terrorism charges have sent an envelope to the judge indicating that they have a question.
  More details to come.
  The jury began deliberating late Thursday, Dec. 14 after Superior Court Justice Marc David delivered his final instructions to the panel.
  Arrested in 2015, Sabrine Djermane, 21, andEl Mahdi Jamali, 20, have been charged with attempting to leave Canada with the goal of committing a crime in another country (to join the te
  
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• No injuries reported after 5-alarm fire breaks out in downtown Montreal

  16-12-2017 18:07 via cbc.ca
  The residence on Stanley Street below Doctor Penfield Avenue sustained heavy damage but no one was hurt.
  
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• Firefighters work to contain 5-alarm fire in downtown Montreal - CBC.ca

  16-12-2017 18:07
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  Firefighters work to contain 5-alarm fire in downtown Montreal
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  Montreal police are asking people to avoid the area around Stanley Street and Doctor Penfield Avenue after a five-alarm fire broke out Saturday morning. Firefighters are working to control the flames. Officials say they may have to cut electricity in ...
  Update: Blaze leaves residents of historic greystone temporarily homelessMontreal Gazette
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• Firefighters work to contain 5-alarm fire in downtown Montreal

  16-12-2017 18:07 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police are asking people to avoid the area around Stanley Street and Doctor Penfield Avenue due to a fire.
  
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• Montrealers march against slavery in wake of CNN slave-market video

  16-12-2017 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers are getting ready to march against modern-day slavery in Libya on Saturday.
  The Ligue des Noirs du Québec is organizing the march, along with other community organizations. The protest is being held in the wake of global outrage after a CNN video showed African men being sold at a slave market in Libya.
  On Dec. 7, the United Nations Security Council condemned the sale of African migrants into slavery as “heinous abuses of human rights” that may constitute crimes ag
  
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• As Montreal shovels away snowfall, chiropractors get more visits - Montreal Gazette

  16-12-2017 16:59
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  As Montreal shovels away snowfall, chiropractors get more visits
  Montreal Gazette
  Chiropractors saw an increase in the number of clinic visits this week as the first major snowfall of the season hit Montreal and many reported having injured themselves or feeling muscle and joint pain after shovelling. The Association des ...
  
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• As Montreal shovels away snowfall, chiropractors get more visits

  16-12-2017 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Chiropractors saw an increase in the number of clinic visits this week as the first major snowfall of the season hit Montreal and many reported having injured themselves or feeling muscle and joint pain after shovelling. 
  The Association des chiropraticiens du Québec is therefore issuing a reminder of best practices.
  Common errors when shovelling include only swivelling one’s upper body when depositing snow, bending over while keeping one’s knees straight while lifti
  
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• Move deadline for winter tires to Dec. 1: CAA-Québec

  16-12-2017 16:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The CAA supports the Quebec government’s intention of moving up the deadline for installing winter tires to Dec. 1 from Dec. 15.
  The deadline should be based on the weather, and the earlier date would fit Quebec’s reality better, as snow and cold weather set in more quickly in some regions, said CAA-Québec spokesperson Annie Gauthier.
  Gauthier said that when average temperatures fluctuate around 7 C during the day, it’s time to put on winter tires, which keep their flexi
  
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• ICYMI: Tristan, Kane and Asha came by the BT Studios to tell us about Animatch’s adoption event today. Find out mor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-12-2017 16:01
  ICYMI: Tristan, Kane and Asha came by the BT Studios to tell us about Animatch’s adoption event today. Find out mor… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canada's Lewis Irving lands 1st podium finish at World Cup aerials

  16-12-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  Lewis Irving now has a podium finish to add to his resume after scoring a bronze medal in aerials at the World Cup event in Secret Garden, China, on Saturday.
  
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• Nez Rouge's busiest weekend? Good start with 6,630 rides on Friday

  16-12-2017 15:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Opération Nez Rouge, which offers safe rides home to impaired revellers, is expecting this to be the biggest weekend of its 2017 operation, a prediction that appears to have been borne out on Friday. 
  Last night, 4,700 volunteers across Quebec combined forces to provide 6,630 rides.
  As office party season reached its peak, the organization’s phone lines did not stop ringing. 
  Among the volunteers taking part last night were 200 employees of the Société d
  
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• Moisson Montréal is making holiday baskets for needy families

  16-12-2017 15:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The Moisson Montréal food bank is holding its traditional Christmas Harvest event to sort and fill holiday baskets on Saturday.
  Nearly 200 volunteers will make up several thousand baskets to brighten the lives of 136,000 needy Montrealers.
  The band Lendemain de veille and and the vocal ensemble Les Nanas will provide entertainment, along with MC Gilles.
  Actress Élise Guilbault, the spokesperson of Moisson Montréal, will also be on hand.
   
  
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• Man, 38, attacked by four masked men in Villeray

  16-12-2017 15:15 via montrealgazette.com
  A 38-year-old man, known to police, was assaulted by four masked men Friday night in an apartment building in the Villeray district.
  The four men entered the victim’s home on 55th St. about 10 p.m., pointed a gun at his head, and hit him in the face, causing minor injuries.
  They told him they had come to collect on a debt but left without taking anything.
  The victim is co-operating with investigators.
   
  
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• Week in History: Montreal teams win first two games in the National Hockey League - Vancouver Sun

  16-12-2017 15:01
  Week in History: Montreal teams win first two games in the National Hockey League
  Vancouver Sun
  An innovation introduced by the entrepreneurial Patrick brothers in Vancouver would have been one of the attractions when the National Hockey League started a century ago. The rule change was simple enough: goalies were allowed to stop the puck any way ...and more »
  
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• Man beaten at gunpoint in Villeray home - CTV News

  16-12-2017 14:37
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  Man beaten at gunpoint in Villeray home
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  A 38-year-old man was beaten in his Villeray home on Friday night. Police said four men, wearing hoods, entered the home on 55th St., pointed a gun at the victim's head and struck him in the face, causing minor injuries. The victim said the suspects ...
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• While you were sleeping: Police using Star Wars to catch alleged bank robber

  16-12-2017 14:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Nathalie Normandeau’s lawyer invokes the Jordan ruling
  Former deputy premier of Quebec, Nathalie Normandeau, is invoking the Jordan ruling as she tries to avoid going to trial. In a motion submitted Friday in Quebec Court, her lawyer asks for a stay of proceedings, arguing that his client’s constitutional rights were violated. According to the Jordan ruling, issued by the Supreme Court of Canada, the maximum delay between the time when charges are laid and a trial is
  
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• The week in review: Eviction, prescription, construction, Commission, compensation

  16-12-2017 14:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  How Françoise Goyette lost her home, and her sister
  According to Quebec’s Civil Code, an owner can repossess an apartment and evict a tenant to live there themselves or move immediate family members in. But the right to repossess a dwelling, whether used in good or bad faith, can have serious repercussions for tenants like the two Goyette sisters, housing advocates have argued for years. “Even if it’s d
  
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• Bombardier, Boeing prepare to make final arguments in bitter trade dispute - CBC.ca

  16-12-2017 14:13
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  Bombardier, Boeing prepare to make final arguments in bitter trade dispute
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  The bitter dispute between Bombardier and Boeing will enter a critical phase next week, when the two aerospace rivals appear before an all-important trade tribunal whose ruling will ultimately decide the fight. The U.S. International Trade Commission ...and more »
  
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• Bombardier, Boeing prepare to make final arguments in bitter trade dispute

  16-12-2017 14:13 via cbc.ca
  The hearings mark the last chance for all sides to appear before the commission before it issues a final ruling, likely early in the new year, which will determine whether every C-Series jet entering the U.S. is hit with a hefty duty.
  
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• Jacques Cartier and the lost village of Hochelaga - Montreal Gazette

  16-12-2017 14:01
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  Jacques Cartier and the lost village of Hochelaga
  Montreal Gazette
  The fair-minded Université de Montréal archeologist has weighed all the hypotheses and sides with traditionalists: Cartier stayed on the St. Lawrence. But as the man in charge of the first concerted effort to find the lost village of Hochelaga, Gates ...and more »
  
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• Shelter: 1909 on the outside, modern on the inside of Plateau duplex

  16-12-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As a child and a young adult, Janet Campbell moved around quite a lot. Her father was in the Royal Canadian Navy and he was posted to various places such as Halifax (Campbell’s mom is from Nova Scotia), Brussels, Hong Kong and Singapore. When Campbell was living in Ottawa, she took a gap year from her studies at Carleton University and went off to India.
  However, home for the past couple of decades has been Plateau Mont-Royal.
  Campbell came to the city to study history at Concordia Univers
  
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• Quebec children to get sex ed starting in kindergarten. What will they learn?

  16-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Sex education is to become a mandatory part of the curriculum in every grade, from kindergarten to high school and in both public and private systems. And it will go well beyond the metaphorical birds and the bees.
  
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• Jacques Cartier and the lost village of Hochelaga

  16-12-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  We set out to follow the path Jacques Cartier took in October 1535 when he swept into Hochelaga – the first recorded visit of a European to the Montreal region.
  But we don’t start at the mighty St. Lawrence River, walk up the incline from Old Montreal to downtown or hike Mount Royal. Instead, our exploration begins on a tranquil river, takes us through farmers’ fields and ends at a giant hole.
  We are not in Montreal.
  My tour guide is Donald Wiedman, a talkative amateur historia
  
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• Man, 82, who went missing from family care facility found

  16-12-2017 13:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have confirmed that Dimos Zervos, 82, was found around 11 p.m. on Friday night. 
  He had gone gone missing from a care facility.
  The SPVM says he is in good health.
  
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• Josh Freed: It's time to ditch the switch and stay on Daylight Saving Time

  16-12-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  As I write, night is falling fast, which is utterly depressing because it’s only 3:45 p.m. — the middle of my day.
  We are marooned in the Great Darkness: the period from November to February when days are so short you can almost see the moon at noon. By the time you finish a late lunch, it’s twilight.
  Welcome to daylight-craving time, when the sun coldly turns its back on us Canadians, here in the chilly attic of North America.
  This time of year I’d kill for an extra
  
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• Canadiens at Ottawa Senators: Five things you should know

  16-12-2017 13:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Senators game at TD Place Saturday (7 p.m., CBC, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  Winning records on the line: Both teams have winning records outdoors, but the Canadiens have a longer history of braving the elements. Montreal defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the inaugural Heritage Classic at Commonwealth Stadium in 2003. In 2011, the Canadiens ventured to McMahon Stadium in Calgary and lost 4-0 to the Flames, and they ran their outdoor reco
  
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• Kim Thúy dishes on latest endeavour — a cookbook featuring her Vietnamese heritage

  16-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The well-known Montreal author sets fiction aside to showcase her Vietnamese heritage through family recipes in her latest book, Le Secret des Vietnamiennes.
  
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• 'You're either in or out': Quebec's plan to fight poverty neglects many, critics say

  16-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Meet Peter, who wants to get back to work but needs more time to heal. Staff at Montreal's Old Brewery Mission say there are plenty of people like him, living below the poverty line who won't qualify for Quebec's new guaranteed minimum income.
  
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• From the archives: Nuisance of winter tested patience of Montrealers

  16-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Dec. 15, 2002, in the Montreal Gazette.
  Sliding on the Street – This practice, the great nuisance of our winter months, seems to have taken out a license since the last fall of snow. Policemen wink at it and city foot passengers expostulate in vain.
  The Gazette, Dec. 10, 1870
  Snow and steep hills meant the same thing to 19th-century children as they do to kids in the 21st: a place to rocket down on sleds. And then as now, woe betide any adults so unlucky a
  
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• Canadiens at Ottawa Senators: Five things you should know - Montreal Gazette

  16-12-2017 12:00
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  Canadiens at Ottawa Senators: Five things you should know
  Montreal Gazette
  In his last 14 games, four-time 30-goal scorer Max Pacioretty has only one goal off 43 shots for a shooting percentage of 2.3 per cent. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: December 16, 2017 | Last Updated ...
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• Christmas Fund 2017: Mother aims to get back into the job market

  16-12-2017 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Things are looking up for Dominique and her 10-year-old son.
  Four years ago, things “became very chaotic” for Dominique as she dealt with an increase in responsibilities at her daycare job, a son with ADHD who wasn’t sleeping and was getting into trouble at school, and a separation.
  “I was destroyed,” she said.
  The combination of those stresses led to a diagnosis of depression and generalized anxiety disorder.
  “I continued to work, to not sleep, wearing myself
  
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• Alzheimer's patient, 82, goes missing in Côte-des-Neiges

  16-12-2017 03:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding an 82-year-old man who has gone missing from a care facility in Côte-des-Neiges.
  Dimos Zervos suffers from Alzheimer’s and is unable to find his own way back. Authorities fear for his life, as he disappeared without his medication, and in cold weather.
  He is white, about 5 feet tall, and weighs 100 pounds. He has brown eyes, white hair, tattoos on his arms and speaks English.
  He was last seen Friday around 1 p.m. weari
  
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