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• Keeping Montreal’s homeless warm this winter

  27-12-2017 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 27: The temperature is dropping quickly in Montreal, and as Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, several measures are being put in place to keep the city’s homeless warm.
  
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• Older women targeted in Montreal home invasions

  27-12-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 27: Older, vulnerable women are being targeted in a series of home invasions in Montreal. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, authorities say the victims have described the suspect as “charming.”
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens at Carolina

  27-12-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Was Santa good to you?
  Beginning Wednesday night in Carolina, we can begin gauging whether Santa Claus or the hockey Gods looked kindly upon the Montreal Canadiens.
  At least the team does not have to endure the frigid weather that has hit Montreal. It should be about 5 degrees C at game time in Raleigh – chilly for Carolinians but absolutely balmy by current Montreal standards.
  Can the team get hot?
  The Canadiens have to heat up if they’re to maintain hope of playing hockey in the ba
  
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• ‘Christopher the travelling pig’ has thousands of Instagram followers

  27-12-2017 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 27: A couple on Montreal’s south shore are parents to Instagram’s next big rising star: Christopher the travelling pig. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens are lucky to be a .500 team with lack of scoring

  27-12-2017 22:32 via montrealgazette.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. — Heading into Wednesday night’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, Phillip Danault was leading the Canadiens in scoring with seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points. On the overall NHL scoring list, Danault was tied for 134th place — 30 points behind league-leader Nikita Kucherov, who has 24-27-51 totals with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
  The Canadiens headed into Wednesday night’s game with a 16-16-4 record and it’s surprising it isn’t worse. In
  
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• Concordia graduates using drones to make art

  27-12-2017 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 27: Two Concordia grads have created a project that employs drones to trace artistic designs. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the drawings are created through special algorithms.
  
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• Longtime National Assembly correspondent Ralph Noseworthy has died

  27-12-2017 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Ralph Noseworthy, a journalist who reported on the National Assembly for two decades, has died, he was 81.
  Noseworthy covered the National Assembly for CFCF-12’s Pulse News for 18 years.
  In 1987, he obtained, and broadcast, the details of the provincial budget a week before the government planned to introduce it — a scoop that led then-premier Robert Bourassa’s finance minister, Gérard D. Levesque, to introduce the budget the same evening as the broadcast. The scoop
  
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• Refugee children in Sherbrooke receive custom-made doll who, like them, survived war

  27-12-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Shaam, a doll created in Sherbrooke, Que., shares the story of many refugee children who have left their countries behind and lost loved ones to war. The creator is now distributing them to children to help them talk about their struggles.
  
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• Montreal retiree wins $1.8 million on Montreal Casino slot machine

  27-12-2017 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal retiree had more than a million reasons to smile on Boxing Day.
  
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• Quebec record producer and director André Di Cesare dead at 70

  27-12-2017 19:34 via cbc.ca
  André Di Cesare, a longtime player in the province's music industry who helped singer Roch Voisine rise to global success, has died at 70.
  
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• Bread price-fixing: Don't blindly accept Loblaw gift card, law firms warn

  27-12-2017 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Law firms behind two class-action lawsuits launched against George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. for an alleged bread price-fixing arrangement are warning people not to blindly accept a $25 gift card offered by Loblaw.
  Michael Vathilakis of Montreal-based law firm Renno Vathilakis Avocats Inc., one of the firms behind the Quebec lawsuit, said customers should ensure they’re aware of any provisions associated with the card before registering for it.&nbs
  
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• Shhh: Is Sugar Sammy playing more 'secret' shows in Montreal?

  27-12-2017 19:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Comedian Sugar Sammy will be performing additional “secret” shows in Montreal in February, a statement from his publicist suggests.
  The performances weren’t advertised and tickets were only available to fans who had signed up in advance to receive notifications.
  Those shows are sold out, but it appears that more are being planned. Fans can sign up by sending email to [email protected].
  The Montrealer, who performs in French and English, is also adding performances in Pa
  
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• Bundle up, Quebec: Cold snap expected to drag into 2018

  27-12-2017 18:56 via cbc.ca
  Quebecers be warned: we're in for a cold snap until at least the beginning of January.
  
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• Lorde, Liam and more: our favourite Montreal concerts of 2017

  27-12-2017 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  T’Cha Dunlevy
  1. Lorde (Aug. 4, Île Notre-Dame). It was pouring — pouring! — as Kiwi electro-pop chanteuse Lorde took the stage for her headlining set on Day 1 of the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival. To say she was undeterred would be a monumental understatement. Lorde took that monsoon by the horns, singing, dancing and laughing her way through a night that will not soon be forgotten by any who were lucky enough to be there.
  2. Anderson .Paak (July 8, Place des Fest
  
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• Shakira's Montreal concert postponed until August

  27-12-2017 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal concert by singer Shakira, originally scheduled to take place at the Bell Centre on Jan. 19, has been pushed back until Aug. 8.
  The singer is recovering from a vocal chord injury and, according to a statement issued by concert promoter Evenko, she needs more time to recover before her vocal chords are ready for touring.
  The entire North American leg of her El Dorado World Tour, which was scheduled to take place in January, has been postponed.
  Tickets for the original concert will be v
  
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• Montreal in review: The biggest stories of 2017

  27-12-2017 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  The year started off in tragedy, followed by thousands stranded in a massive snowstorm, provincewide flooding and a huge influx of asylum seekers coming across the border.
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens missing Shea Weber and David Schlemko in Carolina

  27-12-2017 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  RALEIGH, N.C. — The Canadiens three-day Christmas break ended with an early alarm clock going off Wednesday morning.
  Teams normally arrive in a road city the night before a game, but because there is no travel allowed on Boxing Day during the Christmas break as part of the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement, the Canadiens had a 9:30 a.m. flight out of Montreal Wednesday and were scheduled to arrive at the Raleigh Airport at 11:40 a.m. That would give the players time to take a pre
  
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• Non-drinkers pushing bars for better alcohol-free cocktails

  27-12-2017 16:39 via cbc.ca
  It's not completely commonplace yet, but there is a growing push from some establishments to offer more interesting and complex alcohol-free drink options.
  
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• Quebec man seriously injured in Nova Scotia highway crash

  27-12-2017 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Police say a truck overturned, ended up in a ditch and caught fire. 
  
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• Boris's best cartoons of 2017

  27-12-2017 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Boris looks back at 2017 with his favourite cartoons of the year.
  Jan. 6: With terror attacks continuing, business at least looked promising for some.
  March 8: Montreal police decide to transfer internal affairs investigations to the Sûreté du Québec.
  April 6: After 50 years, Montreal Gazette cartoonist Aislin is still going strong.
  April 14: Malala Yousafzai received one more honour for her courageous fight for girls’ education.
  May 10: Ducks may have appreciated the s
  
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• ‘Christopher the travelling pig’ gaining fans around the world

  27-12-2017 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  A couple on Montreal's south shore are parents to Instagram's next big rising star.
  
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• Older women targeted by ‘charming’ suspect in Montreal home invasions

  27-12-2017 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  The invasions took place mostly in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Rivière-des-Prairies and Dorval.
  
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• ICYMI: #BTInfluencer Nakuset is one of our favourites - never shying away from insightful and thought provoking com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  27-12-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: #BTInfluencer Nakuset is one of our favourites - never shying away from insightful and thought provoking com… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Snow in Montreal should be cleared by New Year's Day, city says

  27-12-2017 15:56 via cbc.ca
  As always, what slows down the operation is parked cars. Last year, the city had 46,000 cars towed. Of that, 43,000 were towed during snow removal operations.
  
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• Concordia graduates use drones to make geometric art

  27-12-2017 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  A pair of Concordia graduate students have enabled drones to make art using algorithms.
  
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• Update: Extreme cold warning blankets Montreal, Laval regions

  27-12-2017 14:35 via montrealgazette.com
  As Montreal sees its coldest Dec. 27 in 24 years, Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for much of southern Quebec, including Montreal.
  “This very cold airmass, combined with brisk winds, produces wind-chill values from minus-30 Celsius to minus-44,” Environment Canada said in a statement issued early Wednesday. “The extreme cold will once again be felt overnight tonight and affect all areas of southern Quebec, including Montreal.”
  For the Montreal area,&
  
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• Bombardier receives order for 32 trains from French railway

  27-12-2017 14:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Bombardier Transportation has received an order for 32 trains from SNCF, the French state railway, the company said on Wednesday.
  The order is part of a larger deal signed between the two companies in 2010. The deal gives SNCF the option to purchase up to 860 trains from Bombardier.
  The exercise of these specific options is worth approximately 375 million euros, Bombardier said, or around $563 million Canadian.
  The trains are expected to run on the Paris-Orléans-Tours, Pari
  
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• Townshippers fight Parkinson's disease a punch at a time

  27-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Rock Steady Boxing, a program launched by an Indiana man who took up boxing after his diagnosis with Parkinson's disease at 40, is a hit in Sherbrooke, where a nursing professor is studying the impact of boxing workouts on people with the neurodegenerative disease.
  
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• Coldest Dec. 27 in almost 25 years; extreme cold warning for suburbs

  27-12-2017 13:40 via montrealgazette.com
  As Montreal sees its coldest Dec. 27 in 24 years, Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for much of southern Quebec, including the North Shore suburbs of Montreal.
  “Cold Arctic air has arrived over the province of Quebec. This very cold airmass, combined with brisk winds, produces wind-chill values from minus-38 Celsius to minus 44,” Environment Canada said in a statement issued early on Wednesday morning. “The extreme cold conditions will persist tonight and sp
  
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• Lotteries and love letters: One happily ever after, one not so much

  27-12-2017 13:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A roundup of things from close to home and far away that happened while you were sleeping.
  Christmas bonus: Think your family made out like bandits on Boxing Day? Chi Hoc Huynh and his wife go to the Montreal Casino a few times each year and they quite literally hit the jackpot, winning $1.825 million on a slot machine. It was the biggest payout from a slot machine in the Montreal Casino’s history, according to Loto-Québec. Huynh says he’ll be going on a cruise in the near fut
  
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• Year in review: Top 5 stories on montrealgazette.com

  27-12-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Lurching from one story to the next — often in the same hour — 2017 has often felt like a year of endless news.
  As the end of the year nears, however, it’s time to look back at the stories that most resonated with montrealgazette.com readers.
  Our most-read Top 5 reflects a range of stories that caught the eye both in Montreal and abroad. 
  ‘WE’RE CLOSE TO THE LIMIT’: BIG O BECOMES A SHELTER AS REFUGEES FLOW FROM U.S.
  Most of the summertime asylum seekers c
  
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• Year in review: A season-long stumble as Impact took step back in 2017

  27-12-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The future looked so bright for the Impact heading into the 2017 Major League Soccer season.
  After coming within one win of advancing to the MLS Cup final in 2016 — losing the Eastern Conference final in overtime to Toronto FC — the Impact had made a huge footprint on the Montreal sports scene.
  A sellout crowd of 61,004 packed Olympic Stadium for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final and four busloads of Montreal fans were among another sellout crowd of 36,000 in Toronto for Game 2
  
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• Montreal this morning: cold, so very, very cold

  27-12-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The bad news: temperatures will sink about 23 C below freezing this morning. The worst news: the wind chill will make that feel like – 34 C.
  Tonight: clear skies, wind gusts up to 40 kilometres per hour and temperatures remaining below 20 C.
   Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @galdurynd
  
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• Montreal-based AI tool helps sexual harassment victims navigate law

  27-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Figuring out if any laws were broken is one of the first hurdles that victims of sexual harassment face. Montrealers Ritika Dutt and Amir Morave have developed a new online tool to help.
  
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• How a Montreal-made online tool helps sexual harassment victims navigate the legal system

  27-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Figuring out if any laws were broken is one of the first hurdles that victims of sexual harassment face. Montrealers Ritika Dutt and Amir Morave have developed a new online tool to help.
  
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• 24-year-old man stabbed at Rialto Theatre in Montreal

  27-12-2017 12:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital Tuesday night after being stabbed, police said, the suspect remains at large.
  Montreal police said they received numerous 911 calls to the Rialto Theatre on Parc Ave. around 2:30 am.
  The man was transported to hospital with serious injuries but police said they do not fear for his life.
  The suspect was described as a man in his 20s, police said he left before they arrived. Police dogs were used to search for evidence.
  The link between the two men
  
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• From the archives: Montreal was amusing, except for dry Sundays

  27-12-2017 12:20 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Dec. 28, 2003, in the Montreal Gazette.
  ”I have had so many invitations to go to church that I imagine there is nothing else going on in this town on Sunday.”
  The Gazette, Monday Dec. 27, 1897
  In December 1897, a newspaperman from Minnesota named H.P. Hall faced seeing the old year out in Montreal. He was not distressed by the prospect.
  As he would report in The Saint Paul Globe, there was much in the city to amuse him. The Gazette was pleased to rep
  
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• Montreal restaurateur's networking gathers thousands of socks for homeless people

  27-12-2017 12:05 via montrealgazette.com
  If homeless clients of the Old Brewery Mission have warmer, dryer and healthier feet this winter, it will be at least in part due to the initiative of Montreal restaurateur David Ferguson, one of his suppliers, a friend of that supplier, and a friend of that friend who happens to be the CEO Montreal-based Gildan Activewear.
  Because of them, the shelter has 13,500 more pairs of socks available for those who need them.
  Ferguson, chef-owner of Restaurant Gus in Petite-Patrie, le
  
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• UPAC boss not out to make friends

  27-12-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In its six — almost seven — years of existence, Quebec’s Unité permanente anti-corruption has never known a year quite like 2017.
  Its operations continued to generate headlines as it carried out new raids, arrested more suspects and some of its early investigations finally came before the courts.
  But UPAC also found itself at the centre of some of the year’s biggest controversies, including an uproar over leaks about one of its most sensitive probes, outrage over t
  
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• Gazette Christmas Fund: Chantal is caught in ‘a vicious cycle’

  27-12-2017 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Chantal’s life is a constant string of decisions.
  For the last 12 years, she has been mostly confined to her home — a result of morbid obesity. Because of that, her income is extremely limited to what she receives from unemployment insurance and social assistance. So when it comes to spending money, she needs to decide what’s worth it.   
  “You can’t give anyone presents. You can’t treat yourself … You don’t have money for that. I don&rsq
  
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• Christmas Fund 2017: Separation takes a toll on father’s finances

  27-12-2017 11:23 via montrealgazette.com
  When Martin and his partner separated in May, he took a hard financial hit.
  For a few months, she stopped all payments, leaving him as the sole provider for their two children, ages 8 and 16.
  Just eight months later, he said the situation is improving, considering the circumstances. He and his ex are talking again, and he said his children are doing all right. “It’s getting better,” he said.
  “You need to be able to forgive. If not, you’ll be unhappy for the rest of
  
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• Meteor showers, big rockets and asteroid encounters: What to expect in space in 2018

  27-12-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  There will be some memorable events for astronomy and space in the new year. Here's what to expect.
  
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• Canada celebrates a birthday and loses an icon: Take a look at some of the top Canadian news stories of 2017

  27-12-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  From the death of Gord Downie to Canada 150 to devastating fires and floods around the country, here's a look at some powerful images from the year in Canadian news.
  
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• Montreal couple takes in $1.8 million payout from slot machine

  27-12-2017 04:35 via montrealgazette.com
  If you think your family made out like bandits on Boxing Day, one Montreal couple left the casino with $1.8 million Tuesday.
  Chi Hoc Huynh and his wife go to the Montreal Casino a few times each year and they quite literally hit the jackpot Tuesday, winning $1.825 million on a slot machine. It was the biggest payout from a slot machine in the Montreal Casino’s history, according to Loto-Québec.
  As for what the lucky gambler will do with his winnings, Huynh says he’ll be going
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Dec. 26

  27-12-2017 04:26 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Police looking for victims, perpetrator in home invasions targeting elderly women.
  According to investigators, the suspect approaches elderly and vulnerable women in their homes by talking to them at the door, or just outside their homes, and uses kindness and charm to get himself invited inside. He then offers his victims food containing a substance that makes them lose consciousness. When they wake up, victims realize they have been robb
  
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• Send in the plows: snow removal army hits Montreal streets

  27-12-2017 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal is digging out from under a Christmas snowfall. More than 25 centimeters fell over the past few days — leaving parked cars entombed in snow. As Dan Spector tells us, the city is sending in thousands of reinforcements to clear the way.
  
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• More young women are using pot during pregnancy: study

  27-12-2017 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A study of mothers-to-be in California found an increase in marijuana use especially among younger women.
  Prenatal exposure to marijuana may impair fetal growth, wrote the authors of the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Tuesday.
  Researchers looked at trends of prenatal cannabis use from 2009-2016 using data from a large California health-care system. 
  Nearly 300,000 pregnant women at facilities in Kaiser Permanente Northern California responded to a su
  
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• Canada-Venezuela relations deteriorate amid diplomatic crisis

  27-12-2017 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs calls out the Venezuelan regime for "robbing" its people of "democratic and human rights."
  
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• Montreal Boxing Day shoppers brave the cold and the crowds

  27-12-2017 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Black Friday might be gaining ground with deal-seekers, but Boxing Day remains a strong tradition among Montreal shoppers.
  
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• Sense of solidarity among Quebecers freezing in line on Boxing Day

  27-12-2017 00:51 via cbc.ca
  Boxing Day is losing ground to Black Friday as the top sale shopping day in Quebec, according to a new survey by the Quebec Retail Council.
  
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