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• Stu Cowan: Change of scenery might be best for Canadiens' Max Pacioretty

  03-01-2018 23:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin would be doing Max Pacioretty a favour if he does end up trading the captain.
  Just like Bergevin did P.K. Subban a favour when he dealt him to Nashville, Mikhail Sergachev when he was sent to Tampa, Torrey Mitchell when he went to the Los Angeles Kings and David Desharnais when he was shipped to Edmonton. The same could be said for Alexander Radulov after the Canadiens’ GM gave both him and Andrei Markov “first-come, first-served” final c
  
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• Landlord explains why Verdun family left without water

  03-01-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Jan 3: The landlord of a building in Verdun is explaining why a plumber was not called sooner after a family was left without running water over the New Year when their pipes froze. Global’s Sarah Volstad reports.
  
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• Montreal hospitals warn parents to be vigilant of frostbite

  03-01-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal hospitals are warning parents to be vigilant of frostbite during periods of extreme cold.
  
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• ‘Anything else would be more interesting’: Habs fans starting to tune out

  03-01-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Apathy is taking hold among Habs fans.
  
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• Port of Montreal predicts 2018 could be another record year for cargo, cruise ships

  03-01-2018 23:32 via cbc.ca
  The Port of Montreal started 2018 forecasting another record year for cargo traffic as the CETA, the Canadian free trade agreement with Europe, begins to bear fruit.
  
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• Two people die in car collision with SQ cruiser in Amherst

  03-01-2018 23:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s independent police-oversight agency announced Wednesday afternoon that it will investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two people who were killed in a car crash with a Sûreté du Québec cruiser.
  The collision occurred at around 1 p.m. on Highway 323 near the town of Amherst in the Laurentians, 15 kilometres southwest of Mont-Tremblant.An SQ officer was in her cruiser responding to the scene of a road accident when her vehicle collided with a car
  
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• Analyze This: With playoffs a pipe dream, Canadiens should look to the future

  03-01-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  There’s no way of sugar coating the current situation the Canadiens find themselves in.
  It’s the first week of January, and their playoff chances currently stand at a paltry 1.1 per cent.
  In other words, for the Canadiens to qualify for the playoffs they’d have to win 29 or 30 of their remaining 42 games. Considering they’ve only managed to win 16 of the first 40, a .700 win percentage the rest of the season is essentially a pipe dream.
  Admittedly, Canadiens are in an une
  
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• Make sure kids don’t get frostbite

  03-01-2018 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Jan 3: Temperatures are freezing outside, which means Montrealers have to take extra precautions to stay warm and prevent frostbite. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, parents should make sure their kids are properly bundled up, too.
  
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• Train conductor played significant role in Lac-Mégantic tragedy: Crown

  03-01-2018 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  Tom Harding had stopped the train on top of a slope in nearby Nantes before the locomotive began moving on its own, barrelling into Lac-Mégantic.
  
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• Grim road accident called a "Christmas miracle" for 18-year-old Sabryna Mongeon

  03-01-2018 21:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Sabryna Mongeon’s car skidded off a snowy road the night of Dec. 24 and hit a Hydro-Québec utility pole. She was safe in the car. Then she stepped outside.
  The 18-year-old woman had just wished her mother Merry Christmas in Pontiac and was planning to join friends in Gatineau for a night of celebration. She had travelled along the smaller roads because of poor weather conditions. She never made it to her party.
  After smashing into the pole, Mongeon was afraid the car would catch fir
  
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• Bail hearing delayed for man accused in Montreal art thefts

  03-01-2018 21:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who has made a career of pulling off heists for four decades will remain behind bars until at least next week on charges of stealing works of art from three Montreal galleries as well as the bust of a famous French explorer from Lachine city hall. 
  Robert Huet, 63, was calm as he appeared before a Quebec Court judge at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday while his lawyer, Olivier Cusson, asked that his client’s bail hearing be delayed. It was the fifth time since his arrest, ea
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Growing pains continue for Jonathan Drouin at centre

  03-01-2018 21:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The growing pains continue with Jonathan Drouin as a No. 1 centre for the Canadiens and there’s no real sign of them going away.
  Drouin had only one shot on goal in 16:23 of ice time in Tuesday night’s 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks at the Bell Centre and won only four of 12 faceoffs (33 per cent). Drouin has no goals and one assist in the last 10 games and for the season has 5-13-18 totals and is minus-18 while winning only 40.8 per cent of his faceoffs.
  When Claude Julien met with
  
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• 2 die in highway collision involving SQ police cruiser

  03-01-2018 21:45 via cbc.ca
  The police officer was on her way to the scene of a car accident when her cruiser collided with an oncoming vehicle on Highway 323 near Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, 20 kilometres southwest of Mont-Tremblant in the Laurentians.
  
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• Montreal Port eyes another record year in 2018 for cargo and cruise passengers

  03-01-2018 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Port of Montreal says cargo traffic grew seven per cent to a record 38 million tonnes in 2017.
  
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• Are you sticking to your New Year's resolution? You can do it! https://t.co/uwYayJV6XB

  03-01-2018 19:51
  
  Are you sticking to your New Year's resolution? You can do it! https://t.co/uwYayJV6XB
  
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• Opinion: Denunciations, dismissals and the excesses of revolutions

  03-01-2018 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  It is disheartening to see most of western society approve the new reign of terror against alleged sexual delinquents and the termination of careers on the basis of bare accusations, all in the name of a new culture of gender equality. Gender equality is undoubtedly one of the greatest ideals of recent decades, but what is happening now is more akin to the excesses that all revolutions, even positive ones, tend to bring about and which are not conducive to enhancing equality. In fact, most exces
  
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• Slight dip in Opération Nez rouge's demand for 2017

  03-01-2018 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  There was a slight decrease this past holiday season in the number of people who used Opération Nez rouge to get home safely after having too much to drink.
  Overall, 53,700 requests were made to the organization that employs volunteers to drive cars home for people during this holiday season, compared with 58,700 in 2016.
  On the bright side, more people used the organization for New Year’s celebrations, with 1,733 rides representing a nine-per-cent increase from the previous ye
  
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• 'The arm that baptized thousands': St. Francis Xavier relic will visit Montreal

  03-01-2018 19:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A unique 14-city tour of Canada — that of the forearm of the patron saint of missions, Francis Xavier — began Wednesday in Quebec City. The relic will arrive in Montreal Jan. 28.
  “St. Francis Xavier is one of the most revered saints of all time,” Ottawa’s Archbishop Terrence Prendergast said in a statement. “He was a man of extraordinary courage and faith who shared the gospel message of Jesus with thousands across southeast Asia, Goa and India.”
  The tou
  
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• Hip hop duo ST x LIAM say 'Bonjour-Hi' with new video

  03-01-2018 19:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Local hip-hop duo ST x LIAM tap into the latest language dust-up with Bonjour, Hi — a single off their album Franglophone.“J’twist les langues comme un french kiss / Molière et Shakespeare dans mon setlist,” ST raps as he walks down Ste-Catherine St. before ducking into a café. 
  The music cuts out as he’s given the Montreal greeting that made international headlines last year.
  Related
  Macpherson: Why 'Bonjour-Hi' matters to Quebec LiberalsBon
  
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• Update: Lac-Mégantic engineer showed 'reckless disregard'

  03-01-2018 19:27 via montrealgazette.com
  SHERBROOKE — Locomotive engineer Thomas Harding showed a “reckless disregard for the lives of other people” on the night of the Lac-Mégantic train derailment, the Crown said in its closing arguments Wednesday.
  Harding, 56, traffic controller Richard Labrie, 59, and manager of train operations Jean Demaître, 53, are each on trial for one count of criminal negligence causing the death of 47 people.
  The three men were charged after an unattend
  
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• Opinion: Instead of finding peace in solitude, we're just getting lonelier

  03-01-2018 19:22 via montrealgazette.com
  It always made perfect sense to me that Superman’s Fortress of Solitude is located in a land of ice and snow.
  If anyone understands solitude, it’s people whose weather forecasters routinely advise us to be hermits. During cold streaks, we northerners have been known to hole ourselves up inside for so long that we don’t see anyone but the pizza delivery guy for weeks. 
  Superman’s man cave is located in the Arctic, in an unspecified locale.
  However the Fortress of
  
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• Fundraising campaign for Quebec woman who lost limbs after being electrocuted

  03-01-2018 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Fearing the car would catch fire, Sabryna got out but was electrocuted.
  
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• Opération Nez Rouge sees drop in demand amid cold snap

  03-01-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  Opération Nez Rouge says it had a successful season, even though figures are down from last year. They gave a total of just under 54,000 rides, down about 5,000 from the year before.
  
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• Canadiens futility streak hits five straight with loss to San Jose

  03-01-2018 18:14 via montrealgazette.com
  By the time the siren sounded on the home team’s fifth straight loss, there was hardly anyone left in the Bell Centre.
  That kept the booing to a barely audible level.
  The fans who stuck around have come to the realization – painful but realistic – that their beloved Canadiens are a lousy team that, since the beginning of the season, looks woefully inept against good teams.
  At times, the Canadiens’ 4-1 loss to San Jose vaguely resembled a competitive hockey game.
  The home
  
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• Montreal non-profit gives women a chance to break into male-dominated video game industry

  03-01-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Pixelles Montreal launches their latest video game-making incubator today, designed to train and mentor women who are curious about game development, but can’t picture themselves in the male-dominated industry.
  
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• Is it time for Winnipeg to ban single-use plastic bags?

  03-01-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  After Montreal became the latest big city to ban single-use plastic bags Tuesday, some Winnipeggers are questioning if it’s time for the city to follow suit.
  
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• Szilasi's candid photographs document Montreal art world's coming of age

  03-01-2018 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  “I’m a party animal.”
  So says Gabor Szilasi, and looking at the photographer’s current exhibition, you can believe him. McCord Museum’s The Art World in Montreal, 1960-1980 gathers a range of remarkably evocative, previously unpublished black-and-white photographs taken at local vernissages and art events in the crucial era when Quebec was shrugging off its colonial deference to proclaim its own identity. Without necessarily having intended to — “I just
  
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• How to recycle your Christmas tree in Montreal

  03-01-2018 16:48 via cbc.ca
  Collection is slated to take place until the end of January.
  
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• Beauty tips: How to apply concealer like a pro! https://t.co/gTHomYiAs2

  03-01-2018 16:42
  
  Beauty tips: How to apply concealer like a pro! https://t.co/gTHomYiAs2
  
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• Best of the West for January

  03-01-2018 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  West Island Blog’s Rhonda Massad joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with the best West Island activities this month. For more information you can go to westislandblog.com
  
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• Why has it been so cold? Here's what science says

  03-01-2018 16:17 via cbc.ca
  Why has it been so cold? Is this unusual? Is the polar vortex to blame? And how can it be this cold if there's global warming? Here are the answers to your questions.
  
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• Looking for something to do this week? Here are a few great ideas. https://t.co/5pe9sFMmu3

  03-01-2018 16:17
  
  Looking for something to do this week? Here are a few great ideas. https://t.co/5pe9sFMmu3
  
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• Closing arguments begin at Lac-Mégantic criminal negligence trial

  03-01-2018 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  The proceedings in Sherbrooke are set to last three days.
  
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• Update: Gas prices in Montreal take sharp turn upward

  03-01-2018 15:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Gas prices jumped more than 10 cents Wednesday morning after hovering at below-average rates during the cold snap.
  The average pump price in Montreal had been around $1.20 cents per litre, but my midmorning had jumped to $1.30.9 in many places across the city.
  The latest calculation of the “realistic price” according to CAA-Québec was $1.25.6 cents per litre. CAA-Québec’s uses a formula that includes information from Bloomberg’s Oil Buyer’s Guide and t
  
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• The Great Canadian Baking Show winner

  03-01-2018 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealer Sabrina Degni drops by Global News Morning to talk to Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan about winning the first season of the Great Canadian Baking Show and how cooking for her Italian family was all the inspiration she needed.
  
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• Montreal hospitals warn parents to be wary of frostbite during extreme cold

  03-01-2018 15:33 via cbc.ca
  Much of Quebec is getting a bit of a reprieve from the extreme cold the rest of the week, but the deep freeze is expected to be back on the weekend.
  
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• Previewing the Lac Megantic rail disaster trial closing arguments

  03-01-2018 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  Closing arguments in the Lac Mégantic trial where three American railroad workers face criminal charges are set to begin Wednesday. Global’s Billy Shields reports from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
  
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• While you were sleeping: The Habs, La Meute, frostquakes and a wing and a prayer

  03-01-2018 15:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are a few things you might have missed while you were sleeping.
  Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The offence was once again missing in action as the Montreal Canadiens dropped a 4-1 decision to the San Jose Sharks. It was the fifth consecutive loss for the Canadiens, who have scored only four goals in that stretch. And it was the Canadiens’ 12th consecutive loss to the Sharks. Montreal was outshooting San Jose 10-3 early in the game, but was outshot 30-21 over the final 50 m
  
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• Olympics: Dufour-Lapointe sisters on skiing, hanging out together

  03-01-2018 15:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Freestyle skier Chloé Dufour-Lapointe says she’s lucky to race moguls with her two sisters Justine and Maxime.
  The Dufour-Lapointes will compete at the Calgary World Cup as a trio for a seventh year Friday and Saturday before heading to PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Olympics. 
  Justine and Chloé won gold and silver medals in moguls at the 2014 Games in Sochi, while Maxime placed 12th.
  
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• All about family skiing trips

  03-01-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Family and lifestyle blogger Jaime Damak joins Global’s Laura Casella with everything you need to know about family ski trips near Montreal.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, January 3

  03-01-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, January 3.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Wednesday, January 3

  03-01-2018 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Wednesday, January 3.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/eOsZQN8EPd

  03-01-2018 14:37
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/eOsZQN8EPd
  
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• NEXT: Make-up artist Susan Morales gives tips for properly applying concealer. Watch live: btmontreal.ca https://t.co/ucE1lgFViT

  03-01-2018 14:25
  
  NEXT: Make-up artist Susan Morales gives tips for properly applying concealer. Watch live: btmontreal.ca https://t.co/ucE1lgFViT
  
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• Celebrations: January 3, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/gG6HBi3ToZ

  03-01-2018 14:15
  
  Celebrations: January 3, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/gG6HBi3ToZ
  
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• Be careful out there - here are some #icesafety tips from @redcrosscanada redcross.ca/training-and-c…

  03-01-2018 14:06
  Be careful out there - here are some #icesafety tips from @redcrosscanadaredcross.ca/training-and-c…
  
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• TUNE IN: @cookingwithv is back in the BT kitchen, this time she's here to present some light meals to get back on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  03-01-2018 13:58
  TUNE IN: @cookingwithvis back in the BT kitchen, this time she's here to present some light meals to get back on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New Montrealers: Vermont lawyer wants to build life in Canada

  03-01-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Paul Groce travels every day from Brossard to Vermont, where he works as a lawyer. He wants to build a life in Montreal with his wife.
  
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