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• Montreal orchestra board chair ‘moved’ by musicians who were allegedly harassed by Charles Dutoit

  04-02-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  The chair of the board of directors for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra is expressing his sympathy to those who have spoken up about alleged psychological harassment and intimidation by its former artistic director.
  
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• Forum brings together Montreal's black business leaders, up-and-coming entrepreneurs

  04-02-2018 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Entrepreneurs, professionals, community organizers and university students gathered this weekend for the second International Black Economic Forum in Montreal.
  
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• 'It was a glorious place': Montrealers share memories of the historic Snowdon Theatre

  04-02-2018 23:26 via cbc.ca
  The building in Côte-des-Neiges, which opened as a theatre in 1937, has been vacant for several years.
  
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• Habs Game Report: 4-1 win over Senators makes it a weekend sweep

  04-02-2018 23:11 via montrealgazette.com
  The bottom line: With a weekend sweep, the Canadiens earned the right to sit back and have a couple of cold ones as they enjoyed the Super Bowl. After beating the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 Saturday, the Canadiens used a solid defensive effort and the power play to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 Sunday at the Bell Centre. Carey Price made 25 saves to improve his season record to 15-19-4.
  Power play tips the scales: The Canadiens erased a 1-0 deficit with a pair of power-play goals in the span of 1:39 in th
  
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• Lehkonen ends drought with two goals as Canadiens top Senators 4-1

  04-02-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  Artturi Lehkonen broke out of a 24-game scoring slump with a pair of goals as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Woman dead, child in critical condition after being hit by car in Saint-Laurent

  04-02-2018 22:21 via cbc.ca
  A woman is dead and a child is in critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car in Montreal's Saint-Laurent borough this morning.
  
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• Woman, child in critical condition after being hit by car in Saint-Laurent

  04-02-2018 22:21 via cbc.ca
  A woman and child are both in critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough this morning.
  
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• Pierrefonds mosque opens its doors to ‘build bridges and tear down barriers’

  04-02-2018 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  A mosque in Pierrefonds opened its doors as part of Canadian Interfaith Open House Weekend.
  
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• Artturi Lehkonen scores twice to lead Habs past Sens

  04-02-2018 21:51 via cbc.ca
  Artturi Lehkonen broke out of a 24-game scoring slump with a pair of goals as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Queen selected to preside over Montreal’s St. Patrick’s Day parade

  04-02-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  Kathleen Brown-Vandecruys will be the next queen of the Montreal St. Patrick's Day parade.
  
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• This week on Focus Montreal: February 3

  04-02-2018 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  This week on Focus Montreal, François Legault gets into campaign mode as the CAQ surges ahead in the polls, learn how you can start to break free from eating disorders with Dr. Stéphanie Léonard and hear from Leanne Bayer from West Island Community Shares.
  
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• Man in stable condition after being shot on Côte-des-Neiges Rd.

  04-02-2018 21:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who was shot inside an apartment garage on Côte-des-Neiges Rd., near Decelles Ave., on Saturday had his condition upgraded from critical to stable Sunday afternoon.
  The shooting, signalled to police by a 911 caller, occurred just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Montreal police Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant said.
  The 38-year-old was hit at least once in the upper body, Brabant said. The man is known to police, he added.
  Brabant said Saturday that investigators are expecting to examine surveillan
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens stomp Ottawa 4-1

  04-02-2018 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Two goals by Artturi Lehkonen, of all people, gave the Canadiens a winning Super Bowl weekend.
  A brutal David Schlemko giveaway turned into the game’s first goal when Mike Hoffman fired a laser past Carey Price, two minutes into the second period.
  Four minutes later, with two Senators in the penalty box, Jeff Petry fired a howitzer past Mike Condon. And on the same power play, Lehkonen converted a Nikita Scherbak feed for his first goal in forever.
  Then, with less than two minutes lef
  
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• Two in critical condition after accident in St-Laurent parking lot

  04-02-2018 21:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman of about 40 and a five-year-old child were reported in critical condition after being hit by a car at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday as they were walking in the parking lot of a shopping centre at Côte-Vertu Blvd. and Montpellier St. in St-Laurent.
  The driver, a man of about 80, was not injured.
  The woman and child were taken to a hospital by ambulance after witnesses called 911.
  Montreal police cordoned off the area to investigate the circumstances of the accident.
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens 3 – Ottawa 1 after two

  04-02-2018 20:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A brutal David Schlemko giveaway turned into the game’s first goal when Mike Hoffman fired a laser past Carey Price, two minutes into the second period.
  Four minutes later, with two Senators in the penalty box, Jeff Petry fired a howitzer past Mike Condon.
  And on the same power play, Artturi Lehkonen converted a Nikita Scherbak feed for his first goal in forever.
  Then, with less than two minutes left, Lehkonen scored his second. Tomas Plekanec assisted for his 600th career point.
  Shots thr
  
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• Woman dead, child critical, after being struck by vehicle in mall parking lot

  04-02-2018 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  Two pedestrians suffered life-threatening injuries after they were struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of a mall in Saint-Laurent.
  
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• Woman, child critical, after being struck by vehicle in mall parking lot

  04-02-2018 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  Two pedestrians suffered life-threatening injuries after they were struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of a mall in Saint-Laurent.
  
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• Dynastie Gala recognizes accomplishments of black Quebecers

  04-02-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  The awards show — which kicked off Black History Month celebrations — aims to highlight the accomplishments of Quebec's black community in various fields including business, arts and culture, sports and media.
  
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• 4 tips to avoid slips on icy sidewalks this winter

  04-02-2018 19:41 via cbc.ca
  David Pearsall, associate professor in McGill's kinesiology and physical education department, shares his suggestions for how to stay upright on Montreal streets and explains why even your winter boots may not give you the grip you need.
  
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• Highway 40 in Pointe-Claire partially closed Saturday night after series of collisions

  04-02-2018 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  A jack-knifed tractor-trailer and several other collisions on Highway 40 East late Saturday night, prompted the closure of the highway to allow trucks to spread abrasives on the slippery road.
  
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• Michel Therrien got most out of a better team | HI/O Bonus

  04-02-2018 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  With the Canadiens struggling under Claude Julien, did Michel Therrien get enough credit for the job he did as head coach?
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• Montreal’s Snowdon Theatre sold for $1.6M

  04-02-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  The city of Montreal sold the building for $1.6 million, with one condition -- the company must keep the iconic Snowdon Theatre sign and must maintain the classic art deco facade.
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens hope to keep the goals coming against Senators

  04-02-2018 16:40 via montrealgazette.com
  After practice Friday in Brossard, Canadiens coach Claude Julien spoke about how he had his players doing drills that he hoped would help them score more goals.
  “We worked on trying to get our guys to score,” the coach said. “You see even in practice today — not that we’re just working on that — but three-on-twos and two-on-ones, trying to get some confidence built on those guys.”
  The drills seemed to work as the Canadiens — coming off a 2-0 loss T
  
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• White Cane Week pushes for equality for the visually impaired

  04-02-2018 16:29 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s White Cane Week, and Quebec organizations representing the blind and visually impaired are calling on elected officials to break down barriers faced by the 300,000 Quebecers living with visual impairments.
  While technological advances have made great strides, people with visual disabilities still lack universal access to public services, advocates say.
  Many blind and partially sighted people are unemployed because of discrimination in the workplace and the fact that new technologies a
  
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• Quebec suicide-prevention week aims to save lives

  04-02-2018 16:16 via montrealgazette.com
  “Talking about suicide saves lives” is the theme of Suicide Prevention Week in Quebec, which begins Sunday.
  Jérôme Gaudreault, executive director of the Association québécoise de prévention du suicide, encouraged people to “break the silence” whether they have suicidal thoughts, have heard a loved one express suicidal thoughts or have noticed someone they know acting depressed or withdrawn.
  In 2015, 1,128 Quebecers took their own lives, a
  
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• #ICYMI: Poutine week continues in Montreal. We had @FoodGuyMTL Dustin Gilman on the show Thursday telling us the be… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-02-2018 16:00
  #ICYMI: Poutine week continues in Montreal. We had @FoodGuyMTL Dustin Gilman on the show Thursday telling us the be… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• PQ leader Lisée to attend nomination meeting in Chambly Sunday

  04-02-2018 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Christian Picard, currently chief of staff to the borough mayor of Lachine, will become the Parti Québécois’s official candidate in Chambly riding on Sunday.
  Picard was chief of staff to Bloc Québécois chief Mario Beaulieu in 2016 and worked as a political aide in the Sud-Ouest borough for three months, until last November’s municipal election.
  Party leader Jean-François Lisée will attend the meeting to nominate Picard Sunday, before leaving
  
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• Congratulations to our @CVDmtl on being named Anglophone TV Personality of the Year at the Gala Dynastie - congratu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-02-2018 15:40
  Congratulations to our @CVDmtl on being named Anglophone TV Personality of the Year at the Gala Dynastie - congratu… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Slow down on snowy, slushy highways

  04-02-2018 15:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Provincial police are warning drivers to slow down, with freshly fallen snow causing slippery conditions Sunday morning.
  “Driving conditions are difficult,” said Sergeant Claude Denis of the Sûreté du Québec.
  “But for people who are adapting their driving to the conditions, it’s going fine,” he said.
  “You can give snow-removal crews a chance to do their work,” Denis added.
  Eastbound lanes of Highway 40 at St-Jean Blvd. were closed for
  
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• Fitness: Runners are on the path to a longer life

  04-02-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s been a heck of a winter in my neck of the woods, with repetitive bouts of extreme cold, extreme snow and extreme ice. But through it all, runners have kept running, even when other Canadians were running for cover.
  What motivates runners to lace up their shoes in conditions not fit for man or beast? Maybe they know intuitively what a group of American researchers finally put on paper.
  “We found that runners had a 3.2 years longer life expectancy, compared with non-runners,&rdquo
  
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• NHL trade deadline looms for Canadiens: What's the plan?

  04-02-2018 14:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Lately the odds of the Montreal Canadiens making the playoffs have gone down to a minuscule 0.8 per cent.
  Websites like Sports Club Stats bring us the joyous news on a game-by-game basis.
  While the debate on the likelihood of the departure of GM Marc Bergevin rages on, what is a Canadiens fan to do?
  Last week’s poll giving fans a choice of possible new GMs had Tampa Bay Assistant GM Julien BriseBois leading with about 41 per cent of the vote.
  Patrick Roy was polling at about
  
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• Marlies rout Rocket to extend winning run

  04-02-2018 14:09 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — Calvin Pickard made 31 saves and the Toronto Marlies scored four times in the first period before defeating the Laval Rocket 7-1 on Saturday in American Hockey League action.
  Rinat Valiev, Trevor Moore, Andreas Johnsson, Ben Smith, Nikita Soshnikov, Colin Greening and Dmytro Timashov supplied the offence for Toronto (34-11-1), which improved to 12-0-1 in its last 13 games. Jeremy Bracco tacked on three assists for the Maple Leafs’ AHL affiliate.
  Markus Eisenschmid responded
  
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• Are we there yet? Riding the wave of home automation

  04-02-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Imagine yourself on the métro, checking your notes on the way to a very important meeting when, suddenly, you’re hit by the dreaded question: “Did I turn off the stove top?”
  Maybe you’d continue to your meeting, distracted by nagging worry. Or maybe you wouldn’t be able to help yourself and would rush home to check only to realize you had actually turned off the stove top. Of course you did.
  Or maybe, you’re one of the people who are riding the wave of
  
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• Who are you cheering for? https://t.co/pTEFxmIaXH

  04-02-2018 13:58
  
  Who are you cheering for? https://t.co/pTEFxmIaXH
  
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• While you were sleeping: Merkel in last round of coalition government negotiation; Train crashes in South Carolina

  04-02-2018 13:56 via montrealgazette.com
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  Talks on creating German coalition govt enter final round: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats are embarking on what they hope is their last round of talks on forming a new German government, although the negotiations could take up to two more days. The effort to put together a governing coalition is already post-World War II Germany’s longest, and won’t finish with these talks. A deal will requir
  
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• The Montreal Canadiens are back at it again today. They host the Ottawa Senators this afternoon at 1pm https://t.co/OYShuu8Zx1

  04-02-2018 13:56
  
  The Montreal Canadiens are back at it again today. They host the Ottawa Senators this afternoon at 1pm https://t.co/OYShuu8Zx1
  
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• Congrats, @CVDmtl! twitter.com/lemoisdesnoirs…

  04-02-2018 13:46
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• Schukov: Improvisation classes are a great form of therapy

  04-02-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  When I read that there is a new West Island improv club meeting on Fridays at the Red Barn Community Centre in Baie-D’Urfé (“New West Island improv club meeting on Fridays at the Red Barn Community Centre in Baie-D’Urfé” by Briana Tomkinson; West Island Gazette, Jan. 10, 2018.) I felt a tingle in my toes. Then I noticed that my cat was rubbing against my feet.
  Anyway, I started to fondly remember my days in Nathalie Gauthier’s acting classes
  
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• Bird watchers are welcome in newly protected Quebec wetlands

  04-02-2018 13:29 via cbc.ca
  Birders are invited to spot rare species in a newly protected wetland on Île de Grâce, located in the St. Lawrence River just west of Trois-Rivières.
  
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• Villa Maria students rally to save private music lessons slated to end in June

  04-02-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A petition created by students at Villa Maria High School in an effort to save their private music lessons from being cut has garnered more than 1,000 signatures since it was launched last month.
  
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• CBC Montreal's Isabelle Racicot wins anglophone radio personality award at Dynastie Gala

  04-02-2018 04:29 via cbc.ca
  CBC Montreal’s Seat at the Table podcast co-host Isabelle Racicot won the Dynastie Gala’s anglophone radio personality of the year award Saturday night at the Tohu.
  
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• Montreal parents brave cold in hopes of landing coveted spot at Royal Vale School

  04-02-2018 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  Lining up outside the NDG school has been tradition for decades. This year, parents began arriving Friday night even though registration only opens on Monday.
  
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• City says it will expropriate to save Notman Garden

  04-02-2018 02:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal is preparing to expropriate the Notman Garden, one of the last remaining gardens of the historic mansions that once lined Sherbrooke St., and preserve it as a park.
  Plateau Mont-Royal borough council is expected to pass a resolution at its monthly meeting on Monday to decree the acquisition through expropriation or negotiation of the 10,800 square-foot lot at Clark and Milton Sts. from its owner and thereby end a long-standing battle between the property’s successive o
  
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• Montreal snow dump piled high

  04-02-2018 01:22 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal is dealing with an unusual amount of snow this winters—at least 30 centimetres more than average so far. But with two more months of winter still to go, the city’s snow dumps are already almost full. Amanda Jelowicki reports.
  
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• Canadiens vs. Senators: Five things to watch

  04-02-2018 01:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Senators game at the Bell Centre on Sunday (1 p.m., Sportsnet, RDS, TSN-690 Radio):
  The matchup: It’s safe to say this has been a disappointing season at both ends of Highway 417. This is the fourth and final meeting between these teams this season and the Canadiens have a 2-1 edge. They were 8-3 winners in Ottawa on Oct. 30 and won 2-1 at the Bell Centre on Nov. 29 before losing 3-0 outdoors in Ottawa on Dec. 16. Both teams posted a
  
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• Man shot on Côte-des-Neiges Rd., near Decelles Ave.

  04-02-2018 00:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A man remained in critical condition in hospital on Saturday evening after being shot inside an apartment garage on Côte-des-Neiges Rd., near Decelles Ave.
  The shooting, signalled to the police by a 911 caller, occurred just before 4 p.m. on Saturday, Montreal police spokesperson Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant said.
  The man, who is 38, was hit at least once in the upper body, Brabant said.
  The man is known to police, he added.
  Côte-des-Neiges is closed southbound beginning at Queen Ma
  
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