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• Freezing rain on the way for southern Quebec - CBC.ca

  10-02-2018 23:38 via cbc.ca
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  Lanaudière · Kangirsuk · Baie-Comeau · Forestville · Havre St-Pierre · Quaqtaq · Longueuil · Richelieu · Carignan · Chambly · Mont Saint-Hilaire · Otterburn Park · Saint-Amable · Saint-Basile Le Grand · Sainte-Julie · Ivujivik · Kangiqsujuaq · Lac ...and more »
  
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• Liveblog: Nashville at Canadiens

  10-02-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Will history repeat itself?
  Last March 2 – on P.K. Subban’s return to the Bell Centre – Paul Byron scored with nine seconds left in regulation to secure a 2-1 win.
  Brendan Gallagher had scored earlier in the third period to erase the 1-0 lead Ryan Ellis gave the visitors on a power play late in the first period.
  After a classy video tribute that brought tears to his eyes, Subban played 24:33. He assisted on Ellis’s goal and didn’t register a shot on Carey Price (six
  
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• Missing men in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield: snowmobile found under water

  10-02-2018 23:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Sûreté du Québec divers have found the snowmobile belonging to two men who have been reported missing.
  The machine was found 300 metres from the shore in the Hungry Bay sector of St-Stanislas-de-Kostka in Montérégie.
  Searchers continued to look for the two missing men who left Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, around 9 p.m. on Thursday. 
  They were reported missing by family members on Friday, around 3 p.m. 
  The two men, age 29 and 30, were aboar
  
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• Large snowbank for sale by Beauharnois business owner

  10-02-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Have you ever heard of someone trying to sell a snowbank?
  
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• Hockey tournament honours Pointe-Claire’s Mark Bernotas

  10-02-2018 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  Friends and family of Mark Bernotas gathered to honour the late Pointe-Claire resident in the 7th annual winter classic.
  
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• Recovery committee hopes to breathe new life into community radio station CIBL

  10-02-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal community radio station CIBL is counting on support from a high-profile recovery committee after encountering serious financial difficulties, 
  Among others, the committee will include producer and artist manager Jacques K. Primeau, businessman Alexandre Taillefer, the former head of the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, Monique Simard, and the executive director of  Chantier de l’économie sociale, J
  
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• Montreal vigil to honour Colten Boushie planned for Tuesday - Montreal Gazette

  10-02-2018 22:20 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal vigil to honour Colten Boushie planned for Tuesday
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  A vigil in honour of Colten Boushie is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at Norman Bethune Square, next to Concordia University. Boushie, a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, was shot and killed in August 2016 by Gerald Stanley, a white farmer ...and more »
  
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• Montreal vigil to honour Colten Boushie planned for Tuesday

  10-02-2018 22:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal vigil in honour of Colten Boushie will take place on Tuesday, joining a number of events across the country amid a chorus of outrage the day after a white farmer was acquitted in the shooting death of the young Indigenous man in Saskatchewan.
  The Montreal vigil is scheduled to take place from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday at Norman Bethune Square, next to Concordia University.
  Boushie, a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, was shot and killed in August 2016 by Gerald Stanley,
  
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• Undeterred by low sales, St-Henri man opens book store - CTV News

  10-02-2018 21:46 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
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  Undeterred by low sales, St-Henri man opens book store
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  Four months ago, Anthony Benda decided defy the odds with a new business venture: opening a book store. “The optics of this make it seem like I'm doing something kind of crazy – and to be honest, I like that,” he explained. The optics he's referring to ...and more »
  
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• Bad batch of raspberries could be why 100s of Quebecers were sick last summer, report says

  10-02-2018 21:46 via cbc.ca
  According to a recent public health report, a batch of frozen raspberries from China that was recalled by the provincial government could be the reason why hundreds of Quebecers were sick last summer.
  
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• SQ looking for two missing snowmobilers in Valleyfield

  10-02-2018 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  The two men, 29- and 30-years-old, were reported missing Thursday night.
  
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• Police find snowmobile as search for 2 missing men continues in Valleyfield

  10-02-2018 21:12 via cbc.ca
  Sûreté du Québec divers have recovered the snowmobile of two men who went missing earlier this week from Valleyfield. They haven't been seen since Friday night.
  
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• Hospital visit once again part of P.K. Subban's return to Montreal

  10-02-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  You know P.K. Subban is in town when there’s a lineup to get in the media entrance at the Bell Centre for a morning skate.
  That was the case Saturday when the Nashville Predators held an 11 a.m. skate before facing the Canadiens (7 p.m., SN360, CITY, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690). Along with the media members and TV crews waiting to get in were about 20 Subban fans wearing Predators jerseys.
  It was two summers ago that the Canadiens traded Subban to Nashville in exchange for Shea Weber, but b
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens face big challenge against Predators and P.K. Subban

  10-02-2018 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens are going to face a big challenge against the Nashville Predators Saturday night at the Bell Centre and it’s not just because of P.K. Subban (7 p.m., SN360, CITY, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  The Predators (32-12-9) are in first place in the Central Division and have the fourth-best record in the NHL. They also have only one regulation-time loss in their last 14 games (9-1-4).
  The Canadiens (22-26-6) are in 27th place in the overall NHL standings and are 10 points behind the N
  
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• Teresa Dellar interview

  10-02-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, Feb 10: West Island’s Palliative Care Residence’s executive director Teresa Dellar on the importance of fundraising for the institution.
  
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• West Island Palliative Care Residence hosts 19th annual Valentine’s Ball

  10-02-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Spanish-themed soiree, hosted by Global's senior anchor Jamie Orchard, raised $545,000, all going towards the institution.
  
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• Investigation into CEGEP professor who made homophobic remarks extended

  10-02-2018 19:24 via cbc.ca
  The Cégep du Vieux Montréal investigation into a professor who posted on Facebook that he has "disgust for homosexuals" has been extended and so has his suspension because "new elements" have come to light.
  
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• Carnaval: Premier Couillard greets Bonhomme and tries ice carving

  10-02-2018 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The Carnaval de Québec was readying for its second evening parade as the Jan. 26-Feb. 11 annual event winds down. 
  About 600 took part in the first night parade last weekend, which included 13 floats. 
  Also anticipated in the Carnaval’s final weekend is the “bain de neige” Saturday afternoon. Around 80 people were expected to brave the cold alongside the official duchesses. 
  Earlier, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard visited the Palais de gl
  
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• Update: Prepare for a slippery Sunday, with freezing rain on the way

  10-02-2018 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  After predicting more than 10 centimetres of snow Saturday and Sunday, Environment Canada’s weather warning has changed slighting, targeting a prediction of 2-5 mm of freezing rain expected to fall Sunday. 
  Following Wednesday’s snowstorm, which led to a number of afternoon highway accidents resulting in one death and several injuries, Friday’s weather warning was followed by a few centimetres of snow and up to 4 cm more to come Saturday. Temperatures on Saturday are
  
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• Ubisoft's global-domination drive continues in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean

  10-02-2018 17:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The arrival of Ubisoft in the Saguenay is a milestone in the French multinational gaming company’s expansion plans, says Yannis Mallat, the head of its Canadian studios. 
  Five months after announcing it, the company officially unveiled the new studio in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean on Friday. It is the third Quebec location alongside offices in Montreal and Quebec.
  “Creativity is not exclusive to major centres,” Mallat said of the new 20-person team, in an interview with La Presse
  
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• Attempted arson at Ahuntsic pastry shop - CTV News

  10-02-2018 17:43 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
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  Attempted arson at Ahuntsic pastry shop
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  A bumbling suspect tried, and failed, to commit an overnight arson at a Mr. Puffs pastry shop on Boulevard L'Acadie in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. According to police, the suspect broke the window on the shop's back door -- but before lighting his molotov ...
  
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• Prepare for a slippery Sunday, with freezing rain on the way

  10-02-2018 17:20 via montrealgazette.com
  After predicting more than 10 centimetres of snow Saturday and Sunday, Environment Canada’s weather warning has changed slighting, targeting a prediction of 2-5 cm of freezing rain expected to fall Sunday. 
  Following Wednesday’s snowstorm, which led to a number of afternoon highway accidents resulting in one death and several injuries, Friday’s weather warning was followed by a few centimetres of snow and up to 4 cm more to come Saturday. Temperatures on Saturday are
  
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• West Islanders 'orphaned' by new light-rail system, says commuter advocacy group

  10-02-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  People who live on Montreal's West Island will have to wait another eight weeks to know if they can expect Montreal's new light-rail system to reach them by 2021, 2023, or somewhere in between.
  
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• Maniwaki shooting: Protest planned in support of Steven Bertrand

  10-02-2018 16:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Friends and family of Steven Bertrand, the 18-year-old man shot in the head by a special constable at the Maniwaki courthouse, are organizing a protest on Saturday. 
  Participants will gather at 1 p.m. in front of the courthouse and then march through the streets of the Quebec community about 300 kilometres northwest of Montreal. 
  The young man’s mother, Julie Bertrand, says the protest is meant to raise awareness. She demands that “justice be served.”
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• #ICYMI Decor expert, Vanessa Sicotte @repertoiredeco tell us how to incorporate Pantone’s 2018 colour of the year-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-02-2018 16:17
  #ICYMI Decor expert, Vanessa Sicotte @repertoiredeco tell us how to incorporate Pantone’s 2018 colour of the year-… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montrealer publisher puts stories to song in debut album

  10-02-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If one were to let one’s mind wander for a few minutes, the man with the hat who is pounding the keyboards and belting out a blues tune could almost pass for a Dr. John-like figure in a New Orleans jazz joint. All that’s missing from this image is the clatter of clinking glasses and barroom din.
  Back to polar reality, thousands of miles away from the warmth of New Orleans: The setting is the Montreal West living room of Peter Kerr, who is, actually, bringing up the temperature many d
  
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• Snowmobiler dies after crashing into stream near Drummondville

  10-02-2018 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A snowmobiler died overnight following a crash near Drummondville.
  Shortly after midnight, six snowmobiles were being driven on a trail when one of them missed a bend and plunged into a stream. Its driver remained stuck under his vehicle.
  The victim is a 24-year-old man from Acton Vale.
  The Sûreté du Québec will lead an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the accident. 
  
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• Norovirus-contaminated raspberries likely caused deaths in Quebec

  10-02-2018 15:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Frozen raspberries imported from China made hundreds of people sick in Quebec last summer and probably resulted in multiple deaths, according to recent public health report. 
  The infected fruits led to a wave of recalls in August 2017 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency because they had been used by a variety of food processors such as brewers, pastry chefs and ice cream makers and had been cooked in hospital cafeterias and residences for seniors.
  The raspberries were contaminated b
  
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• Messy winter cocktail on its way for southern Quebec

  10-02-2018 15:29 via cbc.ca
  More freezing rain is on its way for the Montreal area, with a drizzle starting Saturday afternoon before turning into full-on precipitation by Sunday. Snow is also on the way for a large swath of southern Quebec.
  
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• Freezing rain to make its way to Montreal from U.S. border Sunday

  10-02-2018 15:29 via cbc.ca
  More freezing rain is on its way for the Montreal area, with a drizzle starting Saturday afternoon before turning into full-on precipitation by Sunday.
  
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• Freezing rain on the way for southern Quebec

  10-02-2018 15:29 via cbc.ca
  More dangerous weather conditions are coming for the Montreal area, with a drizzle starting Saturday afternoon before turning into freezing rain by Sunday.
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Let me help you with your home design

  10-02-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  My name is Karl Lohnes and I’ve been a home decor expert and product designer for 25 years. I have worked at interior design firms, in retail decor stores and at decorating magazines. I’ve appeared on Home & Garden television shows, talked home design on the radio and am now writing for newspapers and online. You can see me Thursdays on Montreal’s Global Morning as I chat about decor rules and decorating ideas and feature some of the latest home and decor products.
  My missi
  
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• Man, 24, dead after snowmobile crashes into stream near Drummondville

  10-02-2018 14:41 via cbc.ca
  The man was riding a path just after midnight Saturday, with five other snowmobilers, when four of them made false manoeuvres in a curve and went into the stream, according to Quebec provincial police.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Possibly the worst spy of all time - Montreal Gazette

  10-02-2018 14:36 via montrealgazette.com
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  While you were sleeping: Possibly the worst spy of all time
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  Bordeleau, a Cree lawyer, will lead the development of Montréal's reconciliation strategy, and will pioneer a training program for city employees. Mayor Valérie Plante made the announcement Friday flanked by Ghislain Picard, chief of l'Assemblée des ...
  Thinking "Nation to Nation": Montreal appoints first-ever Commissioner of Indigenous AffairsCTV News
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• While you were sleeping: Possibly the worst spy of all time

  10-02-2018 14:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Municipal politics and detente in Korea 
  Mayor Valérie Plante says Montreal’s hearings into building a senior-friendly city will accommodate anglophones. The Plante administration announced last month its plan to consult the public as the city develops a new, three-year Plan d’action municipal pour les personnes ainées 2018-2020. But the consultation plan has met with criticism over an apparent lack of effort to encourage participatio
  
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• The Week in Review: Wheee, green, oops, pot and romance

  10-02-2018 14:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Expect roller-coaster politics as the National Assembly sits for last time before the election
  It will be the last time they have the pleasure of each other’s company before the October general election. When Liberal, Parti Québécois, Coalition Avenir Québec, and Québec solidaire politicians settle back into work Tuesday with the resumption of the sitting of the National Assembly, it is with fu
  
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• Montreal study looks at women who remain virgins later than most - Montreal Gazette

  10-02-2018 14:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal study looks at women who remain virgins later than most
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  Posting such a notice in a private place like a washroom would give those wishing to respond the opportunity to do so discreetly, figured Melissa Anne Fuller, a graduate student in the department of sexology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM ...
  
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• UQAM study looks at women who remain virgins later than most

  10-02-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “When I started CEGEP, there were a few of us who were still virgins at 17 but then at the end, like right now, I’m the only one from this group of 10 girls. … Some days I feel like it sucks — because of the fact that I do wanna discover it and I feel like I’m missing out on some part of the human experience. And because I’m so sick of the judging.”— Jade, a virgin at 26
  The poster, stuck to the wall of a washroom at Concordia University&rsqu
  
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• Neighbourhood library in Sherbrooke creating hub for newcomers

  10-02-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A small apartment in a nondescript building in Sherbrooke has been turned into a free library, filled with colourful books that people can borrow, no strings attached, as they build a new life in the community.
  
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• Shelter: Living in the heart of art in Lower Westmount

  10-02-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Mary Rivard-David and Claude David don’t consider themselves to be serious art collectors in the sense of buying art as investments, but they know what they like and have been acquiring paintings since they were newlyweds.
  Now in their mid-70s and retired (Claude from accounting, Mary from teaching English as a second language), these two Franco-Ontarians met at the University of Windsor and bought their first painting on a trip to Rome. 
  As they moved from Brossard, to Quebec City, N
  
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• A Montreal-born woman and her birth mother reunite, a lifetime later - Montreal Gazette

  10-02-2018 13:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal-born woman and her birth mother reunite, a lifetime later
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  Kathy Kirkley began looking for her birth mother in order to fill in "the jigsaw of my life." Their reunion has brought healing and closure. Susan Schwartz, Montreal Gazette More from Susan Schwartz, Montreal Gazette. Published on: February 10, 2018 ...
  
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• Editor's notebook: Thank you for donating so generously to the Christmas Fund

  10-02-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Milaine hoped to buy some children’s paints for her 10-year-old daughter. Martin dreamed of taking his kids to Trois-Rivières to see their grandmother. Hughette, in the grip of a rare and fatal form of cancer, was looking to treat herself to something special for her last Christmas. 
  Those are some of the stories we shared with you in December during our annual Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund campaign. I am happy to report that thanks to your generosity, Milaine, Martin an
  
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• A Montreal-born woman and her birth mother reunite, a lifetime later

  10-02-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When Joan Gallagher decided to give her baby up for adoption, it was because she wanted a better life for her daughter than the one she knew she, as a 21-year-old woman on her own in 1957, could provide.
  The social worker at St. Mary’s Hospital, where she gave birth on July 14, told her that seeing her baby would only make it more difficult to sign the adoption papers, but Gallagher insisted. She held her infant daughter, sang to her, promised she would love her always — and then it
  
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• 10 hour-wait at Montreal Children's for head injury leaves Laval ... - CBC.ca

  10-02-2018 12:14 via cbc.ca
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  10 hour-wait at Montreal Children's for head injury leaves Laval ...
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  A Laval mother has filed an ombudsman complaint about how her 12-year-old daughter's head injury was dealt with by the Montreal Children's Hospital.and more »
  
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• 10 hour-wait at Montreal Children's for head injury leaves Laval mom furious

  10-02-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A Laval mother has filed an ombudsman complaint about how her 12-year-old daughter's head injury was dealt with by the Montreal Children's Hospital.
  
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• Montreal’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade changes routes

  10-02-2018 05:11 via globalnews.ca
  Construction on Sainte-Catherine Street is forcing the parade to move to De Maisonneuve Blvd.  
  
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• P.K. Subban is back in Montreal and reminding us why we miss him

  10-02-2018 04:36 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s been more than a year. We really should all have come to terms with the trade by now.
  Easier said than done.
  Case in point: P.K. Subban was back in Montreal on Friday, and you better believe he visited the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
  Not only that, he convinced his teammates to join him on the excursion and somehow talked them into what might be described as dancing. (The less said about their moves, the better.)
  Words cannot describe the happiness this day brings me. The
  
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• Inquiry into how Indigenous people are treated by the public service gets 10-month extension

  10-02-2018 03:27 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's government has approved a request to extend the inquiry looking into how Indigenous people are treated by the public service until September 2019.
  
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