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• Catholic Quebecers up before dawn to collect Easter water

  01-04-2018 23:42 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of Quebecers woke up before dawn on Easter Sunday to harvest water they believe will protect their homes and heal their bodies.
  
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• April 1 launches seasonal parking restrictions in Montreal

  01-04-2018 23:08 via cbc.ca
  Motorists will have to pay close attention to street signs indicating whether or not they are legally parked while the city conducts street maintenance and runs the mechanical sweep.
  
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• What's open and closed on Easter Monday

  01-04-2018 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Here is a partial list of what is open and closed in the Montreal area on Monday:
  Most, if not all, of Canada’s major banks will be open.
  Federal and provincial government offices will be closed.
  Most city of Montreal offices will be closed, including borough offices, Access Montreal offices and points of service. Boroughs will maintain regular garbage and recycling pickups. 
  The municipal courthouse on Gosford St. will be closed.
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• Butler dissects Herrera to avenge 2015 draw

  01-04-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  No trait is more justified than revenge, it was once said, in the right time and place. Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, Steven Butler exacted his revenge against Jaime Herrera.
  Butler, the Montreal super-welterweight, stopped his American opponent at 2:00 of the 10th and final round, capturing the vacant International Boxing Organization International 154-pound title in the process. But Butler, now 23-1-1 with 20 knockouts, scored much more than an obscure championship.
  Butler and Herrera
  
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• ‘We have no choice’: rent hike forces Montreal’s Astro Books to close

  01-04-2018 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  After more than 30 years in business, Librairie Astro, also known as Astro Books, will be closing at the end of June.
  
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• This week on ‘Focus Montreal:’ March 31

  01-04-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  This week on 'Focus Montreal:' Learn how Quebec's budget will help small businesses, hear how one power couple is donating $10 million to Concordia University and meet Great Montrealer Judy Martin.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Meet #GreatMTLer Judy Martin

  01-04-2018 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  Judy Martin welcomed senior anchor Jamie Orchard into her home to recount how philanthropy became such an important part of her life, from her role as president of Batshaw Youth and Family Services to fundraiser for the Cedars Cancer Centre.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Sidney Crosby keeps finding ways to win

  01-04-2018 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — Imagine what it would be like to be Sidney Crosby for a day.
  For starters, you would get $23,835 — the daily pay Crosby earns from his 12-year, US$104-million contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins that runs through the 2024-25 season with an average annual salary of $8.7 million to match his No. 87 jersey.
  But for Crosby, hockey has never really been about money. There is no other player in the NHL who loves the game more than Crosby, who still has his boyhood passion at
  
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• Focus Montreal: Concordia University receives $10M donation

  01-04-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Jonathan and Susan Wener join senior anchor Jamie Orchard to talk about how Concordia University played a pivotal role in both their lives and how they’re paying it forward.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Small businesses and the Quebec budget

  01-04-2018 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  Martine Hébert, vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to discuss how the 2018 provincial budget will impact small businesses in Quebec.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Montreal apartment fire

  01-04-2018 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  A 50-year-old man is in police custody following a fire in an apartment building on Wurtele Street, between Hochelaga and de Rouen streets, in Montreal's Ville-Marie borough.
  
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• Man injured in Saint-Pie residential fire

  01-04-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  One man was injured in an early morning fire in Saint-Pie, near Saint-Hyacinthe in the Montérégie region.
  
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• Marc Richardson: Thanks, Uber — we owe you

  01-04-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Dear Uber: I hate you.
  No, actually, I love you.
  Or maybe I love to hate you and hate that I love you.
  We’ve told each other it’s over before. But at 2 a.m. my finger always drifts to you on my phone screen. When I just want to get home after a long day and it’s pouring rain, yours is the name I think of first.
  You’re not perfect — far from it. From your company’s combative position vis-à-vis various governments and regulatory boards to questionable dri
  
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• Arson suspected in Sunday morning fire in Ville-Marie borough

  01-04-2018 18:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Arson is suspected in a Sunday morning fire in an apartment building on Wurtele St. between Rouyn and Hochelaga Sts. in the borough of Ville-Marie.
  No one was injured.
  Firefighters extinguished the fire in the eight-unit apartment building and, having determined that it was suspicious in nature, asked for police assistance at about 9:40 a.m.
  Shortly afterward, a 50-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fire.
  The arson squad is now in charge of the event, said Montreal police spokesman
  
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• Quebec man paralyzed in mosque shooting receives $400K for new home

  01-04-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  Aymen Derbali, who lost the use of his legs in last year's Quebec City mosque shooting, is thanking Canadians for the support they've shown him in recent months.
  
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• Mother and daughter perish in Montérégie head-on collision

  01-04-2018 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  A 37-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter are dead following a head-on collision in the Montérégie area on Saturday.
  
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• Long summer shopping list for Bergevin | HI/O Bonus

  01-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
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• Quebec’s political status quo challenged as 6-month countdown to elections begin

  01-04-2018 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  If current polling projections hold, Canadians could be reintroduced to a political reality in Quebec not seen since the late 1960s -- a party other than the federalist Liberals or the sovereigntist Parti Québécois (PQ) running the province.
  
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• Quebec cyclists could see fines jump by more than 400% under proposed bill

  01-04-2018 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Fines for cyclists caught without reflectors or running through red lights would start at $80, up from the current $15 minimum if changes to the Highway Safety Code are adopted.
  
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• ICYMI: Need last minute Easter cooking ideas? @cookingwithv shared some of her favourite recipes for the holiday! W… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-04-2018 16:01
  ICYMI: Need last minute Easter cooking ideas? @cookingwithv shared some of her favourite recipes for the holiday! W… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Stars Above: April skies will be filled with special celestial sights

  01-04-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As we roll into the first full month of spring the starry skies are filled with special celestial sights that a parade of planets playing with Earth’s moon.
  Throughout early April look for a stunningly close pairing of two, bright neighbouring worlds, Mars and Saturn. It’s easy to find these two planets that look like bright star-like objects perched halfway up the southern skies about an hour before sunrise.
  Both planets are firmly nestled near a bright and distinct pattern of stars
  
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• Elderly Quebec couple forced to return home by snowmobile after man's surgery

  01-04-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Complaints from residents in one of Quebec’s most remote regions have soared over the past months. They say medical travel has become unreliable and there is little compensation for patients.
  
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• Fitness: Six simple rules for success in the gym

  01-04-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Look around any gym and you’ll see a lot of approaches to working up a sweat. While there’s always room for creativity, there are some workout antics that just don’t pass muster.
  Flashy moves aren’t the key to success in the gym — consistency, dedication and an unwavering work ethic are. So are the following rules; when they’re ignored, you might reduce the return on all the sweat you’ve expended, and on the time you spent trying to achieve your goals. &
  
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• While you were sleeping: Pope's Easter message, tension over Gaza protests, Trump slams Amazon

  01-04-2018 14:34 via montrealgazette.com
  On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis in his Easter Sunday message called for peace in a world marked by war and conflict, “beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria,” and extending to the entire Middle East, the Korean peninsula and parts of Africa affected by “hunger, endemic conflicts and terrorism.”
  Francis reflected on the power of Christianity’s core belief — that Jesus rose from the dead following crucifixion — in
  
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• Montreal public libraries get with the times to stay afloat

  01-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  In the last four years, public library attendance has gone up 25 per cent in Montreal. And while text lending has only increased five per cent during that same period, participation in library activities has jumped 35 per cent.
  
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• Man taken to hospital with burns after early morning fire in Montérégie

  01-04-2018 13:20 via cbc.ca
  Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out in a residential building around 4 a.m. in Saint-Pie, about an hour east of Montreal. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
  
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• Embers 'the size of baseballs' rained down in Montérégie fire

  01-04-2018 13:20 via cbc.ca
  Dozens of people were forced to flee their homes after a fire broke out in a residential building around 4 a.m. in Saint-Pie, about an hour east of Montreal.
  
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• Tips for starting your garden this Easter weekend

  01-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  It may be too early to start gardening outdoors, but gardening writer Larry Hodgson says it's the perfect time to start germinating seeds inside.
  
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• Montreal's Steven Butler emerges victorious after pugilist war with American Jaime Herrera

  01-04-2018 06:24 via montrealgazette.com
  This time, there was no doubt who was better.
  Montreal super-welterweight Steven Butler scored a technical knockout at 2:00 of the 10th and final round against Jaime Herrera on Saturday night in the main event at the Montreal Casino.
  With the victory, Butler, only 22, improved to 23-1-1 with 20 knockouts — and also captured the vacant International Boxing Organization International 154-pound title.
  Herrera, from Franklin Park, Ill., near Chicago, lost his third successive bout and is now 1
  
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• Montreal Impact down Sounders 1-0 to even early season MLS record

  01-04-2018 06:17 via montrealgazette.com
  SEATTLE — The Impact evened its MLS record to 2-2-0 with a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday before 39,469 spectators at CenturyLink Field. 
  Jeisson Vargas gave the Impact a 1-0 lead when he scored in the 60th minute. Vargas was six yards out when he took a pass from Ignacio Piatti, who drew the defence to him and then dropped a pass across the box to Vargas.
  Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush made three saves for the shutout. He didn’t have to make his first save until the
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Montreal is dead last in penalty-killing, nearly so in standings

  01-04-2018 05:29 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — There are a lot of things the Canadiens are going to have to fix before the start of next season and right near the top of the list is the penalty-killing unit.
  The Pittsburgh Penguins scored three power-play goals en route to a 5-2 win over the Canadiens on Saturday night, clinching a playoff spot for their franchise-record 12th straight year.
  While the Penguins are looking to win their third straight Stanley Cup, the Canadiens will miss the playoffs for the second time in th
  
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• About last night … Canadiens lose 5-2 in Pittsburgh

  01-04-2018 04:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Fearless prediction: The Pittsburgh Penguins will not win a third straight Stanley Cup.
  This fearlessness is based on a game the defending champs won easily.
  What was wrong with Saturday night’s 5-2 romp over the Canadiens?
  This: During a third-period Pittsburgh power play, the Canadiens had two breakaways.
  Artturi Lehkonen crapped the bed on his. And Matt Murray made a nice save on Paul Byron.
  Pittsburgh’s power play clicked on three of five chances against the Canadiens, whose pena
  
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• Two women die in head-on collision in Rougemont

  01-04-2018 04:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Two women died after a head-on collision Saturday on Highway 112 in Rougemont, about 50 kilometres east of Montreal.
  According to preliminary information gathered by the Sûreté du Québec, a driver headed west on Route 112 drove into the oncoming lane just after 5 p.m. and collided with the vehicle carrying the two victims.
  The driver who changed lanes was taken to hospital, but her life is not considered in danger. The lone passenger in her car was uninjured. Police did not k
  
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• Game Report: Canadiens on outside looking in to playoff-bound Penguins

  01-04-2018 03:53 via montrealgazette.com
  PITTSBURGH — The Canadiens’ season is mercifully coming to an end, while the real season for the Pittsburgh Penguins has yet to begin.
  The Penguins beat the Canadiens 5-2 Saturday night at the PPG Paints Arena, improving their record to 45-28-6 and clinching a playoff spot for a franchise-record 12th straight season. The Canadiens saw their record fall to 28-38-12 and they dropped to 28th place in the overall NHL standings, one point behind the Vancouver Canucks (30-40-9), who beat t
  
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• Liveblog: Pittsburgh beats Canadiens 5-2

  01-04-2018 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Third-period power-play goals by Phil Kessel and Riley Sheahan sealed the deal.
  Pittsburgh scored three in 4:55 of the first period before Jonathan Drouin’s power-play goal, at 19:50, made it a game.
  A stoppable Jeff Petry point shot beat Matt Murray to get the Canadiens on the board nine minutes in.
  But 59 seconds later, Conor Sheary pounced on a rebound to make it 1-1. Mike McCarron had been in the penalty box all of 20 seconds when Patric Hornqvist gave Pittsburgh the lead at 10:18
  
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• Two seriously injured in head-on collision in Rougemont

  01-04-2018 02:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Two women are in critical condition after a head-on collision Saturday on Highway 112 in Rougemont, about 50 kilometres east of Montreal.
  According to preliminary information gathered by the Sûreté du Québec, a driver headed west on Route 112 drove into the oncoming lane just after 5 p.m. and collided with the vehicle carrying the two victims.
  The driver who changed lanes was taken to hospital, but her life is not considered in danger. The lone passenger in her car was uninju
  
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• Montreal SPCA wants parents to think twice about buying pet rabbits at Easter

  01-04-2018 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal SPCA is hosting a series of workshops on rabbit needs and behaviours over the weekend with the goal of preventing abandonment in the months following Easter.
  
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• Gatineau police investigate racist graffiti scrawled on bus shelter

  01-04-2018 00:45 via cbc.ca
  Gatineau police are investigating after hateful language was scrawled on a bus shelter in Old Hull.
  
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• ‘We have to keep fighting until the end’: Search continues for missing Montreal boy

  01-04-2018 00:36 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been nearly three weeks since Ariel Kouakou was last seen and on Saturday, hundreds of volunteers came out to help in the search for the missing 10-year-old. But as Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the boy’s father still isn’t convinced police are on the right track with their investigation.
  
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