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• Canadiens Notebook: An NHL paycheque hasn't changed Jesperi Kotkaniemi

  29-10-2018 23:43
  Canadiens rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi played in his 10th NHL game Saturday night in Boston, meaning the first year of his entry-level contract has officially kicked in.
  Kotkaniemi’s three-year, entry-level deal is worth US$2.775 million and pays him $925,000 per season in the NHL, which averages out to $11,280 per game. That means the 18-year-old Finn has already earned $112,800.
  When asked after practice Monday in Brossard if he had received his first NHL paycheque, Kotkaniemi smiled and sa
  
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• Watch: Zombies take to the streets of Montreal

  29-10-2018 23:34
  Zombies walk the streets of Montreal during the annual zombie walk in Montreal on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. ShareGallery: Montreal's annual Zombie WalkTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmail GALLERY:Gallery: Montreal's annual Zombie WalkZombies walk the streets of Montreal during the annual Zombie Walk in Montreal on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.  Allen McInnis/Montreal GazetteZombies walk the streets of Montreal during the annual Zombie Walk in Montreal on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. &nbs
  
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• Montreal students make poppies to honour war veterans

  29-10-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Secondary 1 and 2 students are making poppies to adorn the headstones of Canadian military veterans for Remembrance Day.
  
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• ‘Some people were upset’: Quebec women’s federation divided over sex work, hijabs

  29-10-2018 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's most prominent women's group is divided over whether to acknowledge prostitution as a freely chosen career and whether to support all Muslim public servants who choose to wear a hijab at work.
  
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• Legault slammed for skipping COP24 climate summit

  29-10-2018 22:58
  QUEBEC — Premier François Legault will not be attending the United Nations annual summit on the environment in Poland.
  Officials confirmed Monday that Legault, who was sworn into office two weeks ago after winning the Oct. 1 general election, will instead send Environment Minister MarieChantal Chassé to the Dec. 3-14 gathering.
  Officials said the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP24, will essentially be technical and
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Oct 29

  29-10-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, October 29, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Chenaux Road overpass in Vaudreuil-Dorion remains closed indefinitely

  29-10-2018 22:38
  The Chemin des Chenaux overpass in Vaudreuil-Dorion won’t be opening any time soon. In fact, the Quebec’s Transport Department announced Monday that the overpass, which was closed to traffic Sept. 18, will remain closed indefinitely.
  A recent evaluation of the structure’s bearing capacity discovered that urgent work needed to be done on the span that was first flagged for restricted loads in Nov., 2017.
  The overpass, which is located just west of the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridg
  
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• Stu Cowan: Back in black — it’s early, but Habs GM likes what he sees

  29-10-2018 22:37
  Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin was dressed all in black when he met with the media after practice Monday in Brossard.
  It would have been the perfect attire at the end of last season, when the Canadiens finished 28th in the overall NHL standings and missed the playoffs for the second straight year. But after a surprising 6-2-2 start this season, Monday could have been a good day for one of the dapper GM’s flashy suits.
  “It’s 10 games … it’s such a small sample,” B
  
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• Revolutionizing Quebec’s electoral system

  29-10-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 29: When he was elected, Premier François Legault promised to revamp the province’s electoral system to make the results more representative of the popular vote. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher explains, Quebec’s anglophone community might suffer if mixed member proportional representation is brought in.
  
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• American Apparel is staging a comeback with a Montreal owner and a few twists

  29-10-2018 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  One of America's most controversial clothing brands is making a comeback, but ditching some of its signature traits.
  
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• Dallas Stars at Canadiens: Five things you should know - Montreal Gazette

  29-10-2018 22:20
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• Montreal students honour fallen soldiers

  29-10-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 29: Vincent Massey Collegiate students have undertaken a project to honour fallen soldiers on Remembrance Day. They’re making 17,000 poppies that they will lay on the graves of fallen soldiers for Remembrance Day. As Phil Carpenter explains, the students say they will never forget the sacrifices made.
  
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• CAQ government could soon change the way Quebec votes

  29-10-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  The new CAQ government has promised to adopt the same electoral system used in Germany and New Zealand. But will it work for Quebec?
  
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• A message of support for a Montreal synagogue

  29-10-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 29: From a terrible situation comes a bit of hope. With the Jewish community still reeling from Saturday’s massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the Muslim community has reached out to one Montreal-area synagogue with its own message of support. Global’s Anne Leclair has more.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin preliminary inquiry begins in fraud and corruption case

  29-10-2018 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  A month-long preliminary inquiry into SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. kicked off Monday.
  
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• Through traffic on Mount Royal to resume Thursday

  29-10-2018 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Montreal pilot-project banning through-traffic on Mount Royal is coming to a close.
  
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• Baie-D'Urfé's Rhian Wilkinson guides Canada’s U-17 Women’s Cup side

  29-10-2018 21:07
  TORONTO — Former Canada fullback Rhian Wilkinson will take another step on her budding soccer coaching career in November at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay.
  The 36-year-old native of Baie-D’Urfé who calls North Vancouver home, is seen as a future Canadian women’s national team coach. She was on Bev Priestman’s coaching staff at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship, where Canada finished third to book its ticket to the World Cup.
  But Pr
  
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• Red, itchy, scaly skin: Why Canadians with psoriasis continue to suffer in silence

  29-10-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Rosamond Turner, 25, from Toronto dealt with psoriasis for most of her adult life. Her outbreaks got so bad that she couldn't leave the house.
  
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• Montreal's Gildan relaunches online version of American Apparel in Canada

  29-10-2018 20:41 via cbc.ca
  American Apparel will return to the Canadian market with an online store on Nov. 1, a year after its bankruptcy and closure.
  
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• What the Puck: Will Habs' autumn heat wave lead to cold, dead spring?

  29-10-2018 20:01
  Ok, it looks like our Montreal Canadiens are going to win the October Stanley Cup — again.
  I’m kidding around. There’s no denying this squad has done better than anyone expected. Absolutely nobody predicted there was any chance that the Habs would be 6-2-2 after their first ten games. And for anyone who was still doubting if this was the real thing, Saturday’s statement game against the archrival Boston Bruins settled that argument.
  A 3-0 win against the Bruins on their h
  
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• Brownstein: Actions speak as loudly — and as frighteningly — as words

  29-10-2018 20:01
  Few can deny that the ever-toxic rhetoric being spewed by some American politicians has not only led to an atmosphere of nearly unprecedented division in the U.S. but, more chillingly, has also emboldened and empowered hate-mongers to execute the sort of mass murder that resulted in the deaths of 11 Jews at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue.
  Nor should it come as much of a surprise that hate-crimes toward Jews increased 57 per cent in 2017 over the previous year in the U.S., according to
  
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• Montoyo says he’s excited to coach Vlad Jr.

  29-10-2018 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto Blue Jays new manager Charlie Montoyo spoke a little Monday about his history with baseball legend Vladimir Guerrero and what it will be like to coach Vlad’s highly-touted son.
  
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• Jays manager claims to be blend of old school and new school analytics

  29-10-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Charlie Montoyo was introduced Monday as the next Toronto Blue Jays manager. It didn’t take long for the new bench boss to delve into how he will incorporate analytics into the Jays system.
  
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• KISS reveals ‘End of the Road’ farewell tour dates, 5 of them in Canada

  29-10-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  KISS' final tour will feature a whopping 44 shows in North America in early 2019.
  
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• Champlain Mall to crack down on public transit users who leave cars in parking lot

  29-10-2018 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters on Montreal’s South Shore who have been leaving their cars at the Champlain Mall will soon have to find another solution. Mall administration warns those leaving their cars there will receive a ticket or be towed if they use the lot to reach the bus terminal.
  
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• CAQ vaccination flip-flops leave trail of confusion in Quebec

  29-10-2018 19:42
  The start of this year’s flu shot campaign in Quebec has been mired in confusion.
  The position of the new Coalition Avenir Québec government on who is eligible for free vaccinations performed a 180-degree turnaround in less than 10 hours last Thursday.
  First, a statement from the Health Department was posted at 8:30 a.m. saying the “children aged six to 24 months and healthy adults aged 60 to 74 are withdrawn” from the free flu shot program.
  The exemptions were anno
  
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• Editorial: After the Pittsburgh massacre, a time for solidarity

  29-10-2018 19:35
  The massacre Saturday at a Pittsburgh synagogue is heartbreaking. Eleven worshippers — all of them elderly and/or disabled — were mowed down by a gunman spewing anti-Semitic hatred. An attack on a peaceful place of worship should be unthinkable, but as Quebecers know all too well, it is not.
  As with the 2017 mosque attack in Quebec City, which took six lives, the response has been an outpouring of love and solidarity.
  And that is exactly what is needed at a time like this — now
  
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• Watch: How to make any soup exciting, with Josée di Stasio

  29-10-2018 19:31
  It’s time to stop clinging to the last vestiges of temperate fall and just admit that it’s officially soup season.
  The doesn’t have to be bad thing: Soup is a satisfying dish, and can even be an exciting one.
  In this video, television personality and cookbook author Josée di Stasio demonstrates three simple ways to elevate a simple homemade butternut squash soup with easy garnishes for every taste.
  You may or may not want to watch on an empty stomach.
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• Montreal rabbi recounts finding message of condolence

  29-10-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  Rabbi Alan Bright recounts how he discovered a rose with a hand-written note outside his NDG synagogue Saturday evening, following the deadly attack in Pittsburgh.
  
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• ‘I love Canada’ proclaims new Jays manager Montoyo

  29-10-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  New Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said “I love Canada” when asked about leading Canada’s only team and his history North of the border.
  
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• Man in his 70s struck, dragged by vehicle in Saguenay hit and run

  29-10-2018 19:13
  A man in his 70s was fighting for his life Monday in Saguenay after being the victim of a hit and run that saw him dragged for hundreds of metres by a vehicle that then left the scene.
  A preliminary investigation found the man was struck by the vehicle, dragged and then released when the vehicle made a U-turn.
  Police arriving at the scene at 7:30 a.m. to investigate a call regarding a man laying in the street found no vehicle at the scene.
  The victim was rushed to hospital, where his injuries we
  
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• Montreal Canadiens: Four points from the Marc Bergevin press conference - A Winning Habit

  29-10-2018 18:51
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  Marc Bergevin had a press conference after the Montreal Canadiens wrapped up their practice discussing Jesperi Kotkaniem, Max Dom and the team's start. It's not unusual for a general manager to address the media early in the season. Marc Bergevin did ...
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• Sûreté du Québec investigator convicted of fraud after claiming depression

  29-10-2018 18:39
  A Sûreté du Québec investigator was convicted of fraud on Monday after a Quebec Court judge determined he lied in order to continue collecting a salary while claiming to be too depressed to do police work even though he was very busy running four travel agencies.
  Nicolas Landry, 43, was an investigator with the SQ’s major crimes division when, in 2009, he took a leave while claiming he was too depressed and anxious to do police work. His leave extended to 2014 when he c
  
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• Champlain Mall to crack down on drivers who park for Panama bus terminal

  29-10-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  South Shore commuters are furious that the Champlain Mall plans on prohibiting parking on its premises starting in November.
  
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• Champlain Mall to crack down on commuters who leave cars in parking lot

  29-10-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  South Shore commuters are furious that the Champlain Mall plans on prohibiting parking on its premises starting in November.
  
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• Montreal rabbi searches for author of touching condolence note in wake of Pittsburgh attack

  29-10-2018 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Rabbi Alan Bright found flowers and a note outside his synagogue. The note was a message of sympathy regarding the Pittsburgh shootings from a member of the Muslim community.
  
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• At Montreal synagogues, messages of solidarity transcend religious barriers

  29-10-2018 17:56
  After the massacre in Pittsburgh, a West Island rabbi encouraged Jewish families to “stand tall and be proud of who we are.”
  Two days after 11 of his fellow Jews were massacred in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Mark Fishman arrived at his own synagogue on the West Island to find numerous messages of support from regular Montrealers and from the leaders of Muslim and Christian communities across the island.
  “There are incredible messages of solidarity and love and the decency of Canadian soc
  
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• ‘Odd Jobs’: From tasting chocolate to rebuilding dinosaurs — a look at some of Canada’s most unique jobs

  29-10-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  Some of these jobs seem too good to be true.
  
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• At Montreal synagogues, messages of solidarity transcend religious barriers - Montreal Gazette

  29-10-2018 17:41
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  At Montreal synagogues, messages of solidarity transcend religious barriers
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  Hundreds gather in Montreal to remember victims of at
  
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• Mount Royal's road-blocking pilot project comes to an end. Will it be made permanent?

  29-10-2018 17:38 via cbc.ca
  The controversial pilot project which blocked Montreal's Mount Royal to through traffic will end on Wednesday at midnight. Now, the city needs to decide if it will become permanent.
  
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• Construction Signs Blocked This Montreal Street For Weeks Even Though There Was Never Any Work Done - MTL Blog (blog)

  29-10-2018 17:10
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  Construction Signs Blocked This Montreal Street For Weeks Even Though There Was Never Any Work Done
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  It's no secret how bad the construction work is across the city. Despite the quick approach of the cold season, it doesn't look like the work in Montreal is going to come to a halt anytime soon. READ ALSO: Montreal's Mount Royal Is Officially Opening ...
  
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• Thousands more classrooms needed to fulfill CAQ's 'almost impossible' pre-K plan

  29-10-2018 16:17 via cbc.ca
  Premier François Legault made the pledge a key part of his party's campaign platform, but school boards say it would be costly and difficult to implement.
  
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• Hundreds more classrooms would be needed to fulfill CAQ's 'almost impossible' pre-K plan

  29-10-2018 16:17 via cbc.ca
  Premier François Legault made the pledge a key part of his party's campaign platform, but school boards say it would be costly and difficult to implement.
  
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• Health & Nutrition: Halloween tricks and treats

  29-10-2018 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  Convinced all Halloween treats are bad for you? Not true! Some may actually be healthy! Find out more with Global’s Laura Casella and registered dietitian Tracy Satov.
  
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• Alouette player writes children’s book

  29-10-2018 14:52 via globalnews.ca
  Alouettes defensive lineman Woody Baron joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about “JustaGobbler” the new children’s book he’s co-written with another player.
  
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• How to make a designer cake when you’re all thumbs

  29-10-2018 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  Have you always wanted to make fancy cakes but just couldn’t handle the decorating? Now you can! Global’s Laura Casella talks to two sisters who have invented the perfect solution to decorating cakes in a snap!
  
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• Champlain Mall cuts off commuter parking

  29-10-2018 13:53 via globalnews.ca
  If you are a south shore commuter who uses the Panama bus terminal, your commute may get a lot tougher. Billy Shields reports from the Champlain Mall parking lot.
  
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• Quebec City mosque offers 'heartfelt condolences' after Pittsburgh shooting

  29-10-2018 13:45 via cbc.ca
  The frightful story of a heavily armed gunmen entering a house of worship and opening fire is all too familiar for members of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, October 29

  29-10-2018 12:57 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, October 29.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, October 29

  29-10-2018 12:51 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, October 29.
  
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