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• Weekend traffic update: Avoid these three trouble spots

  01-11-2018 23:45
  Roadwork is expected to cause bigger traffic headaches than usual this weekend.
  Here are three trouble spots to avoid at all costs:
  Highway 40
  Parts of the highway will be completely closed in both directions between Saturday at 6 p.m. and Monday at 5 a.m.
  Eastbound, the closure will be between St-Jean Blvd. and Highway 13.
  Westbound, the closure will affect the section between Highway 13 and Sources Blvd.
  Detours will be in place, but Transport Quebec is urging motorists to avoid the area
  
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• Gildan wins underwear contract as retailers boost exclusive brands

  01-11-2018 23:43
  Gildan Activewear Inc. said it won a contract to produce men’s underwear for a major retailer, part of the clothing maker’s bid to capitalize on companies’ growing preference to sell their own lines of apparel.
  The Montreal-based company, which also owns American Apparel, said it secured a contract for 2019 to manufacture men’s underwear for its “largest mass retail customer.” That customer, according to Bloomberg data, is Walmart Inc. Gildan declined to name
  
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• Transport Quebec gears up for winter with trucks and technology

  01-11-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Over 120,000 tonnes of salt have been prepared, plus more than 25,000 tonnes of abrasives. 
  
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• 2018's Opération Nez Rouge kicks off Nov. 30

  01-11-2018 23:26
  The 35th edition of Operation Nez Rouge, the holiday drive-home service for motorists worried they’ve had too much to drink — or smoke — will begin on Nov. 30 and continue through to Dec. 31.
  With the legalization of cannabis, organizers stress that they are prepared to provide a ride to any motorist who thinks they are “unfit to drive for any given reason — no questions asked.”
  The service has been expanded to seven provinces from New Brunswick to British Col
  
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• Family of man who died in police intervention sues BEI over news release

  01-11-2018 23:24
  In the days following their son’s death during a police intervention, Cesur Celik and June Tyler sat down for interviews with Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes.
  In separate sessions at their home in Île-Bizard, they recalled what they witnessed during his last moments.
  The parents had called the Montreal police for help shortly before 2 a.m. on March 6, 2017. Koray Kevin Celik, 28, was in crisis and intoxicated. They feared he could hurt himself and didn&r
  
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• Watch: ‘Time’s up at Google’: Toronto employees join global walkout

  01-11-2018 23:16
  Google employees in Toronto joined an international protest against the company, staging a walkout on Thursday. One employee says workers are demanding “structural changes” to end sexual harassment and discrimination.
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  Montreal's Google employees join international walkout over sexual misconduct allegations
  Workers protest against Google’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations at the company’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018.
  
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• Manhunt underway in Laurentians after man kidnaps ex-girlfriend and baby: police

  01-11-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Laval police's K9 unit is on the ground trying to locate the suspect who has fled on foot.
  
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• Man who allegedly kidnapped ex-girlfriend and baby found: police

  01-11-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Laval police's K9 unit is on the ground trying to locate the suspect who has fled on foot.
  
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• Laval police asks for public’s help to find man who allegedly kidnapped ex-girlfriend and baby

  01-11-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Laval police's K9 unit is on the ground trying to locate the suspect who has fled on foot.
  
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• Gearing up for winter

  01-11-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Nov 1: You may not want to hear it but Winter is just around the corner. With that in mind, both Transports Quebec and the City of Montreal say they’re ready to take on the season, and win. As Global’s Phil Carpenter explains, more trucks, more salt and more abrasives and new technology will...
  
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• Building Bridges

  01-11-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Nov 1: Quebec Premier Francois Legault sat down with Federal Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer in Quebec City on Thursday.
  
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• Quebec Premier François Legault meets with Andrew Scheer

  01-11-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  On Thursday, Premier François Legault met with two other leaders: the federal Opposition leader, Andrew Scheer, and the mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume.
  
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• Shipbuilding 'smoke and mirrors' unlikely to distract from Mark Norman case: experts

  01-11-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government's plan to divide an enormous amount of maintenance work on the navy’s frigates among three of the country’s major shipyards likely won't calm a political brawl over the criminal case involving the military’s former second-in-command, experts said Thursday.
  
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• Defence Minister to make announcement at Irving’s Halifax Shipyard

  01-11-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is set to make an announcement at 8 a.m. Friday regarding the "future Royal Canadian Navy fleet."
  
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• Beware of investment scam, Quebec's securities regulator warns

  01-11-2018 21:48
  Quebec’s securities regulator is warning investors about an investment scam run by an illegal enterprise.
  FSM Smart has been calling Quebecers, claiming to offer investors “the opportunity to earn guaranteed extra income,” the Autorité des marchés financiers said in a release.
  “However, contrary to what they claim, the money invested through FSM Smart is not deposited in the investors’ accounts,” according to the AMF.
  The AMF said that FSM S
  
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• Nunavik gets federal funds, Quebec pledges to help with suicide crisis

  01-11-2018 21:39
  The pain spread like contagion.
  A father found his son’s lifeless body in their home and called for help. Paramedics rushed to the scene, trying frantically to revive the young man, but it was too late.
  Whatever unyielding measure of pain led the young man to take his own life was already beginning to ripple through Quaqtaq. Sevim Ilgun says that, like so many families in the Inuit village, hers has been devastated by the suicide.
  Ilgun’s sister, her brother and cousin were the param
  
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• Montreal vows to improve snow clearing with drones, bigger dump sites

  01-11-2018 21:39
  Despite record heat this summer, there is still some snow left over at the dump in the St-Michel quarry.
  That is a good indication of just how much snow the city had to deal with last season, said Jean-François Parenteau, the executive committee member in charge of city services.
  Parenteau pledged the city will be better prepared to clear snow this season, but he started a news conference Thursday by explaining why snow clearing operations were particularly difficult last winter, say
  
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• 'Missing' Liberal MP Di Iorio at the centre of nomination fight

  01-11-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  A Liberal MP who has not been seen on Parliament Hill for weeks is at the centre of a dispute within his own party. Nicola Di Iorio did not followed through on his plan to resign after party officials said he was not allowed to hand-pick a Liberal candidate to replace him.
  
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• Police handing out bike lights in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie

  01-11-2018 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police will be handing out bike lights to those who are cycling without them. 
  
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• Licensed cannabis growers have ties to organized crime, Enquête investigation finds

  01-11-2018 20:56 via cbc.ca
  The legalization of cannabis was supposed to cut out organized crime, but a Radio-Canada investigation shows Health Canada has granted production licenses to companies with individuals with links to the criminal underworld.
  
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• Legal cannabis invites itself to the party for 35th Nez Rouge campaign

  01-11-2018 20:51 via cbc.ca
  Opération Nez Rouge is getting ready for its 35th holiday season, asking impaired drivers to stay off the road and call its volunteers from Nov. 30 to Dec. 31, whether they've consumed alcohol or drugs.
  
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• Police searching for missing woman in Parc-Extension

  01-11-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Josiane Arguin, 34, disappeared Sept. 1 from her Parc-Extension home and hasn't been seen since.
  
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• Montreal real estate: Where do co-ops fit in housing speculation?

  01-11-2018 19:43
  Most of us either buy or rent our home. But there is a third option, and one that is often overlooked: cooperative housing.
  In a co-op, there are no landlords and no tenants. There is no rent or mortgage payment. Ownership is collective, and the responsibility for maintaining the buildings and landscaping is, too. Monthly housing fees are calculated to cover costs, not to make a profit, which often makes this type of housing more affordable.
  It may sound like a hippie fantasy (and indeed, most C
  
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• Social Notes: The Centaur Theatre looks fabulous at 50

  01-11-2018 19:42
  FABULOUS AT 5O! It’s not every day that one of the premier theatre companies in the country, homegrown phenom The Centaur Theatre, marks a milestone like the big 5-0! And it’s not every day that the organizing crew behind the epic English theatre’s fall fundraiser takes festivities up several notches to honour all that golden goodness. ;) 
  So you can only imagine how expectations-exceeding this year’s CENTAUR SOIRÉE was. Kudos to key organizers
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Finnish Connection line is a possibility against Capitals

  01-11-2018 19:29
  The Canadiens could have a Finnish Connection line Thursday night when they play the Washington Capitals at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  During Thursday’s morning skate in Brossard, coach Claude Julien had rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi playing centre between Artturi Lehkonen and Joel Armia. All three are from Finland and they were also together during Wednesday’s practice when both Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron took therapy days.
  Julien wouldn’t confirm
  
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• Restaurant review: The wows are multiplied at Old Port’s Un Po’ Di Piu

  01-11-2018 19:19
  Un Po’ Di Piu★★★1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$-$$$
  3 Rue de la Commune E.
  Phone: 514-861-8686
  Website: caffeunpodipiu.com
  Open: Tues. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thurs. to Sat. 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: NoOK
  Licensed: Yes
  Reservations: Recommended  
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Yes
  Parking: on the street, several parking lots nearby
  Price range: : Snacks $7 – $9; small plates $10-$26; desserts $6-$12.
  With its great
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: I stand in solidarity with the Jewish community

  01-11-2018 19:17
  Last week’s terrorist attack in Pittsburgh did not just affect the Jewish community. It was an attack on humanity itself. Any murder is awful and reprehensible, but a mass killing that takes place inside a place of worship and targets innocent individuals shreds the intricate fabric of society. A place of worship, any place of worship, is sacred.
  As a person of faith, I stand in solidarity with the Jewish community. I feel their pain, and honour their profound sense of loss. That is not en
  
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• Canadiens call up Gregory Charles in a Bell Centre first

  01-11-2018 19:09
  A Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre is more than just hockey. What happens on the ice is the most important thing, but it’s also part of a bigger product being sold to fans.
  At the end of last season, Canadiens president Geoff Molson promised an improved fan experience, and that’s what the franchise has been working on.
  In early October, the Habs unveiled the M2 Marché-Montréal, a high-end food court and bar in the basement of the Bell Centre.
  Now, a live band
  
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• Longueuil to dump raw sewage in St. Lawrence River during sewer repair

  01-11-2018 19:08
  Longueuil says it will dump 150 million litres of untreated waste water into the St. Lawrence River in November.
  The city says it has to take the step so it can work on a pipe that serves a water-treatment plant.
  The dump is much smaller than one by the city of Montreal that made international headlines in 2015.
  That year, Montreal poured out almost 5 billion litres of untreated effluent into the St. Lawrence as it carried out infrastructure repairs to one of its main sewage collectors and a dow
  
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• Analyze This: Underrated Hab Brendan Gallagher is one of NHL's best

  01-11-2018 19:00
  Canadiens spark plug Brendan Gallagher is one of the best right wingers in the NHL.
  Though underrated by many observers, he’s a first-line player because of his skill in driving NHL goalies to distraction as well as his ability to help the team win at both ends of the ice.
  Offensive impact among right wingers
  Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Gallagher has 63 points in 93 games, good for 20th among all right wingers in the league.
  His 38 goals rank fifth in the NHL, tied with talented
  
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• Scheer in Quebec: Supports religious freedom but defers on immigration

  01-11-2018 18:56
  QUEBEC — Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the issue of banning religious symbols is a provincial matter but his party believes in fundamental freedoms and would not go down the same path.
  However, he remained vague on his positions on the immigration issue, the Legault government’s plan to impose values tests on new arrivals and the possibility it will invoke the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to override religious rights to ban symbols.
  Asked if he —
  
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• Opinion: Quebec's laïcité should be 'softer,' socially inclusive

  01-11-2018 18:55
  Laïcité is a firmly established term in Quebec’s self-understanding, but there is a spectrum of ideas about what it means.
  Lise Ravary argues for what we could call “hard” laïcité: “religions should be kept out of all state institutions” (“Laïcité can help block advance of political Islam” Oct. 23). In explaining her position, she says many Quebecers are afraid of “more Islam” in public institutions (i
  
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• Comissioner Randy Ambrosie says CFL has no plans to reverse bonuses directive

  01-11-2018 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  Many CFL players receive up-front money, in the form of either a signing or roster bonus, as part of their contracts.
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on Quebec-N.L. feud over Churchill Falls hydro riches

  01-11-2018 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada will deliver a decision Friday in one of Canada's bitterest interprovincial feuds - the notorious 1969 Churchill Falls hydro deal between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.
  
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• From apps to drones, Montreal better equipped to handle winter storms, officials say

  01-11-2018 17:46 via cbc.ca
  Montreal officials say the city is fully prepared for winter’s wrath — adding an ice breaker to its fleet of snow removal trucks while increasing its supply of salt to combat icy roads and sidewalks.
  
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• Montreal's Santa Claus parade will take place Nov. 17

  01-11-2018 17:34
  The 68th edition of Montreal’s Santa Claus parade will take place Saturday, Nov. 17, at 11 a.m.
  The parade, which will run on Ste-Catherine St. between Fort and St-Urbain Sts., will feature floats, musicians, dancers and street performers. Ste-Catherine St. will be completely closed to traffic at 10 a.m. and will reopen at 1:30 p.m.
  Those wishing to catch a glimpse of Santa are urged to show up early since a large crowd is expected. The Peel or McGill métro stations are the bes
  
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• Hotel Intel: Kimpton launches boutique brand in cozy Toronto space

  01-11-2018 16:59
  The new Kimpton Saint George Hotel is a supremely comfortable boutique getaway in the busy metropolis of Toronto.
  It’s both part of the action and a pleasant escape in the Bloor St. neighbourhood called The Annex. This is a leafy, mostly residential area known for the University of Toronto and also as the former home of Meghan Markle, when she was shooting the TV show Suits.
  The experience: I arrived at Kimpton Saint George tired, chilled and hungry and I was cured immediately. I rested on
  
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• How will Montreal improve snow clearing? With drones and bigger dump sites

  01-11-2018 16:56
  Despite record heat this summer, there is still some snow left over at the dump in the St-Michel quarry.
  That is a good display of just how much snow the city had to deal with last season, said Jean-François Parenteau, the executive committee member in charge of city services.
  Parenteau pledged the city will be better prepared to clear snow this season, but he started a press conference Thursday by explaining that last winter was exceptional for the city.
  A total of 238 centimetres f
  
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• Montreal Canadiens of yesteryear featured in Dorval hockey exhibit

  01-11-2018 16:30
  Hockey fans will be treated to a new exhibit at the Dorval Museum that feature’s some vintage Montreal Canadiens’ momentos and Stanley Cup stories from the past century.
  The Hockey Cup History exhibit, which opens to the public Friday, at the Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage, explains the evolution of the Stanley Cup.
  The exhibit also features a local hockey component, with photos and hockey crests from Dorval teams dating back to the 1960s.
  A vintage metal protective cup
  
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• Canada Post workers in Hamilton, La Mauricie, Que., join rotating strikes

  01-11-2018 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the walkout in La Mauricie, Que., began Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. and in Hamilton just after midnight on Thursday.
  
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• The Canadiens call up Gregory Charles to perform an NHL first

  01-11-2018 16:20
  A Montreal Canadiens game at the Bell Centre is more than just hockey. What happens on the ice is the most important thing, but it’s also part of a bigger product being sold to fans.
  At the end of last season, Canadiens president Geoff Molson promised an improved fan experience, and that’s what the franchise has been working on.
  In early October, the Habs unveiled the M2 Marché-Montréal, a high-end food court and bar in the basement of the Bell Centre.
  Now, a live band
  
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• Guy Lafleur's 8-year legal battle finally shut out by Supreme Court

  01-11-2018 16:10
  Former hockey great Guy Lafleur has lost his bid to sue the authorities who, 10 years ago, arrested and charged him with a little-known criminal offence.
  The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear his appeal. As is usual, the high court did not provide any reason for its decision.
  The former Canadiens star had tried to seek damages from a police officer, the city of Montreal, a Crown prosecutor and Quebec’s attorney-general for what Lafleur contended was an abusive arrest and criminal p
  
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• Five things to do in the Montreal area this weekend, Nov. 2-4

  01-11-2018 16:00
  We Are Munroe
  The Montreal indie band performs at Théâtre Plaza on Friday at 8 p.m. “Special guests” are promised, too,
  Kathak Evolution
  Something for the whole family: Dancer Tanveer Alam tells the story of kathak dance and Indo-Persian influences that transformed it. It’s free at Georges-Émile-Lapalme Cultural Space, Friday at 3 p.m.
  Serena Ryder
  The Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter performs at the Corona Theatre on Saturday night.
  
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• Federal government awards $7B in contracts to three shipyards for navy ship maintenance

  01-11-2018 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  The contracts are to maintain Canada's 12 Halifax-class frigates until the end of their operational life, estimated at another 20 years.
  
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• Quebec school board develops algorithm to detect students at risk of dropping out

  01-11-2018 15:48 via cbc.ca
  The model can find students in Grade 6 who are at significant risk of dropping out of school three years later with 92 per cent accuracy.
  
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• Max Domi is doing it all for the Montreal Canadiens | HI/O Show

  01-11-2018 15:28
  On this week’s show, our panelists — Gazette sports columnist Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — identify the Canadiens’ early-season MVP.
  They also weigh in on these topics:Max Domi and Jeff Petry rise to the challenge
  Joel Armia is Habs’ Halloween ghost
  Canadiens, Price send message to Bruins
  Confidence goes a long way for Habs
  Wins purify locker-room atmosphereRelated
  Stu Cowan: Max Domi is
  
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• The art of the sandwich

  01-11-2018 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians make more than 100 million sandwiches each week, and it’s time to get creative! Maille mustard sommelier Harry Lalousis joins Global’s Laura Casella & Kim Sulllivan with great recipes and the proper techniques for giving your taste buds a goumet sandwich experience.
  
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• Translating a work of art

  01-11-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Hot off the Governor General’s Literary Awards ceremony, translators Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott join Global’s Kim Sullivan to discuss their work on the novel Descent Into Night.
  
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• Organizing your seasonal decorations

  01-11-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  Is your house getting cluttered with décor you only use a few months out of the year? Professional Organizer Allison Weigensberg joins Global’s Laura Casella with great way to keep your seasonal décor organised and ready to go for the next holiday season.
  
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• Organising your seasonal decorations

  01-11-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  Is your house getting cluttered with décor you only use a few months out of the year? Professional Organizer Allison Weigensburgh joins Global’s Laura Casella with great way to keep your seasonal décor organised and ready to go for the next holiday season.
  
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