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• Santa spreads holiday cheer at Montreal parade

  17-11-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Santa Claus took time out of his busy schedule Saturday to take part in Montreal’s 68th annual Santa Claus Parade.
  
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• Longueuil resident advocates for better access to STM metros

  17-11-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  A Longueuil man is urging Montreal’s transit authority to improve access to its metro stations. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, only 20 per cent of the stations have elevators which can make get around difficult for some commuters.
  
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• Obituary: Harry Rosen, Montreal dentist and maker of imposing public art

  17-11-2018 23:35
  Harry Rosen was a pioneering Montreal dentist who made a name for himself as the creator of imposing outdoor sculptures that are on display around the city. He died Thursday at age 89 of pancreatic cancer.
  An emeritus professor in McGill University’s Faculty of Dentistry who specialized in reconstructive dentistry, Rosen developed a lifelong passion for sculpture while moving rocks and boulders near his country house on Lac Patrick in the Laurentians.
  “The kind of dentistry I do is m
  
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• 'I can't sleep': Friends of missing kayaker search river for signs he's alive

  17-11-2018 23:24 via cbc.ca
  The distraught friends of 27-year-old Alexander Okonski continue to search for him, three days after his abandoned kayak turned up along the Ottawa River shoreline.
  
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• Gallery: Montreal Santa Claus Parade 2018 - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 23:05
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  Gallery: Montreal Santa Claus Parade 2018
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  We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. We are committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion, so we ask you to avoid personal attacks, and please keep your comments relevant and respectful.and more »
  
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• Jean-François Lisée refuses to concede he made mistakes in campaign

  17-11-2018 22:33
  Former Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée says the party would have done much worse in the election had he not aggressively attacked Québec solidaire in the last days of the campaign.
  But as for the party’s dismal score Oct. 1, Lisée said the PQ was up against a powerful force; Quebecers’ desire to get rid of the Liberals so it did not matter what he and the party had to offer.
  “Globally we won the campaign but lost the election
  
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• Woman seriously injured as Montreal police chase fleeing vehicle - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 22:20
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  Woman seriously injured as Montreal police chase fleeing vehicle
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  ... they could not comment on the case because it is now in the hands of the BEI. Une femme aurait été violemment heurtée par une voiture du SPVM https://t.co/xt4R49vx3l pic.twitter.com/E2nZtEv4BI. — ICI Grand Montréal (@icimontreal) November 17, 2018 ...
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• Woman seriously injured as Montreal police chase fleeing vehicle

  17-11-2018 22:20
  A 42-year-old woman is in serious condition in hospital after a police chase led to the woman being struck by a Montreal police patrol car on Sherbrooke St. E. in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve on Saturday morning.
  According to a preliminary report given to the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), the provincial body that investigates whenever a police force is involved in an incident where a civilian is injured or killed, at 10:54 a.m. Saturday, the Sûreté du Qué
  
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• BEI investigating after police chase ends in crash on Sherbrooke Street

  17-11-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's police watch dog is investigating a crash involving Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec that left a 42-year old woman with serious injuries.
  
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• Uteck Bowl: Rouge et Or obliterate X-Men 63-0

  17-11-2018 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Quarterback Hugo Richard completed 22-of-27 passes for 327 yards and five touchdowns as the Laval Rouge et Or romped to a 63-0 victory over the visiting St. Francis Xavier X-Men on Saturday in the Uteck Bowl.
  
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• Longueuil resident advocates for expanded and better access to STM metros

  17-11-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  The stairs are the only way for Woody Belfort to access to the metro, which can be pretty tough, considering he uses a wheelchair.
  
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• Canada Goose's new Montreal store draws fans and a PETA protest - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 21:17
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  Canada Goose's new Montreal store draws fans and a PETA protest
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• Canada Goose's new Montreal store draws fans and a PETA protest

  17-11-2018 20:57
  Canada Goose Holdings Inc. wants its customers to know what real cold feels like — from the comfort of a $1,000 parka.
  The company has added frigid rooms to some of its stores where shoppers can test the luxury coats in temperatures as low as -25 C. A Montreal location, whose Friday grand opening attracted customers as well as PETA anti-fur protesters, is the fifth to include the fancy freezer, and Beijing will join later this year as the company rolls out its China expansion plan.
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• Montreal police car involved in violent collision

  17-11-2018 20:50
  A Montreal police patrol car was involved in a violent collision with another vehicle on Sherbrooke St. E. in Hochélaga-Maisonneuve Saturday morning just before 11 a.m.
  Une femme aurait été violemment heurtée par une voiture du SPVM https://t.co/xt4R49vx3l pic.twitter.com/E2nZtEv4BI
  — ICI Grand Montréal (@icimontreal) November 17, 2018According to witness reports given to Radio-Canada, the police car struck the other vehicle with enough force to eject the
  
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• Quebec's police watchdog investigating Montreal incident

  17-11-2018 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Late Saturday morning, Montreal police were at the scene of what looks like a collision, or a series of collisions, on Sherbrooke Street East in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
  
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• Passerby severely injured after Montreal police chase ends in series of collisions

  17-11-2018 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's police watchdog (BEI) says a 42-year-old woman was severely injured after she was hit by a police cruiser during a chase on Sherbrooke Street East earlier today.
  
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• Parti Québécois leaders meet in Montreal to discuss election loss

  17-11-2018 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  In the October general election, the Parti Québécois garnered only 17 per cent of the popular vote and lost official party status after winning only 10 seats.
  
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• Head-on Highway 158 collision in Saint-Alexis kills two women, both 20

  17-11-2018 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  Snow and road conditions may have contributed to the crash.
  
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• STM buses running out of gas is more than a daily occurrence

  17-11-2018 19:26
  It isn’t a daily occurrence for a bus to run out of fuel. In fact, it’s more frequent than that, according to figures provided Friday by the Société de transport de Montréal.
  Earlier this week, Renée Amilcar, the STM’s executive director of buses, said it was a rare occurrence for a bus to run out of gas. However, the STM statistics contradict Amilcar’s assertion. Within the last three months, there was an average of 1.3 reports per day of
  
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• Early snowfall a blessing for Quebec skiers, geting in first tracks of the season

  17-11-2018 19:18 via cbc.ca
  While some weren't ready for winter conditions in the middle of November, skiers in Quebec are embracing the snow and and hitting the slopes early.
  
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• Saint Nick spreads holiday cheer at Montreal’s 68th annual Santa Claus Parade

  17-11-2018 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  Santa came to town with hundreds of friends, from artists to musicians and even some superheroes, too.
  
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• SAQ strike: Managers keep 10 Montreal liquor stores open this weekend

  17-11-2018 17:42
  A labour dispute has shut the vast majority of Quebec’s liquor stores this weekend.
  Store and office employees of the Société des alcools du Québec walked off the job on Friday and are only expected to return on Monday.
  But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy liquor. SAQ managers are keeping some stores open, including nine in Montreal. The government-owned monopoly has posted a list on its website of the SAQ stores that remain open.
  On Friday, Superior Court J
  
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• Beauport man dies after Friday night residential building fire in Quebec City

  17-11-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  It took some 60 firefighters around five hours to bring the blaze under control. 
  
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• SAQ strike: Managers keep 10 Montreal liquor stores open this weekend - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 17:28
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  SAQ strike: Managers keep 10 Montreal liquor stores open this weekend
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  store. Perfect Prestige Renovations. Montréal, QC · store. Place Desaulniers. Longueuil, QC · store. Beaconsfield Artists Association. Beaconsfield, QC · store. Mireille Marly Boutique. Beaconsfield, QC · store. Enchères Champagne Auctions. Montréal, QC.
  
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• Kryk's picks for NFL Week 11 - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 17:10
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  Kryk's picks for NFL Week 11
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  Upsets are fun, upsets are compelling. Who doesn't love an upset? Well, you and me and everyone else trying to accurately pick weekly NFL winners straight up, not against the spread. That's who. And suicide-pool pickers, too. There were upsets in the ...and more »
  
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• Parcel backlog mounting as CUPW rejects latest offer from Canada Post

  17-11-2018 16:45 via cbc.ca
  The union representing postal workers has just rejected an offer from Canada Post. It now seems the Crown corporation will head into its busiest time of year mired in a labour dispute.
  
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• CUPW rejects latest offer from Canada Post: Rotating strikes to continue

  17-11-2018 16:45 via cbc.ca
  The union representing postal workers has just rejected an offer from Canada Post. It now seems the Crown corporation will head into its busiest time of year mired in a labour dispute.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Carey Price back in goal against Canucks

  17-11-2018 16:17
  VANCOUVER — The Canadiens will wrap up their three-game Western Canada road trip when they face the Vancouver Canucks Saturday at Rogers Arena (7 p.m., CBC, SN1, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  Since the game has a 4 p.m. local start time, the Canadiens didn’t have a morning skate Saturday. They held an optional practice Friday afternoon at one of the University of British Columbia rinks with 11 players taking part: goalies Carey Price and Antti Niemi, defencemen Mike Reilly, Xavier Ouel
  
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• Vancouver Canucks gameday: Clash with Montreal Canadiens - The Canuck Way

  17-11-2018 16:10
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  After losing five of their last six games, the Vancouver Canucks will try to get back on the winning track at Rogers Arena vs. the Montreal Canadiens. Here's what you need to know for gameday. The bad news for the Vancouver Canucks is that they picked ...
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• Montreal police search for missing Griffintown man - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 16:05
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  Montreal police search for missing Griffintown man
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  Design Louis George. Mont-Royal, QC · store. Montreal Cannabis Expo · store. Rosen Group - Raymond James. Pointe-Claire, QC · store. Maison Corbeil - Montreal. Montréal, QC · store. Raymond James - Rosen Group - Lewis Rosen. Pointe-Claire, QC.
  
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• Montreal police search for missing Griffintown man

  17-11-2018 16:04
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man.
  Scott Nigel Calder
  The 38-year-old man — Scott Nigel Calder — has been missing since he left his home in Griffintown on the morning of Friday, Nov. 16.
  Calder is five-foot-11 (180 centimetres) and weighs 165 pounds (75 kilograms). No clothing description is available.
  Police said he may be in Montreal or Ontario.
  “His family fears for his safety because he made worrying comments and he is not
  
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• Sun Youth move wont stop it from feeding 20,000 people during holidays

  17-11-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  After 37 years in the old Baron Byng High School on St-Urbain Street, Sun Youth is packing it in this weekend.
  
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• Two women killed in car crash northeast of Montreal

  17-11-2018 15:42
  A two-vehicle collision killed two people on Friday night in St-Alexis, in the Lanaudière region, northeast of Montreal.
  At about 9:15 p.m., a car with two young women tried to pass another vehicle on Route 158. The driver lost control of her car, which hit a pickup truck.
  The two women, aged 20, were killed instantly.
  The driver of the van was not injured.
  The cause of the crash is undetermined, but snow and road conditions may have played a role.
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• SAQ strike: Managers keep nine Montreal liquor stores open this weekend

  17-11-2018 15:08
  A labour dispute has shut the vast majority of Quebec’s liquor stores this weekend.
  Store and office employees of the Société des alcools du Québec walked off the job on Friday and are only expected to return on Monday.
  But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy liquor. SAQ managers are keeping some stores open, including nine in Montreal. The government-owned monopoly has posted a list on its website of the SAQ stores that remain open.
  The SAQ also notes that sho
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Updating your holiday decor with a few new colours

  17-11-2018 15:00
  Holiday decor trends change from year to year in order to capture current colours, metallic finishes and themes. But that doesn’t mean you have to start over every holiday season with a new palette or theme. You can keep what you already have (and love!) and build on it to achieve a fresh festive feel. Holiday palettes tend to be based on a few main schemes. Gold, green and red have always been the classic, best-selling colours for traditional holiday decor; while modern holiday decorators
  
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• Inuk woman's tell-tale botulism symptoms would have been taken seriously if she'd been white, says her widower

  17-11-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  A man from Inukjuak said the failure of a nurse stationed in the northern Quebec community to recognize the signs of botulism cost his wife her life, and it was only after she died that clinic staff took his adult daughter's symptoms seriously.
  
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• Montreal catches Christmas spirit with Saturday's Santa Claus parade - Montreal Gazette

  17-11-2018 14:46
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  Montreal catches Christmas spirit with Saturday's Santa Claus parade
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  Downtown museums (McCord Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal). Shopping in the underground city or on Ste-Catherine. Restaurants on Peel or Crescent Sts. The 360-degree Observation Deck atop Place ...
  Santa Claus is coming to town! Thousands pour out for Montreal's paradeCTV News
  Santa Claus parade to bring Christmas magic to Montre
  
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• Montreal catches Christmas spirit with Saturday's Santa Claus parade

  17-11-2018 14:46
  Tens of thousands of Montrealers are expected to line Ste-Catherine St. on Saturday for the Santa Claus Parade.
  Mother Nature is co-operating. A fresh layer of snow has set the Christmas mood and the temperature is expected to hover around 3 C.
  The 68th annual parade is to begin at Fort St. at 11 a.m. and will end at Place des Arts.
  The Peel and McGill métro stations are the best options for those arriving via public transit.
  Presented by the downtown business association, the parade is t
  
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• While you were sleeping: Back-to-life lawsuit, Trump 'easily' answers Mueller

  17-11-2018 14:35
  Good morning. Before you head out, here’s a roundup of stories from the overnight desk.
  New Mexico woman sues hospital for resuscitating her: A New Mexico woman who was brought back to life is suing the hospital for violating her rights. The Albuquerque Journal reports lawyers for Jamie Sams filed a lawsuit this week in New Mexico state district court against Santa Fe’s Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The lawsuit filed on behalf Sams, a writer known for books on spiritu
  
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• Week in Review: Turcot woes, bus mayhem, construction pain, short-lived surplus

  17-11-2018 14:00
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.The mayhem that wasn’t: Commuters heed warnings to avoid Turcot
  It was even a surprise to Quebec’s transport ministry that so many motorists seemed to heed the warnings of gridlock and stayed off the roads. Transport Quebec spokesperson Martin Girard said the department saw nothing remotely close to the eight kilometres of gridlock its traffic-prediction models had forecast. In some parts of the city, traffic was e
  
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• Shelter: Upheaval leads to adventure and a cozy Mile End starter home

  17-11-2018 14:00
  In 2013, Tarjei Skaar was about to start his last year in high school in his native Norway when his father, Knut, was appointed as the representative for the Nordic Delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization. Similar to a diplomatic posting (ICAO is a United Nations agency), Skaar senior’s job required the family to move from Bergen to Montreal for three years — an upheaval for the family (his wife is an air traffic controller), but also something of an adventure.
  Sk
  
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• 70-year-old man dies in Quebec City fire

  17-11-2018 13:42 via cbc.ca
  The man’s body was discovered on the second floor. He was unconscious and could not be resuscitated.
  
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• 57-year-old man dies in Quebec City fire

  17-11-2018 13:42 via cbc.ca
  The man’s body was discovered on the second floor. He was unconscious and could not be resuscitated.
  
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• A residential fire has claimed the life of a 70-year-old man in Quebec City

  17-11-2018 13:32
  A man perished in a violent fire Friday night in the Quebec City suburb of Beauport.
  The fire broke out around 10 p.m. in a three-story residence. The victim, 70, was found on the second floor. Emergency responders were not able to revive him and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
  Two others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
  Approximately 70 firefighters were called to the scene. The cause is not yet determined.
  
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• Traffic hotspots to avoid on Saturday

  17-11-2018 13:00
  It will be a hard slog to get to the South Shore today as roadwork will be affecting several spans and routes.
  Mercier Bridge
  The bridge will undergo repair and maintenance work starting at 1 a.m. Saturday. The span toward Kahnawake will be closed completely and only one lane in the opposite direction will be open. By default, the same work will close the entrance to Airlie St. where the roadway connects with Highway 138.
  Exit 63 on Highway 20 westbound (connecting motorists to the bridge as wel
  
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• Max Domi is a huge fan of Canadiens linemate Andrew Shaw

  17-11-2018 13:00
  VANCOUVER — If you’ve listened to any Montreal sports-talk radio this season, you’ve probably heard people criticizing the Canadiens’ Andrew Shaw.
  Actually, if you’ve listened to enough sports-talk radio you’ve probably heard people ripping just about every player at one point or another after a Canadiens loss. That’s just the way it is in Montreal with fans who are so passionate about the team and treat every loss as a panic attack.
  As for Shaw, people
  
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• Josh Freed: I hope this column puts you to sleep

  17-11-2018 13:00
  I woke up at 4:05 a.m. the other night and had an urgent anxious thought, typical of that hour.
  Had I checked my Guardian newspaper subscription lately? It’d been about a year since I took a cheap intro offer of $40 and if I missed the expiry date it could rise to $80.
  That soon reminded me I hadn’t checked my landline phone bill recently, which could go up without notice, too.
  That soon got my brain feverishly thinking: why do I need a landline anyway? Maybe I should cancel it, sinc
  
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• In these tough times, the Gazette Christmas Fund lends a hand

  17-11-2018 13:00
  I have had the great honour of writing to you about the Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund every November for the last five years. And every year, I look through some of the thousands of requests we receive so I can tell you about some of the Montrealers who are seeking help.
  Back in 2013, a lot of those requests involved Christmas gifts for children who might otherwise not receive them. This year, the reasons are grimmer.
  Of the first 50 applications I looked at, the vast majority of applicants sa
  
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