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• Freezing rain warning lifted for Montreal

  02-12-2018 23:59
  A freezing rain warning issued by Environment Canada for Montreal, the Laurentians and the Eastern Townships was lifted on Sunday morning as temperatures rose above freezing.
  Environment Canada posted a freezing rain warning for Montreal and much of Quebec on Sunday.
  The warning remains in place for areas including Temiscamingue, Mont-Tremblant and Quebec City.  “It should persist for those areas until later this evening or later tonight,” said Ivan Dubé of Environment Ca
  
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• Canadiennes win twice against lowly Blades

  02-12-2018 23:56
  The Canadiennes racked up the points against the visiting Worcester Blades this weekend in Canadian Women’s Hockey League action at Place Bell in Laval, as the overmatched and still winless visitors managed only a single goal and 24 shots in 120 minutes.
  Marie-Philip Poulin and Karell Emard each had two goals on Saturday in a 6-1 win against a team that is not only winless in 13 games this season, but has managed only five goals in those 13 games. Meghan Grieves had the only goal
  
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• Freezing rain warning lifted for Montreal - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2018 23:52
  Freezing rain warning lifted for Montreal  Montreal GazetteEnvironment Canada is urging drivers to avoid unnecessary trips and take care on icy, slippery roads.
  
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• High-profile Hells Angel wedding takes place in downtown Montreal

  02-12-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Among the nearly 300 guests were people linked to the Mafia and the Rizzuto clan. 
  
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• Stu Cowan: Former Canadien Nikita Scherbak gets a fresh start in L.A.

  02-12-2018 22:58
  Nikita Scherbak won’t have a problem finding some new coffee shops in Los Angeles.
  The L.A. Kings acquired Scherbak on waivers Sunday, adding another name to the long list of first-round draft picks who haven’t worked out with the Canadiens.
  The Canadiens selected Scherbak in the first round (26th overall) of the 2014 NHL Draft after he posted 28-50-78 totals in 65 games with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades during his first season in Canada after leaving Russia as a 17-year-old. His
  
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• Jack Todd: Adonis Stevenson thrived in the toughest of sports

  02-12-2018 22:50
  The news was scanty: Boxer Adonis Stevenson, for a time one of the best in his very brutal business, was in critical condition following his Saturday night bout in Quebec City.
  It was the kind of news you hope you will never hear. The 41-year-old Stevenson (who based on his age alone should not have been in the ring at all) was in intensive care Sunday and his family had asked the press and public to respect his privacy.
  I was not at the fight and I did not see it, so I have to go by accounts of
  
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• Unions, community organizations push for minimum wage increase in Quebec

  02-12-2018 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  More than 100 groups signed a common declaration asking the Quebec government to increase the province's minimum wage to $15 an hour. 
  
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• Université de Sherbrooke employees to get $50 off monthly bus pass if they leave cars at home

  02-12-2018 22:12 via cbc.ca
  Employees at the Université de Sherbrooke are getting some incentive from the university to drive less, and take public transit more.
  
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• Guest at Hells Angels wedding faces charge of assaulting police officer

  02-12-2018 22:11
  A guest at the downtown wedding of a high-ranking Hells Angels member and the daughter of a notorious former drug trafficker was arrested early Sunday in a state of inebriation, and has been released from detention with a promise to appear in court.
  The 50-year-old man, who was arrested shortly around 2:15 a.m. at Drummond and Sherbrooke Sts., was aggressive and uncooperative toward police officers, said Benoît Boisselle of the Montreal police.
  Police would not identify the man, but accord
  
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• Jack Todd: Leafs GM gambles as lockout looms

  02-12-2018 21:06
  I spent a fair bit time during the weekend staring into my Genuine Toronto Maple Leafs Crystal Ball (the special Harold Ballard edition), but no matter how hard I looked, I kept seeing the Chicago Blackhawks.
  You remember the Blackhawks, don’t you? The dynasty of the 21st century? Everyone’s model of the perfectly run franchise?
  When last seen, the Blackhawks were losing 5-2 to the Nashville Predators on Saturday night, dropping their season record to 9-13-5 going into play Sunday an
  
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• So you think you can volunteer? An expert's tips on finding the right position for you

  02-12-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Andrea De Rome, a volunteer recruitment coordinator at Volunteer West Island, gives her advice on finding the best volunteer position to suit your lifestyle.
  
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• Quebecer Adonis Stevenson in medically induced coma after knockout

  02-12-2018 20:12
  QUEBEC — Blainville boxer Adonis Stevenson has been put in an medically induced coma after being knocked out Saturday night in his light heavyweight title fight in Quebec City.
  The Journal de Montréal first reported this development. RDS then revealed doctors had indicated to promoter Yvon Michel the next 48 hours will be crucial.
  Stevenson was taken to Quebec’s Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, which specializes in neurosurgery and head trauma. When he a
  
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• Advocacy group calls on Quebec municipalities to step up fight against domestic violence

  02-12-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  A domestic violence victims advocacy group is calling on Quebec municipalities to do more in the fight against domestic violence.
  
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• Is the Quebec immigration system making welfare attractive?

  02-12-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec seeks out skilled workers but they are ineligible for government support programs if they are deemed too successful.
  
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• Statistics Canada says sewer water shows Haligonians use most cannabis in all of Canada

  02-12-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  The analysis found that Halifax consumed more cannabis than any of the other major metropolitan areas included in the project. 
  
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• Statistics Canada says sewer water points to Haligonians using the most cannabis

  02-12-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  The analysis found that Halifax consumed more cannabis than any of the other major metropolitan areas included in the project. 
  
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• Canadiens lose Nikita Scherbak to Los Angeles Kings on NHL waivers

  02-12-2018 18:36
  The Canadiens can add another name to the list of first-round draft picks who didn’t work out with the team.
  The Canadiens placed forward Nikita Scherbak on NHL waivers at noon Saturday and he was claimed by the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday. Scherbak had been practising with the Canadiens while on the injured-reserve list with a lower-body injury. He did not play a game with the Canadiens this season and had one goal in five games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket before getting injure
  
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• Wendake's Sagamité restaurant seriously damaged in Sunday morning fire

  02-12-2018 18:04 via cbc.ca
  A major fire that broke out early Sunday has left a celebrated restaurant that serves Indigenous cuisine in Wendake seriously damaged, firefighters say.
  
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• Don't toke and drive: SAAQ launches awareness campaign

  02-12-2018 17:56
  More than a month after the legalization of cannabis, Quebec’s car insurance board is launching a public awareness campaign.
  It runs until Jan. 6 and warns that it’s illegal to drive under the influence of cannabis even if it is now legal.
  The target audience for the campaign is drivers between 18 and 44, especially those under 25, said the Société de l ‘assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
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• Canadiens Game Day: 'We have a goal for our team right now'

  02-12-2018 17:17
  The Canadiens have a simple goal this season, according to Paul Byron.
  “We got a big stretch of hockey coming up,” Byron said after the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-2 Saturday night at the Bell Centre. “One game at a time for us and we just try and bang away some wins and see if we can get back in the hunt. We have a goal for our team right now, we want to make the playoffs. So one game at a time and we’ll see what happens.”
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• Tipsy drivers can call Nez Rouge for safe ride home

  02-12-2018 17:11
  Opération Nez Rouge will once again be offering rides home to tipsy West Island motorists over the holidays.
  Entering its 35th year of operation, Opération Nez Rouge is offering its holiday drive-home service from now until Dec. 31.
  With the legalization of cannabis in Canada, Nez Rouge will also provide a ride to any motorist who thinks they are unfit to drive.
  Dial 514-256-2510 if you need a ride home.
  A mobile app will allow drive-home teams to directly receive requests for a dr
  
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• Habs surprise with 5-on-5 scoring, comeback prowess | HI/O Bonus

  02-12-2018 17:00
  In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette columnist Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, Dan Robertson of TSN 690 and host Adam Susser — discuss the high points of the Canadiens’ season so far.
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• Freezing rain warning issued for Montreal, much of Quebec

  02-12-2018 16:52
  Environment Canada posted a freezing rain warning for Montreal and  much of Quebec on Sunday.
  Freezing rain across southwestern Quebec in the morning will spread to central parts of the province in the afternoon. The affected areas include Greater Montreal, the Laurentians, Abitibi, Eastern Townships, South Shore to the U.S. border, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Drummondville and central Quebec.
  Between two and five millimetres of freezing precipitation is expected in those regions, reachi
  
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• Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson in critical condition after knockout in title fight

  02-12-2018 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson is in critical condition after being knocked out in a light heavyweight title fight in Quebec City on Saturday night.
  
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• Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson in medically induced coma after knockout defeat

  02-12-2018 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Stevenson, 41, left the Videotron Centre in Quebec City in an ambulance.
  
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• San Jose Sharks at Montreal Canadiens: Five things you should know

  02-12-2018 15:28
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Sharks game Sunday at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, SN1, RDS, TSN-690 Radio):
  The matchup: The Canadiens are hoping to build on their 5-2 win over the New York Rangers Saturday night. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for the Canadiens and gave them a 1-2-0 record on their five-game homestand which ends with a game against Ottawa on Tuesday. The win also moved the Canadiens back into a playoff position with 29 points, good for t
  
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• Fitness: Do the Olympics turn host cities into active cities?

  02-12-2018 15:00
  When it comes to the debate around hosting the Olympic Games, not all talk centres on the economics of holding the event. Potential host cities also engage in discussions surrounding the social impact of the Games, including the theory that watching athletes compete at the highest level motivates people to do the same.
  But more than recruiting the next generation of Olympians and increasing the number of people playing organized sports, the pledge to turn Olympic-quality installations into recre
  
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• While you were sleeping: Boy's letter to dad in heaven gets a reply

  02-12-2018 14:12
  Here’s what happened while it started snowing again. 
  Organized crime members came downtown for the wedding of a full-patch member of the Hells Angels and the daughter of a notorious drug trafficker. Martin Robert, 44, and Annie Arbic, 32, were married at Montreal’s Windsor Ballrooms on Peel St. According to the Journal de Montreal, among the nearly 300 invitees were many members of the different Hells Angels branches and people with ties to the Montreal Mafia and
  
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• Man stabbed outside bar in Ste-Geneviève

  02-12-2018 13:50
  Montreal police are investigating after a man was stabbed outside a bar in Ste-Geneviève early Sunday morning.
  Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant says the incident ocurred around 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Pierrefonds Blvd. and Terrasse Richelieu.
  Witnesses told police that an altercation started inside the establishment. It continued outside, where the stabbing took place.
  The suspects fled the scene.
  The victim, who is in his 30s, suffered an upper body injury. He was transported to
  
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• Promoter says Adonis Stevenson in critical condition after knockout

  02-12-2018 13:35
  QUEBEC — Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson is reported to be in critical condition after being knocked out Saturday night in his light heavyweight title fight in Quebec City.
  The report comes from boxing promoter Yvon Michel who tweeted early Sunday morning that Stevenson was in intensive care and that family members have asked that his privacy be respected.
  Oleksandr Gvozdyk stopped Stevenson at 2:49 of the 11th round to take his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title.
  The 41-year-old
  
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• Schukov: Time to think outside of the (mail) box with Canada Post

  02-12-2018 13:11
  Now that Canada Postoleros have been ordered back to work (again) it behooves me to write about something that happened to me the other day: I was at my community mailbox, checking to see if any mail seeped through that annoying rotating fiasco and lo and behold there was: Flyers. (Not rain nor sleet nor snow will stop Canada Pest from delivering junk even in strike mode.)
  Now, I have always thought it fundamentally wrong that Canada Post serves its coffers by polluting taxpayers’ mail box
  
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• Female fighters of Kurdistan become creative calling for Montrealer

  02-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Photos of female fighters taken in Qandil Mountains, where the Kurdistan Workers' Party has its headquarters, as well as the cities of Makhmour and Kirkuk.
  
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• Montreal weather: Icy, windy and wet - Montreal Gazette

  02-12-2018 12:31
  Montreal weather: Icy, windy and wet  Montreal GazetteFreezing rain, then changing to rain near noon. The wind will come from the northeast at 20 km/h, gusting to 40, then becoming southeast at 20, gusting to 40 ...
  
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• What roadways are not closed today? Not much

  02-12-2018 12:30
  Work on the Turcot Interchange will cause the usual traffic headaches on Sunday.
  Transport Quebec has announced the complete closing of Highway 720/R136 and Highway 20 heading west, between Exit 5 in the Ville-Marie tunnel and the entrance to 1st Ave. in Lachine, until 5 a.m. on Monday.
  The following are also closed:
  — Temporary entrance on Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Blvd. to Highway 20 west.
  — Temporary entrance to Highway 20 West at St-Antoine and Rose-de-Lima Sts.
  — Entrance to th
  
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• Montreal weather: Icy, windy and wet

  02-12-2018 12:30
  Freezing rain, then changing to rain near noon.
  The wind will come from the northeast at 20 km/h, gusting to 40, then becoming southeast at 20, gusting to 40 near noon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 4.
  Tonight: Cloudy with 60-per-cent chance of showers and a low of plus 5.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s
  
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• Montreal boxer Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson in hospital after Quebec City fight - CBC News

  02-12-2018 12:24
  Montreal boxer Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson in hospital after Quebec City fight  CBC NewsMontreal boxer Adonis Stevenson is in a medically-induced coma after a fight Saturday night in Quebec City, according to the hospital. The Centre hospitalier ...
  
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• Montreal boxer Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson in hospital after Quebec City fight

  02-12-2018 12:24 via cbc.ca
  Stevenson, 41, was knocked out in the 11th round of an intense bout, losing his WBC light heavyweight title to Ukrainian Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
  
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• Montreal boxer Adonis 'Superman' Stevenson in critical condition after Quebec City fight

  02-12-2018 12:24 via cbc.ca
  Stevenson, 41, was knocked out in the 11th round of an intense bout, losing his WBC light heavyweight title to Ukrainian Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
  
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• Montreal boxer Adonis Stevenson in critical condition after Quebec City fight

  02-12-2018 12:24 via cbc.ca
  Stevenson, 41, was knocked out in the 11th round of an intense bout, losing his WBC light heavyweight title to Ukrainian Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
  
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• Kahnawake Christmas tree raffle hopes to raise thousands for hospital foundation

  02-12-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Organizers of Karonhiarahstha's Winter Wonderland, in Kahnawake, say it's a community effort that brings in a lot of money for scholarships, CPR training and bereavement services.
  
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• Montreal fighter Adonis Stevenson's condition elevated to stable - CTV News

  02-12-2018 09:00
  Montreal fighter Adonis Stevenson's condition elevated to stable  CTV NewsMontreal boxer Adonis Stevenson's condition has been elevated to stable, as he remains in intensive care following a fight on Saturday night in Quebec City.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: 'Man Mountain' leads Habs to 5-2 win over Rangers

  02-12-2018 06:12
  There are good reasons why Mike Babcock called Shea Weber a “Man Mountain” when he was coaching Team Canada at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
  Many of those reasons were on display during the play that led to Weber’s second goal of the game in Saturday night’s 5-2 win over the New York Rangers at the Bell Centre.
  It was highlight-reel stuff.
  With less than 20 seconds left in the first period, Weber hammered the Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad into the boards behind the Canadi
  
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• Adonis Stevenson falls to canvas in loss against Oleksandr Gvozdyk

  02-12-2018 05:44
  QUEBEC — Blainville boxer Adonis Stevenson has lost his World Boxing Council light heavyweight title.
  Ukraine’s Oleksandr Gvozdyk (16-0, 13 KO) knocked out Stevenson (29-2-1, 24 KO) at 2:49 of the 11th round on Saturday night at the Videotron Centre.
  Stevenson was put on a stretcher after the fight and left the arena in an ambulance. There was no immediate word on the nature of the injury.
  Trailing on points in the bout, Gvozdyk seemed to be fresher than Stevenson as the scheduled 12
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Weber wears his cape well as CH snap 5-game losing streak

  02-12-2018 05:39
  When Shea Weber bought the Game of Thrones cape with the faux fur collar, he wasn’t expecting to be wearing it.
  “I got it for the other guys,” Weber said after his two-goal performance propelled the Canadiens to a 5-2 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.
  Weber, who was playing only his second game after nearly a year off for foot and knee surgeries, was selected as player of the game and had the dubious honour of wearing the cape.
  Weber was very good in his debut ea
  
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• About last night … Canadiens stomp Rangers 5-2

  02-12-2018 05:06
  Fearless prediction: Neither the Canadiens nor the Rangers will be playing hockey in late May.
  And maybe not in late April.
  But the home team gave Montrealers a nice start to December.
  Sure, there were some anxious moments after the Rangers scored twice in the second period to make it vaguely/sort of/an approximation of a game.
  This was, after all, the team that came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.
  But that was the Weberless Montreal Canadiens.
  With the ca
  
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• Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers

  02-12-2018 04:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens held on to beat the New York Rangers at the Bell Centre.
  
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• #ICYMI: Hells of a wedding, SAQ deal, other news

  02-12-2018 04:30
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  A wedding between a full-patch member of the Hells Angels and the daughter of a notorious drug trafficker drew members of organized crime to downtown Montreal on Saturday. Martin Robert, 44, and Annie Arbic, 32, were married at Montreal’s Windsor Ballrooms on Peel St. According to the Journal de Montreal, among the nearly 300 invitees were many members of the different Hells Angels br
  
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• Weber pots two goals to lead Canadiens to 5-2 win over Rangers

  02-12-2018 03:59
  Shea Weber and Artturi Lehkonen each scored two goals as the Canadiens snapped a five-game losing streak with a decisive 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday at the Bell Centre.
  This one might have been easy to predict because the Rangers aren’t very good away from home. The loss left the Rangers with a 3-8-2 record on the road. The win enabled the Canadiens to move into ninth place in the Eastern Conference with 29 points, one more than the Rangers.
  Weber showed what the Cana
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens beat Rangers 5-2

  02-12-2018 03:44
  Tomas Tatar’s power-play goal, halfway through the third period, put the game out of reach.
  Artturi Lehkonen scored twice early in the second period to break things open.
  But Jimmy Vesey was the beneficiary of chaos in the Canadiens’ zone to make it 4-1 nine minutes into the second. Five minutes later, Ryan Strome scored on a Rangers power-play.
  The game wasn’t four minutes old when Jonathan Drouin fed Shea Weber for a laser that Rangers goaltender Alexandar Georgiev never saw.
  
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