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• 'Justice for Nicous': Protesters demand release of video footage in ... - CTV News Montreal

  10-02-2023 23:50 via news.google.com
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• Nick Suzuki navigating challenging 1st season as Canadiens captain

  10-02-2023 23:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The youngest captain in Montreal Canadiens' history, Nick Suzuki, is growing into his 'C' as the Habs rebuild.
  
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• 'Ugly produce': company gives second life to fruits and vegetables in ... - CTV News Montreal

  10-02-2023 23:17 via news.google.com
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• Feb. 11, 2023: Islanders at Canadiens — Five things you should know

  10-02-2023 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Here are five things you should know about the Islanders-Canadiens game Saturday at the Bell Centre (12:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio, 99.5 FM). Read More
  
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• Quebec Olympian Marie-Michèle Gagnon to retire at end of ski season

  10-02-2023 22:42 via montrealgazette.com
  
  MERIBEL, France — Three-time Canadian Olympian Marie-Michèle Gagnon has announced she will retire from alpine ski racing at the conclusion of the World Cup season. Read More
  
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• Laval man, 61, dies after snow-covered Tempo collapses

  10-02-2023 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 61-year-old Laval man died Friday after a snow-covered car shelter collapsed on him, police said. Read More
  
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• Laval man, 61, dies after snow-covered car shelter collapses

  10-02-2023 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 61-year-old Laval man died Friday after a snow-covered car shelter collapsed on him, police said. Read More
  
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• Community shows support at mass held in honour of Laval bus crash victims

  10-02-2023 22:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Manon Carrier left the Laval daycare where she works and made the short walk over to her local church, where a small mound of stuffed animals and flowers lined the front steps. Read More
  
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• Accident closes Highway 40 for almost two hours in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

  10-02-2023 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Highway 40 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue fully reopened after a collision caused major traffic difficulties on Friday afternoon, Transport Quebec said. Read More
  
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• Accident causes traffic headaches on Highway 40 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue

  10-02-2023 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A collision is causing traffic difficulties on Highway 40 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Transport Quebec said Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Nick Suzuki navigating trying first season as captain of rebuilding Canadiens

  10-02-2023 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Named the youngest captain in the storied history of the Habs before training camp, the 23-year-old was keenly aware the rebuilding would endure some tough nights.
  
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• Composer Burt Bacharach used McGill degree as springboard to the world

  10-02-2023 21:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  From his time as McGill University student in the 1940s to his memorable performance at POP Montreal in 2008, Burt Bacharach’s visits to our city bookended a singular career. Read More
  
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• Brownstein: Terry DiMonte on long road to recovery after heart surgery

  10-02-2023 21:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Friends and fans of Terry DiMonte were taken aback to learn that the much-loved, former CHOM morning man had suffered major complications following a heart-valve operation at Vancouver General Hospital last month.   Read More
  
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• Fugitive convicted of killing cop and child in Albania discovered in Montreal

  10-02-2023 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A man who was convicted in absentia in Albania many years ago of killing a police officer and his eight-year-old son was recently discovered living in Montreal under a false name and appeared before a judge at the Montreal courthouse on Friday. Read More
  
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• Laval, Que. man dies after being trapped beneath collapsed carport

  10-02-2023 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police in Laval, Que. said officers were able to pull the man out from beneath the fallen structure and performed CPR on site, The main later died in hospital.
  
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• Canada Soccer names Quebec Soccer boss Mathieu Chamberland as its new COO

  10-02-2023 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Canada Soccer has named Mathieu Chamberland its new chief operating officer. Read More
  
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• Editorial: Speaking up for the English-language minority

  10-02-2023 20:37 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Trudeau government's language legislation, Bill C-13, is a welcome step forward in many respects. It will bring improvements to the Official Languages Act (concerning enforcement, for example) and will enhance the rights of francophones to work and be served in their own language. At the same time, however, English-speaking Quebecers have reasons for concern about certain aspects of the bill, currently before a Commons committee. Read More
  
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• 'Honoured and humbled,' Canadiens' Jordan Harris says of new contract

  10-02-2023 20:34 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Defenceman Jordan Harris said he has one less thing to worry about after signing a two-year contract extension with the Canadiens. The deal, which runs through the 2024-25 season, is worth US$2.8 million with an annual cap hit of US$1.4 million. Read More
  
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• PQ, Canadian Party of Quebec announce candidates for Montreal byelection - Montreal Gazette

  10-02-2023 20:03 via news.google.com
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• Laval, Que., church holds special service for children killed in daycare bus crash

  10-02-2023 20:02 via cbc.ca
  
  People in Laval, Que., piled into the Sainte-Rose-de-Lima church Friday morning to remember the two children killed in a daycare earlier this week. It's been a shock to the community, and people say they want to show their solidarity.
  
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• Lanaudière fire that killed six was probably accidental, police say

  10-02-2023 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A fire that killed six members of a family on Thursday was probably accidental, the Sûreté du Québec says. Read More
  
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• Robert Libman: Leadership, not posturing, needed to fix health care

  10-02-2023 19:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Canadians would certainly agree that health care is among their primary concerns and that the current system is ailing. So it was good news to see the prime minister and premiers all together in Ottawa this week, acknowledging the urgency of the situation. Provincial governments are responsible for the direct delivery of most medical services, but the federal government can use its spending power to play a role in the medicare system via the Canada Health Act, and it sends billions of dollars to
  
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• Blame for racist incidents always falls on cops, union boss testifies

  10-02-2023 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Cops always get the blame whenever they respond to incidents that end up involving allegations of racism in the city, the longtime president of the Montreal police brotherhood said Friday while testifying in a class-action lawsuit at the Montreal courthouse. Read More
  
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• Hickey on hockey: A sinking feeling Canadiens' draft odds will improve

  10-02-2023 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  There's some good news for folks hoping that the Canadiens finish the season with a reasonable chance of winning the Connor Bedard sweepstakes or one of the several consolation prizes in what is regarded as a deep NHL draft. Read More
  
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• Montreal police arrest 12, seize five guns in ongoing firearms crackdown

  10-02-2023 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal police on Friday said they had made a dozen arrests and seized five firearms as well as significant quantities of cash and drugs during four separate operations over the past two weeks. Read More
  
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• Quebec police say fire that killed 6, including 4 children, likely not criminal

  10-02-2023 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sgt. Eloïse Cossette says there was nothing immediately suspicious about the fire and police are assisting the coroner in its investigation.
  
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• Work to Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels prompt year-long lane closures

  10-02-2023 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Transport Quebec on Friday announced a series of long-term lane closures beginning Sunday in advance of major construction work on the Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels. Read More
  
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• Ville-Marie Tunnel construction to spark year-long lane closures

  10-02-2023 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Transport Quebec on Friday announced a series of long-term lane closures beginning Sunday in advance of major construction work on the Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels. Read More
  
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• Laval man gets a half-million-dollar fine for contraband tobacco offence

  10-02-2023 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Revenue Quebec announced Friday that a 42-year-old Laval man was fined more than $499,000 and had his drivers licence suspended for three months after he pleaded guilty to contraband tobacco charges. Read More
  
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• Montreal police searching for possible victims of former hockey coach - CBC.ca

  10-02-2023 18:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Montreal police searching for possible victims of former hockey coach

  10-02-2023 18:32 via cbc.ca
  
  A former hockey coach charged with sexual assault may have abused others, the SPVM says.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens sign defenceman Jordan Harris to two-year contract extension

  10-02-2023 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 22-year-old rookie defenceman played four seasons at Northeastern University in the NCAA before making his NHL debut last April.
  
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• COVID-19 update: Quebec reports 13 more deaths after surpassing grim milestone

  10-02-2023 18:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  After surpassing the grim milestone of 18,000 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday since the start of the pandemic, Quebec reported 13 new deaths Friday, bringing the province's total to 18,015. Read More
  
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• Wines of the week: The GSM blend has roots in southern Côte-du-Rhône

  10-02-2023 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  
  I have tasted superb 100-per-cent Grenache wines from around the world. Juicy, textured, with an almost pinot-noir-like silkiness. Syrah is a chameleon, making wines of exceptional elegance in northern Rhône’s Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, and intense power in Australia’s Barossa valley. Mourvèdre, while finicky, shows Bordeaux-like finesse in Provence’s Bandol. Read More
  
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• PQ, Canadian Party of Quebec announce candidates for Montreal byelection

  10-02-2023 17:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois and Canadian Party of Quebec have announced their picks as candidates in the March 13 byelection in the riding of Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne. Read More
  
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• U.S. border agents give rides to Quebec-bound migrants as side hustle, sources tell Radio-Canada

  10-02-2023 17:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Several U.S. border patrol agents are giving migrants lifts to an irregular border crossing into Canada in exchange for money, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada sources.
  
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• The Right Chemistry: The many uses of charcoal

  10-02-2023 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s a killer. It’s a saviour. It’s also a trickster. It’s one of the most important substances ever discovered. It’s charcoal! Burn any animal or vegetable matter with a limited supply of air, as is the case inside a burning wood pile, and you are left with charcoal, essentially carbon mixed with some mineral ash. The fact that charcoal burns better than wood was probably noted soon after man learned to control fire over a million years ago. The first use of charco
  
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• Quebec skier Marie-Michèle Gagnon to retire at end of World Cup season

  10-02-2023 17:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Three-time Canadian Olympian Marie-Michèle Gagnon has announced she will retire from alpine ski racing at the conclusion of the World Cup season.
  
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• Laval, Que. church holding special mass to honour kids killed in daycare bus crash

  10-02-2023 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special mass is being held Friday in the grief-stricken community of Laval, Que. after an alleged bus attack at a daycare that left two children dead and injured 6 others.
  
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• ‘Everyone is traumatized’: Mass honours kids killed in Laval, Que. daycare bus crash

  10-02-2023 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special mass is being held Friday in the grief-stricken community of Laval, Que. after an alleged bus attack at a daycare that left two children dead and injured 6 others.
  
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• Canadiens defenceman Jordan Harris signs two-year contract extension

  10-02-2023 16:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Canadiens announced Friday that the team has agreed to terms on a two-year, US$2.8-million contract extension for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons with defenceman Jordan Harris. Read More
  
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• Former hockey coach charged with sexually assaulting a child in the 1980s

  10-02-2023 15:26 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Investigators said they have reason to believe other members of the team may have also been victims. Read More
  
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• Watch Cedric Noel write an R&B song about first dates

  10-02-2023 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Montreal singer-songwriter is put to the test on the new series Ten-Minute Topline, which challenges musicians to make a melody in just 10 minutes.
  
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• Montreal weather: Sunny weekend ahead - CTV News Montreal

  10-02-2023 14:06 via news.google.com
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• Quebec coroner to investigate death of infant in Laval

  10-02-2023 14:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The investigation of the death of a five-month-old infant early Friday in Laval's Chomedey district has been launched by the Quebec coroner's office. Read More
  
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• Freezing rain, snow knock out power to 22,000 Hydro clients across Quebec

  10-02-2023 13:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Roller coaster temperatures, freezing rain and snow combined on Friday morning to cut off electricity to more than 22,000 Hydro customers in Quebec. Read More
  
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• Kirkland Oldtimers tourney back after two-year hiatus

  10-02-2023 13:11 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Kirkland Oldtimers Tournament is back after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• Striking cannabis store workers to picket Legault's riding office

  10-02-2023 12:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Unionized employees of the Société québécoise du cannabis will demonstrate at Premier François Legault L'Assomption riding office Friday morning. They have been on strike for the past eight months and are calling on the premier to intervene in the conflict. Read More
  
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• Brownstein: McGill's first Black dean wants 'to give out keys to once locked doors'

  10-02-2023 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Dr. Yolande E. Chan’s list of academic accomplishments may be dizzying, but the dean of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management — and McGill’s first Black dean, and among the very few Black deans in the country — is much more focused on getting others to surpass her than in glorifying her own rise.  Read More
  
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• World-class chefs and high-flying acrobatics: this is Montréal en Lumière

  10-02-2023 11:53 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It is tempting, when the mercury dips, the snow flies and the wind howls, to just stay in and binge Netflix or play board games. But then you'd be missing the 24th edition of Montreal en Lumière, the huge and wide-ranging winter festival that runs from Feb. 16 to March 5. Read More
  
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