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• In the Habs' room: Canadiens struggle without 'heart-and-soul' Gallagher

  08-04-2021 14:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  If this had been a Broadway play, it might have been cancelled following Opening Night. Fortunately, the curtain will again arise for the Canadiens. Read More
  
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• Canadiens acquire Erik Gustafsson and lose Victor Mete on waivers

  12-04-2021 21:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin added another veteran defenceman to the lineup ahead of Monday's 3 p.m. NHL trade deadline. Read More
  
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• Lise Ravary: What Montreal really needs is two mayors

  12-04-2021 20:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Five Mays ago, my husband and I left Ahuntsic to move to the country. I don't mean the chic countryside near a lake, with a Disney-inspired downtown and pseudo-old wooden store signs. We wanted to live in the real countryside, with cows dotting the landscape and row after row of corn and soybeans. Where men wear blue overalls and women dream of frocks that can only be found in Montreal. In the meantime, they — and I — shop at Giant Tiger, because that’s all we’ve got. Nos
  
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• After riot, Old Montreal businesses call for 'common sense and basic respect'

  12-04-2021 20:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
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• Homeless drop-in centre's firing of intervention workers was illegal, tribunal rules

  12-04-2021 20:20 via cbc.ca
  
  A tribunal arbitrator has found the workers whose posts were abolished should be rehired and paid the salaries they lost.
  
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• Brownstein: Protesters pick wrong targets in Old Montreal

  12-04-2021 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Seriously? Anti-curfew protesters take out their rage on a group more hard-hit than most by COVID-19: Old Montreal merchants. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Employee ownership trusts should be an option in Canada

  12-04-2021 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  With the vaccine rollout picking up speed, we have much to be hopeful for as we relaunch our economy. This month’s federal budget gives the government an opportunity to provide Canadians with a clear picture of its economic outlook and its spending priorities as we begin our post-pandemic recovery. The budget is the perfect vehicle to offer employers, employees and the middle class some much needed support and opportunities to grow through policy and fiscal changes. Read More
  
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• Quebec Superior Court refuses to halt planned strike by 73,000 teachers

  12-04-2021 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A strike scheduled to last a little over 8 hours on Wednesday and involving 73,000 teachers who are members of the Centrale des syndicats du Québec seems poised to go ahead after a Quebec Superior Court rejected an attempt by school management to issue an injunction halting the work action. Read More
  
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• New rules about wearing masks outside went little noticed in Quebec; government PR strategy blamed

  12-04-2021 19:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Major changes were made last week to Quebec’s rules about where and when masks have to be worn, but critics say the government made little effort to let the public know they were expected to do something different.
  
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• Already hit by pandemic, Old Montreal picks up pieces after anti-curfew riot

  12-04-2021 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Shop owners along Notre-Dame St. in the Old Port were busy sweeping glass from the sidewalk Monday morning after an anti-curfew demonstration on Sunday night escalated into a riot. Read More
  
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• ‘AstraZeneca isn’t enough’: Pharmacies plead with provinces for access to other COVID-19 vaccines

  12-04-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Depending on where a pharmacy is in Canada, some may only have access to one type of vaccine versus three.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Habs face a big challenge against red-hot Maple Leafs

  12-04-2021 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Canadiens will be looking to end a three-game losing streak when they face the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., TSN2, TSN4, RDS, TSN 690 Radio). Read More
  
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• Aftermath of anti-curfew protest in Montreal

  12-04-2021 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal police handed out more than 100 tickets and merchants are cleaning up after an anti-curfew protest devolved Sunday night. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines has more.
  
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• Montreal police handed out record 583 curfew tickets last week

  12-04-2021 19:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal police officers last week handed out 538 tickets to people allegedly violating Quebec’s nightly curfew, the department said Monday. Read More
  
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• After violent anti-curfew rally, Montreal doctor says people must make ‘some degree of sacrifices’

  12-04-2021 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The tightening of the nightly curfew in Montrealhas some residents feeling frustrated, but one doctor says restrictions remain necessary.
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: It will be 'several weeks' before Quebec expands vaccination program – Dubé

  12-04-2021 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Updated throughout the day on Monday, April 12. Questions/comments: [email protected] Read More
  
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• Old Montreal business owners frustrated by damage from anti-curfew riot

  12-04-2021 18:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Business owners in Old Montreal are surveying the damage after protesters ransacked storefronts during a Sunday night anti-curfew protest that turned into a riot.
  
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• Video of Montreal cop punching man shows need for body cameras, Plante says

  12-04-2021 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal mayor Valérie Plante said on Monday that a viral video depicting a man being held down by a Montreal officer and repeatedly being punched in the head shows the value and need for body cameras being used by police. Read More
  
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• Senators claim defenceman Victor Mete off waivers from Canadiens

  12-04-2021 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Victor Mete is now a member of the Ottawa Senators. Read More
  
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• 25-storey office tower to be built atop Montreal's iconic Hudson Bay building

  12-04-2021 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The iconic Hudson Bay building on Ste-Catherine St. will undergo a major renovation that will add 25 storeys of office space. Read More
  
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• Inquest into CHSLD death resumes with focus on Manoir Liverpool in Lévis

  12-04-2021 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The public coroner's inquest into the deaths at Quebec's long-term care centres and seniors' residences last spring resumed Monday morning. Read More
  
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• Quebec reports nearly 1,600 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations jump

  12-04-2021 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebec has also expanded its vaccination campaign to include those with chronic illnesses in Montreal starting Monday.
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: Quebec reports 1,599 cases, 2 deaths as hospitalizations mount

  12-04-2021 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Updated throughout the day on Monday, April 12. Questions/comments: [email protected] Read More
  
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• Community Shoutout: Vues d’Afrique

  12-04-2021 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vues D’Afrique TV5unis.ca running until April 17th. vuesdafrique.org
  
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• More of Quebec's health-care workers are now eligible for vaccination

  12-04-2021 16:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  After a quiet weekend in many large vaccination centres around Montreal, the inoculation campaign against COVID-19 should ramp up Monday as more health-care workers are now eligible. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: Plante, Guilbault denounce destructive anti-curfew protest in Old Montreal

  12-04-2021 15:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Updated throughout the day on Monday, April 12. Questions/comments: [email protected] Read More
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: April 12, 2021

  12-04-2021 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, April 12, 2021
  
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• Plante lays out Montreal pre-election vision with 500-day challenge

  12-04-2021 14:42 via cbc.ca
  
  In a speech that reaffirmed her party's commitment to local neighbourhoods, public transit, pedestrians and cyclists, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante asked that voters give the party 500 days, from Sunday, to relaunch Montreal after the crushing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Community Events: Sofi Tukker Live DJ Set

  12-04-2021 14:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sofi Tukker Live DJ Set April 15th at 7:30PM
  
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• More than a thousand protest Montreal curfew

  12-04-2021 14:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than a thousand protesters gathered in Old Montreal Sunday night in defiance of the curfew. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines has the story.
  
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