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A victory for Doughty’s 1000th game
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A victory for Doughty’s 1000th game

The Los Angeles Kings highlighted the 1000 in a big waye defenseman Drew Doughty's career National League game, defeating the New York Islanders 3-2, Thursday at UBS Arena. The rear even participated in the party by being an accomplice to the success of Andreas Athanasiou, in the second period. The striker had missed his last 16 games with a lower body injury. In addition to shaking the ropes, he set up Quinton Byfield's first career goal. The forward selected at the second level of the 2020 draft thus opened his counter in the Bettman circuit in the first period, when he deceived goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov with the help of a precise shot. Adrian Kempe also hit the target for the visitors, while Mathew Barzal and Casey Cizikas lined up for the crowd favourite...
Tourism: a second offensive to animate Quebec
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Tourism: a second offensive to animate Quebec

At the dawn of February, Destination Québec cité launches another promotion to see its citizens play tourists in the capital. In this difficult period, the organization had relaunched last week the promotion on the second night free until March 4 next in the hotels of the region. The list of hoteliers has already reached 75 establishments. Additionally, from 1is as of February 28, Destination Québec cité now invites citizens of the Québec region to stay in participating accommodation establishments in the region offering a 50% discount on all their nights and to obtain a $25 credit upon presentation of the bill for a restaurant of their choice, in the dining room or for a take-out meal. In order to give establishments time to register, citizens will be able...
Lehouillier criticizes Anglade, who turns his back on the 3rd link
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Lehouillier criticizes Anglade, who turns his back on the 3rd link

The mayor of Lévis, Gilles Lehouillier, criticizes the leader of his former political formation, Dominique Anglade, who according to him has a “short-sighted” vision on the question of the third link. • Read also: A “niochon” project, says Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon The leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, Dominique Anglade, announced on Tuesday that it is permanently turning its back on the third link project and that she promises to invest the money in health and education instead. "It's short-sighted. The same could be said for the tramway and for the tens and tens and tens of billions invested in Montreal. But we understand that the clientele of the Liberal government is mainly from Montreal. So, it is obvious that we will not question the projects ...
Back to the 1990s at Bodega Mtl
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Back to the 1990s at Bodega Mtl

Doha and Mayssa Skaf are two sisters who grew up in New York before Montreal became their home. They keep the vibrant colors of the 1990s from their childhood in the Big Apple. Among other things, they have excellent memories of the candy wrappers that colored the bodegas, those small street corner businesses (our convenience stores, in a way) that are legion in New York. Posted at 11:00 a.m. Iris Gagnon Paradise The Press This moment in their life inspired them to set up a café and sandwich shop Bod...
Fifty-six saves and a loss for Elvis Merzlikins
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Fifty-six saves and a loss for Elvis Merzlikins

The Calgary Flames went wild on the Calgary Blue Jackets and poor goaltender Elvis Merzlikins, who blocked a whopping 56 shots in a 6-0 loss Wednesday night at Nationwide Arena. • Read also: Carey Price: a file still nebulous • Read also: A chance for Montembeault The Alberta team thus directed 62 pucks towards the net of the Latvian goalkeeper. This is the most shots in a regular season game in more than 30 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the modern era, you have to go back to March 21, 1991 to find a match like this. Quebec Nordiques goaltender Ron Tugnutt stood up in front of 70 of the Boston Bruins' 73 shots. The match ended with a 3-3 tie. The Flames shot 16 times in the first period, then 23 times in the next two engagements. Mat...
Resale of tickets: Ticketmaster will have to defend itself for camouflaged information
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Resale of tickets: Ticketmaster will have to defend itself for camouflaged information

The Superior Court of Quebec has just authorized a class action against the American platform Ticketmaster, which is accused of hiding information when it resells tickets on the secondary market, in particular for shows or Canadian matches. “This puts consumers at a disadvantage,” laments Joey Zukran of LPC Avocat, responsible for the class action. “He refuses to change their practice. It's quite brave on their part, despite the situation, ”he continues. The latter indicates that the problem lies in the fact that the platform sells tickets on the primary market as well as on the secondary market (resale) by demanding higher prices without “clearly” providing information on the initial price of the tickets. The application filed in June 2021 accuses Ticketma...
Convoy to Ottawa: the Minister of Transport “sure” of a peaceful event
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Convoy to Ottawa: the Minister of Transport “sure” of a peaceful event

The federal Minister of Transport hopes that protesters participating in the convoy of truckers supposed to arrive in Ottawa on Saturday will respect the laws. He says he is “sure” that this will be the case. • Read also: Vaccination of truckers: SMEs concerned about supply problems • Read also: Truck convoy: Canadian Trucking Alliance and government united against protest “People have the right to protest. It must be peaceful and respectful,” Omar Alghabra said on the sidelines of a virtual press briefing on Wednesday. “I am sure that the protesters will respect our laws. After all, they stand for law and order, so I expect protesters to obey the law.” In a press conference later in the day, Justin Trudeau reiterated that his government would not chang...
Wall Street up sharply ahead of the Fed
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Wall Street up sharply ahead of the Fed

(New York) The New York Stock Exchange rebounded sharply at the opening on Wednesday pending the outcome of the monetary meeting of the American Central Bank (Fed). Posted at 9:44 a.m. Updated at 10:40 a.m. As of 10 a.m., the Dow Jones climbed 1.20%, the NASDAQ jumped 2.37% and the S&P 500 advanced 1.67%. After another roller coaster session, the Dow Jones index ended Tuesday down 0.19% to 34,297.73 points. The NASDAQ had concluded a loss of 2.28% to 13,539.29 points and the S&P 500 down 1.22% to 4356.45 points. “Federal Reserv...
COVID 19: one million doses of vaccine delivered to Gaza from the Emirates
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COVID 19: one million doses of vaccine delivered to Gaza from the Emirates

A million doses of the Russian Sputnik coronavirus vaccine were delivered to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a donation from the United Arab Emirates to the Palestinian enclave facing an increase in contamination by the Omicron variant. • Read also: Against the vaccination of her children: an antivax mother dismissed in court • Read also: Massive support for Tedros for a second term at the head of the WHO The batch of vaccines, the largest sent to the Palestinian territory since the start of the pandemic, was transported through the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and Gaza before being stored in warehouses of the Ministry of Health of the Hamas, the Islamist movement in power in the Palestinian territory. The delivery comes as the enclave, under Israeli bloc...
Mom, why are you crying?  |  With the baby, distress
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Mom, why are you crying? | With the baby, distress

Very often, motherhood is very different from what we expect. For some new moms, who see anxiety and depression creep into their lives, the contrast is even greater. As part of Bell Let's Talk Day, Canal Vie is broadcasting this Wednesday Mom, why are you crying?, a documentary directed by Jessica Barker. Posted at 6:00 a.m. Updated at 8:11 a.m. Valerie Simard The Press Émilie, Stéphanie, Sarah and Cathy (Gauthier, the humorist) are four women for whom motherhood was not populated by unicorns bu...