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Now that the province is slowly going back to normal, many people are looking for work. Although job searching might seem scary in a post-COVID-19 world, don't be discouraged: prospects are actually brighter than they seem.

A lot of companies are hiring despite the pandemic, and National Bank of Canada is one of them. The financial institution is looking for part-time and full-time customer service representatives to work at its Montreal and Sherbrooke offices.

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You've probably heard that Montreal's real estate market is on fire. But how can you get in on the action? According to Alex Marshall, a local real estate broker, buying a property as an investment for the purpose of renting it out is a great way to go about it.

Marshall, who's part of the Keller Williams Prestige team, sat down with us to explain why and how to purchase an investment property. These types of properties are also known as revenue properties.

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A Quebec City gym was shut down this week after public health authorities traced 68 positive COVID-19 cases to the facility. 

In a statement shared with MTL Blog, the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale explains that the closure order for the Mega Fitness Gym came after "a visit to the premises on Tuesday afternoon revealed obvious sanitary shortcomings."

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As gyms and fitness centres prepare to reopen across Quebec after getting the green light from the Legault government, Montreal gyms — and their owners — are responding in various ways.  

These are some of their reactions to the news that they can reopen in a limited capacity on March 26. 

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As a reality TV junkie, I was amazed to discover that PR maven Lori Krebs of LoriK Public Relations was not only born and raised in Montreal but she still calls our city home.

Krebs began her PR career over 16 years ago, after graduating university in Montreal then making her way to Los Angeles.

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2020 has brought a lot of heartbreaking changes, especially for Montreal restaurants.

Such a key part of the city's culture, saying goodbye to any restaurant is always painful, but to have so many gone away before their time this year has been absolutely crushing.

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On November 13, MTL Blog reported that gym owners in Quebec red zones were confused as they tried to navigate government regulations around COVID-19 rules. The main questions were whether they could continue training clients one-on-one and whether they could film online workouts alone in their gyms.

At the time of publication, the province's Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) had not responded to our request for comment.

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Around the middle of September, the start of Quebec's second wave of COVID-19, Montreal trainers took to the streets and social media to protest the province's 28-day lockdown on fitness centres.

When the lockdown was extended, some gym owners threatened to reopen, others shut down and others continued to train clients one-on-one in private establishments.

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After several highly-publicized stories involving the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) in Montreal over the past couple of weeks, the language debate has once again been placed under the microscope. 

And with a pandemic already ravaging small businesses in the city, some have expressed frustration with the OQLF, even petitioning for the province's language authority to be abolished. 

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Now that gyms are closed for the next little while, we locals need to find ways of staying motivated. Luckily for us, there are tons of Montreal trainers sharing their workouts online to help keep you in shape right now.

These hardworking individuals are always sharing inspiring things that are sure to remind you to keep your body flowing throughout this lockdown.

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