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Most of us have been working from home for the last year and a half so we're aware of all the perks: less commuting, cheaper lunches and comfy PJs all day.

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The City of Montreal and Quartier des Spectacles are hosting free outdoor screenings of the next few games of the Stanley Cup Final in Montreal — including tonight's Game 3, which is sold out.

The site will host 4,335 game spectators, separated into three zones — Place des Festivals, Promenade des Artistes and Esplanade de la Place des Arts — with their own entrances and exits. 

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Over the weekend, after curfew was lifted in Montreal, large groups flocked to the Old Port resulting in crowd surfing and even injuries

Beginning on Thursday, this sort of thing will not be possible past midnight.

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The Rivière Émeraudes ("Emerald River" in English) is a bucket list destination on your road trip through Gaspésie.  

The river, situated in a municipal park of the same name in Percé, is famous for its green water and waterfall, where visitors are allowed to swim (at their own risk).

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At a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Christian Dubé, flanked by Montreal mayor Valérie Plante, announced that the city will welcome its second drive-thru vaccination site at the famous Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 

Appointments by car will be on June 5, 6, 12 and 13.

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Exciting news! Montreal's first drive-thru vaccination site officially opened on May 17. Before you hit the road to get your first dose, there are a few things to keep in mind. 

Here's what you need to know about going to Montreal's first drive-thru vaccination site

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On Tuesday, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that Quebec will be opening its first-ever drive-thru vaccination centre in Montreal's West Island.

The site, which will be located on the grounds of the Montreal Trudeau Airport, is scheduled to open in mid-May and can carry out around 4,000 vaccinations a day at full capacity.

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A Montreal software developer has launched a new website called Vaxstat.ca that helps Quebecers find COVID-19 vaccine appointments available the same day or the next day. 

Baptiste Laget, director of technology for the CloudRaker marketing agency in Montreal, told MTL Blog he created the site to give more visibility to Quebec's COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

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An enormous winter-themed outdoor park is opening near Montreal this weekend, complete with an illuminated snow slide, a half-kilometre illuminated skating trail and a 2.5-kilometre snowshoe trail.

The RécréoParc in Sainte-Catherine, Quebec — known for its beaches, sports and wildlife in the summer — is inviting Quebecers to its first-ever "Polar Rendez-vous."

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SeekingArrangement, a site that purports to be "the world’s largest Sugar Dating site," has released its 2021 list of the "top Canadian sugar baby universities" and only one Quebec school, McGill, made the top 10.

With 108 students registered on Seeking Arrangement in 2020, the university grabbed the number nine spot — right between Dalhousie (number eight) and Mount Royal University (number 10).

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Community groups say they're "shocked" by how Montreal police handled the dismantling of Camp Notre-Dame, where homeless Montrealers have been living in tents.

On Monday, members of the SPVM and Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal went to the campsite to evacuate the campers, a spokesperson for the City of Montreal told MTL Blog. 

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Searching for an out-of-the-box holiday gift for someone in your life? Look no further than GC Surplus, the site where the Government of Canada auctions off seized and surplus items in its possession to the general public.

As you can imagine, it gets wacky. But there are some gems to be found.

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