Buffalo 4 Montreal 3

Canadiens' Maxim Lapierre unloads on Sabres' Andrej Sekera at the Bell Centre Monday.
Photograph by: John Mahoney, The Gazette

Canadiens Fall 4-3 To Sabres -- Montreal Gazette

Buffalo nets winner with two-man advantage.

MONTREAL – Penalties once again proved to be the Canadiens’ undoing Monday night as they dropped a 4-3 decision to the Buffalo Sabres.

The Sabres were enjoying a two-man advantage when Clarke MacArthur scored at 14:41 of the third period to snap a 3-3 tie.

Glen Metropolit, who was in box Saturday night when the Atlanta Thrashers scored the winning goal in overtime, took an extra minor in a battle with Derek Roy at 12:57 and he was joined by Ryan O’Byrne, who took a high-sticking penalty at 13:34.

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More News On Last Night's Hockey Game

Canadiens pay for penalty binge -- Montreal Gazette
Canadiens give it away to Sabres -- Montreal Gazette
Penalties haunt Montreal in loss to Sabres -- National Post
Canadiens drop 3rd in a row -- CBC
Sabres' win streak reaches four -- AP
Lack Of Discipline Sinks The Montreal Canadiens. -- Bleacher Report
Sabres-Canadiens: Penalties Sink Habs, Coach Shrugs -- Bleacher Report
Kostitsyn stays hot but penalties continue to haunt Habs -- The Examiner

Montreal Opposition Wants Centralized Snow Removal

Photo: Montreal will open a centre to co-ordinate snow removal among its 19 boroughs following more than 30 centimetres of snow. (CBC)

From The CBC:

Montreal's opposition party is proposing to coordinate snow removal in all parts of the city through a centralized system it says could improve service and make it more efficient.

Vision Montréal plans to present its proposal at city council on Tuesday morning.

There is room to improve how snow removal operations roll out after storm days, said Réal Ménard, a member of Vision Montréal.

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My Comment: Centralizing serves rarely if ever produced cost savings or a better service. Best to leave these services at the local level, where everyone knows what is best and what needs to be done .... a perception that would be totally lacking from someone who is on the other side of the island.

200,000 Quebecers Without Power, Heat

From The Montreal Gazette:

Electricity was expected to be restored by noon Tuesday to most of the 200,000 Quebecers left in the dark and without heat following an incident at a Hydro-Québec facility in northern Quebec earlier in the day.

Those affected by the outage were located on Montreal Island, the South Shore, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières, Hydro-Québec spokesperson Marie-Hélène Deveault said. She said half of the homes left in the dark, or 100,000 clients, were in the Montreal area.

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My Comment: My power just came on.

Montreal News And Weather -- November 14, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Just four days left to get flu shot -- Montreal Gazette

Quebec snow tire deadline approaches -- CBC
Winter-tire deadline looms in Quebec -- Montreal Gazette

Improvements made at Côte-des-Neiges slum -- CBC
Cleanup begins at run-down building -- CTV

Quebec tops up food bank funding -- CBC

PQ member Bouchard quits -- CBC
PQ MNA Camil Bouchard resigns -- Montreal Gazette

Unconditional discharge for Quebec hockey player over cross-check -- CBC
Hockey player won't get jail time for assault -- CTV

Missing woman found dead at race track -- CBC
Missing Parc Ex woman died of exposure -- Montreal Gazette
Body found at Hippodrome was Alzheimer's sufferer -- CTV

Guilty verdict in murder of Mtl. teen -- Montreal Gazette

Man complains about noise, gets beaten, left in snow -- CTV
6 arrested in NDG swarming -- CBC
N.D.G. man in 60s severely beaten by 6 people: police -- Montreal Gazette

Is Markov About To Return To The Canadiens?

Markov Nearing Return To Canadiens' Lineup -- Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL – “It looks like the doctors got it wrong,” one acquaintance said after he heard about defenceman Andrei Markov’s imminent return to the Canadiens’ lineup.

You might recall the Canadiens reported that Markov would be out of commission until February after the tendons in his leg were sliced by Carey Price’s skate in a freak accident during the opening game of the season on Oct. 1 in Toronto.

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More News On Andrei Markov

Markov on pace for early return -- National Post
Return of Markov could be key to Canadiens' playoff chances -- Montreal Gazette
Canadiens' Markov Skates Again; Looks To Be Getting Closer -- TSN

Lower Speed Limit Across Montreal Coming Into Effect

From The Montreal Gazette:

The city of Montreal has begun to phase in a 40 kilometres per hour maximum for automobile traffic on residential streets.

The 10 kilometre per hour reduction will go into effect in the boroughs of Lachine, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Saint Laurent, Rosemont La Petite Patrie as well as two districts of the downtown district of Ville Marie between Dec. 27-31.

Boroughs that have yet to reduce to limit are expected to do so over the course of 2010.

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Last chance to put on winter tires before deadline

From CTV News:

You can't put it off any longer.

You must have winter tires on your car as of midnight Monday.

Expect massive lineups at garages -- and don't be surprised to see a few people jacking up cars in the snow.

The fine for driving without the right rubber is $200 to $300.

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My Comment: From what I noticed yesterday .... many cars still do not have their winter tires.

Martin Brodeur Can Make History vs. Habs This Week

Devils goalie Martin Brodeur shows off winning puck from 103rd career shutout on Dec. 7. He can break Terry Sawchuk's record with shutout over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Photograph by: Bill Wippert, NHLI via Getty Images

From The Montreal Gazette:

Devils goalie looking for 104th career shutout.

MONTREAL – The odds are that not every puck the Canadiens fire Wednesday night in New Jersey will remain in front of Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur.

But imagine if they do.

Imagine Brodeur skating into history against the Canadiens, having recorded the 104th shutout of his career to break an NHL record that many have long said was beyond challenge.

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My Comment: It is not going to happen this Wednesday night.

Backlash Against Uranium Mining In Sept-Iles

Photo: Hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday in Sept-Îles to protest uranium exploration in Quebec. (Fanny Lévesque/Le Soleil/Canadian Press)

Sept-Îles Residents Protest Uranium Exploration -- CBC

Protesters back doctors who threaten to quit region

Sept-Îles residents continue to pressure Quebec to slap a moratorium on uranium exploration in the province, despite the government's promise to open a debate on health and safety concerns surrounding the industry.

Some 1,000 protesters gathered Sunday in the town about 900 kilometres northeast of Montreal on the North Shore.

They were backing 20 doctors who threatened to quit their practice in the remote Quebec region because of uranium exploration nearby.

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Update: Sept-Iles residents want Quebec to halt uranium mining -- CTV

My Comment: A "not in my backyard protest ... one in which I am in complete agreement with.

Snow Piles Up In The Plateau

Faced with a $1.5 million budget shortfall, the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough decided last month to scale back on weekend snow removal. (Dec. 13, 2009)

From CTV:

There was no snow removal over the weekend in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough despite the huge piles of snow left behind after Wednesday's storm.

Last month, the borough decided to scale back on snow removal in an effort to bring snow clearing costs under control.

The borough still plows snow on Saturday and Sundays, but it's not carted off in trucks until after the weekend.

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My Comment: It appears that money is not being managed well.