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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 16, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. Spokesperson for Green square movement on new Education Minister's first meeting with students last night. Plus Doug Gelevan asks if bowling is a sport or not, and the team reminisces about high school dances.
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 15, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. Reaction from Liberal MNA Kathleen Weil to the bombshell news of colleague Education Minister Line Beauchamp's resignation. Our marquee guest is the foreign affairs minister for Tibet in exile, who lived in Verdun. And Jeanette Kelly attends the premiere of filmmaker Xavier Dolan's latest, Laurence Anyways
Download Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 15, 2012
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 14, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. New politeness courses for Montreal cabbies. Doug Gelevan rehashes the Montreal Impact's big game against the Galaxy Saturday. Jeanette Kelly takes us to the Opera. And pulling back the curtain on how tech extraordinaire Claudia Sanchez saved the show after technical difficulties in the control room.
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 11, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. The aftermath of smoke bomb attacks which paralyzed the city's metro system Thursday morning. Beckham mania arrives in Montreal. Plus Jeanette Kelly reviews Haunted Hillbilly, the Centaur's latest production. And Doug Gelevan sets up the Montreal Impact's big game against the L.A Galaxy this weekend.
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 10, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. Daybreak's Ange-Aimée Woods takes us to an underground chicken coop where Montrealers are raising chickens in their backyards - illegally. Jeanette Kelly introduces us to an award-winning Glee club. And Doug Gelevan goes go-karting with race car driver Alex Tagliani
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 9, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. As the Mugesera trial kicks off in Rwanda, Shawn spoke to Mugesera's daughter and a Tutsi member of the Rwandan community in Montreal. Also, Doug Gelevan sets up the Montreal Impact's big game vs the Toronto FC tonight in the Canadian Championship semi-finals.
Download Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 9, 2012
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 8, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. As student groups vote on the latest government tuition deal, Shawn speaks to two students planning to vote against it. Also, Jeanette Kelly profiles up-and-coming director Yung Chang and Doug Gelevan catches up with a McGill Redmen kicker back from NFL rookie camp
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 7, 2012
Shawn Apel guest hosts. In the wake of a possible tuition deal between student groups and the government, the head of FEUQ Leo Bureau-Blouin and Liberal MNA Geoff Kelley. Daybreak's Sophie Tremblay with an update on a migrant worker's fight for justice. Plus Doug Gelevan pays homage to PGA winner Rickie Fowler and Jeanette Kelly goes on a walking tour.
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: May 4, 2012
Silvet Ali brings the second part of her series on arranged marriages in Montreal. Also: Yolande James on the government stand off with the students. And Mike's need for strong tea.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: May 3, 2012
The first part of Silvet Ali's special report on arranged marriages in Montreal. Also: Doug Gelevan on the Habs new GM.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: May 2, 2011
Montreal occupiers planning to re-occupy. Also: The Chateauguay student paper that's been serving the community. And Doug gets scooped by Frank about the appointment of new Habs GM.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: May 1, 2011
Mike Finnerty talks to the Mowhawk man from Kahnawake who put the steel column on top of 1 World Trade Centre making it tallest building in NYC. Also: marque guest Lyse Doucet.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: April 30, 2012
Will new restaurant liquor rules stop what some café owners consider harassment? Plus our senior political columnist Bernard Saint-Laurent with his weekly column. Jeannette Kelly tells the tale of a baritone running across the country. And Doug Gelevan assesses the Big O.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: April 30, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: April 27, 2012
City centre merchants caught in the middle of standoff between Government and students. And we talk to Public Security Minister Robert Dutil. Also: Tennis, Whit Stillman and Sally Cauldwell.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 26, 2012
The morning after student protests turn violent and the breakdown of talks between the Education Minister and student leaders. The 12-year old challenging a controversial passage in a grade six textbook. And Jeanette Kelly takes us to a musical.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 25, 2012
NDP MP for Berthier-Maskinongé Ruth Ellen Brosseau nearly one year after being elected. Doug Gelevan on the Flyers Cheerleading team heading to the world championships. And the team weighs in on People Magazine's choice for Most Beautiful Woman this year.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 25, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 24, 2012
Université de Montréal rector Guy Breton. Chubby Checker is our Tuesday feature. Plus Jeanette Kelly meets actor Francois Arnaud and Doug Gelevan asks: Can we learn to love the Ottawa Senators?
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 24, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 23, 2012
Daybreak's Shawn Apel takes us to the Plan Nord job fair which took place this weekend at Palais des Congrès. Our senior political columnist Bernard Saint-Laurent with his weekly column. And Doug Gelevan is back on sports
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 23, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 20, 2012
On the final day of campaigning in France for the presidential election, we speak to two French voters. Plus Andie Bennett's adventures in orienteering - a sport that combines running and navigation
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 19, 2012
The DBK team plays pod roulette. And Alain Gravel, host of Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête, on corruption and a shady land deal in RDP
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 19, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 18, 2012
In the wake of 14 arrests by the Quebec permanent anti-corruption squad we look at the situation in Montreal. Federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver on high price of gas. And the team talks about being recognized.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 17, 2012
Mike and the team discuss reckless driving after Jeannette Kelly reviews Paul Arcand's new doc Dérapages. And our Tuesday feature guest is best-selling author and one of the headliners of The Blue Met Literary Festival, Kim Thuy Ly.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 17, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 16, 2012
Mike's back! He speaks with a welfare recipient and a case worker who say applications are getting harder to get accepted. Bernard St-Laurent is back with his weekly political column. Andie talks about violence in the NHL playoff games and Jeanette takes us to a gas station for an arts story.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 16, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 13, 2012
Guest host Shawn Apel speaks with a university rector about the ongoing tension surrounding the student protests. Jeanette takes us to the opera, Jay has sports, and Elias Abboud drops in to talk about The Three Stooges.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 13, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 12, 2012
Shawn Apel hosting today. Electric cars get new charge network. Also Andie Bennett on women's international hockey.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 11, 2012
Shawn Apel is hosting today. He takes us to St. Michel, where a skate park with money troubles is being bailed out by the city. Brendan Kelly is here with your look at the arts, and Andie Bennett's on sports.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 11, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 10, 2012
Shawn Apel is guest hosting. He sits down in studio with a Juno Award winning violinist. Jeanette tells us about Patrick Watson's challenges with pronunciation, and Andie is in the Habs locker room as the Canadiens clean out their lockers. Andrei Markov had very few words for her.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 10, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 9, 2012
Shawn Apel is in the host's chair. On the pod today, Shawn talks about poop, electron accelerators and Andie teaches us a new golf term: albatross.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: April 9, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 5, 2012
The President and CEO of the CBC Hubert Lacroix is in studio to talk about the cutbacks. Daybreak's Shawn Apel introduces us to a man in the Beauce, who has gotten more than a dozen bills for crossing the A-25 -- even though his last trip to Montreal was four years ago. Andie talks about the Montreal Baseball Project, and Jeanette has details on a new film called Rebelle.
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 4, 2012
Mike takes us to Outremont, where there will be no more street festivals. The borough council just passed a moratorium on parades and processions. Brendan sits in for today's podcast to share his view of the re-release of Titanic in 3D, and Andie has the latest about Carey Price's concussion.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 4, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 3, 2012
Mike and the team talk about Twitter. Daybreak's Shawn Apel takes us to Sun Youth, where more seniors are asking for food aid. Andie tells us why April is women's hockey month, and Jeanette spills a secret about what you can get from a fire hydrant.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 3, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 2, 2012
Mike talks about the future of the Habs with two life-long Canadiens fans and bloggers. We head to an EMSB school in Ville Emard that will shut down...but many of its students are not transferring to another EMSB school. Andie has all your sports news, and Jeanette talks Junos.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: April 2, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 30, 2012
It's the day after the tabling of the federal budget. Conservative MP Maxime Bernier joins us. Also, the Trayvon Martin case in Florida has got Montreal's black teen community talking. Daybreak's Ange-Aimée Woods finds out what they have to say about the American teen's murder, and the "hoodie" debate. Andie's got you covered on the Habs management shake-up, and Jeannette speaks to a Montreal author who decided to put out an e-book, and give it away for free.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 29, 2012
Daybreak's Ange-Aimee Woods visits the neighbourhood around St. Laurent and Sherbrooke street after a fatal accident, where two women in their early 20s were struck by a garbage truck. Andie has the latest Impact news, and Jeanette chats with a Spanish artist, novelist and poet who was an old friend of Picasso's.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 29, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 28, 2012
As Pope Benedict prepares to meet Fidel Castro in Cuba today, we have two Cuban-Montrealers in studio to talk about what life is like back home. We also head to Concordia University, where tensions are rising between striking students and security guards. Brendan has Madonna's new album in hand, and Andie takes us to the snowy slopes in the Laurentians.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 28, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 27, 2012
The Editor of l'Actualite magazine, Carole Beaulieu, is in the Daybreak studio to talk about this month's edition called "Ici on parle English". "Directioners" line up by the hundreds for their chance to see U.K. boy band One Direction perform. Mike speaks to three fans. Jeanette chats with Réné Angelil, and Andie takes us to the Olympic pool.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 27, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 26, 2012
Mike speaks to an Aveos union president who is on his way to meet politicians in Ottawa...and two out-of-work employees are in the Daybreak studio. Plus, Andie's back on sports and she takes us to her spinning class, and Jeanette's on arts.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 26, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 23, 2012
One bar on Montreal's West Island must ban live hip-hop music in order to keep its liquor license. Jeanette chats with Montreal musician Patrick Watson, and Doug takes us to the squash courts. Oh yeah, and Sonali Karnick drops by the pod.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 23, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 22, 2012
Three new members of the NDP are in studio to tell us which candidate gets their vote to become Jack Layton's successor. Jeanette finds some good news in the provincial budget for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. And Doug talks football.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 22, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 21, 2012
Finance Minister Raymond Bachand speaks about the new provincial budget. Shawn Apel brings us a cautionary tale about a teenager who got a ticket for littering. Find out why a bailiff is now at her parents’ house seizing their things. Plus, Doug talks to the Montreal Stars.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 21, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 21, 2012
The town of Hampstead wants to bring in bigger garbage bins. Montreal Impact Captain Davy Arnaud is our marquee guest in studio. Plus Doug talks golf, and Jeanette speaks with Caracol.
Download Daybreak Montreal for CBC Radio: March 21, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 19, 2012
Daybreak's Sophie Tremblay has a story about a foreign worker who came to Montreal to find new hope...but he says he faced discrimination and abuse. Hear from an Aveos worker who is waiting to find out if he still has a job. Doug has sports and Jeanette's on arts.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 16, 2012
Todya's pod is live from Copoli restaurant in NDG. That's just across the street from the new site of the MUHC mega-hospital. Find out how this super-hospital will affect the neighbourhood. Join Mike, Shawn, Jeanette, Jennifer and Doug.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 16, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 15, 2012
McGill's arts students vote not to strike. We hear from two of them, while two UQAM students discuss why its disappointing to their movement. Jeanette's on arts and Doug has sports.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 14, 2012
Our Shawn Apel talks to the depanneur owner in Verdun who only speaks English. Meet a McGill student who's homeless. Brendan's on arts and Doug has your sports.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: March 14, 2012
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: March 13, 2012
Mitch Joel's online marketing company has just landed a contract with Walmart Canada -- he's our feature guest. Plus: Residents caught in the middle of a squabble in St-Henri. Elephant Stone. And contrasting coaches.
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Daybreak from CBC Montreal: March 12, 2012
Class-action suit against Canadian tobacco companies goes to court. Also: bears wake up from hibernation hungry. Jeanette at the Jutra awards. Doug gets burned
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 9, 2012
Metro busking gets a star system. Also: Gymnastics and deep cogitation on the blockbuster, John Carter.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 8, 2012
The Kony 2012 viral movement comes to Montreal. Also: Student wounded in the eye during student protest talks to us from his hospital bed. Celebrating the SAT's Monique Savoie. And Cypriot soccer story.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 7, 2012
Plateau moves to make terrasses wheel-chair accessible. Also: Impact has news captian of MLS team. And more hockey talk with Brendan Kelly.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 6, 2012
Steve Rukavina hosts. Remembering Steve Kirman of Steve's Music. Also: feature interview with Ubisoft CEO Yannis Mallat. Cooncordia stingers make it to the nationals. And Steve's brother's Twitter war with Jian.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 5, 2012
Shawn Apel sits in for host Mike Finnerty. Shawn talks to the couple fighting for leave for the parents who lose their baby. Also: the continuing Habs hockey apocalypse chat with a special guest appearance by Senior Producer Meredith Dellandrea
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio:March 5, 2012
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Daybreak podcast March 2, 2012
It's Friday pod roulette and Sean Apel tries to get you to take the stairs.
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Daybreak March 1 Poscast
Google's new privacy issues and the one and only Jian Ghomeshi
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Daybreak Feb 29 podcast
Jean Beliveau is in hospital and Liberals and Conservatives respond to the election phone call fraud
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Daybreak Podacst 28 feb 2012
Fraudulent election calls and the band Plants and Animals were among the things discussed in today's podacast
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 27, 2012
Winter weather comes back to Montreal. Also: Oscar chat.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: February 24, 2012
Steve Rukavina sits in for Mike Finnerty. Steve talks to a vet from the Biodome about the penguins being let of of their habitat during Nuit Blanche. Also: padawans, CBC calendars and avian invasions.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: February 24, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 20, 2012
Mike Finnerty talks to the brother of the man who was shot by police in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Also: The other film with a Canadian connection nominated for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 20, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 22, 2012
Kahnawake shut out of hockey after players beat up ref. Also: Andie Bennett and Brendan Kelly trash talk the Habs. And the NDP wrap up their Quebec membership drive.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 22, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 21, 2012
Shawn Apel brings the story of the home reno that became a protracted house sit. Also: Andie Bennett and Jeanette Kelly on the Montreal-made hockey movie, "Goon"
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 21, 2012
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 20, 2012
Monday political columnist Bernard St-Laurent on the PQ's new sovereignty push. Also: Montreal animator gets an unexpected windfall. And Hal Gill gets traded the Habs drop another game.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC radio: February 20, 2012
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Daybreak from CBC Radio: February 17, 2012
A special live broadcast from Montreal West, featuring the students of Royal West Academy. Royal West alumnus, film maker Jacob Tierney, guest stars.
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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: February 16, 2012
Dave Bronstetter on leaving the CBC. Also: Racial profiling in marketing. And Michel Tremblay keeps on keeping on.
Download Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: February 16, 2012
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