Elias Makos kicks the week off with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor.

• A powerful blizzard hit Montreal yesterday, bringing up to 40 cm of snow and strong winds, reducing visibility to near zero
• The REM is down again this morning - a morning when we’re urging people not to be on the roads. Did we buy a lemon?
• La Ville annonce la création du Bureau de la langue française - Committed to promoting and protecting French in its territory
• Fans showed their disdain for the U.S., heavily booing The Star Spangled Banner before the 4 Nations Face-Off game at the Bell Centre on Saturday. That booing is still causing debate, with Quebec MP Gérard Deltell calling it “shameful.”