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Alouettes celebrate Grey Cup with parade in Montreal LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainScoresScheduleStandingsStatisticsBCCalgaryEdmontonSaskatchewanHamiltonMontrealTorontoWinnipegTeamsTransactionsDaily LineCFL on TSNeotText SizeMONTREAL The celebration was uniquely MontrealTens of thousands of people swarmed the citys downtown streets for a trilingual festival Wednesday singing in both official languages and even in Spanish as they warbled a soccer chant thats recently become fashionable at games of their beloved CanadiensAnd why was this city swaying to a Spanishlanguage hockey song Because it was a victory parade for the Canadian Football Leagues Montreal Alouettes thats whyChants of OleOleOle! rang out from crowds that engulfed the citys core as Montrealers spent their lunch hour cheering on the Grey Cup championsThe Alouettes have been a dominant force in the CFL for years but had lost their last four Grey Cup appearances since winning in 2002They appeared set to lose again Sunday this time to the Saskatchewan Roughriders until they mounted a stunning fourthquarter comeback and then took advantage of a bizarre penalty with no time left on the clockMontrealers celebrated the win Wednesday by tossing confetti from windows along SteCatherine Street onto the passing players who pumped their fists skyward and waved at the crowd as the passed by on flatbed trucks Some placed the crowd size in the hundreds of thousandsIts truly amazing said Alouettes quarterback Anthony CalvilloAs many times as weve disappointed the fans have been disappointed they still come out here and respond by supporting us and coming to this paradeCalvillo said the Als improbable finalsecond comeback is a perfect example of why you have to play for the entire 60 minutesIf youre going to beat yourself in your head then you have no chance but we never gave up he saidLouise Laroche a seasonticket holder for the last five years waved her arms and shouted as the parade rolled byAsked how nervous she was in the final seconds of the game she said she nearly had a heart attackIn the Canadian Football League its not finished until zerozero seconds said Laroche who drove about 65 kilometres from StHyacinthe for the paradeWe have proof of thatThe team was also celebrated during a CanadiensLeafs NHL game Tuesday night by a chanting crowd at the Bell Centre On Wednesday morning the players signed the municipal registry at city hallMany Montrealers have noted the irony in recent days that their football and soccer te...