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For Quebec Enbridges pipeline project a no-brainer
Common wisdom has it that Quebec's favourite sport is hockey. But scratch the surface and you might find that Quebeckers spend more time arguing with each other through summits and public hearings, in the hopes of reaching an elusive consensus, than actual time on an ice rink.The consultations that Environment Minister Yves-Franois Blanchet wants to hold on Enbridge's plans to reverse ...
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Rio Tinto’s Quebec titanium workers fear up to 400 jobs to be cut
Rio Tinto Alcan's plant in the Arvida district of Saguenay, 225 km northeast of Quebec City. Wednesday November 10, 2010. After meeting with company officials, the union representing Quebec workers at another subsidiary, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium, said it fears between 230 and 400 jobs are at risk of being cut as the giant mining company retrenches. (Francis Vachon For The Globe and ...
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‘Michael Jackson One’ is Cirque du Soleil’s best — and includes snow at Mandalay Bay
We posted a preview of the show Thursday with links to my interviews with "One's" creative team leading up to last night's performance. "One" is such a riveting and immersive experience, you'll want to return time and again to catch what you miss. The nonstop action is throughout the theater, up in the ceiling and in the aisles alongside the audience, as well ...
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Qatar withdraws bid to move UN agency from Montreal
Qatar has withdrawn its bid to take the headquarters of a major UN agency away from Montreal.The small, oil-rich Gulf nation made a surprise bid in late April to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which sets international rules for airplane transportation - sending the Canadian government into what Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called a "tooth and ...
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National Airlines Council of Canada welcomes the announcement that ICAO headquarters will remain in Montreal
. " is an international civil aviation hub, and benefits from world-class aviation expertise and facilities," said George Petsikas, President of the NACC, adding: "Maintaining ICAO's headquarters in the city is excellent news not only for the organization and its staff, but also for the greater ...
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Quebec students strip-searched during exam
A school board in Canada has launched an investigation after school staff strip-searched 28 tenth grade students after a cell phone went missing during a final exam. The students at Cap-Jeunesse high school north of Montreal were told to place their phones on the teacher's desk to prevent cheating during a math test. When one phone went missing, teachers ordered the strip search. ...
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Ottawa ups financial contribution to Culture Days
The federal government is contributing $1-million over the next two years to Culture Days, the annual three-day national celebration of arts and culture that started in 2010. Paul Calandra, Conservative MP and parliamentary secretary to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, made the announcement Friday in Toronto before 250 delegates to the 2013 National Congress on Culture. The money will ...
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Pierres picks 5 dont-miss events in Montreal this weekend
Every Friday, CBC Montreal's Homerun arts reporter Pierre Landry brings you the top five things to see and do in Montreal this weekend. 1. ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies crack cocaine allegations
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations that he was seen on a cellphone video smoking what appeared to be crack cocaine. "I do not use crack cocaine," Ford told a jam-packed news conference at Toronto City Hall. "Nor am I an addict of crack cocaine." The beleaguered mayor said it was "business as usual at city hall" and gave no indication that he ...
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Lobbying saved Montreals UN aviation agency Paradis says
Qatar's decision to drop its bid to bring the International Civil Aviation Organization's headquarters to Doha from Montreal was the result of hard work and intense lobbying on the part of three levels of government, federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis said Friday. The UN agency that regulates international aviation transport has been based in Montreal from its beginnings in ...
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NDP MP Tyrone Benskin truly sorry for not paying taxes
NDP MP Tyrone Benskin, pictured in the House of Commons, was stripped of his deputy critic duties Friday after it was revealed that he owes more than $58,000 in taxes. (Tyrone ...
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Police find missing Ottawa girl 12
Police said Carissa Stephenson, 12, has light brown skin and short black hair with long bangs. She is five-foot-five, weighs 100 pounds and has braces. She was last seen wearing an Aéropostale aqua-green hoodie and white-and-blue skinny jeans. Police said ‘There are concerns for her well-being as she has some mental ...
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Canada will retain Montreal-based UN agency headquarters
MONTREAL -- Canada will keep its only UN agency now that Qatar has abandoned a bid to get the International Civil Aviation Organization to move its headquarters to the Middle Eastern country. ICAO confirmed the news Friday morning as did Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, who announced it on Twitter. Qatar has offered no explanation for its decision to back off. ICAO Secretary General ...
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Dachshunds strut their stuff as UN bosses
, a Festival TransAmriques show featuring dozens of dogs impersonating members of the United Nations. The event is the brainchild of Bennett Miller, an Australian visual artist, who expanded the idea after premiering it at a theatre festival in Melbourne. Miller auditioned scores of local weiner dogs to see if they would make the cut. The artist says he choose dachshunds to represent global ...
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Montreal Port Authority annual meeting Port stays on course despite economic slowdown
Montreal finished 2012 with results comparable to those of its record-setting year of 2011. The Port handled 28.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2012, down only 0.4 per cent from the 28.5 million tonnes of traffic that it moved in 2011. At its annual meeting, ...
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Philanthropist father of Browns Shoes dies at 85
Montreal retail icon and philanthropist Morton Brownstein has died at the age of 85. Brownstein was responsible for transforming his father's shoe shop into Browns Shoes, which now has more than 40 outlets across Canada. The Brownstein family business was founded in Montreal in 1940 and today the company is headed by Morton's son, Michael. Brownstein died on Thursday, at his home. ...
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Ottawa high school helps another halfway around the world
Hillcrest High School students are just $600 away from building their second elementary school overseas in five years. The students will participate in their 3rd Annual Walk for Water fundraiser Thursday, in support of Brick by Brick, a school building project in rural Ecuador with Free the ...
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Laval police seize drugs assault weapon
Laval police made a major drug and weapons bust on Wednesday, seizing ecstasy powder, cocaine, cannabis, cash, and an automatic assault weapon. Police with the city's anti-gang unit arrested two men carrying out a transaction in a parking lot on Boulevard Cur-Labelle, in the city's Chomedey neighbourhood. Officers searched the vehicle, and later, the residence of one of the ...
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Canadian forecasters warn of active hurricane season
High winds from Hurricane Igor topple trees in St. John's in 2010. The Canadian Hurricane Centre said Friday that regardless of the number of hurricanes forecast for 2013, expected to be an "active" season, it responds to four or five tropical cyclone events each year. (Paul Daly/Canadian ...
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Via Rail train involved in fatal crash in eastern Ontario
One person is dead after a Via Train struck an individual walking on the tracks near the town of Alexandria, Ont. Friday morning. The incident happened this morning near Glen Robertson and Massie Roads, OPP confirmed. Alexandria is about 100 km east of Ottawa, according to Ontario Provincial Police. The collision happened at 7:30 a.m., said Via spokeswoman Mylene Belanger. The train had left ...
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Relaunch of Highway 19 extension to be announced today
Quebec's provincial government is reportedly going ahead with the long-awaited extension of Highway 19, north of Montreal. Transport Minister Sylvain Gaudrault is expected to make the announcement later today. The northbound section of the highway currently ends in Laval, but according to information obtained by Radio-Canada, CBC's French service, the proposed four lane highway would ...
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Ottawa wins award for Canada’s most boring city. Do you agree
The Boring Awards committee has awarded Ottawa the title of most boring city in Canada, but it isn’t the city they mind so much as the ...
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If you see ‘a little brown … just let the tap run for a bit’ Montreal finally lifts boil-water warning
MONTREAL -- A huge boil-water advisory affecting 1.3 million people in Montreal, described by local officials as unprecedented in the recorded history of the city, was lifted late Thursday. City officials ended the two-day-old advisory at 10:15 p.m., after tests concluded the water quality was fine. Mayor Michael Applebaum said the warning had been issued as a precaution after an abnormal drop ...
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Ottawa Fire Services to assist with the Provincial AMBER Alert program
Ottawa Fire Services and police will assist the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and other partners to quickly locate children who are missing or who may have been abducted. Now, ...
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Media Advisory - Sample the taste sights and sounds of Louisbourg Nova Scotia - All without leaving Montreal
May 24, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Nothing brings people together like unforgettable food, music and fun. The Nova Scotia Tourism Agency will be hosting a celebration ...
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Montreal Metro still trying to replace ageing fleet
The Montreal Metro is ageing, or its trains are at least, with some of them over 60 years old this year, it’s high time for massive investment in an overhaul of the fleet, but the bidding process has been controversial and highly competitive, leading to delays, which it is hoped will provide a lower cost.
Montreal’s metro system is operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and was first opened back in 1966, since then it has grown into one of the largest subways in the country and is the busiest in Canada with over 290 million trips taken on the system last year. The 759 trains that operate on the network are ageing and tired, having each carried an estimated 7900 people and plans are afoot to replace them. Read more
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