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Video Time Lapse Montreal by Winter
Check out the mysterious sliding stones of Racetrack Playa, some insane star trails, and pink aurora in this time lapse video of Death Valley. Video courtesy ...
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How Ottawas plan to foster wireless competition sank
'Today marks a new chapter for wireless in Canada."That was Anthony Lacavera's bold declaration as he launched Wind Mobile on a chilly day in December, 2009. There was a buzz in the air as hundreds of people packed Toronto's waterfront to watch the 35-year-old chairman unveil a six-metre statue of "Joe," a tribute to the average Canadian consumer. Joe was a symbol ...
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How Quebecor’s unit attained wireless success
Quebecor Inc.'s controlling shareholder Pierre Karl Pladeau. His Vidotron Lte unit now counts more than 400,000 wireless subscribers in Quebec less than three years after its September, 2010, ...
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Ottawa’s five options to solve its wireless dilemma
The race is on for incumbents in the wireless business to buy up the spectrum that was supposed to be set aside for new competitors.Telus Corp. wants to buy Mobilicity, and Rogers Communications Inc. wants to buy the spectrum that Shaw Communications bought to start a wireless provider before deciding it had better ways to spend billions of ...
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Ottawa earthquake felt widely because of old bedrock
Quakes on the East Coast are generally more widely felt than out West because of differences in the Earth's crust between the two regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). East of the ...
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The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador acknowledges the courage of Elijah Harper and offers its condolences to his family
May 17, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - "It is always very difficult to go against the wind, and to stand up straight and say no when the easier path is to give in and go in the direction of the wind. I will always remember the image of Elijah Harper's courage and determination and his profound conviction", stated Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations ...
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STM drivers union calls again for stiffer penalties to prevent assaults
The union representing Montreal's bus and metro drivers is calling for the strengthening of the Criminal Code to give transit workers the same protection that police and other peace officers have. Union president Denis Vaillancourt was joined Friday by about 30 bus drivers who showed up in uniform at the court appearance of one of the three people accused of beating up bus driver ...
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Accuracy of Quebec mammograms under review
The National Public Health Institute of Quebec will re-evaluate the effectiveness of computed radiography (CR) equipment following the publication of an Ontario study this month that found that this ';transition'; technology detected breast cancer in 21-per-cent fewer women than the existing gold standard, digital direct radiography ...
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Video Quebec and Ontario residents all shaken up by earthquake
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled residents across Quebec and Ontario, with the epicentre 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Quebec. A 4.2-magnitude aftershock was also ...
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Hugh Adami Single mom up to her neck in water charges thanks to Hydro Ottawa oversight
Single mother Denise Downing could use a break. But nobody at City Hall, Hydro Ottawa or the company that owned the old, leaking water heater in her home gives a damn.What a pathetic bunch, given the inaction and mistakes. The city refuses to bend a policy that would save the woman about $1,200 on her February water bill. And Hydro still wants her to pay a $600 bill after giving her wrong ...
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Pierres picks 5 dont-miss events in Montreal this weekend
Here are his picks for May 17, 18 and 19. 1. Cavalia's Odysseo is back under the very big top in Laval until June 9. This majestic show features 67 horses and 46 artists, musicians and acrobats! Odysseo is incredibly poetic and stunningly beautiful. 2. Montreal multi-instrumentalist Patrick Lehman flirts with Soul, R&B, Rock and Blues. He won many new fans after taking part in CBC ...
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Honest Toddler Montreal mom shares child-like take on Twitter
From the time we are knee-high, we're taught that honesty is the best policy - and a new book based on a Twitter account has taken that moral code to hilarious new heights. Montreal-area mom Bunmi Laditan has just ...
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Earthquake rattles residents in Ontario Quebec
Buildings were evacuated and people were shaken from sleep on Friday morning after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. Earthquakes Canada reports a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Shawville, Quebec - about an hour's drive from Ottawa - shortly after 9:45 a.m. The agency also reports a 4.2 magnitude aftershock struck less than 10 minutes later. It might not have ...
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Woman accused of murder testifies that she was too drunk
A woman accused of repeatedly beating and stabbing a 69-year-old man in his home has told a courtroom that she can't recall what happened on the night of the murder because she was too intoxicated. Linda Lavoie, 47, testified Friday that she was highly intoxicated on March 25, 2010, the night that Damien Roberge was found dead in his apartment in Quebec City. He had been stabbed 17 times. ...
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Ottawa Police DND train ahead of Race Weekend
OTTAWA -- Ottawa Police collaborated with the Department of National Defence, Ottawa Paramedic Services and Ottawa Fire Services on Thursday night, responding to a simulated large-scale attack at Scotiabank Place.The training exercise, purporting an incident at a hockey game with a large crowd, lasted about four hours, and involved about 300 people, including civilians who portrayed victims, ...
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Quebec Jewish Community Outraged by Minister Drainvilles Demagogic Statements
Quebec employ the same type of measures for public and civic holidays. However, Minister Drainville has blown out of proportion this benign act of neighborliness which traditionally benefits all groups, Jewish or not, in order to promote his bill for the "secular charter" at the expense of the Jewish community. The Centre ...
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Ottawa police search field near Vars for gun used in unsolved Kasende homicide
OTTAWA -- New information in an unsolved 2012 homicide led Ottawa police to search a field in Vars on Friday to look for the .357 Magnum revolver they believe was used in the ...
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Ottawa felt as far away as Toronto
OTTAWA -- A long, rumbling earthquake that shook much of Eastern Ontario and West Quebec was a magnitude 5.1 event centred near Shawville, Que., according to early information.A second, smaller rumble followed about 10 minutes later.The location is 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, based on the preliminary information.Automatic seismic equipment said the earthquake happened at 9:43 a.m. ...
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Ottawa Hospital fundraising $3 million for dermatology
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation launched a campaign this week, aiming to raise $3 million for the centre. Dermatologists at the hospital have already given it a kick-start, donating $180,000 on their own to the ...
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Little payoff for Ottawa in new casino table-game formula
OTTAWA -- A new formula for giving host cities a cut of the money from new casinos is likely to mean more money for Ottawa, but only a little.The Ontario government, which wants to dramatically expand the gambling empire it runs, released the new formula Friday morning. It offers cities four per cent of the take from table games like poker and roulette, in addition to a previously promised share ...
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Quebec cop shot herself police confirm
Heavily-armed tactical officers mix with uniformed cops at a command post set up at Auvergne and St. Louis streets on Sunday morning after a Gatineau police officer was shot in the leg Saturday night while breaking up a bush party. Her injuries were not life threatening. (TONY SPEARS/QMI ...
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Bank of Montreal ordered to fix oversight lapses
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.The Federal Reserve announced an agreement Friday with the bank, which is one of Canada's largest. The Fed cited procedural deficiencies to prevent money laundering in the bank and its Chicago branch.No financial penalty ...
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Twitter users react as quake shakes eastern Ontario southwestern Quebec
Twitter users reported being evacuated from buildings and shaken from their sleep after an earthquake hit eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec on ...
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Minister Lebel will meet with officials from around the world to promote Montreal as the best city to host ICAO
Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, will meet with officials from member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at the International Transport Forum Summit ...
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Public Health studying brain cancer cases in Shannon Que.
Quebec's Public Health Agency is studying cases of brain cancer in Shannon, Que., after more than a decade of complaints from the community. A doctor with the agency, Isabelle Goupil-Sormany, says the study will examine hundreds of residents' medical files. "We have to analyse and see if the fact that you spend some time in Shannon increases your risk," says ...
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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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