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‘I will not waste any more of my time’ Quebec Tory quits after frustration with Harper Conservatives
In a resignation letter distributed throughout the party Wednesday, Georgette St-Onge argued Conservative Quebec lieutenant Christian Paradis, the federal industry minister, made no effort to help a credible candidate in her riding of Joliette solicit votes in the last election. Since then, she said the riding association has been left out of the loop on important party policy like employment ...
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Montreal boil-water order enters its 2nd day
More than one million Montrealers are dealing with the largest boil-water advisory in the city's history, as it entered its second day and some wondered whether they could have learned about the order earlier. The advisory sent out Wednesday is expected to last until later Thursday afternoon, when test results will reveal whether the water is contaminated with harmful bacteria. The order ...
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Trend Micros Whats Your Story Contest Awards $10000 to a Trio of Ottawa High School Students
"What's Your Story?" ,an international video contest promoting safety on line. "What's Your Story?" an award-winning, user-generated video contest is an interactive platform for young people to showcase their creative talents, and harness the positive power, reach and connection through storytelling. The 2013 contest received entries from both individuals and ...
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Anti-corruption raids at borough offices in CDN-NDG
Quebec's anti-corruption unit (UPAC) conducted a series of raids on Thursday, including one at the Cte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grce borough offices. Those same offices were raided earlier this year, in February. UPAC also paid a visit to the offices of Union Montral yesterday. ...
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Via terror plot suspects due in court today
Two suspects charged in an alleged plot to bomb a Via Rail train are scheduled to appear in a Toronto court this morning. Both 35-year-old Raed Jaser of Toronto and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal are expected to appear by ...
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Some of SNC’s missing millions found in Montreal real estate RCMP alleges
A court order obtained by the RCMP has frozen the sale of several properties, include a $915,000 home near the suburb of Saint-Lambert, Que. (CHRISTINNE MUSCHI FOR THE GLOBE AND ...
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Boil-water advisory caused by a whoops moment in Montreal
Café Joe employee Felix-Antoine Boily-Audet, left and café owner Mélanie Desjardins are using bottled water for the coffee they served at the restaurant. Routine maintenance gone wrong at one of Montreal’s biggest water filtration plants spurred the largest boil-water advisory in the city’s history on ...
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Pittsburgh take commanding lead over Ottawa
(38 mins ago) Pittsburgh's Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice as the Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span ...
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Senators on thin ice after Penguins crush Ottawa in Game 4
Pittsburgh Penguins' Jarome Iginla (centre) is congratulated by teammates Evgeni Malkin (left) and James Neal after scoring against the Ottawa Senators during second period NHL playoff action in Ottawa, Wednesday May 22, 2013. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ...
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Judge concludes convicted dealer’s rights ‘were not taken seriously’ by Ottawa police
OTTAWA -- A defence lawyer said she plans to seek a reduced sentence for a convicted drug dealer after a judge concluded that an Ottawa police officer repeatedly violated the man's rights, including intentionally causing him pain by standing on his ankles in the cellblock.Ontario Superior Court Justice Timothy Ray found that while Const. Paul Greenwood "might have gained ...
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NHL Pittsburgh 7 Ottawa 3
Jarome Iginla scored twice during an onslaught of six consecutive Pittsburgh goals Wednesday that carried the Penguins to a 7-3 rout of Ottawa. Pittsburgh boosted its lead over the Senators in the Eastern Conference semifinals to 3-1 and will try to close out the series when it hosts Game 5 on Friday. Ottawa took a 2-1 lead after one period, then melted away while the Penguins were bombarding ...
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Quebec Charter of Values could breed intolerance warn Liberals
Quebec's citizenship minister today said the province is long overdue in dealing with the issue of accommodations to religious communities. Five years after the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodations, Quebec still has no firm rules in place, Drainville said. "The problem is not resolved for the vast majority of Quebecers. They want it resolved," he said. He ...
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A ‘Whyte Ave. kid’ reaches new heights in Cirque du Soleil production
EDMONTON - When Amaluna, the latest from the Cirque du Soleil, opens here next week under the big top, you'll be visiting a magic island where women are goddesses, and not only rule but are amazingly defiant -- of the usual laws of gravity, equilibrium, caution, and human probability.One of them will be having a homecoming. Brittany Urbain, the only member of a cast of 52 from Edmonton, is ...
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UPAC carries out more raids in Montreal
MONTREAL -- Quebec's anti corruption task force descended on the N.D.G.--Cte-des-Neiges borough offices Wednesday afternoon, according to media reports.A spokesperson for UPAC said the taskforce's investigators seized documents from different locations in Montreal on Wednesday, but would not confirm a TVA report that the city's largest borough was targeted.Montreal interim Mayor ...
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Quebec gives dance community a boost
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois, centre, Élaine Ayotte, left, a member of the executive committee with responsiblity for culture for the city of Montreal, and provincial culture minister Maka Kotto, chat while posing for a photograph outside the Wilder building in Montreal, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, following a news conference announcing funding to help renovate the ...
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Montreals boil-water warning inflames an already simmering city
A man pretends to drink water out of a fire hydrant while his friend, not seen, takes a picture in Montreal on May 22, 2013. Montreal has issued a boil-water advisory to a large swath of the city affecting over one million residents after a water-filtration station broke down. (PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN ...
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Most of Montreal told to boil drinking water
MONTREAL -- More than one million Montreal residents are being told to boil their drinking water after a malfunction at Canada's second-biggest filtration plant.The malfunction resulted in brownish water gushing from fire hydrants and an unpleasant aroma wafting over parts of the city on Wednesday.The advisory applied to most of Montreal. City spokeswoman Valerie De Gagne and others ...
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PQ to unveil secular ‘Charter of Quebec Values’ next fall
The Parti Qubcois government will unveil its controversial secular charter under the more "positive" title Charter of Quebec Values next fall, postponing what is expected to be heated debate on religious accommodations.The Minister Responsible for Democratic Institutions, Bernard Drainville, said he hoped that widening the scope of the secular charter - which was originally scheduled ...
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Woman injured after falling on Montreal metro tracks
A woman is in hospital this evening with injuries she sustained after falling onto the tracks in the Plamondon metro station. Urgences Sant said the woman appears to have only minor injuries, but was taken to hospital as a precaution. Witnesses said she fell onto the tracks after stepping between two metro cars of a train that was stopped in the station. The STM is ...
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Severe thunderstorm warning ended for Ottawa
The severe thunderstorm warning issued for Ottawa Wednesday night blew over quickly, but Prescott-Russell still under caution.OTTAWA -- The severe thunderstorm warning issued for Ottawa on Wednesday night blew over quickly.Environment Canada ended the warning around 6:45 p.m., about half an hour after it had been issued.The warning continues, however, for Prescott and Russell.Meteorologists ...
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Severe thunderstorm could bring hail damaging winds to Ottawa on Wednesday night
The severe thunderstorm warning issued for Ottawa Wednesday night blew over quickly, but Prescott-Russell still under caution.OTTAWA -- The severe thunderstorm warning issued for Ottawa on Wednesday night blew over quickly.Environment Canada ended the warning around 6:45 p.m., about half an hour after it had been issued.The warning continues, however, for Prescott and Russell.Meteorologists ...
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NHL denies Phoenix Coyotes talks with Quebecor Inc.
The NHL has owned the Coyotes since a 2009 Chapter 11 bankruptcy purchase for $140 million. National Hockey League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said today the league is not talking to Canadian communications giant Quebecor Inc. about buying the Phoenix Coyotes. The Canadian company would be interested in moving the league-owned Coyotes to Quebec City. Quebecor is partnering on the construction ...
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Boil water advisory remains in effect for most of Montreal
Almost the entire city of Montreal will remain under a boil water advisory until at least Thursday morning, after tests at a city filtration plant showed the water was not safe to drink. City officials advised residents Wednesday morning that the drinking water may not be safe for consumption everywhere south of Highway 40, also called the Metropolitan Expressway. That includes the ...
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23-year-old woman dies while surfing near LaSalle
A 23-year-old woman who was surfing on the Lachine Rapids died this morning after getting caught between her surfboard and a tree in the water. She ended up in the Lachine Rapids near LaSalle after making a wrong manoeuvre. She was underwater for several minutes before a passerby jumped in to help her, said Const. Dany Richer of the Montreal police. First-responders rushed her to hospital in ...
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Making Ontario and Quebec Stronger Together Why national energy projects that supply eastern Canadian refineries with western Canadian oil are critical for Ontario and Quebec’s economic future
May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Ladies and gentlemen . . . hello. Allow me to begin by presenting the Fdration des chambres de commerce du Qubec (FCCQ), an organization that many of you are probably not familiar with. The FCCQ is both a federation of chambers of commerce AND a province-wide board of trade. With a network of 150 chambers of commerce and 1,200 companies, we represent more than ...
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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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