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UPDATE 1-Fed tells Bank of Montreal to fight money laundering harder
Fri May 17, 2013 11:43am EDT By Emily Flitter NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board said it has told Bank of Montreal to step up efforts to detect and prevent money laundering at the Canadian bank's Chicago branch. The warning puts Bank of Montreal in a growing category of financial institutions under pressure to do a better job of adhering to strict U.S. requirements ...
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Magnitude-5.2 earthquake rattles parts of Ontario Quebec
An earthquake centred northwest of Ottawa has rattled buildings and nerves across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec.Earthquakes Canada again revised its original report Friday, saying it registered a 5.2-magnitude temblor with an epicentre located about 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que., about an hour's drive outside the national ...
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Of Montreals Kevin Barnes on Channeling the Summer of Love in New Album
May 17, 2013 9:00 AM ET As the chief songwriter and creative force behind Of Montreal, Kevin Barnes has built a career out of following his own instincts. His band's 11 albums have been full of sometimes jarring U-turns – moving from psychedelic twee-pop to decadent glam-funk to nightmarish electro-prog, often within one ...
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Earthquakes Canada confirms quake centred near Ottawa
People in eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec felt the ground shake Friday morning, after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. Shortly after 9:45 a.m. Friday, Earthquakes Canada reported a 4.8 magnitude quake centred in Braeside, Ont., northwest of Ottawa. After a 4.2 magnitude aftershock was reported less than 10 minutes later, Earthquakes Canada issued its revised ...
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Media invitation - Mark Carneys final speech as Governor of the Bank of Canada at the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
Montreal has some 7,000 members. Its primary mission is to represent the interests of the business community of Greater Montral and to provide individuals, merchants, and businesses of all sizes with a variety of specialized services to help them achieve their full potential in terms of innovation, productivity and competitiveness. The Board of Trade is Quebec's leading private ...
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2 earthquakes felt in Ontario and Quebec
(CBC) Two earthquakes near the Ontario-Quebec border could be felt across both provinces this morning. Earthquakes Canada reported the first event as a 5.1-magnitude quake 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que. Earlier, the quake had been reported as originating near Braeside, Ont., about 75 kilometres west of Ottawa. The second event came 10 minutes later near Braeside and registered as ...
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4.8 magnitude quake hits west of Ottawa
An earthquake rolled through Eastern and Southern Ontari shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday morning. Earthquake Canada says the rumble was 4.8 on the Richter Scale and was centred northwest of Arnprior. The quake lasted about 30-40 seconds and reports are flowing in from across the region of buildings shaking. Social Media has exploded with people asking for information but there are no ...
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Two earthquakes rattle Quebec Ontario on Friday
Two earthquakes shook eastern Ontario and Quebec Friday morning, with tremors felt as far away as Toronto. A 5.1 magnitude quake occurred near Shawville, Que., at 9:43 a.m., according to Earthquakes Canada. Ten minutes later, a 4.2 seismic event shook Braeside, Ont. Braeside is located roughly 75 kilometres west of Ottawa. A 5.1 magnitude earthquake is rarely powerful enough to cause any ...
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U.S. Fed warns Bank of Montreal on anti-money laundering controls
NEW YORK | Fri May 17, 2013 10:34am EDT NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board said it told Bank of Montreal to step up efforts at the Canadian bank's Chicago branch to detect and prevent money laundering. The Fed entered into a written agreement requiring Bank of Montreal to strengthen its compliance after a recent inspection by the central bank's examiners ...
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PQ ministers reach out to anglophones in open letter
open letter that lists amendments to Bill 14, a controversial bill that aims to revamp the province's language laws. The letter appears today in Montreal's only English-language daily newspaper, the Montreal Gazette. In it, Language Minister Diane De Courcy and the minister responsible for Quebec's anglophone community, Jean-Franois Lise, review several key issues that affect ...
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Ottawa police bust seven in street drug probe
OTTAWA -- Seven people face drug charges after an Ottawa police street crime unit investigation.With the help of uniformed officers, the suspects were arrested at the bus station on Catherine Street and another location on Bank Street near Heron Road.Police seized $3,000 in prescription narcotics, which included Fentanyl patches, Morphine, Oxycodone and Dilaudid.A small amount of crack and ...
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How Mike Duffy the ultimate Ottawa insider found himself on the outside of federal politics
OTTAWA -- Mike Duffy has always been a larger-than-life character in political Ottawa, a chortling bundle of affable good cheer, prodigious appetites, nudge-wink insider gossip, political acumen, relentless name-dropping and unvarnished ambition. He's also been an unapologetic ...
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Private daycares to strike despite threat of fine
Private daycare operators are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday, despite warnings from the province that they will face fines if they do. The businesses are striking to denounce Quebec's proposal to slash $15 million from their budgets. Quebec's family minister, Nicole Lger, says the budget cuts are about $21,000 per centre. She calls the cuts insignificant when compared to ...
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RARE access to Cirque du Soleils Quidam rehearsals
ORLANDO -- If you're a Cirque du Soleil performer, your life is like one big workout. "I guess you could say that!" smiled aerial artist Mei Bouchard, Orlando. We watched Bouchard and nearly 50 Cirque performers rehearse this week before one of their "Quidam" shows at UCF Arena. We not only got access to the main stage, but also onto the mats backstage. Don't ...
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Gay rights making progress in rural Quebec
Revellers take part in the 2012 Gay Pride Parade in downtown Montreal on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Rimouski will be holding its second annual Pride parade ...
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Penguins Insider Morrow finding another level against Ottawa
"Looking back at that series against the Islanders," Morrow said, "I'll be honest, I'm not too happy with how I played. I was a minus-3. I know I need to be better than that, and I know I can play better than that. I'm not satisfied right ...
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Coderre launches Montreal mayoralty bid with promise to change a corrupt system
Veteran politician Denis Coderre launched his long-anticipated bid for the mayoralty of Montreal Thursday by promising to restore Montrealers' battered trust in their city, saying he would cap political donations and appoint an independent inspector-general to probe corruption.In an interview after his official campaign launch, Mr. Coderre tried to dispel doubts about his credentials ...
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Quebec mammogram machines face new review after Ontario findings
Three-quarters of Quebec's 144 mammography machines will be reviewed for their effectiveness at detecting breast cancer after research in Ontario found similar machines miss on average one in five cancers when compared with other devices.A spokeswoman for Health Minister Rjean Hbert said on Thursday that the National Public Health Institute of Quebec would study the equipment, known as ...
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Trial of two Ottawa officers wraps up with key witness unable to complete testimony
A key witness who reported that a homeless man was subjected to police brutality in the summer of 2011 will not complete her testimony at the urging of her psychiatrist.Tasha Doucette was hospitalized during her cross-examination that focused on inconsistencies in her account of how two Ottawa constables took Hugh Styres to the ground on the pavement outside a Sandy Hill convenience store, ...
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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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