Quebec News
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Calgary -
After recent spills of pipelines carrying Alberta crude in Illinois, Michigan and Arkansas the approval of the XL Keystone pipeline is in question. TransCanada Corp, looking at options, has made a west to east pipeline a real possibility.
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Montreal -
Quebec Liberals have elected former provincial health minister Philippe Couillard as the new leader of the party. Couillard was able to win on the first ballot.
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Quebec -
Quebec citizens who will be applying for social assistance will face new criteria and rules after June 1 2013 when the Parti Quebecois will start a new program to " break the cycle of poverty".
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Edmonton -
With the XL Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines in limbo, Alberta's Premier Alison Redford is looking at markets in Central and Atlantic Canada. In an effort to market Alberta oil, Redford is developing a national energy strategy.
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Glasgow -
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois took her separatist message to Scotland, in an effort to assist Scotland in its quest for independence from the UK. Scottish independence leader Alex Salmond passed up on Marois' offer.
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Ottawa -
Last year Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper criticized U.S. and European economies from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. At that time, Harper utilized the event to boast of Canada’s speedy recovery and fiscal prowess.
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Around 800 Hydro Quebec employees are still working to restore electricity to customers who were affected by a power outage that occurred on Friday.
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Greenpeace Canada announced its withdrawal yesterday from the Canada Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) claiming logging roads built in Quebec’s Montagnes Blanches region managed by Resolute Forest Products are a violation of the CBFA.
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Sherbrooke -
The tranquil city in the heart of the Eastern Townships was rocked to the core Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EST when an industrial accident at Neptune Technologies caused the plant to erupt in a flaming inferno emitting a plume of toxic clouds into a wintry sky.
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Montreal -
In order to pay for a new recycling program for electronics, the province of Quebec has introduced a new environmental fee that will be applied to the purchases of televisions, laptops and cell phones.
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Premier-in-waiting Pauline Marois was rushed off stage by her security team Tuesday night after shots were fired behind the downtown Montreal hall, where supporters were celebrating her victory. Montreal police said that one person died in the shooting and a second person is in critical condition
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