quebecreference.org http://quebecreference.org Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:29:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Montreal telemarketers in fraud case still making calls http://quebecreference.org/montreal-telemarketers-in-fraud-case-still-making-calls/ http://quebecreference.org/montreal-telemarketers-in-fraud-case-still-making-calls/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:29:25 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/montreal-telemarketers-in-fraud-case-still-making-calls/

CBC News has learned that no government agency has taken legal action to try to stop a Montreal-based telemarketing company accused of defrauding thousands of small businesses.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/15/ets-telemarketing-company-complaints.html?cmp=rss

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Thousands of families made alternative child-care arrangements as a result of a one-day strike by workers at publicly funded daycares across Quebec.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/10/mtl-daycare-strike-quebec.html?cmp=rss

]]> http://quebecreference.org/2nd-quebec-daycare-walkout-affects-20000-families/feed/ 0 Quebec wants $1.9M back from Mabe http://quebecreference.org/quebec-wants-1-9m-back-from-mabe/ http://quebecreference.org/quebec-wants-1-9m-back-from-mabe/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:25:11 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/quebec-wants-1-9m-back-from-mabe/

The province’s investment arm wants its money back, now that Mabe is set to shut its Montreal factory.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/04/quebec-wants-mabe-investment-money-back-cp.html?cmp=rss

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Students were blocking access to a Quebec government building Friday in a sign of heightened tensions over tuition-fee hikes.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/27/student-protest-education.html?cmp=rss

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Mike Blunden and Max Pacioretty scored 1:33 apart in the second period as the Montreal Canadiens pulled out a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in a battle of struggling NHL clubs Saturday night.



http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/01/07/sp-nhl-lightning-canadiens.html?cmp=rss

]]> http://quebecreference.org/habs-pull-out-win-against-lightning/feed/ 0 AUDIO | Virtual instrument allows disabled musicians to play http://quebecreference.org/audio-virtual-instrument-allows-disabled-musicians-to-play/ http://quebecreference.org/audio-virtual-instrument-allows-disabled-musicians-to-play/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:09:22 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/audio-virtual-instrument-allows-disabled-musicians-to-play/

The Virtual Music Instrument developed at Toronto’s Bloorview Research Institute has the potential to empower children with disabilities.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/30/audio-virtual-instrument.html?cmp=rss

]]> http://quebecreference.org/audio-virtual-instrument-allows-disabled-musicians-to-play/feed/ 0 Biologist says N.L. water too cold for Montreal puffin http://quebecreference.org/biologist-says-n-l-water-too-cold-for-montreal-puffin/ http://quebecreference.org/biologist-says-n-l-water-too-cold-for-montreal-puffin/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:54:32 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/biologist-says-n-l-water-too-cold-for-montreal-puffin/

Tony Diamond doesn’t think the puffin recently found in downtown Montreal should have been sent to Newfoundland.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/23/nb-puffin.html?cmp=rss

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Several Quebec ski resorts are opening their hills this Saturday with hopes that the snow and colder temperatures predicted will get the ski season started in earnest.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/17/quebec-ski-resorts-open.html?cmp=rss

]]> http://quebecreference.org/more-quebec-slopes-open-for-the-season/feed/ 0 Charest’s new police legislation called insufficient http://quebecreference.org/charests-new-police-legislation-called-insufficient/ http://quebecreference.org/charests-new-police-legislation-called-insufficient/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:54:00 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/charests-new-police-legislation-called-insufficient/

Critics say the Quebec government’s new legislation that aims to make investigations into injuries and deaths during police operations fully impartial doesn’t go far enough to increase police accountability.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/02/mtl-police-legislation.html?cmp=rss

]]> http://quebecreference.org/charests-new-police-legislation-called-insufficient/feed/ 0 Ville Marie Tunnel closed http://quebecreference.org/ville-marie-tunnel-closed/ http://quebecreference.org/ville-marie-tunnel-closed/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:09:01 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.org/ville-marie-tunnel-closed/ Montreal’s Ville Marie Tunnel is closed over the weekend, as workers remove overhead concrete grids.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/26/road-closures-montreal.html?cmp=rss

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