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Job creation and the economy will be major issues in Quebec’s next election, but a spring vote is not in the works yet.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/09/quebec-liberal-caucus-election-rumours.html?cmp=rss

An asbestos expert says a major study done by a group of scientists at McGill University is flawed, but is still being used to promote the export of asbestos overseas.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/01/asbestos-study-mcgill.html?cmp=rss

The Parti Québécois unveiled its third new candidate in a week Friday morning ahead of a party convention scheduled for this weekend.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/27/pq-candidate-metro-convention.html?cmp=rss

An increase in part-time work offset a loss of 26,000 full-time jobs in Canada in December — but it wasn’t enough to stop the unemployment rate from ticking higher to 7.5 per cent.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/06/canada-jobs.html?cmp=rss

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says changes to child car seat standards include an increase in how much a child must weigh before graduating to a booster seat or a regular adult seat belt.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/29/child-car-seats-regulations.html?cmp=rss

A woman is dead after a head-on collision with a transport truck in Lévis.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/23/quebec-fatal-crash-levis.html?cmp=rss

Police say a driver was headed the wrong direction on the highway when he collided with the victim’s car.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/16/montreal-crash-highway-30.html?cmp=rss

The Quebec government is introducing a cap-and-trade system in an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the province.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/15/quebec-cap-and-trade.html?cmp=rss

The boyfriend of Sahar Shafia suspected that she was being physically abused and hoped to marry her outside of Canada for safety reasons, witnesses testified at the Kingston, Ont., canal deaths trial.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/30/shafiaboyfriendtestimony.html?cmp=rss

Occupy Montreal protesters started tearing down camp Thursday after the city asked them to vacate Victoria Square on the spot.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/24/occupy-montreal-protesters-reject-evictions.html?cmp=rss