quebecreference.net http://quebecreference.net Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:24:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Gordon Ramsay splits from Montreal BBQ http://quebecreference.net/gordon-ramsay-splits-from-montreal-bbq/ http://quebecreference.net/gordon-ramsay-splits-from-montreal-bbq/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:24:26 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.net/gordon-ramsay-splits-from-montreal-bbq/

Stick a fork in it — the barbecue chicken venture of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has come to an end in Montreal.



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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.



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]]> http://quebecreference.net/charest-hedges-on-election-call/feed/ 0 McGill asbestos study flawed, epidemiologist says http://quebecreference.net/mcgill-asbestos-study-flawed-epidemiologist-says/ http://quebecreference.net/mcgill-asbestos-study-flawed-epidemiologist-says/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:27 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.net/mcgill-asbestos-study-flawed-epidemiologist-says/

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.



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]]> http://quebecreference.net/mcgill-asbestos-study-flawed-epidemiologist-says/feed/ 0 PQ tips 3rd new candidate ahead of convention http://quebecreference.net/pq-tips-3rd-new-candidate-ahead-of-convention/ http://quebecreference.net/pq-tips-3rd-new-candidate-ahead-of-convention/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:24:39 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.net/pq-tips-3rd-new-candidate-ahead-of-convention/

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



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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.



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]]> http://quebecreference.net/canada-loses-26000-full-time-jobs/feed/ 0 Tougher car seat standards coming Jan. 1 http://quebecreference.net/tougher-car-seat-standards-coming-jan-1/ http://quebecreference.net/tougher-car-seat-standards-coming-jan-1/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:09:25 +0000 admin http://quebecreference.net/tougher-car-seat-standards-coming-jan-1/

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.



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



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



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



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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.



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