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Autoposy scheduled for drowned fisherman
An autopsy has been scheduled Friday to determine the cause of death Wednesday evening of Hubert Lenoir, 61, Geneviève Guilbault of the Quebec coroner's office said Thursday afternoon.
Canada.com | 1 hour, 42 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 1 hour, 42 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Bellemare countersues Charest for $900,000
The personal hostilities between Marc Bellemare and Premier Jean Charest escalated yet again Thursday as Bellemare filed a counter lawsuit against Charest that seeks $900,000 in damages.
Canada.com | 1 hour, 47 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 1 hour, 47 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
MSO's Nagano extends contract
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra's musical director, Kent Nagano, has extended his contract for another three years.
CBC.ca | 2 hours, 5 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
CBC.ca | 2 hours, 5 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Space, a Canadian frontier
He'll be in charge of the $135-billion International Space Station, orbiting the Earth 400 kilometres up, but Chris Hadfield wouldn't dare disobey his wife and shave off his moustache.
Canada.com | 2 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 2 hours, 14 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
'We need a war on pain'
As the Olympics of Pain wraps up in Montreal and Quebecers prepare to debate the controversial issue of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia starting Tuesday, neuroscientist Kathleen Foley says it's about time society faced death head-on.
Canada.com | 2 hours, 29 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 2 hours, 29 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Turning Montreal into farmville
Montreal has long boasted a public-market tradition and it thrives today at Jean Talon in Little Italy, Atwater in St. Henri and in Lachine.
Canada.com | 2 hours, 35 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 2 hours, 35 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Judge hands out stiff sentences for cocaine smugglers
A Quebec Court judge has handed out sentences he said should serve as a warning to four men who either pleaded guilty or were convicted of importing and possessing 218 kilograms of cocaine from Venezuela in 2005 concealed in containers flown to Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport.
Canada.com | 3 hours, 2 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 3 hours, 2 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Mayor accused of crying wolf
It's bigger than Moby Dick and there are people who suspect that, like the great white whale, it too was never anything more than a work of fiction.
Canada.com | 3 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 3 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Bellemare ups ante, countersues Charest
The personal hostilities between Marc Bellemare and Premier Jean Charest escalated yet again yesterday as Bellemare filed a counter lawsuit against Charest that seeks $900,000 in damages.
Canada.com | 7 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 7 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
PQ demands more study on shale gas
The opposition Parti Quebecois is calling for a moratorium on the exploitation of shale gas in the province until a thorough study is conducted on the safety of such operations and their impact on the environment.
Canada.com | 7 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Canada.com | 7 hours, 12 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
