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2 hrs ago | Daily Mail

Canada holidays: Montreal is a city of music and melody

Music is the soul of Montreal. This cultural centre is home to an incredible 106 festivals every year, including the music festival M For Montreal, which champions local up-and-coming artists.

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Related Topix: Canada, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Travel

3 hrs ago | CBC News

Quebec construction strike creates obstacles for home buyers

As the province-wide construction strike enters its third day, Quebecers are dealing with the consequences of projects large and small being left at a standstill.

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Related Topix: Canada

8 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Hidden no more

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies photo Men under guard at the Cave and Basin internment camp, where Parks Canada opens a new exhibit building on Thursday.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Prison, Opinion

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Christian Science Monitor

Corruption, drugs, profanity: Mayors pull lid off 'boring' Canada

Canada , North America's friendly and reasonable northern neighbor is often seen as the United States' more sensible counterpart.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Canada

ComingSoon.net

On the Set of Riddick - Part 1

"You know how long I've been talking about this. You know how many press junkets I've been at talking about 'Riddick,' and we're actually on set here shooting a 'Riddick' that's better than all expectations, better than anything we anticipated, and we're here nine years later and it's surreal."

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Related Topix: Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Horror Movies, Thriller, Pitch Black, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Vin Diesel, Canada, Movies, Entertainment

The Globe and Mail

Could high-rises be built of wood?

What we're doing now is putting some effort into this renaissance in wood,' said Conroy Lum, research leader for structural performance at FPInnovations, seen here holding a block of cross-laminated timber.

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Related Topix: Canada,

InvestorIdeas.com

Ecotech Quebec (Montreal) and ACTION (New England) Unite to Push the...

Montreal, QC, and Fall River, MA - June 18, 2013 Ecotech Quebec and ACTION announced today a formal collaboration to encourage business and research partnerships between the cleantech sectors of the New England region , and Quebec .

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Related Topix: Canada, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Fall River, MA, Energy

CBC News

Petite-Patrie fire forces a dozen people from their homes

Fire crews are trying to find the cause of a fire in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie district this morning that forced a dozen people from their homes.

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Related Topix: Canada

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Montreal Gazette

Condos expected to be ready on July 1 could be stalled by strike

New-home buyers could be left temporarily stranded if a strike that's paralyzed construction sites across Quebec delays the completion of units expected to be delivered by Montreal's popular July 1 moving day, developers warned Monday.

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CBC News

Quebec white-collar workers angry with cuts

Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume says he doesn't believe services to residents will be affected by job cuts.

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Related Topix: Canada

The Chronicle Herald

EDITORIAL: Mayors behaving badly

Michael Applebaum speaks to reporters in Montreal in November after he was elected interim mayor of Montreal.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Drugs, Opinion

The Globe and Mail

Montreal's Top 5 fashion boutiques

Festivals, nightlife, bagels: There are many reasons to travel to Montreal. But one of the best may be to find inspiration - and tomorrow's signature piece - in the city's unique boutiques.

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Related Topix: Canada, Fashion, Stella McCartney, Designers, Balenciaga, Jil Sander, Travel

CBC News

Construction strike halts major projects in Quebec

A general strike began at midnight after unions and the association that represents construction employers were unable to reach an agreement over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Canada

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Bbech tree news

Hawkins Participate in the Kentucky Export Initiative Trade & Business Mission to Canada

Linda J. Hawkins, owner of Heart to Heart Publishing Inc., was recently invited to participate in the Kentucky Export Initiative' Trade and Business Mission to Canada.

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Related Topix: Canada, KY, Kentucky, US Governors, Steve Beshear, Canada,

The Globe and Mail

A tempest over an indictment of the National Theatre School of Canada

That's the fear expressed in an independent assessment of the Montreal-based school commissioned by the federal government two years ago - and which landed in a semi-censored, access-to-information form on my desk recently in an envelope accompanied by an anonymous letter asking me to look into it.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Canada.com

Montreal police arrest trio in alleged plot to strike at armoured cars

Three men in their 60s face charges after police cracked an alleged plan to rob at least one armoured truck and had to destroy a possible bomb found in a Montreal apartment.

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Related Topix: Canada, Explosion

Customer Interaction Solutions

Communauto launches Auto-mobile : First 100% electric one-way carsharing pilot project in Canada

MONTREAL, June 16, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ -Today,Communauto inaugurated on Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, the first 100% electric one-way carsharing service in Canada.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel, Montreal, Canada Travel, Canada,

Montreal Gazette

Father died in historic workplace tragedy

It was the day her father, John Riddell, died in one of the worst workplace tragedies in Montreal history, the explosion of the tanker Cymbeline while it was being repaired at the Canadian Vickers Co.

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Related Topix: Canada, Boat Disaster, Explosion, North America, World News

CBC News

Beach season hits Ottawa, Gatineau with a splash

Eleven of 12 beaches in the Ottawa-Gatineau region are open, including Petrie Island in Orleans, for the inaugural weekend of the 2013 summer season.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News,

The Montreal Gazette

Kitchen supply store firebombed in St-Laurent

Another business in Ville St-Laurent was the target of arson early Saturday morning - this time a kitchen supply store, EntrepA t Cuisine, on CA te Vertu Blvd., near Beaulac.

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Related Topix: Canada