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Superior Court last week denied a request to send two child molestation cases back to Common Pleas Court, and an attorney for one of the defendants also filed a brief last week in which he stated his client's case should be retried because of errors by the trial judge and because of new evidence found in a civil suit filed by the prosecution's ... (more)

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That was a striking admission by Parti QuA©bA©cois leader Pauline Marois on the weekend.

The B.C. government plans to issue a formal apology to Chinese Canadians for discriminatory legislation enacted in the province between 1885 and 1923, including the Chinese Immigration Act and in 1923 to 1947 when Chinese people were restricted from entering Canada under the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Supporters packed into a St-Jerome restaurant erupted in cheers as the controversial businessman was declared the victor in the riding north of Montreal.

Pierre Karl Peladeau waves to his supporters at a restaurant after winning his seat in the riding of Saint-Jerome north of Montreal on Monday, April 7, 2014.

Quebec Premier leader Pauline Marois smiles as she casts her vote in Charlevoix-Cote-de-Beaupre riding Monday, April 7, 2014.

Cartoon from a 1909 issue of Puck magazine. A caption read, "Dedicated to the states where child labor is still permitted."

Parti QuA©bA©cois leader Pauline Marois looks on as Pierre Karl PA©ladeau gestures during a press in Saint Jerome, Que., Sunday, March 9, 2014.

When many of our ancestors found their way to American shores over a century ago, the coal industry was the jobs magnet that drew them to this region of the state.

Pierre Karl Peladeau gestures during a press conference in Saint Jerome, Que., Sunday, March 9, 2014, announcing him as a Parti Quebecois candidate for that riding on day five of the Quebec provincial election campaign.

Quebec Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard has vowed to answer one of the most controversial questions in the election campaign if his party is elected in next Monday's vote: is Pauline Marois' controversial values charter and ban on religious symbols legal? Couillard said that if Quebecers elect a Liberal government he will release any available ... (more)

But with just a few days left before the election, Pladeau's star is not shining so brightly in the Laurentian community's downtown area.

Two Tamaqua houses of worship with a combined total of 284 years of service to the community will merge on July 1 into a new church known as St. John XXIII Parish.

A spectacular car accident claimed the life of a young man early Monday morning on Highway 117 in the Laurentian city of St-JA©rA me.

Two Tamaqua houses of worship with a combined total of 284 years of service to the community will merge on July 1. Parishioners learned Saturday that SS.

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Piero della Francesca, "Saint Jerome and a Supplicant" , tempera and oil on wood, 19 1/2 A- 15 1/2 in This is the last weekend to catch Piero della Francesca: Personal Encounters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a selection of four devotional pictures never before seen in the United States.

The Vatican has announced plans for a special exhibition on the history of the Bible, which will be held in the Charlemagne wing of the Bernini colonnade in St. Peter's Square, from April 2 to June 22. The exhibition will include more than 200 historical items, including manuscripts and artifacts from the Vatican Museums, the Vatican Library, and ... (more)