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Newswire: Worry grows over aging métro fleet
This was supposed to be a happy new year for public transit in Montreal.
Newswire: Mark McGuire, Rotem Ayalon: Urban conscience
In 2007, Mark McGuire, a 33-year-old professor at John Abbott College, and Rotem Ayalon, a 27-year-old environment co-ordinator at Alternatives, a non-governmental community organization, bought…
Newswire: Loss of sea ice is called year’s top weather story
The sudden disappearance of vast quantities of Arctic sea ice, observed by scientists in September, was the obvious choice as Canada’s top weather story for 2007, Environment Canada…
Newswire: Baird warm to Quebec emissions plan
One day after refusing to publicly congratulate the Quebec government for introducing tougher auto emissions standards, Federal Environment Minister John Baird said the province’s plan to reduce…
Newswire: Hydro Quebec shelves smart meters
Hydro Quebec is backing away from a major government initiative that would have reduced electricity consumption in the province, CBC News has learned.
Newswire: As Quebec moves to meet its share of Canada’s Kyoto commitment… Ottawa is doing too little, too late
MONTREAL, Dec. 6 /CNW Telbec/ – Greenpeace expressed its support for today’s announcement by the government of Quebec to meet its share of Canada’s Kyoto commitments. The announcement was made at…
Newswire: Quebec asbestos mining town ‘severely contaminated’: report
Many private homes in the southern Quebec community of Thetford Mines are severely contaminated by asbestos and pose a dangerous public health risk, according to a new study released Wednesday.
