Storm leaves 49,000 Quebecers without power (CTV.ca)

October 30, 2006 on 1:35 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

A violent windstorm downed power lines in Quebec, leaving almost 49,000 people there without power Sunday. Atlantic Canada and the U.S. eastern seaboard also got hit.

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New Government of Canada supports the development of Monts-Valin (Government of Canada News)

October 28, 2006 on 1:44 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, today announced the awarding of $35,267 in non-repayable funding to L’Aménagement des Monts-Valin Inc. to support the development of Monts-Valin and foster the establishment of an international tourism product.

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Quebec’s grand chief of First Nations wants a bigger cut of natural resource wealth (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

October 27, 2006 on 3:26 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Ghislain Picard, the leader of Quebec’s Assembly of First Nations, is urging political leaders to give more of the province’s natural resource wealth to aboriginal communities, and allow for greater self-governance.

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Notes for a speech by the Honourable Jim Prentice, PC, QC, MP Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and (Government of Canada News)

October 27, 2006 on 3:26 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

It is an honour for me to be here at Mashteuiatsh, on Innu land, and I would like to thank you, Chief Dominique, for the warm welcome to your community.

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Handley names new N.W.T. cabinet (CBC North)

October 27, 2006 on 3:26 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

N.W.T. Premier Joe Handley shuffled his cabinet Thursday after losing Michael Miltenberger unexpectedly last week when he was kicked out for making threatening comments.

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Publisher hopes to tap literary vein with lure of gold (CBC North)

October 27, 2006 on 3:26 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Borrowing a page from the Yukon’s past when Quaker Oats gave away tiny pieces of the Klondike, promoters of a new northern adventure book are promising potential buyers a share of the author’s gold claim.

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Nunavut premier pressed on decentralization (CBC North)

October 27, 2006 on 3:26 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik defended government efforts to provide more opportunities for the territory’s smaller communities at a meeting of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association in Iqaluit Wednesday.

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Abitibi-Consolidated Announces Q3 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

October 25, 2006 on 1:44 pm | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. today reported a third quarter loss of $48 million, or 11 cents a share. This compares to net earnings of $99 million, or 23 cents a share, recorded in the third quarter of 2005.

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Nominees for Governor General’s Literary Awards (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

October 17, 2006 on 1:35 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

(CP) - Nominees for Governor General’s Literary Awards

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Finalists named for Governor General’s Awards for literature (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

October 17, 2006 on 1:35 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Medium-sized publisher House of Anansi was the big winner with the announcement of the finalists for the Governor General’s Awards for literature on Monday, as eight of their books were shortlisted for the prestigious prizes.

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The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2006 Governor General’s Literary Awards (Government of Canada News)

October 17, 2006 on 1:35 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the finalists for the 2006 Governor General’s Literary Awards, in English and in French, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation.

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Investment of $2,239,198 for the construction of a multiservice centre in Saguenay (Government of Canada News)

October 14, 2006 on 1:45 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Acting on behalf of Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec’s Ministre des Affaires municipales et des Régions, Françoise Gauthier, Member of the National Assembly for Jonquière and Ministre du Tourisme, Ministre responsable de la région du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, today joined the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of Canada Economic Development, in announcing that the City of

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Short-track speed skaters already looking ahead to 2010 Games in Vancouver (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)

October 13, 2006 on 1:43 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

MONTREAL (CP) - The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver can’t come fast enough for short-track speed skater Amanda Overland.

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More forestry mills close in Quebec, Ontario (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

October 12, 2006 on 1:38 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

Quebec’s forestry industry suffered another shake-up Wednesday as Montreal-based Domtar announced it was indefinitely extending the temporary closure of three sawmills in the province’s northwestern Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.

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Abitibi-Consolidated cuts 700 jobs in Quebec (The Globe and Mail)

October 12, 2006 on 1:38 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

MONTREAL — Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. is indefinitely shutting down four sawmills and related forestry operations in the province of Quebec, throwing almost 700 employees out of work.

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Foundering forest sector hit again with Abitibi layoffs (The Globe and Mail)

October 12, 2006 on 1:38 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

MONTREAL — The bloodletting in Canada’s beleaguered forest products sector continues as Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. prepares to indefinitely shut four Quebec sawmills and related operations, throwing close to 700 people out of work.

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Domtar announces closure of four sawmills, affecting about 950 employees (Canadian Business)

October 12, 2006 on 1:38 am | In Saguenay Quebec | No Comments

MONTREAL (CP) - Domtar Inc. (TSX:DTC) announced Wednesday the indefinite closure of four sawmills - three in Abitibi, Que., and one in Ontario - affecting about 950 employees.

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