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  • Quebec City put on notice for its regulations on wood heating

    Quebec City put on notice for its regulations on wood heating

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    Four citizens put Quebec City on notice Monday to repeal its regulations on wood heating. They believe that their scope is exaggerated and that they infringe on the “right to energy”. In 2021, the City of Quebec adopted a regulation prohibiting the use of uncertified wood stoves on its territory. Last year, it went further…

  • Islanders – Canadian | Patrik Laine, from the Oratory to the Bell Center

    Islanders – Canadian | Patrik Laine, from the Oratory to the Bell Center

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    Patrik Laine made many people smile on Monday by posting a photo of himself on Instagram in front of Saint-Joseph's oratory. “I hope Brother André is a hockey fan,” he wrote. Posted at 10:42 a.m. Updated at 12:52 p.m. As one might imagine, the reference to the miracle worker renowned for having healed thousands of…

  • Snow across all of Quebec: three elements could complicate the situation

    Snow across all of Quebec: three elements could complicate the situation

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    Published on December 3, 2024 at 1:28 p.m. For many, it will not be a storm, but we should not underestimate the snow that awaits Quebec this week. Explanations. Don't underestimate Sectors along the St. Lawrence, from Montreal to Quebec, should get by with 5 to 10 cm of snow. But accumulations will begin during…

  • Convoy of truckers: Steeve “L’Artiss” Charland guilty of misdeed

    Convoy of truckers: Steeve “L’Artiss” Charland guilty of misdeed

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    An Ontario Superior Court judge has found Steeve “L'Artiss” Charland guilty of mischief in connection with the truckers' convoy that paralyzed downtown Ottawa in the winter of 2022. On the other hand, the Crown, represented by lawyer François Dulude, requested a stay of proceedings for the second count, namely of having advised to commit mischief.…

  • Heat has an impact on pregnant women and their babies

    Heat has an impact on pregnant women and their babies

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    MONTREAL — Exposure to heat is associated with several risks for the health of the woman and the fetus during pregnancy, as well as the health of the baby after birth, warns a new meta-analysis. The authors of this analysis thus found an association between exposure to heat and hypertensive disorders, diabetes problems and bleeding…

  • All Quebec prisons confined

    All Quebec prisons confined

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    In Quebec, around fifty correctional officers gathered with signs to denounce the violence that occurred Sunday at the Sorel-Tracy detention facility. “This is not an isolated event,” they say. Demonstration Quebec detention center (Jocelyn Riendeau/The Sun) To express their dissatisfaction, the agents did not transfer any detainees to the courthouse or by videoconference until noon.…

  • Canada – United States border | “We don’t want Roxham 2.0”, maintains Minister Bonnardel

    Canada – United States border | “We don’t want Roxham 2.0”, maintains Minister Bonnardel

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    The situation at the border is under control on the Canadian side, assured Tuesday the Quebec Minister of Public Security, François Bonnardel, at a press conference at the headquarters of the Sûreté du Québec, in Montreal. Posted at 1:01 p.m. No information from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) or…

  • Supervision for nurses | Job cuts denounced

    Supervision for nurses | Job cuts denounced

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    The cuts of 1.5 billion in expenditure required from establishments to regain budgetary balance in the health network will have an impact on the retention of nursing staff and inevitably patient care, warned the re-elected president of the Order of nurses of Quebec (OIIQ), Luc Mathieu. Posted at 1:15 p.m. Katrine Desautels The Canadian Press…

  • Home owners put Quebec City on notice

    Home owners put Quebec City on notice

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    Alexandre Lemay, Sonia Joannette and the couple Abir Taha and Ziad Salloum live in three different sectors of Quebec. The first, a young 30-year-old professional, has a condo in Charlesbourg, equipped with an atmospheric fireplace. The second lives in a house in Lebourgneuf, which has neither stove nor wood fireplace. She would like to acquire…

  • The “tense climate” at Dawson and Vanier colleges forces Quebec to open an investigation | Conflict in the Middle East

    The “tense climate” at Dawson and Vanier colleges forces Quebec to open an investigation | Conflict in the Middle East

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    The Minister of Higher Education of Quebec, Pascale Déry, is launching an administrative investigation to determine whether Dawson and Vanier CEGEPs have done what is necessary to secure their respective campuses, in a tense context due to the war in the Middle East. Ms. Déry claims to have received, in recent months, a accumulation of…