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Oh-oh:
Late Wednesday, six new sandwiches and two sandwich platters were added to the long list of products, including cooked ham and salami sandwiches sold in Sobeys, Foodland and IGA stores in Ontario and two Kirkland Signature sandwich platters sold at Costco.
Unconnected to Maple Leaf Foods, two brands of Quebec-made cheeses — Riopelle de l’Île and […]
Only in Quebec! I cannot I say disagree with ways for the government to save tax payer’s money, but still… sued?
Quebec’s open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company’s products rather than using free alternatives.
I am not sure what my thoughts are […]
Apparently, yes, according to Maxim Magazine.
Julien Brault penned a biography on Quebecor founder Pierre Peladeau. Our own Leila Lemghalef sat down with him to talk about his book, Peladeau’s legacy and place amongst media titans, see the video here:
Pierre Peladeau Biography
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - March 20, 2008) - Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) is pleased to announce the opening of a new common-use VIP lounge at Montreal-Trudeau airport. Located in the international jetty, after the pre-boarding security screening checkpoints, this new lounge offers travellers awaiting their flights spacious surroundings and an array of exclusive services.
The ADM Lounge […]
Housing affordability in Canada ended last year at its lowest level since 1990, Royal Bank said Friday.
In its quarterly outlook on the cost of owning a home, the bank said affordability eroded in every quarter of 2007 as house prices rose on the strength of the economy and job growth.
RBC assistant chief economist Derek Holt […]
Nurun - an ad agency founded by Alexandre Taillefer and now part of the Quebecor empire - is being targeted by global ad agency superpower WPP. Read more.
Quebecor Media’s sister company Quebecor World failed to secure a $400M financing, so it is seeking bankruptcy protection.
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Posted By: froosh | Jan 21st
Earlier this month, the city said that snow removal was hampered because drivers were not always moving their cars. It was a ridiculous joke of an excuse, but given the sheer size of the snowfall, we let it slide.
This week, the city is saying that the snow removal from the second big dump will be […]
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2007) - Results of the ninth annual Visa Canada holiday shopping survey, conducted by Omnitel, show that Quebec shoppers plan to spend the most of all provinces on holiday entertaining ($384) but the least on gifts ($654) this year. Compared to the rest of Canada, Quebecers also expect to attend […]
I missed this earlier this month, but one more example of small-mindedness from Canada:
Let’s get the government to force more Canadian content down our throat on the Web, just like they do on radio and TV and print. How freaking lame.
Read more on The Gazette.
