By Murray Sherriffs
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is telling Quebec doctors who are unhappy with Bill 2, which will govern their work and salary structure, to call him at 1-800-Doug-Ford, “…come by, call me on my cell phone, it’s on the internet; we’ll have you real quick. I’d love to see the doctors, nurses, anyone in healthcare come to Ontario because we’re a growing community.” Color Premier Legeault unimpressed. The New Brunswick College of Physicians and Surgeons says that it usually receives three or four licence applications from Quebec every month but that so far this month, 40 doctors have applied to work there, since Bill 2 was enacted.
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French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge is pressuring McGill University to do more to make sure that graduates can work in French, citing data which shows that francophones students who study in English are more likely to want to work in English.
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Quebec is looking at following the lead set by the United States, Alberta and Ontario (but date from the Middle Ages) and place boxes for women to place the unwanted babies that they carried, to discourage them from dropping the babies off at random locations.
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Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest is leading a Chamber of Commerce trade mission to Washington this week and says that it is vital for Canada not to lose sight of the ultimate goal: renewal of the Canada-United States-Mexico trade deal.
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Canadian firearms made by a Cadex Defence, located in St. Jean sur Richelieu, are being used by Russian snipers fighting in Ukraine. Global Affairs Canada said that the sniper rifles were likely taken from Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield.
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Montreal millionaire Glenn Feldman to pay his former business partner Irwin Lande nearly $1 million for falsely accusing him and his wife of profiting off gold stolen by Nazis from Jews in concentration camps.
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A 41-year-old Montreal man, James Gould, armed and on parole for murdering 18-year-old Karina Esquivel in Dorval, 19 years ago, has been re-arrested for parole violations, in a hard takedown by tactical team officers in NDG. A 35-year-old woman who was with him, allegedly carrying two suitcases containing nearly a million dollars in cash, is also in custody.
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The 21 Hydro Quebec lineman who were sent to Jamaica days before hurricane Melissa arrived, are helping the country to recover.
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Montreal police are looking for more victims of suspected child sex molester, 36-year-old Hervé Rouleau Turcotte, following his arrest in May.
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Rainwear will likely be covering up the costumes that children wear tomorrow night, on Halloween, as Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for the region.
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World Series, Toronto 6 Los Angeles 1
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Rain / (11/15 mm) 6 today
Heavy rain (20/30mm) / 9 tomorrow
