Madrid – The Spanish economy experienced its greatest decline for more than three years, leaded by the contraction of domestic demand in a context of mass unemployment and historical rigor, according to the Bank of Spain in the fourth quarter. In the last three months of 2012, the fourth economy in the euro zone’s gross [...]
The consumers Union received the green light from the superior court to bring a class action against Concession A25. Grouping of consumers complains that Concession A25 for failing to show the real price imposed on motorists who travel the bridge to highway 25. Judge Louis j. Gouin, who made its decision Monday, finds that the [...]
The first Minister Pauline Marois wants to take advantage of the excess electricity to Hydro-Québec, that cost a fortune to the taxpayers, to attract new investment in Quebec. Wednesday, in an interview with the Canadian press in Davos, Switzerland, where she is attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Ms. Marois indicated that, [...]
Out weakened by the elections in Israel, Benjamin Nétanyahou, active promoter of colonization, will undergo renewed international pressure to resume dialogue with the Palestinians but will seek to maintain a hard line on the Iranian nuclear crisis. Shortly after the announcement of the first results giving the alliance between his party, the Likud and the [...]
Ottawa and Washington – the global and Canadian economies still grieve to maintain their momentum in 2013, but in revised forecast relatively optimistic made public Wednesday, the international monetary Fund (IMF) supports glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. The IMF now expects the growth of the Canadian economy to reach a modest [...]
In the middle of the Olympic Park, two truncated aluminum cones point to heaven, such as two telescopes peering into the universe. These two cones that contain two spherical theatres are the central elements of the new Planetarium of Montreal, which opened its doors to the media Wednesday while it was the moving of the [...]
The Canada has not yet decided how it will extend its support mission in Mali, but the Prime Minister wishes to that decision, when she will be confirmed, should consensus. Stephen Harper announced last week that Ottawa was a C-17 cargo plane to the French to carry heavy equipment and vehicles from a base in [...]
Ottawa – The Chief of Attawapiskat prepares to pack up and go home, putting an end to its strike hunger started six weeks ago. Theresa Spence will pass the torch of his struggle with the opposition parties, today, is relying on them to that urge to turn Ottawa to listen to the claims of indigenous [...]
Rémy Couture enjoyed another victory by learning that his short films, now classified by the Régie du Cinéma (QCN), will again find in circulation. But he and his lawyer maintain a bitter taste of the tactics of the Crown in this case. The works of the make-up artist specializing in horror, Inner Depravity Vol. 1 [...]
Davos, Switzerland – the president and CEO of Bombardier, Pierre Beaudoin, a hope that the CSeries aircraft will fly in June, ensuring that the multinational Quebec draws lessons from the difficulties faced by Boeing with its 787 Dreamliner. Wednesday, during an interview with La Presse Canadian in Davos, Switzerland, where he attended the World Economic [...]
A deficit of 32 million that largely exceeded forecasts, school results that are stagnating, the air quality problems… The year 2012 has not been easy for the Commission scolaire de Montréal that yesterday stood its annual balance sheet of the last year. Optimistic but without rose-colored glasses, the president of the CSDM, Daniel Duranleau, ensures [...]
Energy forecaster is very dangerous today. Last week, some said that the excess electricity would have a significant impact on the finances of Québec families. Several figures have been put forward and then have been strongly disputed by our Crown Corporation, Hydro-Québec, which evaluates the three times too high estimate. The economic models and forecasting [...]
Amazing are the texts published recently under the pen of Mr. Christian Rioux and Yannick in Le Devoir in disfavor of open marriage and its privileges to same-sex in France, even deploring the fact that the thing has been settled without large hot tub in Quebec. The text of Mr Roy (released January 22) does [...]
Jacques Duchesneau says that, if it again, it would not counsel Martin Dumont accept before his testimony to the commission Charbonneau. “It is quite clear that, if the same situation represented, I’d keep me a small gene or I would ask a lawyer to do it for me,” admitted caquiste MP Jacques Duchesneau during a [...]
The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said Wednesday that his Department worked quickly and energetically to strengthen the security of the U.S. diplomatic missions around the world after the September 11 attack on the Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In his latest testimony before the Congress as head of American diplomacy, Mrs. Clinton again took [...]