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TORONTO, March 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Marc Garneau, MP for Westmount-Ville Marie (Quebec), is joining one of two back-to-back panels for On the Hill, Online and In the Loop: How Social Media is Changing Politics and Reporting, presented by The Canadian Journalism Foundation and Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication. The event takes place at Carleton University's Commons Building in Ottawa on March 27 and is part of the CJF J-Talks series, exploring issues and...
MATANE, QC, March 19, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Fisheries and Oceans Canada has put back on the table the idea of reintroducing groundfish trawling, counter to what minister Shea said in 2009. A new presentation from an officer of the Department was made to participants in the Groundfish Advisory Committee in Moncton on March 12 and 13 2012. An important question then arises: with administrative decisions (cuts in services, Employment Insurance) that could be considered...
Three CFHI-Funded Healthcare Transformation and Coordination Approaches Realize Results OTTAWA, March 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Three Quebec-led teams are accelerating the transformation of healthcare and seeing positive change, as a result of having applied innovative healthcare improvement and change-management processes to the healthcare challenges in their regions. The findings are revealed in three reports funded by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI)...
Listing (TSXV = LO Frankfurt = LE2A) ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, March 14, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - LOUNOR EXPLORATION INC. (TSXV: LO) (Frankfurt: LE2A) is pleased to announce that the Corporation has granted 3,850,000 new stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Corporation, which can be exercised at a price of $0.10 per share expiring on March 14, 2016. During a directors' meeting held on March 11, 2013, the Board of directors of Lounor appointed the following directors...
ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, March 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Since the decisions to be made shortly by the Québec government following the Forum will clearly have a major impact on the future of our industry, we believe that it is essential to mobilize and to make known the views of around 40,000 people whose livelihoods depend on the mining industry in Québec. Behind the government's decision lie people, workers and families. At Bradley Nuvumiut, we speak on behalf of more than 50 workers....
MONTREAL, March 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world and Canada's holiday travel leader will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and will release its first quarter 2013 (ended January 31) results on March 14. Media are invited to attend the Meeting. A media briefing chaired by Jean-Marc Eustache, Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer, will immediately follow the Meeting. Journalists who...
MONTREAL, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - In partnership with M for Montréal and as part of the Planet Québec program, Tourisme Montréal will take part in the music segment of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival to showcase up-and-coming local artists. Next March 16, the city of Austin will be treated to the fabulous sound of some of Montréal's most talented groups. In an effort to support Montréal creativity, Tourisme Montréal will fly to Texas so as to promote Montréal as...
MONTREAL, March 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Transat A.T. Inc., one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world and Canada's holiday travel leader will hold its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders and will release its first quarter 2013 (ended January 31) results on March 14. Media are invited to attend the Meeting. A media briefing chaired by Jean-Marc Eustache, Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer, will immediately follow the Meeting. Journalists who...
Listing (TSXV = LO Frankfurt = LE2A) ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, March 4, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - LOUNOR EXPLORATION INC. is pleased to announce the start of a drill program on the Matagami Gold Property. The property is located in the Matagami mining camp and is comprised of 106 mining claims located in the Isle-Dieu Township, Province of Quebec, covering a total area of 1,632 hectares. The Matagami mining camp has a long history of producing base and precious metals with at least 15 mines...
MONTREAL, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Valener Inc. ("Valener") (TSX: VNR), the public investment vehicle in Gaz Métro Limited Partnership ("Gaz Métro"), will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (Montréal time) at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, 159 Saint-Antoine Street West, Room 511 A-E, Montréal (Québec). The annual meeting agenda includes the election of directors and the appointment of the independent auditor. Shareholders,...
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Symbol: CRSU2 Group: Dicot Family: Rosaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Tree Shrub Native Status: L48 N CAN N Synonyms: CRCH80 Crataegus champlainensis Sarg. Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:NY, WI Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed...
Symbol: CAQU4 Group: Monocot Family: Cyperaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: CAN N Distribution: Carex×quebecensisLepage [bigelowii × saxatilis] distribution:CAN(QC) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class ...
The Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), or Red-back Salamander, is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America, west to Missouri, south to North Carolina, and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota. salamander. It is also known as the Northern Redback Salamander to distinguish it from the Southern Redback Salamander (P. serratus). The Red-backed Salamander is found mostly in two color variations: the...
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis, synomym B. lutea), is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and southern Quebec west to Minnesota, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia. It is the Provincial tree of Quebec and the name reflects the color of the tree's bark. This medium-sized deciduous tree reaches 20 m tall (exceptionally to 30 m) with a trunk up to 80 cm diameter. The bark is smooth, yellow-bronze, flaking in fine...
Comptonia is a genus of a single species, Comptonia peregrina, in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales. This shrub is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec south to the extreme north of Georgia, and west to Minnesota. The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. Several fossil species have been discovered, showing that the genus once had a much wider distribution throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
