Latest Quebec Stories
Motion and ProContact deliver innovative end-to-end mobility solutions Quebec (PRWEB) February 16, 2013 Informatique ProContact is proud to announce it is now a Gold Partner of Motion Computing®, the worldwide leader in rugged tablet PCs and mobility solutions. Through this partnership, Informatique ProContact and Motion® will work together to deliver comprehensive, industry-leading mobile computing solutions to business customers. Informatique ProContact is proud to provide...
MONTREAL, Feb. 13, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Dr. Alain Moreau has been named Director for Research at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center (Sainte-Justine UHC), succeeding Dr. Guy Rouleau. Dr. Alain Moreau is a world-renowned research scientist in the area of molecular genetics of pediatric scoliosis. He is fully aware of the major challenges affecting research in Quebec and Canada, and is knowledgeable about the clinical issues faced by university hospital centers. He has...
New survey shows high public support for further wind development in Ontario and Quebec OTTAWA, Feb. 12, 2013 /CNW/ - The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with global installed wind energy capacity increasing by 19 per cent in 2012 to 282,000 MW. Canada remains a global wind energy leader as it experienced the 9(th) largest increase in installed capacity in 2012 (936 MW). Both China and...
This unique urban housing concept will take place on the "Premium Outlets" future site, beginning of summer 2013 MONTREAL, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Ray Junior Courtemanche and Daniel Proulx, sole Quebec promoters of the entire residential part of the project located west of the Laurentian Autoroute at exit 28, are pleased to announce the construction of La Cite de Mirabel, an urban development of more than 2,000 residential units, including condos, townhouses and tower...
US $ -- 2012 loss of $0.02 per share; earnings of $0.81 per share excluding special items -- Q4 adjusted EBITDA of $104 million; $386 million for the year -- Net debt of $271 million -- Cash flow from operations of $266 million in 2012 MONTREAL, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) reported a net loss of $2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, or $0.02 per share, on sales of...
MONTREAL, Feb. 11, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, the Quebec Technology Association revealed the names of the three finalists for the prestigious 2013 Investissement Québec Technology CEO of the Year Award. The three finalists are: -- Daniel Handfield, CEO, Médiamed Technologies -- Paul Raymond, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alithis -- Sébastien Vachon, President, Korem Since 2003, this contest has been shining the spotlight on CEOs of...
$4.1 MILLION INCREASE IN RECURRING INCOME STEMMING FROM THE EXPECTED EARNINGS FOLLOWING GAZ MÉTRO'S ACQUISITION OF CVPS Highlights: Valener -- $14.3 million in recurring net income, up $4.1 million; and -- $9.4 million in dividends paid to common shareholders, i.e., $0.25 per common share, and $1.6 million to preferred shareholders. Gaz Métro -- $67.8 million in recurring net income, up $12.5 million;...
CH-IV International has been selected as Owner’s Engineer to prepare the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the expansion of Gaz Métro’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Montreal, Quebec. Gaz Métro, the largest natural gas distribution company in Quebec, is currently looking into several solutions for improving the availability of LNG in Quebec and eastern Canada, including the expansion of its Montreal liquefaction, storage and regasification (LSR)...
Listing (TSXV = LO Frankfurt = LE2A) ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Feb. 7, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Lounor Exploration Inc. announces that its Board of Directors has approved a new extension of the expiry date of the 1,062,500 purchase warrants issued on February 14, 2011, for three additional years. These warrants have already been extended for one additional year. The warrants will now expire on February 14, 2016 and their exercise price of $0.11 remains the same. This modification is...
TORONTO, Feb. 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Quebecers carry a $768 billion fiscal burden - the higher tax bill for increased healthcare costs over the next half-century - and should prepare now for the coming demographic squeeze, says a report released today from the C.D. Howe Institute. In "Managing Healthcare for an Aging Population: The Fiscal Challenge Quebec Has Yet to Face," authors Colin Busby and William B.P. Robson recommend that Quebec prefund selected healthcare services and...
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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.
