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DiagnoCure's Board Maintains its Recommendation to Vote for Current Directors QUEBEC CITY, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Following the adoption by its Board of directors of an advance notice policy, DiagnoCure Inc. (TSX: CUR)(OTCQX: DGCRF) (the "Corporation") announces that a shareholder has submitted nominations for election as directors of the Corporation at the upcoming Annual and Special meeting of shareholders of April 29, 2013 at which five directors will be elected....
Following statements from Mr. Jacques Lamarre, published in CBC News on February 22, 2013, mentioning “SNC Lavalin having been abused by Riadh Ben Aissa”, Dr. Rafik Benaissa calls such statements “absurd and a disgrace.” Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 23, 2013 Following statements from Mr. Jacques Lamarre, published in CBC News on February 22 2013, mentioning “SNC Lavalin having been abused by Riadh Benaissa”, Dr. Rafik Benaissa calls such statements “absurd and a disgrace.”...
Councillors and Quebec's Commissaire meet to exchange ideas on public reporting of health reform on September 24 QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - The Health Council of Canada and the Commissaire à la santé et au bien-être du Québec will convene for a joint meeting on September 24 in Quebec City. This collaboration is part of an ongoing relationship between the Health Council and the Commissaire, in an effort to exchange ideas and information on how to improve public...
MONTREAL, July 16, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) will hold its second quarter results conference call with the financial community on Friday, August 3, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Participants will include Ian Bourne, Vice-Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer and Gilles Laramée, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis. To join the conference toll free, please dial...
MONTREAL, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC) will hold its first quarter results conference call with the financial community on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Participants will include Ian Bourne, Vice-Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer and Gilles Laramée, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis. To participate, please dial toll-free at...
MONTREAL, July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Following the meeting called by Nathalie Normandeau, Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, on July 15th, representatives of the Boralex Power Income Fund (the "Fund") and AbitibiBowater ("Abitibi") met recently to begin talking again about starting up operations at the Dolbeau-Mistassini power station. Although progress has been made and a number of scenarios have been considered, no agreement has yet been...
MONTREAL, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Boralex Power Income Fund (the "Fund") and AbitibiBowater ("Abitibi") have agreed to resume discussions about the Dolbeau-Mistassini plant in the coming days as a result of a consultation that took place yesterday in Quebec city with the Deputy Premier Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Ms. Nathalie Normandeau. The two companies will meet again with the Minister on July 27th to review the progress of the discussions between...
A federal judge ordered Sun-Times Media Group Inc. in Chicago to pay shareholders $37.5 million to settle allegations the company misled investors. The alleged fraud occurred while Conrad Black was in charge of the company. Black is currently serving time for obstruction of justice and misuse of company funds. This week, the Supreme Court denied Black's request for bail. Black is appealing his convictions. The award to shareholders applies to investors who bought stock from Aug. 13, 1999, to...
Disgraced former media tycoon Conrad Black is asking U.S. President George Bush for clemency from his 6 and a-half year prison sentence, officials said. Black, 64, is serving time in Coleman, Fla. He has asked Bush to pardon him in an act of clemency before he leaves office in January, U.S. Justice Department officials confirmed Saturday to The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper formerly owned by Black's company Hollinger International Inc. Black, born and raised in Canada, spent eight...
Canadians Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion said Monday afternoon he will give up the post once a successor is picked at a leadership convention. The Liberals have a policy convention scheduled for early May in Vancouver but that is expected to be moved up. "Politics has its ups and downs," Dion said in announcing his intentions. "I'm happy to be able to say I have enjoyed many more ups than downs." Dion's decision came after last week's national election in which the Liberals not only lost...
