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Mulcair should drop the ‘Dutch disease’ rhetoric – Globe and Mail

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:02:13 +0000

Globe and Mail Mulcair should drop the ‘Dutch disease’ rhetoric Globe and Mail NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is right with one part of his critique of Western Canada’s oil-driven economy, and wrong about all the rest.

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Montreal protest turns violent after Molotov cocktails tossed – CANOE

Sat, 19 May 2012 08:53:48 +0000

The Guardian Montreal protest turns violent after Molotov cocktails tossed CANOE By QMI Agency Montreal riot police moved in on student protesters Friday night after at least one Molotov cocktail was tossed at authorities. The protesters – estimated at nearly 8000 at the start of the march – gathered initially for a peaceful … Angry protesters balk at Quebec emergency law CTV.ca Montreal protest deemed illegal after Molotov cocktails thrown CBC.ca Students vow to defy Bill 78 Montreal Gazette Winnipeg Free Press - National Post - Globe and Mail all 1,716 news articles »

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Emergency Quebec legislation could see students fined up to $35000 – National Post

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:48:25 +0000

National Post Emergency Quebec legislation could see students fined up to $35000 National Post QUEBEC — Threats of further student-related mayhem in Quebec have intensified with the government’s intention to crack down on the protest movement by hitting it hard in the pocketbook. Emergency legislation introduced overnight provides for fines of ..

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Stephen Harper at G8 summit on world economy, Afghanistan – Montreal Gazette

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:44:45 +0000

CBS News Stephen Harper at G8 summit on world economy, Afghanistan Montreal Gazette CAMP DAVID, Md. — US President Barack Obama welcomes Canada’s prime minister and five other world leaders today to this bucolic presidential retreat as he kicks off two international summits

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Major Gardiner repairs to take 10 years, $150M

Administrator — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:53:24 +0000

[written by Natalie Alcoba, courtesy of nationalpost.com]

Peter J. Thompson / National Post files Repairs are estimated to cost the city $15-million a year.

The City of Toronto plans to spend $15-million a year over the next decade on major rehabilitation of the aging Gardiner Expressway, which will bring major traffic headaches.

Repairing the key artery that funnels motorists in and out of the city will mean lane and ramp closures starting this summer between Jarvis and Bay streets, for about six weeks at a time.

The work has nothing to do with the pieces of surface concrete that have been chipping off the expressway and landing on the road below, officials said.

“The key message from my point of view is the Gardiner Expressway is a sound piece of infrastructure. It’s perfectly safe,” said Peter Crockett, executive director of technical services for the City of Toronto.

But the recent “issues” with falling concrete prompted Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, chairman of the public works and infrastructure committee, to ask for a presentation on the state of the expressway, which was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It runs 18.6 kilometres, seven of which are elevated.

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