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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
No. 24601 writes "A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave, due to a diagnosis of depression, lost her health benefits after her insurance provider found photos of her on Facebook smiling and looking cheerful at parties and out on the beach. Besides all the obvious questions, how did the insurance company access her locked Facebook profile?" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Passenger rail service has been suspended between Montreal and Senneterre as well as Jonquière and Montreal because of an 11-car CN freight train derailment near Saint-Tite.
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Immigration Watch International (Free subscription) | yesterday
Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois says the separatist provincial party will be tabling a bill next week that will seek to better define the values of Quebecers. Marois says the bill will seek to affirm that Quebec is a secular society where French is the primary language and where people believe in equality between [...]
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Canadian Beer News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
MONTREAL, QC – The third new beer launch in as many months from Molson Coors Canada took place this past week with the release of Molson M. An article in Marketing Magazine describes the brand: Molson M is brewed using a “micro-carbonization process” which involves injecting the beer with CO2 through “smaller, finer bubbles.” “The injection of smaller [...]
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Vagablond (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Fantastic food choices: Breakfast Dollar: Auberge Saint-Antoine’s Panache-a luxuriously overhauled maritime warehouse offers a surprisingly warm and cozy atmosphere, partic if you are seated by the crackling fireplace overlooking the magnificent St. Lawrence River. The Poached Eggs on a Spinach Puff Pastry, Prosciutto Chips (loved these puppies) and Cheese Sauce provide a delightful twist to...
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
1. Shawn Graham had some strong words in advance of yesterday’s meeting of the Atlantic premiers. At the end of the meeting things were not much different. 2. An independent panel will review the NB Power deal. 3. A quick review of recent events will show that as far as the argument goes from Newfoundland and Labrador, something under the bed is still drooling . 4. Note the reference in that...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Quebec, Nov. 22 (AP): A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression said she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois promised Sunday to crack down on what her party calls the erosion of the French language in Montreal, a move she says will serve to preserve a relative linguistic peace in the province.
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publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Dear Editor: I see the PQ are once again up in arms that Montreal is too English and are talking about restricting access to English colleges. These people are so small minded. I was born in and lived in Quebec for 47 years but when I had the opportunity to move away I did not hesitate and this is the main reason. The English will never be welcome there and it doesn't matter if you were born there...
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strange maps (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
1. Asphalt Maine Looking down upon the patched-up surface of an unnamed street, J. David Lovejoy couldn’t help noticing a remarkable example of accidental geography. The patch bears a striking resemblance to Maine, imitating its slanted, almost-straight northwestern border with Quebec, the flat-top border in the north, and straight down again along the border with New [...]
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The Maple Three (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
This is what Janine Krieber got right 1) Igantieff has been an unmediated disaster. 2) The rot goes well beyond Ignatieff. 3) Paul Martin was a cancer. Now this is what she got wrong. 1) Love is blind. It is obvious to all but the two of them that Stephen Dion does not have the ability to rebuild the party. His English is not good enough. He never had the support of the caucus or even the party base....
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The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Canada: Woman loses health insurance for smiling on Facebook . Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year ago for severe depression. She...
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Health Management Rx (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yes, a Canadian insurance company decided to keep tabs on a woman it was paying sick leave benefits to , and lo and behold, that woman was having — wait for it — fun! Nathalie Blanchard, a 29-year-old IBM employee from Quebec, took a long-term sick leave from her job after being diagnosed with major depression. Her doctor told her to try & have fun, and to take a sunny vacation to get...
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NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave lost her benefits after she posted Facebook photos of herself frolicking on a beach.
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Don Surber (Free subscription) | yesterday
“Nathalie Blanchard, 29, has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year and a half after she was diagnosed with major depression,” the CBC News reported. Well, she has even more reason to be depressed. That picture (above) that she posted on Facebook of her on the beach cost her [...]
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moisanmrk | 01/04/2009
Dan Louis, band leader of Mosquito-B, from Quebec City, is taking a break from touring up North and is travelling towards Nashville for a special kind of spring break. Dan, with is USA shaped electric guitar will be travelling South and is eager to stop by radio stations and papers(commercial and college) to talk about his album “Raid” and the release of the classic ‘Send in the clowns’, and if the...
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