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Quebec

BIXI shuts down for winter

Posted November 15, 2011 by Hayat Canada

The season is over for BIXI, Montreal’s bike-sharing program. According to a customer service representative for the company, as of Tuesday at midnight, it will no longer be possible to rent a BIXI bicycle, although returns will be allowed. Over the last few weeks, several racks that house the popular bikes were pulled from the [...]

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Quebec

Role of pharmacists could expand in Quebec

Posted November 15, 2011 by Hayat Canada

Quebec is considering expanding the role of pharmacists to ease the pressure on general physicians. Lisa Poole/AP Quebecers could soon have prescriptions filled and renewed faster if new legislation expanding the role of pharmacists becomes law before the end of the year. Bill 41 was introduced in the National Assembly Tuesday afternoon and would allow [...]

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Quebec

Shafia brother denied involvement in deaths

Posted November 15, 2011 by Hayat Canada

One of the accused in the deaths of three sisters and another woman denied any involvement or knowledge of what took place leading up to the discovery of their four bodies in the Rideau Canal, a Kingston, Ont. court heard Tuesday. During a three-hour police interrogation played for court, Hamed Shafia, 21, remained steadfast. He [...]

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Western Province

Men allege brutality by Vancouver mall security guards

Posted November 15, 2011 by Hayat Canada

Five men now allege they were abducted and beaten by security guards in separate incidents at a downtown Vancouver mall. Two men have joined three others who have already filed lawsuits against Fusion Security Inc. and the Harbour Centre Mall. At a news conference Tuesday, Justin Peterson said he was coming home from a construction [...]

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Western Province

Former B.C. cop investigated for investment fraud

Posted November 15, 2011 by Hayat Canada

A former Abbotsford police officer is under investigation after a Surrey real estate development collapsed, leaving 28 investors with total losses of more than $6 million. The Hilands was supposed to be an 88-unit townhouse complex in Surrey’s Sullivan Heights neighbourhood, but another development now sits on the site after the land was bought by [...]

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