MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) National Bank (TSX: NA) is pleased to support the "Imagine UQO" fundraising campaign of Universite du Quebec en Outaouais with a $100,000 donation.

QUEBEC (CP) - Older workers laid off in the many mill and textile factory closures to hit Quebec in recent months will get a hand from government under an imminent accord between the provincial and federal governments.

It was the year 1995 that shattered the hearts of Quebec hockey lovers. This was the year that their beloved team the Quebec Nordiques, due to rising player salaries and other costs, left for Denver Colorado and became the Colorado Avalanche.

The federal government will provide $110 million to help celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City in 2008.

LAVAL, Quebec Quebecs government said Sunday it would launch a public inquiry to determine why an overpass collapsed north of Montreal, crushing five people to death.

OTTAWA (CP) - Quebec members of the NDP hope to win the hearts of francophones by proposing that Canada become a republic and by adopting a conciliatory tone with sovereigntists.

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