Guillaume Bouvet-Morrissette, a 24-year-old chiropractor from Quebec, was able to compete with the American newcomers after he drove to Madison, Wis.

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But its decision to build a five-kilometre (three-mile) chain-link fence sealing off the centre of the old city of Quebec created an unfortunate symbol of exclusion.

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Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ), a 10-month old party, won 19 seats, with the remaining two seats going to Quebec Solidaire.

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Mr Martin would not be holding this unpopular mid-winter election at all but for the unearthing of a decade-old financing scandal under which public money intended to promote the federal cause in Quebec was diverted to the Liberals and their cronies.

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Some fans just started following the local junior team, the Quebec Remparts, which draw 11, 000 fans to the Nordiques' old rink, Colisee Pepsi.

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Some fans just started following the local junior team, the Quebec Ramparts, which draw 11, 000 fans to the Nordiques' old rink, Colisee Pepsi.

WSJ: Quebec: The Only Thing Missing Is a Team

The study, conducted by Linda Pagani, a professor in the School of Psychoeducation at the University of Montreal in Quebec, followed more than 1, 300 children from the time they were 29 months old.

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By playing in his sixth NHL game, the 18-year-old's entry-level professional contract officially began and he is no longer eligible to return to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec junior league.

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One winter day in northern Quebec some years ago, a polar bear wandered into a village and approached a seven-year-old Inuit child.

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