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FIQ accepts conciliator's recommendation to renew collective agreement
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People living on Montreal streets dying in greater numbers
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The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales rose 18 per cent in September from last year.
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FIQ accepts conciliator's recommendation to renew collective agreement
Nurses and other Quebec health-care workers voted 66.3 per cent in favour of a conciliator's recommendation to renew their collective agreement after several months of negotiations with the provincial government.
Quebec health minister scraps family doctor reallocation idea
Health Minister Christian Dube walks back on proposition to save family doctors for the most vulnerable after public outrage.
Transplant recipient raising awareness on importance of living donors
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Quebec addiction centres at risk of shutting down over government payment delays
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