Quebec This Week (Dec. 8-14, 2007)

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney answered to allegations raised by Karlheinz Schreiber this week. We get Quebecer's reaction. The Bouchard Taylor Commission looking into reasonable accommodation is wrapping up. We bring you some notable moments. Tobacco ads are back in some publication. Montrealers react and we talk to a representative from a tobacco company. You'll meet a choreographer for Le Cirque du Soleil whos career was flying high when tragedy struck suddenly.

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[mp3 file: runs 29:27]

Quebec This Week (Dec. 1-7, 2007)

The big story this week in Quebec was snow. Lots of snow. We'll talk about the impact the first major snow storm of the year had on Quebecers. Office Christmas parties are just around the corner. We'll talk about the dos and don'ts of socializing with people from work. Another party presently in the works is Quebec City's 400th anniversary next year. We hear about the events planned. And we meet a 12 year old who is taking on city hall to save his neighborhood skating rink.

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[mp3 file: runs 27:34]

Quebec This Week (Nov. 24-30, 2007)

The commission on reasonable accommodation continues and this week, for the first time, the hearings were held in English. We take you there. We also meet a family who will be reunited at Christmas for the first time in 12 years. A mom who fled Africa has finally succeeded in bringing her children to Canada. And Montreal's famed St-Laurent boulevard has been under contruction for more than a year. We talk to people on the Main to see what they think of the makeover.

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[mp3 file: runs 22:19]

Quebec This Week (Nov. 19-25, 2007)

The Church may not hold centre stage in Quebec anymore but Cardinal Marc Ouellet showed this week he knows how to grab the spotlight. In an open letter, he asked foregiveness for the Church's past mistakes and got mixed reviews. The reasonable accommodation hearings hit Montreal this week. People were lined-up to speak. You'll hear some of it. We'll talk about a new strategy by the Montreal police to control speeding. And, finally, a hockey great has his number retired. We take you there.

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[mp3 file: runs 22:45]

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