Homeowners in Quebec City can rest easy about real estate values, despite the sub-prime mortgage crisis wreaking havoc on real estate prices south of the border. The crisis is unlikely…
With nearly 27 million tons of goods handled in 2007, the Port of Quebec has had a recordbreaking year, jumping 15 per cent compared to 2006 and 75 per cent…
Hotel workers at the Hilton Hotel and the Loews Concorde Hotel in Quebec voted in large majorities on August 29 to accept contracts from their employers.The employees’ acceptance of the…
From under a row of blue and yellow umbrellas on the Petit Champlain come the gentle sounds of conversation, silverware clinking with plates, and servers bustling to and from the…
Staff at l’Hôtel Classique voted unanimously in favour of a contract proposed by the hotel on August 11. mployees at five hotels in Quebec City now remain without contracts. Those…
“Merci,” read Friday’s Média Matin Québec headline, signalling the newspaper’s last edition. The free French daily was created by the locked out employees of Le Journal de Québec during a…
As Quebec City celebrates its 400th anniversary, its Chamber of Commerce is about to turn 200 years old.The Chamber of Commerce and the city have decided to collaborate in celebrating…
The Financière Agricole’s annual mid-season crop report released in July has confirmed what farmers in the Quebec City region know all too well already: the relentless wet weather is having…
It began with a tribunal hearing contesting a Hydro-Québec (H-Q) bill in the sum of $690. Quebec City resident Ronald Posluns’ complaint may end up as a multi-million dollar class…
About 1,000 workers from six hotels in the Quebec City region are threatening to go on strike. The workers, affiliated with La Federation du Commerce of CSN union, voted on…