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<title>Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 18, 2013) Another Canadian mayor is in political trouble. Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested on multiple corruption charges early yesterday morning. Now, Quebec premier Pauline Marois is calling for Applebaum to resign. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22198/20130618/montreal-mayor-michael-applebaum-arrested">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Down the St. Lawrence in a paper boat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 25, 2012) Rowboats are a common sight on the St. Lawrence River, but a paper skiff is making its way through the Thousand Islands and down river to Montreal this week. The 17-foot boat was made by a group of New York City artists at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton. The urban artist/boat builders spent the last two weeks using the museum&apos;s collection and resources to build a new boat and learn more about the boating culture on the St. Lawrence. Their residency is a partnership with the museum&apos;s current exhibition of maritime-inspired art, called &quot;Floating Through: Boats and Boating in Contemporary Art.&quot;The artists are members of a Brooklyn collective called &quot;Mare Liberum&quot; and approach boat building in a non-traditional way: cheaply and quickly. With a little help from experts at the museum, they completed the boat in two weeks. But, a skiff made of paper? Could it really be rowed 168 miles past islands, through shipping channels and the St. Lawrence Seaway? Todd Moe stopped by the Antique Boat Museum late last week during the final stages of construction. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20194/20120725/down-the-st-lawrence-in-a-paper-boat">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>For Quebec&apos;s common law couples, an uncertain future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 25, 2012) Here in New York, debate over same-sex marriage has existed for the last few years.  But just across the border in Quebec, the big issue is that a lot of couples never marry at all. One third of Quebecois couples have de facto, or common law, partnerships. They live together, join their finances and have families without getting married. That&apos;s different than in the U.S., where common law relationships are fairly rare. And now, a case now making its way through the courts may change the rules for millions of unmarried Quebecois couples. Sarah Harris has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20014/20120625/for-quebec-apos-s-common-law-couples-an-uncertain-future">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Montreal student protests widen, tackle big Quebec questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 28, 2012) For more than 100 days, the city of Montreal has been rocked by massive student protests – rallies and marches which have grown on some days to include tens of thousands of people.The movement was sparked by a move by Quebec’s provincial government to raise student tuitions.  But an effort by Prime Minister Jean Charest to crack down on street marches and limit protests earlier this month triggered a political backlash.Brian Mann has been traveling to Montreal to cover the street protests there, for NCPR, NPR and for PRI’s The World.  He joined Martha Foley on the line from our bureau in Saranac Lake. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19891/20120528/montreal-student-protests-widen-tackle-big-quebec-questions">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Montreal tense after months of student unrest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2012) Austerity measures in Europe have sparked protests and political chaos.  But belt tightening has also sparked unrest closer to home.  In the province of Quebec, a plan to hike university tuitions has led to weeks of violent rallies, civil disobedience, and clashes with police.  As North Country Public Radio&apos;s Brian Mann reports, the US Consulate in Montreal has issued a security warning to American travelers in the city. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19828/20120515/montreal-tense-after-months-of-student-unrest">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Industry analyst skeptical of Seaway container growth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 18, 2011) We heard St. Lawrence Seaway Administrator Terry Johnson talk about bringing “containers” into the Seaway.  Those are the norm of international commerce – all-purpose boxes that fit on ships, trucks, and trains.  They can carry anything from paper clips to teddy bears to computers.Seaway officials have trumpeted container traffic as a huge growth opportunity for the better part of a decade.  Yet the infrastructure’s still not in place.  Few, if any, Great Lakes ports have the cranes to off-load containers.  Todd Moe reports at least one industry analyst is skeptical. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18007/20110718/industry-analyst-skeptical-of-seaway-container-growth">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Seaway burnishes &quot;green&quot; profile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 31, 2011) Last week, the first freighter of the year rumbled up the St. Lawrence River. That marked the 53rd season of the St. Lawrence Seaway, a man-made channel linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.The Seaway’s billion dollars of commerce is mostly an economic conversation between Canada’s southern coast, America’s Midwest, and the far-flung ports of the world.But it’s caused vast environmental damage in the North Country and across the Great Lakes, largely via invasive species.David Sommerstein went to the Seaway’s opening ceremony last week in Montreal.  He sends this report on the Seaway’s delicate balance between the economy and the environment. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17403/20110331/seaway-burnishes-quot-green-quot-profile">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Seaway projects cargo increase</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 24, 2011) St. Lawrence Seaway officials are forecasting a cargo increase over last year.  The first freighter of the 2011 shipping season rumbled through the locks in Montreal on Tuesday.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17367/20110324/seaway-projects-cargo-increase">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Aboard a cold Seaway ship with a sick crew</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 28, 2010) Twenty-two Chinese seamen are resting up in Montreal after a harrowing Christmas journey through the St. Lawrence Seaway.  The crew aboard the German-owned Hermann Schoening became violently ill after phosphine gas leaked into the living and working spaces.  The gas is used regularly as a fumigant to kill pests in the cargo hold.  The freighter is carrying 19,000 tons of midwestern corn bound for Algeria.The crew was treated at a hospital in Ontario.  But the ship then continued on with windows open to air out the gas.  Don Metzger piloted the freighter from Lake Ontario through the St. Lawrence River to Massena.  He’s been a Seaway pilot for more than 30 years.  He told David Sommerstein he’s never seen anything like this happen before.  Metzger says the crew was sick and cold, and unprepared for winter weather.Carolyn Osbourne of the Mariners House of Montreal says the crew spent yesterday recovering after being sickened by phosphine gas.  She says they received a second hospital checkup, as well as warm coats, gloves, and Christmas gifts while in port.  The ship was scheduled to resume its travels this morning.An official with Transport Canada says the incident is under investigation.  The shipowners could be fined if violations of the Canada Shipping Act are found.  But the gas leak is so far being considered an anomaly. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16890/20101228/aboard-a-cold-seaway-ship-with-a-sick-crew">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Laker spills fuel near Montreal; Seaway closed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 14, 2010) Emergency response teams continue to clean up a fuel spill in a canal of the St. Lawrence River near Montreal.  A Canadian ship leaked at least 50 tons of bunker fuel when it ran aground Monday night. Environment officials say they believe most of the oil has been contained. But it’s unclear exactly how much leaked into the waterway. It’s the second time in as many weeks a ship has run aground on the St. Lawrence Seaway. David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15971/20100714/laker-spills-fuel-near-montreal-seaway-closed">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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