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Quebec Premier Jean Charest recently announced a $620 million aid package to help his French-speaking province's ailing manufacturers and has urged the federal government to follow his lead. In the meantime, Mayor Eddie Francis of Windsor, Ont., near Detroit, is trying to cope with an 8.6% unemployment rate in a town known as the automotive capital of Canada. "It's a challenge and we're going to have to get through it," he says. The strong loonie may be great for cross-border shopping excursions, but it's of little help to anyone without a paycheck...
DIED. MICHELINE CHAREST, 51, a founder with her husband of the Canadian children's television group Cinar, which produced the hit show Arthur; of complications from plastic surgery; in Montreal. Cinar was a leading supplier of children's shows like Zoboomafoo, Wimzie's House and Caillou as well as Arthur, featuring the world's most famous aardvark; in 1997 the Hollywood Reporter ranked Charest as the 19th most powerful woman in show business, ahead of Madonna. But two years later, Charest, along with her husband, was booted from Cinar's board following a series of financial scandals...
...second position, No. 39 freshman Eva Wang and classmate Melissa Anderson brushed aside BU’s tandem of Aimee Charest and Laura Ahmes 8-1 in under an hour. The dominant performance set the stage for each of the matches to follow...
...Charest pointed to Canada's more centralized political system and more courteous attitudes as major differences between the countries...
...Charest has been in Boston for several days speaking with academics and politicians, including former Massachusetts governor and former Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis...