De père en flic is Hollywood bound
Sony Pictures is acquiring the rights to the Québec-made film De père en flic. Émile Gaudreault wrote the screenplay for the movie, which will be ada >>>  

Africa and Oceania: CAE develops new markets
CAE, a Montréal-based company specializing in the manufacture of flight simulators, has added a number of new customers to its list of clients. The company signed agreements with Malaysia Airlines, Kenya Airways, Mount Cook Airlines (a subsidiary wholly owned by Air New Zealand) and Korean Air for the construction of four flight simulators and r >>>  

Montréal mosaiculture organization wins award in Japan
Mosaïcultures internationales de Montréal (MIM) was singled out for the Honorary International Award at Hamamatsu International Mosaiculture 2009, he >>>  

Quebecer to head the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Québec native Jacques Lacombe has been appointed musical director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a three-year term. He will initially oversee the >>>  

Cinema: The Trotsky honoured in Japan
Québec-born Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky recently won the Audience Award at the Tokyo Inter >>>  

Major electric battery breakthrough in Québec
IREQ, the Hydro-Québec research institute, has made a major breakthrough. It has developed a lithium-ion battery that can be fully recharged faster than current batteries and h >>>  

Premier Tech: a second agreement with China
Premier Tech Environnement has signed an agreement with Wuhan Trust Communication Ltd for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant capable of processing 30,000 tons of water d >>>  

Québec art exhibition in the United States
In March 2010 Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Gallery will host a retrospective exhibition of works by Québec’s multidisciplinary Automatiste art movement, from the group’s inception to the signing of the Refus G >>>  

Québec and Mexico, cultural partners
Québec and Mexico will be deploying an array of joint cultural activities over the coming months. Québec’s participation as guest of honour in the 27th edition of the Festival Internacional Cervantino, in Guanajuato, has trigger >>>  

Medicago enters into partnership with U.S. Army
Medicago is working with a U.S. Army research laboratory to develop industrial enzymes in the field of biofuels. Based in Québec City, the company specializes in manufacturing vaccin >>>  

Education: McGill in the top league
The 2009 Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings, a listing of the best universities worldwide, puts McGill University in 18th place. McGill is the only Canadian institution of higher lear >>>  

Québec cheese is world’s best
Based on an a >>>  

Bombardier: 80 high-speed trains for China
The Chinese Ministry of Railways (MOR) has awarded a US$4 billion contract to Bombardier Sifang Transportation, a joint-venture of Q >>>  

Québec play well received in Japan
In collaboration with the Tokyo production company Basta, Théâtre du Gros Mécano recently staged 14 performances of La librairie (“The Bookshop”) in Japan. The Japanese public was enchanted by the play, which tells the story of a young bookseller who is secretly in >>>  

Canada chooses J’ai tué ma mère as its Oscar entry
Young director Xavier Dolan’s film J’ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) has been picked as Canada’s official entry for the 2010 Oscar for best foreign-language >>>