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This $299K Lake House For Sale In Quebec Makes You Feel Like You're Floating On Water

If you've ever fantasized about having a place where you could get away from the city, then this cottage for sale in Quebec, about an hour and a half from Montreal, could be your dream home.

Located on the beautiful and quiet Lac Couture in Chertsey (Lanaudière), the Quebec chalet is for sale for $299,000, which begs the question: What's your budget for owning a little piece of paradise?   

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This Easy Nature Walk Outside Montreal Takes You Over Boardwalks Through A Scenic Forest

Just a 30-minute car ride from downtown Montreal is the Boisé du Tremblay, Longueuil's largest nature park — a wooded area covering more than 260 hectares, according to the city website.

The park offers some easy hikes right outside Montreal.

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This 10-Bedroom House An Hour Outside Montreal Is The Price Of A Condo In The City

Can you imagine buying a big house near Montreal for under $400,000? It's tough to even rent an apartment right now, let alone buy a condo, as real estate prices continue to climb in Quebec.

But if you expand your search to outside the city, it's amazing what you can get for the average price of a Montreal condo — which is currently $332,230.

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2 Habs Fans Made A Snow Cave To Watch Games & Nothing Could Be More Canadian (VIDEO)

Sometimes stereotypes about Canadians make us laugh and roll our eyes. Other times, Habs fans like Nik Tremblay, 19, and Justin Alves, 18, make a snow cave to watch their favourite hockey team, and we couldn't be prouder to be Canadian.

The two Pointe-Claire natives and die-hard Montreal Canadiens fans had been thinking about building the cave since Christmas, but decided it was finally time to get to work. Kinda like the Habs, themselves.

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Quebec Police Broke Up An Illegal Gathering On Saturday & Handed Out Over $55,000 In Fines

On Saturday, January 23, la Sûreté du Québec and le Service de police de la Ville de Mirabel allegedly broke up an illegal gathering of 36 people after receiving a call from a local citizen, according to Stéphane Tremblay, a spokesperson from la Sûreté.

Tremblay told MTL Blog that police received a at around 10 p.m. and the two departments headed straight to the house on rue Lafontaine in Mirabel.

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A Businessman Says He Might Move His Company Out Of Quebec Because Of French Language Laws

Mario Tremblay is the founder and CEO of RobotShop.com, a website dedicated to all things robotic, and he's just launched an online marketplace for all the gizmos and gadgets you need to build these wonderful machines that are sure to replace us. The only problem is he's run afoul of the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF), which recently sent him a letter stating his website is violating Quebec's French-language laws.

But Tremblay says it would be impossible for him to comply with Article 51 of the language charter, which mandates that all products have inscriptions in French, as he has no control over the manufacturers selling what could be millions of products on his website, as most of them are outside Quebec.

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