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MONTREAL - A visibly angry Jean Charest reacted to an inflammatory report, aired in the heat of the Quebec election campaign Wednesday, on his ties to a player in the construction industry.

MONTREAL - A visibly angry Jean Charest reacted to an inflammatory report, aired in the heat of the Quebec election campaign Wednesday, on his ties to a player in the construction industry.

MONTREAL - A Parti Quebecois byelection victory in a Liberal stronghold is the beginning of sweeping change that will culminate in sovereignty for the province, Pauline Marois exhulted Monday night.

A celebration of the Parti Quebecois' return to power was shattered Tuesday - first by a political disappointment, then by a stunning tragedy.<br />

MONTREAL - It's a testament to Jean Charest's reputation as a political survivor that on the day he announced his plans to get out, after three decades in public life, his peers were already abuzz about whether he might someday be pulled back in.

MONTREAL - A senator appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he could not possibly have known that some of his business contacts would someday be accused of having criminal Mafia links.

MONTREAL - A senator appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he could not possibly have known that some of his business contacts would someday be accused of having criminal Mafia links.

QUEBEC - A former minister in the Quebec government has opted to have his fraud trial heard by a judge and jury.

<p>Tony Tomassi, a former minister in the Liberal government of Jean Charest, is facing the possibility of a five-year prison term after criminal charges were filed against him in Quebec City on Tuesday.</p>

A former member of Premier Jean Charest's cabinet has hired two high-profile Quebec criminal lawyers to mount a defence against charges of fraud and breach of trust.

Quebec provincial police investigators Wednesday raided a company's headquarters in Montreal and a warehouse in Laval and seized documents pertaining to allegations against former Quebec family minister Tony Tomassi.

The head of a bankrupt Montreal security firm says he was just trying to help "a friend" when he gave former Quebec family minister Tony Tomassi a company credit card for personal use.

Montreal's auditor general has again found a trail of broken rules, irregular procedures and loose spending on municipal contracts that carry hefty price tags. Auditor General Jacques Bergeron's annual report was tabled at a city council meeting Monday night.

QUEBEC - Quebec politics is abuzz with speculation that Premier Jean Charest may finally call a corruption inquiry after two years of sustained pressure to do so.

QUEBEC - Quebec politics is abuzz with speculation that Premier Jean Charest may finally call a corruption inquiry after two years of sustained pressure to do so.

MONTREAL - There will be byelections in two Quebec ridings on June 11.

The former head of a private investigations company that has been linked to a former Quebec cabinet minister has been arrested on fraud charges by Quebec provincial police. <br />

Voters are in a volatile mood - and even if the ridings do stay Liberal, there are different ways voters can express their anger. <br /><br />

MONTREAL - The woman who could be elected as Quebec's premier in two weeks used a televised debate to repeatedly attack Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in a hint Sunday of federal-provincial battles that might follow the Sept. 4 election.

Jean Charest, battered by two years of scandals, used a televised leaders' debate to fire back at his opponents with ethics allegations against them Sunday.