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A Montreal-based IT company currently under scrutiny for the Obamacare website in the U.S. is also in trouble here at home for failing to finish a project to digitize medical records. 

In a report by the Gazette, the latest provincial government data released this week say that information-technology firm CGI was one of the companies responsible for a project called Dossier Santé Québec. 

The project has numerous doctors and specialists collaborate and document each detail in a patient’s file in digital form.

Launched in 2006, it had a price tag of $563 million, but it has ballooned to $1.6 billion. 

The project was supposed to done in 2010, and only a small number of health institutions are connected to the system. 

The police are looking for two aboriginal women who have gone missing since Sunday. 

In a report by CBC News, Nicole Hannah Whiteduck and Laura Spence were last seen in a reserve near Maniwaki, just near Ottawa.

Spence's mother, Bridget Tolley, says that the pair had gone out that night, and had their cellphone, and wallet left at home. 

She added that she became suspicious when she heard nothing from them by Tuesday.

Kitigan Zibi Police Force director Gorden McGregor says they were last seen on Sunday morning driving a vehicle.

He assumed that they have been partying, as he found out that Whiteduck had two thousand-dollar checks to cash in. 

Montrealers gathered on Gilford Street on Tuesday night for an annual vigil for victims who died from police violence. 

In a report by The Link, bereaved relatives, friends, allies and social justice groups attended were there. 

Co-organizer Julie Matson says the event aims to shed light that how people have died at the hands of police. 

She also explained how people need to know that this happens to everyone, and not just those coming from marginalized groups.

But according to Montreal police spokesperson Michael Arruda, defusing the situation, such as a crisis intervention, has always been a priority for them. 

He adds that the police uses lethal force is a last resort if someone's life is in danger.

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Newly recovered from the recession, Portugal angers its population by increasing taxes and cutting pensions.

Thousands of civilians are infuriated by their increase in work without a rise in pay as well as job cuts throughout the country.

Protests among the Portuguese are numerous in response to the government’s decision to “extend austerity measures in the 2014 budget.”  

The budget cuts are said to be around 2.5 to 12 percent for those bringing in more than 600 euros a month.

Hundreds of people protested over Shale gas exploration within several communities of the province of New Brunswick on Saturday.

According to CBC News, a Manitoba Chief met with the New Brunswick Chief on Sunday to provide gifts as a sign of support.

These gifts of support involved items such as tobacco and beaver pelts.

The Manitoba Chief stated that these gifts are a representation of how peaceful Aboriginal people are and the lengths they`ll go through to protect the earth.

The New Brunswick protests have drawn attention and support of protestors from other parts of Canada.

In Prince Edward Island, workers are unhappy at how the local government is managing their pension benefits.

In a report by CBC News, Premier Robert Ghiz and Finance Minister Wes Sheridan announced reforms to the province's pension plan. 

The move was done to make sure it will remain financially sustainable. 

One of the reforms made include that workers would have to work until they reach 62 years old in order to get full pension benefits. 

This has prompted civil servants to decide if they should change their retirement plans.

Debbie Bovyer leads the Union of Public Sector Employees, one of the five worker's unions affected. 

The discussion over the proposed Charter of Values moves into fine print. 

According to CBC News, Tuesday's local papers were filled with open letters that both support and oppose it. 

In an open letter published by the Gazette, a group of academics and health professionals from McGill say the Charter may cause harm on people's mental health and well-being. 

They also see religious neutrality as a veil for religious and cultural discrimination.

McGilll's Laurence J. Kirmayer spoke to the CBC. He says an accurate representation of cultural communities is needed in the health care system.

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The baby that made national headlines last year for being born in a jail cell is now dead.

At 26, Julia Bilotta gave birth to her child on Sept. 29, 2012 at the Ottawa- Carleton Detention Center. She was eight months pregnant when she was first jailed Sept. 24 of that year.

Women's Rights activists in Saudi Arabia are turning to the web to express their frustration over a rejection from authorities to put driving in the back burner. 

In a report by Al-Jazeera, the country's Shura Consultative Council rejected a move to discuss the issue.

Conservative bureaucrats in favor of the ban say that allowing women to drive "will encourage the sexes to mix freely in public, and thus threaten public morality."

Saudi Arabia is the only country that bans women from driving. 

However this did not stop activists from backing down. They posted photos and videos expressing defiance. 

One online clip showed a woman in Riyadh driving in a vehicle her veiled dress. Motorists passing by gave her a a thumbs-up sign in approval.