Headlines from this weeks SPEC

Sept. 8, 2002

Junex to invest $2.5 million to improve gas production near GaspŽ
Gilles Gagne

The managers of Junex Incorporated, a small firm that has been exploiting a gas field near the town of Gaspe since last year, have convinced Hydro-Quebec to invest with them an amount of $2.5 million in order to dig another well in the viscinity of the well already exploited by Junex in that area.
Other partners, R.S.P. Hydro and Gestion Bernard Lemaire, are involved in the new joint venture. They were already particpating with Junex in the field open in January 2002. This field has a confirmed reserve of 728 million cubic feet of gas. The digging of the new field will start around Mid-Spetember and its depth could reach 2.35 kilometers. The work is already started around the site, located about one kilometer away from the first well.

Quebec police abandon inquiry in Linda Condo murder case
Sherbrooke Police Force in the Gaspe to investigate Eastern Townships murder
Gilles Gagne

The Surete du Quebec could abandon its investigation in order to solve the Linda Condo murder case, reopened in May 2001 by the new squad created to re-examine at least half a dozen mysterious murder files which occured in the Gaspe over the last 15 years.
The Linda Condo file was the first one to be investigated by the new "Escouade regionale d'enquetes specifiques". Five investigators started from scratch in reviewing the case, first by analyzing all the details of the Linda Condo murder, then by meeting with all the witnesses of the first inquiry, and new people as well. These policemen had not worked at all on the cases previously, in order to re-evaluate them with new eyes.
The SQ went as far as being able to submit a suspect's sample of corporal substance to the laboratory for DNA identification, something that could not be done easily in October 1988 when Linda Condo was found dead in a Miguasha forest road. Mrs Condo had been shot in the face, somewhere after October 14th, 1988, when she last seen alive. She was found 11 days later. DNA methods were not common back then.

Quebec Government to study Murdochville case for two weeks
Gilles Gagne

Unable to take a quick decision about the future of Murdochville, the Government of Quebec has decided to create a ministerial committee to examine all the options linked to the future of the town, following the consultative referendum held on August 25th.
Two thirds of the population of the town voted for the closure of the municipality, but the fact that 35 percent of its inhabitants still want to try to develop new avenues for Murdochville has convinced the Cabinet that a quick decision could be a mistake.