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Quebec City - Quebec's premier may unleash the language police to crack down on the growing use of English in workplaces around the province. A report released on Monday found English continues to gain ground in the province. Premier Jean Charest says he favours doing whatever needs to be done to promote the French language and culture. Under Bill 101, the controversial language law passed in the 1970s, the Office de la Langue Française, can order businesses with more than 50 employees to translate all internal correspondence into French. The report also finds that although immigrants are still more likely to learn French, English is the language of choice for more than half of all new arrivals to the province. Edmonton - Ralph Klein led the Progressive Conservatives to a fourth majority government in Alberta in Monday's provincial election, but lost 13 seats in the process. The Conservatives won 61 of the legislature's 83 seats, chalking up the party's 10th consecutive victory since 1971. The Liberals held onto the seven seats they'd won in 2001, and added 10. The NDP doubled their seats to four, while the Alberta Alliance won its first. St. John's Nfld. - Stormy seas are hampering efforts to contain a large oil spill off the southeast coast of Newfoundland. Petro-Canada says up to 1,000 barrels of oil were spilled during Sunday's equipment malfunction.
