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Le Huffington Post Québec launched a new vertical today: Art de Vivre. This new lifestyle section covers topics such as food, health, fashion, beauty and relationships. It will reflect the unique lifestyleand culture of Quebec while leveraging The Huffington Post's powerful engagement and blogging platform. The site will encourage conversations around key lifestyle topics,includingthe need to unplug from work and technology andways to improve quality of life.

Editor Myreille Simard will lead the team under the direction of the managing editor of Le Huffington Post Québec, Patrick White. Simard has a wealth of experience in creating lifestyle content for digital brands and comes to HuffPost most recently from Mlle.ca, where she was editor-in-chief. Prior to that she was editor-in-chief of Clindoeil.ca and editor of Canoe's lifestyle section for Quebec.

Launch week will include a special feature asking Quebecers to share stories through social media on their favorite ways to disconnect, relax and combat stress, complete with expert interviews. Bloggers for Le Huffington Post Art de Vivre include Carrie Macpherson, sharing content from the popular lifestyle site Zurbaines; Line Atallah, founder and CEO at TELEGRAPHE; wine expert Yves Mailloux; well-being blogger Catherine Lefebvre; shopping, fashion and restaurant blogger Catherine Martel; etiquette expert Julie Blais-Comeau and many more.

Le Huffington Post Québec launched in February 2012 as the first regional edition of The Huffington Post Canada.

Learn more about the launch by reading the press release here.

HuffPost Canada Music launched today, joining AOL Canada's family of music properties which includes AOL Music Canada, Spinner.ca, The Boot, The Boombox, Noisecreep and AOL Radio. The site combines The Huffington Post's powerful engagement and blogging platform with groundbreaking music content, original one-on-one interviews, exclusive videos, performances and more.

To celebrate the launch, HuffPost Canada Music has teamed up with Universal Music Canada to offer the chance to win a trip for two to New York City to see The Smashing Pumpkins live in concert. The contest invites visitors to test their Smashing Pumpkins knowledge with a unique trivia quiz and then gives them a chance to enter to win.

Launch partners also include Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. and their media agency, PHD. Ads for their Back-to-School campaign are running across all AOL music properties, including HuffPost Canada Music.

The Huffington Post Canada launched in May 2011 as the first international edition of The Huffington Post, and now reaches 3.4 million online Canadians through its various Canadian channels and sites. It has an ever-growing social following, boasting more than 51,000 Facebook fans, more than 36,000 Twitter followers and receiving more than 14,000 comments per week.

Find out the latest music news in Canada now.

*Source: comScore, Inc., Total Canada, Home & Work, June 2012. 3 month average from [M] AOL Music. The Huffington Post data from [E] Huffington Post Global.

To encourage positive change in communities across Canada, AOL Canada and the Huffington Post Media Group launched HuffPost Canada Impact today. The site, part of Huffington Post Canada, will focus on poverty, homelessness, immigration, citizenship and aboriginal news and serve as a platform for readers to take action on these issues.

HuffPost Canada Impact will feature contributions from Huffington Post editors, bloggers, and community leaders as well as regular content from non-profit partner organizations including include Free The Children, an international children's charity; Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, a Canadian charity working for a swimmable, drinkable, fishable world, and Habitat for Humanity Canada, which builds affordable housing and promotes home ownership to break the cycle of poverty.

Launch week will include features such as "Greatest Person," stories of great Canadians inspiring others to make a difference, and "If I could #Change Canada," a collection of stories, videos, tweets and more on what readers would do to make the country better.

"Impact is a key part of HuffPost's DNA -- not only telling stories but starting conversations around our shared passions and inviting our readers to connect, engage, and make a difference in the lives of others," said Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, in a blog post today.

Rashida Jeeva, general manager of the Huffington Post Canada, which launched a year ago, said, "We are very excited to leverage the Huffington Post model, which at its core is all about participation, to bring Canadians HuffPost Canada Impact, a unique destination that helps people take action on issues that matter most in their daily lives."

Check out HuffPost Canada Impact to join the conversation and make a difference today.

AOL.ca users can now enjoy a whole new shopping experience through our partnership with SHOP.CA.

To create a new social shopping culture in Canada, SHOP.CA and AOL Canada will kick off a campaign that includes Walletpop.ca daily deals and even a direct link to SHOP.CA from the AOL.ca main menu bar.

SHOP.CA is committed to becoming Canada's leader in online shopping by striving to provide a unique Canadian experience that combines an authoritative selection of products, unparalleled service and a social loyalty program that rewards members on every purchase. Launched in June 2012, SHOP.CA offers Canadian online shoppers a compelling alternative to current shopping options.

Visit the new experience by heading to AOL.ca and clicking "Shop" in the top navigation bar.

.@AOLdotCA Chooses Shop.CA To Power Shopping Tab on AOL.ca aol.it/Q07nEj

- AOL PR (@AOLPR) July 17, 2012