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Egyptian soccer match leaves 74 dead

74 are dead after an Egyptian soccer match went awry. According to the BBC, fans in the bleachers flooded the field knives in hand.

The match took place in the city of Port Said. The home team al-Masry played against the team al-Ahly. The Port Said team won and that’s when its fans descended on the field and threw missiles and flares at the al-Ahly team. They also set fire to part of the stadium.

Security at the game was low as was police presence. It has been the pattern since Mubarak was ousted last year.


February 1st 2012

Read by: Emily Brass

Stories By: Joel Ashak, Michael Lemieux and Joel Balsam

Produced by: Jamie-Lee Gordon


Mitt Romney pulls ahead in Republican Presidential leadership campaign

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The Republican Presidential Leadership campaign now has a clear frontrunner. According to the BBC, Mitt Romney won Tuesday’s key Florida primary by a large margin.


Disabled sue Montreal public transit

métro Berri-UQAM, ligne verteA group of disabled people who travel on wheelchairs is suing Montreal’s public transit for unequal access to public transportation.

The group argues their right is covered in the charter of rights and is claiming $20,000 for failure to provide adequate travel service.

According to CTV Montreal, the city has only seven metro stations accessible to wheelchairs out of 68.


Montreal woman gets sixteen years in prison for drugs

PillsAccording to the CBC, a Montreal woman has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison.

34-year-old Tara Hayes was caught trying to smuggle over seventy thousand ecstasy tablets in to the United States. She was convicted in August but only recently sentenced.


January 31st, 2012

Read by: Aisha Samu

Stories by: Aisha Samu, Nikita Smith, Tara Brockwell, Jordie Yeager, and Esther Viragh

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


Old Age Security will not be cut...yet

Canadian PM Stephen HarperNo threats to Old Age security yet.

According to the CBC Prime Minister Stephen Harper told parliament Monday that those currently receiving old age security will not see their benefits cut.


Presidential election rules established in Egypt

Hand in hand, together.Egypt’s governing military council has set out rules for presidential elections.

 

According to the BBC, this will be the country’s first election since the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. 

The rules specify that candidates must be born in Egypt to Egyptian parents. They cannot be married to a foreigner either. 


Judith Woodsworth returns to Concordia

Judith Woodsworth is returning to the halls of Concordia as a teacher.

The Montreal Gazette is reporting the return of the former Concordia president who is currently teaching French translation classes.

Woodsworth stepped down as president in December 2010 after a storm of controversy that caused instability within the university, taking with her a hefty severance package of over $700 000.


Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich supports Keystone Pipeline

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that, if elected, he’ll authorize the construction of the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office.

According to The Globe and Mail, Gingrich wants to ensure Canadians that the pipeline won’t have to be built across the Rocky Mountains.


Megaupload's content may be removed by Thursday

megauploadAccording to BBC, U.S prosecutors have stated that files belonging to Megaupload users may be deleted as early as Februrary 2nd.

Megaupload’s lawyer has told the Associated Press that at least 50 million users are sharing files on their sites. All of their files could be deleted.

This statement was released after the U.S Attorney’s Office filed an official warning letter.


Bob Rae challenges Concordia students to help re-build the Liberals Party

At the tail end of a five-day tour of Quebec, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae paid a visit to young liberals at Concordia University.
 
About 60 supporters jammed a room in the Hall building at an event organized by Concordia's Political Science Student Association and Liberal
club.
 
The topic of youth engagement came up a few times, as one student asked Rae how the party planned to reach out to students and young people.

January 30th 2012

Produced By Melissa Mulligan

Read By Sarah Deshaies

Articles By Gregory Wilson, Esther Viragh, Audrey Folliot, Sarah Deshaies, Sofia Gay & Daniel J. Rowe


Canadian law prevails

The Shafia trial is finally over. 

According to the CBC, Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba Yahya and their son Hamed were all convicted Sunday of first-degree murder.

They were accused of killing Shafia’s three daughters and his first wife in a polygamous marriage. 

The bodies of the four drowned women were found in a car at the bottom of the Kingston Mills lock.

They have been sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 25 years. 


Afghan President Karzai coming negotiations with the Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is planning to meet with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia to engage in peace talks, according to the BBC.

The meeting is scheduled to happen in the coming weeks, before the Taliban office gets erected in Qatar. The Taliban however notified they will only speak with the United-States and other allies of the Afghan government.

Karzai said he was frustrated that the US and Qatar have previously started working on peace treaties with the Taliban without the Afghan government’s full presence.


PQ to lower the voting age if elected

XVIe congrès national du Parti QuébécoisIf elected to government, the Parti Québecois plans to lower the voting age to sixteen years old.

The PQ also plans to adopt citizen-led referendums in Quebec.

These are just two of a series of plans adopted by the delegates of the provincial opposition party at this weekend’s meeting in Montreal.


Domain names with French characters to be allowed in Canada

It seems like the internet will become more friendly to francophones. The Canadian Press reports domain names ending in .ca might allow French letters with accents.

A consultation by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority went into its final step last week. They say this change is part of a global movement. Other alphabets have already been approved.

French letters with accents might be approved in nine to eighteen months. France already finished its consultation and will allow letters with accents soon.


News - January 27th 2012

Read by Shaun Malley

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories read by Chris Hanna, Judy-Ann Mitchell-Turgeon and Tara Brockwell


Canada seizes a piece of Tunisia's pre-revolutionary pie

The federal government is set to cash-in on the spoils of Tunisia’s pre-revolutionary regime.

According to the CBC assets of members tied to Tunisia’s deposed dictator in Canada were seized.  This includes the Westmount home of former dictator Zine El Abedine Ben-Ali’s billionaire son-in-law who has since fled to Qatar.


The impact of AIDS on Aboriginal people

Yesterday was the third lecture of Concordia University’s Community Lecture Series on HIV/AIDS.

As Doris Peltier delivered her moving story, the audience sat still, absorbing every word of it.

Back in 2002, this Aboriginal woman from the Wikwemikong Unceded First Nations reserve in Ontario was diagnosed with AIDS. 

After a difficult childhood of losses and abuse, she decided that she wouldn’t let the disease overcome her.

Ever since she received her diagnosis, she has been working as an activist for the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network at the local, national and international level. 

She has been giving conferences to share her experience and give hope to those suffering from the same disease.


US military will decrease troops

8th US Army - KoreaThe US plans to take 100,000 troops out of their military force.

According to BBC News, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta stated that his plan is for the sake of creating a smaller military.

Panetta also revealed military cuts which will be made, such as the retiring of old cargo planes and Navy cruisers.


NDP Leadership candidates debate at Concordia

Challenged by the loss of one of Canada’s greatest political leaders, the New Democratic Party of Canada still has a leader to elect. Nathan Cullen, Niki Ashton, Peggy Nash, Brian Topp and Martin Singh were all at Concordia’s Oscar Peterson Hall on Wednesday night for an unofficial debate.

Topp says getting Quebec voters on board is crucial for his party:

“So one of the key priorities of the next leader, certainly mine if I’m elected leader is gonna be to keep building the party here in Quebec theres no doubt about that. Including showing up to events like this.”


CSU council stands by its president and rejects petition to remove her

CSU President Lex Gill is under fire. A petition demanding her immediate removal from office was presented to CSU council yesterday. 

Former CSU Councillor Tomer Shavit, Arts and Science Federation of Associations President Alex Gordon and Commerce and Administration Students’ Association President Marianna Luciano are the three authors of the petition now online at www.stoplexgill.com. Shavit was present at the meeting to defend his arguments.


January 26th, 2012

Read by: Katie McGroarty

Stories by: Esther Viragh, Joel Balsam, Sabrina Daniel, Luciana Gravotta and Dominique Daoust

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


Crumbling PQ gives CAQ a chance to swoop in

The ongoing feud destabilizing the Parti Quebecois has given Francois Legault the opportunity to promote his new political party, CTV reports.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec is currently looking to step over the PQ and become the second opposition.

Legault says Quebecers will strongly support the CAQ despite any objections the governing Liberals may have.

However, the National Assembly requires that each party have 12 elected MNAs in order to be recognized as a party.


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