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The Quebec government`s decision to cut millions of dollars from Montreal health care has become a growing concern for health care officials.

According to CBC News the Quebec government has decided to cut the health care budget by $100 million for 2013 and 2014.

the President of the Coalition of Physicians has stated that this decision is a complete outrage.

He is deeply concerned that this multi million dollar cut will have a negative impact on patient services.

He also stated that the government is not making enough of an effort to find other cost saving solutions. 

Around 25,000 people took to the streets in protest on Sunday to voice their anger at plans to have street signs written in the Cyrillic alphabet in the Croatian town of Vukovar. 

Last Friday, several grassroots organizations held an open forum together to demand for workers rights. 

The Temporary Workers Association, Dignidad Migrante, PINAY, and the Mexicans United for Regularization
were among the groups represented.

Reporter Saturn De Los Angeles tells us what happened.

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Vision Montreal is hoping to appeal to anglo Montrealers  in time for the next election.

Louise Harel said that her party lacked the anglophone vote in the last municipal election.

She said Vision Montreal plans on seeking out English-speaking candidates to join their party as a way to improve their demographics.

Harel made these statements in an interview with Radio-Canada Thursday morning.

CBC News reported that Harel also recently announced she’ll officially be running for mayor in 2013.

Municipal elections are scheduled for this November.

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Louise Harel has a creative solution to Montreal’s pothole problem.

On Wednesday the leader of the Vision Montreal Party suggested that the city produce its own asphalt.

City council is having a hard time selecting an asphalt company to repair Montreal’s roads for the next two years .

CBC reported that the council is in a deadlock over who to hire after seven of the companies considered were either named or linked to the Charbonneau Commission.

The contract up for grabs is worth five million dollars.

Another West coast Canadian mining company is the target of an international protest.

According to CBC News, Vancouver-based Eco Oro Minerals Corp. is the target of a Colombian protest in Bucaramanga.

Tens of thousands of Columbians were on the streets defending their water supply from the Canadian gold mining operating in the high-altitude, environmentally sensitive area.

Eco Oro is one of about a dozen Canadian companies that have been targeted in as many countries recently.

Did you have trouble going anywhere between six and seven, last night?

Chances were, you’re not the only one.

The Montreal Metro was suddenly shut-down for an hour, due to a computer glitch, according to the C-B-C.

Shuttle buses outside the stations were out to help stranded passengers get around town.

S-T-M president Michel Labrecque (ME-SHELL, LA-BREK) spoke with Radio-Canada.

Minority students are suspended at higher rates than white students according to statistics from public schools in Portland, Oregon.

The Oregonian reports African American students were four times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students.

American Indian students and Latino students were also disciplined at higher rates while Asian students recorded lower rates.

The results echo a broader trend in the U.S. that civil rights advocates say contributes to the achievement gap.

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Lack of drinking water and extremely cold temperatures are the latest efforts being used by prison guards to force prisoners to end their hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.

According to a report by Rabble.ca, the strikers’ lawyers have filed an emergency motion in federal court in Washington in response to the treatment of prisoners’ by the guards.

Their lawyers stated that the lack of drinking water has caused additional health risks along those that go with a hunger strike, including kidneys, urinary and stomach problems.

The McGill University student campaign, known as Demilitarize McGill, claims that the links on their new website exposes the university’s involvement in military research and weapon development.

According the Montreal Gazette, this is something that McGill has been denying for a while.