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CKUT Montreal’s Homelessness Marathon radio broadcast came to a close this morning.

The marathon ran live from five p.m. on Wednesday to seven a.m. this morning.

The 14-hour broadcast included discussions in French and English on problems and solutions related to homelessness.

CKUT held the marathon outside of the Native Friendship Centre.

MediaCoop.ca reported that eleven other radio stations across Canada participated in this year’s marathon by hosting live segments in their own cities.

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Staring into a wide range of cuts to federal departments, there doesn't seem to be a deal in sight.

As reported by the disability scoop, the automatic cuts will effect on March 1st unless congress acts.

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Quebec and New Brunswick premiers met in Montreal on Monday to discuss oil pipelines.

According the Montreal Gazette, Alberta’s premier  David Alba has been trying to find ways to get the province’s bitumen to international markets and they may have found an in with Quebec’s Pauline Marois.

Marois’ spokesperson said the both leaders discussed Employment Insurance and pipelines at the Marois’ office.

A program started by the federal government could see a cut to police forces across Canada when it ends in March. 

Known as the Police Officer Recruitment Fund and armed with a budget of $400 million, the program was a way to aid officers in each province with crackdowns on what they felt was important. Some money went to anti-gang and cyber crime squads, as well as increasing aboriginal police forces. 

According to the Gazette, the program was started in 2008 with the goal of increasing Canada’s police forces with 2,500 more officers. 

A few hundred people gathered across from McGill University campus at Premier Pauline Mariois’s Montreal office to protest against Bill 14 yesterday afternoon, as reported by The Gazette on Sunday.

The rally was organized by an organization called Put Back the Flag and a newly formed rights group known as Unity.

The Parti Quebecois’s proposed new language law is meant to tighten up Quebec’s French-language charter. 

Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline project are hoping President Barack Obama will give thumbs down for Canada’s plan.

According to CBC News, thousands of protesters from across the United States showed up in Washington D.C. yesterday. They say Alberta’s oil sands have a negative effect on global warming.

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On Thursday the English School Boards Association spoke out against recent cuts to the province’s education budget.

According to the CBC, over the last five years five hundred million dollars has been cut from French and English school board budgets.

The PQ’s education minister suggested school boards make up the difference by raising taxes or cutting administrative costs.

But president of the English School Boards Association David D’Aoust says school boards are already taxing as much as they’re allowed to at thirty-five cents per one hundred dollar property evaluation.

The provincial government has brought back funding for environmental protection and health research.

But they're in hot water for slashing them off the annual budget in the first place.

CBC News is reporting that Higher Education Minister Pierre Duchesne reinstated $26.5 million dollars to research funding. That amount is good for one year.  

However, the Liberals are not happy with the government's fickle move of taking out money and putting back in the coffers. Interim leader Jean-Marc Fournier says the P-Q has no vision on governing and does not think about the consequences.

There is growing concern over the financial situation at McGill University raising speculation of potential job cuts, reports the Montreal Gazette.

McGill provost Anthony Masi warned union leaders in a meeting Wednesday that nothing was safe, including jobs.

At risk are people without job security.

Masi stated that the $124 million cut to universities in December following the cancelled tuition increases were a huge blow.