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First Nations leaders end hunger strike

March 12 2013 // News

Two First Nation members ended their 11-day hunger strike yesterday.

According to CBC, Shelley Young and Jean Sock were only drinking water between March 1 and March 11. Both are from Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia.

The Nova Scotian chiefs halted the negotiation process with the federal government to make the pair end their strike.

The chiefs will instead go back to their communities to inform them of their objectives.

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Superhospital could bring about changes for NDG

March 12 2013 // News

Changes are widely expected to the Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighbourhood when the MUHC superhospital opens in 2015.

According to the Gazette, 12 000 people are expected to decend on the site daily, along with the presence of just over 4000 cars in 2015.

Residents of the borough have been attending public consultations to ensure that those changes are for the better rather than worse. The area of the borough expected to see the most change in the St-Raymond district, which is located just west of the work site.

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CJLO News - March 11 2013

March 11 2013 // News

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Devolution agreement for Northwest Territories announcement expected today

March 11 2013 // News

An announcement is expected Monday from Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the final devolution agreement between the Northwest Territories and the federal government.

According to the CBC, the devolution agreement will see the territory gain control over its lands and resources which is currently owned by Ottawa.

The Northwest Territories would be able to make final decisions when it comes to developing oil, gas, and mines as well as other resources. It would also be allowed to keep all the resource revenue that companies pay to develop such resources.

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Concordia profs give strike mandate to union

March 11 2013 // News

One-thousand Concordia full-time professors may be walking out of classrooms in the next few weeks.

According to CBC News, 74 per cent of the Concordia University Faculty Association members have voted in favour of strike action.

The union’s leaders say they have had enough of the university’s uncooperative attitude towards contract negotiations and think that a strike will get the message across.

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Tibetans arrested on suspicion of "anti-China behavior"

March 11 2013 // News

Nepal authorities have arrested eighteen people on suspicion of “anti-China activities.”

Police spokesman Uttam Subedi told Al-Jazeera News, that some of the people arrested were Tibetans, but all except three were released on the same day.

Sunday marked the anniversary of the 1959 rebellion against China’s rule in Tibet.

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Queen pledges fight for gay rights

March 10 2013 // News

Queen Elizabeth II made history on Sunday.

According to the Daily Mail, the Queen backed a pledge to promote gay rights and gender equality on Sunday.

Her highness signed a new charter in the Commonwealth’s constitution. This charter is meant to stamp out discrimination against homosexuals, promote the empowerment of women and to boost living standards and human rights records in the Commonwealth.

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CJLO News February Podcast!

March 9 2013 // News

CJLO News Podcast is a monthly project put together my members of the Montreal and Concordia community. For more of CJLO News, check out www.cjlo.com

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CJLO News - March 8 2013

March 8 2013 // News

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Canada's prisons get failing grades over treatment of aboriginal inmates

March 8 2013 // News

A new special report is giving Canada’s prison system a failing grade when it comes to aboriginal inmates.

The report states that the number of incarcerated aboriginal people has gone up almost forty per cent since 2001, the CBC reported.

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Where's the best place to be a woman?

March 8 2013 // News

March 8th, is International Women's Day and the globe and mail is asking, where's the best place to be a woman in the world.

Scandanavian countries topped the study commissioned by the World Economic Forum.

Iceland is number one, while Canada dropped three spots to 21st out of 135 countries.

In other stats; Rwanda is the best country to be a female politician and Egypt is the country to work if you're a woman with a small wage gap between sexes.

Finally, Estonia was determined to be the safest country to have a baby.

Full results of the study can be seen at globeandmail.com

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Veterans' hospital employees protest transfer

March 8 2013 // News

Employees at the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Veterans' hospital expressed their disdain against the transfer of the hospital into Quebec's hands on Thursday.