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Canadian flag will remain in the red room at the National Assembly

The debate over whether to keep the Maple Leaf in the provincial legislature has been resolved.

According to CBC News, the PQ set a motion forward on removing the Canadian flag from the Red Room. However Tuesday this motion was defeated by 12 votes.

Both the Liberals and the CAQ voted against the motion. With support of the CAQ, moving the motion forward was difficult for the PQ.

The PQ's minority status also contributed to the motions defeat.

 

STORY WRITTEN BY: HANNAH BESSEAU


Egyptians protest against referendum

Thousands of Egyptians protest against the policies of President Mohamed Morsi. The offices of the Freedom and Justice Party were also attacked.

Things are really not looking good in Egypt these days.

According to Al Jazeera, thousands of protesters demonstrated outside the presidential palace to protest against the proposed constitution.


The NHL-Lockout: The View of an Indifferent Die-Hard

Anyone who knows me well knows I am a die-hard hockey fan. I breathe, eat, and sleep hockey, no matter the time of year: preseason, regular season, postseason, offseason. It doesn’t matter. Hockey websites are bookmarked and frequently visited; hockey articles are devoured, and it’s with keener eyes and closer attention that I watch or listen to any form of broadcast media reporting or debating anything hockey related.

EA Sports provides the magic of getting as close to an NHL roster as possible for most of us: creating oneself in the game and controlling the player as you pave your way through an illustrious NHL career.


December 4th, 2012

Hosted by: Kurt Weiss

Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Saturn De Los Angeles

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


Private daycares want subsidies

A group of Quebec private daycare centres are not feeling the love over the P.Q.'s decision to create new public daycare spaces.

According to CBC News, a coalition of Quebec private daycare centres said the new public spaces are a waste of taxpayers' money.

The coalition has revealed that there is immediate space in their daycares, however, customers think twice of the 33 to 35 dollar a day price they would pay. The 7-dollar-a-day daycare centres have a waiting list for prospective clients.


Schools reach out for mental health

Canadian universities are reaching out to students to deal with end-of-semester stress.

In a report by the Globe and Mail, Canadian Mental Health Commission chairman David Goldbloom says there's been progress with how schools accommodate the mental health needs of their students.

He adds that the need for students - especially for freshmen - to stay competitive, is pressuring them, when they should be instead coping to university life.


Same winter, may feel worse

Snow Storms...

There won't be a repeat of the "winter that wasn't."

In a report by Environment Canada, obtained by CBC News, the upcoming Canadian winter forecast will be chilly and not as record-breaking as the last.

It will be milder in Ontario with normal temperatures affecting the east. Normal to below-normal temperatures will affect the west of the country. Precipitation levels are expected to remain at normal levels from East to West.


C.N. mystery train trips uncovered

straight to CANADA !!

Questions have arisen over why shipments of biodiesel tanker cars that took numerous trips between Canada & the U.S. were never unloaded.

According to CBC News, C.N. trains took multiple trips from Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, Michegan, claiming to deliver biodiesel between June 15th & 28th, 2010.


December 3rd, 2012

Hosted by: Hannah Besseau

Stories by: Alyssa Tremblay, Hannah Besseau, Aisha Samu & Daniel J. Rowe

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


Montreal man faces deportation to Pakistan

The lawyer for a Dubai-born man says his life is in danger if he is deported to his parents’ native country of Pakistan.

According to CBC News, 24-year-old Sami Sheikh was 12 when he first came to Montreal.

His parents’ refugee application was denied in 2009 for not mentioning that they lived in Dubai for 20 years before coming to Canada. Sheik and his sisters were given a stay in Canada.

His father claimed that his past involvement with the Pakistan People’s Party put them in danger of their political opponents.


November 30th, 2012

Hosted by: Hannah Besseau

Stories by: Catlin Spencer, Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Isabella Sasaki & Alex Masse

Produced by: Erica Bridgeman


Pussy Riot to face online censorship

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Russian political punk group Pussy Riot will face online censorship after a Moscow Court declared their online videos “extremist.”

According to the BBC, websites refusing to remove the group’s videos may be blocked. Judge Marina Musimovich stated the video in question had "elements of extremism".


Bill 12 to create new block to investigate cops

Pour Montréal, un nouvel élan!

Public Security Minister, Stéphane Bergeron, presented a bill Thursday to create the "Quebec model" of investigations where a citizen review of deaths and serious injuries at the hands of the police is the law.

According to the Gazette, in the case of death or injury involving a police officer in Quebec, another police force is called in to investigate, which was always criticized by many people, including the human rights commission.


Calgary Catholic schools to overturn ban on HPV vaccine

Calgary’s Catholic school board has over-turned a four-year-old ban on offering the HPV vaccine in schools, reports the Calgary Herald.

At a meeting Wednesday, the decision was made after a unanimous vote with eighty-eight out of one-hundred and three school boards in favour of an available immunization.

This move by the school board means that the HPV vaccine will now be offered to grade five girls across Calgary, as long as they have their parents written consent.

Older girls who didn’t receive the shot during the past four years will also be applicable.


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