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Child welfare funding shortfall for First Nations children under debate

September 30 2012 // News

The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society are arguing that the child welfare funding shortfall for children on reserves is discriminatory.

According to OpenFile, at issue is equal funding for families who live on reserves as children in the rest of Canada.

While the provinces are responsible for child welfare services, the federal government is responsible for the services on reserves.

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Concordia adopts new severance policies

September 30 2012 // News

Concordia is hoping new policies on how to compensate senior administrators when fired represent a new beginning.

According to the Gazette, the seventeen recommendations were approved by the university’s twenty-five board members last Friday.

The biggest policy adopted is an annual formal review of the president’s job performance, the conclusions of which would be provided to the entire board.

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News September 28th 2012

September 28 2012 // News

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Stories written by Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Caitlin Spencer and Michael Willcock.

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Construction boss admits to collusion scheme

September 28 2012 // News

A former executive of a major City of Montreal contractor revealed on Thursday that he took part in schemes to rig the bids on public works projects.

According to CBC News, Lino Zambito revealed the information as part of the Charbonneau Commission. He said that the system was overseen by the Mob and that participants paid a fee, in cash to them.

Zambito also stated that a dozen companies in his line of business colluded to divvy up the business, claiming those were the rules to follow.

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Construction tycoons caught on tape with Mob bosses

September 27 2012 // News

A video which aired during the Charbonneau commission has put a few construction magnates in hot water.

According to CBC News, the magnates received between them hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts from Montreal.

The video in question shows these men meeting with high ranking members of the Rizzuto clan. They were exchanging and counting cash at a former Mafia hangout in Montreal.

The videos were taken during Operation Colisée the 5 yearlong investigation into the Montreal Mafia and its associates. The RCMP never used the videos as evidence though, because it wasn’t related to their drug investigation.

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September 27th, 2012

September 27 2012 // News

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Stories by: Patrick Miller, Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Hannah Besseau and Chloe Deneumoustier

Produced by: Alyssa Tremblay

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September 26th, 2012

September 26 2012 // News

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Greek unions to protest austerity cuts

September 25 2012 // News

Greeks protest austerity measures

Greek workers plan to hold their first major anti-austerity strike since a coalition government took office in June.

Aljazeera reports that since June, the government has grounded flights, has disrupted transport, and shut down public service offices.

The upcoming strike has been called Grece’s two biggest unions, which represent half of the Greek workforce.

Authorities have deployed about three thousand police officers in prevention of possible riots.

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Scab Refs Leave Nasty Mark of NFL: But Does it Matter?

September 25 2012 // News

We knew this was coming. We knew it was inevitable.

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September 24th, 2012

September 24 2012 // News

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Anti-Fracking protest in Nova Scotia

September 23 2012 // News

Over 200 people from all over Nova Scotia came out over the weekend to protest the threat of oil and gas drilling on Lake Ainslie.

The event which took place on September 22nd coincided with International Anti-Fracking Day.

Fracking is the hydraulic fracturing of the earth in search of fossil fuels.

The technique is environmentally damaging, and threatens the province’s largest freshwater lake.

The Nova Scotian government has granted only one exploratory well permit to Toronto-based PetroWorth Resources.

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Mayor confident Bixi will rebound

September 23 2012 // News

The mayor thinks bixi bike will see better days.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay feels the bike loan company’s shortfalls are the fault of the Quebec’s previous liberal government.

The Liberals under Jean Charest opposed the having the city underwrite the company’s international expansion to cities like London, New York and Melbourne.

Bixi is looking at a 2.8 million dollar loss in 2012