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Vandalism at Gatineau cemetery

September 5 2012 // News

gatineau angel cemeteryGatineau Police are investigating after 86 headstones were knocked down at the St. Francois de Sales Cemetery in Gatineau over Labour Day weekend.

Cemetery manager Roger Gagnon received a call from the police Sunday morning at 9am, notifying him of the vandalism.

Headstones of all sizes were knocked down across the cemetery and appeared to have been downed in no specific order.

September 3rd, 2012

September 3 2012 // News

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Massacre of Yanomami feared

September 3 2012 // News

Up to 80 Yanomami Indians are feared dead in a village deep in Venezuela's jungles.

In a report by National Geographic, the victims are thought to have been massacred by Brazilian gold prospectors. The incident occurred at a native settlement in Venezuela's remote Upper Orinoco region on July 5th.

More hotels face union negotiations

September 3 2012 // News

3 more hotel unions have joined the picket lines.

According to CBC News, employees at the Delta, Hilton and PUR hotels in Quebec City started their strike at 7AM on Sunday morning. The 48-hour strike is meant to speed up negotiations with their employers.

The federal union federation said that a mass strike is planned for September 9th if an agreement isn't reached by then.

August 31, 2012

August 31 2012 // News

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Quebec calls public inquiry into Legionnaire's outbreak

August 31 2012 // News

The provincial government has called a public inquiry into the latest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in Quebec City.

In a report by CTV News, Public Security Minister Robert Dutil made the announcement on Thursday morning.

There have been one-hundred forty one cases and nine out of those affected have died from the illness since July. The source of the current outbreak is believed to be the cooling systems of two building towers.

Rise in food prices could affect poor countries

August 31 2012 // News

Cronin Farms Flax Cover CropIn a report by the BBC, global food prices have jumped up ten percent in July.

According to a statement by the World Bank, the rise raises fears of soaring food prices for some of the world’s poorest countries.

The price of corn, wheat and soybean has seen the most dramatic increases. Only prices for rice have decreased from June to July of this year.

Romney wins Republican nomination

August 30 2012 // News

NH GOP Annual Meeting w/Mitt RomneyAs expected for months, Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday.

According, to CBC News, the former governor of Massachusetts won praise from fellow Republicans and his wife Ann who called him the "Man America Needs"

August 29th, 2012

August 29 2012 // News

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Stories by: Jamie-Lee Gordon, Gregory Wilson, Alyssa Tremblay, Carlo Spiridigliozzi and Hannah Besseau

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News August 27th 2012

August 27 2012 // News

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Stories written by Alyssa Tremblay, Daniel J Rowe, Aisha Samu and Carlo Spiridigliozzi

RCMP, federal border agency allowed to use information extracted through torture

August 27 2012 // News

parliament hillThe Conservative government has given the RCMP and the federal border agency the right to use information likely obtained through torture.

According to the Globe and Mail, newly disclosed records show Public Safety Minister Vic Toews quietly released the directives not long after giving similar instructions to CSIS.

The directives given to CSIS were criticized last summer by human rights advocates and opposition MPs.

More affected by Legionnaire's disease

August 27 2012 // News

The fatal outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Quebec City has claimed two more lives.

According to the Gazette, the bacterial infection has infected at least 104 people and eight have died.

The regional director of public health Francois Desbiens said on Sunday that the 89 cooling towers believed to be behind the outbreak have been disinfected.

Call is out for young anglos to vote

August 24 2012 // News

The campaign to get young Quebecers to vote on the September 4th general election is on.

According to the Gazette, Elections Quebec and Quebec Community Groups Network have partnered up to encourage young anglophones to vote.

The campaign is in response to the low participation of young voters which has fallen 60 per cent in the past 40 years. One in three between the age of 18 and 24 cast a ballot during the 2008 election

Plateau mayor a no-show at council meetings

August 24 2012 // News

Montreal City HallPlateau-Mont-Royal mayor Luc Ferrandez’s low attendance record in council meetings is threatening his party’s time in power in the borough.

In a report by CBC News, Ferrandez has not been present for council meetings in three months. The administration of Mayor Gerard Tremblay is threatening to call a by-election if he doesn’t show up at the next meeting on August 30th.

Environmental reviews cancelled by Harper government

August 23 2012 // News

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has been given no choice by the Harper government in cancelling several reviews of potential environmental damage.

According to the Gazette nearly three thousand reviews of potential environmental damage were cancelled due to the Harper government`s budget legislation.

Out of the nearly three thousand projects which were cancelled for reviewing, several of them involved fossil fuel energy.

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