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Quebec’s anti-corruption squad’s latest raid resulted in eleven new arrests.

In a report by CTV News, the raids were carried out in and around Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The arrests are in relation to the cracking of a collusion ring believed to have committed fraud of one million dollars. The fraud was found to have been committed mostly in the installation of water mains and sewage.

The UPAC also issued warnings on Thursday to nine companies that they are now the subject of a criminal investigation.

Canada was officially welcomed to join negotiations on a new major international free-trade agreement.  According to Postmedia News Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday that Canada was given the go ahead to join Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.

The TPP trade bloc is comprised of nine members states whose goal is to ease Asia-Pacific trade.  Canadian business groups have come out in support of the move that will give them access  to a market of over six hundred million people.

The weekend saw crucial elections in the Middle East and Europe, reports BBC news.

Greece’s pro-bailout New Democracy party narrowly beat the anti-bailout Syriza party.

This comes as a sigh of relief for world leaders as the threat of Greece potentially leaving the euro loomed.

Read by Franco Proietti

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories written by Carlo Spiridialiozzi, Danny Aubry and Alyssa Tremblay

The supreme court in Egypt has announced it will dissolve the lower house of parliament.

According to the BBC, the court said on Thursday that parliamentary elections held last year were unconstitutional. They said one third of the seats are illegitimate.

The decision also carries with it the possibility of fresh elections to elect the lower house of parliament. This comes on the heels of the run-off election to determine Egypt’s president this Saturday and Sunday.

Judge Jacques Delisle has been found guilty of the first degree murder of his physically handicapped wife.

According to CTV News Delisle argued in court that his wife had committed suicide.

In the beginning the police accepted Delisle`s claim that his wife`s death was suicide, but further investigations proved otherwise.

Only ten more hours left to debate Bill C-38 in parliament.  According to the CBC a ten-hour time limit was passed yesterday with one hundred and fifty seven Conservatives voting yay and one hundred and thirty five opposition members voting nay.

Bill C-38 implements the Conservative’s March budget as well as seventy other laws affecting environmental regulation, employment insurance and immigration. The time limit is intended to ensure that voting is complete before parliament’s summer recess.