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Eight Toronto police commanders are expected to be charged in the coming weeks.

In a report by CBC News, the charges announced on Thursday stem from a variety of misconduct offences while on duty during the G20 summit in June 2010.

The charges come one day after a report by Ontario’s top civilian complaints watchdog was released. His review of the G20 protest said that police were poorly prepared and let a crackdown which resulted illegal mass arrests.

Former Montreal City Hall chairman Frank Zampino was arrested in his own home on Thursday morning.

According to CTV News nine people in total who were accused of corruption were taken into custody that day.

Three of these people were former members of mayor Gerald Tremblay`s inner circle.

They were involved in a fraud scheme connected to a public contract which was worth somewhere over $300 million.

Mayor Tremblay is shocked and outraged by this incident and has stated that people will lose trust in municipal officials because of this.

The Athens Stock Exchange plunged to a twenty-two year low Tuesday.

According to the CBC depositors removed 700 million euros from Greece’s banks amid the country’s latest political stalemate.  Talks to form a governing coalition have failed following the inclusive results of last week’s election.  Greeks are expected to go back to the polls mid June.

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A student group called the Force Étudiante Critique is planning a demonstration Monday morning at 11:30 a.m. at the Montreal courthouse.

They are demonstrating to protest against the four arrests related to last Thursday’s metro smoke attack bombings, according to CTV.

Little is known about this student group and their members are not made public.

Smoke bombs at multiple stations brought Montreal’s Metro network to a standstill on Thursday morning.

CTV News reports that the STM notified commuters at 8am of trouble on the orange line and eventually closed the entire network. Full service returned about two and a half hours later. In the meantime, the transit agencies that serve Montreal, rearranged for more buses to bring commuters into town.