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Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest announced yesterday he will increase the amount of protected areas in northern Quebec, according to the CBC.

The Plan Nord is a treaty by the provincial government proposed in May 2011. It is a 25-year project aimed at developing the province’s northern lands.

Dr. David Egilman, a professor at Brown University, says McGill University’s study on asbestos safety is flawed.

According to the Canadian Press, Egilman, a health activist and long time industry critic, said the study lacked transparency and contains manipulated data.

The study followed the health of 11,000 miners and mill workers between 1966 and the late 1990s in Quebec.

Recent studies have indicated that some individuals may be more genetically prone to drug addictions than others.

According to BBC News scientists at the University of Cambridge researched abnormalities in the brain which can lead to addictions

Researchers are now comparing the differences in the brains of drug addicts to non addicts.

They believe that these differences shed a ray of hope to help drug addicts conquer their addictions.

The NDP claims Prime Minister Steven Harper is allowing Tories to reopen debates about abortion laws, The Globe and Mail reports.

Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth strongly opposes abortion and plans to address the matter in a national conversation next Monday.

74 are dead after an Egyptian soccer match went awry. According to the BBC, fans in the bleachers flooded the field knives in hand.

The match took place in the city of Port Said. The home team al-Masry played against the team al-Ahly. The Port Said team won and that’s when its fans descended on the field and threw missiles and flares at the al-Ahly team. They also set fire to part of the stadium.

Security at the game was low as was police presence. It has been the pattern since Mubarak was ousted last year.

The Republican Presidential Leadership campaign now has a clear frontrunner. According to the BBC, Mitt Romney won Tuesday’s key Florida primary by a large margin.