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Environment Minister Peter Kent neither confirmed nor denied rumors that Ottawa plans to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on December 23.

He said the Conservatives want a new international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases based on previous climate change talks in Cancun and Copenhagen.

International talks are currently taking place in Durban South Africa to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol due to expire in 2012.  Kent is scheduled to join the negotiations shortly.

Manitoba’s New Democrat MP Pat Martin and Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq were the victims of a fake news release that was sent out yesterday morning.

The news release, attributed to Health Canada, announced a fake new tax return for seniors who shovel their own snow, saying it would improve fitness in seniors.

A response to the release was sent out ten minutes later and signed with Pat Martin’s name.

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Articles By Audrey Folliot, Esther Viragh, Sofia Gay, Daniel J. Rowe and Gregory Wilson

Mark Zuckerberg will no longer be able to tell advertisers that you’re a gay non-practicing Buddhist who voted for Stephen Harper. The European commission is planning on stopping Facebook from using information about its users. The new directive will ban targeted advertising unless the user specifically allows it.

This plan may negatively affect Facebook’s earnings. That would be bad news as Facebook plans to float its stock on Wall Street.

Drivers using the Turcot interchange will be having more problems next year. More work will be done on the new Turcot and there will be lane closures.

Engineers gave the highway’s structures the lowest grade for overall health.

It costs two hundred and fifty-four million to keep the Turcot running. It will not be demolished until 2018.

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Stories written by Danny Aubry, Tanu Huff, Luciana Gravotta and Joel Balsam