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Quebec’s Education Ministry is under fire for allegedly hiring a company to rig Google searches on tuition hikes.

The president of the Quebec Federation of University students claims the government paid a company to buy keywords to tweak Google search results on the tuition increases.

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Stories written by Joel Balsam, Lindsay Briscoe and Sarah Moore

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Even the almighty Facebook is susceptible to viruses. The worldwide social networking site was attacked by spam over the past few days.

Thousands of users complained of seeing pornography on their newsfeeds. Facebook has an idea of who is responsible, and its not the hacktivist group Anonymous.

Negotiations between the McGill University Non-Academic Certified Association and senior administration have reached a stalemate.

During a Friday night meeting, the conciliator postponed talks after stating that the two groups’ views on wages were too extreme from each other.

Union members want a three percent wage increase, while the administration is only willing to raise it by 1.2 percent.

The controversial Keystone XL pipeline is moving to avoid an environmentally sensitive part of Nebraska.

The president of TransCanada’s energy and oil pipelines stated that Nebraskans would have a say in determining the final route. Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality is working with the U.S. State Department to find the best location for the pipeline.

A crowd of up to 1000 McGill students and staff gathered outside the school’s James Administration building on Monday afternoon. It was a peaceful rally with a bitter atmosphere, held because they were unhappy with the way McGill’s administration handled Thursday’s protest against tuition hikes.

Thursday's protest ended with students occupying the administration building, resulting in riot police being called.

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