News

The Montreal Oasis Marathon attracted twenty-four thousand runners on Sunday. This was the highest number of runners in the marathon’s history.

Unfortunately, the event also had its lows.

One participant died of a heart attack while running. The thirty-year-old man collapsed with less than two kilometres to finish. An Urgence Sante spokesperson says the weather might have played a role in the man’s death.

Forty runners needed medical attention, with twelve going to the hospital.

Protesters have set up shop on Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. And they don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

Hundreds of people are protesting the financial sector’s monopoly over the wealth in the United States. They want a more transparent and accountable financial system.

The protest has been taking since September seventeenth.

Read by Joel Balsam

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by Joel Balsam

The Georgian Supreme Court has rejected Troy Davis’ final appeal to get off death row. He is set to face lethal injection Wednesday night. 

Davis was sentenced in 1991 for killing police officer Mark MacPhail. But many of the witnesses have changed their testimony or recanted since then. 

An extreme lack of evidence has caused many worldwide to oppose the ruling. Pope Benedict and former US President Jimmy Carter are among those that insist that he is innocent. 

 More than five hundred dogs have been seized in what could be the largest animal cruelty case in Quebec’s history.

 The dogs were found in a puppy farm in southwestern Quebec. They had been living in poor conditions with many suffering from skin and respiratory problems. The dogs have been placed in the care of Humane Society International, with several hundred already at a treatment centre.

While the question of when and not if Federal Deputy Leader of the NDP Thomas Mulcair will run for party leadership floats around, he took the time to stop by and convince some Concordia students that the NDP is still a contender even after Jack Layton’s gone.

Joel Balsam reports:

When Thomas Mulcair walked into the small conference hall at the Maritime Hotel in downtown Montreal Friday, he took the time to shake the hands of everyone in the room.

He asked them all their names, but really, he wants them to know his.