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Thousands of beers, burgers and buns later the Concordia Student Union Orientation comes to a close this weekend.

Expect VP Finance Jordan Lindsay to be counting pennies to see if the CSU stayed with their ambitious two hundred and seventy thousand dollar budget. A hundred-and fifty thousand of which coming from student fees. Previous CSUs have spent nearly twice as much. But they also had more popular and expensive concert headliners.

 Air Canada flight attendants voted almost unanimously in favour of a strike. The employees could walk out as soon as September 21st.

Jeff Taylor is president of the flight attendants' union. He said union members are unsatisfied after ten years of making sacrifices to help the airline's financial situation.

Taylor said members would prefer to reach an agreement with Air Canada, but they are prepared to strike if necessary. The union overwhelmingly rejected a tentative deal with the airline in late August.

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A woman is in the hospital after being struck by a car in Côte St. Luc Sunday morning.

The thirty-five-year-old is in a stable condition. She was jogging with other runners and the car swerved off the road.

One of the car’s side mirrors struck her, and she hit her head on the ground too.

The driver sped off after the accident, but a witness got a detailed description of the car. The driver appears to be a grey-haired man in his fifties.

President Obama called on his nations legislators to put aside their differences and quickly pass a $447 billion jobs plan he proposed Thursday night.

The president addressed Congress and asked them to put aside political gain for the good of the country.

Two of Canada`s cities rank the lowest worldwide in terms of driving related stress according to an IBM survey.

The survey indicates that Montreal is ranked lowest while Toronto is fifth lowest and Mexico city is highest.

Traffic has been proven to be bad for an individual`s health and may also produce negative effects in the workplace.

IBM states that approximately $30 trillion US will be spent within twenty years in order to improve international infrastructures.

Other surveys indicate that intense infrastructure investment is strongly benefitting the world`s most developped economies.

Diplomats discussing the fate of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi have yet to reach a decision.

The aim is to spare Libya further bloodshed by rigging an exit for the deposed leader.

A convoy of vehicles crossed into Niger from Libya late on Monday. They were said to be carrying gold, cash and senior members of the Gadhafi inner circle. But Western officials do not believe Gadhafi or his family were present on the convoy.