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Mcgill University students witnessed picket bearing employees on strike as they returned to school on Thursday.

One striker captured attention by pounding an interesting tune on his drum at the Milton Gates

The union of striking workers consists of Non-Academic employees such as lab technicians and library assisstants.

The Union states that their wage scale for evenings and weekend work is unacceptable.

McGill's vice-pricipal of administration and finance hopes to end the strike as early as next week with the assistance of a conciliator.

A young Gatineau woman's body was laid to rest Wednesday afternoon. But the police say they sill have no suspects in the slaying. Eighteen-year-old Valerie Leblanc's body was found behind her school, Cégep de l'Outaouais, last week. Her body had been beaten and burned.

Gatineau police chief Mario Harel said that despite having no suspects, his officers are putting all their energy into the investigation.

The National Transition Council in Libya, the current temporary governing party, is angry at Algeria for housing Gadhafi’s family.

Algerian press reported early Monday morning that Gadhafi’s wife and three children crossed the border between Libya and Algeria after rebel forces took control of his compound.

A spokesman for the NTC said they are determined to catch and try entire Gadhafi family. He also said that Algeria’s decision was an aggressive act against Libya.

Algeria defends its decision saying there is a “holy rule of hospitality” in the region.

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm when it hit the Northeastern United States, but Montrealers still felt her wrath Sunday. 

High winds and heavy rainfall caused power outrages through Southern Quebec. According to Hydro-Quebec, as many as 180,000 people were without power. 

The 100 kilometers per hour winds also sent two office building windows crashing at the corner of Mansfield and Cathcart streets in downtown Montreal. No one was hurt. Police say it is probably because so few people were outside during the most severe parts of the storm. 

The United States is bracing itself for Hurricane Irene.

The storm is moving away from the Bahamas and is aimed directly at the Eastern seaboard.

The warning area stretches from North Carolina's coast up to Sandy Hook, N.J., just south of New York City.

It is estimated that approximately 55 million Americas are currently on high alert due to the storm.

In North Carolina more than 200, 000 residents, including tourists, have been given the order to evacuate Coastal regions.

The number of people affected by Irene is unusually large, due to its forecast to stay just off shore.

Read by Joshua Nemeroff

Produced by Erica Bridgeman and Jashawn Adams

Stories written by Nikita Smith, Michael Lemieux, Danny Aubry and Joshua Nemeroff