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LOCAL
by Tom Matukala

Concordia and Mcgill are set to be the first university campuses to house the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy group, which lobbies for reforms at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.

In a report by the Montreal gazette, the group advocates for dealing with drug usage as a health issue rather than criminally.

The group is also supporting the legalization of marijuana, fighting against minimum sentences for drug related offences, and advocating for safe needle exchanges.

The group says they want to promote safety over everything.

NATIONAL
by Patricia Petit Liang

Residents in the South Shore town of St-Remi may have to wait until December before they can use their tap water again. 

In a report by CBC News, a boil-water advisory has been place for six months after fecal bacteria was discovered inside a newly dug well.

The 37th annual festival du Cochon Sainte-Perpétue is set to kick off Wednesday, despite the resentment of international and local animal rights activists groups.

According to a report by the Montreal Gazette, the SPCA Is voicing their concern for the second year in a row. 

The waiting list for children who need surgery is increasing.

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LOCAL

A man from Montreal was struck by lightning Monday around 6 p.m. and is now in critical condition.

CTV news reports he was standing under a tree at the time of the incident.

According to a witness who saw it from the balcony of his Rosemount apartment, as the man collapsed from the strike a woman ran out and began giving him chest compressions.