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Concordia’s unionized technicians will be staging a protest on Thursday afternoon.

They are unhappy at how the University’s administration is unable to reach agreements to renew their collective agreements, according to a press release by the Confederation des Syndicats Nationaux or C-S-N.

The move comes after they unanimously turned down an offer for a salary increase at a general assembly on Monday.

Alex Macpherson is the president for the unionized technicians.

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Montreal is aiming to match the pace of other urban cycling centers by forming a new committee designed to examine cycling issues across the island.

Such committees already exist in large Canadian centers like Toronto and Vancouver.

The cycling committee is comprised of city representatives, the transit authority, the police, as well as members of the cycling community.

India`s defense Minister has stated that he will do whatever it takes to protect the people from the small Chinese invasion.

According to the Hindu a large group from China`s People`s Liberation Army set up a tented post in eastern Ladakh.

Government sources believe that the Chinese army consists of fifty soldiers and that they arrived on April 15.

Government sources have also stated that India and China have been in touch in order to solve the issue.

A few hundred people continue to protest around government buildings in New Delhi, furious over claims that police acted unethically when dealing with the rape of a 5 year old girl.

According to Al-Jazeera News, the 100 protesters are furious that police allegedly ignored the victim’s parents when they said she was missing. 

Some reports say that police tried to offer the parents money to keep them quiet.

While the Indian public is demanding stricter laws, activists are saying that the government will need to focus on implementation to show that violence towards women and children will not be tolerated.

Thousands joined in the annual Montreal Earth Day march yesterday as the crowd made their way  from Place-des-Arts to its final destination at Place du Canada.

Quebec director for the David Suzuki Foundation, Karel Mayrand noted that a number of families and children came out in support. “They have this profound belief that the decisions they make today will actually build a future for their children,” he said.