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Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest announced Tuesday that an additional 55 million dollars will be invested in the Plan Nord.

The plan’s goal is to develop the northern region of Quebec in order to efficiently extract its natural resources. More specifically, they want to build Route 167 that will connect the city of Chibougamau to the Renard mine site which will become the first diamond mine in Quebec.

If you are planning to pull an all nighter at the library, you will not be alone. The CSU is organizing a weeklong sleep-in as a protest against tuition hikes.

VP Chad Walcott says the choice of location was intentional. “As everyone knows, the library is the centre of knowledge and whether you are studying business or women’s studies, you have to come to the library at some point.”

The Arts and Science Federation of Associations has announced new campaign and polling dates for the ASFA Executive Council Elections.

Campaigning will run as of today until Sunday March 4. 

Elections will take place from March 5 till March 7 from 9am to 8pm each day at both the Sir George William Campus and Loyola Campus.

According to the Globe and Mail, studies have recently shown that wealthier people are more likely to break the law, lie and cheat.

The Artist took home several awards at last night’s Oscars, including best picture and best director.

According to CTV, it is the first win for a silent film since 1929. The film’s star Jean Dujardin also won for best actor.

Meryl Streep took home the statue for best actress, marking her third win and seventeenth nomination. 

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The French journalist Edith Bouvier has asked to leave Syria as soon as possible stating that she needs an operation.

According to BBC News Bouvier was injured on Wednesday in the Baba Amr suburb where two other French journalists were killed.

Her thigh bone is broken in two separate areas.

She appreciates what the Syrian doctors have done, but believes their medical technology lacks what`s needed to treat her injury.

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Two Western journalists were killed Wednesday in the Syrian city of Homs during bombings that left approximately sixty dead.

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According to Al Jazeera, US Scientists have identified a new type of planet. It is a planet composed not of rock or gas, but of water.

The planet in question GJ1214b was discovered in 2009. It was initially believed to be covered mostly in water with a temperature far higher than our own.

Hubble telescope information helped validate that claim. Scientists say that the high pressure high temperature of the planet would likely create some interesting scenarios.

Polling for the Arts and Science Federation of Associations will be sometime in the next couple weeks.

According to ASFA President Alex Gordon, new polling dates will be announced as soon as possible, and will likely be two or three weeks after reading week. 

ASFA chose to redo polling after too many violations were committed in the first two days of polling. The biggest error being that students with a minor in Arts and Science could not vote.