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Winter is a busy time for Ste. Justine`s and Montreal Children`s hospital while they care for children with fevers, coughs, and colds.

Montreal Doctor`s have stated that most of the children who are taken into the emergency room do not need to be there.

They feel that children who are sufferring from the flu or influenza should be taken to the ER.

They have also suggested that parents call Info-sante at 811 to confirm their children`s condition before sending them to the ER.

The investigation into the clash between police and protesters on November 10^th at Mcgill University is now complete. 

November 10^th was Quebec’s province-wide day of action against proposed tuition hikes. Around 30 thousand people protested on the streets of Montreal peacefully. But as the protest wound down riot police were deployed on McGill campus. They were responding to a call from the University to bring in police.

Read by Tara Brockwell.

Produced by Sofia Gay.

Stories by Esther Viragh, Shaun Malley and Cynthia Othieno.

As soon as the Quebec government announced higher education fees, student mobilization began.

China and India have blasted Canada over their decision to leave the Kyoto Protocol. This comes after Canada vowed to reject the Kyoto Protocol this week. Canada said the two highly populated Eastern nations were barriers to a better climate deal.

China’s state run news agency called Canada’s decision was preposterous and irresponsible. And an Indian official said Canada has jeopardized the whole UN convention on climate change.

Read by: Katie Mcgroarty

Stories by: Chris Hanna, Joel Balsam

Produced by: Michael Lemieux

Actor Charlie Sheen’s antics are nothing new but in early 2011 he took them to new levels.

It’s hard not to think about Fridays without the infamous Rebecca Black song playing in your head.

The video for “Friday” hit Youtube in March of 2011 and quickly went viral. The song amassed millions of views, countless parodies, and made Rebecca Black a household name.

Yet her instant rise to fame came at a cost. Rebecca left her high school after being bullied by classmates. The internet was no kinder to her, amounting her nasally, auto-tuned voice and tedious lyrics to the worst song ever made.

May 21st, 2011 was supposed to be the end of the world. Almost seven months later we’re still here.

So who cried wolf? Radio preacher and Evangelist Harold Camping. He claims to have calculated the date of the rapture through numbers and dates found in the Christian bible.

About 5-thousand billboards were posted all around the U.S. announcing the end of the world. Many of his followers gave away their entire life savings before the alleged doomsday.

Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch saw the foundations of his News Corp empire shaken to the core this year. British tabloid News of the World was found to have been hacking the voicemails of celebrities, royals and even kidnapping victims and relatives of dead soldiers. The practice went on for over a decade. Private investigators were hired by the paper to dig up dirt.