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Concordia’s Arts and Science students are set to strike this coming Thursday. Nearly five hundred students voted in favour of the motion during a meeting on November third. 

Concordia’s new five-year academic plan narrowly passed by a secret ballot vote at yesterday’s senate meeting despite being unanimously rejected by CSU Council on October 26th.

The plan puts forth several actions to be taken by the university to improve its academic profile and reputation including hiring ten new faculty members, increasing the library’s budget to expand its collection, and adding more internships and co-ops into the curriculum. Extra revenue from raised tuition will be used to fund the multi-million dollar plan.

Occupy Quebec was evicted yesterday. Police handed protestors an official notice yesterday afternoon. Mayor Labeaume said protesters had to dismantle their encampment by the end of the day. But protestors voted to sit tight. Even if the city decided to use police to enforce eviction.

City officials claim tents and propane stoves are a fire hazard. There had been a small fire on Tuesday near a tent.

With the protestors not budging, city officials began by conducting inspections of the area last night. They removed what they considered to be fire hazards.

A member of the Shafia clan accused of quadruple murder has fallen ill.   The trial is on hold until further notice.

Although it is unclear who exactly the sick person is the father Mohammad Shafia was the only one absent from court on Thursday.

Shafia along with his wife and son are accused of killing the three female teens in their family and a woman later revealed to be a second wife.  The act appears to be an honour killing. But all three deny any culpability.

The judge will reconvene with lawyers next Tuesday to discuss the medical matter further.

Chief Electoral Officers at Concordia are changing ever so quickly this month. The Concordia Student Union Judicial Board ruled Wednesday night to remove CEO Bram Goldstein from his position.

Eleven applications were immediately considered for the job. After a closed session, the CSU picked Ismail Holoubi. Former Councillor Tomer Shavit appeared at the Special General Meeting and vowed to appeal the decision.

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*Correction: In the first article, I mentioned Bram Freedman. In fact the CEO's name is Bram Goldstein. I apologize for the mistake. 

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After voting to grant full membership to Palestine, UNESCO has lost its funding from the United States.

UNESCO, or, United Nations education scientific and cultural organization receives a large part of its funding from the US.

The vote was passed with a strong majority with the notable exceptions of the US and Israel. The decision means this is the first UN agency Palestine has been recognized as a member in.

A 1990 law prohibits the American government from funding any UN member that recognizes Palestine. This means UNESCO will lose up to one fifth of its current operating budget.

As of today, every restaurant in Quebec is required to have a machine that keeps track of sales. The machine is called a Sales Recording Module, and its purpose is to reduce tax evasion.

The provincial government estimates that around $150 million in sales goes unreported every year.

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Wal-Mart will be replacing the longstanding Zellers outlet in the Dorval shopping mall.

When they heard the news, some shoppers were thrilled while others weren’t as happy. 

Some people defend the fact that Wal-Mart is a place where low-income families can buy low-cost products, but others think it crushes competitors. 

A former Canadian soldier will begin a hunger strike this Friday in protest. Pascal Lacoste believes that he suffered Uranium poisoning while on duty in Bosnia in the 1990s.

He will protest outside the Minister of veteran's affairs office until he receives treatment.The 38-year-old claims that veteran's affairs has denied his requests for toxicology tests and decontamination treatments. He suffers from a degenerative neurological condition, infertility and chronic pain.

He has chose Friday because he expects his body to start to fail on Remembrance Day.