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Protestors marched to the headquarters of a Brazil oil company after it bought the right to build an offshore field.

Unions were angered that foreign companies had been given the opportunity to bid on Brazil's national assets. Five protestors were injured in a confrontation with the police. 

The Brazilian government reported being very satisfied with the auction of the Libra oil field. They will be receiving around three quarters of the overall profits. 

Brazil currently has 15.3 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The Libra field will be able to produce about 1.4 million barrels a day by 2017.

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Quebec’s environmental department has recently discovered that larger amounts of oil, than previously stated, were spilled during the train crash this summer in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

The department originally estimated that 5.6 million liters of crude oil was released on July 6, but recent data has shown that the spill actually released 5.978 million liters.

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The Concordia Student Union has called a special meeting to discuss whether or not they will be breaking their own rules.

The Concordia Food Coalition (CFC) has requested to be included on the CSU's by-election ballot to ask undergraduates to contribute a fee levy. According to CSU Standing Regulation 138, non-CSU groups seeking a new fee levy must apply for review at least two months before the first day of the nomination period of the Fall by-elections. They must also present a petition backed by at least seven hundred and fifty undergrads, as well as the group's constitution. 

A “preventative raid”, which targeted migrant workers in a vegetable warehouse in Moscow was overrun by angry protestors Sunday.

According to the BBC, more than 1, 200 people arrested during the riot.

The riot started during a protest over the death of an ethnic Russian man earlier that week.

Yegor Shcherbakov, 25, was with his girlfriend when he was killed in Moscow’s Biryulyovo district.

Police have release a security camera photo of the suspect, which the media has suggested looks like a man of “non-Slavic appearance”.

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Transgendered persons are finding it difficult to seek help at the doctor’s office as they face insensitive and irrelevant questions about their sexuality, and are denied treatment.

According to CBC, Chase Ross, now legally a man, says he has routinely faced unnecessary questions that include his name change and genitals, as well as being refused psychiatric treatment.

Advocacy worker with Concordia University's Centre for Gender Advocacy, Gabrielle Bouchard says this is not uncommon. Many of the complaints she hears include medical professionals refusing to address a patient as the gender he or she identifies with.

Canada is under scrutiny for spying on it southern neighbor, Brazil, for economic reasons, leaving experts figuring out why.

In a report by CBC News, the news comes after a TV report shown by Brazil's Globo TV network.

It explains how a Canadian agency used phone and email metadata to map the communications of Brazil's Mines and Energy Ministry.

Former intelligence officer Michel Juneau-Katsuya thinks the country has to justify doing it for the sake of national security. - and that includes economic security. 

But Professor Jean Daudelin is not convinced. He finds it odd for Canada to spy on a nation which only brings one percent of both imports and exports. 

Enbridge's Line 9 Pipeline will be going through a round of public hearings in Ontario and Quebec. 

In a report by CBC News, the Alberta-based oil company is in the middle of upgrading their pipelines in order to reverse its crude oil distribution and increase its capacity. 

However, this upgrade has residents and environmentalists concerned for their safety.

Dave Lawson is an executive in charge of the pipeline.

He argues there are too many bad rumors that's been misinforming the public.

Enbridge explains that if any leaks do happen, people from the control center in Edmonton can detect the problem, prompting staff on patrol to fix it immediately.