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The ``Save our Lachine Hospital`` committee threatened to go to court to prevent the provincial government from taking the institution away from the McGill University Health Centre.

According to the Gazette the Lachine borough mayor stated that he and the committee are more than willing to go to court.

He also stated that he has encouraged Lachine residents to sign their names in an online petition.

The committee was formed after the Quebec Health Minister decided to transform the institution into a local health network of the French language.

Donors have decided to put their contributions to a halt due to the uncertainty of the institution`s future.

Montreal mayor, Michael Applebaum could be the next big name in municipal politics to be investigated by the Charbonneau Commission.

In a report by Le Devoir obtained by The Gazette, Applebaum is under investigation over questionable real estate transactions he may have been involved in while he was mayor of NDG-Cote-des-Neiges.

The report by the French paper goes into detail on real estate deals that required zoning changes in the borough before Applebaum became mayor last November.

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A United Nations independent expert is calling on the Canadian government to have meaningful dialogue with aboriginal leaders, reports the UN News Centre.

Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya is pleased with the planned meeting set for January eleven.

As of November 26 million people in the European Union are unemployed, with nearly a full percentage increase from last year of the continent’s jobless rate at 10.7 percent.

Quebec`s health ministry will commence negotiations with the union of striking ambulance workers sometime within the week.

According to CBC News Quebec`s Health Minister stated that his ministry and the CSN labour federation will meet on Wednesday.

He also stated that agreements may not be made between the ministry and the union on Wednesday because of the union`s vast degree of demands.

Ambulance workers such as technicians and paramedics have been fighting to organize more meetings for negotiations.

Some of the union`s demands are to have their pay scale increased as well as to better their pension plans.

NHL players are flocking back to their teams after an agreement was reached to end the lockout.

According to CBC News, the NHL and NHLPA reached an agreement on an eight year collective bargaining with an option for a further two years early Sunday morning.

The league has yet to announce whether the shortened season will run 48 or 50 games. The Stanley Cup playoffs will take this season to a late June finish.

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The MUHC has some explaining to do.

According to the Gazette, the growing deficit for the McGill University Health Centre's fiscal year reached $115 million dollars after an irregular payment schedule was uncovered.

According to a government-commissioned report, employees who worked for over six hundred thousand hours for the McGill University Health Centre were actually paid for almost nine hundred thousand hours.