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The ruling Union Montreal party made it official on Thursday evening picking Richard Deschamps as their candidate to be Montreal's interim mayor until November 3rd, 2013.

According to CTV Montreal, Deschamps was nominated over Gerard Tremblay's former right hand man and chairman of the city's executive committee Michael Applebaum.

In a report by CBC News, same sex families are on the rise and have been for some time in Canada.

Though less opposite sex couples are getting married and having children, the numbers have risen for gay and lesbian couples that tie the knot and start families over the last two decades.

Same-sex marriage was legalized across Canada seven years ago.

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The National Assembly was in an uproar on Wednesday as a letter containing information regarding the Parti Quebecois' plan for the tuition freeze was made public.

According to the Gazette, the letter, revealed by the Liberals, confirmed the PQ's plan to completely freeze tuition until 2014.

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United States president Barack Obama has been re-elected for four more years on Tuesday evening.

As the early counting began, Mitt Romney was leading in the polls, but as the night went on and more results started coming in, Obama caught up and passed him.

As far as U.S. elections go, this one has been one of the tightest so far. The difference between the votes for Obama and Romney in the key states was minimal.

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With the U.S. election finally arriving, Americans are taking all steps necessary to get out to the polls.

Residents in the New York and New Jersey area may have problems getting to voting stations due to the detriments of Hurricane Sandy. The superstorm left severe damage in some areas.

Many polling stations were damaged by the storm. This could result in some deterrence for voters, but according to CBC, U.S. authorities have taken many steps to prevent this.

A federal fund created to give destitute veterans a decent burial has rejected two-thirds of its applicants since 2006.

According to the Globe and Mail 29,853 requests were made for veteran burial plans, 20,147 of which were rejected.

Those who were rejected for the burial plans are said to have been rejected because they failed to meet an eligibility criteria.

The executive director of the Last Pond Fund has acknowledged this rejection rate among the veterans.

The dealine is fast approaching and Ontario secondary school teachers are ready to withdraw services.

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation president, Ken Coran told the Globe and Mail on Saturday that seven public school boards will strike as of Wednesday unless a deal can be reached before then.

Members of student group La CLASSE decided to call it quits this weekend.

The majority of CLASSE's members voted to disband the group at a conference at UQAM on Saturday.

According to the Montreal Gazette, CLASSE later released a statement celebrating their victories in the student movement against tuition hikes.

Despite becoming a household name since last spring's "Printemps Erable," the Coalition large de l'Association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante wasn't around for very long.

It was created in December 2011 in response to the former Liberal provincial government's plans to increase tuition fees.

A new app out of BC could spell hope for recovery and survival of Saskatchewan's indigenous languages.

FirstVoices Chat is a free IPhone app containing over 100 keyboards of indigenous languages.

Developers included not only the 32 original native BC dialects, but all indigenous languages of Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as some in the United States.