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As many CEGEPs resume classes this week, Montreal Police are wary of enforcing Bill 78.

According to CBC news, the police wil not enforce certain clauses of the Bill unless school authorities request police intervention.

The law makes it illegal to participate in a protest that could result in students being prevented from going into a classroom.

The London 2012 summer Olympics ended on Sunday with a magnificent closing ceremony that took us back in time. Consisting mostly of musical performances, the athletes celebrated their performance with a three-hour show.

Some performers included George Michael, Elbow and the Spice Girls. The ceremony ended with an official handover to the next summer Olympic host city, Rio de Janeiro before the flame at the Olympic Stadium was extinguished.

Concordia's new president Dr. Alan Shepard made an appearance on CBC radio's Daybreak morning show on Friday.

Dr. Shepard just recently began his presidential mandate on August 1st.

Prior to coming to Montreal, he served as provost and vice-president at Ryerson University in Toronto.

Shepard's introduction to the Concordia community hasn't been smooth.

Inmates at Ontario provincial jails have expressed outrage that the federal government si enacting the first measures of Bill C-10.

According to rabble.ca the measures were enacted one day before Prisoners' Justice Day. Inmates claim that the bill will make prisons more crowded and the prison system less about justice than it is now.

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson of the most agressive Quebec student association called CLASSE has decided to resign.

According to CBC News Nadeau-Dubois has stated that it's time for CLASSE to be run by a fresh face.

He has also announced that he has no intention of running for leader of any political party.

He has adivised the striking students to not be discouraged by his resignation and has encouraged them to continue striking.

The CAQ's Francois Legault said that Quebec families are over-taxed.

In a report by CBC News, the CAQ vowed to eliminate the $200 health service tax and to cut taxes to middle class families if elected to power.

At the end of 5 years, a family earning a combined salary of up to $100 000 would pay $1000 less in provincial taxes. The cut would cost the government $1.8 billion in lost revenue.

Both the PQ and the Liberals attacked the promise. They expressed concern over where the lost revenue would come from.

Canada’s federal government will now match each dollar donated by Canadians to aid the food crisis that is currently threatening lives in West Africa’s Sahel region. They hope to donate a kickstart amount of $10 million to the Sahel Crisis Matching Fund.

All donations will be matched by September 30.

Funds will then be sent out by the Canadian International Development Agency. Areas that will be aided include Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Sengal, Gambia and northern Cameroon.

A shooting rampage at a Sikh temple claimed 7 lives including the shooter’s on Sunday in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

According to CNN, the FBI will investigate the shooting as a domestic terrorist case. Three people were wounded including a police officer.

The attack occurred when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food in preparation for the Sunday service and community lunch.

Initial reports believed that were multiple shooters involved, but police did not find any evidence to support that claim.

Quebec’s student strikers will now be facing a crucial moment as they decide whether or not to return to classes in the fall. The strike, which has been occurring since spring, has made it into international news.

Montreal hotels have just gone through their worst July since 2009.

The Hotel Association of Greater Montreal told the Gazette on Thursday that hotel room revenues were down almost 15 percent from July of last year.

After a surprisingly decent June, bookings took a dive in July. The association V-P William Brown also said that there wasn’t a single cause for the decline. He pointed to the high Canadian dollar, the battered euro, an election year in the U.S. and the fallout from the student protests as key reasons.

AJ Walter Aviation has come to the rescue for Aveos Fleet Performance due to a purchase agreement which was made between them.

According to the Gazette it was on Thursday that AJ Walter signed an agreement to purchase the aircraft maintenance business.

This is good news for the nearly three thousand Aveos employees who lost jobs after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.