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The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear an appeal by the City of Westmount involving an accidental death. In two thousand and six, Gabriel Rossy was killed by a falling tree while in his car. The coroner concluded that the death was preventable since the one hundred year old poplar tree was ninety percent rotten.

Varennes police officers reported on Monday that masked and armed thieves staged an early morning robbery.

They stole one point five tonnes of molybdenum from a warehouse in the city which is to the northeast of Montreal. Police valued the stolen metal to be worth five hundred thousand dollars.

The Basha restaurant by the Bell Centre now has more to worry about than preparing a delicious shawarma. The National Hockey League is demanding 89,000 dollars in compensation for a sign outside the restaurant that displayed a Montreal Canadiens sweater. The sign also had the slogan "Go Habs Go" on it. Both the slogan and the jersey are trademarks of the NHL according to a lawyer working for the league. The owner of the Lebanese restaurant called the allegations nonsense and wonders why his establishment was singled out.

The New Democratic Party captured another seat in Quebec after a tabulation error prompted a recount in the riding of Montmagny-L’Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup. The eastern Quebec riding went Conservative on election night but 100 NDP votes were given to the Green party.

After the votes were validated, the NDP’s Francois Lapointe beat Tory Bernard Genereux by five votes. An official recount put Lapointe ahead by nine votes, giving Jack Layton’s NDP its 103rd seat.

The city of Montreal is creating new rules to prevent flooding damage in buildings on the island. Sixteen boroughs are adopting the regulations. They require certain owners to install a pumping system and check valves in their buildings.  The system will force the water away in the event of a flood.

The rules apply to buildings which have flooded in the past, have ongoing renovation or are under construction. Property owners who do not comply could face fines of up to $700.

The city is also upgrading its water and sewage systems to cope with the heavier rainfall expected in coming years.

News read by Jessica MacDonald and produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories written by Aisha Samu, Samah Fadil and Michael Lemieux

Remembering the criticism Ignatieff faced for his stays in the U.S. this past election, it will be interesting to see how the public deals with Marc Garneau’s worldliness. Garneau was the first Canadian to go in to spacehe is now running for interim liberal leader.

After a brutal election that saw Liberals sink to a historic low, Garneau hopes to help the liberal party rebuild. Although he is running for interim leader, it is unclear whether he will run for the permanent position.

Almost a month after the disqualification of both slates in the Concordia Student Union elections, both teams have had their disqualifications reversed, and will have their elections expenses reimbursed. In a Special Council Meeting Wednesday night, council voted to recognize the victorious candidates of the Action slate. They ultimately decided that not all candidates are guilty by association, as many of the violations were committed by only a few members of the slate.

In international news, the US government has allowed the viewing of Osama bin Laden’s photographs after he was killed. Only members of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as those in the equivalent House committees will be allowed to see the photos. The photos will be shown at CIA headquarters in northern Virginia. Time has not been decided yet, according to officials.

Ruth Ellen Brosseau found herself in the spotlight again on Tuesday. It was revealed that the NDP incorrectly claimed in a biography that the controversial MP had a college diploma. The false claim was removed from the party’s website and the officials take full responsibility.