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Health care institutions and hospitals across Quebec are concerned about losing staff if the 

The city of Montréal is still waiting on answers about a controversial pipeline project.

The project by Enbridge Inc. is a pipeline which extends six hundred thirty nine kilometers from Montréal East to Westover, Ontario. It crosses the Ottawa and Mille-Îles rivers.

Enbridge is being pressured by environmental and citizen groups to reveal its plans regarding risks along the pipeline and emergency response plans.

A recent security sweep of sabaneta prison in Venezuela has uncovered more than 100 pistols, rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

According to the BBC, the search has also uncovered secret tunnels where inmates have stored over 20 pounds of cocaine and marijuana.

The security sweep began once inmates were temporarily removed after a fight between rival gangs two weeks ago.

Prison minister Iris Varela has said that inmates guilty of smuggling the illegal arms and drugs into the prison will experience the full weight of the law.

Statistics collected by the Venezuelan prison observatory currently state that 80% of jails in the country are run by armed inmates with little to no security control.

Ubisoft announced it will be expanding its workforce with 500 new jobs in Montreal over the next seven years. 

The video game giant will be investing $373 million in its Montreal affiliate. 

Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat said the company chose Montreal because of a contribution of $9.9 million from the quebec government, along with tax-incentives for creating jobs. 

Mallat claims that a important reason montreal flourished as a gaming hotspot is because of the numerous university programs available.  

Montreal has now become of the largest vide game production cities in the world, only behind tokyo and los angeles. 

Ubisoft currently employs 2,650 in its Montreal offices.

Two grassroots organizations have teamed up to help compile an online database of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.

No More Silence and Families of Sisters in Spirit launched this listing in mid-September.

Social justice activist Andrea Smith spoke to aboriginal news source Indian Country Today. 

She argues, the need for the database is two-fold, as there has been little visibility nor interest from the federal government on tackling the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women.

She also adds that First Nations community members and allies must rely on each other bring change.

Compiling listings of missing aboriginal women have always been a challenge for academics and community organizers.

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Concorida University’s Gender Advocacy Center will be holding a series of events this week to empower and inspire students and members of the Montreal community.

According to the Link, it will be the third annual Another Word for Gender Series, which focuses on social justice through a gender-issues lens. The various events will highlight issues relating to marginalized members of society.

The Centre’s Programming and Campaigns Coordinatior, Bianca Mugyenyi says it will be a diversified series for people that see and challenge inequality and injustice in different ways, and will help to build people’s strengths.

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Good news for Montrealers living in the East end of the city.

According to Radio-Canada, the province will announce Friday morning at 10 a.m. their intention to extend the metro system’s blue line beyond the St.Michel terminus.

The province plans on adding as many as five stations to the east, covering a distance of six kilometers all the way to the borough of Anjou.

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