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University of Toronto students have organized a rally Friday to protest against a literature professor’s negative comments about female writers.

According to the CBC, the comments made by the professor, David Gilmour ran on Hazlitt Magazine, an online publication.

Hazlitt staff says his comments ran unedited as he said that he was not interested in teaching books by women. Gilmour further explained to CBC that he is not equipped to teach female authors.

The Norwegian government has decided to dismiss their much anticipated plans to obtain carbon dioxide and place it underground.

According to BBC News the Oil and Energy Ministry stated that research for carbon capture will be continued regardless of its dismissal.

When the Norwegian Labour Party displayed the carbon capture plan in 2007, they compared it to landing on the moon.

The Oil and Energy Minister stated that the problem with the plan was that it was taking too long and was too expensive.

The idea of carbon capture dates back to the 1930`s and is regarded as a good technology to eliminate greenhouse gas.

Resolving aboriginal issues will no longer take a back seat in the courts of Ontario.

According to CBC News, the province's jury system will have more members from various sectors of the First Nation and Metis community.

This comes after the Ontario government asked former Supreme Court of Canada justice Frank Iacobucci to look into the lack of representation.

He discovered there was a case of 'systemic discrimination,' where access to justice and legal assistance have been long needed, especially in Northern Ontario. 

Nishnawbe Aski First Nation Deputy grand chief Alvin Fiddler co-chairs the panel of eleven members.

The city now has two climate-action plans, as more plans to cut pollution linked to climate change were made public on Thursday.

According to the Gazette, the plans include changes to public transit, the energy efficiency of municipal buildings, driving practices for municipal employees and reducing the use of heating oil.

In Prince Edward Island, students currently have to wait up to three years to see a psychologist for help.

But in a report by CBC News, the province's Education Department is finding out why.

Deputy Education Minister Sandy MacDonald explains psychologists face a heavy workload.

Parents are turning to them more to have their children assessed due to the media coverage of school violence children may be exposed to.

She adds that a local school board is facing a shortage of psychologists, as half of its entire staff are on leave this year.

The reason may be the low pay - it is 10 % lower than the rest of Atlantic Canada.

MacDonald says the Department is hoping to have the review finished by the end of the month.

Around 400 people are expected to show up at Place des Festivals this Wednesday to protest the “increasing” use of English in Montreal.

According to the Gazette, les Partenaires pour une Quebec Francais, , the Société St-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal and the Mouvement national des Québécois as well as a group of large labour unions have organised the “en lumiere” protest.

The Philippine army is cracking down on dozens of armed rebel forces who invaded southern Zamboanga last Monday.

According to BBC News, the army killed around 50 rebels who are believed to be part of the Muslim separatist group called the Moro National Liberation Front.

The army also captured over 40 other gunmen during the one-week operation.

The rebels were reported to have taken about 100 civilians hostage, most of who were freed.

Thousands of Montrealers took to the streets on Saturday afternoon to show their disdain at the proposed legislation to ban religious symbols.

The Link newspaper reports that roughly 40 000 took to the streets and marched from Place Emilie-Gamelin to Place du Canada.

The P.Q. has stated that the charter is a way to preserve religious neutrality of public institutions and equality between the sexes.

This statement has been met with objections by the Centre for Gender Advocacy. They explain that the charter shouldn’t tell Muslim women how to express their faith.