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The occupation of the McGill James Administration building by a group of students continues into its second day. The Mcgill Daily News reports that the direct action has gone on since 11 am Tuesday. 

They are demanding the university accept a referendum that continued funding to the campus radio station CKUT, and the public interest research group QPIRG. The occupiers are calling the action a resignation party for Deputy Provost Morton Mendelson. He supports re-doing the referendum.

The results for Canada’s twenty-eleven census are in. And the population has jumped up to 33 and a half million people. According to the CBC there is a near six per cent surge in population.

Many of the country’s growth is west of the Ontario border.

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It's all systems go for the new Westmount sports complex.

In a report by CBC, the $38.5 million dollar project was given permission to proceed at a Monday night city council meeting.

Replacing the existing arena, the new centre will have two underground skating rinks, three outside tennis courts, and an eight lane, 25-metre outdoor swimming pool with an area for divers and nearby kiddie pool.

According to the Montreal Gazette, the city of Homs was hit with shells and mortar bombs by the Syrian army. 42 lives were taken and a hospital was also struck. This was an offensive against President Bashar al-Assad’s enemies. This conflict began almost a year ago.

Rebels from the Free Syrian Army were targeted first, at 6am local time. Every hour, shells and mortar bombs were falling and insurgents could not react except a small arms fire.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described Russia and China’s UN veto as a travesty. 

According to the BBC, she expressed the need to double efforts to help the Syrian people. 

The UN resolution would have condemned Syria’s crackdown against anti-government protesters. 

Vetoing it drew an angry reaction from around the world. 

It was the second time in four months that Russia blocked a resolution condemning the country. 

Schwartz’s, the legendary smoked meat restaurant in Montreal, was sold for ten million dollars to René Angelil and a group of investor at the beginning of January.

The Huffington Post Quebec learned that former owner businessman Hy Diamond sold the popular restaurant simply because he wanted to move on.

Sources say many people had wanted to acquire it, but its high price discouraged many.

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The NDP claims Prime Minister Steven Harper is allowing Tories to reopen debates about abortion laws, The Globe and Mail reports.

Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth strongly opposes abortion and plans to address the matter in a national conversation next Monday.

74 are dead after an Egyptian soccer match went awry. According to the BBC, fans in the bleachers flooded the field knives in hand.

The match took place in the city of Port Said. The home team al-Masry played against the team al-Ahly. The Port Said team won and that’s when its fans descended on the field and threw missiles and flares at the al-Ahly team. They also set fire to part of the stadium.

Security at the game was low as was police presence. It has been the pattern since Mubarak was ousted last year.

The Republican Presidential Leadership campaign now has a clear frontrunner. According to the BBC, Mitt Romney won Tuesday’s key Florida primary by a large margin.