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The long gun registry will officially be history.

The Montreal Gazette reported late on Wednesday evening that the Governor General's signature is all that's needed to kill the long-gun registry and enforce Bill C-19.

The vote passed in Senate by a count of 50 to 27. This marked the last hurdle needed to end the registry.

Thomas Mulcair and Bob Rae are taking part in a war of words.

The New Democrats and Liberals are battling to see who will oppose the Conservatives as national alternative. The fighting escalated after a new poll suggested the NDP is gaining popularity since Mulcair was elected in late March.

NHL:

The race to the playoffs continues, and it appears to be a three team race in both conferences with Buffalo, Florida and Washington vying for the final few spots in the East while Phoenix, San Jose, Los Angeles battle it out for the West (Colorado and Dallas look like major long shots at this point).

A Concordia student will represent Canada in the Red Bull Paper Wings World Championship in Austria next month. 

Zsean Qureshi had the fastest paper airplane in last month’s 

About 100 students staged a sit-in on the 15^th floor of the MB building Monday where President Frederick Lowy’s offices are located.

The students demanded academic amnesty and for the school to publicly oppose the $1625 tuition hike.

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price may be a goner for the last three games of the season.

After not showing up for practice Monday Radio-Canada confirmed he had a concussion from team doctor David Mulder.  A team spokesman on the other hand would only confirm he had headaches.

A former student at Oikos University in Oakland, California opened fire at the school Monday, killing at least seven people.

According to CBC, One L. Goh surrendered at a nearby Safeway supermarket. Police Chief Howard Jordan told CBC it was about an hour after the shooting occurred.

There were seven fatalities and three others were wounded.

Around 2000 suggestions were sent to the City of Montreal on ways to honor the late baseball star Gary Carter.

According to CTV News, mayor Gérald Tremblay says they have received many good suggestions and the selection committee will try to quickly come to a decision.

Carter’s family will also have a say in the matter.

This year’s Juno Awards ceremony was unpredictable on Sunday night.

According to the Canadian Press, Toronto-based Indie singer Feist was in disbelief as she climbed up the stage to receive her award for “Artist of the year”.

Saskatoon rock band The Sheepdogs went home with 3 awards, amazing for a band that was still unknown last year.

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Pierre Gauthier was dismissed from his duties as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

According to CBC News Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson has stated that there is a deadline to hire a new general manager.

Molson has not revealed any potential candidates for the GM position, but rumours speculate that Patrick Roy is a potential candidate.

Molson explained that his reason for firing Gauthier was that the Habs did not win enough games under Gauthier`s management.

Student protesters are not just intensifying the movement against tuition hikes. They are also coming up with creative ways to make the life in the city more difficult.

According to the CBC, hundreds of protesters were playing cat and mouse with the Montreal police on Wednesday.

Leading the march with a route that was kept secret, the students kept changing directions at the corner of every block. The Montreal police could only try to catch up with the protesters.