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Amid the recent animal abuse controversy, the city of Montreal will soon announce a new policy targeted towards pet owners. The integrated animal control policy will focus on informing people about their responsibilities as pet owners. 

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Stories written by AJ Cordeiro, Dominique Daoust, Alina Gotcherian and Corentine Rivoire.

It might still be another two years before the Liberal party elects a new leader. After an unprecedented fall to third party status and the withdrawal of party leader Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal’s national board suggested they have bigger priorities.

In a statement sent to the party’s caucus, the board cited challenges and responsibilities that the federal Liberals now face. Under recommendations released by the board Tuesday, the next liberal leadership race could be delayed to 2013.

In his last duty as Chief Electoral Officer, Oliver Cohen presented a brief but poignant report at the Concordia Student Union's Annual General Meeting Monday. After arriving late, Cohen took to the mic and admitted he wasn't "sure exactly what to say". In less than a minute, he argued that the integrity of the election was not maintained and stood by his decision to disqualify both slates.

Quebec premier Jean Charest wants to speed up development in the north of the province in order to exploit its untapped resources.  The premier will release details of his Northern Plan on Monday.

Mexicans made their voices heard by taking to the streets on Sunday in protest of the drug wars that have been affecting their country for years.
 
About 20,000 protesters started marching on Thursday to Zocolo central square in the heart of Mexico City. They held up signs calling for an end to the violence and injustice the wars cause. 

Charges will not be laid in a case concerning a leak about a 1996 incident involving Jack Layton. In the incident, Toronto police officers raided a suspected bawdy house posing as a massage parlour, and found Layton inside. Layton was not arrested nor charged, claiming that he wasn’t aware that it was a bawdy house.

The leak occurred after a retired officer revealed notebooks containing information about the case to a private detective. The detective was hunting for information on Layton a week before the election.

When Mason Axel Windels came to CJLO with a all vinyl based show, we were ready to hire him on the spot, he was full of energy, had a great concept and was ready to go from day one. Sadly the bureaucratic stuff meant he had to wait but even before Mason was on air he was DJing CJLO events on both the Downtown and Loyola campuses. Just giving the crowd a taste of what he would do on his show soon enough. In just 7 months, Mason has made a name for himself and winning The Welcome to the Jungle Award for Best New Show didn't hurt. Mason was sent the DJ of the week questionnaire, here are his answers -

The White House is considering whether it should release photos of Osama bin Laden’s body. CIA director Leon Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photo will be revealed eventually. The final decision, however, rests with the White House.

According to a senior U.S. official, the White House received three sets of photographs showing bin Laden’s body. An image currently circulating online and displaying Bin Laden’s bloodied face is reportedly a fake. It is believed that the graphic was made using the lower half of Bin Laden’s face from a photograph published years ago.

Monday’s federal election saw 76 women elected in the House of Commons. This is a historic high for Canada. The previous record was 69. According to the unofficial results posted on Parliament’s website, the NDP elected the most women MPs. 40 of them are among the 102 MPs who make up the new Official Opposition party. 27 of the women MPs are from Quebec. 

The preliminary vote turnout has gone up since three years ago. The turnout went up to 61.4% after nearly 15 million Canadians elected a Conservative majority government. 

Canadians are heading to the polls on Monday.

Canada’s 41st Parliament is on the verge of being formed after more than a month of party leaders’ public appearances and rallying events.