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A Chambly man met his death while trying to build an igloo in his backyard. Yan Lavalliere was digging when the igloo collapsed on him.

His girlfriend’s five-year-old son was there to witness the accident. Relatives who were there tried to save him.

Police say they don’t know why the igloo broke down. They say he probably died from the amount of snow that fell on him. Officers were forced to shovel a lot to dig him out.

Lavalliere’s girlfriend hopes this accident will serve as an example for others. She says it's a dangerous activity and that it's not always children who are hurt, it's adults too.

Morgan Pudwell’s resignation letter has caused quite the controversy. The former Vice-President Sustainability and Promotions of the Concordia Student Union reveals her opinion about certain issues.

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Finance Minister Raymond Bachand announced that the Quebec government will table a new budget on March 17.  Bachand says the budget will be a responsible one.  He says It will control debt, while protecting health and education. The government says it is on  target to return to a balanced budget by 2014.

 Bachand boasts 125 000 jobs created in the last 18 months without any increased tax burden for Quebecers.

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The CSU’s VP Sustainability and Promotions has resigned. Morgan Pudwell sent a three page resignation letter via e-mail late Thursday night.

She listed four reasons for the departure. Among them was the allegation of potential financial mismanagement. She pointed to a recent financial update that showed almost every budget had been overdrawn. 

It’s the end of an era. Middle Eastern fast-food restaurant Boustan on Crescent may soon be closing its doors.

Owner Imad Smaidi has put the place up for sale after running it for 25 years, because his sons do not want to continue the family business. 

The bustling place opens from 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. and serves everyone from students, to homeless people, to celebrities go to Boustan. Smaidi has a picture with the late Pierre Elliot Trudeau in the restaurant from the last time the Prime Minister ate there.

Smaidi hopes the new owner will keep the restaurant going. 

The Dean of the John Molson School of Business is leaving Concordia.

Dr. Sanjay Sharma is headed to the University of Vermont. He will assume the position of the Dean of the School of Business Administration there.

Sharma had been at JMSB since 2007.

Quebec police issued arrest warrants alleging a $120-million fraud linked to defunct children’s animation company Cinar. 

Co-founder and former head of the company, Ronald Weinberg, is wanted for fraudulently investing company funds for personal profit. Police are also looking for two executives from scandal-ridden Montreal investment firms connected to the fraud. Police arrested Ex-Cinar chief financial officer Hasanain Panju Wednesday. 

The four men face a total of 36 counts of fraud.

Police have been investigating the scandal-ridden television production company for nearly a decade.

Elvis Presley will be named a posthumous honary citizen of Budapest.

Mayor of Hungary's capital, Istvan Tarlos announced Wednesday that Elvis will be commemorated because of his support to HUngary during the country's brief anti-Soviet revolution in 1956.

A city landmark will also be named after him. Visitor's to the city's website can choose from 12 locations to be renamed after the King, which include street crossings, a small square, and a site at the foot of the Margaret Bridge, which covers the Danube River.

The Alouettes are about to lose another popular veteran to retirement. Safety Matthieu Proulx is expected to announce today that he’ll be hanging up his cleats.

The twenty-nine (29) year old spent his entire six-year career with the Als after being drafted by the team in 2005.

Proulx’s decision has been a long time coming. He has struggled with injuries in recent years, missing the Als run to the 2010 Grey Cup because of a torn ligament in his knee.

The Quebec Education Minister Line Beauchamp has finally decided to calculate a financial penalty to be charged to McGill University.

McGill has been charging well above standard tuition fees compared to other universities that offer the same programs.

The current annual price for McGill’s Masters of Business Administration degree program is twenty nine and half thousand dollars. Comparable to the University of Montreal who charges two thousand and sixty eight dollars.

With tuition fees already proposed to rise in Quebec. Beauchamp has been talking about assessing McGill for months.