Snakes in a Zoo

To everyone’s relief, a missing twenty inch poisonous snake that went missing from a New York city zoo has been found.

The Egyptian Cobra was found hiding in the holding areas of the zoo’s reptile enclosure. Officials managed to lure the snake out with wood shavings.

The snake gained notoriety when an anonymous Twitter account @BronxZoosCobra began posting shortly after the snake went missing.

The snake tweets focused on the fears of local New Yorkers. One tweet went “City may not sleep, but I'm ready to. Ooh a chimney! I bet you bragged to your friends about having a working fireplace in NYC. Hi roomie."


April 1st 2011

Read by Jessica MacDonald

Produced by Gareth Sloan

Stories by Erica Fisher, Jaqueline Di Bartolomeo and Samah Fadil


Your Concordia wins CSU elections

The results are in: Your Concordia has won the Concordia Student Union elections. CEO Oliver Cohen sent out the unofficial results early Friday morning. The results were close, with the Your Concordia executive winning by just under three-hundred-and-fifty votes. 

Your Concordia took nearly a clean sweep of councilors, Board of Governors members and senate representatives. JMSB councilors will be made up of Action candidates and ENCS will be split. There will also be only one Action member on senate.


5 arrested during tuition hike protest

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest against higher tuition fees turned Ugly on Thursday. Montreal riot police used stun grenades and pepper spray to break up a loud group of students. This came after a scuffle outside a government building.

Five people were also arrested during the march. They face charges for assault, mischief and uttering threats.


Green Party challenging debate decision

The Green Party of Canada is challenging a decision not to include Elizabeth May in the upcoming broadcasted leaders’ debates. On Tuesday, a consortium of broadcasters decided to exclude May from the April 12 and 14 debates. That consortium includes CBC and Radio-Canada. The NDP, Conservatives, Liberals, and the Bloc Quebecois were invited. 

The party submitted a complaint to the Federal Court of Appeal. They’re asking that the court review the regulations that say the broadcasters do not have to include every party leader. 


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