In Japan, fear of a full-blown nuclear catastrophe rises after radiation levels surge at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, north of Tokyo.

A new fire at one of the plant’s reactors is believed to be the cause of the dangerous rise in radiation levels. Safety concerns forced emergency workers at the plant to withdraw on Wednesday, paralyzing efforts to cool down the overheating reactors.

Since last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, Japan is trying desperately to avoid an environmental catastrophe, but radiation leaking into the air is making it difficult to control the disaster.

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Two hundred hockey fans demonstrated outside the Bell Centre before Tuesday’s game. The protesters want the NHL to have tougher injury rules. 

The demonstration was in response to a game hit last week. The hit sent Habs forward Max Pacioretty to the hospital. Pacioretty suffered from a concussion and fractured vertebra.

Bruin’s player Zdeno Chara, who made the hit, did not receive any punishment.

The demonstrators want the NHL to have have tougher measures against head hits. Montreal hockey fans say the league is not properly addressing how to deal with serious injuries.

The NHL and its board of GMs believe stricter enforcement of boarding and charging penalties are necessary for making the game safer. The GMs statement includes harsher supplemental discipline for repeat offenders.

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Two Concordia students studying in Japan are alive and well. Philippe McKie is a film production student living in Tokyo. He spoke to several Montreal news outlets and wrote a blog post about his experience. 

On Monday, University spokesperson Chris Mota confirmed he and the other student are fine. She said that when disasters happen abroad, the university contacts exchange students to make sure they are safe.