South Shore bikers rejoice! As long as the Longueuil city council approves the program, residents will soon be able to rent Bixi bikes as soon as next spring.

The Bixi program’s proposal would cost $1 million over seven years. Reportedly, it would include six stations and 70 bikes.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party will presumably suffer a major loss in the parliamentary elections.

96 per cent of the votes have been counted so far. Electoral officials said the party had less than 50 per cent. This will most likely result in United Russia loosing its two-thirds majority in the Duma.

The NDP leadership debates have officially begun. The first of six debates took place in Ottawa on Sunday.

Candidates were invited to talk about Canada’s economy. The debate was organized in groups of three for the nine candidates.

The ability to speak French of the candidates was tested as questions were made in both of Canada’s official languages.

A WestJet flight made an emergency landing in Thunder Bay on Sunday after a bomb scare.

This was after a man became agitated and started talking about a bomb. The man is a Portuguese citizen with a history of mental illness. With no charges laid, he will be allowed to go back to Portugal.