Concordia University's own Michael Noonan is headed off to Oxford University next year.

The Chateauguay resident and competitive wrestler has won the prestigious 2012 Rhodes Scholarship. It is valued at $50 000.

Noonan will be pursuing a PhD in zoology with a focus on fish conservation in the prestigious scholarship. He also will be working on how to make dams more ecologically friendly.

Noonan is one of only two Rhode Scholars from Quebec. The other is Philippe-Andre Rodriguez from l'Universite de Montreal.

Two workers were severely burned at the Molson Brewery in Montreal Wednesday morning. They were burned by acide from the bottling machine.

Rescue teams rushed to the scene and took both men to the hospital immediately.

One of the men had burns on over half his body. But there is no word yet on the injuries suffered by the second man.

The workplace heath and safety board is investigating the incident.

Two million public sector workers walked off the job this morning in the UK. They are protesting widespread government cuts to pensions.

Over half of the schools in the UK had to shut its doors this morning due to the strike. But the airports appear to be unaffected.

Negotiations over a deal with civil servants have been going on since February. But the government has vowed not to budge from the current proposal.

Conservative Party Prime Minister David Cameron called the strike irresponsible and damaging.

The largest civil service union said that if the government doesn’t make concessions the UK will see even larger scale strikes.

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Iran was ransacked on Tuesday. British flags were burned and offices were left in shambles.

Iran says hundreds of pro-government students were responsible for the attack.

Prime Minister of the UK David Cameron condemned Iran for not defending British staff. The US, Germany, France and the EU also condemned the attack.

Read by: Aisha Samu

Stories by: Katie McGroarty, Michael Lemieux, Tara Brockwell, Jordie Yeager and Aisha Samu

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