Criminal lawyer Gilles Doré was assaulted outside his Montreal home Friday afternoon.

The victim was in the coma after his attack, but later regained consciousness and now rests in the hospital with serious injuries. 

Doré represented several presumed Hells Angels Bikers that were arrested during operation SharQc in 2002.

Concordia’s Arts and Science students are set to strike this coming Thursday. Nearly five hundred students voted in favour of the motion during a meeting on November third. 

This year’s Exposcience was held over the weekend. Concordia students travelled the distance to Pointe Clair to share their love for science with the West Island community. Our reporter Esther Viragh, was there.

Tarantulas could be pet, animal skeletons carefully examined. Cameron Tilson helped organize the science fair. Community outreach, he said, was one of the objectives.

Canada is down one Olympics-winning horse after it died Sunday. 

His name was Hickstead. He helped Eric Lamaze win in the 2008 Olympics. Hickstead died during a World Cup event when he collapsed to the ground. 

Lamaze says it looked like a heart attack. But the International Equestrian Federation says the cause of death is unknown.

The competition was cut short and there was a minute of silence. Hickstead made over three million dollars during his career.

Concordia’s new five-year academic plan narrowly passed by a secret ballot vote at yesterday’s senate meeting despite being unanimously rejected by CSU Council on October 26th.

The plan puts forth several actions to be taken by the university to improve its academic profile and reputation including hiring ten new faculty members, increasing the library’s budget to expand its collection, and adding more internships and co-ops into the curriculum. Extra revenue from raised tuition will be used to fund the multi-million dollar plan.