Saturday 19th May, 2012
Quebec: Students mobilise against draconian law aimed at breaking strike
Students in Quebec have been on strike for about four months. The strike of post-secondary students in Quebec has taken a dramatic turn with the May 18 approval by the provincial government of a ...
MacKinnon: Oil Kings re-energize in Quebec City
On a sultry, sunny Saturday in May beside the statue of Samuel de Champlain on Quebec City’s historic Dufferin Terrace, a group of teenaged hockey players from Edmonton were oblivious to the ...
Red Bulls edge Impact, extend win streak to 5
Jeb Brovsky, right, of the Montreal Impact and Connor Lade of the New York Red Bulls jump tp head the ball during their match on Saturday. (Richard Wolowicz/Getty ...
Ottawa architects make designs to dine for in food bank project
Ottawa CitizenOTTAWA -- The Canada Science and Technology Museum's latest exhibit showcases a light bulb, a sundial, a campfire and even a wheel of cheese with a mouse peeking through ...
Quebec protesters find ways to skirt Charest's legal roadblocks
The Globe and MailOnly a day after becoming law, protesters were finding creative ways around Quebec’s controversial legislation aimed at restoring order in the province.In an attempt to avoid hefty fines, one ...
Quebec Liberal, government sites hacked
C News122 arrested as Quebec prepares to end strike MONTREAL – Two provincial government websites as well as the site for the governing Quebec Liberal Party went down early Saturday morning and ...
Student protests can continue, but under new rules, Montreal police say
The Gazette, are expected to be enforced for the first time this weekend.In its statement issued at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the Montreal police force (SPVM) states clearly that protesters are still permitted to ...
Montreal animal rights activists demand tougher laws
The GazetteMichael Brooks joins Protesters in front of Premier Jean Charest's Montreal office Saturday, May 19, 2012, bring attention to Bill 51, which animal rights advocates feel is full of loopholes ...
Ontario students want to join Quebec student strike
The GazetteMONTREAL - The student strike that has gripped Quebec for more than three months could soon spill over the border to Ontario if a request made by a group of student activists and supporters of the ...
Video: Protesters, police clash in Montreal
The Globe and MailA 14-year-old boy struggling to stand on 2 broken legs pleads with an instructor to "please help me" as laughter from classmates drowns out his cries. Video obtained by the AP shows some ...
Angry protesters balk at Quebec emergency law
CTVReviewing controversial legislation to crack down on student protesters in an overnight debate, members of Quebec's national assembly passed the student protest bill. But as Montreal Bureau ...
Protesting students call Quebec law 'act of war'
The China PostMONTREAL -- Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law restricting demonstrations and shutting some universities as the government seeks to end three months of protests against ...
Montreal student protest turns violent
UPIA protest of an estimated 8,000 over Montreal's emergency law against wearing masks turned ugly when Molotov cocktails were fired at police After being pelted with projectiles, police posted ...
For sale: Celine Dion's furnished Quebec mansion
CTVJoseph Montanaro with Sotheby's International Realty Canada discusses why Celine Dion is selling her home and what features the mansion ...
Southern Africa: Ambassador Chairs SADC Meeting in Ottawa
All AfricaOttawa - The Angolan extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Canadá, Agostinho Tavares da Silva Neto, chaired on Friday in Ottawa the meeting of the ambassadors of the Southern Africa ...
Champlain under repair this weekend
CBC NewsA major road work blitz is planned for the Champlain Bridge over the long weekend. One lane in each direction will remain open until 5 a.m. Tuesday. The open lanes are reduced in width too, ...
Elite female cyclists descend on Gatineau
CBC NewsSome of the world's top female cyclists are racing in the Grand Prix de Gatineau this weekend in one of their last opportunities to qualify for the Summer ...
Niagara bishop who disappeared amid abuse case found in Montreal
The Globe and MailMore than two years after his sudden resignation and disappearance amid a growing sex-abuse scandal in his diocese, the former leader of Niagara-area Roman Catholics has been found in Montreal, ...
Quebec emergency law goes 'very far', ex-judge Gomery says
CBC NewsA retired Quebec Superior Court judge is weighing in on a controversial emergency law passed by the Jean Charest government on Friday, saying the new Quebec law goes "very far." ...
Montreal student protests: Police use tear gas, smoke bombs after Molotov cocktails reportedly tossed
The ProvinceMONTREAL - Appeals for calm from various student associations and political leaders following the passage of a controversial new law in Quebec appeared to be largely heeded as several thousand ...
Doctors concerned about Ottawa's cuts to safety net
Edmonton JournalCanada's doctors have issued a blistering critique of the Harper government's budget - blasting the Tories for "downloading" health-care costs to provinces and Canadians, and ...
Ottawa sinks pollution checks
Times ColonistNine marine scientists and staff in North Saanich will lose their jobs as the federal government cuts almost all employees who monitor ocean pollution across ...
Quebec introduces emergency law to quell student protests
SINAOTTAWA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- After 14 weeks of often violent student protests against proposed increases in university tuition, Quebec's legislature on Friday passed emergency legislation to ...
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