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2 hrs ago | Canada.com

Quebec students, government to resume negotiations over tuition increases

Read Monday's Vancouver Sun for a preview of what's hot next week in music, TV and movies, including Kristen Stewart starring in the film Snow White & The Huntsman.

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6 hrs ago | Jordoncooper.com

At least Mulcair is consistent

New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair and his wife have repeatedly refinanced their home west of Montreal, gradually increasing the debt on the property over a series of 11 mortgages, land records show.

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Related Topix: Canada, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

10 hrs ago | CBC News

Search continues for men missing in Oka lake

Police divers are combing the Lake of Two Mountains in Oka provincial park for two men, aged 19 and 22, who disappeared in the water Saturday afternoon.

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14 hrs ago | CBC News

Teen struck by lightning in Ottawa dies

JoA l Gauthier of Rockland, Ont., was killed Friday evening after lightning struck a tree he was taking shelter under on a bike path in Vincent Massey Park.

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Related Topix: Canada, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Sat May 26, 2012

Montreal Gazette

Thousands march peacefully, downtown, West Island

MONTREAL, QUE: SATURDAY MAY 26, 2012. -- A small but noisy and fun group of protesters march up Dorval Avenue in Dorval, Quebec banging pots and pans Saturday, May 26, 2012.

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CBC News

Quebec students ready for tuition hike, says one leader

The outgoing president of Quebec's College Student Federation , Leo Bureau-Blouin, says students are "ready for a compromise" on tuition fees, as the Quebec government and the province's student associations prepare to resume talks in an effort to end the conflict that has gripped the province for over three months.

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CNN

Music: It's in your head, changing your brain

Bassist Victor Wooten says you don't need to start with the rules of music in order to play an instrument.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Johns Hopkins University, Canada

Athens Banner-Herald

Quiet Revolution's old dreams fuel Quebec protests

In this May 20, 2012 file photo, protesters opposing Quebec student tuition fee hikes demonstrate in Montreal.

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CBC News

Severe storm in Quebec leaves damage in its wake

The mayor of Mirabel, Que. estimated cost of the damage caused by the storm to be in the millions.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Canada, Weather

The Huffington Post

Jonas Mafirsu: There Is a Warm Breeze Blowing in From the North. It's Comforting

Students in Quebec are rising up and fighting back against tuition increases. For over three months there has been a strike comprising of as many as nine percent of the province's students, with marches and rallies night and day against the March 2011 decision to raise tuition by $325 a year for five years.

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Related Topix: Canada, Florida International University, University of Central Florida

Fri May 25, 2012

CBC News

Cataractes advance to Memorial Cup final by beating Sea Dogs

Yannick Veilleux broke a tie at 13:14 of the third period as the host Shawinigan Cataractes upset the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs 7-4 in the semifinal of the Mastercard Memorial Cup on Friday night.

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CBC News

Tornado warnings move to west Quebec

Environment Canada has ended tornado warnings for the Renfrew-Arnprior-Calabogie region in Ontario but has added a warning for the western Quebec communities of Wakefield, Low and Lievre River area.

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BlabberMouth.net

AUGURY Returns With Original Lineup

Montreal's progressive death metallers AUGURY have released the following statement: "It is with great pleasure that we announce the return of [bassist] Dominic 'Forest' Lapointe and [drummer] Etienne Gallo to AUGURY .

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Montreal Gazette

Sinkhole will take four weeks to fix: city

Pedestrians examine the sinkhole that opened Tuesday on Sherbrooke St. W. in downtown Montreal.

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Canada.com

Video: Quebec student protests: What's it really like in Montreal these days?

The Vancouver Sun has turned 100 years old, and reporter John Mackie has been scouring the files to find some of the best writing to grace its pages.

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Canada NewsWire

Media invitation - La Ville en vert: cool islands of vegetation in 60 ...

Media invitation - La Ville en vert: cool islands of vegetation in 60 low-cost housing complexes in Montreal - Photo opp.

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CBC News

Quebec student groups cautioned to mind contribution limits

Quebec's election authority contacted the FECQ, led by Leo Bureau Blouin, and the FEUQ, headed by Martine Desjardins, after the federations made a joint announcement in March to topple the Liberal government.

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MacLeans

Dear Michael Moore: Leave Canada alone

Remember when Michael Moore was cool? That's right: So was Coldplay . And the Leafs still made the playoffs.

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Switched

10 Awesome Regional Burgers

As you travel across North America, you'll find people from all walks of life, which truly makes up a mosaic.

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Related Topix: Canada, Minneapolis, MN

Thu May 24, 2012

CBC News

Gatineau police make arrest after multiple homicides

Gatineau police investigating a multiple homicide have a man in custody and remain at the scene of a home in the Gatineau, Que., suburb of Aylmer where they say they found at least two people dead.

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