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Canadian Unions Say No to Sending Deadly Asbestos Overseas

Children protesting in the streets of Indian villages and outrage by physicians and human rights activists worldwide didn't seem to be able to stop Canada from shipping deadly asbestos to developing countries. But one of Quebec's most powerful unions says it will no longer support the province's lethal trade. In a...

Said Jaziri: 5 Facts About the Muslim Imam Caught After Illegally Crossing the Mexican Border

Welcome to America! U.S. Border Patrol agents made an interesting discovery when they stopped a car 50 miles east of San Diego earlier this month. Inside the trunk of a BWM that was allegedly being driven by immigrant smugglers from Mexico, they found Said Jaziri, a Muslim cleric from Tunisia who was deported from Canada...

Opinion: The Trouble With Home DNA Tests

(Dec. 20) -- Individually wrapped praline swirls. "Excellent." Funky striped knee-length socks. "Nice touch." And, right at the bottom of the stocking, a DNA test. "Oh. Santa, you really shouldn't have. ..." I mean, you really shouldn't have. Believe it or not, personal genetic tests -- which promise to reveal risks of...

Landing Gear Glitch Forces Another Jetliner Down

(Sept. 29) -- The same landing gear glitch that forced an airliner to make a miracle landing in New York last weekend has prompted another emergency landing in Milwaukee, and federal regulators are investigating the mishaps. Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. built the CRJ twin-engine jetliner that made an emergency landing...

Patrick Boivin: Master of the Viral Video

(July 27) -- It begins -- as so many stories do -- with three ninjas fighting over a cell phone. The phone was the Google Nexus One, and the ninjas were performing the most awesome unboxing ceremony in history. While most companies are content to let the usual glut of bloggers perform their breathless and painstaking...

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06/03/12 Oakland Marches in Solidarity with MontrÃ©al "Infinite... Source: Independent Media Center (IMC) The Montreal student strike began in February when most of the cÃ©geps in the province of QuÃ©bec, as well as two of the largest universities, voted to protest new austerity measures.
06/03/12 Montreal protest attracts thousands Source: The Chronicle Herald Despite scattered showers, several thousand people marched through the streets of Montreal on Saturday afternoon to voice their anger with the Charest government over its handling of the tuition fee dispute.
06/03/12 Thousands protest tuition hikes in Montreal Source: Bangkok Post Thousands of people took to the streets of Montreal braving driving rain to protest planned tuition hikes after talks between students and the Quebec government broke down.
06/03/12 Thousands protest tuition hikes in Montreal Source: Seven News Ltd Thousands of people took to the streets of Montreal braving driving rain to protest planned tuition hikes after talks between students and the Quebec government broke down.
06/02/12 Victim In Body-Parts Case Remembered By Montreal... Source: The Huffington Post The victim of a gruesome homicide that has captured international attention and launched a global manhunt is being remembered by friends in Montreal as a conscientious man who wanted to fit in to his adopted home.

Background on montreal

Montreal (; ; pronounced ) is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the fifteenth largest in North America.

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