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The ambitious Laval arena project may have difficult days ahead.

According to CBC News, the Place Bell project is being investigated for cost-overruns. The original cost of the project was just over $92 million dollars. It has since ballooned to $150 million dollars.

Based on the new price tag, Laval taxpayers will to contribute $73 million bucks instead of 30.

Two auditors are being summoned by Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister, Sylvain Gaudreault to uncover any irregularities with the project.

Gaudreault asked the report be finalized by next week at the latest.

Tensions in Egypt do not seem due to simmer any time soon.

That’s when opposition leaders rejected Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi’s plan to vote on a new constitution.

Morsi conceded his previous decree that gave him more power than his predecessor Hosni Mubarek.

Opposition party the National Salvation Front told the BBC that the new constitution does not represent the Egyptian people.

Demonstrations seem destined to continue against Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will get you five and a half years in jail.

Ontario’s Court of Appeal has reinforced the laws that protect women from harassment, after upholding a sentence of five and a half years.

According to the globe and mail, Patrick James Doherty, who sent harassing phone calls and letters to a women he had recently met, argued that because he did not physically assault the woman, he should receive a lesser sentence.

The court rejected his appeal and his reasoning.

Increased tensions are taking over in Cairo.

According to Al Jazeera, as of Thursday morning, approximately 700 people have been injured and more than 6 people have been killed due to conflict in Cairo.

The conflict is occurring outside the presidential palace where people gathered in protest of President Mohamed Morsi.

Supporters of the president were also present. 5 military tanks were set up outside the palace as a means to secure the palace.

According to the Freedom and Justice Party, many of the people killed in the conflict were members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

A new law introduced by the minority P.Q. government adds new restrictions to help maintain the French language.

According to CBC News, the proposed amendments will modify Bill 101 and the province’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms already in effect.

Businesses with 26 employees or more will be required to conduct their work, meetings and training in French. They will be obligated to serve customers in French.

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Canadian Pacific Railway announced on Tuesday it plans to cut 4,500 jobs by 2016 in the recent wave of changes it’s been going through.

According to CBC, CP expects to eliminate 1,700 jobs this year. Both employees and contractors will be affected. CEO Hunter Harrison claims the move will ‘‘greatly improve service, increase the railway’s efficiency, lower costs and grow the business.’’

Things are really not looking good in Egypt these days.

According to Al Jazeera, thousands of protesters demonstrated outside the presidential palace to protest against the proposed constitution.

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A group of Quebec private daycare centres are not feeling the love over the P.Q.'s decision to create new public daycare spaces.

According to CBC News, a coalition of Quebec private daycare centres said the new public spaces are a waste of taxpayers' money.

The coalition has revealed that there is immediate space in their daycares, however, customers think twice of the 33 to 35 dollar a day price they would pay. The 7-dollar-a-day daycare centres have a waiting list for prospective clients.

There won't be a repeat of the "winter that wasn't."

In a report by Environment Canada, obtained by CBC News, the upcoming Canadian winter forecast will be chilly and not as record-breaking as the last.

It will be milder in Ontario with normal temperatures affecting the east. Normal to below-normal temperatures will affect the west of the country. Precipitation levels are expected to remain at normal levels from East to West.

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