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A relative calm descended over Gaza after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into effect Wednesday evening.

The agreement put an end to eight days of violence between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in celebration.

According to Al Jazeera, 162 Palestinians and five Israelis have died in the conflict.

Egypt appears to be facilitating negotiations between the two sides.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has warned that Israel is prepared to resume military operations in response to any provocation.

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A recent poll shows a significant loss of confidence in the engineering profession—while 83 percent of Quebecers said they trusted engineers in 2007, numbers from about a year ago show that now only around 65 percent of Quebecers would trust engineers.

In a report by the Canadian University Press, new information from Justice Charbonneau’s inquiry into corruption in Montreal’s construction industry reveals strong arguments for this loss of confidence.

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Twenty years ago, women were allowed to become priests, but today they are still kept from holding higher ranks in the clergy.

There was a motion proposed to allow women to become bishops, but the general synod of the Church of England has narrowly voted against it, reports the BBC.

Narrowly because it passed amongst the synod’s House of Bishops, but the House of Laity has rejected it, with only six votes missing for it to pass.

Some Archbishops and bishops in favour of a “yes” vote said this was a “grim day”, especially for women priests and supporters.

Among those who voted against, Canon Simon Killwick said that this legislation was “flawed”.

A Concordia-based solution offers different views to improve the Turcot interchange re-construction about to get underway.

The McGill Daily's Carla Green reports on the project entitled “cure minceur”

Architect Pierre Bri-set and Concordia Urban Planning professor Pierre Gauthier talk about the “cure-minceur,” or "slow diet". It proposes reducing the number of ramps and removing the extension road to the new M-U-H-C super-hospital.

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Despite certain preventative efforts,over representation of aboriginal people remains on the rise in Canada.

According to the Globe and Mail, aboriginal people remain disproportionately sentenced for crimes than others in Canada, suggesting certain procedures are being overlooked.

13 years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada attempted to alleviate some of this disparity through several initiatives.

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Several big names in retail are planning to take the Quebec language watchdog to court.

According to CBC News, the retailers are protesting the Office Quebecois de la Langue Francaise's insistence on them adding French to their brand names. Some of the stores in question include giants such as Walmart, Best Buy and Costco.

The Dalu family name rang out across Gaza Sunday.

According to Al-Jazeera, the Palestinian family’s home was hit by Israeli airstrikes killing at least twelve people including an eighty year old woman and four young children.

It was the deadliest day of bombings since Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said his country was ready to significantly expand its military operation in Palestine.

At least thirty died in yesterday’s attack. The total dead is now over eighty and counting.

Fighters from Gaza continue to fire rockets at Tel Aviv.

A group of Montreal journalists launched a collective action Monday against the community based news site, Openfile.

According to an article by the Concordian, the journalists were being kept waiting for up to two thousand dollars of unpaid work for over a month.

In response, four former contributors wrote an open letter and published on a Tumblr page, demanding overdue pay and an explanation for the websites hiatus.

CEO of Openfile, Wilf Dinnick, published a post on the website on September 28th, announcing a hiatus with no word on when it would be online again.