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With the U.S. election finally arriving, Americans are taking all steps necessary to get out to the polls.

Residents in the New York and New Jersey area may have problems getting to voting stations due to the detriments of Hurricane Sandy. The superstorm left severe damage in some areas.

Many polling stations were damaged by the storm. This could result in some deterrence for voters, but according to CBC, U.S. authorities have taken many steps to prevent this.

A federal fund created to give destitute veterans a decent burial has rejected two-thirds of its applicants since 2006.

According to the Globe and Mail 29,853 requests were made for veteran burial plans, 20,147 of which were rejected.

Those who were rejected for the burial plans are said to have been rejected because they failed to meet an eligibility criteria.

The executive director of the Last Pond Fund has acknowledged this rejection rate among the veterans.

The dealine is fast approaching and Ontario secondary school teachers are ready to withdraw services.

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation president, Ken Coran told the Globe and Mail on Saturday that seven public school boards will strike as of Wednesday unless a deal can be reached before then.

Members of student group La CLASSE decided to call it quits this weekend.

The majority of CLASSE's members voted to disband the group at a conference at UQAM on Saturday.

According to the Montreal Gazette, CLASSE later released a statement celebrating their victories in the student movement against tuition hikes.

Despite becoming a household name since last spring's "Printemps Erable," the Coalition large de l'Association pour une solidarite syndicale etudiante wasn't around for very long.

It was created in December 2011 in response to the former Liberal provincial government's plans to increase tuition fees.

A new app out of BC could spell hope for recovery and survival of Saskatchewan's indigenous languages.

FirstVoices Chat is a free IPhone app containing over 100 keyboards of indigenous languages.

Developers included not only the 32 original native BC dialects, but all indigenous languages of Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as some in the United States.

Police forces from across the province carried out an unprescidented raid on a drug network on Thursday.

According to CBC News, 22 police forces teamed up to carry out search warrants in 30 municipalities. 103 arrests were made in this crackdown on organized crime and a drug trade. The operation targeted 128 people.

Authorities told CBC that members of the Hells Angels and participants in organized crime partnered up to import and distribute cocaine.

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British Columbia’s six biggest research universities are asking for $130 million to be spent over the next four years for more student spaces, grants, and scholarships.

With a provincial election coming up, the Research Universities’ council stated that now is the perfect time to create a proposal with their demands saying, “We want to make sure that they got a summary of what we think.”

According to The Gazette, Montreal’s property tax will rise past the rate of inflation by an average of 3.3 per cent in 2012. The money is planned to be spent on police and firefighting as well as repairs on crumbling roads and leaky popes. 

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