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I hate being pessimistic. I try to be an eternal optimist, for the most part. As a long suffering fan of both the Montreal Canadiens and the Miami Dolphins, it is the only thing that keeps me sane when both teams go through one futile season after another, the only rays of light being high draft picks and incessant, propaganda-filled messages of hope, only to have all those wonderful dreams of championship parades come crashing back to earth halfway through the season when playoffs become a mere afterthought.

And I was an Expos fan. Enough said.

Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Moualem accused the U.S. and its allies of supporting terrorism in his country.

In a report by Al Jazeera, the minister made the announcement to the UN general assembly on Monday. He also said that Syria has been facing “organized terrorism” for over a year referring to allies of the opposition to the ruling regime.

The Northlander Train is getting ready to make its final trip between Toronto and Cochrane this week.

According to CBC News, Northern Ontarians are unhappy with the province`s decision to sell the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.

The provinces plan of action has given Northern Ontarians the impression that they are being ignored and unrecognized.

The President of the Federation of the Northern Ontario Municipalities stated that politicians in the North are not getting the representation they deserve.

A decision which Northern Ontarians had very little consent in is an example of why they want to seperate from the rest of the province.

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Concordia is hoping new policies on how to compensate senior administrators when fired represent a new beginning.

According to the Gazette, the seventeen recommendations were approved by the university’s twenty-five board members last Friday.

The biggest policy adopted is an annual formal review of the president’s job performance, the conclusions of which would be provided to the entire board.

A former executive of a major City of Montreal contractor revealed on Thursday that he took part in schemes to rig the bids on public works projects.

According to CBC News, Lino Zambito revealed the information as part of the Charbonneau Commission. He said that the system was overseen by the Mob and that participants paid a fee, in cash to them.

Zambito also stated that a dozen companies in his line of business colluded to divvy up the business, claiming those were the rules to follow.

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Greek workers plan to hold their first major anti-austerity strike since a coalition government took office in June.

Aljazeera reports that since June, the government has grounded flights, has disrupted transport, and shut down public service offices.

The upcoming strike has been called Grece’s two biggest unions, which represent half of the Greek workforce.

Authorities have deployed about three thousand police officers in prevention of possible riots.

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Stories by: Daniel J. Rowe, Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Aisha Samu and Alyssa Tremblay

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The mayor thinks bixi bike will see better days.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay feels the bike loan company’s shortfalls are the fault of the Quebec’s previous liberal government.

The Liberals under Jean Charest opposed the having the city underwrite the company’s international expansion to cities like London, New York and Melbourne.

Bixi is looking at a 2.8 million dollar loss in 2012

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