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The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was closed for about four hours on Thursday due to a bomb threat, however no bomb was found.

According to CBC News the threat was received by the Tunnel Duty Free shop through a phone call.

Windsor police stated that the brief phone call to the Duty free Shop is the only evidence they have gathered.

They have also mentioned that they dusted a phone booth for fingerprints near the tunnel entrance on the Windsor side.

A father and his two children died in a garage fire in Warwick, Quebec on Tuesday morning.

CBC News reports that the remains found in the burning garage may belong to the residents of the home. Neighbours alerted fire fighters at around three AM.

A bitter child custody battle between the victim and his former partner may have played a role in the deaths. The father Jocelyn Marcoux had full custody of his children; however, a hearing was scheduled on Tuesday to modify that arrangement.

A 2-year-old girl drowned in a backyard pool in Laval on Sunday, reports CBC news.

Paramedics on the scene tried to resucitate the child before rushing her to the Cite de la Sante Hospital.

It is not known what led to the drowning.

This is the 41st drowning in Quebec this year; 12 more than at the same time last year.

Student groups are criticizing Montreal's two anglophone universities because of over spending on security.

In a report by the Montreal Gazette, the universities spent $500,000 extra on security during the student walkout last spring.

The FECQ and FEUQ called the extra spending wasteful and a poor management of public funds since both universities weren't as affected as francophone ones.

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The remains found in a Montreal park on Canada Day have been identified.

The human head found near a small lake at Angrignon Park were identified to belong to Jun Lin the SPVM told CBC News on Wednesday afternoon. The discovery was made by passers-by.

The severed head of the slain Concordia University engineering student remained the only missing part of Lin’s body. His hands and feet were mailed to political party headquarters in Ottawa and two schools in Vancouver over the last month but recovered.

A brawl in Montreal North has sent a police officer to hospital.

According to the Montreal Gazette, a 36 year old female SPVM officer is in hospital with a severe head injury. She was attempting to break up a street fight that erupted early Wednesday morning. Her condition is considered to be non-life threatening.

The fight occurred in and around a building at the corner of Henri Bourassa East and Drapeau. There was an illegal party going on in the basement of the building at the time as well.

International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda announced that she is quitting her job as an MP at the end of the month, according to CBC.

She made the announcement this morning, but said in a message on her website that she informed Prime Minister Harper of her decision two weeks ago.

A pro-government Somali militia group has rescued four aid-workers abducted in Kenya last week.

In a report by CBC News, the group announced on Monday morning that one militant was killed and three managed to flee the fire fight. The rescue operation occurred thirty-five kilometers from the Kenyan border in Somalia.

The four released hostages included one Norwegian, one Filipino and two Canadians. They were flown to Nairobi and are said to be in good condition.

The union leader of the psychiatry ward staff at CHUM hospitals said that recent budget cuts are to blame for the recent deaths of two patients.

Guy Brochu told the Gazette on Thursday that nurses and other primary health care workers are working long hours. He also said that fatigue could have caused a patient in the psychiatry ward to kill two and wound another of his fellow patients.

The union expressed concern over seven million dollars in cuts to the CHUM budget last year but the pleas fell on deaf ears.