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Read by Joshua Nemeroff

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Stories written by Erica Bridgeman, Tara Brockwell, Joshua Nemeroff and Danny Aubry

The United Nations Security Council has decided to take international military forces out of Libya.

They agreed that Monday October 31 will be the day the forces will leave the country.

The council sent armed forces to Libya in March to protect the protesters from Muammar Gadaffi`s violent rampage against them.

Quebec digs in to fight Ottawa over the scrapping of the long gun registry.

Quebec called the decision to destroy the registry information a 2-billion dollar, ideologically blind bonfire.

The province refused to destroy its own data on the long gun owners.

Ottawa claims the data is federal territory. But Quebec wants to keep it so they can create their own provincial registry

The appointment of a unilingual Anglophone to the role of Canada’s Auditor General has been condemned by the Quebec National Assembly. Every MNA in the house supported the motion on Wednesday.

Michael Ferguson was named to replace federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser. The former Auditor General of New Brunswick was appointed due to Fraser’s retirement.

ADQ MNA Francois Bonnardel deposed the motion which was supported by all other parties.

Read by Emily Brass

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by Sarah Moore, Emily brass, Lindsay Briscoe, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo, Alexa Fay

When Senator and former UN General Romeo Dallaire calls this period in history the crux of a revolutionary moment – people listen.

The Concordia-based Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies invited Dallaire to speak at a conference last Thursday and Friday on the media’s role in halting mass atrocities. Other panelists included former Prime Minister Paul Martin and Ric MacInnes Rae of the CBC radio program Dispatches.

Construction workers across Quebec walked off the job yesterday. The move was a result of a dispute between the provincial government and construction unions.

The workers were protesting Bill 33. It was announced last month and goes in to parliamentary hearings this week. If passed it would take away the ability of unions to dictate the workers on job sites. Under the bill, contractors would be able to choose from a list of eligible employees.