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Montreal students took their protest to the Metropolitain Highway during rush hour yesterday, blocking traffic between the Cavendish and d'Iberville exits.

According to CBC News, the protest began earlier in the afternoon at Quebec finance minister Raymond Bachand's Montreal office.

The demonstration moved to Highway 40 around 3p.m., where students took over the eastbound lanes.

Police were able to force protesters off the road 15 minutes later.

They also directed commuters off the Met at Christophe-Colomb exit in order to relieve some of the rush-hour congestion.

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Stories by: Joel Ashak, Alyssa Tremblay, Michael Lemieux and William D. Pelletier

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The provincial government is challenging Harper’s criminial justice legislation.

According to CTV Montreal, Quebec will try to soften Bill C-10 where possible.

The provincial justice minister, Jean-Marc Fournier, is asking Ottawa to pay for the newly required jail spaces.

One of Concordia’s best kept secrets is its active French students.

Now these students will be representing our University at a competition entirely dans la langue de Molière.

William D. Pelletier was at their last stage rehearsal.

(Update: Concordia came second overall at les jeux de la communication)

A number of issues were discussed at the Concordia Board of Governors meeting Monday.

Concern over the use of the Concordia brand by student groups was brought to light by two governors.

In a statement to fellow Concordians, A Better Concordia addressed the release of candidates Schubert Laforest and Lucia Gallardo's student records.

Both candidates were disqualified from the upcoming CSU election for allegedly not being registered students.

An investigation is being held to discover the origin of the documents.

According to CBC, a student sit-in protest at l’Université à Montréal on Sainte-Catherine turned into an overnight event on Monday.

Students began to bring out chairs from the university and played music and made art.

These students were mostly from UQAM and CÉGEP Vieux-Montréal.

A group of Canadian smokers have filed a class action lawsuit against Canada's three largest tobacco companies. 

Concordia Student Union presidential candidate Schubert Laforest has been disqualified from the elections for not being a registered student

Candidate Lucia Gallardo who is also of the A Better Concordia team was also disqualified.

They responded to the disqualification Sunday by releasing a statement denying the allegations. They also attached their MyConcordia class schedules to prove that they are registered.

If Laforest is not reinstated Melanie Hotchkiss of the Concordia Could Be team will run unopposed.

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Stories written by Erica Bridgeman, Tara Brockwell and Danny Aubry.

One of the most powerful solar storms in years left its mark on Earth on Thursday morning.

According to the Globe and Mail there has been no evidence of problems with power grids and satellites thus far.

A scientist from the NOAA forecast center stated that a solar storms potential to interfere with technology cannot be ignored.

It has the potential to interfere with Earth technology through magnetic, radio and radiation waves.