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Montreal says no to Occupy structures

26The city of Montreal says structures built by Occupy Montreal protesters are not allowed. The protesters, who have been camped out in Square Victoria for the past three weeks, have been building shelters to fight the cold.


Shafia trial resumes

The Shafia trial resumed Tuesday after a delay due to illness. It's been an emotional trial so far.

Mohammed Shafia, his wife Tooba Mohammed Yahya and their son Hamed are charged with four counts of first degree murder. Their three teenage daughters and another relative were drowned in the Rideau Canal in Kingston in 2009.

A relative of the mother's came from Sweden to testify. He claimed Mohammed Shafia asked him to invite the Shafia daughters to Sweden. Shafia allegedly told the relative he thought it would be easier to drown them there.


November 9th, 2011

Read by Emily Brass

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by Emily Brass, Lindsay Briscoe, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo, and Sarah Moore


DARPA developing arsenal of cyber weapons

The Pentagon is increasing efforts to build an arsenal of cyber weapons for use against enemy targets by the U.S. military.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA, held a symposium discussing the increasing threat to systems controlled by computers.The goal is to secure U.S. infrastructure and assure the military’s ability to use these systems in future conflicts. A recent DARPA assessment found that the U.S. is limited in dealing with fast-evolving threats from malicious software code.

DARPA played a role in creating Arpanet, a forerunner to the Internet.


November 8, 2011

Read by: Aisha Samu

Stories by: Daniel Rowe, Niki Mohrdar, Aisha Samu, Tara Brockwell and Michael Lemieux

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


Berlusconi's woes

EP President Jerzy Buzek met Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy has denied rumours he would be imminently resigning.


No evidence for aliens says White House

The White House officially states that E.T. never left home.

Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy wrote on the House’s website that the American government doesn’t have any sufficient evidence to support the existence of aliens.

Larson did acknowledge the fact that the existence of life trillions and trillions of stars away is possible.  But the odds that they could make contact with earthlings is more than unlikely.

The statement was in response to two petitions by American citizens demanding disclosure on the question and answer section of the White House’s website called We the People.


Tintin to make its North American debut in Quebec on December 9

TINTINSteven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn” will premiere in North America on December 9 in Quebec.

The movie stars Jamie Bell as Tintin and Daniel Craig as Red Rackham.

Tintin’s world premiere was in Belgium on October 22, and the movie has also been released all throughout Europe. South America and Asia are next, with the movie coming out on Thursday.


Pornography and Art on the Internet

A lecture on the intersection of art and pornography will be given tonight in the EV building.

Professor Kelly Dennis will discuss the debate over Internet porn and its economies, its communities, its sexisms and its surveillance.

The lecture is part of Concodia's "Speaking of Photography" series.

Kelly Dennis teaches modern and contemporary art history and the history of photography at the University of Connecticut.

The lecture will take place at 6:30pm tonight in room EV-1.605.


A possible end to Occupy Vancouver

Occupy Vancouver - 2011.10.15The Occupy protest in Vancouver is being ordered to shut down on Tuesday. Police will monitor the site of tents and other structures if the injunction is approved. Police will then have the power to take authoritative action.


November 7th 2011

Produced By Melissa J. Mulligan

Read By Sarah Deshaies

Articles By: Esther Viragh, Sofia Gay, Audrey Folliot, Daniel J. Rowe


Montreal criminal lawyer assaulted

Hells AngelsCriminal lawyer Gilles Doré was assaulted outside his Montreal home Friday afternoon.

The victim was in the coma after his attack, but later regained consciousness and now rests in the hospital with serious injuries. 

Doré represented several presumed Hells Angels Bikers that were arrested during operation SharQc in 2002.


Arts and Science students to strike Thursday

Hall Building at nightConcordia’s Arts and Science students are set to strike this coming Thursday. Nearly five hundred students voted in favour of the motion during a meeting on November third. 

The strike will allow students to join in province-wide protests against tuition hikes. Premier Jean Charest's decision to raise Quebec student tuition by nearly 75% has drawn the ire of many students in the province.


Evoking passion for science

This year’s Exposcience was held over the weekend. Concordia students travelled the distance to Pointe Clair to share their love for science with the West Island community. Our reporter Esther Viragh, was there.

Tarantulas could be pet, animal skeletons carefully examined. Cameron Tilson helped organize the science fair. Community outreach, he said, was one of the objectives.


New Concordia academic plan passes without student support

Concordia’s new five-year academic plan narrowly passed by a secret ballot vote at yesterday’s senate meeting despite being unanimously rejected by CSU Council on October 26th.

The plan puts forth several actions to be taken by the university to improve its academic profile and reputation including hiring ten new faculty members, increasing the library’s budget to expand its collection, and adding more internships and co-ops into the curriculum. Extra revenue from raised tuition will be used to fund the multi-million dollar plan.


News November 4th 2011

Read by Joshua Nemeroff

Produced by Erica Bridgeman

Correspondent Emily Brass

Stories written by Luciana Gravotta, Judy-Ann Mitchell, Tara Brockwell, Joshua Nemeroff and Danny Aubry


Occupy Quebec evicted

Occupy Quebec was evicted yesterday. Police handed protestors an official notice yesterday afternoon. Mayor Labeaume said protesters had to dismantle their encampment by the end of the day. But protestors voted to sit tight. Even if the city decided to use police to enforce eviction.

City officials claim tents and propane stoves are a fire hazard. There had been a small fire on Tuesday near a tent.

With the protestors not budging, city officials began by conducting inspections of the area last night. They removed what they considered to be fire hazards.


Obama`s mission to end euro debt

A G20 conference has been organized in Southern France regarding the Greek debt crisis as its main focus.

US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed that the European financial crisis must be taken seriously.

Obama believes that the crisis is taking a financial toll on the rest of the world as well.

He is confident that he and the European leaders will bring financial stability back to Europe and the whole world.


Member of Shafia clan succumbs to sickness

A member of the Shafia clan accused of quadruple murder has fallen ill.   The trial is on hold until further notice.

Although it is unclear who exactly the sick person is the father Mohammad Shafia was the only one absent from court on Thursday.

Shafia along with his wife and son are accused of killing the three female teens in their family and a woman later revealed to be a second wife.  The act appears to be an honour killing. But all three deny any culpability.

The judge will reconvene with lawyers next Tuesday to discuss the medical matter further.


ASFA declares student strike November 10

Concordia University's Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated ComplexConcordia's Arts and Science Federation of Associations passes a motion to strike Novemeber 10th.

The strike will allow students to join in province-wide protests against tuition hikes.


Hiring violations cause CSU CEO change-up

Chief Electoral Officers at Concordia are changing ever so quickly this month. The Concordia Student Union Judicial Board ruled Wednesday night to remove CEO Bram Goldstein from his position.

Eleven applications were immediately considered for the job. After a closed session, the CSU picked Ismail Holoubi. Former Councillor Tomer Shavit appeared at the Special General Meeting and vowed to appeal the decision.


Trudeau's faith being questioned

McMun 2010 - Opening Ceremonies-6Liberal MP Justin Trudeau is upset that a Tory MP publicly questioned his Catholic faith. He even went as far as to indicate that he might not be suitable to speak to Catholic school students.


November 2, 2011

Read by: Joel Balsam

Stories by: Joel Balsam, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo and Alexa Faye

Produced by: Michael Lemieux

 

*Correction: In the first article, I mentioned Bram Freedman. In fact the CEO's name is Bram Goldstein. I apologize for the mistake. 


White-collar criminals to face tougher sentences under Bill C-21

Financial fraudsters will have to face longer sentences now that the federal government has passed part of its tough-on-crime legislation. Bill C-21 stipulates that white-collar criminals who commit financial fraud of more than $1 million face tougher sentencing.

Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson was in Montreal on Tuesday to announce the legislative change. 

Judges now also have the power to consider aggravating factors in cases of fraud. For example, they can the age of the victims and the amount of money stolen. 

That is welcome news to people like Joey Davis. His parents were defrauded by West Island fraudster Earl Jones.


November 1, 2011

Read by: Aisha Samu

Stories by: Niki Mohrdar, Jordie Yeager, Aisha Samu and Nikita Smith

Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi


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