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Phillips Square, in downtown Montreal, was crowded on Sunday morning. It was the starting point for this year’s Montreal Walks for mental health with Margaret Trudeau as one of its honorary chairs. Esther Viragh reports. 

The event united those struck by a mental illness and those who were there to offer their support. The 5 km walk was in its third consecutive year. Its aim was to sensitize the public and to raise awareness on mental health issues. Margaret Trudeau has been part of the event from the beginning.

La liste des 477 prisonniers Palestiniens libérés en échange du soldat Israélien Gilad Shalit a été publiée dimanche.

Les prisonniers dont 450 hommes et 27 femmes, devraient être libérés mardi. Parmi les prisonniers sur la liste se trouvent :

Ahlam Tamimi, connue pour avoir participer au choix du lieu de plusieurs attentats suicides et pour y avoir acheminé des kamikazes. Elle a été condamnée 16 fois à la prison à vie.

Mohammed al Sharatha, arrêté pour l'enlèvement de deux militaires israéliens en 1989. Il a été condamné deux fois à perpétuité et une fois à 30 ans de réclusion.

The Occupy movement loomed over QPIRG’s latest edition of its Lounge Speakers series.

On hand were community and public affairs professor Anna Kruzynski, Concordia Student Union president Lex Gill, and activist Jaggi Singh.

Doctor Kruzynski made a case for the empowering nature of grassroots action. 

"When you participate int hese street actions often times you end up feeling a sense of power which is very important when you a break with these feelings that things are too large to change

Shriners has recently revealed that they will have a new hospital built in Montreal sometime in the near future.

The entire project which adds up approximately $127 million will all be paid by the Shriners.

It will be twice the size of the current hospital and will consist of twenty-two single patient rooms.

Former Shriners patients have stated that the new hospital will shed light on the future of families.

Construction of the hospital will commence in spring 2013 and it will officially open in summer 2015.

Montreal infrastructure continues its downward decline.  Firemen created a roadblock downtown on University between Cathcart and Palace Streets.  A chunk of concrete appears to be at risk of falling from the 10^th floor of a commercial highrise.

A window washer has since reported noticing more loose concrete blocks on the seventh and eight floor of that building.  It is unclear when the high rise was last inspected.    

It could be days before the security perimeter is lifted.

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Research in Motion CEO Mike Lazaridis announced service on the Blackberry network had been restored worldwide on Thursday. Blackberry users across Canada had been grinding their teeth in frustration on Wednesday after a network failure in Europe early in the week led to a worldwide Blackberry service disruption. An unknown number of Canadians were left without access to their messaging service and to internet on their smartphones.

The Concordia chapter of journalists for human rights hosted its second Speak4Rights event this Tuesday. It featured Felix von Geyer, a Concordia professor and sustainable development journalist. Luciana Gravotta reports.

Felix von Geyer attracted an audience of around 50 people that packed the small upstairs room of the Bishop street Burritoville.

With a Socratic flair, Von Geyer’s talk encouraged the audience not just to listen but to think.

The family of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit rejoiced news that he’ll return home. Shalit spent 5 years as a prisoner of war. He was captured when he was 19.

People in Gaza City also celebrated the news. The release is part of a prisoner swap between Israel and Palestine. Over a thousand Palestinians will also be freed.

The agreement was reached after an intense week of talks. Hamas leader Khaled Mashal called it a victory.

Already hostile U.S.-Iranian relations took a turn for the worst when Washington publicly accused the Iranian government of backing a terrorist plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Washington.