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US President Barrack Obama announced that he intends to implement harsher gun laws in the coming year.

According to CBC News, the president made the announcement following the school shooting last week in Connecticut that claimed 26 lives.

Obama is demanding concrete proposals from congress and hoping to make progress early next year.

According to the CBC, three people were arrested and two have been charged in connection to the $18-million maple syrup theft this past summer.

The thieves made off with 9,600 barrels or 2.7 million kilos of maple syrup from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blanford.

It was originally estimated that the thieves stole about $30-million dollars’ worth of syrup, but later verification revealed fewer barrels were actually missing.

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A spectacular pileup on a Quebec highway caused the closure of the road for hours.

The Quebec Government has announced the birth of a new park in Nunavik called Tursujuq.

According to CBC News the Quebec Government worked on the park with the Kativik Regional Government and Aboriginal groups.

The chair of the Kativik Regional Government stated that they began building the park in the 1990`s.

She also stated that they had to overcome many challenges while building the park, such as including the Nastapoka River.

Tursujuq is now the third park within the Nunavik area.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut last Friday has resurfaced new talks on tighter gun control in the U.S. and Canada.

According to CBC News, gun control advocates from both countries voiced their opinions on why action must be taken sooner rather than later. Quebec Premier Pauline Marois who was in New York at the time of the shooting expressed her opinion that gun control must be tightened in the U.S.

New reports reveal more serious financial problems at the McGill University Health Centre.

According to the Montreal Gazette, the MUHC expects to be at least 53 million dollars in deficit in 2013.

That’s more than double the amount disclosed at their annual general meeting on Dec. 3, which tallied the MUHC’s operating deficit at 29.3 million dollars.

On Tuesday night, the House of Commons narrowly approved a controversial private members’ bill introduced by Conservative MP Russ Hiebert.

The bill would require labour unions to disclose extensive financial information to the Canada Revenue Agency, which would then post the information online. Many Conservatives defended the bill, claiming that the unions’ tax-exempt status justifies greater transparency.

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Two unions are challenging a mining company in court, in light of foreign employment for a northern B.C. mining project.

According to the Globae & Mail, the challenged company, HD Mining, obtained temporary foreign worker permits for the project. The course case shows that HD Mining will employ 201 Chinese miners using the work permits. The case also reveals the long-term plans for the project.

Missing sixteen year old girl CJ Morningstar Fowler was found dead in Kamloops December fifth.

Fowler was a member of the Gitanmaax First Nation. Her death is suspected to be murder.

Wednesday her parents as well as the First Nation's leaders addressed the deepening issue of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

According to newswire.ca, Aboriginal women in Canada are three point five times more likely to be subjects of violence.

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