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Surgery wait times for ovarian, breast, and cervical cancers in Quebec are triple the government benchmarks.

According to the Gazette, the lack of resources, such as nursing staff and budget cuts, are causing a backlog of surgeries while leaving operating rooms empty.

Experts suggest that gynecological cancers may be the most severe. This cancer usually spreads quickly before it is detected. Rather than waiting four weeks from diagnosis to surgery, patients are waiting as long as three months.

The fair amount of police brutality that has been reported during last spring’s numerous protests against tuition hikes still make the news today.

Groups, such as Amnesty International and the Ligue des droits et libertés, denounce the violent treatments that some students faced at the time.

In Vancouver, a protest forced a gas station to nearly shut-down its business.

30 people from the proactive environmental collective BC Blackout rallied in front of a Shell gas station in Vancouver's East-End neighbourhood on November 10th.

Vancouver Media Co-op's Zig-zag reports that the rally was against Royal Dutch Shell's involvement in expoiting Alberta's Tar Sands. Shell is also a part of various pipeline projects, most notably the Enbridge Keystone pipeline.

The city of Montreal is undertaking an ambitious project to enhance animal protection laws.

In a report by the McGill Daily, the city working in tandem with the SPCA is encouraging new pet owners to adopt animals from shelters in favour of pet shops. 200 pets were sdopted at the last "Operation Adoption" weekend in late October.

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Over out West, a new report suggests that buying alcohol is much cheaper when the government's behind the counter.

According to the Globe and Mail, the report compared prices of 13 popular beverages at liquor stores across Western Canada.

It found that privately owned stores in Alberta and British Columbia charged significantly more than their public counterparts.

An investigation ins underway in Alberta after a judge dismissed a sexual assault case for taking too long to go to trial.

According to the Globe and Mail, the man accused of the crime is now free and cannot be charged again.

The victim’s mother stated that to have him be in court and realize what he did was not acceptable.

The alleged victim’s assault happened between the ages of 9 and 17, but only came forward six years later.

In 2009, the accused was arrested on multiple sexual assault charges.

The ruling Union Montreal party made it official on Thursday evening picking Richard Deschamps as their candidate to be Montreal's interim mayor until November 3rd, 2013.

According to CTV Montreal, Deschamps was nominated over Gerard Tremblay's former right hand man and chairman of the city's executive committee Michael Applebaum.

In a report by CBC News, same sex families are on the rise and have been for some time in Canada.

Though less opposite sex couples are getting married and having children, the numbers have risen for gay and lesbian couples that tie the knot and start families over the last two decades.

Same-sex marriage was legalized across Canada seven years ago.

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The National Assembly was in an uproar on Wednesday as a letter containing information regarding the Parti Quebecois' plan for the tuition freeze was made public.

According to the Gazette, the letter, revealed by the Liberals, confirmed the PQ's plan to completely freeze tuition until 2014.

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