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There could be a cut to revenue for Quebec private schools on the horizon.

According to the Gazette, 324 Quebec private schools could have their revenue cut by as much as 60 percent if they start accepting more students with learning disabilities.

PQ Education minister Marie Malavoy made the proposal on Friday in the National Assembly.

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An earthquake shook Montreal Tuesday night at around 12:19AM, creating a wave of panic amongst the people.

Facebook and Twitter have been invaded with statuses about the earthquake, so that all of us who haven't felt it still know about it.

According to stats from Natural Resources Canada, the 4.5 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre in Longueuil.

It was felt as far from Montreal as the town of Valleyfield, some 20 kilometers from the Ontario border, West of Montreal.

More fighter jets are now being deployed by Turkish troops to an airbase close to the border while maintaining tense artillery exchanges along the southeastern border of Syria.

The announcement was confirmed on Tuesday during reports of fierce fighting as Syrian rebels attempt to take control of the northern Idib province.

A new project could cool down emotions caused by the closure Québec’s only nuclear plant.

According to CBC News, the Quebec government will announce its support of a 1.2 billion dollar fertilizer production facility for the Bécancour region.

Two large agricultural companies including IFFCO from India will be partners in the project. They are set to invest 100 million to 200 million dollars.

Eurozone has unleashed its six hundred and fifty billion dollar financial plan regarding the financial concerns of countries in need.

According to Aljazeera News, Eurozone's financial plan is called the European Stability Mechanism.

It was made up by finance ministers from seventeen countries for the purpose of bailing out struggling banks and economies.

The European Stability Mechanism will be put to work when the European Union's twenty-seven leaders meet in Brussels.

350 people took to the streets in Montreal to protest police brutality.

According to CBC News, the protest started at 9pm on Saturday evening at Place Emilie-Gamelin. The protest was deemed illegal by Montreal police because a planned route wasn't given, but they allowed it to continue.

SPVM Sgt. Laurent Gingras stated that 2 flares were shot and some construction signs were taken down. One person was arrested for firing a flare but was freed after being given a ticket.

The protest was over by 11pm. A facebook page of the event mentions that Montreal police have rejected 46 complaints from the student crisis.

At least six protesters were arrested in Moscow Sunday in demonstrations that marked Russian President Vladimir Putin's 60th birthday.

Around two hundred protesters were calling for answers in the death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

Politkovskaya is known for vocally criticizing Putin's policies in Chechnya. She was shot in her apartment building in 2006.

According to Al-Jazeera, Putin was away from the protests, celebrating his birthday with family in St. Petersburg.

The list of beef products incoming from Alberta grew once again on Thursday.

In a report by the Gazette, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency added a dozen of products sold across the country to the long list of recalled beef.

The beef in question came from an XL Foods plant located in Alberta. The plant was the centre of a recent E. coli outbreak.

After the first Presidential Debate between Republican Candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, the vote is in that Romney outshined Obama.

According to CBC, real estate agents in Ontario have noticed an increase in interested Quebec buyers ever since the last provincial election in which the Parti Québécois won.

Diane Chretien, a real estate agent from Lancaster, Ontario says that many people are worried about a tax increase for those earing a higher income and would like to move before the new tax rules begin as early as December 31^st.