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A major announcement on the student movement came out on Sunday night: The Coalition de l'Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiant (CLASSE) will condemn acts of violence in the battle against tuition hikes.

The group, which represents the largest number of students in the fight against tuition hikes, came to the unanimous decision after hours of debate at a group meeting on Sunday.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec held its first policy convention in Victoriaville Saturday, CBC reports.

CAQ leader François Legault says his party is set for the elections. 

The party took up sixty policy resolutions. They include getting rid of school boards, minimizing bureaucracy and allow doctors to bill medicare and the private sector.

Legault says the Liberals and the Parti Quebecois did not make substantial changes because they are afraid of losing power. 

The Parti Quebecois has stated that it has evidence that the Liberals are prepping for a spring election.

In a report by CTV News on Thursday, PQ language critic Yves-Francois Blanchet believes he has evidence which points to a possible spring election.

Blanchett says this is supported by a Liberal event designed to curry favour with french voters.

The Band's drummer Levon Helm lost his battle to throat cancer on Thursday at age 71.

Helm also sang numerous songs for the Band and was recognized by fans for his southern style preacher voice.

He is remembered by other famous musicians as charismatic and an inspiration to go far in the music business.

The Office Quebecoise de la langue Francaise has plenty of complaints regarding numerous violations of Bill 101.

In a report by CTV News, 850 complaints were filed with the OQLF on Wednesday. These complaints have been encourged by the Societe Saint-Jean Baptiste and the Mouvement Quebec Francais. 300 of the them were filed by one retired worker who goes around the city looking for violations himself.

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Ron Leech, a Wildrose candidate in the Alberta elections, apologized for his racially charged comments pronounced during a radio show.

Leech admitted having the upper hand in the elections as he is a white man speaking to an entire community, not just the select few members of his own ethnic group.He is currently in the race to represent Calgary-Greenway.

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A new world record has been set in the men’s wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon.

According to CBC, Canadian Joshua Cassidy beat the previous record by two seconds.

Despite the 30 degree temperature, Cassidy finished three minutes before the runner-up.

The government has stuck a wedge in the already shakey partnership between the Federation étudiante universitaire dd Quebec (FEUQ) and the Coalition large de l’association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (CLASSE).

Education Minister Line Beauchamp's proposal for an independent committee on university governance was welcomed by the FEUQ, but was condemned for the fact that it excluded the larger student coalition CLASSE.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama’s views clashed with those of Latin American countries on two issues – Cuba and on the war on drugs, during Saturday’s summit in Colombia.

According to the CBC, Harper and Obama represented the only countries who still did not want to lobby to invite Cuba to the Organization of American States.

Drivers under twenty-one are facing a new alcohol restriction. A ban from drinking any amount of alcohol before driving started on Saturday, CTV reports.

A Quebec road safety expert says when it comes to young driver accidents, half the time there is alcohol involved.

Young drivers caught with even a drop of alcohol will lose their license for ninety days. They will also be fined from three hundred to six hundred dollars and lose four demerit points.