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Workers at the N.D.G. food depot have until the end of the week to vacant the building that has been serving food to families in need for more than 20 years.

According to the Gazette, though the lease ended on March 31^st, the owners agreed to let the staff stay until June in order to have more time to find a new home. 

However, that verbal promise was broken when the landlords showed up on Friday returning the rent money for the next 3 months and stating they never promised that staff could continue using the building. 

Located at the corner of de Maisonneuve Blvd and Oxford avenue, the food depot serves about 700 families a week. 

Until a new, permanent location has been found, families will only be able to receive baskets of food items from the depot once a month, instead of twice. The depot has promised to give out more food than usual to make sure people get by. It will also continue its delivery service to the elderly and disabled residents of N.D.G.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: NIKITA SMITH 

A first-year McGill medical resident at St. Mary’s Hospital claims he is being punished by the McGill faculty of Medicine for standing up for patients.

According to the McGill Daily, Dr. Alexander Nataros received a dying patient last November after senior doctors made what he said were “significant life-threatening medical errors.”

Nataros says that by correcting and reporting the errors allegedly made by senior physicians, he was able to save the patient’s life.

In a meeting last December, two of the physicians arrived with several letters written by different doctors stating that they found it difficult to work with Dr. Nataros.

But Nataros isn’t the only one who finds talking to their supervisors challenging.

Other residents say they’ve experienced humiliation when asking questions to their supervisors.

This in turn discourages open communication and can be detrimental to patient care.

A medical resident, who wished to remain anonymous, told the McGill Daily that someone in a position of power can so easily shame and embarrass young doctors if they feel their authority challenged.

Nataros is currently on a forced paid leave of absence.

The incident is still under investigation.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: JENNA MONNEY-LUPERT

The long journey from Whapmagoostui James Bay Quebec to Parliament Hill in Ottawa from the Idle No More Movement has ended.

According to CBC News the journey which was meant to bring attention to aboriginal issues started out as a snowshoe walk in January.

What started out as a small group of seven aboriginal people of Cree descent expanded to nearly 400 people within the movement.

One of the original seven within the group stated that the journey was therapeutic because it helped him and others deal with personal issues.

This aboriginal group which struggles to protect their land continues to inspire others and currently has a facebook group of over 32,700 members.

A government spokesman said Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades faces a tough task to save the island’s economy.

The president was in Brussels discussing a crucial bailout with the European Union and the European Central Bank on Sunday.

According to AL-Jazeera News, Cyprus needs a 10-billion euro bailout to keep the government and the banks intact, but they have to raise 5.8 billion euros just to qualify for that package.

The European Central Bank has threatened to cut off emergency help to the country’s banks if Cyprus can’t meet the Monday deadline.

And without the assistance, the economy could collapse and force the country of the euro zone.

On Sunday, the country’s two main banks called Laiki and the Bank of Cyprus limited withdrawals at ATMS to 100 euros per day.

That led to demonstrations by hundreds of Cypriots Sunday evening, showing slogans against the “troika,” which is the European Union, and President Anastasiades. 

Banks are due to reopen on Tuesday after a 10-day shutdown.

Flickr Photo by: CyprusPictures

STORY WRITTEN BY: KURT WEISS