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February 12th, 2013
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Stories by: Jenna Monney-Lupert, Gregory Wilson, Danny Aubry & Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Bill C-30 will not pass due to public opposition
Federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said the controversial Bill C-30 will not go ahead due to public opposition on Monday.
According to CBC News, The bill was known as the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act. Its role was to enable the authorities to conduct online surveillance and warrantless wiretapping.
Opponents fought against the bill claiming it could potentially strip all Canadians to the right to privacy.
Canadians were especially riled up after Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told an opposition MP to ‘‘either stand with us or with the child pornographers,’’ last year.
Nicholson assured that any future modification to the Criminal Code will not contain any of the measures that were present in this bill.
STORY WRITTEN BY: GERGORY WILSON
Study shows obstacles students may face while in school
A new Quebec study was made public on Monday.
The study is called: Les élèves du primaire à risque de décrocher au secondaire: caractéristiques à 12 ans et prédicteurs à 7 ans
According to the Montreal Gazette, the study shows multiple problems that are beyond students’ control can get in the way of their success.
As reported by the study, poverty, family makeup and parenting practices all have a very strong impact a student’s academic performance.
Divorced or separated parents also hinder on how well the student will do in school.
Université de Montréal researchers, found they could tell by age 7 which children would be floundering by age 12
The study is divided into four categories of at-risk students. These include students who are reserved, indifferent, under-performing and maladjusted.
Researchers say that by age 12, about one in seven students was found to be at risk of dropping out.
Two general factors that make students more at risk of dropping out include high difficulties in learning and low self-esteem compared to classmates who were not struggling.
Researchers recommend that schools act quickly to identify at-risk children so that measures to help them could be put in place by Grade 1.
Flickr Photo by: Ryan Stanton
STORY WRITTEN BY: JENNA MONNEY-LUPERT
Bangladesh faces difficult future from climate change
Bangladesh may be facing a difficult future because of climate change.
According to The Star website, climate change will cause a migration unlike anything ever seen. It will leave parts of Asia and Africa uninhabitable.
Bangladesh is expected to absorb the hardest blow. Rising sea levels from melting glaciers could flood seventeen per cent of the country. It is also expected to create twenty to third million refugees and people leave Bangladesh to search for jobs and safety.
The explanation given, is that Bangladesh is a flat surfaced countries six metres above sea level and the majority of Bengalis live in a delta region surrounded by three rivers. The country also faces more extreme weather pattern with tornadoes and cyclones occurring on a more frequent basis.
Climate change is expected to cause a migration of as many as two-hundred fifty million people from parts of Africa and Asia. Small islands in the Pacific Ocean will disappear, as early as the end of the century.
Flickr Photo by: Oxfam GB in Asia
Pope Benedict XVI to step down
Pope Benedict XVI will step down from his position after almost eight years of work as the head of the Catholic Church.
According to BBC News Pope Benedict XVI stated that he felt that his old age was effecting his abilities to fulfill his papal duties.
He also stated that his doctor warned him of how some of his papal duties may further decline his health.
Pope Benedict XVI`s resignation will be the first papal resignation in almost 600 years.
The Vatican stated that a new Pope should be elected sometime before Easter.
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February 11th, 2013
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Stories by: Kurt Weiss, Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Natasha Taggart
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Tanning beds forbidden to minors
Minors under the age of 18 will need to find another way to get a tan.
According to CBC News, a law forbidding the sale of U.V. tanning services comes into effect on Monday.
The P.Q. said the law represents a preventative measure against potential skin diseases from artificial tanning. Dermatologists and other experts agree that U.V. tanning beds can lead to different skin cancers, such as Melanoma.
Salons who allow minors to use their services face fines between $500 and $15 000. Minors also face a maximum $100 fine for breaking the law.
60 000 Quebecers signed the petition in favour of regulating the effects caused by artificial U.V. beds.
Flickr Photo by: Travel Salem
P.Q. reassures youth wing on discussion of free tuition
It looks like free tuition will be on the agenda after all at the upcoming summit on higher education.
According to the Gazette, Premier Pauline Marois promised the P.Q. youth wing that a discussion on free tuition will take place at the higher education summit later this month.
Marois called the discussion of free tuition a "healthy debate" on this issue.
Meanwhile, Marois announced at the gathering of P.Q. delegates that sovereignty is the main goal of her party. She wants to put in place an action plan to revive voter interest in the P.Q.'s sovereignty push.
The Drummondville hotel where the gathering took place was under heavy security.
Flickr Photo by: Montreal metropole culturelle
Protest at Plan Nord conference
The city of Montreal is faced another scene reminiscent of last spring’s student protests.
This time around, the protestors say they are against plans for new mining projects in northern Quebec, reports the Gazette.
On Saturday, the second day of protests against those plans, demonstrators rallied outside a job fair at the city’s convention centre.
Police arrested thirty-six people in relation to the protests.
Thirty-two of them will be charged with unlawful assembly, with nine of those being minors.
And four of them will be charged for assaulting an officer.
Police spokesperson Ian Lafrenière said at least one window was smashed and a flare gun was fired inside the building.
He said the police tolerate protests, but not criminal acts like that.
On Friday, officials declared the get-together illegal as soon as it started because there was no protest route given beforehand.
Lafrenière said no one has been seriously injured.
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