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Mitt Romney pulls ahead in Republican Presidential leadership campaign
The Republican Presidential Leadership campaign now has a clear frontrunner. According to the BBC, Mitt Romney won Tuesday’s key Florida primary by a large margin.
This is Romney’s second major primary win after winning the Iowa Caucus that opened the campaign. But for the past few weeks Romney’s lead has been held under question. He lost to rival Newt Gingrich in the important North Carolina primary earlier this month.
Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are also still in the running. Romney will look to stretch his lead with the next primary being held in Nevada on Saturday.
Photo by Robert Huffstutter Flickr.
Disabled sue Montreal public transit
A group of disabled people who travel on wheelchairs is suing Montreal’s public transit for unequal access to public transportation.
The group argues their right is covered in the charter of rights and is claiming $20,000 for failure to provide adequate travel service.
According to CTV Montreal, the city has only seven metro stations accessible to wheelchairs out of 68.
In comparison, Toronto has 30 of 69 stations so equipped.
The transit authorities did not comment on the alleged accusations. But in the past they have cited as a reason a cost of $15 million of renovations for such developments.
Public transportations have previously promised to equip all stations with elevators by 2028.
Montreal woman gets sixteen years in prison for drugs
According to the CBC, a Montreal woman has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison.
34-year-old Tara Hayes was caught trying to smuggle over seventy thousand ecstasy tablets in to the United States. She was convicted in August but only recently sentenced.
Border patrol officers found the drugs inside Hayes’ rental car’s gas tank. Her lawyer argued Hayes did not know the drugs were there. They had an estimated value of up to two million dollars.
January 31st, 2012
Read by: Aisha Samu
Stories by: Aisha Samu, Nikita Smith, Tara Brockwell, Jordie Yeager, and Esther Viragh
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Old Age Security will not be cut...yet
No threats to Old Age security yet.
According to the CBC Prime Minister Stephen Harper told parliament Monday that those currently receiving old age security will not see their benefits cut.
Without going into specifics he said adjustments will have to be made in the future to sustain costs. By 2030 the ratio of workers to retired people will be two to one leaving the government less tax dollars to work with.
Harper caused a stir with his speech announcing his government’s plans to transform the pension system at the World Economic Forum last week.
Presidential election rules established in Egypt
Egypt’s governing military council has set out rules for presidential elections.
According to the BBC, this will be the country’s first election since the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak.
The rules specify that candidates must be born in Egypt to Egyptian parents. They cannot be married to a foreigner either.
An endorsement by at least 30 MPs or 30-thousand eligible voters is also a requirement.
No date has yet been set for the poll. The military council has promised, however, that it will be held in June. A spokesman for a civilian body that advises the generals was asked to comment. He said the military is considering ways of speeding up the transition to civilian rule.
Judith Woodsworth returns to Concordia
Judith Woodsworth is returning to the halls of Concordia as a teacher.
The Montreal Gazette is reporting the return of the former Concordia president who is currently teaching French translation classes.
Woodsworth stepped down as president in December 2010 after a storm of controversy that caused instability within the university, taking with her a hefty severance package of over $700 000.
Yet her quiet return is in stark contrast to the fanfare surrounding her infamous departure.
The reappearance of Woodsworth received no publicity, with a communications official for Concordia downplaying the situation, maintaining there was no need for an announcement because “she’s just a faculty member.”
Woodsworth’s return to academia hasn’t been met with much opposition, yet it has taken some by surprise.
President of the Concordia University Support Staff Union Danièle Berthiaume was surprised Woodsworth would come back to the university, noting that “nothing was clarified” surrounding her mysterious exit, and that “now it seems she was given tenure along with the position of president.”
Concordia Student Union President Lex Gill separated Woodsworth’s former position as president from her current role as a professor calling it “two very different things.”
Shortly after her departure, the university appointed Dr. Frederick Lowy as the interim president.
With two presidents leaving in the middle of their terms and Concordia’s Board of Directors coming under fire, internal and external studies are currently being conducted into the university’s governance.
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich supports Keystone Pipeline
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that, if elected, he’ll authorize the construction of the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office.
According to The Globe and Mail, Gingrich wants to ensure Canadians that the pipeline won’t have to be built across the Rocky Mountains.
TransCanada, the company in charge of building the pipeline, has yet to finalize a route for the project. According to Gingrich and The Globe and Mail, it will begin in "central Canada."
Megaupload's content may be removed by Thursday
According to BBC, U.S prosecutors have stated that files belonging to Megaupload users may be deleted as early as Februrary 2nd.
Megaupload’s lawyer has told the Associated Press that at least 50 million users are sharing files on their sites. All of their files could be deleted.
This statement was released after the U.S Attorney’s Office filed an official warning letter.
Users of the website will not be paid because Megauplaod’s funds have been frozen. Other users have different complaints. Some claim that they lost files, which they had created themselves, free of any copyright infringement.
The site was officially shut down on January 19th, leaving 150 million registered users of the site unhappy.
Megaupload has been accused of costing copyright holders more than 500 million dollars in revenue.
It is the most popular file-sharing service in the world.
Bob Rae challenges Concordia students to help re-build the Liberals Party
At the tail end of a five-day tour of Quebec, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae paid a visit to young liberals at Concordia University.Pages
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