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Wednesday May 16, 2012
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National News
Quebec tables emergency law to restore order: semesters suspended, possible fines
The Quebec government has announced plans to suspend the current academic session for striking students in an attempt to restore order in a province plagued by unrest....
Protest gangs storm into Montreal university classes, force students out
MONTREAL - Protesters stormed into a university, many of them with their faces covered by masks, moving through the hallways in a hunt for classes to disrupt....
A sneak preview of federal mask ban, coming to a city near you: Montreal's plan
MONTREAL - A federal move to regulate mask-wearing at large gatherings could face a litmus test as early as this week, as events in Montreal help foreshadow whether such a plan will do more good or harm....
NDP launches hearings in bid to rally public opinion against massive budget bill
OTTAWA - Two years ago, Errol Mendes showed up at Liberal-sponsored public hearings to decry the erosion of parliamentary democracy in Canada....
Canada axes foreign studies program despite being told of economic spinoffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs is axing a $5-million program that funds Canadian studies abroad even though the department was told two years ago the program generates $70-million a year for the country's economy....
Alleged terror plotters go directly to trial, says federal prosecution service
OTTAWA - The federal prosecution service has decided that three Ontario men accused of terrorist offences will go directly to trial without preliminary hearings....
