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Canada in Brief: June 14, 2011
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Student unemployment improving since recession This past May, Canada’s unemployment rate took an unexpected turn, dropping to 7.4 per cent. Unemployment for the summer
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Cost-cutting underlies Canada Post strike talks
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“Canada post cutting costs but is investing $2 billion dollars to new technology,” CBC quoted Daniel Lemelin of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
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Canada in brief: May 18, 2011
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Quebec citizens head home The people of Quebec are finally making their way home after the worst swell of water levels in recent history
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Coal reduction costs consumers
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An environmental initiative, which began in 2003 under premier Dalton McGuinty to eliminate coal as a source of energy, has displayed significant results. A
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Four McGill students elected to Parliament
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MONTREAL (CUP) — Three current McGill students and one recent McGill graduate were elected members of Parliament in the May 2 federal election. The
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Ignatieff resigns
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Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff resigned this morning after the party’s historic electoral loss on May 2. The Liberals were reduced to 34 seats in
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Voting will ‘require students to plan ahead’
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WATERLOO, Ont. (CUP) — Many are wondering if students will even be able to vote in the upcoming federal election with polling days scheduled
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KW candidates prepare to run
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After Stephen Harper’s federal Conservative government was found to be in contempt of Parliament on Mar. 26, a general election was called and the
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Supporting future students
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On Thursday morning, the Liberal Party made their first major policy announcement of the 2011 campaign; it promised $1billion in financial aid for post-secondary
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Students from abroad a source of revenue
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Laurier proudly hangs the flags of the 68 nations represented in the student population in its dining hall. Despite the promotion of diversity, a
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