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NewsConcordia Bomb Threat Trial Day 3: Suspect Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation
Quebec Justice Melanie Hébert ruled that Hisham Saadi’s confession was completely voluntary and therefore admissible as evidence during the last day of his trial Thursday morning.
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NewsParc-Extension Protesters Voice Concerns at Council Meeting
Protesters met inside the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough hall to give their two-cents about the transformation of a former community hub into luxury apartments, in a question period with mayor Giuliana Fumagalli and other city officials, Tuesday night.
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NewsConcordia Bomb Threat Trial Day 2: Defence Alleges Police Had “Double Standard”
Hisham Saadi sat at the front of the Palais de Justice courtroom on Tuesday, wearing a light green hoodie over a blue button-down shirt. The man charged in connection with the bomb threat hoax at Concordia last March looked increasingly uncomfortable as the remainder of his interrogation tape played.
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NewsFine Arts Students to Be Refunded for Café X Fee-Levy
The Fine Arts Student Alliance is currently working with Concordia’s Office of Student Relations to refund fees that were levied from Fine Arts students for the recently-closed Café X.
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NewsNew Concordia Advisor to Integrate Indigenous Topics in All Programs
Former First Peoples Studies professor Donna Kahérakwas Goodleaf is Concordia’s first Indigenous curriculum and pedagogy advisor.
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NewsWhat Université de Montréal’s New Campus Means for Parc-Extension
The university is building the first pavilion of a new campus set to open in 2019. With that, many worry the displacement of low income people in Parc-Extension will only continue, seeing the eviction of tenants from the Johnny Brown Building as one step in a longer path towards gentrification.
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NewsConcordia Bomb Hoax Suspect Had an Exam the Same Day
Evidence suggests Hisham Saadi had an economics exam on March 1, 2017, the same day three buildings at Concordia University’s downtown campus were evacuated after the security department and media outlets received a bomb threat by email.
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NewsMontreal’s Role at the Dawn of Artificial Intelligence
Through the development of AI we’re promised a better future, technologically and economically. This is especially the case in Canada and in Montreal.
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NewsLiving in Cabot Square
For years the Cabot Square area has been known to be a rough area. Historically it’s been a gathering place for a large homeless population in Montreal, especially those who are First Nations.
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NewsTrial Begins for Man Accused of Sending Concordia Bomb Threat
The trial of Hisham Saadi, the 48-year-old suspected in connection with a bomb threat hoax against Concordia University last year, began this morning at the Palais de Justice.

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