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NewsFighting Hunger
Sylvie is a single mother. She works full time at a minimum-wage job to provide for her two children. Faced with mounting credit card debt and a stack of other bills, Sylvie turned to a food bank to help ease the cost of feeding her family.
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NewsPassing the Buck
What started as a talk about the corporatization of Concordia turned into a debate about the controversial upcoming Student Centre referendum, as it was revealed for the first time that the Centre would be located in the Faubourg building.
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NewsShattered Glass
The damage was caused by what police are calling “projectiles thrown with the intention to cause mischief.” No one was hurt and no suspects have been found so far.
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NewsBleeding for Civil Disobedience
There is an old saying which suggests that “good fences make good neighbours.”
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NewsA Mountain of Debt
The Quebec Coalition of Consumer Associations released a survey last Wednesday that indicates credit card owners have skewed perceptions of the reality of their debt, and unless something is done to educate people, the situation will only get worse.
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NewsUnofficial No Campaigns Take Root
With limited resources and no political experience to speak of, Ayanda Dube and Joseph Mynyenyiwa have emerged as the first unofficial “No” campaign in this year’s Student Union Building referendum.
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NewsGalloway Stirs Up Montreal
Former British MP George Galloway criticized the Harper government’s support of what he called the Israeli siege of Palestine in front of a packed house at Montreal’s Université de Québec à Montréal last Wednesday.
Galloway’s speech, entitled “Free Palestine. Free Afghanistan. Free Speech,” was originally meant to be part of a five-city tour before the former MP was banned from coming to Canada in 2009, an issue that Galloway addressed with humour. -
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Concordia Janitors Avoid Strike
Concordia’s janitorial staff learned they wouldn’t be going on strike following a majority vote to accept the most recent agreement reached between their union and employer on Nov. 21.
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NewsAislin Discusses Media, Politics and Satire
Aislin is the nom de plume of Canada’s foremost satirical cartoonist, Terry Mosher. He has been brilliantly lampooning culture and politics for decades, with unflinching insight and a wonderfully cruel wit.
The highlight of any newspaper, and perhaps of our political culture, is the editorial page cartoon. It can be both funny and thought-provoking, but only for certain people—those who take an interest in public affairs and know a few things about them. -
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NewsStill Plenty Against the G20
Although the G20 in Toronto is five months past and the current one in South Korea is half a world away, over 400 protesters showed up for a march through Montreal’s downtown core on Nov. 12.
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