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In December 2015, the federal government has asked the Supreme Court for a six-month extension to draft new laws on doctor-assisted dying. The Supreme Courtwill hear oral arguments on this request startingJanuary 11, 2016.

Classified as: supreme court, Assisted suicide, Robert Leckey, Supreme Court of Canada, Physician assisted suicide
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Published on: 8 Jan 2016

"Hours after North Korea trumpeted the apparent "perfect success" of its first hydrogen bomb test, the United Nations Security Council fired back with a promise of new sanctions." (Site: )

Classified as: political science, 鶹AV, Nuclear weapons and nuclear non-proliferation, Nuclear, Jean-François Bélanger, North Korea
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Published on: 6 Jan 2016

As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: )

John Gyakum, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

"The current El Nino, the strongest since 1997-98, is associated with recent unusually warm conditions in Ontario and Quebec."—John Gyakum

Professor or large scale and dynamic meteorology.

Classified as: 鶹AV, weather, John Gyakum, el nino, lawrence mysak
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Published on: 21 Dec 2015

Here are some story ideas for the upcoming Holiday season:

Classified as: Joe Schwarcz, ariel fenster, holidays, Eric Latimer, Robert Soroka, Anne Leahy, casey mccormick, david wees, christmas tree
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Published on: 16 Dec 2015

The U.S. central bank began raising interest rates Dec. 16 from record lows, as it hiked its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point. (Source: )


, Department of Economics

“Increases in the policy interest rate in the United States will reflect the data showing that the U.S.

Economy is really strengthening, after years of a sluggish recovery.

Classified as: 鶹AV, chris ragan, tom velk, United States, 鶹AV, interest rates
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Published on: 16 Dec 2015

"Nearly 2,400 Montreal blue collar workers including union leadershipwill face sanctions for leaving work to attend a union meeting last week after they were ordered to remain on the job. " (Source: )

Classified as: 鶹AV, 鶹AV, Montreal, labour relations, barry eidlin, unions, cols bleus
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Published on: 14 Dec 2015

Just in time for the holidays, and eggedon by colleagues on the other side of the mountain at , 鶹AV’s Executive chef Oliver De Volpi shares the recipe for our exclusive Holiday Fair TradeCrownie.“50% cookie - 50% brownie - 100% delicious.

Available in 2016 in our dining halls.

鶹AV's exclusive Fair Trade Crownies

Brownie recipe:

Classified as: oliver de volpi, crownie
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Published on: 14 Dec 2015

"The borough of Outremonthas overwhelminglyadopted a controversial bylawbanning new places of worship on Bernard and Laurier avenues." (Source: )

Classified as: 鶹AV, 鶹AV, Faculty of Law, René Provost, outremont, zoning codes and land-use regulations
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Published on: 8 Dec 2015

The federal government could announce some of the details of a much-anticipated national public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women. (Source: )

Classified as: aboriginal, ronald niezen, truth and reconciliation commissions, Aboriginals, missing and murdered, Rights of indigenous peoples
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Published on: 8 Dec 2015

Annual gathering of experts and employees working in the public health sector, the Journées annuelles de santé publique will be held December 8-9 in Montreal. ()

Classified as: public health, amélie quesnel-vallée, maxine dupas pilon
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Published on: 7 Dec 2015

Could maple syrup help cut use of antibiotics?

Syrup extract found to make antibiotics more effective against bacteria. A concentrated extract of maple syrup makes disease-causing bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, according to laboratory experiments by researchers at 鶹AV.

Classified as: Jeffrey Mogil
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Published on: 4 Dec 2015

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, will be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11.

Classified as: climate change, Dror Etzion, climate, catherine potvin, James Ford, Jeffrey McKenzie, Shaun Lovejoy, elena bennett, Bruno Tremblay, Sébastien Jodoin, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, christopher green, guillaume lord, marianne falardeau-côté
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Published on: 27 Nov 2015

"The City of Montreal's 2016 budget includes another increase in residential property taxes, a smaller increase in non-residential property taxes and an increase in overall expenditures of 2.4 per cent." (Source: )

Classified as: budget, Montreal, Richard Shearmur
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Published on: 25 Nov 2015

December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus. 73,000 Canadians are currently HIV positive up from 49,000 in 2001, according to statistics from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CanFAR).

Classified as: AIDS, World AIDS Day, AIDS/HIV, nicole bernard, shelley clark, julian falutz, nitika pant pai, jean-pierre routy, mark weinberg
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Published on: 25 Nov 2015

"The federal government's much-anticipatedSyrian refugee plan will limit those acceptedinto Canada to women, children and families only, CBC News has learned." (Source: )

Classified as: refugees, Child refugees, immigration and refugee, laura madokoro, Refugees in Canada, refugee issues, cécile rousseau
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Published on: 23 Nov 2015

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