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Students organise sit-in at Palestinian delegation in London

News • February 3, 2011

Young Palestinians pressure the Palestinian ambassador to the UK for free and fair elections Read More

Bill to streamline export of AIDS medication

Zach Lewsen • February 3, 2011

Stiff opposition cites possible intellectual property violations Read More

Conservatives invest $10 million in summer jobs

Mari Galloway • January 29, 2011

Student unemployment needs more drastic measures, say critics Read More

Quebec slow to move on CEGEP overcrowding

Rachel Reichel • January 29, 2011

English CEGEPs poised to bear the brunt of high student influx Read More

Canada’s day of rage

Michael Lee-Murphy • January 29, 2011

Egyptians in Montreal and Ottawa rally for democracy Read More

Students occupy rectors’ offices

Maya Shoukri • January 29, 2011

ASSÉ-coordinated sit-ins protest tuition hikes at Laval, UdeM, UQAM, and UQAC Read More

Homeless face an extreme winter

News • January 29, 2011

Shelters overflow as temperatures drop below -25 degrees Celsius Read More

BoG appoints three new members

Henry Gass • January 29, 2011

Gerald Butts, President and CEO of WWF-Canada; Peter Coughlin, co-founder of Montreal-based real estate and investment company Redbourne Properties Inc.; and Samuel Minzberg, a director of Reitmans (Canada) Limited, Quebecor Media Inc., and Richmont Mines Inc, will replace three former external members-at-large on the McGill Board of Governors Read More

Midnight Kitchen reopens

Rana Encol • January 29, 2011

Midnight Kitchen (MK) resumed operations last Friday after resolving misunderstandings with SSMU over the collective’s certification under the Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec, which resulted in a two-day hiatus Read More

Residences fight hike in food prices

News • January 29, 2011

Students weren’t consulted before Food Services raised meal prices over break Read More

Students challenge SEM plan

Henry Gass • January 27, 2011

SSMU and PGSS encouraged by new long-term approach to enrolment management Read More

Quebec prosecutors vote for a strike mandate

Emily Meikle • January 27, 2011

In the largest recorded meeting of Quebec attorneys to date, the Association of Prosecutors in Criminal and Penal Prosecutions of Quebec (APCPP) voted Saturday in favour of a mandate to strike if the provincial government does not meet their demands. According to the APCPP, Quebec prosecutors are the lowest… Read More

AUS postering fine withdrawn

Henry Gass • January 27, 2011

One day before proceedings were set to begin, the City of Montreal withdrew its case against the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) over a $2,500 postering fine. AUS is no longer responsible for either the fine itself or any court fees associated with the case. AUS was charged for violating a… Read More

GA abolition discussed

Queen Arsem-O'Malley • January 27, 2011

SSMU President holds town hall on his motion Read More

Montreal copy stores busted for photocopying textbooks

Vicky Tobianah • January 27, 2011

Thirteen arrested, 2,700 counterfeit textbooks seized in RCMP raids Read More