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Protesters storm Montreal university, gang up on students in class

Protesters stormed into a university, many of them with their faces covered by masks, and worked through the hallways Wednesday on the hunt for classes to disrupt.

Montreal in the spotlight as nationwide mask ban looms

The mask ban could become law nationwide within months

Quebec law would bar minors from tanning in salons

Proposed legislation intended to curb rise of deadly skin cancer

Quebec gets ready to play hardball with student protesters

New Education Minister begins fresh talks with student leaders as Premier rallies support for a stronger enforcement of court injunctions to open schools

Tuition Protests

Quebec assures students it won't adopt special law to force settlement

"We cannot say that the impasse has been overcome. The Minister told us the decision will be taken by the cabinet (on Wednesday)," said Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the spokesperson for the more militant student-union coalition known as CLASSE.

Globe Editorial

Charest should not back down

The student demonstrators are trying to intimidate the government

Riot cops, protesters clash as authorities work to open blocked Quebec school

The provincial riot squad fired chemical irritants at about 100 protesters who refused to move while blocking the entrance of a junior college north of Montreal

Sherbrooke, Que. residents warned to watch for blood-filled syringes in retail clothing

Shoppers in Sherbrooke, Que., are being urged to be careful when they try on clothing in local stores because they could be jabbed by a blood-filled syringe.

Education minister's exit leaves Charest holding the bag

Despite a hard line on student protesters, Quebec Premier has had little success in ending 14-week standoff as violence escalates

Accused Montreal metro smoke-bombers detained; bail hearings delayed

The bail hearings for four facing charges including spreading fear of terrorism have been postponed until May 23

Lysiane Gagnon

Charest has failed Quebec's universities

His attempts at appeasing the students will hurt these tragically underfunded institutions

Montreal smoke-bomb suspects charged with inciting fear of terrorism

A man and three women turned themselves in to authorities Friday; smoke-bomb attacks crippled Montreal’s subway system the day before

Charismatic Quebec student spokesman ‘in a tough position’

Facing down accusations that he’s turning his movement into a one-man show, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois also risks seeing the protest taken over by far more radical forces

Retired judge accused of killing wife weeps in court

Stroke victim not depressed and hadn’t voiced suicidal thoughts, caregiver testifies

Missing plane found near Peterborough, pilot dead

Plane was reported missing on Monday and found in the Ganaraska Forest in southern Ontario

MP QUESTIONING

Old Port of Montreal CEO unapologetic over trip expenses

Claude Benoit defends costs in front of parliamentary committee

Judge accused of killing wife didn't want police searching house, trial hears

A Quebec City police officer, told the trial today that Jacques Delisle protested upon hearing about plans to search the house

Police on the hunt for smoke bombs suspects after Montreal subway attack

The city is dealing with unwieldy protests over a tuition hike, but police have not laid blame on anyone for the transit disruption

Ex-judge accused of shooting wife asked she not be revived, court told

He claimed suicide was her last wish, but court hears gun powder in her hand arouses murder suspicion

Former Quebec politician falsely tweets Margaret Thatcher’s death

Report of former British prime minister’s death comes from fake Carla Bruni Twitter account

Federal Tories tied to Quebec companies accused of corruption

A Canadian Press investigation reveals that in 2009 both Liberal and Conservative candidates received large donations from Quebec companies now mired in corruption inquiry

Police arrest dozens in debit, credit card scam

International operation has links to England, Tunisia, Malaysia, New Zealand

JEFFREY SIMPSON

University quality was forgotten in Quebec’s drama

The Charest government set out to fill some of the higher-education funding gap, but in the end made matters worse

Quebec judge accused of killing wife had a mistress, court hears

Believed to be the first time a Canadian judge has faced such serious charges.

Mexican authorities arrest five in slaying of B.C. woman and boyfriend

Three more suspects still wanted; UBC grad student Carmen Ximena Osegueda was killed for vehicle, bank cards in Oaxaca last December

Deal to end Quebec tuition-fee crisis unravelling

Education Minister’s comments lead student leaders to demand clarification as rejection votes for tentative deal pile up

Q&A

Face of Quebec’s student protest surprised by its power

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, who has become Quebec Premier Jean Charest’s chief antagonist in his attempt to raise tuition fees, believes the protests could have global implications

Globe Editorial

Charest is right to meet students halfway

Despite a compromise with students on tuition increases, Premier Jean Charest has succeeded in sending a message that Quebec’s social entitlements will not last forever

Crunching Numbers

How would Harper fare in a French-style run-off election?

Second-choice polling data from 2011 election suggests Tories would have been held to minority, with NDP and Liberals in position to form coalition majority

Charest rules out spring election after reaching a deal with striking students

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is ruling out a spring election after striking a tentative deal with students over tuition fee hikes

Backbencher’s bill on masked protesters gets Conservative backing

The legislation is supposed to give law enforcement the power to prevent riots, but civil libertarians are concerned police could break up peaceful protests

Student riot in Quebec leads to more than 100 arrests

At least nine people injured during anti-tuition-hike protests at Liberal convention

Our Time to Lead

How networking helped prevent an immigrant brain drain in Nova Scotia

A program started in Halifax connects newcomers with professionals in their field

Quebec government to meet with students in emergency meeting

The meeting, slated for Friday afternoon, comes after 12 weeks of walkouts and a semester at risk

Quebec man faces manslaughter charges after shooting death of toddler

Shooting that killed two-year-old may have been accidental, but investigation underway

Debate

Quebec students: Legitimate strikers or self-absorbed brats?

As Quebec's months-long student strike drags on, two Canadian columnists argue the strikers' legitimacy

PIERRE MARTIN

Spoiled Kids? Hardly

Canadians outside Quebec are shocked at the students’ reaction to the proposed tuition hike because they assume Quebec students are spoiled kids

Ex-Quebec cabinet minister, facing fraud charges, quits politics

An embattled former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister, charged with fraud and awaiting trial, announced Thursday that he is quitting politics.

LEGISLATION

Zero-alcohol laws gaining ground in Canada; do they work for young drivers?

Half of Canada's provinces now have a zero-alcohol policy for young drivers, with Quebec becoming the fifth to join in on no-alcohol legislation along with Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.

HENRY MINTZBERG

An appeal to reason to Quebec’s self-absorbed students

Were the protesters to stop and think, they’d realize how much they owe the people who are paying for their education

Perfect storm of public anger rattles Charest Liberals

Corruption allegations, student strike in Montreal make it less likely that Premier will call a spring election

SPORTS

FIFA considering sports hijab created by Montreal woman

Elham Seyed Javad is on a mission to help Muslims on the soccer field

Montreal cab driver charged in alleged hit-and-run granted bail

The alleged hit-and-run was caught on camera, and the video is making the rounds online

Ross Finnie and Richard Mueller

Tuition isn’t the problem

Cultural issues are putting university out of reach, not fees. Access is about much more than money

Fault lines emerge between Quebec protesters’ moderates, radicals

Masked demonstrators interrupt student leaders’ May Day news conference, raising concerns that negotiating with a united front is even possible

Protests

Meet Quebec's silent majority of students: the two-thirds quietly completing class

Roughly two-thirds of Quebec students are not on a declared strike from their classrooms, are not necessarily participating in daily marches against tuition hikes, and not getting the attention of the national and international media.

MARGARET WENTE

Quebec’s university students are in for a shock

They’re the baristas of tomorrow and they don’t even know it, because the adults in their lives have sheltered them and encouraged their mass flight from reality

G20 Protests

Appeals court upholds ruling that spares G20 protester from jail time

Ontario’s highest court rules a judge’s decision to spare Montreal activist Jaggi Singh from a jail sentence for inciting vandalism before the G20 protests in Toronto was reasonable

MORAL CORRUPTION CHARGES

Montreal artist fights legal battle over ‘obscene’ make-believe horrors

The drive to disgust audiences has landed Remy Couture in more than three years of trouble with law enforcement.

Charges laid against Montreal cabbie who allegedly ran over pedestrian

Disturbing images are circulating on the Internet, showing a man apparently being run over by a taxi cab in Montreal.

No end in sight as powerful Quebec student group shoots down Charest's offer

The C.L.A.S.S.E. student federation voted this morning against Mr. Charest's proposal to stretch the tuition increase over seven years instead of five

Odds slim for Charest’s offer on tuition fees as student protests carry on

Quebec Premier offers to spread $1,625 increase in tuition over seven years, but protests against the measure are still due to go ahead this weekend

ANIMALS

Circus lion, tiger and elephant all safe after Quebec truck fire

Vehicle transporting circus animals is all but completely destroyed in blaze north of Quebec City

World takes notice as Quebec's student protesters march on

The province’s student protests have received coverage as far away as Australia, with overseas activists framing the debate as part of a larger historic fight

Quebec students likely to reject Charest’s tuition offer

The Charest government offered Friday to spread the tuition hikes over seven years instead of five and increase the province's bursary program

JEFFREY SIMPSON

In the provinces, restraint without the hard edge

Governments of every stripe are cutting, but there’s little to suggest they share the federal Conservatives’ agenda

Profile

The faces of the Quebec education protests

Léo Bureau-Blouin, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Martine Desjardins are at the fore of the movement

Charest’s modest student proposal a possible election precursor

Student leaders say offer unlikely to stem activism, but Premier’s move mostly aimed at wider Quebec public as speculation of return to polls hits fever pitch

REVIVAL

Moncton on top after surviving recession, government austerity

City has lured small business, 5,000 new jobs in four years

Patrick Lagacé

Quebec is no Egypt: Why the student protests are not a revolution

For the last two months, Montreal has been more or less a battlefield between police and student protesters, who are on strike to protest a 75 per cent tuition hike, with three to four rallies per day

RCMP must submit Montreal Mafia evidence to corruption inquiry: judge

Less than one per cent of massive cache of wiretaps and more than 1.5 million taped conversations have been disclosed so far

Comment

Numbers aren’t with students – and Quebec shouldn’t be either

If Charest blinks and lets a small but vocal group win through intimidation and violence, then the province may as well admit defeat on its broader fiscal challenges

War Crimes

From Nazi to beekeeper? Accused war criminal living quiet life in Quebec

Jewish human-rights organization insists cordial 91-year-old beekeeper is of the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminals

Anger mounts over Quebec student crisis

Polls show record disapproval toward the government, with voters criticizing Jean Charest’s handling of Montreal’s tuition strike issue

MARGARET WENTE

Michael Ignatieff was right about Quebec

The former Liberal leader’s advice to the U.K. is to do what Canada did – acknowledge Scotland’s aspirations and devolve power to keep them in. He got in trouble for understanding where that could lead

Quebec students stage new protests after tuition talks fail

For three days, there was the faintest sign of potential that Quebec's student unrest might find an imminent and peaceful resolution.

Talks break off between Quebec and student groups

After vandalism and violence, negotiations break down between students and Quebec government.

JEFFREY SIMPSON

Quebec has replaced Alberta at the margins

When Stephen Harper first took office, he tried to woo Quebeckers. Now he just doesn’t care

SOVEREIGNTY

Ignatieff insists remarks on Quebec were taken out of context

Former Liberal leader pens letter explaining that he opposes province’s separation from Canada

Amnesty International criticizes Quebec police over handling of tuition protests

The Canadian branch of the human-rights organization has asked the government to call for a toning down of police measures.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Quebec separation: Michael Ignatieff responds

Re A Year After Running For PM, Ignatieff Warns Of Quebec Separation (online, April 23):

ANTONIA MAIONI

Charest’s Marie Antoinette moment

Quebec’s Premier is not only allowing student unrest to fester, but he’s adding fuel to the fire with his ‘let them eat cake’ impression

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Don't be naive on climate change, Norway’s former PM cautions Canada

Laissez-faire attitudes lead to environmental disasters, says Gro Harlem Brundtland

Student Protests

Quebec education minister calls for truce with students

Line Beauchamps meets with three associations in dispute over planned tuition-fee hike

Lysiane Gagnon

Affordable daycare pays off in many ways

The influx of women into the labour market was economically beneficial

At least 50 protesters arrested at Montreal conference

The demonstration comes a day after hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside the convention centre, ending in 17 arrests

CORRUPTION CHARGES

Small-town development fight in Quebec ends in mayor’s arrest

Residents of Mascouche, Que., fought for 11 years to save their small airport from Mayor Richard Marcotte

Legault unfazed by drop in CAQ support approaching party’s first convention

As the Coalition Avenir Québec holds its founding convention, it finds itself with the unexpected challenge of having to rebuild party support.

Patrick Lagacé

For Quebec, Canada's westward shift translates into ‘de facto separation'

Patrick Lagacé on the growing gap between Canada and its French-speaking province

Protesters clash with police as Quebec students’ grievances grow

Police among those injured as premier’s speech on northern prosperity plan delayed

Who’s who of organized crime populate Quebec’s Leclerc

Experts credit presence inside the jail of notorious Hells Angels biker gang with helping maintain a level of jailhouse calm

Protests

150 arrested during escalating Quebec student protest

Increasingly nasty skirmishes in Quebec between police and student protesters resulted in 150 arrests in one spot Thursday, in a province filled with politically charged anti-tuition demonstrations.