Headlines for the week of March 9th, 2009
Headlines for the week of March 9th, 2009
LOCAL
- Montreal - International Women’s Day: thousands rally calling for a new world order
- Montreal - McGill University plans to purchase hotel where workers have been on strike since August
NATIONAL
- Fort Chipewyan - Former primary care physician for Ft Chipewyan First Nation states link between oil sands and cancer rates
- Canada - Mining in northern Canada is in sharp decline, while government tax break for junior mining companies still stands
- York University hosts landmark conference to discuss Canadian mining industry
- Halifax - Court proceedings continue for four activists protesting free Atlantica trade agreement
- Ecuadorian activists sue the Toronto Stock Exchange
INTERNATIONAL
- Peru - Peru Top Court Bans Some Oil Exploration Work including Canadian company Talisman Inc.
- Gaza - Montreal Engineer enters Gaza after three weeks of trying
- Worldwide - Israeli Apartheid Week took place in cities and on campuses around the world last week
- Iran/US - Six major american news organizations call for release of independent journalist
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