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"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: 51Թ, McGill, 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 , McGill’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.

McGill'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: 51Թ, McGill, 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 51Թ.

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

The Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, Gaétan Barrette, released the Plan de développement2015-2020 en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie-Pour une meilleure qualité de vie. (Source: )

Classified as: palliative, Daniel Weinstock, Palliative Care, end-of-life decision-making
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Published on: 17 Nov 2015

November 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “” co-authored by McGill’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced .

Classified as: The Neuro, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Jeffrey Mogil, Jeff Mogil, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, philippe seguela, The Gate Control theory
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Published on: 17 Nov 2015

Many people were reported deadFriday night following several separate attacksin and aroundParis.

Frédéric Mégret,Associate Professor andCanada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, 51Թ
He can comment on the legal ramifications such as the national emergency and border implications. (English, French)
frederic [dot] megret [at] mcgill [dot] ca, cellphone available

Classified as: Rex Brynen, Alain Brunet, Ken Lester, Terrorism, Frédéric Mégret, paris, laura madokoro, duncan pedersen, charles boberg
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Published on: 13 Nov 2015

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