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at 04:30 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Where are the grown-ups during Quebec strikes? Many are right on the front lines

MONTREAL - With scenes of student unrest in the streets of Quebec, one might be tempted to ask: Where are the grown-ups?

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at 04:00 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Quebec announces emergency law to restore order, more windows get smashed

MONTREAL - Legislation could be introduced as early as today in Quebec aimed at quelling student protests which have rocked the province for the past three months.

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at 04:00 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Criticism prompts museum to raise age of admission for sex exhibit

OTTAWA - Canada’s Science and Technology Museum has abruptly raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit amid calls to have the exhibit shut down.

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at 02:41 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Quebec announces emergency law to restore order, more windows get smashed

MONTREAL - An bid to restore order in restive Quebec was met with Wednesday night with streets clogged with thousands of protesters, a multitude of flying projectiles, several smashed windows, and blasts of pepper spray.

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at 01:01 on May 17, 2012, EDT.

Coroners' jury calls for mandatory safety training at mushroom farm inquest

BURNABY, B.C. - All British Columbia agricultural workers and their employers should undergo mandatory two-day training sessions on occupational health and safety, a coroner's jury has recommended at the inquest into the accidental deaths of three men at a Langley, B.C. mushroom farm.

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at 19:52 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Biologists to check for suspected `Frankenfish' after video raises concerns

VANCOUVER - Government biologists will inspect a Burnaby, B.C., pond for a suspected snakehead fish dubbed Frankenfish for its monstrous ability to decimate native species and slither onto dry land.

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at 23:25 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Protest gangs storm into Montreal university classes, force students out

MONTREAL - Protesters stormed into a university, many of them with their faces covered by masks, moving through the hallways in a hunt for classes to disrupt.

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at 23:25 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

A sneak preview of federal mask ban, coming to a city near you: Montreal's plan

MONTREAL - A federal move to regulate mask-wearing at large gatherings could face a litmus test as early as this week, as events in Montreal help foreshadow whether such a plan will do more good or harm.

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at 18:52 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Controversial Islamic school ordered out of Toronto public school property

TORONTO - The Toronto District School Board has forbidden a controversial Islamic school from operating out of one of its properties.

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at 18:44 on May 16, 2012, EDT.

Alleged terror plotters go directly to trial, says federal prosecution service

OTTAWA - The federal prosecution service has decided that three Ontario men accused of terrorist offences will go directly to trial without preliminary hearings.

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