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A United Nations independent expert is calling on the Canadian government to have meaningful dialogue with aboriginal leaders, reports the UN News Centre.

Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya is pleased with the planned meeting set for January eleven.

As of November 26 million people in the European Union are unemployed, with nearly a full percentage increase from last year of the continent’s jobless rate at 10.7 percent.

Quebec`s health ministry will commence negotiations with the union of striking ambulance workers sometime within the week.

According to CBC News Quebec`s Health Minister stated that his ministry and the CSN labour federation will meet on Wednesday.

He also stated that agreements may not be made between the ministry and the union on Wednesday because of the union`s vast degree of demands.

Ambulance workers such as technicians and paramedics have been fighting to organize more meetings for negotiations.

Some of the union`s demands are to have their pay scale increased as well as to better their pension plans.

NHL players are flocking back to their teams after an agreement was reached to end the lockout.

According to CBC News, the NHL and NHLPA reached an agreement on an eight year collective bargaining with an option for a further two years early Sunday morning.

The league has yet to announce whether the shortened season will run 48 or 50 games. The Stanley Cup playoffs will take this season to a late June finish.

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The MUHC has some explaining to do.

According to the Gazette, the growing deficit for the McGill University Health Centre's fiscal year reached $115 million dollars after an irregular payment schedule was uncovered.

According to a government-commissioned report, employees who worked for over six hundred thousand hours for the McGill University Health Centre were actually paid for almost nine hundred thousand hours.

One of Egypt’s top election officials has resigned in the midst of Egypt’s ongoing constitutional referendum.

In a letter to Egypt’s election committee, which was also printed in several Egyptian newspapers, Zaghloul el-Balshi attributed his resignation to a “sudden health crisis.” El-Balshi’s announcement followed the first round of voting on Egypt’s proposed constitution.

According to Al-Jazeera, some critics are claiming that the resignation was prompted by allegations of irregularities.