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The PQ is embarking on a blitz to pass a series of bills before parliament breaks for the holidays.

According to CBC News, the latest bill is receiving plenty of support from opposition parties. Bill 10 gives power to a judge to suspend any mayor or councillor with pay if they are facing a criminal charge that could lead to prison time.

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Surgery wait times for ovarian, breast, and cervical cancers in Quebec are triple the government benchmarks.

According to the Gazette, the lack of resources, such as nursing staff and budget cuts, are causing a backlog of surgeries while leaving operating rooms empty.

Experts suggest that gynecological cancers may be the most severe. This cancer usually spreads quickly before it is detected. Rather than waiting four weeks from diagnosis to surgery, patients are waiting as long as three months.

The fair amount of police brutality that has been reported during last spring’s numerous protests against tuition hikes still make the news today.

Groups, such as Amnesty International and the Ligue des droits et libertés, denounce the violent treatments that some students faced at the time.

In Vancouver, a protest forced a gas station to nearly shut-down its business.

30 people from the proactive environmental collective BC Blackout rallied in front of a Shell gas station in Vancouver's East-End neighbourhood on November 10th.

Vancouver Media Co-op's Zig-zag reports that the rally was against Royal Dutch Shell's involvement in expoiting Alberta's Tar Sands. Shell is also a part of various pipeline projects, most notably the Enbridge Keystone pipeline.

The city of Montreal is undertaking an ambitious project to enhance animal protection laws.

In a report by the McGill Daily, the city working in tandem with the SPCA is encouraging new pet owners to adopt animals from shelters in favour of pet shops. 200 pets were sdopted at the last "Operation Adoption" weekend in late October.