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The NDP leadership debates have officially begun. The first of six debates took place in Ottawa on Sunday.

Candidates were invited to talk about Canada’s economy. The debate was organized in groups of three for the nine candidates.

The ability to speak French of the candidates was tested as questions were made in both of Canada’s official languages.

Victor Bourdeau is the president of Responsible Solidarity Missions International also known as MSR, a non profit volunteer organization. Wednesday night Bourdeau spoke at Unicef Concordia’s first Humanity Talk about his organization and the work that they do.

The death toll in Syria has risen to four thousand. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights announced the figure at a special emergency meeting Thursday.

He called the conflict a civil war. President Bashar al-Assad has refused to give in even after the Arab League suspended Syria’s membership.

The League made clear Thursday that they do not want foreign intervention.

A police officer was hit by a truck in the eastern township of Bromont Thursday. The 37 year old former RCMP officer died from injuries.

Vincent Roy was struck while giving out a ticket on the side of the road to another vehicle. But police say alcohol and speeding were not involved. And they are treating it as an accident.

All twenty officers in the Bromont force are being treated for shock and took the day off.

Provincial police will take over in the meantime.

Tories are getting tough on crime, but Canadians say they’ve been feeling safe for years. A Statistics Canada Survey shows that 93 percent are not worried about crime, and that figure hasn’t changed much since the last survey seven years ago. The survey was released yesterday, just a day before two measures from the conservative crime bill went into effect. 

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Produced by Sofia gay.

Stories by Joel Balsam, Judy-Ann Mitchell-Turgeon and Cynthia Othieno.

Foreign Secretary William Hague announced that the UK will expel Iranian diplomats from their embassy.This is following the storming of its embassy in Tehran.

Tuesday’s attack comes after Britain applied further sanctions on Iran for their nuclear programme. This also caused Iran to reduce their diplomatic ties with the UK.