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Quebec passes law to restrict protests, ban wearing masks

Student protest in Montreal, May 17 via AFP

MONTREAL — Authorities in Canada’s Quebec province passed emergency measures Friday to curb protest rights in a bid to restore order after months of sometimes violent student demonstrations over tuition hikes. The francophone province’s assembly passed a law after a marathon two-day session requiring groups of more than 10 people…

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Police arrest at least five student protesters in Quebec

Riot police used teargas to disperse some 100 students and parents blocking the entrance of a college north of Montreal, as a student strike in Canada's Quebec province entered a 14th week. (AFP Photo/Karen Bleier)

Riot police used teargas to disperse some 100 students and parents blocking the entrance of a college north of Montreal on Tuesday, as a student strike in Canada’s Quebec province entered a 14th week. Authorities also arrested at least five protesters after a tense standoff at College Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Therese,…

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300,000 Quebec students protest tuition hike

Canadian students protest tuition hikes via AFP

MONTREAL — Tens of thousands of students protested Thursday against a 75 percent tuition hike at universities in Canada’s mostly French-speaking Quebec province, bringing downtown Montreal to a standstill. “We want to study, not go into debt,” shouted the demonstrators, who converged on the metropolis from across the province, packing…

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