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“Freedom Convoy” Protests Continue

Joyce Grant — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:16:15 +0000

Please see our new update to this article about the "Freedom Convoy" protests.

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Black lives matter.

Joyce Grant — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:31:25 +0000

Black Lives Matter and people around the world are protesting to find a solution to racism.

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Indigenous groups protest natural gas pipeline construction

Joyce Grant — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:02:50 +0000

Some Indigenous people have been protesting the construction of a natural gas pipeline on Wet'suwet'en land.

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Zimbabwe Leadership Uncertain

Joyce Grant — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:37:16 +0000

Robert Mugabe has been the president of Zimbabwe since 1987.
Anyone younger than 37 years old in the African country has never had another leader.
Now, many people in Zimbabwe, as well as the military, want him to step down--to leave the job so they can choose a new president.
There have been demonstrations in the country, as tens of thousands gathered in Zimbabwe's cities to make it clear that they wanted Mugabe to leave his job. The military placed Mugabe under house arrest.
However, he may try to hold onto power.

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President Donald Trump

Joyce Grant — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:56:03 +0000

The United States has a new president.
Donald Trump was "sworn in" or "inaugurated" last Friday as the country's 45th president. That means he was officially given the job, and Barack Obama is no longer the president of the United States.

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Students Protesting In Hong Kong

Joyce Grant — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:20:31 +0000

Many young people are protesting in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is part of China. However, for 155 years it was owned by Britain; it was returned to China in 1997. While it was under British rule, Hong Kong became quite different from what is known as “mainland” China. Hong Kong operates, in many ways, more like Europe or North America.

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Ukraine President Removed

Nancy Miller — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:52:28 +0000

President Viktor Yanukovych was thrown out of Ukraine's government last week.

The former president called it a coup d’état, which in this case means that political power was taken from him by force.

Ukraine parliament say they impeached Yanukovych.

Several weeks ago, peaceful protestors took to the streets calling for the president to join the European Union.

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Giant Slumber Party In The House Of Commons

Joyce Grant — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:00:12 +0000

The government of Canada had a sleepover, and all of the MPs were invited.

In fact, attendance was mandatory.

What’s really happened is that the Members of Parliament stayed up all night working.

They were voting on a bill, but the way they did it was very unusual—and very interesting.

It all started when Stephen Harper’s Conservative government introduced Bill C-38.

Bill C-38 is an enormous 425-page bill covering all kinds of things including budget items.

The opposition party (the NDP) wanted to protest the fact that the government bundled all of those extra items into the bill.

They say that when too many items are bundled that way, none of the items can be looked over and properly discussed.

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University Students Protest Tuition Hikes in Quebec

Joyce Grant — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:22:45 +0000

University students in Quebec have been protesting.

They have been told that the government is going to raise their tuition fees. In this case, “tuition fees” are the fees people pay to attend university.

Traditionally, Quebec has some of the lowest tuition fees in Canada. Only students in two provinces: Newfound and Labrador and Manitoba, pay less to attend university.

However, the increase will be the largest in the province’s history. The government intends to raise tuition by $1,625 by 2017. Students will pay $325 more each year for the next five years.

Student groups say the increase doesn't go towards improving the quality of the teaching, and the hikes will force some students who can’t pay the extra money to drop out of school or take a second job. They worry that students who come from low-income families won’t be able to afford higher education.

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