Maple Spring
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Montreal to pay $6 million, apologize to settle protest class-action lawsuitsAn estimated 3,119 people who were encircled by police during various protests between 2012 and 2015 and arrested or detained will be eligible for payment.CanadaMar 1, 2023
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Montreal students demonstrate for free tuition on Maple Spring anniversaryTen years after the Maple Spring, Montreal students again went on strike and took to the streets, demanding free tuition and more paid internships.EducationMar 22, 2022
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Thousands of Quebec students on strike, expected to protest TuesdayThis week, around 80,000 students are on strike, and on Tuesday, 10 years to the day of one the Maple Spring's largest protests, thousands are expected to protest for free tuition.CanadaMar 21, 2022
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Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois ready for ‘political action’Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, a prominent 26-year-old sovereigntist has been criss-crossing the province listening to Quebecers complaints and, not so quietly, preparing a new plan for Quebec.CanadaJan 22, 2017
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Stéfanie Trudeau, ‘Officer 728,’ given 12-month suspended sentence, community serviceStéfanie Trudeau was caught on a cellphone video arresting Rudi Orchiette for drinking on the street.CanadaMay 26, 2016
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Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois appealThe Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the appeal in the Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois case, dating back to Quebec's 2012 Maple Spring.EducationOct 22, 2015
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Thousands take part in anti-austerity protest in MontrealThousands of striking students are marching through the streets of downtown Montreal.CanadaApr 2, 2015
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Injured student protester becomes the target of cyberbullyingA student protester hit with tear gas at last week's demonstration in Quebec City is now being mocked on FacebookMar 30, 2015
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Montrealers take to the streets to protest Quebec’s austerity policiesA few hundred demonstrators marched through downtown Montreal as part of a series of “disruptive actions” protesting the Quebec government's planned austerity measures.CanadaFeb 23, 2015
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Militant student group ASSÉ gets ready for anti-austerity protestsMilitant student group ASSÉ has promised a multitude of "disruptive actions."PoliticsFeb 21, 2015
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