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Yikes, apparently there are big student protests taking place in Quebec ...
151 arrested as police pepper-spray student demonstrators in Gatineau By Tom Spears and Laura Armstrong, The Ottawa CitizenGATINEAU — Police used pepper spray on student demonstrators at a college in old Hull on Thursday during a third day of confrontation in Quebec’s ongoing student protests over rising tuition fees.
One hundred and forty-eight people were arrested for criminal mischief, after a demonstration that went from one Université du Québec en Outaouais campus to the other, and that for a while wound aimlessly through the side streets of old Hull before culminating in a confrontation.
Three additional protestors were arrested earlier in the day.
In an unusual move, those arrested were to appear before a judge late Thursday, after the court’s normal hours of operation.
UQO announced Thursday that classes would be cancelled on Friday.
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