Photo by Anne Sutherland, The Gazette
The Montreal Gazette reported that the Université du Québec à Montréal obtained a temporary injunction Wednesday ordering the strikers to allow employees and other workers to enter the university’s buildings and residences unimpeded. The UQAM is “fed up with striking students blocking access and harassing staff.”
Strikes and protests continue to escalate across the province and 71 students were arrested today in Montreal for storming the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. “Two security guards at the hotel were injured in the melee. A buffet table was overturned and dishes were smashed. A crowd of fleet-footed students estimated at 100 or more later roved through downtown Montreal, tieing up traffic and chanting their opposition to the planned university-tuition hikes.”
Read more: Montreal Gazette
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