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Week in review: London, Ont., riots like England, Canadian immigrants called a burden and more
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Daily Brew
Street bonfires, turned over vehicles and police in full riot gear shuffling into human-chain formations: We've seen it all on the streets of London, Athens and Vancouver. Yet early on Sunday morning, the action came to London, Ont., a university town of about 500,000. A St. Patrick's Day celebration ditched green and turned red when about 1,000 people started riots and attacked authorities attempting to intervene.
A group stormed a CTV news van, flipped it and proceeded to set it on fire. It was the worst case of civil disobedience the city has ever seen, London Police Chief Brad Duncan told reporters as videos of the disastrous night spread online. The story of the London riot, reportedly involving many students, quickly became one of the week's top reads on Yahoo! Canada News.
So, turns out, Canadian students can riot. They can also attend some of the world's top schools without moving too far. Our country made headlines when Times Higher Education ranked three Canadian schools among top 25 world-wide. The University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and McGill University made the cut (by the way, none of French universities could compare). See the full list of 100 top schools here.
Canada's immigration policy also had an evaluation this week. The Fraser Institute reported that recent immigrants cost taxpayers between $16 and $23 billion annually. The think tank's study says newcomers are a burden and suggests ending family class immigration in favour of applicants holding pre-arranged employment offers. The hot story is generating a heated discussion online.
This week, the name of the U.S. soldier that allegedly killed 16 Afghan villagers has been revealed. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who was on his fourth tour of duty, arrived at a Kansas base to await further developments in his case. His wife and two young children have been moved to a base near Seattle for protection. Find more here.
Another popular read of the week concerned the high-profile webcam suicide case reviewed in the U.S. court. A former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was convicted on the charges of hate crime and invasion of privacy after he publicized a webcam video of his roommate Tyler Clementi kissing another man. Clementi committed a suicide and his ex-roommate is now facing prison time and possible deportation.
The viral Kony 2012 video continues to make waves. This week, a screening of the video generated a furious reaction from Ugandans as some started throwing stones at the screen. Now the country's government is responding with its own video. All of that might have been too much for the Kony 2012 director Jason Russell who was "acting strangely," got detained and hospitalized after an "incident." Here's the week's top trending video with more details.
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