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Pro-Palestinian activists say they've set up a new encampment at the Université du Québec à Montréal, as nearby McGill University prepares to go to court.

Edmonton police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Alberta early Saturday morning.

McGill University says it's seeking the injunction despite ongoing talks with campers. Activists denounced the court order request by the school as a "shameful move,"

Pro-Palestinian activists remained on the lower field of McGill University in downtown Montreal on Friday as the encampment entered its seventh day.

McGill University is considering its next steps to deal with the camp set up by pro-Palestinian activists on campus grounds in downtown Montreal, officials said Monday.

Windows were smashed and property was damaged as dozens of masked demonstrators marched through downtown streets in Montreal for what is referred to as May Day.

Protester Ari Nahman says the encampment has become a 'tiny city' complete a library, a stockpile of donated supplies and makeshift wooden sidewalks to keep the mud at bay.

McGill says police have started "their own process" for removing the dozens of tents that have been installed on the lawn of its downtown campus.

McGill says the encampment poses a 'security, safety and public health risk.' Protesters want the university to divest from Israel-connected funds.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up encampments at two more B.C. universities, as a wave of demonstrations at North American post-secondary institutions continued to spread.

Premier Legault has lauded it as the 'greenest electric battery factory in the world,' but since then, the $7-billion project has angered environmentalists across the province.

The revamped ninth-floor restaurant of the city's downtown Eaton Centre will reopen its doors to the public Friday, after it shuttered 25 years ago.

A group of students at the University of Toronto say they have started a protest on campus to call on the university to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing conflict in Gaza. 

Mariia Legenkovska was killed while walking to school with her brother and sister on Dec. 13, 2022. The driver fled the scene and turned himself in later that day.

Pro-Palestinian protesters pitched their tents Saturday, calling on both McGill and Concordia universities to divest from Israel-connected funds.

Campuses, including McGill University and the University of British Columbia, have seen protests held by students demonstrating against Israel's conflict with Hamas.

Joining their U.S. campus counterparts, the McGill students say they want the institution to cut financial ties with Israel in light of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

A pro-Palestinian encampment at the U of M is set for May 7 to May 9 at the Fort Garry campus. It comes as demonstrations were held at other universities across the country.

Roughly 100 demonstrators gathered at Western University in London, Ont., on Wednesday demanding the university condemn Israel's actions in Gaza.

The warning from the University of Ottawa comes after an encampment was set up by pro-Palestinian student activists on the grounds of McGill University in Montreal.