Canada At A Glance: AM.

Resource News International, January, 2007

Byline: Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, Jan 10, 2007 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada.

STUDENT FORCES EVACUATION AT CONCORDIA

MONTREAL - A student wearing a camouflage shirt and carrying a martial arts stick in a bag unknowingly caused a major police operation and the evacuation of the west-end campus of Concordia University.

Police were responding Tuesday to a call from a university employee who called 911 to say he saw someone in a camouflage outfit carrying what appeared to be a firearm in a bag.

About 50 police vehicles surrounded the campus and were backed up by canine patrols and rifle-totting officers in bullet-proof vests....

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