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Death of RMC student

Second-year Royal Military College (RMC) cadet Mathieu LeClair was found dead Tuesday afternoon.

LeClair, a native of Saint John, N.B., had been missing since Monday morning. RMC reported his absence to the military police and a search was conducted by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Kingston Police.

On Tuesday, divers from the OPP discovered LeClair’s body in Lake Ontario.

“We did recover a body near the RMC campus,” said Canadian Force’s Military Police spokesperson Capt. Karina Holder.

Holder, ArtSci ’03, said foul play isn’t suspected, but military representatives haven’t released information about the cause of death. Holder couldn’t comment as to when details about the ongoing investigation would be released.

Since the body has been found, the investigation is in the hands of the military police.

“If a Canadian Forces member goes missing from Canadian Forces property, it is our jurisdiction,” Holder said. “We are just as qualified.”

LeClair was part of RMC’s basketball team.

— Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Mock trial held on Twitter

A mock trial for law students concerning British Columbia’s obligation to First Nation treaty rights occurred entirely on Twitter last week.

Using a hashtag and tweets, participants from the University of Victoria, Dalhousie, York and the University of British Columbia were judged on the clarity of their arguments and their ability to answer judge’s questions after the case.

A pair of students from York’s Osgoode Hall Law School won a $500 prize.

This is the first time a mock trial has taken place on Twitter.

— Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Robbery suspect caught

A Fanshawe College student is facing criminal charges for the attempted theft of a laptop from a Western University library last week.

The student was chased by multiple people after the laptop owner saw a male rush past him, only to notice his laptop was missing.

The alleged thief was tackled by another student just before leaving the building.

He was held in a headlock by the student until campus police arrived two minutes later.

Western’s campus police declined to identify the accused student who could face up to several years in jail.

— Katherine Fernandez-Blance

Dalhousie strike looming

Eighty-three per cent of Dalhousie University’s faculty voted in favour of giving the faculty union the ability to strike in the coming weeks.

The administration wants to remove the pension plan from the faculty association’s collective agreement. The University proposed higher salaries to offset increases in pension plan payments.

The union is instead proposing an alternative joint pension plan between the faculty association and the University.

— Katherine Fernandez-Blance

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