Students protest in Montreal against government cuts to financial assistance

More than 1,000 striking post-secondary students flooded downtown Montreal on Friday, marching in protest after the Quebec government slashed financial aid and demanding it boost funding for their CEGEPs and universities. The demonstration was part of a weeklong strike involving more than 65,000 students across Quebec, organized by the student union Coalition de résistance pour l’unité étudiante syndicale (CRUES). Protesters are pushing the provincial government to res