Police arrest striking Quebec students

CANADA: Riot police used teargas to disperse some 100 students and parents blocking the entrance of a college north of Montreal on Tuesday, as a student strike in Canada's Quebec province entered a 14th week.

Authorities also arrested at least five protesters after a tense standoff at College Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Therese, enforcing a court injunction allowing 53 students to return to classes.

It was the first time that parents have taken part in the demonstrations that have gripped the province for months, culminating on Monday with the resignation of Quebec's education minister and rising political star, Line Beauchamp.

The 53 students in Sainte-Therese who split with the more than 165,000 still striking over a planned tuition hike of 82 percent or over $1,700 as part of the government's efforts to rein in a budget deficit were finally able to enter the college midday. AFP