Condo take over. Mystery sculpture.

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• An article in Journal Métro about allegedly illegal residential evictions mentions that Concordia assisted the local tenants' rights lobby group 'Comité logement de La Petite-Patrie' in the preparation of a study of residential properties in the city's Petite-Patrie district. The study revealed that since 1991, approximately 20 percent of the rental units in the area have been converted into condominiums.
• Agora Vox writes about efforts by art historians and archeologists at Concordia to determine the origin and nature of an ancient Egyptian limestone sculpture depicting two squatting figures in an embrace.  The article includes a 1:34 Concordia video of the statue. Clarence Epstein, senior director of urban and cultural affairs, is quoted.

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