The statue had been hastily erected in the square by art students as part of the ill-fated 1989 pro-democracy protests. It stood for less than a week, from May 30 to June 4, before the tanks ...

This popular urban patch has been a symbol of the secular republic for nearly 100 years, but six years after deadly protests there, contentious changes have begun to alter its character in major ways.

MONTREAL - A decision by Pauline Marois to quit wearing the red square symbol of the student protest movement was met with a shrug at the nightly anti-tuition increase demonstration in Montreal ...

Students in the group began commenting that the symbol, which represents a number that when multiplied by itself equals another number, looked like a gun. The square root symbol.

The tiny square has been prominently displayed on Marois’ lapel during the last session of the legislature. In fact, all members of the PQ caucus wore it. But those days are over.