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News: Monday, October 4, 2010

October 5 2010 // News

A man accused of making death threats on Facebook will attend a bail hearing on Monday. David Abitbol was arrested early Saturday morning at his home in the north end of Montreal. The 28 year old suspect used the alias “David Darkiller” on the social network. His profile featured pictures of automatic weapons and the quote "Death is the only solution."

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CJLO News for October 4th 2010

October 4 2010 // News

News read and produced by Drew Pascoe

Stories written by Chris Hanna, Emily Brass, and Sarah El Fangary

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CJLO News September 20th 2010

September 20 2010 // News

Read and produced by Gareth Sloan.

Stories written by Chris Hanna, Emily Brass, and Marcin Wisniewski

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Canada's Tarsands

September 17 2010 // News

Here in Canada we have the tarsands with their attendant tailings ponds which are a massive ecological disaster, an inefficient way to get oil from the ground, and late last night it was reported that deformed fish are being found in Lake Athabasca downstream from the tarsands in northern Alberta.

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Climate Change Leads To Arctic Gold Rush

September 16 2010 // News

The Arctic is the one place no argues about or disputes the rapidly changing climate. The ice pack has shrunk so much ...that two ships are now attempting a polar circumnavigation of the globe by sailing along both the Canadian and Russian Arctic coastlines.

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The Long Gun Registry

September 15 2010 // News

The Tories are facing a defeat on one of their most cherished issues, and they have been put on the defensive about a CBC report that alleges their campaign on this issue has ties to the NRA. The CBC has published documents to back up their claim that the NRA has been actively involved in trying to abolish the long gun registry for years now.

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Climate Science News Update

September 13 2010 // News

"The northern polar ice cap has been showing the effects of global warming more rapidly than any other place on earth." So begins this video report that features NASA's Tom Wagner and a convincing eye-witness account of what's happening to Arctic sea ice from Arctic researcher David Barber. You can witness for yourself that there is little left to doubt as to whether or not the climate has changed and continues to do so in exactly the manner in which climate scientists long ago predicted

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CJLO News September 13th 2010

September 13 2010 // News

News Read by Emily Brass, Produced by Drew Pascoe

Stories written by Chris Hanna, Emily Brass, and Marcin Wisniewski

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CJLO News September 8th 2010

September 8 2010 // News

News Read and Produced by Drew Pascoe

Stories written by Samah Fadil, Jonathan Moore, and Gareth Sloan

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Quick Hitter

September 7 2010 // News

Hello there and hope you all had a brilliant summer and don't mind my sporadic posting of news stories here. For more regular post you can check out the New Media and Politics blog (it's a lot more opinionated -- these are news stories you shouldn't miss regardless of how busy school and life get).