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Lost dog found a year later and 4,500 km away

A Montreal family will soon be reunited with  their lost dog, a year after she was lost. The Labrador mix named Pollux escaped from owner Isablle Robitaille's home last June. But that the runaway dog was found after so long isn't the most surprising part of this story.

Pollux was found in Kamloops, British Columbia, over 4,500 kilometres away from home. A good Samaritan had turned her into the local SPCA. Officials at the Kamloops SPCA were able to identify the dog  thanks to a microchip in her neck.


July 6th, 2011

Read by Danny Aubry

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by AJ Cordeiro, Dominique Daoust, Alina Gotcherian


Bombardier lays off 1,429 UK workers

Bombardier assembly line in Holland

Montreal’s transportation giant Bombardier will lay off nearly 15 hundred of its employees in the UK. This is after losing the bidding war for new English trains with German rival Siemens.

The cuts will amount to nearly half of the workforce in its British manufacturing plant. This plant has been making trains since the 1840s and is one of the world’s largest rail manufacturing sites.

Trade unionists are afraid the remaining jobs in the plant will be lost after Bombardier’s last British contract finishes in 2014.


Canadian Aid Ship Seized

A Canadian ship attempting to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza was seized Monday night by the Greek Coast Guard. The ship, the Tahrir, had at least 30 Canadian activists on board.

The Tahrir was part of a flotilla of aid intended to penetrate the Gaza sea blockade and bring help to people in Gaza. Last week Greece banned all boats in the flotilla from leaving port, fearing that an incident similar to last year when a different aid mission ended in tragedy after nine Turkish activists were killed by Israeli forces, could happen again.


Four Montrealers given Order of Canada

Nine Quebecers were appointed to the Order of Canada Thursday. Those include four Montrealers.

Alain Lefevre is a celebrated pianist and composer. Denis Marleau is an internationally renowned director and the founder of Theatre Ubu in Montreal. Jean-Claude Fouron is recognized for his contributions to the advancement of pediatric cardiology. He is also a professor at the Universite de Montreal. Pierre Nepveau is well known in literary circles as well as a retired professor.


Police cleared in 2005 shooting death

Montreal police have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the 2005 shooting death of Mohammed Anas Bennis. The long-delayed coroner's inquest says that Montreal police officer Yannick Bernier was acting in self defence when he shot and killed Bennis.

According to the report, Bennis attacked Bernier with a knife, wrestling him to the ground. Witnesses say they heard him scream that he had been struck. When he got up again he pulled out his gun. Bernier said Bennis refused multiple requests to drop his knife. When he allegedly lunged at him, the officer fired two shots. 


July 1st 2011

News read and produced by Erica Fisher.

Stories written by Erica Fisher and Aisha Samu


NBA Headed Towards a Lockout

The NBA will gradually head towards a lockout if a deal isn’t reached between the players and owners. 

A recent three hour meeting this week could not close the divide between the two sides. At stake is everything from salaries, salary caps, to revenue sharing. Players currently receive fifty seven percent of the league’s revenue. Owners want to implement a hard salary cap, which the players oppose.

If a lockout happens, all official league business will be put on hold. 


New Hockey Hall of Fame inductees

Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Nieuwendyk were inducted by the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The four former players will be inaugurated into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, on November 11th.

Belfour was a top flight goaltender for fourteen seasons, and gained admittance in his first year of eligibility. Nieuwendyk scored 192 goals in his first four seasons , ranking among the best over that span to start a career.


June 29th, 2011

Read by Danny Aubry

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories written by Alina Gotcherian, AJ Cordeiro, Domique Daoust, Corentine Rivard


Debris nearly hits Space Station and last ever shuttle launch

An unidentified piece of space-junk narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday, as it flashed by at high speed. The incident forced the six astronauts on board the orbiting lab into their rescue craft.

 


Another blow for the struggling Montreal Impacts

Marc Dos Santos resigned as head coach of the Montreal Impact on Tuesday. He will be replaced on an interim basis by sporting director Nick De Santis.

 

The Impact are in their final season in the North American Soccer League before progressing to Major League Soccer next year.

 


Banning violent video games unconstitutional: U.S. Supreme Court

A California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games was deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. The law violates the U.S. First Ammendment right to freedom of expression.


Kidnapper Disputes Victims Testimony

A New Brunswick man accused of kidnapping a woman has said he knew her previously, contrary to the woman’s testimony that she had no idea who he was.

The woman, who cannot be named, said she was abducted at knifepoint on February 26 2010 in the parking lot of a mall by Romeo Cormier, 63, held captive in his house for a month and repeatedly sexually assaulted.


News June 27th, 2011

News read by: Sofia Gay

Produced by: Brian Joseph

Stories written by: Chris Hanna, Sofia Gay, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo


Quebec highways see fatal crashes over holiday weekend

 The weekend of celebration took a turn for the worse as nine people died in a span of forty-eight hours in Quebec's highways.

A Surete du Quebec spokesperson says many of the crashes may have been caused by drunk drivers.

A twenty-three-year-old man died on Friday after a head-on crash in Trois Rivieres. On the same night, a speeding accident in St. Pamphile killed an eighteen-year-old driver. An accident involving a motorcyle and a separate crash between a scooter and a taxi also took place that night.


Canada loses to Germany in 2011 Women's World Cup opener

An unforgiving German side faced off against a valiant Canadian squad Sunday in the opener of the Women’s World Cup. Germany won the game 2-1 in front of a capacity crowd in Berlin’s Olimpiastadion. Almost 74,000 people were in attendance.

Germany scored both goals in the first half of the game. It took a free kick from Canadian captain Christine Sinclair late in the game to close the gap,  but it was not enough to beat the two-time defending champions.

It was, however, the first time the German side has allowed a goal in the World Cup since 2003.  


News June 24th, 2011

Produced and read by Erica Bridgeman

Stories written by Erica Fisher, Michael Lemieux and A.J. Cordeiro. 


New rules keep some St-Jean partiers away

Thousands came out to celebrate the Fete national in Quebec City Thursday night. However, new rules kept some party goers away. For the first time, people could not bring their own alcohol to the party site.

Heightened security checked searched every bag that entered the Plains of Abraham. Every member of Quebec City’s police force was on duty.


G20 Review finds police unprepared

An after-action review of the Toronto police and associated police forces actions during the G20 protests last year has found the police were unprepared and overwhelmed by the scope and intensity of what they faced.

The report, which was posted yesterday afternoon on the Toronto police website, was written by unidentified senior Toronto officers, as well as civilians who reviewed footage of the event.

It points out a number of critical weaknesses in the police strategy.


Erica "Ricky Fish" Fisher

We could try and write something funny about this week's DJ of the week, maybe  even tell you all the embarrasing behind the scene stories and inside jokes (gauntlets and goblets anyone). Instead we thought it best to just let you get to know them through their questionnaire.

Without futher ado, this week's DJ of the Week; host of Charts & Crafts: Erica "Ricky Fish" Fisher

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What is your DJ alias? & what are its origins?


June 22, 2011

Read by Danny Aubry

Produced by Nikita Smith

Stories by Alina Gotcherian, AJ Cordeiro, Dominique Daoust


West Island watering ban

Residents of several West-Island municipalities will have to forgo watering their lawns until further notice. Municipal officials announced a complete watering ban on Tuesday. 

The affected boroughs are Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Île Bizard, Ste. Geneviève and Dollard des Ormeaux. These municipalities rely on the city of Montreal water filtration plant on Rivière des Prairies. However, according to Pierrefonds-Roxboro spokesperson Johanne Palladini, this filtration plant is currently under some stress. The plant is undergoing a major expansion that has temporarily reduced its capacity.


Thrashers move finalized

The National Hockey League board of governosr announced on Tuesday that it approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports Entertainment.This means they will relocate to Winnipeg and be the league’s seventh Canadian franchise.  

 


RusAir Crash

In northwestern Russia a passenger plane crashed late Monday night on a highway just short of a runway where fog lights had failed to turn on. The crash killed 44 people, only eight survived.

The RusAir plane was on its way from Moscow to the city of Petrozavodsk when it made a crash landing two kilometers before the runway, breaking apart and lighting on fire. At the moment it is unclear if the plane attempted to land on the road, or weather it just fell there.

Petrozavodsk is near the Finnish border 640 kilometers from Moscow.


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