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Strange Froots Interview on Fatal Attraction: Wed at 4pm
Coming up on the next Fatal Attraction, (airing at a special time this week: Wed @ 4pm) Patricia has the pleasure of interviewing Strange Froots: a trio of singers-songwriters, musicians and beatmakers, comprised of Mags, SageS and Naïka Champaïgne.
The members of Strange Froots come from backgrounds of the same Black diaspora (including Haiti, Jamaica, Senegal and Ghana) as well as drastically different musical influences. Together they make music to encourage and to empower people everywhere, and to remind us that we’re not alone!
In the next couple of weeks, they’re going to perform at the Free Outdoor edition of Hip-Hop Karaoke Montreal and Femme Fridays at the Allure Bar & Lounge on October 16th. They’ll also be part of a show with the CKUT "Thursdays (A)live" series on October 29th at Ecole house.
You can buy their latest album off of Bandcamp here and all of the proceeds will go to help support No Bad Sound Studios' mission to make young people passionate about music!
Tune in Wednesday at 4pm to hear all this and more, and catch Fatal Attraction every week Sundays at 11am.
News for October 9yh, 2015
Local
by: Alexa Everett
Montreal's Biodome and Insectarium will undergo a $45 million renovation.
According to CBC News, the city's animal attraction will be closed from September 2016 to December 2017 for a $22 million restoration. New features will include a sizeable lobby and a larger Sub-Polar exposition.
National
by Pauline Nesbitt
The Canadian government had suspended the processing of Syrian refugee applications with no links to Canadian communities or organizations, earlier this year.
According to CTV News, insiders in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration claim that the government had used this move to garner votes from church groups and communities that had applied for Syrian refugees. In particular, applications from Shia and Sunni Muslims were being discouraged. However, the government denied this claim and stated that the processing of all applications was suspended while an audit to protect public security was performed.
Conservative Candidate and Transport Minister, Lisa Raitt, stated that the purpose of the audit was to identify the most vulnerable refugee applicants and to ensure that the appropriate security considerations were applied.
Following this revelation, the Conservatives have pledged to speed up the processing of Syrian refugee applications and have set a resettlement target of 10,000 by September 2016.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have reported their first week with no new cases of Ebola since 2014.
International
by Patricia Petit-Liang
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have reported their first week with no new cases of Ebola since 2014
According to CBC News, 11 000 people have lost their lives to the disease in what was the worst outbreak of Ebola in all of human history.
Despite this hopeful news, the World Health Organization claims that there is still a possibility of the disease breaking out again.
October 9th, 2015
Hosted by: Julian Mckenzie
Stories by: Alexa Evrett, Pauline Nesbitt, Patricia Petit-Liang
Produced by: Emeline Vidal
News for October 8th, 2015
LOCAL
by Julia Bryant
High school students on Montreal's West Island walked out of class on Wednesday to support their teachers who are working to rule.
According to CTV, students from 13 schools participated in the walkout at 9am.
The students say they're tired of being caught in the middle of negotiations between teachers and the provincial government.
Teachers who are working to rule are not offering any extracurricular activities for students, including coaching sports teams and supervising field trips.
The students say they support their teachers in the strike but don't want to miss out on extracurriculars as a result.
NATIONAL
by Emeline Vidal
A Statistics Canada report released on Wednesday indicates that more young Canadians are likely to vote in the upcoming election than in the previous years.
According to the Globe and Mail, in 2011, 17 per cent of adults aged 20-24 reported not voting due to lack of information or not following the news, while only 38 per cent of the eligible youth voted.
In 2013, 43 per cent of youth aged 15 to 19 declared they were very likely to vote. This might affect the election's turnout as the group's majority would now be eligible to participate in the October 19th election.
While college-aged adults show the most political engagement, Statistics Canada notes that teens are just as likely to be involved in demonstrations and marches.
INTERNATIONAL
By Saturn De Los Angeles
Syrian and Russian forces recently teamed up to take back land from rebel groups on the Syrian coast.
According to The New York Times, Russia launched 26 cruise missiles at Syrian targets from naval ships in the Caspian Sea on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Hosted by: Catlin Spencer
Stories by: Julia Bryant, Emeline Vidal & Saturn De Los Angeles
Produced by: Julia Bryant
Wednesday October 7th 2015
Hosted by Julia Bryant
Stories by Catlin Spencer
Produced by Catlin Spencer
News for October 7th 2015
LOCAL
by Catlin Spencer
Environment Canada has told the city of Montreal to suspend it's plan to pump eight billion litres of untreated water into the St. Lawrence river.
According to CTV News, Mayor Denis Coderre has accused the federal government of playing politics behind the backs of Montrealers by making such a request.
Coderre says the ministry had the plans for the project in their possession since September of last year and that he had contacted them last week, but received no response.
So far the plan has received opposition from both sides of the border.
One Montreal online petition has received 70, 000 signatures and New York State Senator Patty Richie wrote a letter to the International Joint Commission voicing her concerns.
NATIONAL
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says a niqab ban would be considered for public servants under his government.
According to CBC News, the Conservative government has been accused of engaging in identity politics and fuelling anti-Muslim sentiments by taking steps to ban the niqab-
Both Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Tom Mulcair are against the ban.
In the wake of the niqab controversy there have been at least two reported assaults against Muslim women in Canada.
INTERNATIONAL
The United States says that the Afghan Médecins Sans Frontières hospital strike was a mistake and that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.
According to BBC News, the US commander of international forces, General John Campbell says an attack was requested by Afghan forces fighting Taliban fighters in Kunduz and the hospital was mistakenly struck.
At least 22 people were killed in the attack and dozens more were injured.
Since the strike, MSF says it has withdrawn from the northern Afghan city.
News for October 5th 2015
LOCAL
by Sam Obrand
According to CTV News, Urban Barns says it uses a method called cubic farming to grow 25 different sorts of microgreens and three kinds of lettuce.
The conditions by which the crops are grown does not allow the need for pesticides, herbicides or fungicides.
The company says that because of the buildings environment, they use 94 per cent less water and have reduced labour costs and yield 400 times more than traditional farming methods.
by Patricia Petit Liang
According to CBC News, he claimed that there was scientific and medical evidence suggesting the negative consequences of marijuana, without providing any specific examples.
The Liberals have come out in favour of legalizing marijuana and the NDP wants to decriminalize its use.
Polls have recently found that a majority of Canadians would like personal marijuana use to be decriminalized or made legal, including voters who identify as Conservatives.
by Saturn de Los Angeles
As the civil war in Syria escalates, its leader says that nations must team up and battle together, or else the region will see its imminent destruction.
In a report by BBC News, president Bashar al-Assad believes that a joint coalition between Syria, Russia, Iraq, and Iran is a more practical choice to fight against Islamic State forces- as opposed to having the US get involved.
Reaction among foreign nations has been divided, with some contemplating on whether part of the proposal must include al-Assad quitting as president.
So far, Syria's Civil war has seen more than 250-thousand people dead, and 11 million more homeless.
Monday October 5th 2015
Hosted by Jocelyn Beaudet
Stories by Sam Obrand, Patricia Petit Liang & Saturn de Los Angeles
Produced by Catlin Spencer
Scene Noir on Beyond the Black Rainbow: Monday @ 4pm
Tune into Beyond The Black Rainbow Monday October 5th at 4pm EST when Julie will be joined by Scene Noir, to chat up their new album "WAVES", coming out on Cold Model Records. Get a chance to hear their showgazey dreaminess, and check them out live soon! They are playing in town on Saturday October 17th at Le Cagibi (5490 St Laurent) with Ylang Ylang and Besatzung. Tune in Monday at 4pm for more info!
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