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by Danny Aubry

The Liberal Party has received over eleven thousand job applications from supporters after offering jobs in their new government through social media and emails this past Friday.

The CBC says that the Liberals received over three thousand applications within twelve hours and over eleven thousand cover letters by Monday afternoon.

Liberal spokesperson Olivier Duchesneau says that several Rhodes scholars, lawyers and former NGO workers have applied for positions and almost two thousand applicants are bilingual.

Among the many jobs available through the Liberal government include senior managers, as well as administrative and communications staff for cabinet ministers, MPs and inside the Prime Minister’s office.

China’s new legislation that permits couples to have two children will not take effect until next March.

LOCAL
by Patricia Petit Liang

A number of Montreal students collected more than 20 000 non-perishable food items as part of a food drive called Feed the Truck.

According to the Montreal Gazette, 10 Jewish schools led by Federation CJA gathered food for the federations funded organizations dealing with food security.

On Sunday, the Liquor Control board of Ontario announced that it would be deleting the personal information collected from wine, beer, and spirit club members.

Members of the LCBO’s wine club were concerned that the LCBO was collecting information that would monitor their purchases and consumption habits.

According to CBC News, The ruling on the controversy comes following a three-year lawsuit fought by the LCBO, which cost approximately $269,800.

The LCBO says they wanted to make sure they could track products for recall purposes and reselling of the product.

The LCBO has filed for a judicial review, however, the court has dismissed the application.

The UN is urging all countries to take a more proactive stance to fight the potential effects of climate change.

According to BBC News, the statement comes after the UN assessed each nation's strategy plan to reduce carbon emissions; a plan that hopes maintain a global two degree celcius margin before seeing potentially disastrous effects.

UN climate chief Christinana Figueres remains optimistic however, after over 100 nations have filed concrete targets this year, compared to 27 during the Copenhagen summit in 2009.

The submissions will be discussed collectively among all nations at the UN's climate conference in Paris at the end of the month.

CJLO 1690AM is back at it with more football! Tune in Halloween at 1:45pm for the final game of the Concordia Stingers season as they take on the reigning Vanier Cup champions, the UdeM Carabins at the CEPSUM. Julian McKenzie of The Starting Rotation and Sam Obrand of Jonny & Cupcakes will have the call beginning at 1:45pm and you can listen live at mixlr.com/cjlo1690. Kick-off at 2pm!

Image courtesy of concordia.ca

LOCAL
by Catlin Spencer

The project has been tested in various other cities, with some evidence showing a decrease in the use of force by front-line officers, as well as complaints against police.

The order to replace the city’s vehicles was placed in 2009 and  was due to be delivered by 2019. 

Google is working on a project that will have balloons beaming wireless internet from the sky. 

According to BBC News, Google's Project Loon aims to bring internet access to remote communities with connectivity speeds at 4G levels.

Once in the sky, the large high-pressure balloons- equipped with solar powered computer equipment- will link up to antenna towers on the ground to provide service. 

Currently, mobile phone providers from Indonesia and Sri Lanka have expressed enthusiasm in teaming up with Google. 

They're also working on a similar Internet access project called Project:Titan, but with solar-powered drones.