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News for August 26th 2015
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by Saturn de Los Angeles
Montrealers can finally see the next generation of metro cars during their commute.
According to the Montreal Gazette, the bright blue-colored AZUR cars have begun testing on the Orange and Blue lines.
The new fleet will be passing by every station during daytime hours between now and December to make final adjustments before they can be used by the public.
Once the tests are complete, the 468 new trains will go into regular service by early next year, replacing the most recent fleet in use since 1984.
The Canadian dollar plummeted below 75 American cents on Tuesday for the first time in 11 years.
According to The Star, Canadian currency began to lose its value towards the end of 2012, and fell more in 2014 due to falling oil prices, the Canadian market lacking diversity, and the country lagging behind the United States economically.
by Catlin Spencer
Wednesday August 26th 2015
Hosted by Catlin Spencer
Stories by Saturn de Los Angeles, Patricia Petit Liang & Catlin Spencer
Produced by Catlin Spencer
Champions of the Local Scene: Katie Moore Interview + Head & Hands J2K Fundraiser
Tune into a special edition of Champions of the Local Scene hosted by Rebecca of The Commonwealth Conundrum, Wed at 6pm! This episode will feature two interviews about two awesome events that are happening the same night (of course!)- this Thursday Aug 27! At 6pm we will hear about Head & Hands' upcoming fundraiser for J2K: Street Vibes, happening this Thurs at 7pm at The Unitarian Church (5035 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O). The evening will feature Strange Froots, Girls With Knives, Ella Grave and live painting by artists such as Omen and Produkt. All proceeds will help maintain the youth drop-in centre.
At 6:30, we will interview beloved songstress Katie Moore about her latest album "Fooled by the Fun" and its anticipated launch show happening at The Rialto Theatre at 8pm Thurs as part of Passovah fest! Ohara will open this show! We are excited to hear more about both these events~ Tune in to get the goods and hear more Passovah fest artists sprinkled inbetween!
All of this goes down Wed at 6pm! Tune in and see you at these events?
News for August 24th 2015
by Saturn de Los Angeles
A movement to help bring cancer awareness is about to become stronger.
According to the Montreal Gazette, over a thousand participants raised 2.2 million dollars at the annual Weekend to End Women’s Cancers for the Jewish General Hospital.
Hospital representative Siobhan O’Brien says the funds over the walk's decade-long run have been used for equipment upgrades and in-depth research.
With rapid developments in research and growing community support, a larger fundraiser will be initiated in 2016, called the OneWalk to Conquer Cancer, where participants can help fund research on any kind of cancer.
Over 6,000 women in Quebec will be able to receive breast cancer treatment this year, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday that if re-elected, the Conservative government will make membership fees for volunteer service clubs eligible for tax credits.
According to The Star, Harper says the tax break proposal is to recognize and support Canadians who give back to the community by joining clubs such as the Royal Canadian Legion.
However, the NDP's Peggy Nash and the Liberals Chrystia Freeland have accused Harper of distracting the public from the Duffy trial and employing micro-measures instead of engaging the economy as a whole, respectively.
The tax credit, if it were to come into effect, would enable service club members to claim up to 29 per cent of their membership costs, depending on how much they donate to charity.
French President Francois Hollande is awarding three American travellers the Legion of Honour on Monday, after they took down a gunman on a train.
According to CBC News, the trio who helped thwart the potential dangerous attack includes U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento University.
The gunman was a Moroccan man called Ayoub El-Khazzani, who is currently being detained by the French counterterrorism police outside of Paris.
A French citizen and a British man will also receive the Legion of Honour for helping to find and detain the gunman.
Monday August 24th 2015
Hosted by Danny Aubry
Stories by Saturn de Los Angeles, Catlin Spencer & Patricia Petit Liang
Produced by Catlin Spencer
Bishop Nehru Interview @ Osheaga 2015
"...emotion is straight linked to spirit and so is music."
New York rapper and producer Bishop Nehru hit the Stingray Music Zone at the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival on August 1, 2015 for his first time performing in Montreal. Krystal Christine from The Trend (Tuesdays, 9PM on CJLO 1690AM) caught up with him before the show to chat about what he learned from the legendary MF Doom, and why he just loves about Oprah Winfrey.
Have a listen to the full interview right here on the CJLO Magazine SoundCloud:
What is the meaning of your name, Bishop Nehru?
"Bishop is a spiritual adviser in churches and things like that. So I flipped that and put it into music, because emotion is straight linked to spirit and so is music. They say that music is the language of the soul so I thought it would be clever. The Nehru part is the first Prime Minister in India who worked alongside Ghandi. He has a lot of controversy around him now. Like mad stuff popping off right but, I still respect him for his meditational purpose, and things like that, which I also do and take practice in."
News for August 21th. 2015
A powerful painkiller called fentanyl is being mixed with street drugs like heroin.
According to CTV News, officials warn that the number of deadly overdoses is soaring in Canada, with seven people dead in Montreal from fentanyl-related causes.
Fentanyl is up to 100 times stonger than morphine and 40 times stronger than heroin.
An antidote for fentanyl exists, called Naloxone, and can reverse the drug’s effects and is currently available in easy-to-use kits.
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Various civil rights groups are speaking out against a new law which allows the federal government to revoke citizenship for some dual nationals.
The Canadian Association of refugee lawyers or CARL find that the rules of Bill C-24 create a tiered system, which is unfair to naturalized citizens.
The law also requires that dual citizens state their intent to stay in the country, but the statement could be used as proof of misrepresentation if they are forced to stay out of Canada for educational or personal reasons.
CBC News reports that the CARL and other organizations seek to launch a formal constitutional challenge of the law.
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August 21th 2015
Hosted by: Julian Mckenzie
Stories by: Patricia Petit-Liang, Emeline Vidal, Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Emeline Vidal
Hillside Music Festival 2015
Hillside 2015: Heat, humidity, ethno-chaos, and peace!
Photography by Robert Portnoff
The 32nd edition of the Hillside Music Festival went off without any problems and had plenty of good vibes, good weather, and great music. Located in a picturesque provincial park just outside Guelph, Ontario, the three-day festival featured performers from Canada and around the world.
Michael Franti & Spearhead closed out the first night with a lively show that saw Mr. Franti spending as much time among the fans as he was on stage. Day two was punctuated by more great music and hot humid weather. One of the many highlights of the day were the Constantines who put on an energized performance that most definitely amped the hometown crowd.
There were many surprises during the festival, like the Mongolian heavy metal band Hanggai, who were referred to as the Chinese Iron Maiden with their blend of rock and traditional Mongolian music. Continuing on the world tour of music, we went down under with Perch Creek, who brought their own blend of roots music all the way from Melbourne Australia. Representing Eastern Europe was the group DakhaBrakha, whose four members combined to make what they call, "ethno-chaos".
Last year's Hillside fest saw the Grateful Dead tribute entitled, "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been", and with The Dead celebrating their 50th Anniversary earlier this summer, it was nice to see a sequel to last year's tribute with a jam between The Ever Lovin' Jug Band and Poor Man's Whiskey. The bands joined forces for a show that was labeled "The Sky Was Yellow and the Sun Was Blue", which is a lyric from the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias". They did not play that song for some reason, but they had the audience singing along to "The Weight" by The Band, and they finished the concert with a stellar version the Grateful Dead song "Ripple".
There was even a minor miracle during the fest when, on an oppressive hot and humid Sunday afternoon, a Toronto band named The Battle of Santiago got the crowd up on their feet dancing to their mix of Canadian and Latin beats. Then Sunday night and the festival ended on a more tranquil note when the Great Lake Swimmers were joined by the Guelph Suzuki Concorde String Ensemble for an intimate evening of music.
The sound of two hands clapping, during BadBadNotGood.
Darren Eedens from Cardiff, Wales showcases his take on honky tonk roots music.
Poor Man's Whiskey getting down on the main stage.
What the world needs now is more accordion music, rock on TriBeCaStan.
From the Ukraine DakhaBrakha.
Steve Lambke of the Constantines.
Some fans dancing a jig with Suzanne Jarvie on the main stage.
Two cool dudes from the Algerian band Tamikrest.
Daniel Lanois on the slide guitar.
Hamilton Ontario's own Terra Lightfoot stirring up some soul and blues.
Some young fans join Michael Franti on stage.
I didn't know there are Chicago Cubs fans in Australia. I was thus informed by Camilla Hodgkins from the band Perch Creek.
Some young fans enjoying the sounds of the Ever Lovin' Jug Band and Poor Man's Whiskey.
J. Bowman from the band Michael Franti and Spearhead wales on the guitar.
One of the highlights of the festival was the Swedish banjopunk band Baskery which consists of three sisters Greta, Stella and Sunniva Bondesson.
I guess some things are universal and some things not, member from the Mongolian band Hanggai.
Some days you just can't decide which pair of sunglasses to wear. Natalie Prass wooing the Hillside crowd.
Some cool lighting during the Great Lake Swimmers set. Tony Dekker in foreground on guitar, Erick Arnesen right on banjo and Bret Higgins left on upright bass.
Miranda Mulholland of the Great Lake Swimmers joined by the Guelph Suzuki Concorde Strings.
Michael Franti greeting the audience during his concert.
- -Don't fret! Brave New Jams is on the air with your host Clifton Hanger every Saturday at 10 PM on CJLO 1690AM and cjlo.com.
THINKBOX THINKS: Ilesoniq 2015
Fans wait year-round for the events that are the cornerstones of their passion, where they're free to be weird and let their freak flags fly.
For anime lovers it's Otakuthon, for food lovers, it could be any of the food-themed events in the Montreal area, but for those of us who live to be lost in a crowd of colors and feel the bass at the very center of our souls it is indisputably the ÎleSoniq electronic music festival. The fest spanned over two days and vast expanses of Parc Jean-Drapeau. The baby of Montreal's music festivals is growing fast, and drew attendees to internationally-acclaimed headliners this year, a wealth of activities and stages that people are itching to rave at again next year. This is the best and the worst of ÎleSoniq 2015.
In the early hours of Friday afternoon, I was drawn to the forest rave-esque Neon Stage for an extravagant set that drew up a small and happy audience. Hearing Prince Club's techno set after discovering my love for the genre earlier this summer made me feel the festival love early on. I couldn't help but revel in how good it felt to be home in the smooth, immersive sound and beautiful scenery. During Kaskade later in the evening, I remembered that this edition of ÎleSoniq would mark my third time seeing Deadmau5, and I have yet to be disappointed by his unique sound. Some other responses from festival-goers might contradict my opinion on his performance, though. I overheard words like "S**t", "boring", and "not banger" but Niagara Falls native Joel Zimmerman wouldn't have booking over booking over booking if there wasn't something amazing and precious about all of his shows. As one person told me, when it comes to Deadmau5's music "it's all about being patient", and it always pays off.
As for Saturday, I might be a little bit biased in saying that Will Sparks was one of the best sets because of three things. The first being that I've been waiting for about a year to see him, the second being that I had just interviewed him, and the third – the hard lemonade (which, by the way, was delicious) that I chugged in an effort to calm my nerves after the interview. But star-struck-ness and alcohol aside, Sparks knows how to work a crowd. His high-energy, signature sound is really popular now, and despite the rain and mud, it was clear that people had the time of their lives during his performance. You can listen to Thinkbox's interview with Will Sparks right here.
But, as expected, every paradise has its problems. I know that ÎleSoniq was not without its group of talent-less male Djs, but everyone already knows that. I also really hate to slant my words towards negativity when it comes to women in dance music, but I need to say something about Delora's performance (or lack thereof). A colleague told me that they hardly touched the decks during their run, and I argued against her until I went to wait for Will Sparks' set, certain that she was wrong. The energy in Delora's set was solid, and really had people going. But they hardly touched the decks for the 15 minutes that I saw them. When you have people like Black Tiger Sex Machine playing at the same time, it makes me wonder what people really go to these types of festivals for. Then again, I was wondering that anyway. Maybe I'm a bitter spinster with no friends, but since when are music festivals about talking? Seriously, people at these festivals Do. Not. Shut. Up. I thought ÎleSoniq was a dance music festival. You know... the kind where people dance?! No? Nevermind then....
There were some unexpected highs at the festival, though. When listening to Shiba San before the festival, I can admit that I was expecting to be bored, but when I arrived to the Bud Light stage on Friday evening, I was regretting my decision of contemplating my lonely existence during Borgeous' love-fueled, festival banger set and wishing I listened to more more of Shiba's. While we're on the topic of stages, what was last year no more than an extended tent and some speakers, the Neon stage (sponsored by Stingray Music) is now situated in the middle of a green area full of trees and a soft dirt dance floor that allows for every show to feel like an intimate experience. Another thing that had me in awe was Die Antwoord. Watching the performance could be compared to walking in to a fetish party—you're pretty weirded out at first, but by the end of the night, naked asses and pit bull masks are kind of normal, and you're thinking its freaky and you like it... A lot.
The best thing that I saw all weekend had to be from the festival organizers themselves. While I was dancing, I saw a small packet in a girl's hand, which I recognized as a snort safer mini-pack, for those who chose to partake in substances. This kit was the first thing in the wealth of improvements to the festival, including an place for the nap squad to turn up. An area filled with tall and lush trees that provided great shade and places to hang hammocks for those who wanted, and some who needed a rest. The harm reduction approach that the festival has decided to take is, in my opinion, the right way to go. From the bad trip advice notice boards to the massage tables at the main stage, ÎleSoniq is definitely doing the right thing for their participants, and my hope is that they'll get on the same level as Shambahla Festival in B.C. and offer testing to their participants as well.
All in all, I can't say that I was disappointed. I did miss Showtek, Above & Beyond, DVBBS, and a few other acts that I wanted to see, but all is fair in love and festivals. My ÎleSoniq adventure ended in the first half-hour of Snails' vomitstep set, which gave me the opportunity to officially tire myself out but simultaneously give me the energy for my next set of bloody, bassy, ÎleSoniq-themed adventures.
--Tune in to The Machine Stops this Friday, August 20th 2015 from 9-10 AM ET to hear more about Thinkbox's ÎleSoniq experience, and tune in again next week to hear the crazy continuation!
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