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Inmates in Ontario jails want overcrowding resolved
Overcrowding has inmates in Ontario prisons takin action in court
At least 100 current and former inmates are suing the province of Ontario over how they claim they were treated in jail due to overcrowding.
CBC News is reporting an abundance of inmates awaiting their day in court has lead to half of Ontario’s jails being overcrowded, the highest percentage in six years.
This means a 7-by-2 metre cell meant for two people often contains three or more inmates.
Advocacy groups and prison staff have linked the overcrowding to the increase in violence between cellmates.
This has lead to some talk about turning to alternatives such as restorative justice, which focuses on rehabilitation so that felons do not become repeat offenders.
Flickr Photo by: haven't the slightest
STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
Blood Ceremony Sunday on Grade A Explosives
The term "flute-tinged witch rock" has been used to describe the music of Toronto rockers Blood Ceremony. What does that mean? Well, listen to Grade A Explosives on Sunday July 28th and find out. Andrew will be airing an interview with guitarist Sean Kennedy, who talks about the new album The Eldritch Dark, touring, and the minutia of labels. Plus, tune in for a chance to win tickets to the Fantasia Film Festival and passes to Heavy MTL. All of this and more from 4-6 PM on www.CJLO.com or on 1690 on that AM dial. Tune in and enjoy.
Law school in hot water over discrimination. Says LGBT
A law school in British Columbia is in hot water over it's decision to discriminate L-G-B-T students. Canada Post Closings...Secretly Privatizing?
In the recent flurry of post office closings by Canada Post across the country, the local postal workers’ union has a new ally… the federal NDP.
According to the Gazette, Canada Post has closed 37 outlets since 2012… 19 of which were in Quebec, 12 of those were all in Montreal.
NDP Labour critic Alexandre Boulerice has accused Canada Post of disproportionately targeting Quebec post offices because of Stephen Harpers lack of support in the province.
He adds that the closures are anti-union, as workers are replaced by non-unionized staff that work in postal counters in retail outlets.
He says that people need to see this as a disguised privatization that will result in poorer service due to weak training and reduced hours of service… as Canada Post replaces good jobs with those that pay just over minimum wage.
A spokesperson for Canada Post, Anick Losier, said that the corporation has seen a substantial drop in mail… one billion letters less since 2006… and a report from the Conference Board of Canada predicted a billion-dollar deficit by 2020 if nothing was done.
Flickr Photo by: Eva
STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER
Pakistani seeking refuge may be denied stay in Canada
A woman, who fled Pakistan in 2011 to escape her daughter's abusive ex-husband, may have to return soon.
CBC News reports, that Khurshid Begun Awan's stay in Montreal may be numbered as her husband was deported back to Lahore this past April.
Khurshid's daughter, Tahira, who immigrated to Montreal in 2009 has been sending money back to Lahore to keep her ex-husband from harming her parents. When the situation deteriorated her family joined her in Montreal.
Tahira's ex-husband is a prominent member of the religious community in Lahore, Pakistan's largest city.
Khurshid has suffered a panic attack and a heart attack in previous attempts from the Canadian Border Services Agency to deport her.
A human rights lawyer representing the family has stated that if deported, Khurshid will most probably die.
CJLO News - July 26 2013
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Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Saturn De Los Angeles & Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
CJLO News - July 24 2013
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Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Kristobal Eugenio & Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Québec jail suicide haunts Ontario family
A distraught Ontario family is left wondering why their loved one was left incarcerated instead of given help for his suicidal behaviour.
CBC News reports that twenty-six-year-old Christopher Clarke was imprisoned in Montréal's Bordeaux jail after being picked up by police for an unpaid fine.
Clarke's fiancée, Janick Ménard, brought him to Cornwall hospital on April 14 after he displayed frantic and suicidal behaviour. After being assessed by a doctor, Clarke returned home.
Ménard then called the police out of concern for Clarke's safety. The police subsequently brought Clarke to Bordeaux prison, despite assurances that he was to be taken to the hospital.
Clarke's sister, Melissa Harrison, and Ménard both left several messages for prison management expressing concern for Clarke's well-being of which were never returned.
Clarke jumped over a third-floor railing on April 27 without having received a reply after applying for professional help and counselling.
An official at Bordeaux jail says that the prison's customary screening for suicidal behaviour did not deem Clarke to be at risk of suicide.
STORY WRITTEN BY: KRISTOBAL M. EUGENIO
Attempt at forming provincial registry denied…again
Despite the setbacks, Quebec will continue to fight Ottawa’s decision to scrap the long-gun registry.
According to The Gazette, Quebec wants to maintain its part of the now defunct registry and use it as a provincially-run registry.
There have been two setbacks in the past month; however, Quebec will continue to appeal the decision in court.
The Quebec Court of Appeal refused to suspend a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada.
The ruling which stated that Quebec’s part of the registry be destroyed thus nullifying any hopes for a provincial long-gun registry.
Quebec began collecting its data from the federal long-gun registry after Ottawa destroyed the data on 5.6 million shotguns and rifles from the rest of Canada late last year.
Flickr Photo by: Matthew (Thud) D.
Maiden Voyage Goes To Rock Camp July 26th
RC4G Band Formation at Sala Rossa
This Friday, Beansie will be live from Sala Rossa with an extremely rockin' episode of Maiden Voyage from 12-1pm. This year, Sala Rossa is the home for Rock Camp For Girls Montreal, a 5 day music camp where girls learn and practice instruments, form a band and write a song together, and perform at the Showcase Concert. Rock Camp is a space where girls discover and express their talents, and become leaders in creating their own kind of music!
Beansie, fellow CJLO DJ Julie Matson, and DJ Lynne T will be teaching the girls mixing basics in the morning and then interviewing the campers about their bands live on air. It's going to be a really fun episode so make sure to tune in on 1690AM / online / iTunes radio.
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