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CJLO News - July 24 2013
Hosted by: Saturn de Los Angeles
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.
Government worker admits to leaking info on cutting E.I. benefits
STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES
CJLO News - July 22 2013
Produced by Erica Bridgeman and Saturn De Los Angeles
Hosted by Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Stories written by Catlin Spencer, Saturn De Los Angeles, Spoon Jung
Egypt to Amend Constitution Amidst Political Division
According to Reuters, the Egyptian military has tasked a panel of 10 legal experts this past Sunday to present proposed changes to the constitution within 30 days for review before a broader-based body.
Ali Awad Saleh, a judge and the constitutional affairs adviser for the newly installed president, chaired Sunday's panel, saying it would spend the next week receiving ideas from "citizens, political parties, and all sides".
Egypt’s new constitution was approved in a referendum last year, but was criticized for its lack of protections for human rights, minorities, and social justice.
Khaled Dawoud, spokesman for the National Salvation Front, Egypt’s main secular political alliance, called the committee’s work “a very positive development.”
However, the Muslim Brotherhood does not seem willing to communicate with either the new administration or the army, instead holding fast to its demand for the full restoration of Mursi, who has been held in an undisclosed location since his downfall on July 3.
Some analysts have expressed doubts about the effort to revise the constitution, due to the lack of political consensus in Egypt, impeding the country’s transition into democracy following the 2011 fall of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Flickr Photo by: Darla Hueske
STORY WRITTEN BY: SPOON JUNG
Flaherty's health is in question
Jim Flaherty has missed two G20 meetings in Moscow after falling ill in the past few days.
According to the Gazette, finance official Kathleen Perchaluk said Minister Flaherty became ill after arriving in Moscow and was unable to attend the meetings on Friday and Saturday.
The meetings were being held to discuss ways of getting the global economy back on track and growing again.
While the Minister may have contracted a stomach ailment, he was not hospitalized, and it is not connected to his skin condition.
Associate deputy minister Jean Boivin and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz sat in for Flaherty during the meetings.
Flickr Photo by: Ontario Chamber of Commerce
STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER
Black Cowgirl Sunday on Grade A Explosives
Sunday is such a boring day isn't it? Well, let Grade A Explosives entertain you with the help of some of the guys from Black Cowgirl. Andrew will be airing an interview he did with them where they will discuss albums, touring as a small band, and above all, love. Not only that! Tune in and you'll have a chance to win tickets to Heavy MTL and passes to the Fantasia Film Festival. All of the awesomeness happens on Sunday July 21st from 4-6 PM.
CJLO News - July 19 2013
Hosted by: Hannah Besseau
Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Saturn De Los Angeles & Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Spoon Jung
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