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It's no secret that BVST has been preaching the gospel of Norwegian heavy metal geniuses Kvelertak since the release of their debut album. Now, in the wake of their first-ever Canadian tour dates, Angelica from BVST was lucky enough to sit down with Kvelertak guitarist Vidar Landa for a wide ranging chat about Norway, Guns N' Roses, trolls, and the band's future plans, set against the roar of other bands soundchecking. Be sure to tune in this Wednesday at 7pm ET only on CJLO 1690AM / www.cjlo.com, especially if you like the gritty audio verité styling of poorly recorded in-person interviews! We'll be playing a lot of Kvelertak and other Scandinavian bands you should know about, as well as nerding out about one of metal's most up-and-coming bands.

As of 10 pm Thursday night, Montreal’s longest boil-water advisory was finally lifted, and citizens were told the water was safe to drink.

Mayor Michael Applebaum gave the all clear in a press conference Thursday night, roughly 36 hours after the alert was issued late Wednesday morning.

Test results showed no bacterial contamination.

According to CTV, Applebaum said investigations into what caused the city-wide water ban are still on going, but was likely due to the Atwater treatment plant being drained lower than it should have during maintenance.

CBC reports that opposition municipal party leaders are saying the warning system took too long to reach the 1.3 million Montrealers affected.

The decision to expand the alert from the Sud-Ouest borough was made at 9 am Wednesday, but took an hour or more to reach the media and spread across the city.

This was Canada’s second largest boil-water advisory, but not the country’s longest.

According to Global, as of 2011, the average duration of an advisory in a First Nations community was over two years, and has increased over the past decade because of unresolved issues.

Flickr Photo by: Allie Holzman

STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER

A planned nuclear waste disposal site in southwestern Ontario is a cause of concern for Michigan state senators.

According to The Star, Michigan senate passed a resolution on Tuesday which suggests the waste site be moved farther from the shores of Lake Huron.

The senators expressed their concern over the proximity of the plant to main drinking water intakes for southeast Michigan. Ontario Power Generation explained that there is no danger to the general public living around Lake Huron.

Michigan state rules, prohibit the storage of nuclear waste within 16 kilometres of the lakes and rivers from the Great Lakes system that border its shores.

The proposed site is located 1.6 kilometres from the Lake Huron shoreline. Senators suggest the OPG build the plant more inland away from the sensitive shoreline.

Flickr Photo by: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

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Stories by: Hannah Besseau, Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Spoon Jung

Produced by: Catlin Spencer