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More financial aid for Quebec students
Financial aid has been improved for Quebec Cegep and university students announced the P.Q. on Tuesday.
The Gazette reports that the aid will help around 160 000 post-secondary students.
The agreement calls for an extra $160 a year or $20 a month per student who request it.
Part-time students travelling to their cegep or university will get a break as well. They will get $728 in travel expenses.
Higher education minister, Pierre Duchesne, announced the agreement was made with leaders of top student associations. The negotiations began with a general meeting in February.
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CJLO News - May 13 2013
Produced by Erica Bridgeman
Hosted by Carlo Spiridgliozzi
Stories written by Natasha Taggart, Spoon Jung, Saturn De Los Angles and Catlin Spencer
Gender-neutral restrooms a possibility in Philly
In a campaign to make Philadelphia the most LGBT-friendly city in the world, mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation to future public restrooms gender neutral.
The move is to accommodate transgender people who feel uncomfortable going into public restrooms assigned to men and women.
City Councilor Jim Kenney sponsored the bill.
He spoke to N-B-C News Philadelphia on the difficult and awkward for transgender people to go into male and female restrooms.
In addition, the City is also working to give transgender people equal access to healthcare benefits as their heterosexual counterparts, a move that Kenney calls as the next iteration of civil rights and freedom in the U.S.
The gender-neutral washrooms will be built in future buildings owned by the City of Philadelphia.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES
$200K lobster shipment blocked by fishermen
Fishermen in P.E.I. blocked a $200,000 lobster shipment destined for the US from leaving the island, in a protest against unfairly low lobster prices, this past Saturday.
According to CBCNews, lobster fishermen across the Maritime have been protesting low lobster prices, which vary across the three provinces and range from between $2.75 and $3.75 per pound for canner lobster, and between $3.25 and $4 per pound for market-sized.
Many fishermen say anything less than $5 a pound is unreasonable, due to the rising cost of fuel and bait.
Tensions remained high after a hundred fishermen continued their blockade of the Beach Point processing plant in P.E.I. on Saturday, despite an injunction being filed against them earlier in the week.
In eastern New Brunswick, lobster fishermen tied up their boats for a fourth day on Saturday to protest the low prices they are receiving for their catch.
Lobster is Canada’s most valuable seafood export. Around 50,000 to 55,000 tonnes of lobster is caught annually in Canada, with 78% headed for the US market, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to the Canadian economy.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: SPOON JUNG
First US educated politician in Vietnam Communist Party
The ruling Communist Party in Vietnam has appointed the first US-educated official to its executive committee.
According to the Guardian, the move comes in an attempt to boost Vietnam’s image among investors in Europe and the United States.
Pressure is mounting to reform the economy, crippled by weak credit and 113 thousand business closures since 2011, since it began to stagnate after years of boom growth.
Facing some of the toughest economic challenges in years, Vietnams ruling party has vowed to tackle the country’s banking system debt, and mismanaged state-owned firms.
The newly elected official, Nguyen Thien Nhan, received a Masters in public policy at the University of Oregon in 1993 and is a deputy prime minister overseeing education, health and technology.
Nhan joins a group that has long been dominated by politicians educated in Vietnam and the former Soviet Union.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER
New controversy around ceding land in Kahnawake
The Parti Quebecois’s plan to cede land to the Kanawake Mohawks has sparked a bit of controversy.
T
he Gazette is reporting that South Shore mayors were left stunned by Friday’s announcement because they weren’t included in the decision.
The 300 hectares of land in question were taken in 2006 during construction for highway 30.
A Mohawk band council spokesperson says he doesn’t understand the controversy, as the land has been the topic of an on-going discussion for years.
STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
CJLO News - May 10 2013
Hosted by: Saturn De Los Angeles
Stories by: Catlin Spencer, Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Saturn De Los Angeles
Produced by: Spoon Jung
Spaniards march for education reform amid budget cuts
In Spain, students and teachers marched to the streets to protest against budget cuts and reforms that are hurting the country's Education sector.
According to Al Jazeera, demonstrators in Madrid marched to the éducation ministry building in green t-shirts.
They're calling on its ministèr, Jose Ignacio Wart to résign.
The Spanish Government has reduced education spending by about 14 percent between 2012 and 2013
The cuts are causing higher tuition fees for college students, fewer grants available to graduate students and reduced school bus services for elementary school students.
The cuts also come at the expense of more students in school with fewer teachers availiable teach them, according to high school teacher Fernanda Gonzalez.
Gonzalez spoke to AJE explaining that Spain is already dealing with a small budget, and they're still trying to reduce it amid austerity measures.
Spaniards, along with most European nations are currently lagging in performance in Math and foreign langauges, way below the Unions standard.
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STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES
Student Protest Commission comes under fire by both sides of conflict
The Student Protest Commission have come under fire from both sides of the conflict.
The 9th Annual Diego Awards
Named after a volunteer who has sadly left us (we miss you, Diego Ferro!), the CJLO Diegos is an annual awards ceremony that was created to celebrate a year of hard work and quality programming that our amazing volunteers put into CJLO 1690AM day after day.
It's a celebration of their dedication and tireless effort into making CJLO 1690AM a quality radio station, and a celebration of independent media and community radio at large.
Aaaaaaand the nominees are:
The Welcome to the Jungle Award for Best New Show:
The Link (Thursdays 11am-12)
Exit Hour (Sundays 9pm-10pm)
The Noisy Loft (Sundays 8pm-9pm)
Anatomy of Caribbean Music (Saturdays 8pm-9pm)
The CBC Award for On Air Professionalism:
Humsafar (Mondays 4pm-6pm)
The Reaktor (Fridays 2-4pm)
Radio Fun (Wednesdays 9-10pm)
Beats From The East (Tuesdays 9-11pm)
The Ol' Gil Award (Most Underrated Show):
Brave New Jams (Saturdays 10pm-12am)
Going Down Under (Sundays 11pm-12am)
The New Noise (Mondays 10pm-12am)
The Wake Up Call (Thursdays 7-8am)
The MAPL Award for Canadian Content (Canadian Only Shows & Talk Excluded):
With Gay Abandon (Mondays 1-2pm)
The Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Fear Of Music (Tuesdays 4-5pm)
Pits and Poisoned Apples (Thursdays 12am-1am)
CJLOL Award (Funniest Show):
Funk Shui (Sundays 2-3pm)
Rex's Barn Sessions (Tuesdays 2-4pm)
Greedy Graffiti (Thursdays 1-3pm)
Most Improvement:
Greedy Graffiti (Thursdays 1-3pm)
Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Revolution 33 and 1/3 (Mondays 2-3pm)
Currently Concordia (Fridays 11am-12pm)
The Radio 3 Award (New Music Supporter):
Grade A Explosives (Sundays 4-6pm)
Commonwealth Conundrum (Wednesdays 4-6pm)
Phantastiq Cypha (Tuesdays 6-8pm)
Purple Carrot (Tuesdays 12pm-1pm)
The Phil Donahue Award (Best Talk Show):
Funk Shui (Sundays 2-3pm)
Currently Concordia (Fridays 11-12pm)
The Game Misconduct (Sundays 12-2pm)
The Onomatopoeia Show (Sundays 3-4pm)
The Yank Crime Award (Best Rock Show):
Radio Fun (Wednesdays 9-10pm)
Dirty Work (Thursdays 4-6pm)
The Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (Wednesdays 3-4pm)
The New Noise (Mondays 10pm-12am)
The Niche Award (Best Specialty Show):
With Gay Abandon (Mondays 1-2pm)
The F-Hole (Mondays 12-1pm)
Station To Station (Wednesdays 1-2pm)
Gospel Unlimited (Sundays 10am-12pm)
The Bad News Brown Award (Best Hip Hop Show):
Beats From the East (Tuesdays 9-11pm)
Stroll Around The Groove (Thursdays 11pm-12am)
The Limelight (Saturdays 6-8pm)
Midnight Love Affair (Sundays 10-11pm)
The Pete Tong Award (Best RPM Show):
Death Metal Disco Show (Tuesdays 5-6pm)
Glitch, Please! (Thursdays 8-10pm)
Autobeat (Thursdays 10-11pm)
The Midnight Caper (Tuesdays 11pm-12am)
The Smelt Your Face Award (Best Metal Show):
Burnt Offerings (Sundays 6-8pm)
The Noisy Loft (Sundays 8-9pm)
BVST (Wednesdays 7-9pm)
The Lucky Dube Award (Best World Show):
The Live Wire Show (Saturdays 9-10am)
Caribbean Callaloo (Saturdays 2-4pm)
More Fyah (Saturdays 4-6pm)
Humsafar (Mondays 4-6pm)
The Wayne and Schuster Award for Best Team (who host a show):
Marina Nguyen and Patricia Petit-Liang (Funk Shui) (Sundays 2-3pm)
Cecil de Ioia and Emile Dube-Hutchinson (Burnt Offerings) (Sundays 6-8pm)
Julien Bourgeois and Mourad Bennacer (Stroll Around The Groove) Thursdays (11pm-12am)
Dan Kellman & Quinten Gonzales (More Fyah) (Saturdays 4-6pm)
The Fox News Award for Excellence in Journalism:
Saturn de los Angeles
Catlin Spencer
The Pitchfork Award For Excellence in Music Journalism:
Abby Schacter
Fredy Iuni
Andrea Boulet
Annick MF
The Mix It Up Award for Excellence in Production:
Marco Lucci
The Bored and Wanting to Get Out of the House Award (for excellence in volunteer commitment):
Floriane Bonneville
Remi Caron
Maryana Voronoska
Stephanie Cram
Keener Award for Most Helpful DJ:
Carlo Spiridigliozzi (The Wake Up Call)
Denis Arsenault (Dirty Work)
Tim Foster (Going Down Under and Charts & Crafts)
Angelica Calcagnile (BVST)
The Show Me The Money Award For Fundraising:
Caribbean Callaloo
Ryan B. Arditi Lifetime Acheivement Award:
Nassim Tabri (ex-Beautiful Music For Ugly Children host)
Rob Fleming Award for Best Mix Tape:
Mix #1: Paul Brown (Go-Go Radio Magic Show, and last year's winner)
Mix #2: Tim Forster (Going Down Under)
Mix #3: Eric the Tutor (The Limelight)
Mix #4: Mason Windels (Midnight Love Affair)
Mix #5: Amrew Weekes (The Limelight)
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