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CJLO News - April 26 2013
Hosted by: Staurn De Los Angeles
Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Alyssa Tremblay & Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Rescuers continue to search scene of collapsed factory
Rescue workers continue to search for survivors after a garment building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over two hundred people.
Officials announced that two thousand garment workers have been pulled safely from the debris as of Thursday morning.
The Associated Press reported that cries can be heard from people still trapped inside.
The collapse occurred on Wednesday after cracks were discovered in the building’s walls.
However, various clothing factories housed inside the complex ignored orders to evacuate the building on Tuesday.
The eight-storey building collapsed the next day.
It’s unknown exactly how many people were inside at the time.
Some of the factories in the building are believed to have manufactured clothing for major North American retailers like Wal-Mart and Canadian brand Joe Fresh.
In response, the CBC Radio program, As It Happens, is asking Joe Fresh to directly address the safety conditions of workers at its factories and to justify its decision to outsource to Bangladesh in the first place.
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
Businesses on the main want extended hours on weekends
St. Laurent Boulevard merchants want to be treated on a level basis as their sold Montreal and Downtown counterparts are.
CJLO News - April 25 2013
Hosted by: Catlin Spencer
Stories by: Chloe Deneumoustier, Alyssa Tremblay, Aisha Samu & Daniel Rowe
Produced by: Jenna Monney-Lupert
CAQ would vote for Bill 14 if amendments are put in place
The Coalition Avenir Québec has issued its demands to the Parti Quebecois.
The CAQ is refusing to support the PQ-proposed Bill 14 unless major changes are made to the legislation.
François Legault announced on Wednesday that his party will vote to send the bill for more study.
Bill 14 aims to toughen the province’s pre-existing language laws.
CBC reported that the CAQ is asking for significant amendments to certain parts of the bill.
They say that the legislation’s problem areas include restricting access to English-language CEGEPS, stripping certain municipalities of their bilingual status, and forcing children in military families to attend French schools.
The minority PQ government needs the CAQ’s vote in order to pass Bill 14.
The Quebec Liberal Party has publically stated it will try to block the bill from passing.
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
Montreal tramway not possible before 2018
The city of Montreal announced yesterday that it will not get a tramway system until at least 2018.
The project’s budget would be over a billion dollars and would link Côte des Neiges, downtown and Old Montreal.
The project is considered a medium term priority said city executive committee member RéalMénard.
The Quebec government is listing an extension to the blue line of the metro as its highest priority according to the Gazette.
The announcement came after a 2011 feasibility study was made available to the public.
According to the study helping revitalize Cote Des Neige’s commercial sector and reducing pollution are some potential benefits.
Flickr Photo by: captain. orange
STORY WRITTEN BY: CHLOE DENEUMOUSTIER
Former governor general tells Canadians to accept aboriginal issues as their own
Former governor-general Michaelle Jean voiced the need for all Canadians to embrace aboriginal issues as their own.
The Montreal Gazette reports Jean attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Wednesday in Montreal.
The goal of the sixty million dollar project is to document the systematic torment by generations of aboriginals forced into Canadian residential schools.
The TRC launched in 2009 when Jean was governor-general.
Jean will be an honorary witness at the Commission while some of the victims speak out publicly for the first time.
From the 1930s to the 1970s, thirteen thousand children were sent to aboriginal boarding schools in Quebec.
Jean says the widespread poverty, depression, and suicide in First Nation’s people can be traced back to the residential school system.
The aim of the TRC is to allow survivors to begin a process of healing.
STORY WRITTEN BY: AISHA SAMU
Swiss authorities expand restrictions on number of foreign workers
Poor European workers will not want to look at the inviting Swiss Alps as a potential place of prosperity.
According to BBC News, Switzerland has extended its restrictions on the number of foreign workers for a year starting in May.
Switzerland is not an European Union Member.
They did however sign up to the bloc’s rules on freedom and movement in 1999.
Brussels is not happy.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told the BCC that the quotas violate the freedom of movement agreement.
The Swiss claimed in 99 the right to enact a safeguard clause if workers from certain countries exceed a certain number.
The Swiss government claims the quotas could be enacted in seventeen other European countries.
Flickr Photo by: Chico Boomba
STORY WRITTEN BY: DANIEL J. ROWE
The Brains! Friday on The Reaktor
Start your weekend off the healthy way, tune out the boredom and tune in to The Reaktor this Friday, April 26th. Montreal psychobilly band The Brains will be talking with Abby (a.k.a DJ Shaktor the Reaktor) at 3:15 PM EST about their most recent album, upcoming shows, and the local music scene.
CJLO News - April 24 2013
Hosted by: Spoon Jung
Stories by: Saturn De Los Angeles, Aisha Samu, Carlo Spiridigliozzi & Niki Mohrdar
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
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