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Croatians angry over Cyrillic signs in war town
Around 25,000 people took to the streets in protest on Sunday to voice their anger at plans to have street signs written in the Cyrillic alphabet in the Croatian town of Vukovar.
According to a report by Al Jazeera, many Croatians are opposed to street signs in Cyrillic that will serve the Serbian minority living in Vukovar because they feel it shows a lack of respect to the victims killed by Serbs during the Croatian war of 1991-95. Vukovar, which is seen as a symbol of the war of independence, was captured and held during a violent siege by Serbians for three months, and many Croatians were killed.
Cyrillic, which is the alphabet that Serbians use, is required by law to be on street signs in towns wherever a Serbian minority resides. In Croatia, if ethnic minorities make up more than a third of the population, then they have the right to use their language for public institutions or streets.
Serbs make up four percent of Croatia’s population, which make them the country’s largest minority.
Protestors are asking the government to exempt Vukovar from the law due to the town’s history.
Anarchopanda may lose the panda head during marches
The infamous panda mascot often seen at student protests around Montreal might be going headless from now on.
The Gazette is reporting that police seized the head of the Panda, known as Anarchopanda during a protest against municipal bylaw P-6 on Friday night.
Police spokesperson says the mask was taken because it could be used as an exhibit in court.
The CEGEP professor who was wearing the costume is facing two fines of over 600-dollars for violating laws banning the wearing of masks and taking part in an illegal demonstration.
STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
Silenced migrant workers speak up
Last Friday, several grassroots organizations held an open forum together to demand for workers rights.
The Temporary Workers Association, Dignidad Migrante, PINAY, and the Mexicans United for Regularization
were among the groups represented.
Reporter Saturn De Los Angeles tells us what happened.
STORY WRITTEN & PACK PREPRED BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES
Layoffs announced at Canada's largest bank
Around forty-five workers at Canada’s largest bank will soon be out of work.
According to CBC News, the RBC employees have been told their jobs will be terminated as of April 30th.
Affected employee Dave Moreau says the new employees are all being brought in from India, reportedly from the California-based iGate Corporation.
And he is wondering how they got work Visas.
The minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada said in a statement that if it’s true RBC is replacing Canadian workers with temporary foreign workers ... the situation is unacceptable.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said it’s against federal rules for any company to bring foreign workers into Canada temporarily if it leaves workers unemployed.
But in a statement yesterday, the RBC denied the reports that said they are hiring foreign workers in place of Canadian workers.
The feds have recently announced they are tightening rules for the Temporary Foreign Worker program because of criticism over foreigners taking jobs from Canadians.
Meanwhile, Moreau says him and the rest of his colleagues will be training the new foreign workers to do their jobs.
Flickr Photo by: mariacasa
STORY WRITTEN BY: KURT WEISS
Vision Montreal pushing for the anglo vote
Vision Montreal is hoping to appeal to anglo Montrealers in time for the next election.
Louise Harel said that her party lacked the anglophone vote in the last municipal election.
She said Vision Montreal plans on seeking out English-speaking candidates to join their party as a way to improve their demographics.
Harel made these statements in an interview with Radio-Canada Thursday morning.
CBC News reported that Harel also recently announced she’ll officially be running for mayor in 2013.
Municipal elections are scheduled for this November.
The Union Montreal party has held the office for over a decade.
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
U.N. suspends food distribution in Gaza Strip
The UN is suspending its food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip.
According to the BBC, the UN Relief and Works agency (UNRWA) provides aid for approximately 800 000 Palestinians in Gaza.
The decision to suspend food distribution comes after protesters stormed one of the compounds.
Sunday Metal
It's time for CJLO's Funding Drive, and if you thought metal wouldn't be a part of it, you thought wrong. Listen in on Sunday, April 7th for all the metal you can handle from 4-9 PM with all kinds of special stuff.
It starts off with from 4-6 PM with a special edition of Grade A Explosives featuring a nerdy interview with Coheed & Cambria drummer Josh Eppard. Andrew will talk to him about his return to Coheed, his various side projects, and nerdy times on the bus.
Then, keep it locked for a special edition of Burnt Offerings where Cecil and DJ Space Pirate will interview Montreal industrial metalers Ogenix and talk to them about their latest release.
Last, punch a baby in the face as you listen to the ever loud sounds of the Noisy Loft where your host Orin will be giving away a pair of tickets to the Parkway Drive, Veil of Maya, and As She Sleeps show happening on April 15th. He also might have a special surprise.
During all of this, if you feel generous, feel free to call into the station at 514-848-7401 to make some donations to us and help us bring you more metal and be enrolled to win some sweet ass prizes. All of this and more! Sunday 4-9 PM.
CJLO News - April 5 2013
Hosted by: Saturn De Los Angeles
Stories by: Alyssa Tremblay, Catlin Spencer & Hannah Besseau
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Extra Smooth brings the $$$ on Midnight Love Affair
As part of the 2nd annual CJLO fundraising drive, R&B/HIP-HOP DJ crew "Extra Smooth" will be joining Midnight Love Affair on Sunday, April 7th from 10pm - 11pm to make those pockets full of money bounce with an all ca$h money-themed DJ set.
This most recent collaboration of DJs Jack Dawson, Dead Guy and Sloppy Goth hosts a bi-weekly Thursday night dance party at Notrre Dame Des Quilles in Little Italy and they're coming together at CJLO to play you the grittiest hip-hop, silky R&B, and all of the guilty pleasure pop hits you can dream of.
AJ Korkidakis & Lessons Learned
LESSONS LEARNED. Sam and Charlie are two friends who, after being apart for many years, meet again at an old teacher's funeral. They are soon guilt-stricken as they reminisce about the childish pranks they pulled on their teachers years ago. Revelations–and regrets–quickly ensue when they decide to go apologize to another former teacher.
Up and coming Montréal filmmaker AJ Korkidakis dropped by the CJLO studios to talk with Abby The Reaktor about his new short film Lessons Learned. Click PLAY below to hear about the process of writing and producing a film, crowd funding through Indiegogo, and find out what they did with all those cookies!
Originally broadcast during The Reaktor show on March 8, 2013.
Producer and host: Abby E. Schachter (follow Abby on Tumblr)
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