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CJLO News - April 1 2013
Hosted by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Kurt Weiss, Nikita Smith, and Natasha Taggart
Produced by: Aisha Samu
Kenya beefing up police presence prior to election
Kenya is bringing in more police force to contain violent outbreaks sparked by the results of Kenya’s presidential election.
Aljazeera is reporting that at least 3 people have been shot dead by police in Nairobi’s Dandora slum. This brings the total number of post-election deaths to 5.
The violence broke out after the courts confirmed that Uhuru Kenyatta had been elected president leading some supporters of Kenyatta’s opposition to the streets in protest.
This situation pales in comparison to Kenya’s 2007 election where over one-thousand people were killed in post-election violence.
Flickr Photo by: Radio Nederland Wereldomroep
STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
U.N. calls Canadian pullout regrettable
The United Nations have called Canada’s pullout from the UN drought convention regrettable.
In a report by CBC News, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is withdrawing from the convention because the program has been too bureaucratic.
He says less than one-fifth of the 350 thousand dollars Canada puts into the convention goes to programming.
And Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called the whole program a talkfest that does a disservice to Canadians.
But convention staff said the program is stronger than ever before.
They said this makes Canada’s decision to pull out all the more regrettable.
On the other hand, they said Canada has played a big part in the convention’s progress since it started in the mid 1990s.
Flickr Photo by: US Mission Geneva
STORY WRITTEN BY: KURT WEISS
Street vendors get a cautious green light
It looks like food trucks will make a cautious return to Montreal streets in the near future.
According to the Gazette, Montreal’s commission on economic and urban development has decided to allow street vendors to conduct business on city streets.
The city is proceeding cautiously with this ruling, as restaurant owners oppose the presence of food trucks.
They claim that it is their right to remain the only ones selling a meal since they pay taxes on the revenue they take in.
The city has announced that the food being served on the streets will not be fast food.
Street vendors have been banned in Montreal since 1947 when then-mayor Jean Drapeau called French-fry trucks un-hygienic.
Attempts to revive the movement failed each time mostly due to quality concerns and the opposition of restaurant owners.
Flickr Photo: Mr. T in D.C.
CJLO News - March 29 2013
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Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Catlin Spencer & Alyssa Tremblay
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Canada withdraws from U.N. Convention
Canada is withdrawing from a United Nations anti-draught convention after nearly two decades of participation.
The federal cabinet ordered that the country pull out from the convention last week.
This makes Canada the only UN-affiliated country in the world not a part of the agreement.
The Harper government’s decision to withdraw Canada from the convention was unannounced and came as a surprise to many.
The Canadian Press reported that even the UN officials were caught off guard by the news when questioned by journalists.
Critics are accusing the Conservative government of trying to hide their decision from the public.
The convention fights drought and desertification, particularly in Africa.
Canada first signed on to it in 1994.
Flickr Photo by: Jorbasa
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
P.Q. orders study of uranium impact
The minority Parti Quebécois government has announced an upcoming study on uranium.
Environment Minister, Yves-François Blanchet told the Gazette on Thursday that the study, which will study the impact on the development of uranium in the province, is set to begin next fall.
There will not be a green light issued for the exploration or development of uranium in Québec until the study is completed.
The province’s environment board, B.A.P.E. doesn’t have jurisdiction in the north where the uranium projects are set to begin. The James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement will allow the board to conduct the study, in this case.
Blanchet expressed hope in Quebec aboriginal communities that they attend B.A.P.E. meetings on the study and the proposed uranium exploration project.
Flickr Photo by: NNSANews
CJLO News - March 28 2013
Hosted by: Catlin Spencer
Stories by: Aisha Samu, Alyssa Tremblay & Catlin Spencer
Produced by: Jenna Monney-Lupert
Marois defends bylaw on advanced notice for protests
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois is defending a Montreal bylaw that demands protesters give an itinerary at the beginning of a protest.
The Montreal Gazette reports Marois and her ministers do not consider bylaw P-6 to be unreasonable.
After the election, the Parti Québecois removed punitive sections of Bill 78 that limited the number of demonstrators, where they could gather, and giving 8 hours notice.
Quebec’s human rights commission condemned Bill 78, imposed by the former Liberal government.
Marois participated in a demonstration after Bill 78 was adopted, joining other non-students in the streets banging pots and pans.
Many are calling bylaw P-6 unconstitutional because it restricts freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.
Marois says people should be able to demonstrate without violence and respecting, minimally, the rules.
Flickr Photo by: Montreal metropole culturelle
STORY WRITTEN BY: AISHA SAMU
North Dakota passes laws banning abortions
The state of North Dakota passed two new laws outlawing abortion this week.
The first law makes it illegal to perform an abortion once a fetus’s heartbeat can be detected.
The second bans abortions based on genetic defects.
Both laws were signed on Tuesday by Jack Dalrymple, North Dakota’s Republican governor.
Al Jazeera reported that this legislation is the most restrictive of its kind in the United States.
American pro-choice groups plan on challenging North Dakota’s abortion bans in court.
The new laws are expected to take effect on August 1st.
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
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