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Obama promises tougher measures on gun control
US President Barrack Obama announced that he intends to implement harsher gun laws in the coming year.
According to CBC News, the president made the announcement following the school shooting last week in Connecticut that claimed 26 lives.
Obama is demanding concrete proposals from congress and hoping to make progress early next year.
Vice-President Joe Biden, a long-time gun-control advocate, will lead a team faced with the task of proposing stricter gun laws.
The president visited the community of Newtown Connecticut on Sunday, speaking at an interfaith vigil for the victims.
Obama promised action and no more delays.
The visit marked the fourth time the President has had to comfort a community that fell victim to a mass shooting.
Flickr Photo by: Downing Street
STORY WRITTEN BY: Chloe Deneumoustier
December 19th, 2012
Hosted by: Sarah Deshaies
Stories by: Audrey Folliot, Jamie-Lee Gordon, Sarah Deshaies & Niki Mohrdar
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Arrests made in maple syrup theft
According to the CBC, three people were arrested and two have been charged in connection to the $18-million maple syrup theft this past summer.
The thieves made off with 9,600 barrels or 2.7 million kilos of maple syrup from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blanford.
It was originally estimated that the thieves stole about $30-million dollars’ worth of syrup, but later verification revealed fewer barrels were actually missing.
Police believe they have recovered about 70 per cent of the stolen maple .syrup, and say some of it may have made its way across the border into the United States.
STORY WRITTEN BY: JAMIE-LEE GORDON
Flickr Photo by: Wisconson Freeze
Petition to add a new Maclean's university ranking category
Lately, Quebec universities have been overly criticized as to how they manage their funds.
According to The Gazette, a group of graduate students came to the point of putting up a petition to support their unusual demand.
The students are attempting to convince Maclean’s Magazine to include a new ranking for universities that would be based on ethical investments.
Maybe this would lead universities to reconsider the way that they invest their endowment funds and give them a better image, they say.
Many universities have holdings in very unsustainable and unethical industries like tobacco and fossil fuel.
Students believe that their divesting from these industries can better these universities’ images.
Some 5,000 students across the country had already signed the petition only a week after it had been made public on the Internet.
Maclean hasn’t yet been contacted by the students about the possible add-on to their annual ranking of Canadian universities.
STORY WRITTEN BY: Audrey Folliot
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South Korea's latest election underway
By:seppyr
South Korea’s latest presidential election is being called “too close of a call” by BBC news. Park Geunn-hye of the governing Saenuri party and Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United party are running against each other, with Geun-hye in the lead. If Geun-hye wins, she will be the first female president of South Korea.
Either Geun-hye or Jae-in will be replacing President Lee Myung-bak. Myung bak is stepping down after his five-year term.
The biggest concerns of this campaing have been welfare provision and job creation. Formal results from the polls will be announced early on Thursday. The voting day has also been cause for a national holiday so citizens can cast their ballots.
Let's Get Depressed! 2: Electric Mopealoo
A mixtape curated by Omar Goodness, CJLO Head Music Director and host of Hooked on Sonics
The sound of your tears rolling down your face continue with the sequel. Set your sobs to the serenading sorrowful sadcore of the likes of the Wedding Present, Wye Oak, Dirty Three (w/ Chan Marshall) and more empathetically down musicians. Weep with me, my babies...weep with me...
Check out the original Let's Get Depressed! mixtape on 8tracks.
December 18, 2012
Hosted by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Saturn De Los Angeles & Danny Aubry
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Wintry conditions contribute to pileup
A spectacular pileup on a Quebec highway caused the closure of the road for hours.
Inquiry finds poor police investigation
An inquiry filed the Missing Women Inquiry paints a surprising picture on how police forces in the Greater Vancouver Area handled the case.
The birth of a new park in Nunavik
The Quebec Government has announced the birth of a new park in Nunavik called Tursujuq.
According to CBC News the Quebec Government worked on the park with the Kativik Regional Government and Aboriginal groups.
The chair of the Kativik Regional Government stated that they began building the park in the 1990`s.
She also stated that they had to overcome many challenges while building the park, such as including the Nastapoka River.
Tursujuq is now the third park within the Nunavik area.
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