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June 18th, 2012
Read by: Aisha Samu
Stories by: Aisha Samu, Carlo Spiridigliozzi and Niki Mohrdar
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Weekend of crucial elections in Greece, France, and Egypt
The weekend saw crucial elections in the Middle East and Europe, reports BBC news.
Greece’s pro-bailout New Democracy party narrowly beat the anti-bailout Syriza party.
This comes as a sigh of relief for world leaders as the threat of Greece potentially leaving the euro loomed.
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras stated that this is a victory for all Europe and called for a “national salvation government.”
In France, parliamentary elections saw President Francois Hollande’s Socialist party win enough seats to form a majority.
The win allows them to implement plans to hire more public workers and set out a tax and spend programme without the support of other parties.
While votes are still being counted in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood is claiming that its candidate Mohammed Mursi has won the presidential election.
Opponent Ahmed Shafiq, who was prime minister under former President Hosni Mubarak, is rejecting the victory claims.
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces, Egypt’s ruling military, recently dissolved parliament. It has given itself legislative control and revoked the president’s control over the military.
Official election results will be announced Thursday.
Flickr photo by: UN Women Arab States
Rodney King is pronounced dead at the age of 47
Rodney King died on Sunday after being found by his fiancée at the bottom of his swimming pool at his home in Rialto, California. He was 47.
King is known for the videotape of Los Angeles police brutally beating the man in 1991. The video eventually lead to the Los Angeles riots of 1992; three of the four police officers that were responsible were acquitted by an all-white-jury.
King was pronounced dead at 6:11am at Arrowhead Regional Hospital, shortly after his fiancée had called 911 at 5:25am.
Police Lt. Dean Hardin states that there were no signs of foul play, however the San Bernardino County coroner will perform an autopsy within the next two days.
During the Los Angeles riots, fifty-five people were killed and an estimated total of $1 billion in damage was caused due to looting, vandalism and arson.
King is also known for the line “Can we all get along?” It is said that that is what he was hoping to be remembered for.
King also released a memoir in 2008 entitled “The Riot Within,” which outlined his thoughts on the beating and his difficult childhood.
Flickr photo by: urbancn
News June 15th 2012
Read by Franco Proietti
Produced by Erica Bridgeman
Stories written by Carlo Spiridialiozzi, Danny Aubry and Alyssa Tremblay
Marathon vote ends
MPs on both sides of parliament have completed a marathon vote on the Conservatives’ budget bill.
According to CBC News, the vote ran non-stop for more than twenty-two hours and wrapped up Thursday night. MP’s voted on an exhaustive list of amendments to Bill C-Thirty-Eight.
During the early stages of voting, the Commons voted down amendments that would have made changes to environmental regulations.
The third reading of Bill C-thirty-eight is scheduled for Monday before it goes to Senate.
The final Commons vote on the budget bill as a whole is expected as early as this coming week.
Flickr photo by: Tania Liu
Egyptian court calls for parliament to be dissolved
The supreme court in Egypt has announced it will dissolve the lower house of parliament.
According to the BBC, the court said on Thursday that parliamentary elections held last year were unconstitutional. They said one third of the seats are illegitimate.
The decision also carries with it the possibility of fresh elections to elect the lower house of parliament. This comes on the heels of the run-off election to determine Egypt’s president this Saturday and Sunday.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate in the presidential election said the decision must be respected; however other members of the group have condemned the ruling.
The Muslim Brotherhood won the three month long parliamentary elections in twenty-eleven.
Teacher loses job after showing class video
A Montreal teacher has been fired after showing his Grade ten class the video believed to show the death and dismemberment of Jun Lin.
In a report by CBC News, the substitute teacher was informed of the schools board’s decision on Thursday one day after he was suspended with pay.
Students at Cavelier-de LaSalle high school voted in favour with three objecting to view the video on the morning of June fourth. A discussion about the video followed the viewing.
The school board has condemned the screening and it said it took immediate action by bringing in a crisis team to counsel students.
Students had rallied in favour of the popular teacher to protest his firing.
Canadian judge convicted for muder
Judge Jacques Delisle has been found guilty of the first degree murder of his physically handicapped wife.
According to CTV News Delisle argued in court that his wife had committed suicide.
In the beginning the police accepted Delisle`s claim that his wife`s death was suicide, but further investigations proved otherwise.
The Crown stated that Delisle`s motive for killing his wife was to avoid an expensive divorce and to be with his mistress.
June 13th, 2012
Read & Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Stories by: Sarah Deshaies, Jamie Lee Gordon and Tara Brockwell
Omnibus bill debate curtailed
Only ten more hours left to debate Bill C-38 in parliament. According to the CBC a ten-hour time limit was passed yesterday with one hundred and fifty seven Conservatives voting yay and one hundred and thirty five opposition members voting nay.
Bill C-38 implements the Conservative’s March budget as well as seventy other laws affecting environmental regulation, employment insurance and immigration. The time limit is intended to ensure that voting is complete before parliament’s summer recess.
Opposition parties proposed over one thousand amendments to the bill last week.
This is the twenty-sixth time Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have passed such legislation breaking the record held by the previous Liberal government. With the new time cap in place voting is expected to be completed tonight or early Thursday morning.
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