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Japan Typhoon Kills Many
The death toll from Talas, a typhoon that hit Japan continues to rise. As of Tuesday the powerful typhoon had killed at least 37 people with many more missing.
Emergency response teams have been kept busy airlifting supplies to towns cut off by Talas. In many areas flooding, landslides and damage to roads prevented help from arriving quickly.
Before Talas hit Japan almost half a million people were told to evacuate. Currently 3000 remain in evacuation centres.
Luckily the typhoon did not ravage the same areas hit by the tsunami in early March.
Talas is a word from the Phillipines that means sharpness. It is the worst storm to hit Japan since 2004.
McGill still on top
McGill University has yet another international honour under its belt. It marched up two spots to number 17 in this year’s World University Rankings. McGill is the number one ranked university in Canada on the list.
The ranking system is based on academic reputation, student-teacher ratio, and the number of international students and faculty at an institution.
Another Montreal school, the University de Montreal can be proud of their ranking of 137. That tops Ontario’s historic Queen’s University by 7.
Meanwhile, The University of Laval was bumped from the top 300 list along with 10 other Canadian institutions.
September 5th, 2011
Read by Sarah Deshaies
Produced by Nikita Smith
Stories by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo, Sofia Gay
Car-surfing: not like in the movies
A 20 year-old Ontario woman nearly died early Sunday morning after falling off the bumper of a moving van. Longueuil police said the woman was car-surfing with two other people in Brossard at around 1:30 a.m. She then fell off, and sustained head injuries. The woman is now in stable condition.
Her 17 year-old sister was at the wheel at the time of the accident. She could face charges of dangerous driving and negligence causing bodily harm. Alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the incident.
This marks the sixth car surfing accident in Quebec in nearly two years.
No more submarines for Canadian navy
The Canadian navy will not have access to submarines after the last one has been put away.
They have had problems with boat maintenance for years now.
The last working submarine was just put aside after an accident in June.
A navy spokesman says they are focused on bringing two submarines back to sea in 2012. But he says that this news is another blow to the program.
He says the future of the submarine program could be in trouble if things continue this way.
Moneyball Movie Pass Giveaway - Click Here
Promo Avenue loved the response we got for 50/50 so much that they sent us another set of passes. This time CJLO & Promo Avenue will be giving away passes to Moneyball. A film starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane; General Manager of the Oakland Athletics. In an attempt to bring the team to glory Beane begins to research unorthodox methods of recruiting.The film also stars Jonah Hill, Robin Wright and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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NHL and Player's Association to examine trio of deaths
Still reeling from the death of yet another young player, the NHL is vowing to examine the three recent hockey deaths.
Wade Belak was found dead on Wednesday, only 35 years old.
His death is the most recent in a trio of young hockey deaths over the past four months. Both Rick Rypien and Derek Boogard also passed away recently.
While their deaths are all unique, all three were known for their willingness to fight.
In a joint statement released by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr Thursday, the two vowed to examine each death closely. They will also determine whether steps can be taken to reduce the likelihood of these situations occurring again.
Like Rypien, Belak's death is being treated as a suicide. Both reportedly struggled with depression.
News September 2nd 2011
Read by Joshua Nemeroff
Produced by Erica Bridgeman
Stories written by Danny Aubry, Erica Fisher and Michael Lemieux
Ticket Giveaway for Comedy Soon!
CJLO is pleased to be giving away two tickets to Comedy Soon! taking place this Sunday, so get them quick! Email contest@cjlo.com with an answer to the following question:
On Dan Bingham's website www.danbinghamcomedy.com , what's the name of the show he'll be performing on September 29th?
McGill University Strike
Mcgill University students witnessed picket bearing employees on strike as they returned to school on Thursday.
One striker captured attention by pounding an interesting tune on his drum at the Milton Gates
The union of striking workers consists of Non-Academic employees such as lab technicians and library assisstants.
The Union states that their wage scale for evenings and weekend work is unacceptable.
McGill's vice-pricipal of administration and finance hopes to end the strike as early as next week with the assistance of a conciliator.
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