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NHL v. Basha Restaurant
The Basha restaurant by the Bell Centre now has more to worry about than preparing a delicious shawarma. The National Hockey League is demanding 89,000 dollars in compensation for a sign outside the restaurant that displayed a Montreal Canadiens sweater. The sign also had the slogan "Go Habs Go" on it. Both the slogan and the jersey are trademarks of the NHL according to a lawyer working for the league. The owner of the Lebanese restaurant called the allegations nonsense and wonders why his establishment was singled out.
A similar case took place in Vancouver in late April where the NHL demanded a sign be taken down at a car dealership that displayed the slogan "Go Canucks Go." The dealership has since changed the sign to "Go __nucks go," hoping to avoid the charges.
Receives Funding For “After School Broadcast Training & Mentoring Program” From The CRFC
CJLO is very happy to announce that we have received funding from the Community Radio Fund of Canada for a second year to run our After School Mentorship Program for local highschool students. CJLO has been awarded $6,389 to fund the program and will seek up to ten high school students in the community between the ages of 16 and 18 to take part.
Back for a secon year, the program will immerse students in a hands-on, technical environment; teaching them the skills and motivation necessary to achieve success in the field of broadcasting. The students will work closely on a weekly basis with CJLO staff in different departments to learn all of the different elements in creating a radio program with the end goal of producing a two-hour show that will air at the end of the program.
CJLO is thrilled to be awarded this funding and to be able to offer the After School program for a second year. Last year's program saw eight students from various schools come together weekly to learn the skills and techniques involved in putting together a radio broadcast. The students worked with CJLO staff who mentored them through the process and at the end of the program presented several short radio documentaries on topics that were important and interesting to them and their peers.
CRFC President John Harris Stevenson agrees. "The Community Radio Fund is all about supporting programming that matters to people in your town, your village, your neighbourhood. I'm very happy that the fund has been able to contribute to so many amazing community projects again this year.”
The CRFC supports more than 150 licensed campus and community radio stations across Canada. Its programs aim to strengthen local news and community programming, promote local music and emerging artists, support emerging distribution technologies as well as sustainability of community radio stations to effectively serve their local communities.
On behalf of everyone at CJLO we would like to thank the members of the CRFC for this opportunity and their continued support!
For more information about the CRFC and all of its recipients, please visit www.communityradiofund.org.
To find out more about last year's program and to hear the final broadcast, please visit www.cjlo.com/afterschool.
For the full press release please click here.
NXNE Giveaway
NXNE is just around the corner and CJLO 1690AM wants to give you a pair of wristbands. From June 13th – 19th over 500 bands will make their way to Toronto as part of the annual North by North East Music Festival.
This week on CJLO, listeners will have a chance to win a pair of wristbands by tuning in to The Lonesome Stranger (Tuesday May 17th from 8 to 10pm) and Hooked on Sonics (Thursday May 19th from 6 to 8pm). Each show will have one pair of wristbands to give to one lucky winner. Tune in to CJLO via 1690AM in Montreal or CJLO.com.
May 16th 2011
Read by Sofia Gay
Produced by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo
Stories by Chris Hanna, Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo, Sofia Gay and Sarah El Fangary
Recount helps NDP match largest ever official opposition to majority
The New Democratic Party captured another seat in Quebec after a tabulation error prompted a recount in the riding of Montmagny-L’Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup. The eastern Quebec riding went Conservative on election night but 100 NDP votes were given to the Green party.
After the votes were validated, the NDP’s Francois Lapointe beat Tory Bernard Genereux by five votes. An official recount put Lapointe ahead by nine votes, giving Jack Layton’s NDP its 103rd seat.
Another recount is slated in Winnipeg-North where Liberal Kevin Lamoureux edged New Democrat Rebecca Blaikie by just 45 votes. Another NDP win would give the party the most seats ever by an Official Opposition to a majority government.
Boogard's parents donate brain to science
The parents of recently deceased New York Rangers player Derek Boogaard have decided to donate his brain for research. He was found dead in his apartment on Friday.
An autopsy was conducted Saturday but the cause of death remains unknown. Officials say they are waiting for toxicology test results that might not be determined for several weeks.
Dr. Robert Stern from Boston Univeristy's reserch center says the hockey players brain will go in a Brain Bank. He says Boogard's brain will be used to help study the effects of concussions in athletes.
The 28 year-old Saskatchewan native joined the Rangers last July.
New flooding rules to come into effect this summer
The city of Montreal is creating new rules to prevent flooding damage in buildings on the island. Sixteen boroughs are adopting the regulations. They require certain owners to install a pumping system and check valves in their buildings. The system will force the water away in the event of a flood.
The rules apply to buildings which have flooded in the past, have ongoing renovation or are under construction. Property owners who do not comply could face fines of up to $700.
The city is also upgrading its water and sewage systems to cope with the heavier rainfall expected in coming years.
The regulations come into effect on July 1st for most boroughs and on Sept. 1 in Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
Marchers to protest Shale Gas development
A march against shale gas development kicks off on May 16. The group of 30 walkers will march from Rimouski to Montreal over a 33 day period.
They are asking for a 20-year suspension of shale gas development in Quebec. Marchers will visit areas where rights for shale gas development were sold.
They say Quebecers don’t know enough about the issues. The march will end on June 18 in front of Jean Charest’s downtown office.
May 13th 2011
News read by Jessica MacDonald and produced by Erica Bridgeman
Stories written by Aisha Samu, Samah Fadil and Michael Lemieux
Montreal to expand bike paths
Montreal officials want us to think of bicycles as a real alternative to car use. That’s why they are pledging 10 million dollars to expand bicycle routes in the city. The plan is to add seventy kilometers of bike path across the city and the greater Montreal area. We already have an existing five hundred and thirty.
The city official responsible for the bike path development, Michel Bissonet, says that they are hoping bike paths will become more accessible and better integrated in the city. Some similar projects have not been completed in the last two years. Problems with contractors and weather changes are said to be the cause. The city is promising eight hundred kilometers by 2015.
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