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Yemeni president Saleh refuses to step down
Despite the long protests, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh is still resistant to step down. This comes after accepting a plan where his resignation would keep him from being prosecuted. While other parliament parties agree with the plan, protesters want him to step down immediately.
But Saleh says protesters can’t simply take over, and power has to change hands constitutionally. He says this would involve ballot boxes, referendums, and international authorities to watch over the process. He calls the protests a coup and says their demands have been turned down because they just create chaos. He also claims Al-Qaeda has made its way into the protest camps.
With the plan Saleh accepted, the vice-president would have power a month after an agreement with other parties. Then a month later, presidential elections would take place. Protesters say they will step up their game until Saleh resigns.
Elections 2011: Easter weekend round-up
With just one week left before the May 2 election, Easter weekend did not slow down Canada’s party leaders on their campaign trails.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper was in Victoria, B.C., where he participated in an Easter egg hunt with local children. Harper also took questions from the media at the event. He said he would implement a children’s arts tax credit. He also told people that he could be trusted with a majority government.
In Quebec, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe is in St. Lambert on Monday. He will be joined by former Parti Quebecois leader Jacques Parizeau. The two will encourage voters to support the Bloc and quash the NDP’s recent surge in support in the province.
NDP leader Jack Layton and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff crossed paths in Toronto on Sunday. The two spoke at a parade for Khalsa Day, a Sikh tradition. Ignatieff was also on Radio Canada’s program Tout le monde en parle. He defended his decision to bring former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin on campaign stops. Ignatieff said people would not associate them with financial scandals. He believes Liberals have paid for all the consequences of past behavior.
3 Bodies Found East of Montreal
The Sûreté du Québec is investigating the discovery of three bodies this weekend
on a property in the community of Ste. Florence, east of Montreal.
Police are trying to determine whether the deaths were a murder-suicide.
The bodies of a grandfather and his grandson were found on Saturday.
The grandfather was discovered in a wooded area off a rural road, while the grandson was found in an apartment at an isolated property nearby. And on Sunday morning, police found the grandmother in a ditch along Highway 132.
A spokesperson for the SQ says they are investigating to try and find out exactly what happened. Autopsies will be performed on all three bodies this week to determine the exact cause of death.
Thor Giveaway
This coming Wednesday is going to be epic on BVST, as Angelica (with special guests) get deep into Norse mythology and other Scandinavian delights (viking metal, anyone?) in anticipation of the feature film Thor. There will be giveaways, there will be fun, and as usual, there will be intentional & unintentional hilarity. Prepare your best story about a) Thor the Norse god, b) Thor, the comic book hero, or c) Thor, the Canadian heavy metal personality, and call in! Remember, the hammer (of the gods) comes down hard this coming Wednesday, April 27th, from 7 to 9 pm, right here on CJLO!
CJLO News - April 22 2011
News read by Erica Fisher
News produced by Erica Bridgeman
Stories written by Erica Fisher, Michael Moore and Michael Lemieux
Concordia Board of Governors votes to raise Goodman Institute tuition
Investment Management students will soon see their tuition rise. Concordia's board of Governors voted Thursday to hike tuition in three of the Goodman Institute's programs. Those include one diploma program and two Masters'.
Students will see their tuition rise $2,000. They will now pay $18,000 a year.
The Board also approved their tentative operating budget. The budget projects a $530 million increase in revenue over three years. Just less than half of that will come from tuition increases. The majority of the rest will come from increased government funding.
More riots in Uganda over food prices
More riots have broken out in Uganda over the price of food. After a leading politician was arrested for the third time in three weeks, street demonstrations erupted in downtown Kampala.
President Yoweri has defended the government’s actions that led to the rising commodity prices. He also defended the harsh actions that government forces have used on protesters.
Five people have been killed with many more injured and over one hundred arrested since the start of the protests. Including a two year old who was shot in the chest when government forces opened fire.
Amnesty International has issued a statement urging the police to stop the violence against protesters.
Some in the Uganda government see the riots as contrived. Saying they have been setup by politicians bitter over their recent electoral loss.
Because of the violence the Concordia Volunteer Abroad program has cancelled their trip to Uganda this May and June. It is still unknown whether they will cancel their trip in July.
Stephen Harper says he won't be forming a coalition and neither should you
With the federal election less than two weeks away, party leaders are continuing to squabble about the threat of a potential coalition government.
On Thursday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper tried to distance himself from the big “c” word.
In an interview with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, Harper again denied claims from the NDP and Bloc Quebecois that he had been willing to ally with the two parties to seize power from the Liberals in 2004. Harper also said that if the Liberals or the NDP won the May 2nd election, he wouldn’t try to re-take power through a coalition.
However, the latest polls are indicating that Harper won’t be having to make that choice. According to the latest Nanos Research numbers, the Conservatives still hold a wide lead over their rivals.
The Tories sit at just under thirty-eight percent, twelve points up on the NDP and Liberals, who are in a dead heat to form the official opposition. Those results would leave the Conservatives just shy of the estimated fouty percent needed to form a majority government and stave off any threat of a coalition
Rise Against
A lot of people have a problem when bands, songs or even genres sound similar to one another. This problem can be especially pervasive in punk music, where simplicity is often toted as an integral part of the music. When punk bands start to get more complex, a group of the fan base are quick to start yelling "sell out" as fast and as loud as their lungs are able to. So, here's Rise Against, who sit comfortably within the label of punk, who have now released their sixth studio album, Endgame, and who have been accused in the past of making similar sounding albums time after time.
The thing with Rise Against is that, even though most of their songs are remarkably similar, they're remarkably good finding ways of differentiating one song from another by adding something to each song that engages you directly and makes you take an interest. Whether it's a lyric or a tempo change, something usually grabs your attention and makes you want to take interest in that particular song. It's not that the songs are hooky; its that parts of the songs are hooky, and that's enough to suck you into the rest.
The problem with Endgame is that these "catchy moments" are not as prevalent as on other records. Sure, "Make It Stop (September's Children)" is a great exception, featuring children chanting at the beginning and a part towards the end where singer Tim McIlrath starts rattling off names in a spoken word style; these parts engage you, and I found myself really liking the song. But so many songs are just... bland... samey... uninteresting.
With that said, however, I don't dislike this album. I definitely see points of musical growth in it. For instance, on "Midnight Hands" there is a pretty damn near fantastic riff that sounds like something they may have picked up on the Warped Tour from some of the more metal artists. This type of musical evolution is what makes a band interesting, and I have always applauded how Rise Against seems to be able to knock it out of the park when they try something new.
In the pantheon of Rise Against albums, this one probably won't be cited as a defining work, but it holds true to what you would expect from the band and isn't terrible by any means. If you liked their previous work, you'll probably be able to tolerate this album and may find a few tracks that you keep coming back to.
Recommended Tracks: "Help Is On The Way", "Make It Stop (September's Children)", "Midnight Hands"
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3 Canadian filmmakers to show at Cannes
Three Canadian filmmakers will be showcasing their work at this year’s Cannes film festival. Two of the three candidates hail from Quebec, while the third contender comes from Saskatchewan.
A feature-length documentary, La Nuit, Elles Dansent will be screened in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes, and is set to show in Montreal and Quebec City in late May. The two other films will compete for the Palme d’Or and Cinefondation awards for short films.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will run from May 11-22.
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