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Hadassah Alencar

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COVID-19 High financial cost for Montreal

Montreal is facing an unprecedented economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The chairman of Montreal’s executive committee Benoit Dorais (ben-noire Door-ay) said they didn’t know how much the crisis has cost the city so far, or how much it will cost.

The conference was to present Montreal's audited financial report for 2019. Dorais acknowledged the 2020 financial report will diverge dramatically from last year's report. 

The city recorded a $250.9 hundred thousand million dollar surplus in 2019, an increase of just over $38 million from the 2018 surplus.

Canadian Rangers head to remote communities

Ottawa announced military assistance from the Canadian Rangers has been sent to help remote communities in Quebec’s Basse-Côte-Nord region with the coronavirus.

A spokesperson for the Canadian Rangers said they have not yet been assigned the communities they will aid. 

Communities in the vast remote area of Basse-Côte-Nord region have been affected by the virus but are seeing a decrease in cases. 

The Innu community, the Uashat mak Mani-utenam (Ou-ah-shat mack manny-oo-te-nam) Innu Nation, has reported eight confirmed cases of COVID-19, while another, the Pessamit (pess-ah-meat) Innu Nation has one confirmed case. The Nutashkuan (noot-ash-kwuan) has had one confirmed case but reports the person has recovered. 

Youth Rights Commission labels fines for the homeless as discriminatory

Montreal's commission for youth rights says the fines given to homeless individuals, in order to enforce quarantine guidelines, are discriminatory.

The Canadian Press published that several tickets with fines totalling just over 15 hundred dollars were issued to youth that lived on the street for violating public-health instructions. 

The Commission has asked the police to take into account different peoples living situations, and to consider the impact these fines have on vulnerable peoples during the pandemic. 

For this week's DJ Spotlight, get to know the people behind The Limelight and Gospel Unlimited!

What's good my peoples, I'm Jason Farrell (aka DJ JNice). DJ, Producer, Baskeball Player, Meat Eater, and all around good guy! Been with CJLO for 17 years, co-hosting The Limelight radio show with Amrew Weekes (Lady Oracle). I don't know what I would do without music. Thanks to CJLO and The Limelight I get to enjoy the best of both worlds, listening to great music and also introducing our listeners to great music. The Hiphop and R&B scene has grown so much in Montreal and It's great to be a part of it. Check out The Limelight every Saturday at 6PM-8PM. 

I try to be salt and light. Salt that enriches people's lives and preserves the memory of what makes life dear. Light to that gives people an alternative path for the future and hope for tomorrow. The show is about sharing the good news of faith, hope, and charity through music. Check out Gospel Unlimited every Saturday at 10AM-12PM. 

For those of us able to isolate, we may feel like it’s day in and day out  of scary stats on social media and the news. Sometimes, all we need to do is take a step away, maybe even relax and get in touch with the things that resonate with us. Personally, the electric piano is the musical equivalent of butter—  adding not just extra flavor to any mix, but a rich “hush child, everything is ok” assurance to any track. 

The electric piano has a long history that goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Though, due to heavy builds and cumbersome upkeep, it did not achieve mainstream popularity until the mid-50s when acts like Duke Ellington and Sun Ra somewhat adopted the instrument. Many point to Ray Charles’ smash hit "What’d I Say" part 1 & 2, as the true breakthrough of the electric piano. Over the years, the main ‘trademark’ producers of electric pianos are usually considered to be the Rhodes made by Fender and the various models made by Wurlitzer. In either case, a player’s touch and rhythm can unlock incredible amounts of variety in tone. Throw in a tremolo and brightness control and the possibilities are endless. 

You may already associate these tones with famous tracks by Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, but this soul-soothing playlist is meant to bring you some of the tracks that don’t always get as much attention. On this little isolation playlist, you’ll hear a wide diversity of electric piano tones. Whether it’s the deep-fried groove of Bill Payne’s performance on Little Feat’s “Got No Shadow”, the playful melody of Joe Zawinul’s bar-setting musicianship on “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” or the ridiculous energy of the distorted rock ‘n’ roll triplets in the solo played by Alastair McKenzie on Suzi Quatro’s “Shine My Machine”, each one of these tracks shows something unique about the tone and ability of the electric piano. Some tracks deliver wide open breaths of fresh air, like Norah Jones on “What Am I to You” or Jack Conte’s bouncy accents on Scary Pockets’ “Bring It On Home to Me” cover. Plus, pay close attention to the double tracked Wurli on Vulfpeck’s “The Speedwalker” where Jack Stratton and Woody Goss bump up the funk with delicious syncopated runs. Hearing it delicately enter in the second verse of Ty Segall’s “My Lady’s On Fire” will always give me a shiver, just as local Montreal soul-stirrer Leif Vollebekk’s washy tremolo on “The Way That You Feel” elicits a sense of nostalgia and bittersweet days gone by. Same could be said of the incredible sampling of Chic Corea’s “Shadow of Lo” featured in Jinsang’s lofi masterpiece “Return”. It’s always a thrill to hear the masters like Bill Evans, Ramsey Lewis and Bob James match the Wurli with their incomparable chops. These tracks aren’t necessarily the DEFINING Wurli tracks, but they all hold the power of making me stop in my tracks, grimace by an overwhelming sense of funk and thank the universe for the electric piano.

Did I miss any massive Wurli tracks? Send a message to souldoutshow@gmail.com to let me know your thoughts.

Lou's Safe and Warm with the Wurli Playlist

Lou is the host of Soul'd Out!, every Monday at 8pm!

For this week's DJ Spotlight, get to know the people behind Members Only. Check it out every Wednesday night at 9PM.

My name is Thomas Quinn. I am a 25 year old aspiring journalist, rapper, music producer, podcast host and radio host in his first year of Journalism at Concordia. I am a strong believer in progressive politics and holding truth to corruption. My show is called Members Only and I co-host alongside Shanellie Desparois. It is a talk show about life where we tell stories and give our opinions on a number of topics. We try to give each episode an overall theme that changes on a weekly basis.

Hi, I am Shanellie Marie currently and Im first-year Journalism student who am I? In short, passionate in creating music, film and content that influences people- small girl big DREAMS :D My show is called MEMBERS ONLY, so you gotta be a member!! Our show is basically two people with strong opinions ranting and rambling about EVERY and ALL SUBJECTS (we don't hold back!) we also play fire BEATS at the same time!