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CJLO News - April 26 2013

April 26 2013 // News

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Rescuers continue to search scene of collapsed factory

April 26 2013 // News

Rescue workers continue to search for survivors after a garment building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing over two hundred people.

Officials announced that two thousand garment workers have been pulled safely from the debris as of Thursday morning.

The Associated Press reported that cries can be heard from people still trapped inside.

The collapse occurred on Wednesday after cracks were discovered in the building’s walls.

However, various clothing factories housed inside the complex ignored orders to evacuate the building on Tuesday.

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Businesses on the main want extended hours on weekends

April 26 2013 // News

St. Laurent Boulevard merchants want to be treated on a level basis as their sold Montreal and Downtown counterparts are.

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CJLO News - April 25 2013

April 25 2013 // News

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CAQ would vote for Bill 14 if amendments are put in place

April 25 2013 // News

The Coalition Avenir Québec has issued its demands to the Parti Quebecois.

The CAQ is refusing to support the PQ-proposed Bill 14 unless major changes are made to the legislation.

François Legault announced on Wednesday that his party will vote to send the bill for more study.

Bill 14 aims to toughen the province’s pre-existing language laws.

CBC reported that the CAQ is asking for significant amendments to certain parts of the bill.

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Montreal tramway not possible before 2018

April 25 2013 // News

The city of Montreal announced yesterday that it will not get a tramway system until at least 2018.

The project’s budget would be over a billion dollars and would link Côte des Neiges, downtown and Old Montreal.

The project is considered a medium term priority said city executive committee member RéalMénard.

The Quebec government is listing an extension to the blue line of the metro as its highest priority according to the Gazette.

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Former governor general tells Canadians to accept aboriginal issues as their own

April 25 2013 // News

Former governor-general Michaelle Jean voiced the need for all Canadians to embrace aboriginal issues as their own.

The Montreal Gazette reports Jean attended the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Wednesday in Montreal.

The goal of the sixty million dollar project is to document the systematic torment by generations of aboriginals forced into Canadian residential schools.

The TRC launched in 2009 when Jean was governor-general.

Jean will be an honorary witness at the Commission while some of the victims speak out publicly for the first time.

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Swiss authorities expand restrictions on number of foreign workers

April 25 2013 // News

Poor European workers will not want to look at the inviting Swiss Alps as a potential place of prosperity.

According to BBC News, Switzerland has extended its restrictions on the number of foreign workers for a year starting in May.

Switzerland is not an European Union Member.

They did however sign up to the bloc’s rules on freedom and movement in 1999.

Brussels is not happy.

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CJLO News - April 24 2013

April 24 2013 // News

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Mining optimism growing in Quebec

April 24 2013 // News

It seems the optimism for mining projects in Quebec is rising.

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City council votes to keep bylaw P-6

April 24 2013 // News

Montreal city council voted Tuesday to keep the controversial protest bylaw P-6.

CBC news reports a group of people watching the debate on a video feed tried to enter city council chambers following the vote.

Unable to enter the group blocked entrance to the chambers with an impromptu sit-in.

Projet Montréal councilor Alex Norris put forward the motion to amend the bylaw that he calls unconstitutional.

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ConU worker's union to stage protest Thursday

April 24 2013 // News

Concordia’s unionized technicians will be staging a protest on Thursday afternoon.

They are unhappy at how the University’s administration is unable to reach agreements to renew their collective agreements, according to a press release by the Confederation des Syndicats Nationaux or C-S-N.

The move comes after they unanimously turned down an offer for a salary increase at a general assembly on Monday.

Alex Macpherson is the president for the unionized technicians.