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The CJLO news team brings you the hottest stories in the city! Catch the latest news segments and articles here or view the complete list.


News August 18th 2010

Read by Elle Magni.

Produced by Nicholas Fiscina.

Stories written by Candace Roscoe, Jonathan Moore and Gareth Sloan.


Environmental News Wrap - New Media and Politics

Seems like the MSM has discovered religion so far as ACC (anthropogenic climate change) is concerned. The New York Times had the link between the extreme weather we've been witnesssing globally this year and its' possible connection to climate change, on the front page on Sunday -- not below the fold, not on page A-16.


Bisphenol A - New Media and Politics

A rather alarming statistic comes from Statistics Canada today : more than nine out of 10 Canadians have detectable levels of bisphenol A in their urine.

From the Globe and Mail: Bisphenol A is a man-made chemical that is used in such everyday products as polycarbonate plastic water jugs, the epoxy resins lining the insides of tin cans and some types of carbonless cash-register receipts.

Elevated exposure to bisphenol A, which is also known as BPA, has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and adult-onset diabetes in humans.


News August 16th 2010

Read and produced by Lachlan Fletcher.

Stories written by Emily Brass and Nicholas Fiscina.


News August 13th 2010

News read and Produced by Drew Pascoe

 

Stories written by Alina Gotcherian, Nicholas Fiscina, and Chris Hanna


News August 11th 2010

Read by Emily Brass.

Produced by Nicholas Fiscina.

Stories written by Candace Roscoe, Jonathan Moore and Gareth Sloan.


News August 9th 2010

Read and produced by Emily Brass.

Stories written by Chris Hanna and Emily Brass.


CJLO News August 6th 2010

News read and produced by Drew Pascoe

 

Stories written by Alina Gotcherian, Jose Espinoza, Chris Hanna, and Candace Roscoe


Canadian News Links - New Media and Politics

Hope no one minds the change in style as far as posting goes - you can find the more personal blogging version of this at the New Media and Politics blog. Just click the time slot.

The Globe and Mail weighs in on Stockwell Day's claims of increased unreported crime.


News August 4th 2010

Read and produced by Elle Magni.

Stories written by Nicholas Fiscina, Jonathan Moore and Gareth Sloan.


News August 2nd 2010

Read and produced by Nicholas Fiscina.

Stories written by Chris Hanna, Emily Brass and Jose Espinoza.


CJLO News July 30th

News Read and Produced by Drew Pascoe

 

Storries written by Alina Gotcherian, Jose Espinoza, Chris Hanna, Nick Fiscina


News July 28th 2010

Read by Emily Brass and Elle Magni.

Produced by Nicholas Fiscina.

Stories written by Nicholas Fiscina, Jonathan Moore and Gareth Sloan.


Julian Assange In Conversation

I was getting ready to blog and looking around for Julian Assange's bio when I came upon a TED video talk he had just a few short days before the release of the 92,000 plus reports on the Afghanistan war. A very interesting, intelligent man with a good sense of humour -- and yet another reason to love the intertubes.

   

Annie Leonard - New Media and Politics

Getting ready to blog here and wanted to post something that might be thought provoking and of use in the meantime. Have a look at Annie Leonard's, The Story of Bottled Water:

   

WikiLeaks Reveals The Truth About War In Afghanistan

The moment Julian Assange of WikiLeaks released the 92,000 plus reports that are a daily diary of the war in Afghanistan, it was inevitable that they would be compared with the Pentagon Papers. The Washington Post does a good job of sorting out the similarities and the differences noting on the one hand that, unlike the Pentagon Papers, there are no high-level documents here that raise basic questions about the credibility of Presidents Obama and George W. Bush and their top advisors.


News July 26th 2010

Written by Jonathan Moore, Jose Espinosa, and Chris Hanna.

Edited by Nicolas Fiscina.

Produced and read by Lachlan Fletcher.


Monday, Monday - New Media and Politics

Monday's are as good to me as any other day. For my radio show it usually means I have way more stories than I'm able to get to in 2 hours which is strangely kind of of fun. 


WhaT Have The Unions Ever Done For Us? - New Media and Politics

Here's something funny to ponder while I get ready to post the day's links. Hope it's all going your way - and you know, you could drop me a note every once in a while.

 

"If We Capitulate To Superstion Or Greed Or Stupidity..." - New Media and Politics

This is a longer version of the Carl Sagan video I posted some weeks ago. It's thoughtful and insightful and a good example of what his series, Cosmos, was like. The person who put this together threw in a few modern day reminders of where we find ourselves now - strange times indeed. His was a sane and rational voice that cut through the superstitions and nonsense to present the layman with easy to understand science about the universe and our place in it. As a kid I loved watching and reading Mr. Sagan and that hasn't changed. All these years later if he were alive he'd be aghast at the backwards steps we've taken as a species but not surprised.


No Narrative - New media and Politics

The title is misleading of course. There is one continuous narrative in the MSM: Everything that happens is good for the Republicans and bad for the Democrats. You can take that MSM wisdom further and say everything that does happen is the responsibility of the Democrats and not the Republicans. Sadly a lot of Democrats or progressives are happy to play along. I'd say they do that to show off their independence creds, but that would be cynical on my part too. There are some genuine reasons for criticism and I'll talk about that, but it'd be nice if after a long week if some of the good could get as much attention.


The Cons Census Is In - New Media and Politics

As the calls grow for Statistics Canada to be made into an arms-length agency, perhaps similar to the Office of the Auditor-General, or just independent the Tories are busily scrambling to defend their decision to scrap the long-


News July 23rd 2010

News produced and read by Drew Pascoe

 

Stories written by Jose Espinoza, Alina Gotcherian, and Chris Hanna.


Unsafe Chemicals

It's Friday and I'd like to somehow both catch-up to all the stories I couldn't get to and provide a public service. Really! So here's a whole list of chemicals in everyday products you have to learn to avoid, and they're in everything from lipstick to toothpaste to pizza boxes. Go to, Not a Guinea Pig for a more complete list of things you should keep away from. To top it off, Annie Leonard, of The Story of Stuff, fame giving a primer on the toxic products we purchase and bring into our homes:


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