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Hadassah Alencar

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JSMB Student petition

Feeling disheartened after recent deaths in Montreal’s homeless population, a JMSB student decided to take action.

Remi interviews Catherine Légaré-Pelletier about this year's edition of the Plein(S) Écran(s) film festival and the future of short feature films in the streaming platform age. More information about this year’s festival (taking place from January 13th-24th) can be found here.

Remi and Danny host At The Movies, which can be heard every Tuesday morning from 8:00 - 9:00AM. Tune in for discussions about movies, soundtracks, and iconic film scores. At The Movies also covers film festivals that are located in Montreal.

Luca Caruso-Moro

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Westmount High School teachers wear black in mourning during back-to-school

Teachers at Westmount High wore black to the first day of highschool on Monday. 

They say they’re mourning. 

Hadassah Alencar

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Moderna vaccine comes to Canada

Health Canada has approved a second COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna. 

A shipment of the new vaccines are scheduled to arrive in just in time for Christmas.

Remi talks to director Darius Marder about his new film Sound of Metal. Riz Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, a drummer in a metal band who loses his hearing and learns how to live with his new condition. Remi also chats about what it's like to collaborate with director Derek Cianfrance, the integral role of sound design in the film, and working with Riz Ahmed. One of the year's best films, Sound of Metal is currently out on VOD services here in Canada, and on Amazon Prime in the United States.

I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j’ai du respir dans le corps) from Canadian director Steve Patry is an urgent documentary set in Montreal about homelessness and the frontline workers that look out for this marginalized group. Through this unfiltered lens Patry follows the lives of several people who live or used to live on the street, while giving them a voice through this documentary.

Hadassah Alencar

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Elliott Page announces he is transgender

Famous Canadian actor Elliott Page has announced he is transgender.

Hadassah Alencar

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New research shows trends in the drug overdose crisis

Researchers from Universite de Montreal have found that the drug overdose crisis is more complicated than it seems.

Cedric Gallant

Luca Caruso-Moro

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Quebec First Nations say vital moose populations are scarce

Quebec First Nations say the moose population around their communities is dwindling.

Reporter: Shanellie Marie

Stories: Luca Caurso Moro

CSU by-election results

Concordia students voted on several key issues last week at the CSU by-election.

Students voted overwhelmingly in support of a fall reading week, which would either be a break at the beginning or end of the semester. 

Reporter: Shanellie Marie

Stories: Luca Caruso Moro

Police respond to threat in Ubisoft building

A large portion of Montreal’s Mile-End neighborhood was blocked off by police on Friday,