After 7 years on the CJLO airwaves, “The Lonesome Strangers” are calling it quits...
Mike is moving to Ottawa, where he’ll continue making mix-tapes for imaginary girls.

Tune in Tuesday, August 30th from 8pm - 10pm for the final broadcast on CJLO 1690AM

Read by Shaun Malley

Produced by Erica Bridgeman and Jashawn Adams

Stories written by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo, Chris Hanna and Sofia Gay

Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm when it hit the Northeastern United States, but Montrealers still felt her wrath Sunday. 

High winds and heavy rainfall caused power outrages through Southern Quebec. According to Hydro-Quebec, as many as 180,000 people were without power. 

The 100 kilometers per hour winds also sent two office building windows crashing at the corner of Mansfield and Cathcart streets in downtown Montreal. No one was hurt. Police say it is probably because so few people were outside during the most severe parts of the storm. 

American player Brittany Lincicome came out on top in the Canadian Women’s Open on Sunday. 

The twenty-five-year-old beat Michelle Wie and Stacy Lewis by one stroke.
 
The tournament went on despite fears of cancellation due to tropical storm Irene.
 
Measures were taken to get the fourth round in before the course was washed out.
 
Start times moved up by ninety minutes, participants played in threesomes, and group started on both the first and tenth tees.
 
If they had cancelled the last round, there would have been a playoff between hole leader Wie, Tiffany joh, and Ai Miyuzato.

The United States is bracing itself for Hurricane Irene.

The storm is moving away from the Bahamas and is aimed directly at the Eastern seaboard.

The warning area stretches from North Carolina's coast up to Sandy Hook, N.J., just south of New York City.

It is estimated that approximately 55 million Americas are currently on high alert due to the storm.

In North Carolina more than 200, 000 residents, including tourists, have been given the order to evacuate Coastal regions.

The number of people affected by Irene is unusually large, due to its forecast to stay just off shore.