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FunkShui Presents: Otakuthon Funkathon
Otakuthon is Quebec's largest festival celebrating Japanese animation (anime), graphic novels (manga), related gaming, and pop culture. In honour of the festival happening this weekend, FunkShui will be airing a FUNKathon & discussing their favourite moments of Otakuthon. Be sure to tune in this Sunday, August 18th from 2-3pm on 1690 AM, online, or iTunes radio.
CJLO News - August 14 2013
Hosted by: Saturn de Los Angeles
Stories by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi, Kristobal Eugenio & Hannah Besseau
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
MMA to cease operations in Canada
The Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway’s operations in Canada have been halted.
CBC News reports that the Canadian Transportation Agency pulled the MMA’s certificate of fitness to conduct business in Canada.
The agency stated that the railway company doesn’t have a sufficient amount of third party liability insurance or to pay the self-imposed insurance.
These two measures are necessary for a railway company to conduct business in Canada.
The company’s ability to afford its insurance has come under fire after the massive debts it has incurred after the Lac-Megantic train disaster, which claimed 47 lives last July 6th.
The company also filed for and was granted bankruptcy protection on August 8th.
The order will be in effect as of August 20th. It gives the MMA enough time to wrap up their business in Canada.
Toronto Plaza Hotel strike on 11th week, still waiting for results
This week marks week 11 of the Toronto Plaza Hotel's employee strike.
On May 30, about forty workers at the 200-room hotel walked off the job. They have been protesting wage and benefit cuts ever since.
According to the Toronto Star, employees accepted a wage freeze and cuts to their benefits in 2011. Benefits were supposed to be reinstated in spring of 2013, but never were.
Hotel owner Rehan Chaudary said he would like to give his employees "a very good package", but is unable to because the hotel is struggling.
A rally will be held in front of the hotel by the Ontario Federation of Labour on Thursday, August 15.
STORY WRITTEN BY: KRISTOBAL M. EUGENIO
North Carolina signs Photo I.D. law
North Carolina has signed in to law a contentious bill requiring voters to show photo IDs at polls.
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed the bill into law despite the controversy of the bill’s potential discrimination against marginal communities.
The bill was enacted as a means to eliminate voting fraud, a crime which has been reported as being relatively uncommon throughout the country.
Gerrymandering and poll restrictions are not new to the state of North Carolina, according to the BBC, the Voting Rights Act originally aimed to fight entrenched racism in the voting system.
Republican governor McCrory still affirms that if photo IDs are required for other common practices such as plane boarding, people should also be expected to require similar IDs for voting.
The law also will ban election-day registration.
Many have jumped to the forefront against this issue, including the American Civil Liberties Union and former secretary of State Hilary Clinton, each denouncing the justice of the bill as discriminatory.
Flickr Photo by: Mr. T in DC
STORY WRITTEN BY: HANNAH BESSEAU
CJLO News - August 12 2013
Hosted by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Produced by: Erica Bridgeman with Apprentice Saturn De Los Angeles
Stories by: Saturn De Los Angeles, Catlin Spencer and Natasha Taggart
Israel announces new settlements despite ongoing peace negotiations with Palestine
As Israel and Palestine undergo peace talks, several Palestinian negotiators are calling out Israel, saying that as long as Israel continues with settlement expansion, it is not looking for peace.
Al-Jazeera News is reporting Israel’s housing minister announced Sunday that it plans to build 12-hundred homes for settlers along annexed East Jerusalem and West Bank.
The West Bank is an area along the Jordan River that forms the main part of the Palestinian Territories.
Palestinian chief negotiator says that Israel’s continued settlement activity represents "dictations not negotiations."
Most of the international community sees Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal.
The second round of peace negociations are expected to begin on Wednesday in Jerusalem.
Flickr Photo by: maher
STORY WRITTEN BY: NATASHA TAGGART
Treaty being blocked by B.C. First Nation community
An investment treaty between Canada and China is being blocked by the Hupacasath First Nation in B.C.
According to CBC News , the small BC First Nations community said in federal court in June that the federal government must consult with First Nations before signing agreements such as the investment treaty in question.
Federal Government lawyers have argued that any duty to consult First Nations does not apply in this case.
The Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement was signed with China last September, but the federal government has agreed to “hold off on the ratification until due process takes place in court” says Brenda Sayers, a member of the Hupacasath First Nations.
The ratification of the Canada-China treaty would mean the loss of negotiation powers for First Nations as well as control of assets over a 232,000-hectare territory.
Members of the B.C. First Nations rallied on Parliament Hill Sunday to gather support for their court challenge.
A ruling may come at the end of August.
STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER
Montrealers raise social justice concerns at Villanueva Vigil
Friday marked the fifth year since Fredy Villanueva was shot by a police officer in Montreal North. DJ Mana
DJ Mana broke out on the scene in 1993 at the young age of 13 DJing House music at parties. Seeing his friends scratching on the turntables brought out his competitive side, so he started competing in DJ battles such as the DMC, ITF, KoolMix, and Vestax just to name a few. In 2007 he retired from battling and opened a DJ school for those who aspire to be grand wizards on the turn tables. During this time, he started producing beats working on little bits here, and now he has come up with his first of three EPs to be released "Cortical Transmissions" available on his Bandcamp and on iTunes.
The Limelight (Saturdays 6-8 PM on CJLO) had an opportunity to talk with DJ Mana live on air and have him as our special guest DJ. We talked about his new EP, his views on DJ technology, and he graced us with his special scratch DJ skills. Listen to the full interview and his DJ set here!
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