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U.N. suspends food distribution in Gaza Strip
The UN is suspending its food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip.
According to the BBC, the UN Relief and Works agency (UNRWA) provides aid for approximately 800 000 Palestinians in Gaza.
The decision to suspend food distribution comes after protesters stormed one of the compounds.
Sunday Metal
It's time for CJLO's Funding Drive, and if you thought metal wouldn't be a part of it, you thought wrong. Listen in on Sunday, April 7th for all the metal you can handle from 4-9 PM with all kinds of special stuff.
It starts off with from 4-6 PM with a special edition of Grade A Explosives featuring a nerdy interview with Coheed & Cambria drummer Josh Eppard. Andrew will talk to him about his return to Coheed, his various side projects, and nerdy times on the bus.
Then, keep it locked for a special edition of Burnt Offerings where Cecil and DJ Space Pirate will interview Montreal industrial metalers Ogenix and talk to them about their latest release.
Last, punch a baby in the face as you listen to the ever loud sounds of the Noisy Loft where your host Orin will be giving away a pair of tickets to the Parkway Drive, Veil of Maya, and As She Sleeps show happening on April 15th. He also might have a special surprise.
During all of this, if you feel generous, feel free to call into the station at 514-848-7401 to make some donations to us and help us bring you more metal and be enrolled to win some sweet ass prizes. All of this and more! Sunday 4-9 PM.
CJLO News - April 5 2013
Hosted by: Saturn De Los Angeles
Stories by: Alyssa Tremblay, Catlin Spencer & Hannah Besseau
Produced by: Catlin Spencer
Extra Smooth brings the $$$ on Midnight Love Affair
As part of the 2nd annual CJLO fundraising drive, R&B/HIP-HOP DJ crew "Extra Smooth" will be joining Midnight Love Affair on Sunday, April 7th from 10pm - 11pm to make those pockets full of money bounce with an all ca$h money-themed DJ set.
This most recent collaboration of DJs Jack Dawson, Dead Guy and Sloppy Goth hosts a bi-weekly Thursday night dance party at Notrre Dame Des Quilles in Little Italy and they're coming together at CJLO to play you the grittiest hip-hop, silky R&B, and all of the guilty pleasure pop hits you can dream of.
AJ Korkidakis & Lessons Learned
LESSONS LEARNED. Sam and Charlie are two friends who, after being apart for many years, meet again at an old teacher's funeral. They are soon guilt-stricken as they reminisce about the childish pranks they pulled on their teachers years ago. Revelations–and regrets–quickly ensue when they decide to go apologize to another former teacher.
Up and coming Montréal filmmaker AJ Korkidakis dropped by the CJLO studios to talk with Abby The Reaktor about his new short film Lessons Learned. Click PLAY below to hear about the process of writing and producing a film, crowd funding through Indiegogo, and find out what they did with all those cookies!
Originally broadcast during The Reaktor show on March 8, 2013.
Producer and host: Abby E. Schachter (follow Abby on Tumblr)
CJLO News - April 4 2013
Hosted by: Catlin Spencer
Stories by: Alyssa Tremblay, Aisha Samu, Daniel Rowe & Chloe Deneumoustier
Produced by: Jenna Monney-Lupert
Louise Harel proposes solution to asphalt shortage
Louise Harel has a creative solution to Montreal’s pothole problem.
On Wednesday the leader of the Vision Montreal Party suggested that the city produce its own asphalt.
City council is having a hard time selecting an asphalt company to repair Montreal’s roads for the next two years .
CBC reported that the council is in a deadlock over who to hire after seven of the companies considered were either named or linked to the Charbonneau Commission.
The contract up for grabs is worth five million dollars.
Meanwhile the mayor maintains that the city has no other options.
Michael Applebaum told the media in March that the city is forced to hire one of these alledgedly corrupted companies if Montrealers want potholes filled.
City council is holding a special meeting on Friday to decide what to do.
Flickr Photo by: (matt)
STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY
Study highlights government spending in Quebec
Recent studies show Quebec spends more money on programs to subsidize its residents than any other province.
The Montreal Gazette reports two researchers made their findings public after looking at public spending between 1981 and 2009.
In 2009, Quebec spent forty seven per cent of the gross domestic product on public programs.
Ontario on the other hand spent only thirty eight per cent of their GDP.
The Canadian average is thirty nine per cent.
Over sixteen thousand dollars are spent per Quebec resident on programs such as parental leave, housing the elderly, and subsidizing daycare.
Eighty per cent of the increase in public spending in the past twenty-nine years was for government programs.
Researchers caution Quebec must increase productivity in order to balance the budget.
STORY WRITTEN BY: AISHA SAMU
Eco Oro mining target of international protest
Another West coast Canadian mining company is the target of an international protest.
According to CBC News, Vancouver-based Eco Oro Minerals Corp. is the target of a Colombian protest in Bucaramanga.
Tens of thousands of Columbians were on the streets defending their water supply from the Canadian gold mining operating in the high-altitude, environmentally sensitive area.
Eco Oro is one of about a dozen Canadian companies that have been targeted in as many countries recently.
The advocacy group Mining Watch’s co-ordinator Ramsey Hart told the CBC that Canada is home of most of the junior mining companies in the world.
He said that there is also no mechanism for holding Canadian mining companies accountable.
Eco Oro says that it is a victim of misunderstanding.
The company insists that it will bring long term sustainability and economic opportunity to the region.
STORY WRITTEN BY: DANIEL J. ROWE
CJLO News - April 3 2013
Hosted by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Stories by: Saturn De Los Angeles, Niki Mohrdar & Aisha Samu
Produced by: Spoon Jung
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