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Students protesters block Champlain bridge
Commuters in the South Shore were in for a surprise when they reached the Champlain bridge early this morning.
About 200 student protesters blocked the Montreal-bound side of the bridge in ongoing pressure tactics against tuition hikes.
According to CTV, cinder blocks were placed across the entrance ramp from Route 132 to the bridge. Surete de Quebec officers were present, monitoring the situation and preventing motorists from getting through.
The students were holding the symbolic red sqare as well as a banner that read "Stop the cuts, give us our dues."
Bus service from the South Shore was not affected since the busses use a counterflow lane on the opposite side of the bridge.
By 8:35 am, the protest ended and drivers were allowed through.
Metal Alliance Ticket Giveaway
Hey metal people! Do you like 3 Inches of Blood? Do you like Devildriver? Do you like free things? Do you want to go to the Metal Alliance tour this Friday? Well, then tune into BVST on Wednesday from 7-9PM with your host Angelica to have a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show. Not only will you get to hear the best (and worst) of Rock and Roll, Country, Punk, and Metal, but you'll get a chance. So tune in for your chance to win!
A breath of life extended to Aveos
The air maintenance firm that suspended its operations secured bankruptcy protection and a multi-million dollar emergency loan.
Aveos left over two thousand employees across Canada locked out yesterday including some eighteen hundred at its Montreal plant. The company blames its financial woes on its main client Air Canada for subcontracting much of its maintenance work overseas.
According to the CBC a Quebec Superior Court judge granted Aveos bankruptcy protection while Air Canada put forth a fifteen million dollar emergency loan. No word yet on how many Aveos employees may be able to return to work.
Air Canada says the latest won't cause flight disruptions.
Bachand breaks finance minister's tradition
Raymond Bachand, Quebec’s Minister of Finance, broke the tradition of Quebec finance ministers this Tuesday, by not wearing a new pair of shoes to their taxing ad spending plans. Instead, he wore new laces.
Bachand says he didn’t wear shoes because he doesn’t see the point in spending money on something he doesn’t need. In fact, he refuses to buy new shoes until next year when he hopes to return to a balanced budget.
Bachand’s invited his office for the annual pantomime of finance ministers. The budget that Buchand has been planning remains secret.
Currently, Quebec has been running on deficit budget since 2009 in order to counterbalance the events of late 2008. This was caused of risk-taking practices in financial markets.
From the time when Bouchand has been involved in Quebecs spending, he has proposed new taxes which have generated over $4billion in new tax revenues.
Quebec student speaks out against strike
A student at the Université de Sherbrooke is taking legal action against strikers who caused him to miss class.
According to CBC, the student, named Philippe-Olivier Daniel, was prevented from going to class because of pressure from student associations he’s not even part of.
Daniel has sent letters to multiple student groups asking them to stop preventing people from attending classes. He’s also asking for financial reimbursement for the class he missed.
According to CBC, the Coalition Étudiante pour l'Association Libre – which Daniel is president of – says all student groups should make sure their members know that they have the right to attend classes.
Concordia will close its doors this Thursday
Concordia University will be closed this Thursday for security concerns. At least 15 000 students, families and faculty are expected to attend Thursday's provide-wide demonstration against tuition hikes. Demonstrators will begin outside of Concordia's downtown campus and march towards Place du Canada. Mobilization is set to begin at 10:30 am. About 250 000 students are currently on strike across the province.
The demonstration has also affected the Concordia Student Union elections. A new day of polling has been added to make up for the missed day on Thursday. Election dates will now be March 20, 21, and 23.
To learn more about the candidates follow any of these links:
President - http://cjlo.com/melissa-mulligan/episode-14-csu-presidential-debate
VP Finance - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-finance
VP Student Life - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-student-life
VP External and Mobilization http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-external-mobilization
VP Academic and Advocacy - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-academic-advocacy
VP Sustainability - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-sustainability
VP Loyola - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-loyola
VP Internal and Clubs - http://cjlo.com/news/concordia/csu-elections-interview-series-vp-internal-clubs
Photo by Joel Balsam on November 10, 2011
CSU Elections Interview Series - VP Internal & Clubs
For the final interview series of the 2012/2013 CSU Elections campaign meet Nadine Atallah (A Better Concordia) and Museb Nabil Abu-Thuraia. Listen to the interview with Atallah below. Abu-Thuraia was not available for an interview. Don't forget to vote March 20 and 21.
CSU Elections Interview Series - VP Loyola
In this installment of the CJLO News 2012/2013 CSU Elections interview series, Audrey Folliot discusses ways to make Loyola as important a campus as SGW with A Better Concordia candidate Stefan Faina and Concordia Could Be candidate Jonathan Braziller. Both have great ideas for cultural events that would bring people from both campuses together at Loyola. Listen below:
March 19th 2012
Produced By Melissa Mulligan
Read By Sarah Deshaies
Stories By Daniel J. Rowe, Audrey Folliot, Sofia Gay, and Gregory Wilson.
London, Ontario St. Pats riot
A mob of drunken students celebrating St. Patrick’s Day fuelled a massive street fire in the east end of London, Ontario last Saturday night.
According to the Globe and Mail, the crowd of 1000 people were not only constantly adding fuel to the fire; they were also attacking any officer getting in their way.
Police Constable Krissy Belanger says rioters were throwing bricks, beer bottles and tires to any police officer or firefighter who tried to intercept them.
It was already past 4 am when the crowd finally dispersed.
Belanger says so far police has arrested 11 people, with more to come. And they estimate the night’s cost at $100 000 in damage.
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