RSS
Obama blâme les Républicans pour l'échec de la commission du dette américaine
Suite à l'échec de la commission visant à réduire l'endettement des États-Unis, Barack Obama s'est dit déçu et blâme les Républicains pour le résultat. Rappellons que cette commission était composé de 12 membres dont 6 républicains.
Afin de remédier à la situation les démocrates ont proposé une hausse d'impôts pour les plus aisés alors que les Républicains ont proposé de couper dans certains programmes sociaux.
Cette impasse a pour conséquence de lancer un message négatif au marchés internationaux.
De plus, à partir de 2013 la loi prévoit une réduction automatique des dépenses sur 10 ans qui coupera également dans les programmes sociaux et la défense.
Canada, the US, and the UK to place sanctions against Iran
The UN has given a report with strong evidence saying that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, but Iran denies these allegations.
The report says that Iran carried out tests that indicate development of nuclear weaponry, but Tehran insists that their nuclear program is simply to improve the lives of civilians. As a result of their suspicions, Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. are imposing sanctions on Iran.
Canada is banning exports of oil, petrochemicals, and gasoline to Iran.
Sanctions from the U.S. will target Iranian industry, particularly the petrochemicals sector, as well as the Revolutionary Guard.
Finally, the U.K. is cutting all ties with Iranian banks in a way they’ve never done to another country.
Mammograms not needed as frequently
A study done by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care says that most Canadian women under 50 do not need regular mammograms. It also says that woman over 50 can go three years between their scans.
However, these guidelines are for women who are healthy, don’t have first-degree relatives who have battled breast cancer and have never had breast cancer themselves.
This study is the first of its kind to be conducted in Canada in 10 years.
It has been reported that the suggestion for older women to get a mammogram every two years has not lowered deaths from breast cancer. Instead, it is making women more anxious about having breast cancer. Mammograms spot any lumps found in the breast and most of them are not even cancerous. The procedure is also quite uncomfortable and pricey.
The CTFPH want to make sure that the public knows that these suggestions are only a guideline. It is solely up to the patient to decide how frequently they go for check-ups.
November 21st 2011
Produced By Melissa Mulligan
Read By Melissa Mulligan
Stories By Sofia Gay, Daniel J. Rowe, Audrey Folliot, Esther Viragh and Gregory Wilson
Renewed violence in Tahrir Square
The death toll in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has risen over the weekend. 13 people were killed and hundreds injured following clashes between Egyptian authorities and demonstrators.
The European Union has strongly condemned the violence. Clashes have taken place in other cities as well.
This comes a week before the country’s first parliamentary election since the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
Elections are due to begin on November 28 and last for three months.
Disagreement over crime bill
Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu and Quebec’s lawyers do not agree on the Conservative Government’s crime bill.
Senator Boisvenu argued that the Quebec Bar Association is made up of 80 percent of defense lawyers who defend criminals, not victims.
Debora de Thomasis, president of the Defence Lawyers Association, replied that defense lawyers make up only five percent of the Bar.
The Quebec Bar Association says the Bill C-10 does not respond to the real needs of the justice system.
Boisvenu argued that the Bar doesn’t know how this bill will affect victims because those lawyers don’t work with victims like he does.
Quebec's Justice Minister does not agree on the Conservative Crime Bill.
The real big love
The TV series Big Love may had its final episode, but real life polygamy is still on the air and on trial. The multi-wived faithful will soon learn whether their polygamous way of life is legal in Canada. A B.C. judge will rule Wednesday if Canada’s anti-polygamy laws are unconstitutional.
The polygamous commune in Bountiful, B.C. has lived in defiance of this hundred and twenty one year old law since 1946. The courts have failed to prosecute two of the community’s leaders thus far.
The thousand Bountiful faithful believe that multiple wives will lead them to the highest realms of heaven. The religion has been accused of child marriage and sexual assault. The court has heard evidence of cross border marriages of teenagers as young as 12. The group claims that Canada’s anti-polygamy laws are archaic and need modernization.
Montrealers drown in Dominican Republic
Two Montrealers drowned during a trip to Dominican Republic on Tuesday.
They were staying in Cabarete, a tourist town. The two men were best friends and were there for vacation.
The family says they don’t know many details about the deaths yet.
A woman saw the men swimming in the ocean and got help. She didn’t help them because she was afraid she would drown.
A family member says they were swimming in a dangerous area. Another relative said the men were not good swimmers. The family believes they got swept in the ocean by large waves.
The bodies will be sent to Canada in a couple of days.
Concordia business students keep it green
We in the mass media love giving shorthands. One percenter. 99 percenter. These particular terms highlight the split between the owners and the owned. The selfish and the selfless.
But an organization at Concordia’s John Molson School of Business is proving that there doesn’t have to be a division at all. Reporter Shaun Malley found out more.
News, November 18th 2011
Read by Joshua Nemeroff
Produced by Erica Bridgeman
Stories written by Luciana Gravotta, Danny Aubry and Joshua Nemeroff
Pages
Staff Login | Advertise | Our Location | RSS | Contact Us
