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Shriners big future
Shriners has recently revealed that they will have a new hospital built in Montreal sometime in the near future.
The entire project which adds up approximately $127 million will all be paid by the Shriners.
It will be twice the size of the current hospital and will consist of twenty-two single patient rooms.
Former Shriners patients have stated that the new hospital will shed light on the future of families.
Construction of the hospital will commence in spring 2013 and it will officially open in summer 2015.
News, October 14th, 2011
Read by Joshua Nemeroff
Produced by Erica Bridgeman
Segment by Shaun Malley
Stories written by Shaun Malley, Tara Brockwell and Joshua Nemeroff
Concrete chunk on the brink of collapse from downtown building
Montreal infrastructure continues its downward decline. Firemen created a roadblock downtown on University between Cathcart and Palace Streets. A chunk of concrete appears to be at risk of falling from the 10th floor of a commercial highrise.
A window washer has since reported noticing more loose concrete blocks on the seventh and eight floor of that building. It is unclear when the high rise was last inspected.
It could be days before the security perimeter is lifted.
CJLO celebrates 3 Years on AM!
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CJLO is proud to be turning three years old on October 15th, 2011. We've been bringing the best in local and underground music to the AM dial since 2008 and we want to thank all of our volunteers and listeners for helping CJLO become the award winning radio station that we are today.
If you'd like to wish CJLO a happy birthday, record and send an mp3 to program@cjlo.com and we'll play them on-air.
Happy Birthday CJLO! Bonne fete!
Postal union fights back
Canada’s postal workers are once again fighting for their rights. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is taking the Harper government to court over controversial back-to-work legislation that snuffed out a series of strikes in June.
Union president Denis Lemelin calls the federal government’s actions unjust. He says the union’s legal action is necessary in order to protect workers' rights to free collective bargaining.
The government countered that a strike during an economic crisis would do more harm than good. This argument is being repeated as Air Canada’s flight attendants consider their own strike.
A government spokesperson claimed the postal strike caused serious harm to small business across the country. However they refused to comment on the Postal Union’s threat of legal action.
Robin "Cartoongal" Fisher
Name: Robin Fisher
What is your DJ alias? & what are its origins?: Cartoongal. My show is about the graphic arts, cartoons are a graphic art. The main mandate of my show is to make the graphic arts accessible to all people. I like to say, "let me be your guide, let me be your cartoongal." (You know, like your gal Friday.)
Show: The Onomatopoeia Show
Genre: "All graphic arts, all the time." Talk radio with music.
How long have you been at CJLO?: 3 years.
What is the best thing about working at CJLO?: The sense of community and the opportunity to reach an extremely wide audience with very little censorship.
Describe your show as a potential life partner. What are its qualities? Omg! My boyfriend is extremely dreamy! He has such great taste in music, soooooooo much variety. One time he made me a mix tape of all tunes from WWII. Another time he played underground Japanese bands all night. And he reads Everything! Like one week he's scouring a book on fashion illustration and then like today, he wouldn't stop talking about this book called "Who censored Roger Rabbit?" Did you know that was a book and a cartoon/live action movie? Sometimes he brings his friends. Artists, animators, writers, he knows tons of interesting people. He loves talking about Female comicbook artists, kids books, one time he ranted about how various action figures are modern sculpture. He totally loves cartoons and graffiti........sigh, I could listen to him even on a Sunday. He's just So enthusiastic, he's contagious. It never fails, whatever he's talking about, you want to read it, he makes it sound so appealing and fun.
Two reasons why you do your show?:
A. I consider myself a comic book activist and am compelled to make the world realize that there are comics out there for everyone. That the simple amalgamation of art and literature, elevates the art form to more than anyone could ever imagine.
B. I listen to a lot of music and read a lot of things. I can't stop sharing and am freakishly enthusiastic about the good non mainstream stuff. Which makes me an ideal radio show host for a show about the graphic arts at a university radio station.
If you weren't doing your show, in what other ways would you express yourself?: Through writing articles about comic books, etc. Possibly with twitter or a website.
What was the biggest turning point in your musical journey?: Jeepers, I don't think I've ever had a musical journey. How about what got me started in radio? Doing an hour long Canadian Content show at Lake State University (Sault Ste Marie, USA) circa 1994/95. Musically I've always listened to things that are not the mainstream and I relish the chance to play music people might not have heard before. So I strive to find the best of the non mainstream.
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If I could travel back in time and bring back anyone, I would bring back Jim Henson. Because he created a new art form (The marriage of marionettes and puppets = Muppets) and because he made generations of millions and trillions of people, all over the world, happy.
Name your 2 favorite albums of all time: While I love music, my show is about comics. My favourite comic of all time is Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children. Currently, I'm in love with "Mouseguard" by David Petersen and "King City" by Brandon Graham
What is the one piece of technology you cannot live without?: The combustion engine.
Describe yourself in 3 words: enthusiastic, educator & open-minded.
October 13, 2011
Read by: Sofia Gay
Stories by: Joel Balsam, Dominique Daoust, Shaun Malley and Brandon Judd
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
Blackberry service disruption reaches Canada
Research in Motion CEO Mike Lazaridis announced service on the Blackberry network had been restored worldwide on Thursday. Blackberry users across Canada had been grinding their teeth in frustration on Wednesday after a network failure in Europe early in the week led to a worldwide Blackberry service disruption. An unknown number of Canadians were left without access to their messaging service and to internet on their smartphones.
David Yach, RIM's chief technology officer, pegged the problem at the failure of a back-up system in Europe. He says the company throttled traffic in order to get back on line.
Yach says all messages will be delivered once service is restored.
The disruption came at an unfortunate moment for the makers of Blackberry, as the iPhone 4S comes to stores on Friday. Apple has included a service called iMessage on the new phones to rival Blackberry’s BBM messaging service.
There are around 70 million Blackberry users around the world.
Mutassim Gaddafi reportedly captured
Police arrested Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mutassim in Libya yesterday.
He was detained in Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
Libya’s National Transitional Council said they are holding him in Benghazi.
Fighters in Sirte reportedly celebrated the news of his arrest.
And Tripoli was awash with honking car horns and guns firing into the sky.
But military spokesmen have not yet confirmed the arrest. The NTC previously claimed it captured another of Gaddafi’s son in August. This turned out to be false and he remains at large. So observers have doubts over the veracity of today’s claim.
Mutassim was his father’s national security adviser. He wielded significantly less power than his older brothers, however. But citizens loathed Mutassim for his role in Gaddafi’s dictatorship.
Neither Gaddafi nor any of his wanted sons have been confirmed killed or captured to date.
Felix Von Geyer speaks for rights
The Concordia chapter of journalists for human rights hosted its second Speak4Rights event this Tuesday. It featured Felix von Geyer, a Concordia professor and sustainable development journalist. Luciana Gravotta reports.
Felix von Geyer attracted an audience of around 50 people that packed the small upstairs room of the Bishop street Burritoville.
With a Socratic flair, Von Geyer’s talk encouraged the audience not just to listen but to think.
He questioned the outcome of human dominance over the environment.
“It seems to me that on an environmental basis we’re actually managing to master the planet, master our destiny, and somehow screw it all up.”
And he poked fun at politician’s framing of the global warming crisis.
"When Stephen Harper says carbon is a tool for life, the key to life, why don’t you put him in a room with 10% carbon dioxide and see what happens.”
Mostly, von Geyer talked about how frail the concept of human rights is without a sense of duty to enforce it.
He says duty creates a link between environmental responsibility and human rights. A sense of duty towards the environment will bleed over to human rights. The dominant perspective needs to change. People, like the environment, are not a utility.
The event’s casual forum concept encouraged participants to stay after the Q&A to continue the conversation. Von Geyer stayed until the very end, beer in hand.
The next Speak4Rights event will be held November 22nd.
For CJLO news, I’m Luciana Gravotta
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