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Fear of nuclear catastrophe rises in Japan

March 16 2011 // News

In Japan, fear of a full-blown nuclear catastrophe rises after radiation levels surge at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, north of Tokyo.

A new fire at one of the plant’s reactors is believed to be the cause of the dangerous rise in radiation levels. Safety concerns forced emergency workers at the plant to withdraw on Wednesday, paralyzing efforts to cool down the overheating reactors.

Since last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, Japan is trying desperately to avoid an environmental catastrophe, but radiation leaking into the air is making it difficult to control the disaster.

Habs Fans Protest Before Tuesday's Game

March 16 2011 // News

Photo from: CBC News

Two hundred hockey fans demonstrated outside the Bell Centre before Tuesday’s game. The protesters want the NHL to have tougher injury rules. 

The demonstration was in response to a game hit last week. The hit sent Habs forward Max Pacioretty to the hospital. Pacioretty suffered from a concussion and fractured vertebra.

Bruin’s player Zdeno Chara, who made the hit, did not receive any punishment.

The demonstrators want the NHL to have have tougher measures against head hits. Montreal hockey fans say the league is not properly addressing how to deal with serious injuries.

NHL Says Headshots Stay

March 15 2011 // News

The NHL and its board of GMs believe stricter enforcement of boarding and charging penalties are necessary for making the game safer. The GMs statement includes harsher supplemental discipline for repeat offenders.

News March 15th 2011

March 15 2011 // News

Read by Adrian Sousa

Produced by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo

Stories by Erica Fisher, Joel Balsam and Aisha Samu

Concordia students safe in Japan

March 15 2011 // News

Two Concordia students studying in Japan are alive and well. Philippe McKie is a film production student living in Tokyo. He spoke to several Montreal news outlets and wrote a blog post about his experience. 

On Monday, University spokesperson Chris Mota confirmed he and the other student are fine. She said that when disasters happen abroad, the university contacts exchange students to make sure they are safe.

Concordia sleeps outdoors for 5 Days

March 15 2011 // News

5 Days for the Homeless Concordia

Nearly thirty students felt what it was like to be homeless Monday night. They are participating in a national campaign called 5 Days for the Homeless. The Montreal chapter raised a record thirty three hundred dollars yesterday.

All the funds will be donated to local charity Dans La Rue. Three nights remain. Tuesday night CTV Montreal's Christine Long and former Montreal Canadien Georges Laraque will be sleeping over.

2011 CSU campaign starts with a stampede

March 15 2011 // News

PosteringMinutes before the clock struck midnight, candidates for next year’s Concordia Student Union chanted and screamed for their respective parties. The annual Concordia stampede, where candidates run through the two campuses plastering the walls with campaign posters, ran without a hitch. This is thanks mostly in part to a change in rules.

This year, Chief Election Officer Oliver Cohen announced that candidates would be released floor by floor for the first few levels of the Hall building. Then, they would have the chance to put up posters on several billboards-on-wheels that would be placed throughout the campus.

NHL GMs meeting zeros in on concussions

March 15 2011 // News

The first day of meetings with NHL General Managers focused on the issue of head shots in hockey.

The commissioner of the NHL has proposed a five-point plan to deal with the rise in concussions. One change is to modify the concussion protocol and have doctors look at injured players in a quiet area. GMs will also be looking at what makes a hit legal or illegal.

The league is under pressure after Canadians forward Max Pacioretty received a concussion in a game against Boston last week.

CSU putting Pudwell's resignation behind them

March 14 2011 // News

Concordia Student Union executives are trying move past the resignation of Morgan Pudwell. After last week’s failed council meeting, a special council meeting will be held this Wednesday. However, the unchangeable agenda will involve no discussion of the resignation.

March 14, 2011

March 14 2011 // News

Todays news was read by Sophia Gay and produced by Brian Joseph.

The stories were written by Corentine Rivoire, and Cassandra Keating

Quebecer confirmed dead in Japan

March 14 2011 // News

A Quebecer has died following the tsunami that devastated the northeastern Pacific coast of Japan on Sunday. André Lachapelle was in the port city of Sendai at the time of the quake. The man died of a heart attack at the hospital, after authorities found him.

Hockey Hero Passes Away

March 14 2011 // News

Verdun-born hockey hero Richard Martin died Sunday. His car collided in a one-car crash in Clarence, near a suburb of Buffalo New York where he lived.

The Buffalo News has reported that Martin suffered a heart attack while driving. 

Martin was a memeber of the legendary French Connection line for the Buffalo Sabres in the nineteen seventies. He starred for the Montreal Junior Canadiens prior to joining the Buffalo squad.

Denis Villeneuve's Incendies sweeps at Jutra Awards

March 13 2011 // News

Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies may not have won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film this year, but it won virtually every award it was nominated for at last night’s Jutra awards, Quebec’s equivalent of the Oscars. 

Incendies took home nine of the 10 awards it was up for, including Best Film and Best Director. Incendies’ Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin lost the Best Actress award to her co-star, Lubna Azabal, who also won the award at last week’s Genie awards.

Thousand's Gather to Protest the Quebec Government's New Budget

March 13 2011 // News

Picture from the Montreal Gazette

Une Question de Choix - a choice of question - was the theme of the protest that took place Saturday March twelfth in Montreal. Thousands of people came together to rally against the upcoming release of the Quebec Government’s budget.

March 11, 2011

March 11 2011 // News

Todays news was read by Jason Rouah and produced by Erica Bridgeman.

The stories were written by Samah Fadil, Michael Lemieux and Gareth Sloan

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