Radio: Community Grants, Federal Election & Libya Update

I have Thursday’s major morning radio news updates for Evolution 107.9.

New Premier Christy Clark is expected to make a major announcement regarding funding for community grants.

It’s happening for the fifth time in a decade – Canadians are heading into a campaign to elect a Federal government.

France’s Foreign Minister says the international military operation against the forces of Moammar Gadhafi will not continue indefinitely.


Via BCIT. Photos by Kris Krüg & alexhebert1981.

Radio: Budget Reaction, Japan Developments & Moammar Gadhafi

I have Wednesday’s morning news updates for Evolution 107.9.

All three opposition parties have said they do not support the new budget.

All workers at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant have had to leave after smoke started pouring from one of the six reactors.

Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi has made his first public appearance in a week.


Via BCIT. Photos by Digital Globe & BRQ Network.

Evolution Comment: Federal Prisoners Want Pay Raise

A group of inmates at Agassiz Mountain Institution are hoping to form Canada’s first prison union, and if that happens, their wages while in prison could be eligible for union negotiation. Canada’s Public Safety Minister doesn’t support the idea of a wage increase. I hope that opinion doesn’t change. (1:32)


Via BCIT. Photos by Dana Gonzales & Robert Thivierge.