Friday, November 18, 2011

Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 101


Wake Up Winnipeg - Episode 101

Hosted Live/Produced/Recorded by: Andru Valpy & Sean Kanee
Air Date:
11/04/2011 6:00 PM on UMFM 101.5 FM
  
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Rebroadcast: 11/09/2011 on CJUM 101.5 UMFM - 6:30 AM



This week we welcomed our Alberta correspondent Sean Kanee to the studios to serve as the official co-host for episode 101.

Some of you who have listened to our show before know that Sean has been featured on previous episodes of our show going as far back to the days of The Better Than Bob Show.

On episode 101 we got to learn a little more about Sean who was in town to support a fund raiser for cancer research.

We also discussed news, concert and event listings as per the usual.



City council approved a 25 cent transit increase on Wednesday bringing bus fare up form $2.40 to $2.65 in an effort to help pay for the rapid transit line.

Money earned from the fare increase will go towards the city’s Master Transportation plan that presented to council yesterday. In the report the Executive Policy Committee expected to have the rapid transit corridor extend to the University of Manitoba campus from Downtown by 2016. 

 
In a report from the Winnipeg Free Press Premier Greg Selinger has said he would prefer to see the city follow the usual process when it considers a fare increase. In a CBC Radio interview Sellenger stated that “(the province) wants to look and see whether there is a way to advance rapid transit without putting it all the pressure on the fare box”.

The move came as a surprise to some members of council who were originally purported to increase fees by only five cents in January of 2012. Council voted 8-6 to increase fares twice in 2012, which would bring the total amount to $2.65 by June 1st 2012.


Yesterday marked the second month of the Occupy Wall Street movement and supporters around the world celebrated the “Day of Action” event.

The original occupy movement was started in the financial district of New York City two months ago in and has since rapidly shared it’s message across 1,500 cities.

Thousands of supporters in New York City were seen demonstrating by blocking streets around the New York Stock Exchange and in Zucotti Park. Others staged rallies at various subway stations throughout Manhattan.  According to reports at least 175 people were arrested in the New York City demonstrators.

In Los Angeles police had arrested at least 23 people who were seen gathering at an intersection around the Bank of America Plaza and Wells Fargo Plaza.

Demonstrations also took place in other cities, including Washington, St. Louis, Las Vegas, Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington where a 84 year old woman was reported to have been pepper-sprayed.

On Tuesday afternoon two occupiers showed up to the Mayors Office unannounced and spent 10 minutes with the mayor in what they described as a friendly meeting. The occupiers explained the concerns of the movement personally to Mayor Katz including individual greed, which in turn feeds corporate greed. They also educated the Mayor about the group’s structure and general assemblies and invited they mayor to the public forums, which are held at 7:00 every night.

Mayor Sam Katz has stated that he has no interest in shutting down the Occupy Winnipeg movement as the demonstrations have so far been peaceful and also fall on Provincially owned property. 



RCMP are once again reminding motorist’s to drive carefully on provincial highways today after a crash that happened around 12:15 this afternoon on Highway 5 just north of Neepawa.
 
A man and a woman, whose names have not yet been identified, were pronounced dead at the scene when police say a 2009 dodge pickup truck was northbound when it lost control and crashed into a southbound semi-trailer.
RCMP said that road conditions were snowy and slippery with poor visibility.

Today’s crash puts the number of deaths on Manitoba highways at 103 for 2011. 



You can catch us live each week on UMFM 101.5 FM in Winnipeg or worldwide online at http://umfm.com. New episodes air Friday evenings at 6:00 PM CST with episodes being repeated on Wednesday mornings at 6:30 am.

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Until next week,

-Av

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