Program Title: Aug. 20th Headlines
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Good morning,

My name is [host]. It's Wednesday August the 20th, and these are some of the week's headlines from CKUT's Community News Collective in Montreal.

The Canadian Medical Association CRITICIZED Federal Health Minister Tony Clement on Monday after he QUESTIONED the ETHICS of doctors who support SUPERVISED INJECTION SITES for people ADDICTED TO DRUGS.

Clement made the comments in a speech to the association, which represents CANADA'S doctors:

TC: "the supervised injection site undercuts the ethics of medical practice and sets a debilitating example for all physicians and nurses, both present and future in Canada, who might begin to question whether it's OK to allow someone to overdose under their care."

But Dr. Brian Day, the PRESIDENT of the CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, responded later that SEVENTY-NINE per cent of the association's members SUPPORT supervised injection sites.

According to Day, such facilities have CURBED illegal drug use and SLOWED the spread of disease.

Also known as "safe injection sites," these facilities allow addicts to use drugs under the supervision of MEDICAL STAFF.

Canada's ONLY supervised injection site -- known as INSITE -- has been operating in Vancouver's DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE since 2003, under an EXEMPTION from federal drug laws.

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The Canada Border Service Agency has served a DEPORTATION ORDER to Jeremy HINZMAN and his wife, son and baby daughter.

After volunteering for US ARMY service, Hinzman says he REALIZED he could NOT KILL ANOTHER PERSON.

He FLED to CANADA in 2004 to avoid COMBAT in the IRAQ WAR, which he calls illegal and unjust

In a VIDEO posted on www.RESISTERS.CA, Hinzman ADDRESSES Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER:

JH: "On June 3rd, 2008, the Canadian Parliament passed a motion saying that United States war resisters should be able to remain in Canada. We're asking you to abide by this motion and allow us to stay in Canada."

On September 23, 2008, Hinzman and his family are DUE BACK in the US, where he faces up to FIVE YEARS in prison, and a DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE, which is EQUIVALENT to a FELONY.

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In the aftermath of the riots surrounding Freyd Villanueva's death at the hands of a Montreal police officer in Montreal North, there has been a surge in the number of patrol officers and investigators assigned to two neighborhood police stations. More than 135 officers have been added to the existing staff at station 39.

35 arrests related to the rioting have been made to date.

Fredy Villanueva, an unarmed youth, was shot and killed by Montreal police on August 9th.

Under provincial policy, the investigation of the shooting was turned over to Quebec provincial police, who say they have, so far, interviewed 70 witnesses.

Fredy Villanueva's family spoke to the press in Montreal North last Friday. Patricia Villanueva, Fredy's sister, made the following statement.

PV: en francais the translated - “What she said was she doesn't know how the investigation is going right not. She doesn't know what is happening with the investigation. The only thing she knows is that they haven't taken the police officers' testimony yet so she wants to know what they are waiting for.�

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In a letter posted on the INTERNET last week, the Taliban said that Canadians MUST RETREAT from Afghanistan or face MORE ATTACKS like the one that killed two Canadian AID WORKERS in Logar province last week.

In the letter, the Taliban blames Canada for INJURING and KILLING many Afghan men, women and children and suggests last week's attack was revenge.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay DISMISSED the letter, calling it a "very INSIDIOUS and DECEPTIVE piece of PROPAGANDA" on Sunday.

In the Southern province of Khandahar on Tuesday, a suicide bomber reportedly KILLED an AFGHAN TRANSLATOR in an attack that targeted Canadian forces, according to an official.

The attack also WOUNDED a soldier and a local girl.

In the Southern province of Helmand, NATO [quote] "accidentally" KILLED FOUR CIVILIANS and WOUNDED three others in a rocket attack intended for armed groups on Saturday.

On Sunday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force -- or ISAF -- said that the casualties included WOMEN and CHILDREN and expressed "DEEP REGRET."

Most ISAF troops in the Helmand province are from the United Kingdom.

On Monday, Afghanistan celebrated INDEPENDENCE DAY, marking 89 years since gaining INDEPENDENCE from the British.

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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign.

Musharraf seized power in a 1999 military coup and has been an important player in the United States' so-called war on terror.

Over the past year, Musharraf's political career has come under fire. In November, Musharraf imposed a nation-wide emergency rule. His rivals won February parliamentary elections and have since finalized impeachment charges against him. They have threatened to send a motion to Parliament later this week.

The National Assembly formally accepted Musharraf's resignation hours after his televised address.

Ruling coalition leaders, including Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan Peoples' Party and Nawaz Sharif from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) planned yesterday to reinstate dozens of senior judges removed last year by Pervez Musharraf.

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And those are some of the week's headlines from CKUT's Community News Collective in Montreal.

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