Natalia Stepaniuk on violence in the heart of Kiev

[audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/natalia_stepaniuk_on_kiev.mp3] Click here to download audio After months of ongoing protest, the Maidan, the central square in the heart of Kiev, has been the scene of intense violence over the last 72 hours with more than a hundred killed, citizens and protestors targeted by police snipers or gunned down by special forces using automatic weapons.  […]

A citizen initiative promoting open access to civic information in Montreal

  [audio http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/audio/ckut_news/itw_with_jonathan_brun.mp3] Jonathan Brun is a web entrepeneur and advocate of transparency and open data. He co-founded Montreal Ouvert in 2010, a citizen initiative that promotes open access to civic information for the region of Montreal. The city unveiled an open data portal fourteen months later. CKUT’s Una Jefferson interviewe Jonathan during Off the Hour on Friday, […]