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Dreams of 2074: Call for Artists in the Jura Region – Jura-24 Association

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-18 10:04:00

Artists from the region are invited to dream of 2074. The Jura-24 association is launching a call for projects this Thursday around this theme as part of the jubilee of the Jura plebiscite next summer. Artists and collectives are asked to submit a project for an immersive and interactive work of art for the exhibition which will take place in Moutier. An envelope of 20,000 francs will then be allocated to cover the completion of the project. The Jura-24 association was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of June 23, 1974. It will put on four exhibitions. That of the Provost city will be established in the goods hall of the station, from June to September 2024, and will attempt to project itself into the future. The deadline for submitting applications for the call for projects is February 14, 2024. Registration details can be found ici. /comm-alr

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Technology

The Volvo Cars plant in Ghent will build more than 230,000 vehicles in 2023

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-18 10:26:00

The Ghent factory assembles Volvo’s main electric models: the XC40 and C40, as well as the slightly older V60 and V60CC models. In 2023, 230,527 cars will roll off its assembly line.

Production of the XC40 Recharge (fully electric and hybrid) notably increased last year, reaching 88,137 vehicles, which represents more than 38% of the Ghent company’s total production. The C40 Recharge was manufactured in the amount of 35,306 vehicles, or 15% of the entire production.

The fully electric EX30 model will also be assembled in Ghent from 2025.

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Economy

High Demand for Accelerated Construction Training Courses in Quebec Hindered by Teacher Shortages

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-18 05:00:00

The accelerated and paid construction training courses so dear to the Legault government are victims of the shortage of teachers. A course has already been canceled due to lack of teachers.

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The lack of personnel in the Education network does not spare Quebec’s offensive aimed at recruiting 4,000 to 5,000 workers by the summer to work on construction sites.

The short course paid $750 per week leading to the certificate of professional studies (AEP) in driving construction equipment will ultimately not be offered in Val-d’Or. The training of 36 students was scheduled to begin in early January.

“Due to a lack of teaching staff at our partner, we had to cancel this program,” explains Caroline Neveu, communications coordinator at the Or-et-des-Bois School Service Center. The students were referred to other professional training centers in Quebec offering a similar program.

Disappointment among students

A young man who had registered for the course deplored this unfortunate outcome. “I am extremely disappointed. I already had entrepreneurs interested in my services,” says the aspiring student, who wishes to remain anonymous. He maintains that he was not referred in any way to other establishments providing the accelerated training he was targeting.

After beneficiary attendants during the pandemic, it is the turn of construction workers to benefit from a paid fast track to compensate for the lack of labor on construction sites.

But unlike PABs, who had to commit to working for at least one year in a CHSLD, people who graduate from accelerated construction training have no obligation to join the industry at the end of their course.

The accelerated training paid at $25 per hour targets five trades: carpenter, tinsmith, refrigeration engineer, excavator and heavy equipment operator. Quebec also offers graduation scholarships to new apprentice workers in programs leading to a professional studies diploma (DEP) in the five targeted fields.

Nearly 47,000 admission applications were submitted before Christmas. Our Parliamentary Office is still waiting for a complete picture of the situation from the Ministry of Education in order to find out more regarding the start of accelerated training across Quebec.

Summary of applications for admission to paid accelerated training

Study program Attestation of professional studies (AEP)

Admission applications submitted

  • AEP – Carpentry-joinery: 16,791
  • AEP – Driving construction equipment: 17,327
  • AEP – Ferblanterie: 3431
  • AEP – Refrigeration: 9432

Total: 46 981

Study program Professional studies diploma (DEP)

Admission applications submitted

  • DEP – Carpentry-joinery: 1258 N/A
  • DEP – Driving construction machinery: 375
  • DEP – Ferblanterie: 174
  • DEP – Refrigeration: 242
  • DEP – Electricity: 1735
  • DEP – Plumbing and heating: 549

Total: 4333

Source: Ministry of Education data as of December 15, 2023

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world

International Reactions to Pakistani Army Strikes on Iranian Border: China Offers Mediation

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2024-01-18 09:55:04

International reactions to the strikes carried out by the Pakistani army on a border area in Iran on Thursday, including those issued by China, which offered “mediation” between Islamabad and Tehran.

On Thursday, China expressed its readiness to “mediate” between Pakistan and Iran, following an exchange of bombings on the border between the two countries, the last of which was launched by Pakistan and claimed the lives of 9 people.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in a regular press conference: “The Chinese side sincerely hopes that the two sides can calm down, exercise restraint, and avoid escalating tensions.”

She added: “We are ready to play a constructive role in reducing the escalation if both parties wish to do so.”

In the same context, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed, on Thursday, its “concern over the developments and escalation following the Iranian attacks on Iraqi and Pakistani territory.”

In a Foreign Ministry statement published by Anatolia News Agency, Ankara called on “the friendly and brotherly countries of Iran, Iraq and Pakistan to calm down and exercise restraint.”

Archyde.com also quoted the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary, in response to a question regarding Pakistani strikes inside Iran, as saying: “We call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and closely monitor the situation.”

After the announcement of the Pakistani strikes on Iran, on Thursday, the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, met with the interim Pakistani Prime Minister, Anwarul Haq Kakar, in Switzerland on the sidelines of the Davos World Economic Forum, according to what Archyde.com reported from the Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad. .

In response to the strikes, Iran summoned the Pakistani charge d’affaires. The Iranian “Tasnim” agency said: “After the Pakistani attack in the morning on a border village in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the Pakistani charge d’affaires in Tehran was summoned to the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to provide an explanation.”

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement, Thursday, that “Pakistan this morning carried out a series of very coordinated and precise military strikes once morest terrorist havens in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan,” adding that “a number of terrorists were killed.”

She added: “The action was taken this morning in light of reliable intelligence information regarding large-scale imminent terrorist activities.”

The attack comes following Iran confirmed carrying out strikes once morest “terrorist targets” late Tuesday in Pakistan, in an attack that Islamabad announced claimed the lives of two children.

On Wednesday, the United States condemned the recent Iranian strikes in Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, as Tehran said they were targeting “anti-terrorist groups” once morest it.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: “Yes, we condemn these strikes. We have seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors over the past few days.”

On Monday night, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it had targeted “the spy headquarters and gathering headquarters of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region,” confirming the destruction of “the headquarters of the Zionist Mossad agency” in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and ISIS gatherings in Syria.

These strikes came in the context of escalating tension in the Middle East and fears of a comprehensive regional conflict once morest the backdrop of the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which is part of what is known as the “axis of resistance” led by Tehran.

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