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SEPTEMBER 26 | Special report: Resistance to pipelines rising at the Sacred Stone Camp

GroundWire Production — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:14:12 +0000

This week GroundWire is produced at CHUO FM, on Algonquin traditional territory in Ottawa.

Headlines

In Saskatchewan, physicians and activists have called upon the provincial government to declare a state of emergency over the AIDS crisis, one that is predominantly effecting the Indigenous community. | Lindsay Nixon, CKUT

Full Moon Memory Walk takes place in Thunder Bay | Jayal Chung and Carly Forbes, CILU

The Petronas Project and the LNG Pipe Dream

Ashley Zarbatany — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:49:16 +0000

Common sense suggests that any project which would devastate one of the largest and most fragile salmon estuaries in the world is short-sighted and ill-advised. However, the proposed Pacific Northwest Liquefied Natural Gas (PNW LNG) terminal would do just that. Instead of facing condemnation, it's being touted by the B.C.

GroundWire | September 15, 2015

GroundWire Production — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:16:19 +0000

This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional Mohawk territory at CKUT in Montreal.

GroundWire | June 22, 2015

GroundWire Production — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:28:52 +0000

Red Jam Slam Radio Festival, Bill C-24, Thunder Pride, Refugee Healthcare

This episode of GroundWire was produced in Tiohtià:ke also known as Montreal on unceded Mohawk territory by Marilla Steuter-Martin and co-hosted by Catlin Spencer at CJLO 690 am.

Elsipogtog Solidarity Action Shuts Vancouver Port

flux — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:21:55 +0000

COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Activists blocked access to the federal Port of Vancouver for an hour early this morning as part of an International Day of Action in Support of Elsipogtog Land Defenders in New Brunswick.

BC Premier's House 'Fracked'!

flux — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:34:36 +0000

COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Activists set up a "fracking rig" on BC Premier Christy Clark's front lawn in Vancouver this morning. The premier was at home, but declined an invitation from the activists to join them to "celebrate her efforts to promote more hydrolic fracturing in BC" and sign away her water rights.

Grass replaces pavement at Alexander Public School

Naomi Grant — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:42:37 +0000

If you walk past Alexander Public School, you will see children running and playing on the grass. A little over a month ago, there was asphalt where there are now trees and grass. This incredible change was born of hard work, commitment, passion, and teamwork.

Recovering the history of direct action AIDS organizing in Canada

scott.neigh — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:16:30 +0000

SUDBURY, ON -- It was an era when rage and creativity won life-saving victories. Neglected by governments, scorned by much of the public, and facing rapid illness and death, in the mid-1980s people living with HIV/AIDS and their supporters began taking radical direct action in cities across North America. Yet this history is in danger of being forgotten.

Sudbury Voices Event: Jamie West

grassrootssudburymedia — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:15:01 +0000

On May 8, 2013, the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op hosted a town hall meeting and community discussion. A panel of six residents of Sudbury who are deeply engaged with questions of what our community is and what it might become kicked off the evening, and lead into a larger conversation among the forty people who attended about what we want and how to get there.

Decolonizing the Airwaves: July 1st 7am to 7pm

communard — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:20:35 +0000

Mon Jul 1

Link:

http://ckut.ca/c/en/node/392

Honouring Truth

flux — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:16:11 +0000

Oct. 25 Public Reading Honouring Vancouver's Missing and Murdered Women

Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012

Time: Noon – 5: p.m.

Place: Vancouver Public Library Plaza, 350 West Georgia, Vancouver

Slam en joual vert dans la Baie-des-Chaleurs

communard — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 22:20:58 +0000

La Gaspésie actuelle, politique et critique, en slam avec Bilbo Cyr (été 2012)

NDP slams province on health care

grassrootssudburymedia — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:58:26 +0000

Frail seniors at risk: Gelinas

Two Sudbury area NDP candidates in the provincial election slammed their opponents, including Sudbury riding Liberal incumbent Rick Bartolucci, over health care deficiencies.

Campaign Launch: Poverty Free Ontario

cait — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:02:59 +0000

A series of photographs from today's launch of the Poverty Free Ontario Campaign in Sudbury. The following is the press release:

GroundWire Podcast | Abdelkhadr Belaouni -- Student Poverty

GroundWire — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:28:29 +0000

November 9 - 20

groundwire.ncra.ca

THE HEADLINES:

In Montreal, migrant justice advocates are celebrating a significant victory this week in the case of Abdelkader Belaouni. Aaron Lakoff | CKUT

From Vancouver, perspectives on the disruption of the Victoria torch relay and where the resistance movement is headed. VanRad Collective

In Toronto, students have had enough of living below the poverty line. The Student Day of Action on November 5th saw crowds demanding lower tuition fees, as recession job losses target youth, part-time and racialized workers. Omme Salma Rahemtullah | CHRY

THE FEATURES:

A recent Queen's University report indicates medical students want more training to help them treat people with intellectual disabilities. Indeed, 93 per cent feel training in intellectual disabilities should be improved. VoicePrint spoke with Dr. Philip Burge, author of the report.

November 20, 2009 marks 20 years since the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ontario youth in and from foster care got together to talk about the Convention's goals around education and if those goals are a reality in Ontario. Jacky Harrison | CHRY, with files from the Network Community Group and the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth.

A new report, A Flawed Compass, suggests the Correctional Service of Canada is trampling on the constitutional rights of prisoners. Authors Michael Jackson and Graham Stewart, as well as former inmates and activists, warn Canada is headed down the road to more rights abuses. Dee Le Comte | CKUT

This episode was anchored by Melissa Beckford and Ian Gormly, and produced by Alissa Tutay and Jacky Tuinstra Harrison. Music by Steel. Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.