Tar Sands

June 5 | Two Spirit Pow Wow, Walk 4 Salish Sea, Prison Farms & Homalco First Nation Radio gathering

GroundWire Production — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 21:06:02 +0000

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Energy East, the New Brunswick Chiefs, and Angie Leonard's proposal

Miles Howe — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:45:08 +0000

Docs show pipeline communication block led to organizational meltdown

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- Internal documents obtained by the Halifax Media Co-op suggest that something has gone very wrong with the Aboriginal consultation file in New Brunswick over Trans Canada's proposed Energy East pipeline.

Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Suzanne Patles @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:19:04 +0000

Suzanne Patles, one of many warriors attacked in a dawn raid by RCMP (physically assaulted with assault rifles) along with many youth, elders and community members for peacefully trying to protect their water by blockading fracking equipment, shares her experiences at a strategy session as part of the Mi’kmaq Warriors west coast speaking tour.

Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Coady Jipol @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:55:47 +0000

Coady shares his personal story, which turns the scholarly term ‘transgenerational historic trauma’ into an easily understood truth, and explains why he had no choice but to become a warrior to attempt to end the colonial-serving cycle of violence he has been born into.

Countdown to Armageddon!

stimulator — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:40:52 +0000

Originally published on submedia.tv

VOICES from Downstream of the Tar Sands

maxwellc — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:28:24 +0000

Tue Apr 27

city:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Venue:

St. Andrew’s United Church

Address:

Coburg at Robie Streets

Cost:

Free

organizer contact:

Gretchen Fitchgerald at gretchenf@sierraclub.ca or 444-3113 or Linda Scherzinger at lindakseven@gmail.com or 425-0339.

Link:

http://www.keepersofthewater.ca/

WHAT: Hear from First Nation’s people who live there what effects the tar
sands has on the Athabasca watershed and on the people who live downstream
and why it is important that we all take action. “Downstream”, the short
documentary film by Academy Awards Nominee Leslie Iwerks will also be shown.

Harper in the Hot Seat

Moira Peters — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:16:32 +0000

Canada spanked and spoofed in Copenhagen over tar sands development, resistance to global emissions targets

As international delegates resumed negotiations for a global plan to address climate change at the Bella Centre in the outskirts of Copenhagen, Canadian and American Indigenous groups led a rally outside the Canadian Embassy in the city center calling for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to shut down the Athabasca tar sands, Canada's greatest single contributor to domestic greenhouse gas, and the lar

GroundWire Podcast: Tar Sands - Midwifery - Equity

GroundWire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:42 +0000

October 23 - November 9

Welcome to the latest edition of GroundWire: October 26 - November 9.

HEADLINES:

Jane Kirby of CKDU speaks with pro-choice advocate Sarah Woolf about the recent shutdown of the event "Echoes of the Holocaust" at McGill, which compares abortion to genocide.

Drug addictions can have a significant effect on children. Jay Peachy of CJSF spoke with one artist in Vancouver who decided to take a bold view on the topic.

Activists for accessibility and disability awareness say many dentists are wary of treating the disabled. For Handilink and for GroundWire, Cameron Wells speaks with Ali Sigal, who wants to change that.

STATION REPORT:

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison of CHRY descends on Kingston, Ontario, to document the Ontario Regional Conference of the NCRA.

FEATURES:

80 years after women gained the right to run for office, Canada is still far away from gender equity in government. Erica Butler of CKDU looks at one initative across the country that is fighting this inequality.

The VanRad Collective presents voices in opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands including Mike Mercredi of Fort Chipewyan and Mike Hudema of GreenPeace, in a special feature for GroundWire.

Gretchen King and Saja Marouf of CKUT collect interviews while attending the 10th anniversary celebration of the legalization of midwifery in Quebec.

This episode was anchored by Melissa Albiani and Matt Rawle, and produced by Melissa Albiani, with editorial support and coordination by David Parker, Jacky Tuinstra Harrison and Courtney Kirkby.

Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.