GroundWire | February 15, 2016: Anti-racist activism, MMIW march, water sustainability act
Feb 16, 2016
GroundWire | February 15, 2016: Anti-racist activism, MMIW march, water sustainability act
Episode Description:
This episode of GroundWire was produced by volunteers at Kootenay Co-op Radio on Sinixt traditional territory in Nelson BC.
Headline
Anti-racist and anti-fascist activists come out in Montreal to disrupt an event planned by the Islamophobic group Pegida | Aaron Lakoff, CKUT
Features
Hundreds attended the 26th annual Women’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside | Gunargie O’Sullivan, CFRO
British Columbia’s new Water Sustainability Act comes into effect soon requiring licenses and groundwater regulation | Catherine Fisher, CJLY
Community Radio Report
CRTC is reviewing its policy on community and local television in Canada | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire
Music this week was from the NCRA’s newly released “Unloggable: Music under a Minute” compilation, available at ncra.ca.
We thank all our contributors this week, Catherine Fisher, Mat Wilush and Audrey O Breham
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