GroundWire | October 13, 2014

Oct 15, 2014

GroundWire | October 13, 2014

This week GroundWire was produced on unceded Attawandaron territory in Guelph, Ontario at CFRU by Jessie Winokur.
 
Headlines:
 
Comments from Dr. Rashmee Singh of the Department of Legal Studies and Sociology at the University of Waterloo on the dangers of Bill C36
Jessie Winokur, CFRU
 
The Mik'Maq Rights Initiative pushed for the resumption of consultations with Transport Canada surrounding development projects in Sydney Harbor, Cape Breton.
Noel Mano, CFRU
 
Educators in the B.C. school system continue to fight back against funding cuts
Jaimee-Lisa Cotter, CFRU
 
Sisters in Spirit organized a vigil in Guelph to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Jessie Winokur, CFRU
 
Features:
 
Latanya Grant and SESA Media talk about the murder of Jermaine Carby by police in Brampton, police brutality and anti-black racism | Shabina Lafleur Gangji, CFRU
 
Audrey Siegel and Woody Morrison discuss the injunction served to evict occupants of Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park | Gunargie O'Sullivan, CFRO
 
The First Nations Community of Shoal Lake 40 faces immense hardship 100 years after the development of water pipelines on their land | Michael Welch, CKUW
 
Community Radio Report
 
Peach City Board President Dave Del Rizzo talks about the station's application for an FM license, a new studio location, and a funding drive to make it happen | Ophira Horwitz
 
We thank our contributors Ophira Horwitz, Michael Welch, Jessie Winokur, SESA media, Shabina Lafleur-Gangji, Latanya Grant, Audrey Siegel, Woody Morrison, Gunargie O'Sullivan, Noel Mano, Jaimee-Lisa Cotter, Kellie Grant, Rashmee Singh. We also thank Audrey O'Breham and Courtney Harrop.