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GroundWire Podcast: Tar Sands - Midwifery - Equity

Submitted by GroundWire on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 14:11

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.

Missing Justice Panel Discussion

Submitted by Test User 3 on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 15:40

With Melanie Morrison from Kahnawke, Kary Ann Deer, of PAQ and QNW, Craig Benjamin, of Amnesty International, and Yasmin Jiwani, from Concordia University.

 

 

GroundWire Sept.11-Sept.18 | Remembering Darcy Allan Sheppard, Pedal for the Planet

Submitted by GroundWire on Mon, 09/14/2009 - 11:12

Welcome to this edition of GroundWire: Community Radio News from across Canada. Headlines include: -Pedal for the Planet on the way to Ottawa | Kesten Broughton -Remembering Darcy Allan Sheppard, colleagues mourn Toronto bike courier | Jacky Tuinstra Harrison CHRY Features: - OHIP for International Students: Why the UHIP plan won't do| Christopher Currier CFRC - Author Rod Michalko discusses his book, "The Difference That Disability Makes" | Catherine MacDonald and Paul Daniel VoicePrint - First Nations resistance to platinum mine in Big Lake | Courtney Kirkby CKUT Host(s): Kavita B & Scott Stevens Music by The Gertrudes and P.S I Love You.

GroundWire: Labour Day Edition

Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 16:09

Welcome to a Special Labour Day Edition of GroundWire, where we bring you a series of features on workers' rights in Canada.

But first the headlines: Hosted by Gianna Lauren (CKDU Halifax)

-Environmentalists oppose Hanlan Creek development as it threatens Guelph's old growth forest and protected species: Libby Drew (CFRC Kingston)

-Camp Out discusses LBGTQ Activism in the Maritimes: David Parker (CKDU Halifax)

In Campus and Community Radio Station News: Bill C-61 Update: As parliament resumes, consider writing your MP on the Digital Copyright fight: Charlotte Bourne (CJSF Burnaby)

Labour-Focused Features for Labour Day -Labour History takes Comic Form: Megan Turcato (CJSF Burnaby)

-CUPW supports union drive for Dynamax Couriers: Aaron Chubb and Alex Calderaro(CJSR Edmonton)

-Drop Fees campaign has anti-poverty message for student workers: Candace Mooers CHRY Toronto)

-Conservatives' Expansion of Canada's Temporary Worker Program means restrictions for refugees and fewer rights for racialized workers: Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY Toronto)

-"Scrap the Live in Caregiver Program" Voices of the Filipino Community in Canada: Produced by Candace Mooers and Ashkon Hobooti (CHRY Toronto)

This Edition of GroundWire hosted by Gianna Lauren, produced by David Parker at CKDU Halifax.

Facing the Future

Submitted by Maggie Hughes on Sun, 08/30/2009 - 18:22

Your just graduating School, but everything that you had planned when you started, has suddenly changed.
You have learned too much, too much to stay in school.

Something must change, it is your future your looking at and things are getting pretty grey with pollution.

The big Oil Corps are running the world, and what they want is threatening your very future.

One thing you can do is get informed, and get active. Don't wait for someone else to "get it". You know full well what's going on - even if you don't see it on your main stream tv.

Your learning it from the grass roots. You get your first hand news by throwing yourself out there and experiencing it first hand.

That's what guest Marya Folinsbee did. She headed for the Tar Sands and biked her way back down Alberta in an attempt to wake up the world.

We need more people like this. Way to go Marya.

"We don't want this to escalate"

Submitted by Test User on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 13:08

The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (or KI First Nation) are readying themselves to continue a battle that landed their Chief and Councilors all with a six month jail sentence in spring of 2008. The opponent: Platinex Corportation and the Ontario Mining Act, an act that was described as "archaic" in a Court of Appeal decision that reversed their sentencing after serving two months of the term. Talks were set to happen between the provincial government, the mining company and the KI leadership, but no such discussions have taken place, instead the community and the mining company are in the same position, with Platinex trying to prospect against community wishes. Yesterday, August 26th, Plantinex and the Ontario Provincial Police landed in the community, 600km north of Thunder Bay. In this interview, Native Solidarity News speaks with KI Councilor, Sam McKay, the day before Platinex arrived, about the community's position and the mounting tension between the mining company and KI.

GroundWire: August 14- August 31

Submitted by GroundWire on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 19:48

In this week's Edition of GroundWire:

Hosts Steve and Zoe from CJSR in Edmonton deliver community radio news, with contributions from campus-community stations and volunteers across Canada.

Headlines include:

-The one year commemoration of Fredy Villenueva's death at the hands of Montreal police | Aaron Lakoff CKUT

-The case against Carleton Professor Hassan Diab | Omme Rahemtullah CHRY

-International action against performing artists in Israel | Tariq Jeeroburkhan CKUT

Features:

-IWW organizing against Starbucks in Quebec | Aaron Chubb CJSR

-GroundWire update: Raids in the Palestinian village of Bil'in | Chris Albinati CKUT

-Legal aid for sex workers in Alberta | CJSR

National Events Listings and More!

Groundwire: July 31-August 13

Submitted by admin on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 21:07

Welcome to Groundwire's latest edition of national news from a grassroots perspective. This is the fourth bi-weekly edition of GroundWire - community news from coast-to-coast-to-coast.
Produced by UMFM in Montreal.

In this edition of GroundWire:

Headlines:

- Winnipeg worried over Privatized Water| Michael Elves UMFM

- Defining Sexual Assault in Winnipeg| Michael Elves UMFM

Features

- Mohammad Mahjoub's Hunger Strike at Kingston Penitentiary | Usman Mushtaak CFRC

- Olympic Update: Charter Battles for Women's Ski Jumpers | Sam Krevia CJSR

-- Simon Fraseer University Funding Mircomanaged by Government| Nina Halliday-Thompson CJSF

Canadian copyright and people with perceptual disabilities

Submitted by macho on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 23:22

This is a segment from Black Mask exploring Canadian copyright law's specific effects on people with perceptual disabilities.  Marc Workman of the Alliance for the Equality of Blind Canadians explains what's at stake, and the changes the AEBC is striving for.  We also hear briefly about Canada's attempt to block a Copyright exemption for blind people from an eposide of the podcast Search Engine.The piece is made available for use with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.

Groundwire June 27, 2009

Submitted by GroundWire on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 09:37

Presenting the June 27, 2009 Headlinse: With Narration from the Women's News Collective at CHRY 105.5FM

- Abousfian Abdelrazik Returns to Canada | David Koch (CKUT)

-Adil Charkaoui's Cross Canada Tour | David Parker (CKDU)

- CSIS Security Certificate Update and the Case of Mohamed Harkat | Tariq Jeeroburkhan from CKUT

- Toronto City Workers' Strike | Candace Mooers (CHRY)

-Ontario Labour Actions Increase: Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY)

-Canadian Companies Sued by Palestinian Community of Bil'in: Libby Drew (CHSR) and Chris Albinati (CKUT)

Presenting the June 27, 2009 Features:

The National Community Radio Conference in Montreal: A Year in Community Radio. CHRY's Jacky Tuinstra Harrison talks with volunteers, speakers and organizers about the future of community radio in Canada and the spirit of volunteerism at this year's annual conference.

On Friday, June 19th, the National Association of Friendship Centres hosted a forum on Urban First Nations issues in Ottawa, with three candidates for the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations: Shawn Atleo, John Beaucage and Perry Bellegarde. Lisa Abel CHUO With threats to form a Caledonia militia aimed against Aboriginal activists, Jesse Zimmerman of CHRY brings us voices from a counter-protest, re-asserting territorial rights for six nations indigenous peoples. The June 27, 2009 edition of GroundWire was produced by CHRY 105.5FM in Toronto

For more information:

groundwire@ncra.ca

groundwire.ncra.ca

GroundWire 2009 June 12 Edition

Submitted by GroundWire on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 01:02

GroundWire is a twice-monthly dose of grassroots independent journalism from the campus community radio sector of Canada.

This is the first bi-weekly edition of GroundWire, thanks to a grant from the Canadian Media Fund.

Presenting the June 12, 2009 Features:

- Akwesasne Mohawks stand off against the Canadian Border Services Agency | Laurin Liu (CKUT)

- Riot police evict squatters at the Autonomous Social Centre in Montreal | David Koch (CKUT)

- Toronto commemorates Injured Workers Day, June 1st | Krisitn Schwartz (CHRY)

- Opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands is on the rise | Chris Albinati (CKUT)

- Alberta continues to debate the controversial Bill 44 | Joe Burima (CJSW)

The following are the Headlines for June 12, 2009:

Stop the Raids campaign launched in Toronto. | Omme Rahemtullah (CHRY)

Montrealers called on the government to bring Abousfian Abdelrazik home. | Andrea Macnevin (CKDU)

We are looking for contributions for our next edition. Interested in participating? email news@ckdu.ca to find out how.

The June 12 edition of GroundWire was produced at the National Campus and Community Radio Conference in Montreal, June 8-13, 2009.

For more information, visit: groundwire.ncra.ca

Interview with Laurie Odjick

Submitted by Maya on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 20:34

Maisy Odjick, a 16 year-old from the Algonquin community of Kitigan Zibi near Maniwaki (Quebec) has been missing since September 8, 2008. In the words of Laurie Odjick, Maisy’s mother, the response of police services has been “incompetent, unprofessional, uncooperative [and] unaccountable.” The May 2009 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio features an interview with Laurie Odjick, who has been organizing and struggling for justice and answers in the case of her missing daughter.

Interview with Ellen Gabriel

Submitted by Maya on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 20:19

For background and analysis about the campaign for justice for the more than 500 murdered, missing and disappeared indigenous women and girls in Canada since 1980, the May 2009 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio features an interview with Ellen Gabriel of the Quebec Native Women’s Association.

Interview with Kary Ann Deer

Submitted by Maya on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 03:07

June 18, 2009 marks the 3rd anniversary of the disappearance of Mohawk woman Tiffany Morrison from Kahnawake, Quebec. Community members, supporters from nearby Montreal, and a coalition of human rights groups will gather for a memorial walk and candlelight vigil on Thursday June 18, 8pm, at the Grounds beside the K103 Radio Station in Kahnawake. In the event of rain it will be at the Legion Hall nearby. If you are leaving from Montreal there are two buses leaving Angrignon station at 7pm, and return at 10:30pm. To reserve a spot on a bus, please contact Kary Ann Deer at Quebec Native Women Inc (450)632-0088 ext.221.

More information on Tiffany’s disappearance is available at Amnesty International Canada’s Website at: www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_tiffany_morrison.php

Sisters in Spirit will be hosting a workshop on Wednesday, June 17 5:30 pm at the Golden Age Club in Kahnawake, located next door to K103 Radio. A light meal will be served at 5:00 pm. It will be an opportunity for community members to discuss and strategize on the issues surrounding missing Aboriginal women.

Tiffany, a mother in her twenties, is one of more than 500 Indigenous women who have been murdered or gone missing in Canada since 1980. The June 2009 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio features an interview with Kary Ann Deer of Quebec Native Women (QNW), who is also a community member and a vigil organizer.

Headlines for the week of May 24th, 2009

Submitted by ckutheadlines on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 18:04

- Inquest for Villaneuva indefinitely suspended

- Sri Lankan refugees may spend up to 2 years in refugee camps

- Majority of Canadians want Canada out of Afghanistan

- Activist arrested for protecting Secwepemc land

- Draft law passed in Israel would make public commoration of Nakba illegal

- Community up in arms over weapons show in Landsdowne

- Alberta Premier formalizes relationship with OPEC facilitating investment in Alberta Tar Sands

Headlines for the week of May 10th, 2009

Submitted by ckutheadlines on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 16:59

This week:

LOCAL
-Hey Montreal! How about an open-pit mine in YOUR backyard?

NATIONAL
-The fight rages on in Federal Court to free blacklisted Abdelrazik from indefinite detention in Canada’s Sudanese embassy

-Liberal MP Underpays & Overworks Migrant Workers in Her Home: Activists Talk Back

INTERNATIONAL
-Civilian Deaths Keep Piling Up in Aghan Quagmire

-French Government Prepares to Clamp Down on Information Pirates
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You can read more news from the grassroots at dominionpaper.ca

Thanks as always to the Dominion, and our contributors June Belshaw, , Brodie MacRae, TJ Khan, ---- and the CKUT Community News Collective., David Koch, TJ Jhan, Brodie MacRae

Headlines for the week of March 29th, 2009

Submitted by ckutheadlines on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 13:51

In Brief:

NATIONAL:

Vancouver - Police shoot and kill homeless man

Canada / US - Plans for new pollution control zones for coastal ports

Canada - British MP Galloway banned from entry on grounds of "national security";

Canada - Censorship and government compliance: Galloway speaks over Internet stream instead // 1952: Paul Robeson's speech

INTERNATIONAL:

Europe - 60th NATO summit this week; Peace activists organize to protest

Israel - Israeli military's lawyer calls soldier misconduct "based on hearsay"

Middle East/Africa - Arab League rejects decision of International Criminal Court, supporting Sudanese Pres. Omar El-Bashir
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Thanks this week to our friends at the Dominion, and our contributors: Fabrice Fotso, Caitlyn Chappel, Anabel Khoo, Laura Glowacki, Chris Albinati, Laurin Liu, David Koch, TJ Khan and Juniper Belshaw of the CKUT Community News Collective.

If rebroadcast, comments/feedback/questions, please contact headlines@ckut.ca

Headlines for week of March 22nd, 2009

Submitted by ckutheadlines on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 15:51

Headlines for the week of March 22nd, 2009
runs 11 min, 50 sec

LOCAL:

Montreal – Community-based education initiatives offer another season of alternative learning

NATIONAL:

Alberta – Canada's first private nuclear power generator proposed site faces criticism

Canada – Three Billion $ stimulus package approved in House of Commons

Canada – Government trying to re-impose conditions on Adil Charkaoui

INTERNATIONAL:

Istanbul – Fifth annual World Water Forum and international criticism

Malawi – World Tuberculosis Day and Malawi's National TB Control Program

Afghanistan – Five more deaths from suspected US airstrikes on Pakistan/Afghan border
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Thanks this week to our friends at the Dominion, and our contributors Laura Glowacki, Juniper Belshaw, Brodie Macrae, Caitlyn Chapell, and Faberice of the CKUT Community News Collective.

If rebroadcasted, comments/feedback/questions please contact: headlines@ckut.ca