Tent City Vancouver, #JusticeforAbdiRahman, CRTC dismissal of Commissioner Shoan

Aug 2, 2016

Tent City Vancouver, #JusticeforAbdiRahman, CRTC dismissal of Commissioner Shoan

This episode of GroundWire was produced by volunteers at Kootenay Co-op Radio on Sinixt traditional  territory in Nelson BC
 
Headlines:
 
  • Charges Laid in Lemon Creek fuel spill | Catherine Fisher, CJLY
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  • The CBSA denies the Lakatos family’s humanitarian application | Geneva Gleeson, CKUT
 
  • World Listening Day, July 18th | Catherine Fisher, CJLY
Features:
 
  • Abdirahman Abdi dies following injuring sustained during violent arrest in Ottawa | Jessica Szarek, CKUT
 
  • Tent City at 58 West Hastings St, Vancouver | Gunargie O’Sullivan, CFRO; Catherine Fisher, CJLY
 
Community Radio Report:
 
The recent dismissal of Commissioner Raj Shoan from the CRTC points to larger issues of systemic racism within the CRTC and across the media landscape in Canada  | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire
 
Music:
 
  • James Keelaghan, from “A Few Simple Verse”
  • Quatuor Bozzini, from “Still Image”