Monthly Archives: April 2011

Winds of Change: Nukes or Alt Energy, Urban Sprawl, and Vancouver’s DTES

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Stever Cornwell is an Energy Organizer with Greenpeace.  He informs us about Canada’s nuclear power industry and its relationship to government, about some of the fallout from Chernobyl and Fukushima, about nuclear waste, and about some of the clean alternative … Continue reading →

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Hidden News – Murray Dobbin and Canada’s Federal Election

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Hidden News with Mehdi Najari:  Thankfully, Canada’s elections are only a month (rather than a year) wrong, although we know that re-election is always influencing the minds of people whose paycheques depend on it.  On April 19th Mehdi talked politics … Continue reading →

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Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Justin Piché, Brian Scarf – Mon. Apr. 18, 2011

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Justin Piché is the publisher of the blog ‘Tracking Crime and Punishment in Canada,’ and is co-managing editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons, or JPP.org. He is a PhD candidate in the ABD department of Sociology and Anthropology … Continue reading →

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two native elders from lillooet more concerned about wilderness than $$

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

The BC Government and BC Hydro seem more concerned with providing energy for export than Indigenous Rights, or preserving wilderness and wildlife for future generations.  Roger Adolph and Marvin (Butch) Bob are former chiefs in the Lillooet region of British … Continue reading →

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still no green party voices in canada’s federal debates

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

Hidden News:  While Elizabeth May and the Green Party still aren’t allowed to participate in this great “democratic” nation’s federal debates, even though most Canadians (I think) would agree that the Greens are a legitimate party playing a significant political … Continue reading →

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women among warlords, and men who support them

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook:  Sandra Finley is a long-time activist, writer, and researcher. She is the former leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan, who has now tossed her hat into the federal arena as the federal Green Party … Continue reading →

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labour unions, activism, surviving the future

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

Labour unions, in the USA and Canada, are challenged with neo-conservative agendas that seek to dismantle them altogether.  As the saying goes, if you enjoy the weekend thank a labour unionist.  If not for worker’s rights we’d all be working … Continue reading →

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