Health

SEPTEMBER 26 | Special report: Resistance to pipelines rising at the Sacred Stone Camp

GroundWire Production — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:14:12 +0000

This week GroundWire is produced at CHUO FM, on Algonquin traditional territory in Ottawa.

Headlines

In Saskatchewan, physicians and activists have called upon the provincial government to declare a state of emergency over the AIDS crisis, one that is predominantly effecting the Indigenous community. | Lindsay Nixon, CKUT

Full Moon Memory Walk takes place in Thunder Bay | Jayal Chung and Carly Forbes, CILU

The Petronas Project and the LNG Pipe Dream

Ashley Zarbatany — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 05:49:16 +0000

Common sense suggests that any project which would devastate one of the largest and most fragile salmon estuaries in the world is short-sighted and ill-advised. However, the proposed Pacific Northwest Liquefied Natural Gas (PNW LNG) terminal would do just that. Instead of facing condemnation, it's being touted by the B.C.

GroundWire | September 15, 2015

GroundWire Production — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:16:19 +0000

This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional Mohawk territory at CKUT in Montreal.

GroundWire | June 22, 2015

GroundWire Production — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 04:28:52 +0000

Red Jam Slam Radio Festival, Bill C-24, Thunder Pride, Refugee Healthcare

This episode of GroundWire was produced in Tiohtià:ke also known as Montreal on unceded Mohawk territory by Marilla Steuter-Martin and co-hosted by Catlin Spencer at CJLO 690 am.

Cops Blink on Tent City Takedown

flux — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:35:56 +0000

OPPENHEIMER PARK - Strong camper, supporter, legal observer and media presence at the Homeless Tent City kept Vancouver Police at bay last night. The City of Vancouver had a court order for the VPD to move in and dismantle the three-month-old Indigenous camp and arrest campers as of 10pm, but they held off.

Ni Québec, ni Canada : comprendre la colonisation d’ici pour mieux s’y opposer

communard — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:54:16 +0000

Subhead:

durant la semaine ALT 101 Week 2014

Fri Sep 5

city:

so-called ''Ottawa'', Unceded Algonquin Territory

Venue:

Lamoureux 477 à l'Université d'Ottawa

organizer contact:

niquebecnicanada@riseup.net

niquebecnicanada.jpg

Link:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ni-Qu%C3%A9bec-ni-Canada-tourn%C3%A9e-anticolonialiste/1419364271634433

*atelier multimédia *

Off the Hour Live @ the PSF in Ottawa – Anti-Colonial Hour

communard — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22:10:43 +0000

Off the Hour was broadcasted live from the People’s Radio, a pirate radio at the People’s Social Forum in Ottawa on August 22!

Featured on the show:

-Dr Lynn Gehl, Algonquin, on respectful relations between indigenous and settlers

Elsipogtog Solidarity Action Shuts Vancouver Port

flux — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:21:55 +0000

COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Activists blocked access to the federal Port of Vancouver for an hour early this morning as part of an International Day of Action in Support of Elsipogtog Land Defenders in New Brunswick.

BC Premier's House 'Fracked'!

flux — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:34:36 +0000

COAST SALISH TERRITORY - Activists set up a "fracking rig" on BC Premier Christy Clark's front lawn in Vancouver this morning. The premier was at home, but declined an invitation from the activists to join them to "celebrate her efforts to promote more hydrolic fracturing in BC" and sign away her water rights.

Evidence 4 Democracy

We R the People — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:58:37 +0000

No science, No Evidence, No Truth, No Democracy

Evidence for Democracy held their second annual rally in support for scientists and science on Parliament Hill on Monday, September 16, 2013. The organization was born from last year’s rally, a mock funeral for the death of evidence based decision making in Canada.

Decolonizing the Airwaves: July 1st 7am to 7pm

communard — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:20:35 +0000

Mon Jul 1

Link:

http://ckut.ca/c/en/node/392

On the loss of the National Aboriginal Health Organization - interview w/ Simon Brascoupé, CEO

waawaaskesh — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:33:17 +0000

A 20-min interview on the work NAHO had been doing and what it will mean now that the organization has been closed due to a federal government 2012 budget funding cut decision.

For related article published in Anishinabek News:
http://anishinabeknews.ca/2013/05/28/millions-sought-naho-information/

Video and article by Greg Macdougall,

Call Us Crazy

SandraCuffe — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:28:35 +0000

Mad movements organize against ableism, mentalism and more

OTTAWA—People are Mad. And they’re doing something about it.

Corporatizing Marijuana

The Leveller — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:55:12 +0000

Health Canada reforms take medicine out of patients’ hands

Changes called the Marijuana Medical Regulatory Reform (MMRR) risk punishing economically marginalized patients and growers, while pushing the herbal medica

Groups Demand Health Care For All

The Leveller — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:48:58 +0000

Tory changes to IFHP negatively affect refugees in need of care

A pregnant woman suffering from abdominal pain enters the Crossroads Clinic at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.