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GroundWire | Housing in the Budget, Fontaine Boushie Protest Camp, International Women's Day

GroundWire Production — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:52:04 +0000

Community Radio News from Coast to Coast to Coast

This episode of GroundWire was produced on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit in Toronto by the GroundWire National Coordination Team, hosted by Omme-Salma Rahemtullah.

GroundWire | October 9, 2017

GroundWire Production — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:42:23 +0000

Wild Salmon Protectors demonstration, Rally in Quebec welcomes Refugees, and Racism in Winnipeg

This episode of GroundWire is hosted by participants attending the Grassroots Radio Confere

GroundWire | Feb 27

GroundWire Production — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 21:37:24 +0000

Sanctuary City, Workers in Halifax Commemorate Strike, Indigenous Writing and Literacy

This episode of GroundWire was produced on Haudenosaunee and Anishinabe traditional territory in Kingston by CFRC.

Headlines:

Have a Heart Day - a child and youth-led reconciliation event | Doug Farquhar, CFRC

Food service workers strike at the University of Toronto’s satellite campus in Scarborough | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GW

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 | 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.

GroundWire | April 14, 2015

GroundWire Production — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:37:23 +0000

Pipelines Edition

This episode of GroundWire was produced at radio station CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Occupied Anishinaabe-Aking and the Homeland of the Metis. It was hosted by Dave Quanbury and Sara Arenson.

GroundWire | February 25, 2015 & March 3, 2015 | Homelessness Marathon Edition

GroundWire Production — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 19:05:07 +0000

This edition of GroundWire was produced by Ophira Horwitz and Cam Willis on unceded Anishinabe and Haudensaunee territories at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, Ontario.

KNOCK KNOCK

The Leveller — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:42:06 +0000

Canada Post Not There

Ottawa residents will not be escaping the first round of service cuts by Canada Post.

GroundWire September 1, 2014

GroundWire Production — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:55:24 +0000

This week GroundWire was produced on unceded Coast Salish Territory at CJSF in Burnaby by Maegan Thomas.

Headlines:

Blacklisting Migrant Workers

valcroft — Tue, 06 May 2014 16:53:47 +0000

Guatemalans speaking out against abuse expelled from temporary foreign worker program

GUATEMALA CITY—When Jose Sicajau left his community in Guatemala to participate in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, he hoped to make enough money doing seasonal agriculture work to be able to provide for his family back home.

In Support of Sex Workers - Ottawa Teach-In re: Bedford Case on Prostitution Laws

waawaaskesh — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:57:00 +0000

Highlights from a June 8 Community Teach-In as part of a national day of action in support of decriminalization and in solidarity with sex workers. The Bedford case challenging three prostitution laws will be heard by the Supreme Court on June 13.

Speakers:

Canadian and international sex workers denied leave to intervene in Supreme Court Case on Prostitution Laws

waawaaskesh — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:21:40 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Ottawa Axes EI Benefits for Migrant Workers

The Leveller — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:48:28 +0000

Workers pay in but can’t cash out

Junior Sylvester of Trinidad & Tobago is a 12-year veteran worker employed under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. He thinks of himself as an honorary citizen. The 48-year-old father of six works long hours picking apples in Ontario when they are in season – tobacco in the off-season – for minimum wage.

Historical Amnesia and the War of 1812

The Leveller — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:54:40 +0000

Constructing Canadian Identity

Two hundred years ago, the War of 1812 erupted between the United States and Great Britain in what is today southern Ontario. The notion of a shared interest and bravery among Indigenous, Black, English and French populations in the face of an aggressive invader is popular in the Canadian imaginary; at least, that’s what the Canadian government wants you to believe.

Labour Flies on the Radar of the Conservatives

The Leveller — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:38:36 +0000

With the Harper government’s history of undermining bargaining rights and passing employer-friendly legislation, it should come