Tomorrow on EG Radio: our ‘Forward on Climate’ special show!
I attended the huge Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C. last week and tomorrow I’ll be playing speeches from the rally by Van Jones of Rebuild the Dream, Bill…
2013
New Map: Calgary-Centre by-election results.
TweetElections Canada recently released the official poll-by-poll results of the November 26, 2012 federal by-election in Calgary-Centre. The hotly contested by-election was narrowly won by Conservative Joan Crockatt, who fended…
Sandy Pond Alliance court case to decide fate of lakes across Canada
By: Council of Canadians (Press Release)| Feb. 26, 2013: St. John’s, NL – The Federal Fisheries Act was intended to protect fish and fish habitat in part by prohibiting the…
The Meter | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Human Rights Watch To Thailand: Investigate Environmentalist’s Murder
Prajob exposed toxic waste dump; more than 30 activists killed since 2001 By: Human Rights Watch (Press Release)| Feb. 27, 2013: BANGKOK – Thai authorities should immediately investigate the murder…
Villagers With Pitchforks
Looks like these folks need some direction: I suspect young Tim Hudak would like to provide it for them. Recommend this Post
The daily momentum watch #lpcldr
Video of the candidate with the “wind at her back.” On how she’s bringing new people into the party, will rebuild it as priority number one…and so on. Well worth…
Supreme Court Rules In Whatcott Case
If you wish to read the entire decision, you can do so here. However, as a bit of a summary, the court upheld the Taylor decision reasserting that laws against…
Kevin Rashid Johnson and Oregon’s Isolation Torture Unit
This is an update about Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, a prisoner activist and intellectual who is currently in a dire situation in Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon. As was reported…
Indigenous Peoples Lead Largest Climate Change Rally in Los Angeles History!
Idle No More! “Stephen Harper has awoken a sleeping giant”
Pharmacare 2020: A remedy for an accident of history
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Medicare system stops the minute a doctor writes a prescription. On the second day of Pharmacare 2020, the talk turned to how we get to a quality…
Hate speech
Today’s decision in Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott, 2013 SCC 11 upholds stringent hate speech legislation. The Court goes so far as to hold ‘truthful statements can be presented…
The house that the Canucks built
Oh my God this is so amazing.
‘Freedom to Read Week’ right time to assess corporate media censorship
I’ve been deeply involved in journalism for 40 years, and I’ve never experienced a time like this when mass media corporations are feeding us such distorted, one-sided news and opinion.…
Fractured Land Subject Caleb Behn in Vancouver to Discuss Indigenous Law, Resources
Caleb Behn, a young, Indigenous law student from northeast BC and the subject of the forthcoming documentary film Fractured Land, will be at the Vancouver Public Library this Thursday evening…
The bumpy road to Boomer responsibility
Is there a Baby Boomer so dim in this land of rackets and swindles who thinks that he or she will escape the wrath of the Millennials rising? The developing…
New Pope: New suggested attire
These jeans are made by an Italian company BasicSpa with an approved patent. BasicSpa owns the patent and exclusive rights to produce the Jesus Jeans. Here is a sample: For…