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In this edition of Groundwire, we look into the story of two baristas from the Just Us coffee chain in Halifax fired for trying to unionize. With files from CKDU's From the Margins with Asaf Rashid.

We talk with one of the organizers of the May Day CLAC demonstration in Montreal, with files from CKUT's Off the Hour. 

And we hear coverage of Guelph's May Day demonstrations, by Mary Carl Guiao from CFRU. 

The latest groundwire episode has been produced by CHRW Radio Western in London Ontario.

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Produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, Quebec

Headlines

Tim Hortons announces a new policy regarding its pork supply chain marking a gradual shift in the fast food industry

Outside Canada opposition to Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline in central and eastern Canada continues - Melinda Tuhus, Between the Lines

A municipal bylaw continues to serve as a pretense for mass arrests in Montreal - Aaron Lakoff, Free Speech Radio News

And in a historic ruling, Jordan’s Principle (a child-first policy for First Nations children, who systemically receive less support than non-First Nations children) is applied for the first time - Moira Peters, Halifax Media Coop

Features

CKLB FM, a Native Communications station in the Northwest Territories stages its own Idle No More protest: the background and results - Erin Hudson, CKUT

Community Radio Report

Community radio is a reflection of their community but how flexible is that mandate? The question is examined through a look at the recent partnership between Seaside FM and the Canadian Armed Forces - Carla Green, CKUT

Featured artist: Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Shallow Waters

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Produced in Montreal at CKUT 90.3FM by Erin Hudson.

Headlines

Labour headline from Toronto on the ongoing fueler strike at Porter Airlines

$100 million cut to department of fisheries and oceans and a fish biologist’s comments

Enbridge’s Norman Wells pipeline spills for the fourth time

Features

One man’s deportation at Vancouver Airport and the media flurry that accompanied him - Sara K and arab_hero, Vancouver Media Coop

Video link: http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/video/solidarity-cbsa-deportee-oscar-mata/16864

Malthais Colomb Cree Nation gets served an injunction for two Idle No More demonstration: the history and implications - Douglas R. Thomas, Toronto Media Coop

Video links can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SVI38p2eniM

http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/video/mayan-nation-cree-nation-hudbay-minerals-finding-r/16130

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h76IrG7Y4HA

Music this week was by Northern Cree.

Headlines this week were written by Erin Hudson.

We also thank Frieda Warren, Isaac K. Oommen,and Douglas R Thomas.

Tune in again to hear GroundWire on your local community radio station, or download at groundwire.ncra.ca.

GroundWire is a project of the National Campus and Community radio Association.

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This edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec.

Headlines:

The street never forgets and never forgives; March 17 marks the 17^th International Day Against Police Brutality

Porter Airlines, a small airline operating out of Toronto Island’s Billy Bishop Airport is in bargaining with 22 of its workers, who walked off the job mid-January

A new project for abolition across Canada and the United States calls for contributions

Seven community television stations will now be available on Bell satellite much to the celebration of community broadcasters

On March 7 the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty staged an occupation of Metro Hall, refusing to leave after the City of Toronto made their intent to close down the shelter and re-stated their demands from a winter of actions

Finally the first annual Native hip hop festival will take place this August in Vancouver. Email highheattv@gmail.com for more information

Features:

Interview with Jennifer Allan of the Vancouver Cop Watch about the Human Rights Report on the RCMP and violence against Aboriginal Women – Helen Polychronakos, Rabble podcast The F Word

Next why genetically modified alfalfa is an important struggle for farmers and all of us too – Lucy Sharratt, CBAN

Interview with one environmentalist depicted in the recent documentary Eco Warriors, Derrick Jensen. The film examines the trend of labeling environmentalists as eco-terrorists and environmentalism as eco-terrorism

Finally Aaron Lakoff for Free Speech Radio News follows up on the Quebec summit on higher education held at the end of February

Community Radio Report:

Coming from CKGI on Gabriola Island in BC, a public and interactive dramatic community radio production is in the works and looking for talent, contact producer John Hague at newoldmedia@yahoo.com for more information

Music this week was by Samian.                         

Headlines this week were written by Erin Hudson.

We also thank Aaron Lakoff, Helen Polychronakos, Lucy Sharratt and Frieda Warren.

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This edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec.

Headlines:

The summit on higher education in Quebec is on the horizon - what are students hoping for?

Toronto becomes Solidarity City, passing access without fear legislation that ensures immigrants and or undocumented peoples will be given access to services without fearing their immigration status will obstruct the process

In Kahnawake Mohawk Territory located just off the Island of Montreal and landmark case between Kahanwake gas retailers and the Quebec and Canadian governments is now being decided upon

On February 25 the most watched human rights case in Canada began documenting the ongoing disparity between funding for First Nations child welfare programs across the country in comparison with non-First Nations child welfare

Features:

For nearly twelve years, Fergus O'Byrne, a program facilitator originally from Ireland and his son Fergus Brown O'Byrne, have been volunteering with the the Youth at the Hall program facilitated by the Folk Art Society in St. John's, Newfoundland. An examination of the role of the program for Celtic youth and keeping tradition alive  – Tristin Norenberg-Goodmanson, CHMR

Activist and founder of the Dalhousie Transition Year Program among many other things, Burnley Rocky Jones speaks on black history and present struggles – Hillary Bain Lindsay for Halifax’s Media Coop

Interview with Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas, an Aymara professor at the University of Ottawa – Toronto Media Coop

Music this week was by Stefan Christoff and Sam Shalabi.                         

Headlines this week were written by Erin Hudson.

We also thank Tristin Norenberg-Goodmanson and the Media Coop.

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This edition was produced by Erin Hudson at CKUT in Montreal Quebec.

Headlines:

A student-initiated group called the Cops Off Campus Coalition held a forum to discuss the presence of police officers at Toronto’s York University.

In British Columbia a school district bans teachers from wearing a T-shirt that displaying section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – the section that protects the freedom of expression

The Canadian government awards members of the Ontario Coalition of Chinese Head Tax Redress Activists with Jubliee Medals

And why one recipient of a Jubliee Medal, radio talk-show host Gurpreet Singh, refused his medal

Features:

An emergency action in Toronto is planned in response to the death of a homelessness man – Carla Green, CKUT

Students at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design disrupt a Board of Governors – the Halifax Media Coop

Community Radio Report:

Seven employees strike at three different radio stations in the Maritimes over a long-standing labour dispute important to the journalism industry at large – Stephanie Cram

Music by Stefan Christoff and Matana Roberts from the album Duets for Abdelrazik.

Headlines this week were written by Erin Hudson.

We also thank Frieda Warren, Stephanie Cram, Carla Green and Stefan Christoff. 

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Headlines: Reyes family deported from Montreal back to Mexico. Mexicans United for Regularization say that Canada deports 7 Mexicans per day.

Prisoners at Ontario Federal Women's Prison GVI and Prisoners' at CNCC in Penetanguishene fast in solidarity with Theresa Spence | Dee Prison Radio CKUT

Mohammad Mahjoub has most of his conditions dropped

Updates on Idle No More

Features: Innu Resistance to Plan Nord | Aaron Lakoff, CKUT Making Contact, http://www.radioproject.org/

Gunargie O'Sullivan did a 4 hour broadcast in support of Idle No More | Gunargie O'Sullivan, CFRO

Health 4 all, doctors, students and Activists call on the Ontario government to fill the gap in Refugee Health Care | Mina Ramos, CFRU

Community Radio Report on the 11th Annual Homelessness Marathon | Carly Forbes, CFRU

Credits: Hosted By: Asia Barclay and Garry Go

Contributors: Dee LeCompte, Gunargie O'Sullivan, Mina Ramos, Aaron Lakoff and Making Contact

Music: Inez Jasper - Sing Soul Girl, rpm.fm Heebz the Earth Child - Idle No More, rpm.fm

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First up we look at the Idle No More movement and listen to sounds recorded at demonstrations across the country.

Headlines:

The 12th Global Day of Action Against Racism and for the Rights of Migrant Workers, Refugees and Displaced People was celebrated across Canada including a recap of relevant figures from 2012 - not a banner year.

In Nova Scotia, the recent passage of the Missing Persons Act has residents concerned.

And finally, in Quebec the provincial government announced cuts to post-secondary institutions annual budget.

Features:

Cow Head residents meet with representatives a company about to embark on an experimental fracking project only to be informed that waste water would be bound for Nova Scotia.

And we listen to testimony from Lee Brain - the son of a Canadian oil tycoon - before the Enbridge Pipeline Project Joint Review panel. Music this week was by Montreal band Jazz Pad.

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Produced at CJLY, on Sinixt Traditional Territory in Nelson, BC. Groundwire looks back at some important environmental stories we covered in 2012, and we look ahead to 2013.

Bill C-38: The 400-plus page Omnibus Budget Bill, C-38, was passed into law in June 2012. The Bill will have a huge effect on environmental regulations across the country, especially as regards fish and fish habitat.

Groundwire looks back at three stories we covered this year related to Bill C-38 and fish habitat.

From April 2012: Catherine Fisher (CJLY, Nelson BC) spoke with spokesperson for Sinixt Nation in Canada, Marilyn James about what SHOULD be considered in any legislation that would effectively protect fish and fish habitat.

From Sept 2012, Nick Pannu (CJSF, Burnaby, BC) spoke with musician OSTWELVE at the Burrard Inlet Fish Festival in Port Moody, BC.

From November 2012: Vanessa Vyvial (CKUT, Montreal, Qc) spoke with Torrance Coste, a Vancouver campaigner with the Wilderness Committee, about the Cohen inquiry and report, and about how Parliament's approval of Bill C-38 will make the implementation of Cohen's recommendations to increase protection for Sockeye Salmon very difficult.

Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project: More than 130 First Nations and First Nations political organizations that have publicly declared their opposition to the Enbridge tankers and pipelines project. Many of the Environmental regulations weakened by the passing of Bill C-38 were passed with projects like the Northern Gateway in mind.

Groundwire covered various aspects of the proposed pipeline, Joint Review Process and the many protests against the project throughout 2012.

From January 2012, Ed Von Aderkas (CHRW, London, On) Groundwire spoke with Council of Canadians Energy and Climate Change Officer Andrea Harden-Donahue about Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver's comments attributing opposition to the NG pipeline to "foreign-backed extremists".

From June 2012: Michael Welch (CKUW, Winnipeg, Mb) spoke with Vice-President of Haida Nation, April Churchill during the Freedom Train against Enbridge stop in Winnipeg.

From July 2012, Lorraine Chisholm of the Redeye Collective (CFRO, Vancouver, BC) spoke with Art Sterritt, Executive Director of Coastal First Nations about Enbridge's misleading claims of broad support from First Nations for the Northern Gateway Project.

AbitibiBowater was Canada's third-largest pulp and paper company. It filed for insolvency protection in 2009, leaving behind sites contaminated by the company's mining, shipping, and pulp and paper operations in Newfoundland and Labrador.

From December 2012 Groundwire: Erin Hudson (CKUT, Montreal, Qc) spoke with Beatrice Olivasty, CEO of the environmental organization "Friends of the Earth" about the Supreme Court's ruling that the Province of Newfoundland should pick up the tab.

Bill C-45 and Idle No More: 'Idle No More' was initiated by four women who started organizing 'teach-ins' in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert to bring greater public awareness to Bill C 45 an omnibus bill containing changes to many current laws, including the Fisheries Act, the Indian Act, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the Employment Insurance Act.

From December 2012: Erin Hunter (CKUT, Montreal, Qc) reported on Bill C-45 and Idle No More. With files from the Halifax Media Coop.

Music by Buffy St. Marie, Rylan Kewen and Pauline Lamb

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