http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/16351/0 en http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/struggles-papua-new-guinea-and-dominican-republic/36720 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Community Advocates speak inside the meeting, while supporters rally outside </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2016_1.jpg" alt="" title="Cressida Kuala addresses a crowd." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31224228_1796524533984297_6931865765914083328_n.jpg" alt="" title="The hand-painted poster board signs were made by highschoolers who had visited the Pueblo Viejo mine. Since 2014, over 100 high school and university students have visited communities next to Barrick&#039;s Pueblo Viejo mine, and yet Barrick still denies that there is a problem. These students now come to protest Barrick every year, and will help push Barrick past the tipping point to admitting these abuses." width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31290731_10160497834975193_677641304032815654_n.jpg" alt="" title="Klaire Gain and Cressida Kuala addressed shareholders inside the meeting, and supporters outside." width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/40784880325_7214062f85_z.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/40784904845_575ed78c2b_h_1.jpg" alt="" title="Crowd shot outside Barrick AGM. Photo: Alan Pike" width="450" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31206561_1796662023970548_1840828794156351488_n.jpg" alt="" title="After rallying outside the AGM, supporters marched to Barrick&#039;s headquarters at Front and King." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31206660_10155167142862391_619368666538170052_n.jpg" alt="" title="Outside Barrick&#039;s HQ, posters and banners were placed on the floor, while people held vigil outside on the street until 5pm, engaging passersby." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31301622_10155167142872391_5443446309081639610_n.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/31189827_10155167142922391_2065489591706009120_n.jpg" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>Peter Munk&rsquo;s death made headlines across Canada and front-page news in Toronto. </div><p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/struggles-papua-new-guinea-and-dominican-republic/36720" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/struggles-papua-new-guinea-and-dominican-republic/36720#comments Compiled by Sakura Saunders/Mining Injustice Solidarity Network Direct Action Education Environment Gender Indigenous Solidarity Barrick Gold Cressida Kuala mining injustice Peter Munk png Porgera mine Pueblo Viejo Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:29:19 +0000 Sakura Saunders 36720 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/barrick-gets-called-out-sirens-sound-red-alert-pue/36516 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18055940_1664168163886602_7132092723046346193_o_0.jpg" alt="" title="These two quotes are from community members next to Barrick&#039;s Pueblo Viejo mine. The people holding the signs were part of university delegations to the Pueblo Viejo mine, where Western University students learn first hand of the impact the Pueblo Viejo mine has on local residents. PHOTO: Allan Lissner" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>At Barrick Gold&#39;s annual general meeting today, Brock University masters student Klaire Gain took the mic during question period. She has led and participated in delegations to Barrick and Goldcorp&#39;s Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic several times over the past four years, in solidarity with communities impacted by Barrick&#39;s operations there.</p> <p><a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/barrick-gets-called-out-sirens-sound-red-alert-pue/36516" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/barrick-gets-called-out-sirens-sound-red-alert-pue/36516#comments MISN posting for Klaire Gain Direct Action Education Environment Solidarity Barrick Gold community impacts deaths goldcorp livestock Pueblo Viejo red alert Tue, 25 Apr 2017 21:41:59 +0000 Sakura Saunders 36516 at http://toronto.mediacoop.ca