Environment

enbridge valve site sabotaged - again

snaveg — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:45:08 +0000

line 9 shut off & line 7 valve tampered with in hamilton, on

our hearts were bursting with love and cheer after hearing of the many times our friends have courageously shut down pipelines in recent months. so in the early hours of january 25,2016 we found our own courage and took action against enbridge and their line 9.

Testing Toxic Waters

aaronc — Fri, 29 May 2015 19:55:04 +0000

Aamjiwnaang First Nation seeks to chart the pollution in their creek

"How polluted is the creek that runs through our community?" That is what members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation want to know and it’s an important question considering they live in an area known as Chemical Valley.

Parodia en la Convención de PDAC: Entre la burla a lo absurdo, y la tragedia de esta realidad.

Rachel Small — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:33:16 +0000

Dando la bienvenida a la “Convención empresarial, colonial, supervillana más grande del mundo”

El día de hoy, en el evento más grande de la industria minera, miembros del grupo Red Contra la Minería Injusta (MISN por sus siglas en inglés), tomaron las calles, dándole la bienvenida a los invitados de la Asociación de Empresas de Exploración y Desarrollo Minero (PDAC por sus siglas en inglés), a la “Convención empresarial, colonial, supervillana más grande del mundo

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Lea nuestro programa paródico (en inglés)

Pipeline Realpolitik: Delay of Enbridge Line 9 Not a Victory, But a Turning Point

Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:52:44 +0000

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Toronto350.org or its members. Presence of organizational emblem not be taken to confer endorsement.

Pipeline Resistance Costs Statoil in the Tar Sands

jenrmills — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:31:20 +0000

In New York recently, not only did Prime Minister Harper skip the UN Climate Summit, but the Canadian governm

Four Things You Should Know About This Week’s Toronto City Council Meetings

Brad Evoy — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:48:45 +0000

With Toronto City Council meeting daily Monday to Friday in two different meetings, a lot can happen that impacts life in the City of Toronto. Here is our rundown of four items you should know about.

Ex-Environment Minister Twitter account deleted after shameful debate on Line 9 (play-by-play in photos)

Sakura Saunders — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:51:51 +0000

It started as a simple response to a stupid comment. But, over the next 72 hours, a twitter war had developed and the victor had been clearly determined.

Like Oil & Water: BuzzFeed & Progressive Activism

Gerard Di Trolio — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:16:43 +0000

At midnight on Oct. 28, Amy Leaman and Josh Stuart posted on BuzzFeed.com, "10 Oil Spills That Look Like Justin Trudeau's Hair." By 5 p.m. it was gone.

At 6:02 p.m, Stuart received an e-mail from BuzzFeed Community Editor Cates Holderness that said the post "violated our community guidelines" with no other details.

Actions Against Enbridge, Line 9 & the Tarsands Continue in Hamilton

kai — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:51:02 +0000

Today a small group of people went door-to-door in Westover.

Make that mailbox-to-mailbox.

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brochure.pdf

GroundWire News - March 12, 2013 edition

GroundWire Production — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:34:47 +0000

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

Headlines:

The street never forgets and never forgives; March 17 marks the 17th 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

Aramark's 15-Year Contract at Trent University to Expire 2013

Zach Ruiter — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:12:03 +0000

Don Cumming, the Associate Vice President of Trent, told Arthur that information about fsStrategy’s work with other public post-secondary institutions is considered “proprietary commercial information” adding “the University has entered into an agreement not to reveal the consultant’s methodology to any other party.”

Informing the Public about Tritium nuclear waste contamination

Zach Ruiter — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:07:23 +0000

Convergence: Jo Hayward-Haines with Zach Ruiter and Jess Rowland

Raging Granny and KWIC radio host Jo Hayward-Haines in conversation with anti-nuclear activist filmmakers Zach Ruiter and Jessica Rowland about Tritium...

I hear I forget I see I remember I do I understand

Trent Arthur - The Video Zine - One Year of Student Journalism

Zach Ruiter — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:56:15 +0000

Arthur the Video Zine presents the collected multi-media work of Zach Ruiter and Anthony Gulston who covered the neo-liberal administration's attack on the student press at the same time as it was marketing a new journalism program. Included within the video is the corrupt food services contract renegotiations, a $348,000 waste of money to Noel Levitz consulting group, Justice for Lev

Yikes! Nestle “Pure Life” Exec. Is UofA’s Doctor of Laws?

Zach Ruiter — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:48:50 +0000

for "water leadership"

Austrian businessman and Valentino impersonator par excellence, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman and former CEO of the Nestle Group, received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta for “contributions to water management” which can be understood as Excellence-in-Commercializing-University-Research-for-the-Purpose-of-Greenwashing-Corporate-Profit-Sus

How the Walk to Stop the Mega-Quarry put Melancthon on the Map

Zach Ruiter — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:29:44 +0000

“The Mega-Quarry has really touched a nerve up here because people know their headwaters are being challenged” argues Michael Sacco, an Indigenous Studies PhD student at Trent University.

Sacco was one of the organizers of a five-day 125km walk in late April 2011 to stop the proposed “Mega-quarry” planned for Melancthon Township.

Radioactive Health Alert in Peterborough: Tritium

Zach Ruiter — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:45:42 +0000

Safe and Green Energy (SAGE) Peterborough Issues Radioactive Health Alert

Shield Source and Tritium Contamination

Zach Ruiter — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:51:16 +0000

Interview with Jeff Brackett of Millbrook Ontario. Jeff Brakcett has researched tritium exposure from Shield Source tritium sign manufacturing company in Peterborough Ontario.

This is part of a larger article I am writing and I am posting it with other information as the article is in progress for anyone who is interested.

Toxic Hearing: Cameco in Port Hope Day 1

Zach Ruiter — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:17:15 +0000

(Watch this short video associated with the article)

Three Days for Five Years: Cameco’s License Renewal Hearing at the CNSC

"Cameco is using Lake Ontario as a nuclear waste dump"

Changin' Times

danielvandervoort — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:18:51 +0000

Public Talk and Lunch and Learn

For immediate release

Changin’ Times

Toronto: Saturday Nov 19 –

(Un)Ethical Oil’s Alleged Concern For Women

maryam — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:22:34 +0000

Previously posted on ItsGettingHotInHere.org