Elections

GroundWire Sept 25

GroundWire Production — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 01:39:05 +0000

Activism in Vancouver by-elections & new overhauls to Manitoba's health care system

This episode of Groundwire is hosted in Powell River on the traditional land of the Tla'Amin Nation and produced by CKUT radio broadcasting from Montreal on unceded Mohawk territory.

Headlines

Sixties Scoop class action procedures before the courts | Gunargie O’Sullivan, Co-op Radio

Russian Spring? - Part 2

Gwalgen Dent — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:10:03 +0000

More Voices of Russia’s Progressive Opposition

Moscow - The following is the second in a four part series on the recent demonstrations in Russia. Al Berg recently spent two months in Moscow, meeting with many radicals and interviewing four young activists.

Russian Spring?

Gwalgen Dent — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:56 +0000

Voices of Russia’s Progressive Opposition

Moscow - The following is the first in a four part series on the recent demonstrations in Russia. Al Berg recently spent two months in Moscow, meeting with many radicals and interviewing four young activists.

Passing The Post

justin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:05:27 +0000

Prospects for Municipal Voting Reform

Interview with David Vallance

DannyLiberty — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:19:08 +0000

Province of Toronto / Candidate for Mayor 2010

TORONTO VOTES ON OCTOBER 25th 2010 // Feature interview about the campaign for a Province of Toronto with David Vallance a candidate for Mayor of Toronto 2010, Topics: Province of Toronto, Province of Ontario, referendum, property tax inequity, Megacity, 2010 election, & more... LINK: Province of Toronto

GroundWire Podcast: Tar Sands - Midwifery - Equity

GroundWire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:42 +0000

October 23 - November 9

Welcome to the latest edition of GroundWire: October 26 - November 9.

HEADLINES:

Jane Kirby of CKDU speaks with pro-choice advocate Sarah Woolf about the recent shutdown of the event "Echoes of the Holocaust" at McGill, which compares abortion to genocide.

Drug addictions can have a significant effect on children. Jay Peachy of CJSF spoke with one artist in Vancouver who decided to take a bold view on the topic.

Activists for accessibility and disability awareness say many dentists are wary of treating the disabled. For Handilink and for GroundWire, Cameron Wells speaks with Ali Sigal, who wants to change that.

STATION REPORT:

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison of CHRY descends on Kingston, Ontario, to document the Ontario Regional Conference of the NCRA.

FEATURES:

80 years after women gained the right to run for office, Canada is still far away from gender equity in government. Erica Butler of CKDU looks at one initative across the country that is fighting this inequality.

The VanRad Collective presents voices in opposition to the Alberta Tar Sands including Mike Mercredi of Fort Chipewyan and Mike Hudema of GreenPeace, in a special feature for GroundWire.

Gretchen King and Saja Marouf of CKUT collect interviews while attending the 10th anniversary celebration of the legalization of midwifery in Quebec.

This episode was anchored by Melissa Albiani and Matt Rawle, and produced by Melissa Albiani, with editorial support and coordination by David Parker, Jacky Tuinstra Harrison and Courtney Kirkby.

Interested in submitting your own stories? Get in touch by emailing groundwireprod@gmail.com.