GroundWire | February 15, 2016: Anti-racist activism, MMIW march, water sustainability act

Feb 16, 2016

GroundWire | February 15, 2016: Anti-racist activism, MMIW march, water sustainability act

Episode Description:

 

This episode of GroundWire was produced by volunteers at Kootenay Co-op Radio on Sinixt traditional territory in Nelson BC. 
 

Headline

 

Anti-racist and anti-fascist activists come out in Montreal to disrupt an event planned by the Islamophobic group Pegida | Aaron Lakoff, CKUT

 

Features

 

Hundreds attended the 26th annual Women’s Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside | Gunargie O’Sullivan, CFRO

 

British Columbia’s new Water Sustainability Act comes into effect soon requiring licenses and groundwater regulation | Catherine Fisher, CJLY
 

Community Radio Report

CRTC is reviewing its policy on community and local television in Canada | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire

 
Music this week was from the NCRA’s newly released “Unloggable: Music under a Minute” compilation, available at ncra.ca.
 
We thank all our contributors this week, Catherine Fisher, Mat Wilush and Audrey O Breham 
 
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