This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit by the GroundWire National Coordination Team in Toronto.  Hosted by Carly Forbes and Jayal Chung at CILU in Thunder Bay.

 

 

Ontario banning of police racist carding practices | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire

 

Restoration of funding to the Refugee health program and and Coalition for Migrant Worker's Rights Canada rallies to improve working conditions for migrant workers | Carly Forbes, CILU

 

 

Vigil in Montreal for Native Women that were affected by police violence in Northern Quebec | Celia Robinovitch, CKUT

 

World Kobane Day in Winnipeg commemorates Kurdish resistance | Michael Welch, CKUW

 

Onkwehonwe mobilize to protect the St. Lawrence River from Montreal's impending dump of 8 billion litres of untreated sewage into the water | Sheila Ferrando, CKUT

 

 

Farm Radio International and the ways community radio is supporting youth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Mat Wilush, GroundWire with audio files from Barry Rooke

 

Music this week was Echo My Soul by N'we Jinan

 

Special thanks this week also goes to Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, Jayal Chung, Mat Wilush, Gunargie O'Sullivan and Catherine Fisher