GroundWire | November 20

Nov 20, 2017

GroundWire | November 20

November 20 | Unsanctioned overdose prevention continues in Toronto and Montreal march against racism
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This episode of GroundWire was produced on the traditional unceded territory of the Lheidli T'enneh: at CFUR in Prince George, BC.
 
Headlines
 
Ontario proposes a trust for cleaning up mercury causing health crisis in Grassy Narrows | Gretchen King, CKUT
 
St. Thomas University men’s basketball squad take action for MMIW | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, with files from The Aquinian
 
Features
 
Update on the unsanctioned overdose prevention site still operating in Toronto's Moss Park | Mick Sweetman, CJRU
 
160+ organizations marched against hatred and racism in downtown Montreal | Julia Bugiel and Gaushika Mahadevan, CKUT
 
Community Radio Report
 
International Institute of Communications annual conference in Ottawa focuses regulating defamation, hate speech, and fake news | Gretchen King, CKUT
 
We thank all our contributors, and our hosts Laura Smith and Grant Bachand. 
 
Music this week was Tete Jaune Road by Black Spruce Bog (from the album Confluence) and Long Shots by Crones (from the Album Air Chud).
 
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