Archive - Feb 2010

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Type

February 27th

February 28, 2010 Literature & Ideas

February Books

Essays on queer parenting, and a seductive new cookbook

Feb 28 by Megan Stewart, JD Drummond

February 26th

February 26, 2010 Opinion

'In words and song, we commit to fighting apartheid'

Five hundred Montreal artists announce support for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli state

Feb 26 by Montreal artists in support of BDS 6 comments

February 25th

February 26, 2010 Canadian News

Police to Receive 'Olympic Legacies'

Vancouver, Richmond Police Departments to move into Games-related digs

Feb 26 by Dawn Paley

Demonstrators condemn US relief and reconstruction plans in Haiti

On Monday January 25, Montreal played host to a major international conference to discuss the continuing relief efforts in Haiti. In attendance were Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive as well as foreign ministers from Canada, US, France, and Brazil, international banks, as well as relief organizations and UN representatives. Demonstrators outside the conference expressed skepticism that the international powers who have coordinated humanitarian efforts will respect Haitian sovereignty and interests during reconstruction.

February 25, 2010 Feb 25 by Martin Lukacs, Dominion Newspaper

February 24th

February 25, 2010 Foreign Policy

Securing Haiti

Soldiers vs doctors in post-earthquake Haiti

Feb 25 by Andrew Crosby, Ajay Parasram

February 23rd

The Tar Sands Oilympics

The London Tar Sands Network and London Rising Tide hold the inaugural Tar Sands Oilympics in Trafalgar Square, London.
Corporate contenders RBS, Shell and newcomer BP compete for the chance to wreak environmental havoc in their scramble for Canada's tar sands.
In the process they will lay waste to vast areas of boreal forest, poison First Nations communities and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change. The race for the most polluting fossil fuel resource on the planet is on. Forget the Winter Olympics in Canada, the real competition for the future of the planet is here.

February 23, 2010 Feb 23 by London Tar Sands Network and London Rising Tide

February 22nd

February 23, 2010 Health

Reproductive Justice in Nova Scotia

Conference organizers take pro-active approach to fighting anti-abortion climate on campuses

Feb 23 by Kaley Kennedy 4 comments

February 21st

February 21, 2010 Accounts

Smile, Vancouver!

Nearly 1,000 new surveillance cameras are here to stay

Feb 21 by Francesca Galasso 4 comments

February 19th

February 20, 2010 Canadian News

Defence Industry has its Sights on the Olympics

A look at some of the companies cashing in on 2010 security spending

Feb 20 by Dawn Paley 2 comments

February 18th

February 19, 2010 Foreign Policy

Murders in Mining Country

Canadian mining companies at the scene of the crimes

Feb 19 by Dominique Jarry-Shore 2 comments

February 17th

February 18, 2010 Canadian News

Military, Mounties Trained for the Games

Demonstrations a greater security threat than terrorism: CSIS

Feb 18 by Andrew Crosby

February 17, 2010 Environment

Mystery at Trickle Creek

A visit to Wiebo Ludwig's farm provides answers - and raises questions - about a spate of bombings in northern BC

Feb 17 by Byron Christopher

February 16th

Update From Olympic Tent Village

Organizers and residents of the Olympic Tent Village in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside give a press conference on the day after the tent city is set up.

February 16, 2010 Feb 16 by Vancouver Media-Coop

Rally and March to Begin the Olympic Tent Village

Residents of a neighbourhood in Vancouver that is often referred as the countrys poorest postal code set up a tent encampment in a vacant Downtown Eastside lot to advocate for housing and to shelter the neighbourhoods homeless population.

February 16, 2010 Feb 16 by B-Channel

February 16, 2010 Canadian News

Unceded, British Columbia

Feb 16 by Kim Petersen 2 comments

February 15th

2010 Rings Hollow

This documentary feature examines the history of housing in Vancouver and the impact of the 2010 Olympic Games on the city's homelessness and poverty. The film features interviews with legal experts, activists, and people affected by the housing crisis, with particular focus on hotel closures, evictions and the criminalization of dissent.

February 15, 2010 Feb 15 by Dave Ron

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Vancouver 2010 Olympics protesters march past the Vancouver Art Gallery to BC Place where the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony is taking place and meet a wall of Vancouver police.

February 15, 2010 Feb 15 by Vancouver Media-Coop

The NLG vs BC Civil Liberties

During today's tent city action in Vancouver the VMC caught up with Larry Hildes, an attorney for the National Lawyers Guild. We asked him why he had broken ties with BC Civil Liberties

February 15, 2010 Feb 15 by Vancouver Media-Coop

February 15, 2010 Month in Review

February In Review, Part I

Olympic resistance ignited, Sri Lankan election contested, and missing and murdered women remembered

Feb 15 by Dominion Staff

February 13th

February 14, 2010 Accounts

In Our Own Words

Women living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside weigh in on the Olympics

Feb 14 by Stella August, Phillipa Ryan

February 11th

February 12, 2010 Accounts

An Olympic Failure

At least 137 Native women missing and murdered in BC since 1980

Feb 12 by Maya Rolbin-Ghanie

February 10th

February 11, 2010 Business

2010 Carte Blanche

Olympic spending tallies won’t come in till the party’s over

Feb 11 by Dawn Paley 1 comment

February 9th

Why oppose the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

The Olympic Resistance Network has called for a convergence to protest the Vancouver Winter Olympics. This video explains some the reasons why these activists have organized the first ever anti-Olymopic summit.

February 9, 2010 Feb 9 by Vancouver Media-Coop