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David J. Climenhaga

U.S. grain and seed ports will kill a few more Canadian jobs -- with a little help from Stephen Harper

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David J. Climenhaga
| August 17, 2012

Back in 2009, when the destruction of the Canadian Wheat Board was still just a twinkle in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's eye, work started on a $200-million US grain-handling terminal in the port of Longview, Wash., just south of the Canadian border.

The companies behind the project -- which, significantly, will be capable of loading about 200 grain ships a year -- are Bunge Ltd. (the giant "Bermudian" agricultural and food products corporation with its real headquarters in White Plains, N.Y.), Japan's Itochu Corp. and South Korea's STX Pan Ocean Co.

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#CityTalk: The RuePublique of Montreal

August 4, 2012
| #CityTalk on Montrealers who want to see their city become a 'ruepublic' and liberate streets from the automobile.
Length: 14:49 minutes minutes (20.52 MB)
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#CityDoc: Gentrification, a Montreal primer

August 2, 2012
| Two leaders in Montreal's St-Henri neighbourhood talk about the demographic change happening in this former industrial district.
Length: 12:59 minutes minutes (17.86 MB)
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#CityTalk: Montreal's war on graffiti

July 20, 2012
| This week's #CityTalk takes a look at Montreal's graffiti art scene, finding out how the city is embracing street art on one hand, then taking stern measures against graffiti artists.
Length: 24:00 minutes
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#CityTalk: Montreal's street food movement

July 13, 2012
| This week’s #CityTalk looks at calls for more diverse street food vendors in Montreal.
Length: 27:33 minutes
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#CityTalk: Urban farmers + Rooftop gardens = Food security in Montreal

July 6, 2012
| This week's #CityTalk segment focuses on urban farming, rooftop gardens and food security in Montreal with Tim Murphy from Santropol Roulant.
Length: 23:55 minutes
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#CityTalk: Cultivating Montreal

June 29, 2012
| This week's #CityTalk segment hears from the GTAU-Groupe Travail Agriculture Urbaine about urban agriculture in Montreal.
Length: 17:23 minutes
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#CityDoc: A Tale of two cycling visionaries

June 22, 2012
| Bicycle Bob Silverman and Angela Bischoff share their thoughts and feelings about two of Canada's most celebrated cycling visionaries, Montreal's Claire Morissette and Toronto's Tooker Gomberg.
Length: 17:07 minutes minutes (23.64 MB)
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'Political vendetta' against Native Friendship Centre of Montreal

Montreal's Native Friendship Centre. (Photo: Henry Gass)

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The Native Friendship Centre of Montreal (NFCM) is battling a "political vendetta," according to Brett Pineau, the Centre's executive director.

In his three years at the helm of the NFCM, Pineau has guided the 37 year-old centre back from near financial ruin to one of the most popular and valuable destinations for the Aboriginal population of Montreal.

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Indigenous rights First Nations Montreal
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CKUT 90.3 FM Friday Morning After: Roundtable on Canadian documentary

June 18, 2012
| Friday Morning After host Adam Bemma discusses crowdfunding documentary films with Sarah Spring and Selin Murat from Parabola Films in Montreal.
Length: 24:42 minutes
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