Jun 25, 2012
Police sued by former alleged G20 'conspirator'
On Monday morning, Julian Ichim arrived at police headquarters on College Street in Toronto to officially serve the papers to the police.
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May 17, 2012 Refugee and Immigrant rights groups demand Bill C-31 be scrappedMembers of No One is Illegal Toronto and Occupy Toronto protested outside Conservative MP Joe Oliver’s office on Wednesday morning, demanding that the Conservatives cancel Bill C-31. |
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May 10, 2012 Yinka Dene Alliance Freedom Train arrives in TorontoSeveral hundred protesters marched from Metro Hall to Le Meridien King Edward Hotel on King Street where Enbridge was holding its Annual Shareholders Meeting on Wednesday afternoon. |
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May 3, 2012 Protesters rally outside Barrick Gold shareholders' meetingProtesters gathered in Simcoe Park across from the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto to oppose Barrick's mining activities in foreign countries. |
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Apr 28, 2012 National Day of Mourning honours fallen workersOver 100 people gathered Friday afternoon at the Chinese Railway Workers Monument in Toronto to pay tribute to workers killed, suffered disease or injury on the job. |
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Apr 25, 2012 Angela Bischoff: Dangers of nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons proliferationAngela Bischoff from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance speaks about the connection between nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons proliferation and Ontario's plans to build new nuclear projects. |
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Apr 25, 2012 Egyptian refugee Mohammad Mahjoub seeks an end to proceedings against himMr. Mahjoub has been detained without charge under a "security certificate" since June 2000. He wants his case thrown out after government officials seized documents belonging to his lawyers. |
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Apr 23, 2012 CAW demands severance pay for laid off workersOn Monday morning, over 100 CAW members rallied outside the offices of Catalyst Capital in Toronto, demanding severance pay for 40 laid off Snowbear workers. |
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Apr 17, 2012 CAW outlines new proposals to revitalize Canadian auto industryAt a press conference Monday morning, the CAW called on federal and provincial governments to implement new policies that would support and strengthen the Canadian auto industry. |
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Apr 14, 2012 Community rallies to keep harm reduction focused men's shelter open in TorontoThe City of Toronto is planning to close the School House shelter before the end of the year. |
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Apr 5, 2012 Refugee and immigrant rights activists occupy Conservative MP constituency officesOn Wednesday afternoon, refugee and immigrant rights activists occupied five Conservative MP constituency offices to oppose Bill C-31. |
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Mar 24, 2012 NDP Leadership Convention interviews: Ian Capstick, Sid Ryan and Kathleen MonkListen to interviews with Ian Capstick, Sid Ryan and Kathleen Monk on Friday at the NDP Leadership Convention in Toronto. |
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Mar 10, 2012 Community-based agency releases new documentary video to help keep sex trade workers safeThe Safer Stroll project is based on a community capacity-building approach that addresses violence perpetrated against women who work in the context of "street level" sex work. |
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Mar 8, 2012 OPSEU builds movement to save Ontario PlaceOn Wednesday, employees and friends of Ontario Place took their campaign to keep the waterfront park open to Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. |
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Mar 7, 2012 KI Indigenous Nation tells mining company to stop prospecting for gold on their landAt a rally on Tuesday, KI Indigenous Nation insisted God's Lake Resources Inc. stop prospecting for gold on sacred burial grounds in their homeland. |
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Feb 28, 2012 Gardeners collective plans network of community gardens to feed Toronto's hungryInspired by the Occupy Movement, Occupy Gardens Toronto represents the next step in a stand against inequality, corporate corruption, greed and growing hunger. |
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Feb 24, 2012 McGuinty's austerity agenda will do nothing to create jobs, says CUPE Ont. presidentListen to an interview with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn as he talks about the devastating effects cuts to public services and new user fees will have on average Ontarians. |
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Feb 20, 2012 New campaign aims to make ecocide a crimeIn April 2010, international environmental lawyer Polly Higgins proposed to the United Nations a law of ecocide to be classed as an international law. |
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Feb 8, 2012 Activists call for an end to the use of animals in research and educationOn February 8, a vigil will be held on the northwest corner of University and College Streets in Toronto to remember the animals trapped in the "dungeons" of the University of Toronto. |
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Feb 7, 2012 Lack of safe operating procedures at new Toronto jail puts lives at risk, says OPSEUCorrectional officers working at the new Toronto Intermittent Centre are warning that the lack of standard operating procedures at the jail will lead to serious injuries or deaths. |
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Feb 7, 2012 Groups opposed to the increased criminalization of HIV/AIDSOn February 8, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear two landmark cases about HIV, sex and the criminal law. It is time to stop persecuting people living with HIV who have safe and consensual sex. |
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Feb 5, 2012 Iranian pro-democracy activist wins the right to remain in CanadaListen to an interview with Kiomars Soofi, the brother of Kavoos Soofi, an Iranian pro-democracy activist who won a stay on his deportation. |
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Feb 4, 2012 Concerned citizens condemn alleged violence by Toronto police against homeless, marginalized peopleThursday marked the first anniversary of Christopher William Gardian's death, early on the sixth day after an altercation with police in Toronto's 14 Division. |
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Feb 4, 2012 Jane Goodall Institute asks Careerbuilder.com to stop using live chimpanzees in adsThe Jane Goodall Institute of Canada is asking Canadians to sign a letter asking Careerbuilder.com to stop using live chimpanzees in its ads. |