On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interviews with activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 35 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
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Mar 2, 2017  Canada's refugee policy must change in response to Trump presidencyMany of the refugee policies brought in by the Harper government are still in place. Refugee advocates say Justin Trudeau has to make significant changes to those policies now that Trump is president. |
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Feb 28, 2017  Building the movement to fight Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipelineClimate activists and Indigenous representatives from across North America are gathering Saturday March 4 to talk about the fight against Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
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Feb 27, 2017  How Iran ended up on Donald Trump's travel ban listThe strategy of the United States in the Middle East is closely connected to the needs of Israel, according to Arab-Canadian feminist and political activist Nahla Abdo. |
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Feb 24, 2017  Health care activists call for Vancouver to become sanctuary citySanctuary Health formed in response to Harper government cuts to refugee health care. They have continued to advocate for undocumented workers and are calling for Vancouver to become a sanctuary city. |
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Feb 23, 2017  City Opera Vancouver tackles story of missing and murdered Indigenous womenVancouver's premier chamber opera company commissioned Marie Clements to write the libretto, then they selected a composer. Now they are ready to bring 'Missing' to local communities to workshop. |
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Feb 22, 2017  Guatemalans win right to sue Tahoe Resources in B.C.Six farmers and a student from Guatemala shot while protesting a mine won an important victory when the B.C. Court of Appeal said their lawsuit against Tahoe Resources could be heard in B.C. |
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Feb 16, 2017  B.C. only province in Canada without poverty reduction planLow welfare rates, minimal childcare support and skyrocketing rents mean B.C. has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada. The B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition is organizing a week of action. |
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Feb 15, 2017  A conversation on 'Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America'A new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that occur as a result. |
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Feb 1, 2017  Christy Clark gets $50,000 stipend by fundraising for her own partyDuff Conacher of Democracy Watch says British Columbia's rules on political donations amount to a system of legalized bribery. The province's conflict of interest commissioner doesn't agree. |
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Jan 28, 2017  The civil war in Syria: A case study in propagandaThe story we are told about the civil war in Syria is that it's a fight for freedom and democracy against a brutal dictator. Journalist Rick Sterling says this narrative is based on lies and fraud. |
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Jan 25, 2017  Community-owned wind project folds after Saskatchewan gives go ahead to natural gas plantDozens of anti-wind organizations have sprung up following the imposition of large-scale renewable projects on rural communities. Community-owned power projects could turn that opposition around. |
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Jan 18, 2017  Vancouver Island old-growth forest almost goneNinety per cent of the forests on Vancouver Island have been logged. Now the B.C. Chamber of Commerce and the Union of B.C. Municipalities have joined the fight to save the last 10 per cent. |
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Jan 16, 2017  Canada is wasting billions of dollars a year on prescription drugsA national pharmacare program would save the health-care system billions and improve the health of the one in 10 Canadians who can't afford the medication they are prescribed. |
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Jan 12, 2017  Epidemic of overdose deaths legacy of 10 years of anti-harm reductionJordan Westfall says the hundreds of drug overdose deaths are a legacy of Harper's approach. Westfall is someone who formerly used opioid drugs and wrote his master's thesis on overdose prevention. |
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Dec 26, 2016  Putting a climate lens on infrastructure spendingThe Liberal government passed a private member's bill giving funding priority to green infrastructure projects. Eric Doherty say this could mean tens of billions of dollars more for public transit. |
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Dec 24, 2016 The transformation of Canada's media landscapeIan Gill, a former editor at the Vancouver Sun, and Marc Edge, journalism educator and media critic, address the present and future state of Canadian media in talks recorded in Vancouver on Nov 29. |
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Dec 23, 2016  Corruption scandals oust South Korea President Park Geun-HyePresident Park is accused of more than a dozen corruption-related offences. Critics say the scandals, which have brought millions onto the streets, expose deep divisions in Korean society. |
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Dec 22, 2016  Last chance to give input to federal environmental assessment reviewThe federal government launched a wide-ranging review of its environmental assessment process in June 2016. It's wrapping up soon but there still time to make your views known. |
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Dec 21, 2016  Washington Post creating propaganda, not exposing itAn article in the Washington Post on Nov 4 claimed to present evidence of Russian propaganda in the form of the website Prop-or-Not. Veteran reporter Dave Lindorff calls the article sloppy journalism. |
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Dec 19, 2016  Christy Clark government wastes budget surplus on debt repaymentBritish Columbians are in desperate need of affordable housing, higher social assistance rates and public school funding. Instead the government is spending a budget windfall on paying down the debt. |
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Dec 14, 2016  Journal de Montréal columnist sues Ricochet for defamationRichard Martineau is suing Ricochet Media for $350,000 for a satirical piece they published mocking his ideas. Ethan Cox says Martineau is known as a staunch defender of freedom of speech and satire. |
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Dec 12, 2016  Thousands pledge to fight Kinder Morgan in the streetsFollowing Justin Trudeau's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, thousands of people have pledged to do whatever it takes to stop the project. |
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Dec 6, 2016  Burnaby plan will lead to loss of thousands of low-income rental unitsNew zoning in Burnaby will result in the demolition of entire Housing activists says thousands of renters are facing displacement and homelessness. |
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Dec 5, 2016  Ryan McMahon on 'Colonization Road' and other storiesWe spoke with Anishinaabe comedian and media-maker Ryan McMahon when he was in Vancouver for Media Democracy Days. |