Jun 29, 2006
Food banks - from emergency service to social fixture
Soup kitchens and food banks are expected to pick up the slack when government policies don't meet the needs of poor people. Charities in Victoria, B.C. are questioning their role.
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Jun 26, 2006 Myths about healthcare in Canada and the U.S.A look behind the media reports of growing waitlists and short-staffed emergency rooms to the real differences between healthcare north and south of the border. |
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Jun 22, 2006 Reaction to the arrests of 17 Muslim men in OntarioSedef Arat-Koc is one of a group of people alarmed both by the media coverage and by the statements of politicians and pundits following the arrests of alleged terrorists earlier this month. |
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Jun 20, 2006 Guerilla radio for commuters stuck in traffic on Highway 1Clean Air Radio sent out its first broadcast last week from an on-ramp near the Port Mann bridge in the Lower Mainland. |
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Jun 15, 2006 CUPE passes boycott resolution against Israel900 delegates at the CUPE Ontario convention passed a resolution supporting an international boycott against Israel for its policies towards Palestinians. |
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Jun 13, 2006 Access to publicly-funded abortion in jeopardy in New BrunswickWhen Dr. Everett Chambers hospital in Fredericton announced it would stop providing abortions, women in New Brunswick are not sure where they can turn if they can't afford to pay a private clinic. |
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Jun 10, 2006 Art School ConfidentialLaura Lamb has spent a lot of time in art schools - both as a student and a teacher. She shares her thoughts on the new satire by Terry Zwigoff. |
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Jun 8, 2006 New play about Rachel CorrieRachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while defending a Palestinian home against demolition. A new play explores her writing. |
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Jun 6, 2006 The growing democracy movement in EgyptSince the end of the Sadat regime 25 years ago, popular pressure for democracy has been repressed. But a year and a half ago there was a revival which is shaking up the current regime. |
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Jun 2, 2006 Leila Khaled HijackerA review of a new film by Swedish filmmaker Lina Makboul about Leila Khaled who hijacked two planes in 1969 and 1970. |
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Jun 1, 2006 Guatanamo NorthFive men are still being held in Canada with no charges laid against them and without the right to see evidence against them. We speak with Matthew Behrens of the Campaign Against Secret Trials. |
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May 31, 2006 Torture of protesters in AtencoFirst-hand accounts are slowly surfacing of the treatment of protesters in San Salvador Atenco in Mexico. We speak with Felicitas Treue of the Collective against Torture and Impunity in Mexico City. |
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May 30, 2006 The myth of green nuclear powerThe nuclear industry is touting nuclear power as the clean-air solution to the upcoming energy crisis. John Bennett of the Sierra Club of Canada begs to differ. |
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May 28, 2006 Promoting public health through smart growthA new report look at how the way that cities grow affects the health of the people who live in them. |
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May 26, 2006 The music they brought with themEarly immigrants arrived in Canada with few material possessions but a rich cultural heritage, which included music and song. Once here, the music of migrants from all over the world cross-fertilized |
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May 24, 2006 Stanley Park's secretVancouver's largest urban park was home to families who were forcibly evicted to create the well-known seawall path that encircles the park. Jean Barman's latest book uncovers the hidden history of St |
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May 19, 2006 The campaign for military intervention in DarfurJef Blankfort says that the main push for the military to go into Darfur comes from Jewish pro-Israeli groups. |
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May 17, 2006 Palestine, Israel and meLaura Lamb reviews a forum theatre production that grapples with the political fallout in Canada of events in the Middle East. |
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May 15, 2006 Immigration raids on Toronto schoolsBruce Davis is a Toronto District School Board trustee. He is very concerned about the recent actions of immigration authorities in Toronto schools. |
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May 14, 2006 The debate over the censusThe Count Me Out Project is calling for minimum cooperation with the census; Murray Dobbin disagrees. We talk to both sides in this debate. |
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May 12, 2006 Photos of war and resistance in ColombiaJesus Abad Colorado is a photojournalist from Colombia. An exhibition of his recent photos in on display in Vancouver. Laura Lamb went to see it. |
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May 10, 2006 A day without immigrantsThis Mayday, immigrants in the United States staged a nationwide boycott that shut down stores, transportation and schools. We speak with Javier Rodriguez, spokesperson for the March 25 coalition in L |
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May 9, 2006 Police repression in Atenco, MexicoLast week, police attacked people in Texcoco and San Salvator Atenco, two towns just outside Mexico City. The violence is related to plans to build a Walmart in one of the towns. |
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May 8, 2006 A conversation with anti-war activist Cindy SheehanCindy Sheehan's son Casey was killed in Iraq, five days after he got there. Last year, she set up camp outside George Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas in an attempt to get the President to tell her why |