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June 5 | Two Spirit Pow Wow, Walk 4 Salish Sea, Prison Farms & Homalco First Nation Radio gathering

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GroundWire | January 30

GroundWire Production — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 22:59:34 +0000

Canoe of Reconciliation, Premier Christy Clark, Algonquins of Barriere Lake

This episode of GroundWire was hosted on the traditional territory of the Tla&rsqu

Donkin coal mine may reopen

Robert DeVet — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:23:05 +0000

Safety and environmental record of US coal mine operator not good, critics say

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – The potential reopening of the Donkin coal mine may bring much-needed jobs to Cape Breton.

But at what cost to miners' safety and the environment?

Canadian companies embarrassing Canada abroad, says Cape Breton University professor

Robert DeVet — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:28:30 +0000

Story originally published in the Cape Breton Independent

Most Canadians are not aware of the damage being done by Canadian mining companies to the country’s reputation abroad.

Indigenous Mayan Families Take HudBay to Court

Editor — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:37:39 +0000

International human rights violations by mining companies make their way back to Canada

When traditional lands, occupied for hundreds of years, are uprooted and pillaged by foreign predators who seek only the precious metals beneath the soil, it is only natural to stand up and fight. But when that resistance is met with violent repression, where do you turn? Where do you find strength to carry on?

For Angelica Choc, courage is born from struggle.

Westray Remembered

Jim Guild — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:54:22 +0000

Reflecting on the causes of a disaster

On the evening of May 9, 2012 several hundred people gathered under rainy skies at the Westray Memorial Park in New Glasgow to commemorate the explosion that killed 26 miners in 1992. Here are the words of local Presbyterian minister Rev. Glen Matheson, who supported many of the families of miners in the wake of the disaster.

No Accident: Westray 20 Years After

Miles Howe — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:49:05 +0000

Law to criminally prosecute corporations is in place, but two decades later Canada is no safer a place to work

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia – An early morning ceremony to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Westray mine disaster today paid respect to the 26 coal miners killed in the coal dust-sparked methane blast.

Cape Breton Coal Mining Plans Inching Forward

bsichel — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:46:08 +0000

In an age of climate change, controversial multinational seeks to re-open Donkin mine

Halifax - Erdene Resource Development Corp., and giant multi-national coal exporter Xtrata, continue to move through federal environmental regulatory hurdles to re-develop the Donkin coal mine project in Cape Breton.

¡La Lucha Continua! - Stories of El Salvador's Democratic Project

Rebecca234 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:40:01 +0000

Thu Apr 5

city:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Venue:

Just Us! Cafe, Spring Garden Road

Cost:

Free - collecting donations to help Salvadoran civil society groups

organizer contact:

Rachel Ward - rachelward@eastlink.ca

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Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/302115213189188/?context=create

Amidst the smells of smog and sugar cane, El Salvador progresses.

Honduran Human Rights Activist Who Spoke in Nova Scotia Arrested While Walking to Work

bsichel — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:12:45 +0000

Local network expresses concern over "trumped-up charges"

A Honduran teacher and environmentalist who spoke around the Maritimes in 2009 has been arrested in his home country on what local supporters say are trumped-up charges.

Carlos Amador was one of three men detained by police on his way to work on Tuesday, on charges of obstructing the execution of an environmental plan. Arrest warrants are pending for several others.

Breaking the Silence Takes the Fight to Vancouver

JustinL — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:03:51 +0000

Nova Scotia's Wyanne Sandler gives an update from the Goldcorp AGM

Wyanne Sandler isn't about to give up.

Sandler is coordinator for the Maritimes-based Breaking the Silence Network, who worked with a coalition of groups to introduce a shareholder resolution at the Goldcorp annual general meeting to voluntarily suspend operations at one of the company’s most controversial gold ventures in Latin America.

Mining Shame

JustinL — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:32:13 +0000

Local activists respond to the death of Bill C-300

“There was a time...when I was proud, while overseas, to identify myself as Canadian. It appears that this is over,” Aaron Bates wrote to Michael Ignatieff.

Investing in Conflict

Moira Peters — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:27:36 +0000

Subhead:

Our Pension Plan and Mining in the Americas

Tue Apr 28

city:

Halifax

Venue:

Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre

Address:

2158 Gottingen St.

Cost:

pay-what-you-can

organizer contact:

Sophia Horwitz (902-429-6753, sophia@horwitz.ca) or François Guindon (819-329-0223, françois.guindon@gmail.com)

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Rights Action is organizing this tour to bring more critical attention, in Canada, to health and environment harms and human rights violations that Goldcorp’s mines are contributing to in Honduras and Guatemala.

Since 2000, in Honduras, and 2005, in Guatemala, Goldcorp has made huge profits for its shareholders, directors and investors (including the Canada Pension Plan and numerous pension funds across the country), from its open pit, cyanide-leaching mining operations in Guatemala and Honduras, at the expense of a growing list of human and indigenous rights violations and environmental and health harms against local and Indigenous populations in Guatemala and Honduras.

The tour aims to raise awareness in Canada in advance of Goldcorp’s annual shareholder’s meeting -- May 22nd 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.