Category Archives: news
Take 5 Newscast: Why the Swiss are afraid of minarets; Stimulus funding goes to conservative ridings; Alberta faces up to Aboriginal education gap; Hunting blockade in B.C.
Well, after a long hiatus due to a two-week workshop at the Banff Centre for Emerging Aboriginal Writers (super awesome, check out the pics here), and a cold, I’m finally back on Take 5 News. Here is my selection of … Continue reading
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A first for Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project
Three European credit agencies have backed out of Turkey’s massive Ilisu dam project. Turkey claims it will back the 1200 megawatt dam with its own money despite local and international protest over its inability to meet World Bank Standards on … Continue reading
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Take 5 News Picks: Canada talks tough to Iran but Embassy won’t aid injured protestors; Van’s Eastside housing unaffordable; Toronto strike to end in arbitration s,
My pick of today’s best national stories as broadcast on Take 5, CIUT 89.5 FM this morning Canada talks tough to Iran Prime Minister Stephen Harper is calling the Iranian authorities reaction to peaceful protests against last week’s election results … Continue reading
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TAKE 5 NEWS: Let’s talk isotopes Harper & Ignatieff; Pink ceiling 4 corporate queers; Citizens militia forms against Iroquois in Caledonia; Zoomer takeover continues
My pick of national news for Take 5 this morning on CIUT 89.5 FM. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is trying to quash any possibility of a summer election by meeting with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff today for the first time … Continue reading
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Peak Oil? Pshaw; Kanesatake pot raid; Mulroney’s testimony is urban myth; Olympian bloggers rulebook;
An update on the drug raid happening on a Quebec First Nation reserve this morning RCMP officers have confirmed 300 officers were involved in a drug raid on the Kanesatake First Nation reserve this morning. Officers descended on the Mohawk … Continue reading
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