GroundWire Oct 24 | Muskrat Falls, Nestle Well Purchase, Mining Lawsuits in Canada

(Before It's News)

This episode of GroundWire was produced on Sto:Lo Nation traditional territory in Abbotsford, British Columbia by the GroundWire National Coordination Team, and hosted by Glen Swanadhipathi and Raynah McIvor.

Headlines

Muskrat Falls hunger strikers protest environmentally damaging hydroelectric dam | Carly Forbes, GroundWire

Nestle Waters faces local opposition to water well purchase in Elora  | Braden Alexander, GroundWire

Fuel barge Nathan E. Stewart runs aground in Heiltsuk Territory | Indigenous Collective, CiTR

Features

Guatemalan and Eritrean miners file lawsuit against Hudbay and Nevsun mining corporations in Canada | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire

Bruce Clark wins the 2016 Civil Liberties Award | Gretchen King, CKUT

Community Radio Report

AMARC launches Community Radio Stations Against Impunity campaign | Gretchen King, CKUT

Music in this episode was by Douse and Cheap High

We would like to thank all our contributors, as well as CiTR Indigenous Collective, Noor Gova from the Rational at Vancouver Coop, Djenaba Dayle, and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).

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