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18 Aug 2014 6 minute read

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The price of gold

Critic of the Canadian mining industry, Alain Deneault, talks to Richard Swift about the destructive nature...

5 Jun 2014 5 minute read

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Spinning gold: the ‘happy’ story of Canadian mining

What world are Goldcorp’s shareholders living in, wonders Emilie Teresa Smith as she sits in on their AGM.

1 Jun 2014 2 minute read

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‘How did our community survive this?’

The Missing Children’s project is investigating the deaths and disappearances of aboriginal students who died in church-run...

19 Dec 2013 4 minute read

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‘People need to know that they are loved’

Noreen Sadik talks to two Human Angels, spreading compassion by giving free hugs.

9 Oct 2013 6 minute read

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Mining interests trump local democracy in Greece

But a wave of social unrest may derail the government’s economic agenda, says Jen Wilton.

25 Jun 2013 2 minute read

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Europe gets its first ‘Tar-Free City’

Oxford takes a lead from communities in the US by rejecting oil from Canada’s destructive tar sands project.

Canada’s PM only has time for one colour of suicide

26 Apr 2013 2 minute read

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Canada’s PM only has time for one colour of suicide

Stephen Harper has played into the hands of a biased media as he fails to tackle the issues faced by young First Nations...

12 Apr 2013 2 minute read

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Keep tar sands out of Europe!

As John Kerry met the G8 in London, activists demanded he says no to dirty oil. Tara Clarke was one of them...

25 Mar 2013 3 minute read

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PODCAST: Dirty oil

Taking action against tar sands in North America and the EU and why Obama must say not to the Keystone XL pipeline.

Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

7 Feb 2013 4 minute read

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Idle No More and Britain’s colonial present

Chloe Ferguson reports from an East London ‘teach-in’ on the relationship between the Canadian...

London tar sands protest backs Idle No More

17 Jan 2013 2 minute read

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London tar sands protest backs Idle No More

A First Nations activist will join the UK Tar Sands Network as they hand over a petition to the Canadian government.

16 Oct 2012 5 minute read

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A tarred reputation

Danny Chivers on how the UK Tar Sands Network got a room of influential delegates to laugh at the Canadian...

24 Sep 2012 5 minute read

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My dirty secret

Wayne Roberts looks at how food and water issues mix in an era of drought.

16 Aug 2012 5 minute read

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Store and deliver, governments tell web firms

Forget about data protection – spies are demanding our elected leaders and private companies serve up everything we do online...

9 Jul 2012 3 minute read

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The highlights of Hot Docs 2012

Richard Swift gives us a round-up of the best offerings at Toronto’s annual film-fest.

1 Jul 2012 2 minute read

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Québec’s Maple Spring

Richard Swift says Canada's wave of pots-and-pans protests signal the first major rupture with the austerity agenda.

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