A crisis in migrant health
From refugees to temporary foreign workers, migrants are bearing the brunt of health-care cuts in Canada.
Author Archives: David P. Ball
Kinder Morgan launches BC consultations on controversial pipeline expansion
Energy giant Kinder Morgan is holding public consultations across the Lower Mainland over the next several weeks, bringing its proposed TransMountain pipeline expansion under public scrutiny.
Schüssler Fiorenza’s ‘kyriarchy’ pits courage and creativity against Empire
By coining a word encompassing all oppressions and injustices 20 years ago, one Catholic woman offered anarchists, feminists and theologians alike tools for change.
Poem: genderclassrace
Poem published in Geez Magazine
Ontario Flood Evacuation Accelerates With Threat of Hurricane Sandy
Helicopters evacuated most of the 700 residents of Michipicoten First Nation on October 29 after the nearby town of Wawa declaring a state of emergency when flooding destroyed roads and bridges to the reserve.
Memorial plaques in Vancouver unveiled to honour missing and murdered women
Family members of missing and murdered women lauded the first of 62 bronze memorial plaques for their loved ones installed yesterday on Vancouver’s streets.
Electronic powwow is music made for dancing
The hypnotic thump of powwow drums dominates the opening of “Electric Pow Wow,” the emblematic track of Ottawa electronic crew A Tribe Called Red (ATCR), recently nominated for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize.
Beat Nation Live electrifies the stage
With no album, radio play or front-person to fall back on, Beat Nation Live is hard to quantify: A musical trickster of sorts.
Musqueam celebrates ‘huge win’ to protect ancient burial site
After an urban protest camp was set up that lasted several hundred days, British Columbia has revoked permits for a five-storey condominium project that was set to be built on top of the ancient Coast Salish village of c’esna?em.
Three Days of Protests Led by Aboriginals in B.C. Underscore and Unite Pipeline Opposition
Melina Laboucan-Massimo’s family has felt the impacts of an oil spill disaster firsthand on their Lubicon Cree territories in Alberta: burning eyes, headaches, nausea and dizziness.
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