GROUNDWIRE COMMUNITY RADIO NEWS is a bi-weekly 29-minute news radio program featuring headlines,reports and features from the community radio sector in Canada. The program is a reliable, high-quality newscast, engaging the audience with geographically and culturally diverse features of interest to a national audience. For samples of previous episodes, visit: http://groundwire.ncra.ca
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Headlines by Olivia Bako, CKUT -âEducation for Allâ will hold a demonstration this week in Montreal to demand safe and secure access to education for children without immigration status, just days before school sets to open; -Toronto Police Constable James Forcillo has been charged with the second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim; -Two Canadians were arrested in the midst of unrest in Egypt last Friday; -The Thunderchild First Nation administration has launched an injunction against band members protesting oil exploration on ceremonial land.
Community Radio Report, by Katherine Garven, CKUT -30th anniversary of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters.
Features -At a Immigration Detention Centre protest in Laval, Quebec, a gate was torn down and a group of protesters breached the perimeter; report by Aaron Lakoff, CKUT -Report on the Reconciliation Framework Agreements from the territory of the Secwepemc Peoples located on unceeded land in British Columbia; report by Chris Albanati, CFBX -Petition to the Bank of Canada demanding more women on Canadian currency; report by Ed von Aderkas, CHRW
Music -Secwepemc artist Capital G GEO, title "Beautiful BC"
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