Posted in June 27, 2010 ¬ 3:40 pmh.News
An audio report of this incident can be found on the Toronto Media Co-op’s website. For ongoing reports, follow @CiTRnews and the alternative media feed: #g20report.
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Posted in June 27, 2010 ¬ 10:58 amh.News
An account of events on Sunday morning Listen to this recent interview posted on the Toronto Media Co-op’s website with independent journalist Stefan Christoff. More footage from the police attacks on peaceful protesters and journalists at Queen’s Park yesterday. Queen’s Park was the “designated” protest zone.
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Posted in June 26, 2010 ¬ 10:44 pmh.News
While the G20 protest began peacefully on Saturday morning, smaller groups within the protest did break off to take part in acts of vandalism. Unfortunately, these actions by a few distracted from the largely peaceful protests of many. The mainstream media largely categorized all of the day’s protest activities as “violent,” although there has been [...]
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Posted in June 26, 2010 ¬ 5:12 pmh.News
CiTR’s News Department is committed to providing alternative coverage of events large and small. We worked to provide listeners with an alternative to the mainstream media’s coverage of the Winter Olympics. We would love to be in Toronto reporting from on the ground, but we are delighted to bring you coverage from our friends at [...]
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Posted in June 26, 2010 ¬ 1:03 pmh.News
SPECIAL G20 Edition News 101 talks to an activist on the ground at the second major protest | G20 Report from the Alternative Media Centre and CKDU Halifax | Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada Co-Editors talk about the new book and pirate radio in Canada | FSRN Headlines Listen and subscribe to the [...]
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Posted in June 25, 2010 ¬ 12:01 pmh.News
CiTR News Director Andrew Longhurst had the opportunity to chat with Former BC Premier and Fight HST leader Bill Vander Zalm. They spoke about the likelihood of Premier Campbell backing down on the new tax, the likely recall campaign targeting Liberal MLAs, and the possibility of an NDP government. Here is a preview of the [...]
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Posted in June 25, 2010 ¬ 12:12 amh.News
CiTR’s News Department is committed to providing alternative coverage of events large and small. We worked to provide listeners with an alternative to the mainstream media’s coverage of the Winter Olympics. We would love to be in Toronto reporting from on the ground, but we are delighted to bring you coverage from our friends at [...]
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Posted in June 21, 2010 ¬ 8:55 pmh.News
G20 and National Aboriginal Day Edition Vancouver activists head to Toronto for the G20 | Special G20 and National Aboriginal Day Edition of Groundwire | Weekly feature with Colleen Kimmett of The Tyee | FSRN Headlines Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Twitter: @CiTRnews Facebook: CiTR News Comments? Email us: news@citr.ca CiTR News 101 [...]
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Posted in June 5, 2010 ¬ 12:48 pmh.News
CiTR’s own DJ Brad Winter provided tunes for the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition’s Bike to Work Week BBQ at Creekside Park. Mayor Gregor Robertson spoke and was then presented with a copy of Discorder. CiTR now has a channel on YouTube. Check it out here! We will use it to upload videos from shows, festivals, [...]
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Posted in June 3, 2010 ¬ 3:42 pmh.News
Liberal MP and Public Safety Critic Mark Holland and NDP MP and Public Safety Critic Don Davies on the $1 billion G8/G20 security costs | Groundwire | Weekly feature with Colleen Kimmett of The Tyee | FSRN headlines Programming Note: During the summer, the Monday edition of News 101 will be rebroadcast on Friday. Listen [...]
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