Vancouver People’s Summit | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Senior Economist Marc Lee on climate justice and progressive economics | Weekly feature with Colleen Kimmett of The Tyee | FSRN headlines Programming Note: During the summer, the Monday edition of CiTR News 101 will be rebroadcast on Friday. Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! [...]

New, weekly segment with Colleen Kimmett of The Tyee | Car Free Vancouver Day and Fundraiser | Kieran Cuddihy’s international news roundup | Arts Report | FSRN headlines Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Follow us on twitter: @CiTRnews Become a fan on facebook: CiTR News Comments? Email us: news@citr.ca CiTR News 101 | [...]

Vancouver becomes the first Canadian city to achieve Fair Trade Town status (Jeff Geipel of Fair Trade Vancouver and Claire Seaborn, student intern at the Campus Sustainability Office) | Bike to Work Week (Erin O’Melinn, Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition) | The Arts Report | Free Speech Radio News Headlines | Weekday weather forecast Listen and [...]

Leocadio Juracan, National Coordinator of the Campesino Committee of the Highlands, a coffee-famers’ co-operative that supports social justice work in Guatemala, will be in-studio on Monday 12 April at 5pm. Small farming co-operatives are facing increased violence. We will be discussing the inequitable power structures and the division of wealth in Guatemala, as well as [...]

SPECIAL FOOD SECURITY EDITION Elizabeth Quinn, BC Association of Farmers’ Markets on the lack of provincial funding for BCAFM’s Nutrition Coupon project, which helped low-income people access fresh, local food | City of Vancouver planner Andrew Pask on food policy and food security initiatives in Vancouver | Free Speech Radio News headlines | Weekend weather [...]

Special coverage of funding cuts to BC schools Interviews with VSB Trustee Jane Bouey, Surrey Teachers’ Association President Denise Moffatt, and Vancouver Secondary Teachers’ Association President Anne Guthrie Warman | Free Speech Radio News headlines | Weekend weather forecast Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Follow us on twitter: @CiTRnews Become a fan on [...]

Transportation edition Vancouver City Councillor Andrea Reimer on the Dunsmuir Viaduct protected bike lane, future protected lanes, and public space | Adam Cooper of UBC Trek discusses the current UBC Transportation Consultation | Free Speech Radio News headlines. Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Follow us on twitter: @CiTRnews Become a fan on facebook: [...]

This week’s edition of GroundWire, independent news produced by campus and community stations across the country; 5 Days for the Homeless on the UBC campus; CiTR News and Free Speech Radio News headlines. Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Follow us on twitter: @CiTRnews Become a fan on facebook: CiTR News Comments? Email us: [...]

UBC International Week to bring events, speakers, and international beer; UBC STAND organizers discuss their work to address the genocide in Darfur; independent Lehman Brothers investigation; CiTR News and Free Speech Radio News headlines; the Arts Report from Tracy Fuller. Listen and subscribe to the podcast HERE! Follow us on twitter: @CiTRnews Become a fan [...]

As International Women’s Day is celebrated across the world we spoke with a host of impressive and intelligent people about gender (in)equality at UBC, the rights of women and what you can do for a greater relationship with your neighbour. As well, we heard from the fine folks at the UBYSSEY and discussed the recent [...]