Posts Tagged ‘g20’

CiTR News for Monday, July 12

Canadian Federation of Students National Chair Dave Molenhuif on the call for a public inquiry into G20 police actions and powers | Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Kim Baird on development and urban treaties | Former BC Premier and Fight HST Leader Bill Vander Zalm on the possibility of a recall campaign, an NDP government, and [...]

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Special G20 Edition of CiTR News, June 28

The official G20 may have ended, but our special alternative coverage has not. Over 900 people have been arrested in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. Activists and protesters continue to call for an end to police brutality and intimidation. We prepared a very full and engaging episode of CiTR News 101 for you [...]

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G20 Update: Peaceful Protesters Attacked at Queen and Spadina

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G20 Update: Protest at Queen Street West and Spadina

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G20 Update: Peaceful Solidarity Protest Attacked by Police Sunday Morning

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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G20 Update: Firsthand report of arrests, muzzle blasts, beatings of peaceful demonstrators at detention centre

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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G20 Update: Peaceful Protesters and Journalists Attacked and Arrested

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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CiTR News for Friday, June 25: SPECIAL G20 EDITION

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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G20 Podcast for June 24

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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CiTR News for Monday, June 21

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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