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Redeye
A progressive take on current events. Produced by an independent media collective at Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
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RedeyeAnalyzing the role of social media in misconceptions about Covid-19
The prevalence of misinformation about Covid 19 is much higher on social media than in traditional news sources. A group of Canadian researchers has found that…
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New study challenges statistics used to support wolf cull in BC
Last year, the BC government expanded its wolf cull program in an attempt to protect endangered mountain caribou in the province. The adoption of this strategy…
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Workers in craft and artisanal industries in Vancouver share horror stories
Local craft and artisanal businesses are often celebrated as an antidote to the corporatization of everyday life. Yet workers in these local enterprises say…
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The costs and challenges of cleaning up the Tulsequah Chief mine
The Tulsequah Chief mine is in a remote corner of northwest BC. This mixed-metals mine has been leaching contaminated water into the largest tributary of the…
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Pandemic stresses threaten children's future health and development
While children are less directly affected by Covid-19, the pandemic may have long-term adverse effects on the health and well-being of children and…
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New app designed to support sexual assault survivors during pandemic
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre has introduced a new text and chat app to help support survivors of sexual assault during the Covid-19 pandemic. WAVAW Connect allows…
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What defunding the police could mean for survivors of sexual violence
In a recent blog post, Heather Lawson argues that the assumption that police presence saves those who experience sexual violence contradicts the experiences of…
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New federal regularization program excludes majority of migrants
Undocumented workers and asylum seekers in Canada say the federal government’s new regularization program is deeply unfair to the hundreds of thousands of…
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Site C dam likely to miss fall deadline for river diversion
BC Hydro has classified the health of the project as ‘red’ meaning that it’s in deep trouble. The dam is facing unknown cost overruns, schedule delays and…
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Masks if necessary but not necessarily mask laws
Businesses and governments are increasingly making the use of non-medical masks mandatory in indoor public spaces. But, according to the Canadian Civil…
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Legal challenges to deployment of federal agents to US cities
Shortly after President Donald Trump sent federal agents to Portland, a federal judge in Portland issued a restraining order against the agents barring them…
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Refugees and advocates celebrate ruling on Safe Third Country Agreement
On July 22, the Federal Court of Canada ruled that a pact that turns refugees back at the Canada-US border is unconstitutional. The Safe Third Country…
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Indigenous advisory committee calls out Vancouver council for lack of action
Six years ago, Vancouver declared itself a City of Reconciliation. But one of city council’s advisory committees says it hasn’t seen meaningful action on…
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Updated: Time for Canada to reassess foreign policy goals following UN defeat
Last month Canada was rejected for the second consecutive time in its bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council, losing to Norway and…
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Extreme intoxication a defence for certain criminal offences, including rape
In June, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that a decades-old section of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional. The law was brought in following the acquittal…
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Digital book shares the teachings of Tla'amin elder Elsie Paul
Born in 1931, Tla’amin elder Elsie Paul was raised by her grandparents on their ancestral territory just north of Powell River on the Sunshine Coast of BC. As…
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Bank of Canada must innovate to help Canada recover from pandemic
Since the Depression years, the Bank of Canada has played a critical role in recovery from financial crises. The Bank’s current bond-buying program has allowed…
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Stay Off The Grass: Covid-19 and Law Enforcement in Canada
In March, every Canadian province and territory declared some kind of state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public spaces across the country…
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Innovative project uses salt marsh to protect coastline from sea level rise
Salt marshes in the Fraser River delta are a vital ecosystem for birds and other wildlife. But they are being squeezed between the dykes that protect farmland…
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Blacks 3 times more likely than Whites to face food insecurity
Close to 4 million Canadians can’t afford to eat well or get enough food to keep hunger at bay. Food insecurity is about more than just access to food - it’s…
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Vancouver City Council to debate motion to bring transparency to VPD budget
On July 21, over 200 people are signed up to speak to a motion brought by councillor Jean Swanson calling for the police board to itemize the work officers do…
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Racism and the Black body
When sociologist Ingrid Waldron started teaching in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie, she says she got a lot of pushback from White student nurses who didn’t…
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Coronavirus vaccine must be priced to benefit everyone
Canada has committed millions to research and development of some of the world’s most promising candidate vaccines and therapeutics to treat Covid-19. However…
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Major expansion of LNG facility on Fraser poses threat to public safety
Fortis BC is proposing a major $3 billion expansion to its LNG storage facility on the Fraser River. Local residents are concerned 300-metre LNG tankers…
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Why the US Insurrection Act should be replaced
Over the past few weeks, Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send military troops into cities and states if they fail to quell the…
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Alberta's top court upholds First Nation challenge of tar sands mine approval
In 2018, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved an application for a 10,000-barrel-a-day tar sands project adjacent to Moose Lake. The Fort McKay nation went to…
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Vacancy rate rises as short-term rentals open up during pandemic
Vancouver’s tight rental housing market has eased significantly since coronavirus-related travel restrictions brought many short-rental units back into the…
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BC Civil Liberties Association calls for end to police street checks
Street checks are when police stop someone in public to question them and record their information in a police database, outside the context of an…
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Police actions criticized as homeless campers moved from empty lot
Vancouver police evicted homeless campers from a tent city near Crab Park in the early morning of June 16. Organizers and observers say the police moved in…
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Sandy Hudson of BLM-Toronto on why we need to defund the police
The police killing of George Floyd ignited a global uprising against police violence and created a space for anti-racist voices to be heard. One idea that has…
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Michèle Stephenson on her new documentary film 'Stateless'
In 2016, 200,000 Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were rendered stateless overnight in an attempt to expel Black people from the Dominican Republic…
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Media coverage of Asian giant hornet promotes racist stereotypes
The new invasive species the Asian giant hornet has been characterized in the media as the Asian murder hornet. Christianne Wilhelmson and Gillian Der of the…
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How to intervene when you witness anti-Asian/Canadian harassment
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a marked rise in harassment of people who are Asian and Asian Canadian. These attacks range from verbal…
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Why Canada should be denied a temporary seat on the UN Security Council
The UN Security Council currently has five temporary seats available. Canada, Ireland, and Norway are vying for two of those seats with the final vote to be…
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Canada needs to start collecting race and immigration data in healthcare
Early signs suggest that race matters, when it comes to COVID-19. In Chicago, black residents are 30 per cent of the population, but make up more than 70 per…
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Working people should not be viewed as simply another resource
Over 5500 academics have signed a letter calling for the democratization of work in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The letter says that human beings should…
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200 organizations endorse letter calling for healthcare for everyone in Canada
The Healthcare for All National Coalition is calling on all levels of government to ensure healthcare access for everyone in Canada. Their open letter to the…
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New coalition in Vancouver aims to rebuild a safer, healthier city for all
The Covid-19 crisis has disproportionately impacted communities already vulnerable because of poverty, racism and other forms of inequality. The Vancouver Just…
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Canada should grant general amnesty for all undocumented workers
The Migrant Workers Centre in Vancouver has launched a campaign calling on the federal government to grant an amnesty to the thousands of undocumented workers…
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A tribute to Canadian economist and leading socialist intellectual Mel Watkins
On April 2nd, Mel Watkins died at age 87. Mel Watkins was a political economist at the University of Toronto, as well as an activist and writer. In the late…
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Injunctions becoming a legal tool of political expediency
It’s a familiar story these days. Land defenders and activists blockade a road to try to prevent a pipeline or an oil terminal being built. Resource…
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Women gain full equality under Indian Act after 143 years of discrimination
Sharon McIvor’s grandmother was a member of the Lower Nicola Band who married a non-Indigenous man. Under Canada’s Indian Act, status was decided on the basis…
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City Beat: Oppenheimer Park tent city, Maple Ridge development and more
Ian Mass joins us with our regular City Beat. In this episode, he talks about Vancouver’s big new culture plan, Kennedy Stewart’s about to take control of the…
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RCMP visit Montreal activist after his criticism of Liberal foreign policy
The day after Yves Engler went to a press conference to ask Marc Garneau a question about arms sales to the Saudis, two RCMP officers showed up at his Montreal…
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Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony
In 1884, the Canadian government banned the Haida potlatch. But Haida elders kept the knowledge of the ceremony alive until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a…
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New doc follows three Punjabi Sikh sisters in their quest for justice
Salakshana, Jeeti, and Kira Pooni suffered years of sexual assault after their older cousin moved into their Williams Lake home almost four decades ago. Baljit…
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Jason Kenney, Andrew Scheer and the far right
Following the Christchurch massacre, many Canadians are questioning the commitment of some Canadian politicians to an inclusive, multicultural society. In…