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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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Israeli youth on tour in Canada speak about their refusal to serve with IDF
On March 22, Independent Jewish Voices Vancouver hosted two Israeli war resisters as part of a nationwide Refuseniks tour. , Einat Gerlitz and Tal Mitnick have…
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City Beat: The candidates and the issues in the April 5 by-election
Advance voting has already begun in the by-election to replace One City councillor Christine Boyle, now an NDP MLA and retiring Green Party councillor Adrienne…
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Assessing re-criminalization of drug possession through a public health lens
B.C. is in the midst of an ongoing public health emergency, declared in 2016 in response to significant levels of overdoses and drug poisonings. In response…
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Groups seek injunction against Alberta's ban on gender-affirming care
Danielle Smith’s government in Alberta brought in legislation that restricts healthcare access for trans and gender diverse young people. Bill 26 prohibits…
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Tariff relief measures must also safeguard forests and forest workers
As Canada responds to the economic uncertainty caused by U.S. tariffs, there are grave concerns that relief measures could lead to the increased destruction of…
RedeyeCampaign for VPL staff's right to wear symbols of support for Palestine
The Vancouver Public Library has banned staff from wearing symbols of solidarity with Palestine. Many patrons of the library see this as an assault on the…
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Stop Islamophobia campaign shares resources to combat anti-Muslim racism
Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, just brought out a new guide to address anti-Muslim racism in our country. Among…
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Greenpeace facing SLAPP suit over Standing Rock protests
The oil pipeline company Energy Transfer has brought a SLAPP suit against Greenpeace over the 2016-17 protests at Standing Rock. The $300 million lawsuit…
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Save The Bus campaign raises the alarm over transit cuts in Vancouver
A group that advocates for better transit in Greater Vancouver says that if new funding isn’t found to sustain TransLink’s operations by April, we could be…
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Ontario vs Germany: A contrast in democracy
Both Ontario and Germany just had elections. In Germany, more than 80% of the electorate turned out to vote. In Ontario, it was less than 50%. In Germany, the…
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Oil and gas industry's influence on climate education in schools
The oil and gas industry has a long history of attempting to shape public perceptions of fossil fuel use and sow doubt about the science of climate change. A…
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How Trump's bullshit fits into pattern of authoritarian political speech
Most liars care enough about the truth to try to conceal it. But simply not caring either way is a different vice, one that American philosopher Harry…
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BC NDP tables provincial budget as Trump continues to threaten tariffs
BC Minister of Finance Brenda Bailey tabled the province's 2025 budget on Tuesday this week, the same day that Trump brought in a 25% tariff on all Canadian…
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City Beat: Council considers plan for major redevelopment of Jericho lands
Next week, Vancouver City Council will get its first look at the full plan for the massive redevelopment of the Jericho lands, the Park Board will try to make…
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The Stand documents the 1985 Haida blockades on Lyell Island
On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding that the government work with…
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City Beat: Ken Sim's widely criticized plan for the Downtown Eastside
It was a busy week in Vancouver civic politics. Lots of people spoke at City Hall as Ken Sim’s motion to ban on supportive housing came before council, plus…
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Countering residential school denialism
This week, the BC Conservative MLA for Vancouver Quilchena reposted a National Post article about the former residential school site in Kamloops, adding a…
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Updated: Business lobby behind push to remove Canada's internal trade barriers
As Donald Trump threatens Canada with an economic war, the country’s political and business class agree that we have to tear down the barriers to trade across…
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Online abuse prevalent during 2023 Alberta election
A new report by The Samara Centre for Democracy evaluates abusive content on Twitter during the last Alberta provincial election. The platform, owned by Elon…
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Canada needs an east-west electricity grid, not another oil pipeline
Donald Trump’s tariff threats and insistence that Canada become the 51st state have put the issue of national sovereignty firmly on the agenda. It seems…
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Quebec's secularism law
In January, the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it would hear a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law that prohibits certain public sector workers from…
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Farmers urge Canadian government to boost food sovereignty in face of tariffs
The National Farmers Union says the government should use the 30-day pause on tariffs to protect Canadian farmers from the effects of U.S. tariffs on exports…
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Attack on trans rights across Canada puts youth at risk
A series of anti-trans measures and unscientific definitions of gender are amongst the flurry of executive orders issued by the U.S. president. In addition…
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Metro Vancouver board members seek to scrap climate action plan
Metro Vancouver has a climate goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. Now that goal is under attack from some members of the Metro Vancouver board. The Dogwood…
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Trump hits first, negotiates later in trade war with Canada
The trade war between the U.S. and Canada began with steep tariffs on Canadian goods, followed by retaliatory measures from Canada, and then Trump’s decision…
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Court challenge to Vancouver's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering
The BC Civil Liberties Association along with three individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the city’s daytime…
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$10aDay Child Care Campaign pushes for more spaces, higher wages
In the last election campaign, the NDP said they would ensure affordable before and after school care across BC and create a long-term capital plan to add…
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Vancouver mayor to close door on provincial funding for supportive housing
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim chose a day-long summit last month organized by the pro-business coalition Save Our Streets to make a major announcement about housing…
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Ryan Kelpin on the book Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario
A new book published this month provides an in-depth look into the devastating policies of the Ford government across a wide range of public policy issues…
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An evening with the authors of a book on Jewish anti-Zionist organizing
Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing was published last year by Haymarket Books. The two authors, Rebecca…
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Amazon to lay off nearly 2000 workers in Quebec following unionizing drive
Last week, Amazon announced that it will lay off all its workers at seven warehouses, fulfillment centres and sorting stations in Quebec. Almost 2000 workers…
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City Beat: Ken Sim goes on the offensive against the Downtown Eastside
Next week Vancouver City Council will get updates on childcare, seniors’ services and a healthy water plan as well as some interesting potential new…
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Black youth, legal rights and hip hop
In a recent project based in Scarborough, Ontario, Black youth are teaching their communities about their rights, justice and the law using hip hop. The…
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Challenging Vancouver's outdated ban on apartment buildings
Vancouver currently bans apartment buildings on 75% of its residential land. The city says that its current infrastructure wouldn’t be able to accommodate…
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Police body-worn cameras unlikely to increase trust, accountability
The Vancouver Police Department spent the last year exploring the use of body-worn cameras. In November, the VPD asked Council to approve expanding the program…
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Dr. Danyaal Raza on non-physician professionals billing the public system
A new interpretive letter on the Canada Health Act says primary health care services provided by qualified non-physican practitioners must be covered by…
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City Beat: A new plan for False Creek, water meters for all and more
Next week, Vancouver City Council will debate whether to spend $4M for yet another plan for South False Creek, $3M to continue cutting diseased Hemlock trees…
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NDP-Green cooperation deal may open door to pro rep in BC
The new accord developed between the NDP and the Greens includes a special committee that will look at a proportional representation voting system for BC. The…
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New documentary asks how we can teach our boys to become better men
In 2016, Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Simms became the father of a son. Later that year, Donald Trump won his first term as president, fuelled by the rise of…
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Historic hotel on verge of collapse after sitting empty for 11 years
After Holborn Properties bought the Dunsmuir Hotel in downtown Vancouver, it allowed the property to deteriorate for nearly 20 years, and evicted all the…
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Writers talking. 8. John Cavanagh on The Water Defenders
Ending Jan 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. In 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to pass a…
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Writers talking. 7: Travers on The Trans Generation
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. Travers spent five years talking with trans kids and their…
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Writers talking. 6: Miranda Brady and John Kelly on We Interrupt This Program
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. We Interrupt This Program tells the story of how Indigenous…
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Writers talking. 5: Carmen Rodriguez on Atacama
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. Carmen Rodriguez is an internationally acclaimed…
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Writers talking. 4: Bruce McIvor on Standoff
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. Judging by the constant stream of news reports of standoffs and…
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Writers talking. 3: Frances Moore Lappé on Diet For A Small Planet 50th anniversary edition
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. Diet for a Small Planet was the first major cookbook to address…
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Writers talking. 2: Songwriter and choir director Earle Peach on Questions to the Moon
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. In one of our most popular podcasts recorded in August 2021…
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Writers talking. 1: Desmond Cole on The Skin We're In.
From now until January 11, Writers Talking - a series of eight conversations from our archives. In his first book, The Skin We’re In, journalist and activist…
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Opposition to bottled water hastens BlueTriton's exit from Ontario
Bottled water is the world’s most-consumed packaged beverage, but movements to protect water quality and to ensure the right to water are fighting back hard…
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Environmental racism and Indigenous resistance in Canada
Environmental racism is a systemic issue in Canada. There's a long history of marginalized communities suffering at the hands of industry, all authorized by…
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Charges laid under Fisheries Act 10 years after Mount Polley dam failure
The collapse of the Mount Polley tailings dam in 2014 was one of the worst mining disasters in Canada. The dam failure sent hundreds of tonnes of toxic…
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Campaign to ban right turn on red
Every year in Metro Vancouver, car crashes kill 100 people and injure many more. Vision Zero Vancouver wants to see the number of deaths and life-altering…
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Non-disclosure agreements used to silence victims of harassment, abuse
Non-disclosure agreements were originally a mechanism for protecting trade secrets. But they are now increasingly used as a matter of default in settlement…
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Hogan's Alley Society aims to revitalize historic Black neighbourhood
Hogan’s Alley was home to Vancouver’s largest Black and African diaspora community for many years. From 1931 to 1971, the City pressured residents to leave…
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Postal workers strike part of wider struggle against precarious work
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been on strike since November 15. CUPW represents more than 60,000 Canada Post delivery workers in rural…
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City Beat: Police spending up to almost a fifth of 2025 Vancouver budget
Next week, Vancouver City Council will debate the more than $3 billion City budget, which includes yet another increase in police spending, and determine the…
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Canada's pest regulatory agency reverses proposed ban on neonicotinoids
Environmental and health organizations are calling on Canada’s Minister of Health to intervene after a regulatory flip-flop has left an insecticide on the…
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Gaza Family Reunification Program failing to bring relatives to Canada
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federal government introduced a special program to allow Ukrainians to temporarily work, study and stay in…
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Trudeau's message glosses over complexities of immigration
In videos in both French and English, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke directly to viewers to explain his government’s new plan to reduce immigration by…
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Indigenous children "victims of enforced disappearance", says report
Between the 1870s and the late 1990s, over 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forced to attend church-run, government-funded residential…