[R-G] The December 2008 Edition of Groundwire is ready for download!

[CKUT Community News Collective]

The December 2008 Edition of Groundwire is ready for download!

Groundwire is a project by the National Campus and Community Radio 
Association (NCRA), providing grassroots coverage of local issues with 
progressive perspectives on national and international news.

Click here to download:

http://www.ncra.ca/business/admin_ncra/progex/programFiles/544/GW_December_Edition.mp3

On this month's Groundwire:

FEATURES:

The Algonquin of Barriere Lake took to the highway for a blockade the 
second time this fall - A look at the cost of the Canadian Security 
Certificate program - Nova Scotia province cuts Halifax's only shelter 
of last resort for the homeless - Queen's University Teaching Assistants 
and Teaching Fellows cast ballots to unionize.

HEADLINES:

After 5 and half years of waiting, the public portion of the Secret 
Trial against Adil Charkaoui is scheduled for December 8th - The 
Iacobucci inquiry has found that Canadian officials have indirectly 
contributed to the torture of its citizens abroad - Indigenous residents 
of the Fort Chipewyan community are demanding a moratorium on oil sands 
development - Stephen Harper signs the Free Trade Agreement with 
Colombia at APEC summit in Peru - Hundreds of feminists gathered in 
Montreal for the Pan Canadian young feminist gathering in October.

Thanks to Gretchen King, Tariq Jeeroburkhan, David Koch, Jane Kirby, 
Courtney Kirkby, David Parker, Christopher Currie, Pierre Loiselle, 
Erica Butler, Erin Ashley, Candice Cascanette, Stephen Kelly, Melissa 
Albiani, Leanne Arnison.

Featuring submissions from:

CKDU, Halifax, NS; CFRC, Kingston, ON; CKUT, Montreal, QC.

This month's edition of Groundwire was produced by CKDU 88.1 FM campus 
community radio in Halifax. To reach us by email, send your feedback to 
groundwire at ncra.ca.

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