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Corus Entertainment is proposing to launch what it describes as a "hyper-local" news channel serving communities in Western Canada.   

Find this article in The Tyee, rabble.ca, and VUE Weekly.

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Alissa Westergard-Thorpe, one of the key organizers from The Olympic Resistance Network, speaks with Meghan Murphy about the anti-Olympics movement in Vancouver.

Recorded February 25, 2010.

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Who counts? In Harper's budget world it isn't women, the environment or indigenous issues.  But he counts deficits.  And plenty is being counted for the U.S. health care bill but not necessarily what matters - like universal coverage.  That said, maybe the progressives have something up their sleeves.  Single payer does exist in parts of the bill, if we can only get it to count.  And we also serve up some rumours about something Obama might do and if he does, it will be very bad. 

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A freedom of information request by Canadian Press revealed that the office of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney deleted references to the civil rights of queer Canadians from a guide for immigrants. We speak with NDP MP for Burnaby, Bill Siksay.

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A freedom of information request by Canadian Press revealed that the office of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney deleted references to the civil rights of queer Canadians from a guide for immigrants. We speak with NDP MP for Burnaby, Bill Siksay.

To find out more about Redeye,check out our website.

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Casey Leung talks to writer and editor Kevin Hollett about Megaphone, the Downtown Eastside, and the Olympics.

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Thousands of Tibetans and Tibet supporters in dozens of countries took to the streets today, March 10th, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day and to show solidarity with a new nonviolent resistance movement gaining momentum in Tibet.

The video posted below showcases the Toronto march.

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I grew up on a farm and have continued to raise plants for most of my life. Anyone who does this usually learns about insects that prey upon plants. The smart ones also learn about the balance of nature.

I have seen cut worms, aphids, mites and hoppers destroy crops and the plants that produce them. I have seen how practising mono culture, that is growing huge, unbroken areas of a single crop, has facilitated terrible infestations by providing and almost endless feast of a favoured plant for a pest.

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Former Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) punked conservative talk show host Glenn Beck yesterday by recanting his earlier allegations that House Democrats forced him out of office because he refused to vote for health care reform. Massa resigned on Monday amidst allegations that he sexually harassed one or more male staffers.

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An unusual trial begins in Israel this week, and people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer.

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The Toronto municipal election is many months away, but so far the mayoral front-runners have offered nothing inspirational.

George Smitherman and Rocco Rossi, both Liberal in name only (LINOs?), are in a heated race to the bottom over who can say "privatize" the most, who can more adeptly lambaste unions, who can continue to repeat that insidious fabrication that government shouldn't be in the business of being in business.

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The entry into a downtown Toronto shelter by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on February 27 brought a renewed demand for prompt action from the Shelter | Sanctuary | Status Coalition, a growing movement of over 120 anti-Violence Against Women Organizations.

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The U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs alleges that the Canwest restructuring process has been "corrupted."