Chiefs furious after Ottawa sends dozens of body bags to flu-stricken reserves
WINNIPEG – Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba say they are horrified and want an explanation as to why some of the reserves hardest hit by swine flu in the spring have just received dozens of body bags from Health Canada.
Climate Change and Indigenous People
Sept. 23rd 7:00pm
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave.
(south of Bloor, on St. George Street).
Free event
The impact of climate change generates more devastating effect on the Indigenous People than the average population. Some of the initiatives supposed to deal with climate change often result in very damaging consequence on the Indigenous People in various regions of [...]
More than a tiff – The Toronto declaration
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is having a spotlight on cities by hosting a City to City component. This year, its first, TIFF is spotlighting Tel Aviv. While Cameron Bailey, the festival’s co-director in his first year at TIFF, is a well-known and-respected personality, he seems to have made a serious faux pas.
It is [...]
LATUC – it’s how we spell solidarity in Spanish
This past weekend, the Latin American trade Unionists Coalition (LATUC) was formed at their inaugural conference held at the venerable Steelworkers Hall on Cecil Street in Toronto, Ontario. The Coalition was supported by many unions.
The Real “Norma Rae” Dies
Labor organizer succumbed to long battle with brain cancer
from Associated Press
Mon., Sept . 14, 2009
RALEIGH, North Carolina – Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film “Norma Rae,” has died. She was 68.
Sutton died Friday in a hospice after a long battle [...]
Welcome to Buzzard Press
Hello and welcome to Buzzard Press. We are working on building a few rooms, closets, as well as walls and a roof. Drop by and see what construction projects we finish. We may ask you for help in some of our efforts. Wile it is true that it takes a village to raise a child, [...]