GroundWire November 9, 2015

This episode of GroundWire was produced on traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit by the GroundWire National Coordination Team in Toronto. 

Hosted by Carly Forbes and Jayal Chung at CILU in Thunder Bay.

Headlines

Ontario banning of police racist carding practices | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, GroundWire

Restoration of funding to the Refugee health program | Carly Forbes, CILU

Features

Vigil in Montreal for Native Women that were affected by police violence in Northern Quebec | Celia Rabinovitch, CKUT

World Kobane Day in Winnipeg commemorates Kurdish resistance | Michael Welch, CKUW

Hereditary Chief of Turner Island speaks out against the sale of the Island | Gunargie O’Sullivan, CFRO

Community Radio Report

Farm Radio International and the ways community radio is supporting youth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Mat Wilush, GroundWire with audio files from Barry Rooke

Special thanks this week also goes to Mat Wilush and Catherine Fisher