Sea Shepherd crew to face trial next spring

-from HalifaxChronicle Herald
SYDNEY — A two-week block of court time has been set aside next spring for the trial of two European men on charges linked to this year’s Canadian seal hunt.
Alexander Cornelissen, 40, of Amsterdam and Peter Hammarstedt, 23, of Sweden were the captain and first officer aboard the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat when [...]

Two marchers injured in vehicle collision at Walk4Justice

Pair leave hospital after learning they’d have long wait to see a doctor
Clara Ho, The Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON - The Walk4Justice to commemorate murdered or missing women in Alberta was sidelined Thursday evening when the car leading the march was T-boned by a truck pulling a trailer, injuring two people.
About 17 marchers were heading to Edmonton [...]

Canada Itself Exists As An Occupation of First Nations’ Territory

-from Upping The Anti
Introductory remarks for Indigenous Struggles Solidarity Day, June 28 in Sudbury
By Clarissa Lassaline
Good morning. Bonjour. Anni. Welcome everyone.
Today’s activities have been initiated by a local group called Sudbury Against War and Occupation (SAWO). We are a mixed group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous folks concerned with all forms and consequences of war and [...]

Anti-sealing activists enter not guilty pleas

Europeans deny Farley Mowat was within half-mile of sealers
By TERA CAMUS Nova Scotia News
SYDNEY — Two European men were not in court Wednesday but their Sydney lawyer entered not guilty pleas on their behalf to charges laid during this year’s seal hunt.
Capt. Alexander Cornelissen, 40, of Amsterdam and first officer Peter Hammarstedt, 23, of Sweden, [...]

SHAWN BRANT RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

After 62 days in jail, Shawn Brant has finally been released from
custody! Shawn was being held on trumped up charges alleging he had
assaulted a white local businessman during recent road blockades aimed
at stopping a development planned on stolen Mohawk land. The blockades
succeeded inconvincing the developer to back off.

Up to 15,000 B.C.ers homeless: NDP

John Bermingham, The Province
For as many as 15,000 B.C.ers, this land is not their land.
They’re the homeless, sleeping on streets and in shelters, not only in Vancouver and Victoria, but all over the province.
And on Friday, the B.C. New Democrats outlined the scale of B.C.’s homelessness problem in a new report, while issuing a dozen [...]

Calls For Touger Edmonton Panhandling Bylaws are Fascist Bullshit

City cops want panhandler crackdown
Local panhandler weighs in
By FRANK LANDRY, CITY HALL BUREAU
Edmonton cops are urging the city to bring in bylaw changes to crack down on panhandlers.
“Overwhelmingly, it is the recommendation of police officers throughout the Edmonton Police Service that additional legislation is needed to effectively deal with these types of individuals,” Sgt. Tom [...]

Walkers seek justice for missing women

Lori Culbert, Vancouver sun
Gladys Radek will be thinking of her niece Tamara Chipman, who vanished along the Highway of Tears, when she leaves Vancouver today to walk to Ottawa to demand justice for missing and murdered women.
She and other walkers planned to gather with supporters this morning at Trout Lake for a send-off breakfast before [...]

National native leader supports calls for ‘Lost Boys’ inquiry

(I met Sam McGillivray on the lawn of the Manitoba legislature this week.
I was walking by and saw his tent, and my first thought was ‘holy shit, it’s the cross-canada tent city campaign come to life!’ I went up to meet him, and it turns out Sam is spreading the word on the horrible treatment [...]

Canada to host 2010 G8 summit: Huntsville, Ontario

-from infoshop news
HUNTSVILLE, Ont. — Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will host its fifth G8 summit in 2010, this time in Ontario cottage country. The international political event will be held at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, a sprawling golf getaway in the heart of Muskoka.