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The Daily GRRR! - December 18th, 2014

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for December 18th, 2014. 1. Momentum Surges for Expulsion of Misogynist Male Dalhousie Dentistry Students. 2. 16 Month Old Refugee/Citizen Has Spent Entire Life In Canadian Jail. 3. Montreal Firefighters Use Trucks As Protest Billboards. 4. Conservatives Launch Online Campaign Targeting First Nations Bands Demanding Treaty Rights. 5. Site C Dam Approved in BC - “An Expensive Mistake”. 6. Big Canadian Charity Divests From Fossil Fuels. 7. Nova Scotia Passes Fracking Moratorium. 8. Quebec Says Fracking Exploration “Not Worth The Risk”. 9. New York State Will Ban Fracking.

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 16 2014 - “Too Bad It’s Only Tuesday” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 16, 2014. 1. Tens of thousands march against police brutality in major US cities. 2. Arctic oil exploration threatens narwhals and Inuit way of life. 3. Indigenous land defender finally free but in need of legal funds. 4. Indigenous warrior raises funds to grow more food for the movement. 5. Monsanto sues Vermont over proposed law to label GMO foods. 6. Racial profiling to blame for too many black children in foster care. 7. Black man sues Toronto bank for arrest while making legal deposit.

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 15, 2014 - Your “Ugh, Monday Morning” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 15, 2014. 1. Concordia University undergrads vote yes for BDS on campus. 2. Only US and Israel oppose UN ban on weapons in outer space. 3. Direct action glues the locks on McGill’s drone research lab. 4. NEB email gloats about public’s limitations in challenging pipelines. 5. Enbridge fails to reassure communities at risk along Line 9. 6. Energy East pipeline info session met with protest in Winnipeg. 7. California train derails, leading to call for ban on crude-by-rail.

The Daily GRRR! - December 12th, 2014 - Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for December 12th, 2014. 1. Canada’s “Addiction” to Torturous Segregation Will Continue. 2. Defiant and Loving Noise Demo at Grand valley Institute. 3. G20 Cop’s Story Shifts After Meeting With Accused Cop Lawyer. 4. Montreal Cop Arrested For Assaulting Lover, Threatening Minister. 5. Manitoba Cop Busted on Child Porn Creation Charges. 6. Cops Are Not Afraid Of the Legal System. 7. Youth Bring Tar Sands Warnings to COP20.

The Daily GRRR! December 11, 2014

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for December 11, 2014. 1. OILWATCH. 2. Once more: why is oil falling - it's all politics. 3. The impact of the drop in the Canadian oil industry. 4. Stevie H calls climate regulations on oil and gas sector ‘crazy economic policy’. 5. New AFN chief. 6. The Comprehensive Land Claims Policy (consultation period EXTENDED TO DEC 31).

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 9 2014 - “Too Bad It’s Only Tuesday” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 9, 2014. 1. Ont Premier will ignore climate change impacts of Energy East pipeline. 2. Quebec tar sands resistance gets financial boost from a famous face. 3. Stephen Harper’s economic plan “totally fucked” by falling oil price. 4. Cdns to pay for $136M ‘war chest’ to fund Trans Mountain pipeline. 5. Conservative “critical infrastructure” bill could jail environmental protesters. 6. Haida group animates pipeline opposition with stop-motion music video! 7. Alberta pipeline spills 60,000L of crude oil into grassy bog ecosystem.

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 8, 2014 - Your “Ugh, Monday Morning” Edition`

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 8, 2014. 1. Solidarity demonstrations continue worldwide to say #BlackLivesMatter. 2. Hate crime murders continue to terrorize transgender women of colour. 3. “Justice” Minister’s ignorance about Montreal Massacre sparks online outrage. 4. Australian retail chain bans Grand Theft Auto 5 for violence against women. 5. Community rallies to help Winnipeg’s ‘Bannock Lady’ fight legal issues. 6. US congress steals more ancestral Apache land for foreign mining company. 7. Tanzania plans to displace indigenous people for luxury hunting park.

The Daily GRRR! - December 5th, 2014 - Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for December 5th, 2014. 1. KW Solidarity Network Scores Win Against Corrupt Ex-Cop Turn Slumlord. 2. Region Faces Huge Challenge In Fighting Homelessness Epidemic. 3. Canada Continues Systemic Attack on Indigenous Women, Jail Populations Soar. 4. No Justice, No Peace! Cops Killing With Impunity in The States. 5. Canada Ends Deportation Moratorium to Haiti and Zimbabwe. 6. IMF Approves 70$ Billion for Mexico Amidst Popular Uprising Against Ultra-Corrupt #DrugWarCapitalism. 7. Blackberry Buys German Encryption Firm. 8. Ochapowase Nation Calls Harper’s FNFTA Ultimatum Terrorism. 9. TransMountain Pipeline Protests Are Good For Your Health.

The Daily GRRR! Dec 3, 2014 - International Solidarity News

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 3rd, 2014. 1. North East Pylon Pressure #NEPP - #32CSM. 2. Statement from Republican Political Prisoners, Roe House, Maghaberry. 3. Letter recently sent to Dublin City Council regarding the neglect of the Croppies' Acre #32CSM. 4. Government’s proposal to increase rent in local authority housing if water charge is not paid - #32CSM.

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 2 2014 - “Too Bad It’s Only Tuesday” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 2, 2014. 1. Kinder Morgan leaves Burnaby Mountain as court injunction expires. 2. UBC warned international students not to protest or face expulsion. 3. Pre-teens launch protest against anti-gay principal in Ottawa. 4. Women’s self-defense course offered at sliding scale in Hamilton. 5. Video game journalist calls little boys’ mothers on their rape threats. 6. Right-wing pundit Ezra Levant ordered to pay $80K in libel suit. 7. Grand River Indy Media School welcomes locals to learn and create!

The Daily GRRR! - Dec. 1, 2014 - Your “Ugh, Monday Morning” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Dec. 1, 2014. 1. KW expresses solidarity with Ferguson at #BlackLivesMatter rally. 2. Deaths by police in Utah surpassed only by intimate partner violence. 3. Former al Qaida hostage faces FBI nightmare after returning home. 4. Israel jails 11-month-old baby, human rights groups call for release. 5. Aboriginal gov of Australia issues visas for non-indigenous residents. 6. Munduruku people occupy gov building in Brazil to protect their land. 7. Harper government destroys farmer control over seed with Bill C-18.

The Daily GRRR! - November 28th, 2014 - Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for November 28th, 2014. 1. Vancouver Cops Kill Distraught Man Within Moments of Arriving On Scene. 2. Cleveland Cop Shoots Dead A 12 Year Old Wielding a BB Gun. 3. Peel Police Facing 25 Million Dollar Lawsuit After Witness Intimidation. 4. In Bill C-13 Hearings, The OPP Asks to End Anonymity on the Internet. 5. Hackers Target Canadian Cops Over Alleged Framing of Ottawa Teen. 6. Kinder Morgan Has GPS Coordinates Wrong - Court Throws Out Arrests. 7. Controversial Judge Takes Over #G20Toronto Abuse Hearing. 8. Demos in 3 Ontario Cities for Canadian Born Man Stripped of Citizenship, Healthcare.

The Daily GRRR! - November 27th, 2014

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for November 27th, 2014. 1. Dene Trappers Blockade Road Access for Resource Exploration. 2. Proposed Giant Gravel Pit Has Residents Gushing Over Source Water Protection. 3. Some Neonicotinoid Restrictions Finally Coming to Ontario. 4. Indigenous Deer Hunt Protests Condemned. 5. Food Programs For Northern Indigenous Populations In Disarray. 6. Dozens of First Nations May Lose Federal Funding. 7. Racist Sexual Violence Opposed In Video Games.

The Daily GRRR! - Nov. 25 2014 - “Too Bad It’s Only Tuesday” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Nov. 25, 2014. 1. No justice for Mike Brown as grand jury declines to indict murderous cop. 2. Arrests continue on Burnaby Mountain as Kinder Morgan protest grows. 3. Cops shoot and kill distraught, disoriented man in East Vancouver. 4. Unarmed, mentally ill woman killed by Ohio cops called to help her. 5. Pennsylvania’s fracking ponds grow from 11 to 529 in only 9 years. 6. Fossil Free Guelph draws attention to divestment on campus. 7. Grassy Narrows links capitalism and ecocide for National Child Day.

The Daily GRRR! - Nov. 24, 2014 - Your “Ugh, Monday Morning” Edition

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for Nov. 24, 2014. 1. Eleven protesters charged with terrorism at mass demo in Mexico. 2. Canada, US & Ukraine vote against UN’s anti-Nazi resolution. 3. Tweeted photos of teen boy coming out to his best “bro” go viral. 4. (Not My) Laurier hosts roundtable discussion on toxic masculinity. 5. Centre in the Square refuses to cancel Cosby show despite rape claims. 6. Misogynistic “pickup artist” denied entry to Britain after public outcry. 7. Railways given huge gap of 2 years to get safety certification.

The Daily GRRR! - November 21st, 2014 - Waves Through Walls: Prison Radio

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The Daily GRRR! HEADLINES for November 21st, 2014. 1. Indigenous Women Dies in RCMP Custody. 2. Federal Prison Guards Conspired To Run Illegal Auto-Shop. 3. Thin Blue Line Breaking in Ottawa Jail Beating Case. 4. Enough is Enough! Stop targeted policing of the Jane-Finch! 5. Suspended Timmins Cop Charged With Assaulting Lover. 6. Maine’s Legendary Trooper Gets Plea Deal in Sexual Assault of 4 Year-Old. 7. Montreal Gazette Releases Biting Editorial On Police Impunity. 8. Petition to Remove Mexico From Canada’s Safe Country List. 9. Rally in Solidarity With Migrant Detainees. 10. CUPE National President Releases Video In Support of Deepan Budlakoti. 11. American Pipeline Regulator Warns Against TarSands Repurposing Projects. 12. Arrests Made At #NoPipeline Resistance on #BurnabyMountain.