Thursday, May 31, 2012

Support for Quebec uprising coming from around the world

Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for World Revolution: "We the undersigned, Chilean academics and student leaders, denounce to national and international public opinion the persecution of the student movement in Québéc, Canada, expressed in Act 78, which was enacted on Thursday, May 19 by the government of Prime Minister Jean Charest."

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Friday, May 18, 2012

T3 Charlottetown Transit sets a new single-day record - Business - The Guardian

T3 Charlottetown Transit sets a new single-day record - Business - The Guardian: "Mike Cassidy, owner and president of T3 Transit, told The Guardian this morning that the system put through a new high of 1,534 passengers on Wednesday.
That tops the previous high, set in January 2011, of 1,483 passengers in a single day."

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Canada News: RCMP spied on B.C. natives protesting pipeline plan, documents show - thestar.com

Chief Na'Moks of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, left, Chief Martin Louie of Nadleh Whut'en, centre, and Chief Jackie Thomas of the Saik'uz nation attend Enbridge's annual shareholders imeeting in Toronto on Wednesday.
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Canada News: RCMP spied on B.C. natives protesting pipeline plan, documents show - thestar.com: "The RCMP has been spying on a group of British Columbia First Nations whose vocal opposition to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline has taken them to the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Toronto, according to documents obtained through an access-to-information request."

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Three Paths to Near-term Human Extinction

Three Paths to Near-term Human Extinction: "Russia is headed directly for loss of 30% of its permafrost by 2050. Tundra fires could accelerate planetary warming. This year, the Northeast Passage was open as of July 27th. This is a massively dire situation for the Arctic. In fact, we’ve passed a de facto tipping point with respect to Arctic ice."

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