This edition was produced at CKUW on traditional Anishnaabe and Métis territory

Program Title: GROUNDWIRE Community Radio News: December 16, 2013
Description: IN this edition:
Algonquins of Barriere Lake resist clear-cutting in their territory. THe CBSA deports a woman in the midst of receiving her chemotherapy treatment. The Chief of Athabaskan-Chippewyan First Nation expresses concerns about the expansion of Bitumen mining on his territory. Winnipeg's university campuses face off against City Hall to see a universal bus pass subsidized by the municipal government as the city Budget vote looms.

Headlines

South Western Energy has packed up and left Elsipogtog first Nations Territory for the time being. Carly Forbes (CILU)

Deepan Budlakoti of Ottawa faces deportation to India based on misinformation about his parents' employment status in the 1980s.

A press release by Migrante BC is calling for permanent residency for Temporary Foreign Workers. Carly Forbes (CILU)

Ontario will be reinstating health coverage for refugees in the new year. Carly Forbes (CILU)

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Solidarity Across Borders Aaron Lakoff, CKUT
Interviews with Elvia and Supporters

Algonquins of Barriere Lake are demanding that the Quebec government honour previous agreements and cooperate with the community to identify and protect key cultural and ecological sites. Lilian Boctor from CKUT.

Interview with Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation on expansion of Bitumen mining on their territory by Native SolidarityNews CKUT.

This week, we bring you this report on a proposed universal bus pass for Winnipeg’s university students and how that initiative is facing opposition from within City Hall. CKUW contributors Reagan Hedley and Victoria King bring us up to speed.

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