Teens trash 21 Quebec provincial police cruisers

Teens trash 21 Quebec provincial police cruisers The Canadian Press July 23, 2008 The damage caused to the police vehicles was about $5,000 Imacom, Charles-Antoine Auger SHERBROOKE, Que. — Two teens were nabbed by police after they managed to trash 21 Quebec provincial police cars in a parking lot early Wednesday. Sherbrooke police driving by [...]

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Disturbance at Renous prison

Renous prison under partial lockdown Inmates locked up following seven-hour incident at maximum-security prison located near Miramichi By Yvon Gauvin Times & Transcript staff [New Brunswick] Published Saturday July 19th, 2008 RENOUS – The Atlantic Institution in Renous was in a partial lockdown situation yesterday after a seven-hour disturbance in Unit 1 of the maximum-security [...]

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Kanehsatake Mohawks barricaded Quebec highway following police intervention

Kanesatake Mohawks barricaded Quebec highway following police intervention The Canadian Press July 26, 2008 Kanesatake, Que. — Kanesatake Mohawks barricaded a Quebec highway early Saturday following an intervention by the Quebec provincial police. Police say 12 to 15 individuals blocked Highway 344 near the town of Oka by dragging trees into the road and setting [...]

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Two more arrests at Tsawwassen power protest

One man arrested at Tsawwassen power protest Crews installing last seven of 19-tower, transmission-line project Frank Luba, The Province [British Columbia] Published: Friday, July 25, 2008 A protester was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaching a court order prohibiting interference with a $275-million, high-powered transmission-line project in Tsawwassen. “When the police came to tell us we [...]

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10 Windows of an RBC on Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver) Smashed

10 Windows of an RBC on Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver) Smashed [Posted by Some Toads on July 24, 2008, to friendsofgrassynarrows.com] On the night of July 23, we joyfully smashed out 10 windows of the RBC at First and Commercial. It should be painfully obvious why we did this. It is a bank. Death to [...]

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Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver): Another Kiewit Truck Swallowed By Fire

Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver): Another Kiewit Truck Swallowed By Fire [Posted by Anon on July 23, 2008, to friendsofgrassynarrows.com] in the early morning of tuesday july 22nd 2008 a truck belonging to peter kiewit and sons parked off of victoria drive was lit on fire. kiewit is making a(nd) killing off of the development of [...]

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Trio charged with arson in Abbotsford condo blaze

Trio charged with arson in Abbotsford condo blaze By Rochelle Baker – Abbotsford News [British Columbia] Published: July 22, 2008 Three suspects have been arrested and charged with arson in connection to the fire that reduced a section of Abbotsford condo complex to ashes last Tuesday. Danielle Toplass, Jason Read and Angela Arkesteyn-Vogler are each [...]

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RBC Smashed in Vancouver

RBC Smashed in Vancouver [Posted by nobody on July 22, 2008, to friendsofgrassynarrows.com] On July 21st, A Royal Bank Of Canada on Broadway, in Vancouver, was attacked. It had its four ATMS smashed out.

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Anti-2010 campaign escalating?

Violent protests rattle city By BOB MACKIN, 24 HOURS [Vancouver, British Columbia] July 22, 2008 What do bank windows, “Welcome to Vancouver” signs and a construction truck have in common? They are objects damaged or destroyed by rocks, paint or fire in an escalating campaign by anonymous anti-Olympics vandals. They chronicle their attacks and encourage [...]

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Six Nations take aim at Brantford hotel project

Natives take aim at hotel project ‘They can work today, but that’s it’ Posted By SUSAN GAMBLE, EXPOSITOR STAFF Brantford Expositor [Ontario] July 19, 2008 Native protesters in the city’s north end moved down the road Friday morning. They set up a large teepee at the edge of the Hampton Inn hotel site on Fen [...]

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