B.C. maximum-security prison remains under lockdown after prisoner protest

B.C. maximum-security prison remains under lockdown after prisoner protest
Canadian Press, September 27, 2008
AGASSIZ, B.C. — A maximum-security prison in Agassiz, B.C. is locked down today after a prisoner protest that began Friday morning.
Kent Institution spokeswoman Whitney Mullin says prisoners refused to return to their cells to protest a prison program.
Mullin says negotiators were brought in [...]

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2010 Olympic Sign Cut Down in Whistler

2010 Olympic Sign Vandalized
Chainsaw used to cut down VANOC/MOT sign; police probe weekend incident
September 25, 2008
David Burke, The Question
[British Columbia]
In what appears to be the first instance of anti-Olympic vandalism in Whistler, a highway sign marking the location of the Creekside alpine venues for the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics was cut down with a chainsaw [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawks stop installation of police facility

Native protesters stop building
Installation of police facility delayed ‘until further notice’
Posted By STEPHEN PETRICK, THE BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER [Ontario]
Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A group of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory women set up this blockade at the site where a new police building was to arrive this week. Intelligencer photo by Stephen Petrick

The installation of a new police [...]

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Olympic Spirit Train Disrupted

OLYMPIC SPIRIT TRAIN SUCCESSFULLY DISRUPTED!
A more complete reportback is forthcoming, however some basic news,updates, and photos are compiled below.
Olympics Resistance Network
News Release to Mainstream Media:
CP-VANOC SPIRIT TRAIN DERAILED WITH ‘SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE’; POLICE MAKE TWO UNPROVOKED ARRESTS
* For photos please visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkflip/sets/72157607424169310/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30781453@N08/
Monday September 22 2008- Amidst pots, pans, sirens, and chants of “No Olympics on Stolen [...]

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10 Businesses Toilets Cemented, 6 September – Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories)

10 Businesses Toilets Cemented, 6 September – Vancouver (Coast Salish Territories)
[Posted September 9, 2008, by Anonymous to no2010.com]
On Saturday September 6, nine Mcdonald’s and a Future Shop’s toilets were cemented shut.

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Arsonists set Guelph police van ablaze

Arsonists set police van ablaze
September 08, 2008
Guelph Mercury staff [Ontario]
GUELPH
A police vehicle parked at the downtown headquarters was destroyed by arsonists early Saturday morning, police said. Surveillance cameras picked up the flames around 2 a.m. The fire department was called to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was towed away early Saturday morning, but a charred [...]

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Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school vandalism hits record high

School vandalism hits record high
Maria Rantanen, The Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times [British Columbia]
Published: Friday, September 05, 2008
The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district spent more than a half-million dollars on repairs in the 2007/08 school year resulting from a record year of vandalism in the school district.
“Vandalism is a community problem,” said Kathie Ward, [...]

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Hanlon Expressway blockade in Guelph

Protest blocks Hanlon
Burning branches, tires in southbound lanes stall commuter traffic
September 03, 2008
Scott Tracey
Guelph Mercury Staff
GUELPH [Ontario]
Commuters were temporarily frustrated yesterday after the southbound lanes of the Hanlon Expressway were blocked with burning debris.
Tree branches and tires were placed on the Hanlon just south of Paisley Road about 7:50 a.m. The debris was then set [...]

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Arrests spark Six Nations blockade in Caledonia

Arrests spark tension in Caledonia
Natives, residents take turns erecting blockades
September 02, 2008
Dana Brown
The Hamilton Spectator [Ontario]
With files from Elisabeth Johns
CALEDONIA (Sep 2, 2008)
The arrest of a prominent Six Nations spokesperson and two others in Brantford triggered a chain reaction of events yesterday that led to parts of Caledonia being shut down for hours.
The event is [...]

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Vandals paint against cops in Port McNeill

Vandals paint Port McNeill
By Teresa Bird – North Island Gazette [British Columbia]
Published: August 26, 2008
Updated: August 27, 2008
PORT McNEILL [Kwakwaka'wakw Nation territory] – A spray painting spree has led to charges against three youth.
Sometime during the night of Aug. 19, more than 20 vehicles and a dozen downtown businesses were sprayed with racist and personal [...]

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