Hunt for pipeline bomber draws harassment complaints

Hunt for pipeline bomber draws harassment complaints
Residents of B.C. town question RCMP tactics
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
Saturday, Jul. 11, 2009
An RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] team hunting for the EnCana pipeline bomber in northeastern British Columbia has been accused of harassing and intimidating people in an attempt to get a break in the case.
Several residents of [...]

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B.C. pipeline bombed for sixth time

B.C. pipeline bombed for sixth time
EnCana spokeswoman confirms bomb went off early Saturday morning, less than a kilometre from site of Thursday’s explosion
The Canadian Press
Sunday, Jul. 05, 2009
For the sixth time in nine months, and the second time in three days, a bomb has exploded near EnCana’s natural gas pipeline in northeastern British Columbia.
The blast [...]

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Guelph: Road Blockade in Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation

Guelph: Road Blockade in Solidarity with the Mohawk Nation
[Contributed by Anonymous to news.infoshop.org, June 20 2009]
[Ontario]
In the morning of June 17th 2009, a few people dressed in black blocked the Hanlon Highway at Paisley Road during rush hour.
Fallen trees and branches were pulled across the southbound lanes and two smoke bombs were set off to [...]

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Second Tyendinaga solidarity blockade comes to end

Blockade comes to end
Posted By JEREMY ASHLEY AND W. BRICE MCVICAR,
THE BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER [Ontario]
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Motorists are once again able to cross the Skyway Bridge after protesters who had closed the Highway 49 fixed link for six days left the scene without incident.
It was just after 5 p. m. on Friday when the small [...]

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Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”

Six Nations Solidarity Action: “Native protesters cause highway chaos”
June 11, 2009
Paul Morse
The Hamilton Spectator [Ontario]
A protest march by Six Nations natives snarled traffic along some of greater Hamilton’s busiest highways today.
Several dozen natives on foot and in cars proceeded along the Red Hill Valley Parkway, Linc and Highway 403 to Brantford to protest the arming [...]

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Tyendinaga Mohawks block bridge in solidarity with Akwesasne

Mohawk protesters block Ontario bridge over arming of border guards
CBC News [Ontario]
Last Updated: Monday, June 8, 2009
About 40 Mohawk protesters blocked a bridge in eastern Ontario Sunday evening in support of a nearby First Nations community engaged in a standoff with the federal government over the arming of border guards.
Protesters blocked either side of the [...]

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Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui

Prisoner restrictions halted at Matsqui
Lawyers plan to take complaints to court
Mary Frances Hill, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
Published: Saturday, June 06, 2009
Corrections Canada called off severe restrictions on prisoners in Matsqui Institution on Friday after lawyers for the prisoners went public with complaints about deteriorating conditions.
Prisoners had been locked in their cells for 23 hours a [...]

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Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court

Matsqui prisoners transferred days before they were to air complaints in court
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun [British Columbia]
June 4, 2009
Fourteen Matsqui prisoners — including two who filed a petition against the prison over inhuman living conditions — have been transferred to other institutions, just days before they were to get their day in court.
Prison rights [...]

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Striking Windsor city workers suspected of sabotage

Tension rising on the line
City strike turns ugly
By Trevor Wilhelm, The Windsor Star [Ontario]
May 22, 2009
Tempers are boiling over and nerves are wearing thin as the CUPE strike drags into week six, with the frustration manifesting itself in allegations of picket line fights, vandalism, threats and stolen garbage.
Papa Cheney’s owner Alissa Coutts said her business [...]

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Prisoner rebellion and strike in Ontario

Prison uprising halted
Posted By ROB TRIPP, SUN MEDIA
Peterborough Examiner [Ontario] ‎
May 22, 2009‎
Prison guards used gas and shotguns to contain an uprising at maximumsecurity Millhaven penitentiary.
The incident began Wednesday night and lasted roughly 16 1/2 hours, until noon yesterday, when the convicts agreed to return to their cells.
Corrections Canada says 48 prisoners remained in an [...]

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