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Contact the chair of the Kamloops Chapter Anita Strong
Contact the webmaster
David Charbonneau
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Other Events in 2009 |
 Potluck
DinnerHeld occasionally -check calendar for dates. Bring a dish and share a meal with us at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 - 7 Avenue, Kamloops. Dinner starts at 5:30 pm. Also, if you have any pictures you've taken of Council of Canadian related events throughout the year, please forward them and Dalton will put together a short presentation as a review of the year. The calendar above indicates dates that potluck dinners are held. If you
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Day of Action on Energy
Regional Meeting is in New Westminster on April 18th & 19th. |
Faced with climate change and diminishing
resources globally, we are at a critical juncture for energy policy. Our
government is gambling with our future, allowing flawed free trade
agreements, free market rules and big oil to set the agenda with serious
social and environmental consequences. The stakes are high. Now, more than
ever, we need a Canadian Energy Strategy that ensures energy security and
helps transition to sustainable energy production and consumption.
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The Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives
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Maher Arar will be the keynote speaker. Cost is $75 and includes dinner. If the Kamloops Chapter of the Council of Canadians can get 8 people to go, we will get a sponsor's table (reserved). |
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The
time is now:
A poverty reduction plan for BC
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International Women's Day
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Date:
March 8 Time: 5pm to 8pm Place Smorgasbord Deli 225-7th ave. What: Live music, art projects, coffee,
All welcome |
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Tuesday, March 10. TRU
Room AE 262 Donna Caddie Come &
ask questions! Tuesday March 10th, 4-5pm Thompson Rivers University, Arts and Education Building Room 262 Tuesday March 10th, 4-5pm |
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World Water Day
Thursday, March 19, 7PM Clocktower Theatre, TRU. Screening of the
film "FLOW - For Love of Water" In conjunction with Discussion to follow.
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Planning for Walk for Peace Saturday, March 21, 10AM, Smorgasbord Deli.
Planning meeting for
this year's , the Environment, and Social Justice.
Please plan to attend if you have anything you'd like to see included
in this year's walk or if you'd like to have any input in the plans. |
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Learn more about
Single Transferable Vote
More at http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/ref2009/ |
We are
co-sponsoring an informational meeting with the Unitarians on the STV to help educate people prior to the referendum. BC-STV will be describing the STV. Please come and bring as many others with you as you can. We all need this information to vote intelligently. 1:30 - 3:30 PM Sunday March 29 Desert Gardens, Mohave Room
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Meera Karunananthan 7:00 PM on Thursday, July 16th at the Smorgasbord Deli (225 - 7th Avenue, Kamloops)
The Council of Canadians national water campaigner, Meera Karunananthan, will be speaking in Kamloops. Karunananthan is calling for a national water policy that protects Canada’s water from bulk exports and privatization.
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“Water is a human right and
essential for the well-being of people and nature” claims Karunananthan.
“Problems with Canada’s water supply include limited reserves, the threat of
trade disputes over water, and increased free market activity that threatens
access to water.
Public water is safer, cleaner, and more affordable” adds Karunananthan. “Some Canadian cities including Toronto, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Vancouver are already taking action such as banning the sale of bottled water in their public facilities” said Karunananthan. “Citizens are not so lucky everywhere and it is difficult to understand how municipal politicians who provide safe and affordable drinking water right from the tap can continue to endorse and support a bottled water industry that is such a drain on the environment and a burden on people’s pocket books”. The talk is free and the public are welcome and tap water will be served. |
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Rally at Kamloops City Hall Tuesday, September 1st at 2pm...bring all of your friends and family! Join Hundreds in demanding City Council oppose plans for railway tie burning project. The proposed project would see the burning of 500,000 CPR creosote treated railway ties per year (Creosote is a chemical used to slow the decay of wood). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creosote Aboriginal Co-generation Corporation or ACC (the company behind the project) is hoping to be burning 500,000 railway ties per year in two years time (250,000 ties in each of two burners) to produce electricity which it would then sell to the Domtar Pulp Mill. The proposed facility site is level with the Kamloops downtown core.
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Some are sarcastically saying
that if this project goes ahead Kamloops will need to change its slogan
from:
"tournament capital of Canada" to "Pollution Capital of Canada" This project is bad for:
"The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that coal tar creosote is probably carcinogenic to humans, based on adequate animal evidence and limited human evidence." "The United States Environmental Protection Agency has stated that coal tar creosote is a probable human carcinogen based on both human and animal studies." Anita Strong, Chair |
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Environmental effects of rail tie
burning. Monday evening, August 31 at 7PM at the Clocktower Theatre at TRU. Guest speaker Dr. Paul Connett, who teaches environmental biology at New York State University
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This is a public informational
meeting and all are welcome. Please be there to inform yourself. View Dr Connett at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB5iOtxlpCs
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Win
Dinner For Two The Council of Canadians is holding a contest for two tickets to a dinner to help bring Omar Khadr home to Canada. We have purchased the the tickets to raise money for the Legal Fund in defense of Khadr.
Omar Khadr sobs as Canadian spy agents question him at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
Dennis Edney, Canadian Legal Counsel for Omar Khadr, will
be guest speaker at a legal fundraising dinner on Thursday, September 24,
2009, 6:30 pm at Goldies Flavours of India Restaurant, at the new location
550 Columbia Street West. |
Here’s how you can win two $50
tickets to the dinner. 1. Write a letter to the editors of the two main local newspapers on the theme of “bringing Omar Khadr home to Canada”. You only need to write one letter and it doesn’t need to be lengthy. Write to other papers also if you like. Kamloops Daily News - kamloopsnews@telus.net Kamloops This Week - editor@kamloopsthisweek.com 2. Copy the letter to me at kamloopscanadians@gmail.com 3. I will pull together a distinguished panel of judges who will choose the best letter and award the tickets. 4. Letters will be judged on creativity, the call to action, accuracy/facts, grammar, and educational value. 5. Judging starts Friday, September 18th at 4:00 PM. 6. The winner’s name and the letter will be published to this email distribution list. |
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Friday, September 25
Joshua Key, author of The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier who Walked Away from the War in Iraq, has embarked on a speaking tour across Western Canada during September and October, seeking support for the cause of U.S. war resisters in Canada. For many people, Joshua’s qualities as a speaker make hearing him an unforgettable and moving experience. In two years his book has been translated into twelve languages and is an international best-seller.
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Joshua was 24 years old when he enlisted in
the U.S. Army on the promise that he could learn a trade and not have to
serve overseas. The army lied, and he soon found himself taking part in
raids of suspected “terrorists” in Iraq. Following a leave back in the U.S.
and after living more than a year “underground,” he crossed the border into
Canada, where war resisters’ groups have helped him in his struggle to win
refugee status. In both 2008 and 2009, all opposition parties in the House of Commons voted to allow war resisters to stay in Canada. Despite this, the minority Harper government refuses to respect the will of Parliament. Canada is deporting war resisters to lengthy prison sentences in the U.S. The Common’s majority position is supported by the Council of Canadians, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International, United Church of Canada, Canadian Labour Congress and many other groups. Joshua Key in Kamloops, part of four-province speaking tour “Let them stay” – Why U.S. war resisters should not be deported from Canada* It is a book that will define the U.S. occupation of Iraq for many years. 7PM The Clocktower Theatre, TRU Admission - Free
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Peter Julian October 14 at 7PM.
MP for Burnaby-New Westminster and International Trade
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Thompson Rivers University Room OM 2621 in the Old Main Building.
Past member of the Council of Canadians National Board of Directors and chairman of the New Westminster Chapter of Council of Canadians speaks on:
The SPP (Security & Prosperity Partnership) with the USA and what that means for us. |
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Who:
Save
Our CBC Kamloops (SOCK)
is holding its first general meeting. When: Wednesday, October 14, at 7:00 pm. Where: at Desert Gardens, 540 Seymour Street in Kamloops in the Boardroom Why: A new constitution will be formed. Complimentary refreshments and door prizes. Win a SOCK radio. Everyone Welcome For more information go to SaveOurCBCKamloops.ca
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Persons Day Breakfast
23 October 2009 Plaza Heritage Hotel from 7-9 am. This breakfast is in recognition of the 80th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada recognizing women as "persons" under the law. The decision advance the cause of women's equality, rights and opened the doors to a number of opportunities for women. Mary Eberts, a constitutional scholar, superb teacher, legal practitioner and Governor General's Award winner will be the guest speaker.
With the assistance of West Coast LEAF (Legal
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Tickets to the event are $35, $25 for
students, and are available through the Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society, 250.374.2119 ext 207 or louise@efrysoc.com. Proceeds from the event will fund activities of West Coast LEAF in Kamloops. West Coast LEAF's mission is to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of systemic discrimination against women through BC-based equality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.
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STOP THE HST
We need your energy and ideas to make this campaign a success. We stopped the sale of the Coquihalla Highway - we can stop the HST!
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You are invited to join a group of Kamloops
community activists and organizers who are meeting to discuss an HST
campaign and petition drive. The BC government should be focusing on fair
taxes to fund public services such as education and health care, not a $1.9
billion tax giveaway to big business. For a detailed explanation of the effects of the HST in BC - Biggest Tax Shift in BC History: Why Did Campbell Do It? By David Schreck, 17 Aug 2009, TheTyee.ca
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Rally and March
Saturday, January 30
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Rally and March
against the plan to burn creosote rail ties in a proposed gasification plant. 10:30 am City Hall, Kamloops |
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Public Forums of Democracy, Incineration & Health Sunday January 31 2:00 pm
Alumni Theatre, Clock Tower, Thompson Rivers University
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Sunday February 7 2:00 pm Alumni Theatre, Clock Tower, Thompson Rivers University Sponsored by the Council of Canadians, TRU Faculty Association Human Rights Committee and many others. Contact Derek Cook, chair, at decook@tru.ca or phone 828 - 5244
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Go to events from 2006 Go to events from 2007
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Council of Canadians regular
and extraordinary meetings, every second Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the
Smorgasbord Deli, pm except as noted.
Find out what's going on in the Kamloops chapter of the Council of Canadians and help with projects.
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Peace
Poster
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annual
fundraiser is taking place in Vancouver on Feb. 12th
