The London Tar Sands Network and London Rising Tide hold the inaugural Tar Sands Oilympics in Trafalgar Square, London.
Corporate contenders RBS, Shell and newcomer BP compete for the chance to wreak environmental havoc in their scramble for Canada's tar sands.
In the process they will lay waste to vast areas of boreal forest, poison First Nations communities and push the planet towards catastrophic climate change. The race for the most polluting fossil fuel resource on the planet is on. Forget the Winter Olympics in Canada, the real competition for the future of the planet is here.
February 23, 2010
Feb 23
by London Tar Sands Network and London Rising Tide
February 18, 2010
Canadian News
Demonstrations a greater security threat than terrorism: CSIS
Organizers and residents of the Olympic Tent Village in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside give a press conference on the day after the tent city is set up.
February 16, 2010
Feb 16
by Vancouver Media-Coop
Residents of a neighbourhood in Vancouver that is often referred as the countrys poorest postal code set up a tent encampment in a vacant Downtown Eastside lot to advocate for housing and to shelter the neighbourhoods homeless population.
February 16, 2010
Feb 16
by B-Channel
This documentary feature examines the history of housing in Vancouver and the impact of the 2010 Olympic Games on the city's homelessness and poverty. The film features interviews with legal experts, activists, and people affected by the housing crisis, with particular focus on hotel closures, evictions and the criminalization of dissent.
February 15, 2010
Feb 15
by Dave Ron
Vancouver 2010 Olympics protesters march past the Vancouver Art Gallery to BC Place where the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony is taking place and meet a wall of Vancouver police.
February 15, 2010
Feb 15
by Vancouver Media-Coop
During today's tent city action in Vancouver the VMC caught up with Larry Hildes, an attorney for the National Lawyers Guild. We asked him why he had broken ties with BC Civil Liberties
February 15, 2010
Feb 15
by Vancouver Media-Coop
February 14, 2010
Accounts
Women living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside weigh in on the Olympics
February 11, 2010
Business
Olympic spending tallies won’t come in till the party’s over
The Olympic Resistance Network has called for a convergence to protest the Vancouver Winter Olympics. This video explains some the reasons why these activists have organized the first ever anti-Olymopic summit.
February 9, 2010
Feb 9
by Vancouver Media-Coop