by Justin Fisher | Sep 21, 2020 | From the Ground Up, yxe
Every Wednesday at 6:30pm we are privileged to air our show, From the Ground Up, on CFCR 90.5FM – Saskatoon’s Community Radio Station. We’re really grateful to have this platform to engage with folks in Saskatoon and beyond on bringing attention to...
by Justin Fisher | Sep 17, 2020 | #cdnpoli, #skpoli, webinar
We are excited to be co-sponsoring the launch of Seth Klein’s recently published book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. The event will be taking place online on Wednesday, September 30 from 7-9pm. The evening will feature a reading from...
by Justin Fisher | Sep 3, 2020 | #skpoli, webinar, yxe
Register here! Fall is arriving, and as you no doubt know this fall brings both provincial and municipal elections to Saskatchewan. We want to make sure climate change is on the political agenda for these upcoming campaigns. However, we know climate change can...
by Justin Fisher | Sep 2, 2020 | #cdnpoli, #skpoli, From the Ground Up
It’s now been more than three and a half years since the provincial government announced that it was shuttering the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, and more than two years since Greyhound Canada announced that it was withdrawing from Western Canada, leaving...
by Justin Fisher | Jul 6, 2020 | #skpoli, From the Ground Up
The Saskatchewan government recently announced it would be making a $4 billion investment in expanding irrigation out of the Diefenbaker reservoir. As John Pomeroy, head of the Global Water Futures project at the University of Saskatchewan, said in a recent interview,...
by Justin Fisher | May 1, 2020 | #skpoli, yxe
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had far-reaching social and economic impacts, and it is as yet unclear how profound those impacts will be. The pandemic has presented a classic ‘shock doctrine’ moment, which Naomi Klein has described as periods of crisis...
by Justin Fisher | Apr 24, 2020 | #skpoli, yxe
Dear friends, We hope this message finds you well in these trying times. We know these past several weeks have been overwhelming, and that people have been focused on adapting and looking after their communities and loved ones. We’ve also seen that this pandemic...
by cjsorganizer | Feb 14, 2020 | #cdnpoli, Pipelines
We stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and those who seek to protect their traditional territory from pipeline development. Their ongoing, peaceful resistance to unwanted exploitation of their unceded land is to be expected and supported....
by Justin Fisher | Jan 25, 2020 | #cdnpoli, Pipelines
Dear friends, Please support Indigenous communities on the front lines of Wet’suwet’en territory by donating and/or sharing this info. We have organized a prize draw for folks in Saskatchewan to encourage direct donations to the Unist’ot’en camp as...
by Justin Fisher | Jan 16, 2020 | From the Ground Up, yxe
In the fall of 2016 we took the opportunity to hit the airwaves weekly on CFCR 90.5FM, Saskatoon’s community radio station. A little over three years later, From the Ground Up is still going strong, and we just recently broadcast our 150th episode! It’s...
