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Red Tape is People
February 8th, 2010 
   
Red Tape. What it is. Why the phrase is so popular with politicians and lobbyists. And why you should cringe every time you hear the words "red tape". Our guests today are Jamie Kneen of Mining Watch Canada and Vern Edwards of the Ontario Federation of Labour. We also pay tribute to a lost friend, Chris Mattson. Music in this show: {text-indent:10pt} Everyday People by... (more)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaks out about contamination in our fish
February 1st, 2010 
   
In January, Waterkeeper Alliance with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper headed to Alberta to raise money for this global grassroots movement. Our President Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke, and boy did the media react! Our special guest on this episode of Living at the Barricades is Robert F. Kennedy Jr, talking about mercury contamination and fish in North America. Music in this... (more)
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Birds, bats, and the Wolfe Island Wind Project
January 26th, 2010 
   
How do you know if a wind turbine is killing birds and bats? Answer: Somebody has to count the bodies. We do just that, today, on our to visit Wolfe Island. Mark and Krystyn chat with Stacey Haskins and Bill Evans. Music in this Show You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) by Dead or Alive Spin Spin Sugar by Sneaker Pimps Spin the Black Circle by Pearl Jam Listen to the... (more)
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Heart of the Moose River: Part II of II
January 25th, 2010 
   
In Part II of this two-part episode, Mark and Krystyn talk to legendary Cree guide and Riverkeeper Wililam Tozer. Author Joseph Boyden gives a reading from the Moose River, live from the Charles Sauriol dinner in November 2009. Music in this Show Lost River by Mickey Hart Lost Cause by Beck Lost in a Crowd by Rusted Root Lost Together by Blue Rodeo Listen to the... (more)
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Heart of the Moose River: Part I of II
January 11th, 2010 
   
In Part I of this two-part episode, Mark and Krystyn go back to June 2009 when Northern Ontario's first Riverkeeper joined the Waterkeeper movement. They talk about the Moose River with counsel Joanna Bull and about what it means to be a "Waterkeeper". Author Joseph Boyden gives a reading from the Moose River, live from the Charles Sauriol dinner in November 2009. Music in... (more)
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Big Pipe, Big Headaches (December 7, 2009)
December 7th, 2009 
   
The Big Pipe is a half-a-billion dollar sewage pipeline. Stretching across the north-eastern Greater Toronto Area, the Big Pipe will funnel more than 1 billion litres of sewage from York Region to Durham Region every single day. That's 95% one region's sewage dumped on the doorstep of another on a daily basis. Many residents in and around Pickering are concerned about smells,... (more)
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Invasion of the Asian Carp (December 1, 2009)
December 1st, 2009 
   
Giant, leaping, face-slapping food-guzzling fifty-pound fish have escaped and are headed this way! Alien invaders, the asian carp, have likely breached the last barrier before the Great Lakes and are set to slip into our sweetwater seas near Chicago. How it happened. Why it's scary. And what's to be done. Georgian Baykeeper Mary Muter joins co-hosts Mark Mattson and Krystyn... (more)
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Heart of a Lake: Live from the Charles Sauriol dinner
November 23rd, 2009 
   
This very special episode of Living at the Barricades features three of the six performers in Heart of a Lake: Gord Downie, Tanis Rideout, and your Waterkeeper, Mark Mattson. You will hear author Joseph Boyden's readings on the Moose River during an upcoming episode of Living at the Barricades. Two of our performers, Andrea Nann and Brendan Wyatt, brought motion and beauty to... (more)
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Lafarge fuels case comes to an end (November 16, 2009)
November 16th, 2009 
   
Back in 2006, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper started researching the environmental effects of burning tires at cement kilns. Not long after, Bath area residents, including our good friend and Trustee for Lake Ontario, Gord Downie, raised alarm bells about one tire burning proposal in particular. The Lafarge Alternative Fuels project, as it was known, was a proposal to burn tires,... (more)
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Hesitating experiments that change our world (November 4, 2009)
November 10th, 2009 
   
The Government of Canada is poised to build a massive low-level radioactive waste site in Port Hope, Ontario. The environmental assessment is done. The licence has been issued. The Port Hope radioactive waste site --- a hesitating experiment that will change the future of our waterfront. We talk about such experiments on this episode, including the Red Hill Creek Expressway,... (more)
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