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Motherboard: How First Nations Kids Built Their Own Internet Infrastructure

by Soledad Vega on August 25th, 2015
First Nations kids in Ontario found a solution to no high-speed, ridiculously expensive Internet service: they built their own infrastructure. Learn more below, and demand world-class Internet service for 100% of Canadians at UnblockCanada.ca Article by Jordan Pearson for Motherboard
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Straight: Date set for committee to hear complaints against CSIS at secret hearing in Vancouver

by Soledad Vega on August 7th, 2015
Next week the SIRC is holding a secret hearing about a complaint that alleges CSIS illegally spied on activists and First Nations people. The high-profile case is being led by our friends at BCCLA.  Article by Travis Lupick for the Georgia Straight A group of B.C. environmentalists is about to have its day in court in a high-profile case against the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
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