CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Fairy Creek blockades began on August 9th a year ago, and the forest defenders are holding a celebration at the Provincial Legislature today.
Continue reading Fairy Creek celebration at the Provincial LegislatureCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As the RCMP continue arrests of forest defenders at the Fairy Creek blockades, legal and political questions abound following the BC Court’s decision to take over the persecution of arrestees at the request from logging corporation Teal Jones.
Continue reading The legal issues at Fairy Creek, with Tzeporah BermanCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Chief Darren Blaney, of the Homalco Nation, suggests that six months training is not enough to equip the Campbell River RCMP to deal with intense situations like that which led to the recent shooting of Jared Lowndes.
Continue reading RCMP lack of training may have led to Indigenous deathsCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
About a hundred people attended the memorial for Jared Lowndes, who was gunned down by the RCMP outside the Campbell River Tim Hortons’ takeout window on July 8, 2021.
Continue reading The Memorial for Jared LowndesCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter – The opinions expressed in this article belong to the people expressing them and are not necessarily shared by CKTZ, its board, staff, volunteers or listeners.
The Campbell River RCMP may have gunned down an innocent man when they killed Jared Lowndes on July 8, 2021.
Continue reading Campbell River RCMP may have gunned down an innocent man
