Regardless of who takes power at city hall after November 15th we demand the cancellation of "Project Civil City" in its entirety following the city council meeting on December 16th 2008. Any inaction or delay regarding the cancellation of the project after this date will result in action against Project Civil City and the part[ies] who continue to support it.

From: St'at'imc Native Youth Movement

Munna [HELEN PETERS] [was] arrested for obstruction of justice, Tuesday October 21st 2008, for helping her daughter keep her children from [being] taken by 4 [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] officers, Tribal Police, 4 ministry of Child and Family agents, and social workers that showed up at her house unannounced.

by Nicholas Keung - October 09, 2008

Unlike their Canadian-born counterparts, most immigrant seniors are not entitled to government income supports, such as old age security or the guaranteed income supplement, until they have lived in Canada for 10 years...In order to receive the maximum monthly benefits of $1,100, elderly immigrants must have lived in Canada for 40 years and arrived by the age of 18 to qualify.

Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.

As friends leave her state-subsidized seniors’ building, “Goodbye for now” becomes goodbye forever. Afraid to die alone, Zophia Žvirgzdas hunts for the perfect gay grandson. Can a topless walkathon, a marriage proposal, or the misadventures of a seeing-eye monkey distract her from her pursuit of progeny? Will the Angel of Death convince her that life is for the living – before it’s too late?

Wednesday, December 12 2007 | Oread Daily

The General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) and the Civil Servants’ Supreme Administrative Council (ADEDY) called the nationwide general strike in protest over the country’s social security system. "Participation is almost total. There is overwhelming outrage and condemnation at the government's policies," spokesman Efstathios Anestis of GSEE told Reuters.

Please join us! Trans inclusive, men welcome to march with us.

Nietzsche was right when he said that God is Dead - and that he was killed by the very people who worshiped him. “Mankind” and his technological “progress” has become the new God at who’s feet we are all to bow; but this “progress” will be its own undoing because of the seeds of rebellion that it is sowing. The “work ethic” that the baby boomer generation grew up with is being replaced by something greater and something far more beautiful: the desire to live and the desire to fight back! This is an historical fact that cannot be denied and cannot be stopped!

She moves from one challenge to another, always keeping in mind her passion for righting what she sees as environmental wrongs. 78-year-old Betty Krawczyk was released from the Alouette Correctional Center in Vancouver, BC, Canada on September 26th, to a welcoming party of supporters and the press, and proceeded to hit the ground running.

Betty vowed to go ahead with an appeal of her conviction, and also plans to sue the contractors who helped implement her arrest, Kiewit & Sons, for damages to the environment. Then, at a welcome back rally on the steps of the Supreme Court in Vancouver, Betty announced her candidacy for Mayor of Vancouver in the upcoming 2008 elections.

The 2007 Read the Spirit conference was held on July 11 in Ann Arbor, Michigan for clergy and religion writers from a wide-range of religions.
Founders of the Turtle Island Progect in northern Michigan were invited to explain the new North Amnerican Theology, that promotes respecting nature and each other similar to the beliefs of Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples..

Detroit Free Press religion editor David Crumm organized Read the Spirit conference to discuss news ways for wide-ranging multi-cultural ministries to spread the word. The conference was attended by members of several races and religions.

Indigenous peoples to help write new North American Theology with founders of Turtle Island Project who want a fundamental change in the way Christians view the environment and other religions.

Turtle Island project founder Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard (top right) attends the August 11, 2007 Spirit Scholars conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan for religion writers and clergy from around the Midwest. Guest speaker was well-known author Rev. Grace Imathiu (top left), a United Methodist pastor from Milwaukee, WI.

Religious imperialism, racism against Indigenous Peoples, and exploitation of earth are battled by new Turtle Island Project.
Native Americans will set agenda of Sept. 13, 2007 and future roundtables, conferences.

Tips Founder Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns feel strongly that Native Americans can teach Chistians about respecting the environment, tolerance, and respect for one anothere,