Podcasts about Attawapiskat

Welcome to the Peaks Island Radio podcast, where I talk with islanders and people of interest to the island about arts, culture, current events, and more. In this episode, I speak with Adrian Sutherland, an Indigenous Roots Rocker from Attawapiskat. I discovered Adrian's latest album, Precious Diamonds, on Bandcamp and was immediately captivated by its freshness and depth of feeling. As his website says: "One listen to Adrian Sutherland and you'll know he's unlike anyone else...he melds rock, roots, folk and blues, drawing inspiration from his life, the land, and his language and culture. Adrian's sophomore solo album Precious Diamonds was recorded in Nashville with former GRAMMY winner Colin Linden, and released in 2024. It won Best Americana Album from the 2025 World Entertainment Awards in Los Angeles, is nominated at the 2025 JUNO Awards, and was selected one of the “Top 100 Albums of 2024” by CKUA Radio. It features two songs in Cree, making the first time Adrian is making music in his first language. Lead single Notawe (Father) reached #1 on the internationally recognized Indigenous Music Countdown, and was named one of the “Top 100 Songs of 2023” by CBC Music. Adrian is presently writing a book for Penguin Random House Canada about his extraordinary life in the North. One of the only professional recording artists who lives in a remote fly-in First Nation, he carries authentic and insightful first-hand perspective on many important issues. During this time of reconciliation, Adrian is hopeful for Canadians to walk together in love and respect.Adrian and I cover a lot of ground in this conversation, touching on his rise in music along with the challenges he faced, what it is like to live on his ancestral lands while also having a recording career, and the many social issues Adrian is passionate about. For more on Adrian Sutherland and to support his work, please check out the links below:Adrian SutherlandTrack Premiere: Adrian Sutherland “My Rebel Spirit” – Americana UKAdrian Sutherland: Precious Diamonds, Cree Confessions - SOCAN Words and MusicYou can also follow Adrian Sutherland on social media at @attaboyadrian on all platforms.Thanks for listening to Peaks Island Radio. For more conversations like this, please click here:Listen to Peaks Island Radio To support the podcast, click here: Support Peaks Island Radio

In het gesprek over de waarde van de fotografie met fotograaf Angeniet Berkers praten we over drie projecten; de serie over de nieuwe daklozen, zoals geplaatst in NRC in 2017. We praten ook over de serie die ze maakte in Canada, in het plaatsje Attawapiskat, deze serie zie je met achtergronden op haar website. Het project Lebensborn dat resulteerde in een boek heeft veel media-aandacht gehad, zowel in de kranten als op de radio. Je kan het boek bij Angeniet bestellen, dan stuurt ze het naar je toe. Angeniet verkoopt regelmatig bijzondere prints in mooie lijsten, volg haar voor dat soort buitenkansjes op instagram. Wil je bijdragen aan deze serie podcasts, doe dan een donatie! Dit gesprek is opgenomen op 3 juni 2024 in Rotterdam. 

Food brings us together. But it can also bring us back in time.One of chef Scott Iserhoff's favourite memories is of watching his grandparents make goose stew in Attawapiskat, Ontario. Food holds memory for the Cree chef and owner of Pei Pei Chei Ow, a food and education business in Edmonton. His food memories inspire the dishes he makes today and gives his customers a little taste of home.Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, 2023 winner of the Julia Child Award, is on a mission. Growing up, his family's dinner table didn't often include traditional food. But now the owner of Owamni Restaurant in Minneapolis strives to return the food systems of his ancestors. Both on the plate and on the food scene. Métis chef Patrick Anderson teaches chefs-to-be that making Indigenous cuisine can connect them to their ancestors. Patrick is an instructor in the Indigenous culinary program at Red River College in Winnipeg. He helps chefs-to-be find pride in their communities' traditions by teaching them about the ingredients growing all around them. He hopes by passing on this knowledge, students carry it back home and create their own communities. 

Bruce Shisheesh is the former Chief of Attawapiskat (northern Ontario First Nation). In early 2016, Attawapiskat made international headlines over the youth suicides and attempted suicides the community was attempting to deal with and without even fundamental resources required. Bruce Shisheesh was the Chief of Attawapiskat at the time. Chief Shisheesh traveled to Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who followed the meeting with a letter directly promising a visit to the First Nation community, which had existed without clean drinking water for decades, and Trudeau ended his letter with the words "Indeed, I look forward to visiting Attawapiskat in the near future." 8 years later the struggles in Attawapiskat continue and Mr. Trudeau has not been seen in the community, something Chief Shisheesh reminded me of on 'X' earlier in the week. We have the letter Justin Trudeau sent to Chief Shisheesh in 2016.  Guest: Bruce Shisheesh, former Chief of Attawapiskat First Nation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Replays of Roy's best interviews of 2023. Reflections on 2023's National Truth and Reconciliation Day with artist Adrian Sutherland. Originally aired on September 30, 2023 Guest: Adrian Sutherland. Lifelong resident of Attawapiskat First Nation. International award-winning singer/songwriter. Most recent song Notawe (Father), sung entirely in Adrian's first Cree language. Recorded and mastered by multi Grammy Award winning producer Colin Linden and mastered by another multi Grammy Award winner Greg Calbi. - Adrian as well addresses issues facing First Nations and life at Attawapiskat where homes are barely insulated against freezing winter temperatures and drinking water remains unsafe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take a look back at Roy's best interviews of 2023 with our end-of-year encore presentations of the Roy Green Show! Today's presentation includes: Rents across Canada have achieved unaffordable status for many. Perhaps none more so than Toronto sisters Yumna and Khadeja Farooq. Their 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment where they have lived for 3 years and for which they most recently have been paying $2,500 monthly rent was suddenly raised by $7,000 to $9,500 per month, to begin November 1, 2023. The sisters sought legal advice and will join us to share what they have found out. (Their building was constructed after 2018 making it exempt from rent control.) Guests: Yumna and Khadeja Farooq. Originally aired Sept. 16, 2023. Teachers across Canada experiencing violence and harassment from students. Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario reports 77% of ETFO members have personally experienced or witnessed violence against staff members. We talk to Britain's 'strictest headmistress' about how students must behave in school or face consequences. Also, how at her inner city London school the emphasis is on the 3R's. The approach is yielding great success. although not without its critics. Guest: Katharine Birbalsingh. Headmistress, Michaela Community School, Wembley, London, UK (spent some years of her youth in the Toronto area attending school here). Originally aired Oct. 8, 2023. Reflections on 2023 National Truth and Reconciliation Day with artist Adrian Sutherland. Guest: Adrian Sutherland. Lifelong resident of Attawapiskat First Nation. International award-winning singer/songwriter. Most recent song Notawe (Father), sung entirely in Adrian's first Cree language. Recorded and mastered by multi Grammy Award winning producer Colin Linden and mastered by another multi Grammy Award winner Greg Calbi. - Adrian as well addresses issues facing First Nations and life at Attawapiskat where homes are barely insulated against freezing winter temperatures and drinking water remains unsafe. Originally aired Sept. 30, 2023. The massive appeal of Taylor Swift and 31 million attempts to purchase tickets to her concerts in Toronto in November of 2024. As well, why do some artists become multi-decade successes while others have an occasional hit over the same period of time and yet others are so-called 'one hit wonders'? Guest: Eric Alper (thatericalper.com). 16-time JUNO Award winner and nominated six times as Publicist Of The Year during Canadian Music Week. Originally aired Aug. 27, 2023. Let's look at the Online News Act which Canadians have been commenting on. Let's cut to the chase. Where do you get your news, sports, social commentary today? Then a bit of nostalgia. What did you grow up with? Radio, television, newspapers? What do you miss? And frankly, who needs the tech "giants?" Just go to the websites of the individual Canadian news outlets and forget about Meta and Google. Guest: Joe Warmington. Columnist. PostMedia. Originally aired Jul. 15, 2023. Hollywood on strike! What is this strike about and why is this one described as very serious. And: Another blockbuster for Tom Cruise with the latest Mission Impossible movie. Is he the most successful Hollywood actor ever? Guest: Murray Pomerance. Is an independent scholar and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at RMIT University, Melbourne. His most recent book, just out in paperback, is COLOR IT TRUE: Impressions of Cinema. One of the most respected authors of books about film and the actors and directors. Originally Aired Jul. 16, 2023 --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig Podcast Co-Producers – Tom McKay and Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is 2023 National Truth and Reconciliation Day Guest: Adrian Sutherland. Lifelong resident of Attawapiskat First Nation. International award-winning singer/songwriter. Most recent song Notawe (Father), sung entirely in Adrian's first Cree language. Recorded and mastered by multi Grammy Award winning producer Colin Linden and mastered by another multi Grammy Award winner Greg Calbi. - Adrian as well addresses issues facing First Nations and life at Attawapiskat where homes are barely insulated against freezing winter temperatures and drinking water remains unsafe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe will recall the legislative assembly to pass the school pronoun policy into law and has declared he will invoke the Charter 'nothwithstanding' clause to override any court decision to invalidate the policy. Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan Today is 2023 National Truth and Reconciliation Day Guest: Adrian Sutherland. Lifelong resident of Attawapiskat First Nation. International award-winning singer/songwriter. Most recent song Notawe (Father), sung entirely in Adrian's first Cree language. Recorded and mastered by multi Grammy Award winning producer Colin Linden and mastered by another multi Grammy Award winner Greg Calbi. - Adrian as well addresses issues facing First Nations and life at Attawapiskat where homes are barely insulated against freezing winter temperatures and drinking water remains unsafe. Federal government looking to cut $1 billion from National Defence Budget Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. former Commander RCN and Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.  Nazi honoured in Canada's parliament. Reaction from Ukraine as Putin maximizes PR. Our guest's response is somewhat different to what has been reported/commented on in Canada in the past week.  Guest: Olexander Scherba. Fmr Ukraine Ambassador to Austria, member of Ukraine diplomatic mission to the United States. Author: Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer – Santiago Bedoya Podcast Producer – Tom McKay If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OPP Provincial Constable Adam Belanger is the Provincial Bike Coordinator & Tammy Heidbuurt is the Executive Director of New Hope Community Bikes in Hamilton. They join the 10-5 Podcast for our 100th Episode to talk about the James Bay EPIC Fat Bike Ride. The Ontario Provincial Police, Nishnawbe Aski Police, New Hope Community Bikes and Ontario Cycling partnered together to build Youth Bike Programs in five communities along the James Bay Coast.   To raise awareness and funds for the program, five cyclists from across Ontario, a mix of OPP officers and members of the public participated in the James Bay Epic Fat Bike Ride from March 7-9, 2023.  The riders cycled 300 km from Moose Factory to Attawapiskat, on Fat Bikes, to raise awareness and funds for youth cycling education programs and resources to the remote communities of Moose Factory, Moosonee, Fort Albany, Keshechewan and Attawapiskat, along the northwest coast of James Bay.  All of the programs focus on positively engaging, influencing and mentoring youth through cycling and bicycle care.If you have any questions about this podcast or any suggestions for further episodes please email communications@oppa.ca.This episode of the 10-5 podcast is produced and hosted by Scott Mills and Emily Brown.Music – “Line of Fire” by Jason Shaw available at Audionautix.com and used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 

In this episode, join hosts Pete and Tim along with special guest Dan as they dissect and analyze the Tragically Hip's 2012 record, "Now For Plan A". They dive into the musical journey, reliving their first experiences and evolving impressions over multiple listens. From highlighting the unique elements of each song to the lyrics and influences behind them, no detail is too small. They examine the guest vocals of Sarah Harmer in 'Look Ahead' and the Rolling Stones-esque 'Modern Spirit', exploring the musical and lyrical details. Listen in as they debate the meaning of the lyrics in 'Take Forever' and uncover the mysterious 'About this Map'. A treat for any Tragically Hip fan, this episode is a deep dive into the iconic band's musical journey.TracksAbout this Map - Studio VersionMan Machine Poem - Toronto 2012Streets Ahead - Ottawa 2011Take Forever - Toronto 2012TranscriptTrack 3:[2:51] Hey, it's JD here, and welcome to Getting Hip to the Hip. [2:54] A weekly podcast where I take my friends on a whirlwind tour of the Tragically Hips discography, one record at a time, week over week. And that is the case with this week, as we're discussing 2012's Now for Plan A, the 12th studio record from the Tragically Hip. I'm joined as always by Pete and Tim, and we've also got Dan from London here. How the hell are you guys doing? Oh good, oh good. Excellent. Well, after that, hold on, let me look at my segment guide here. Uh, introduction, rousing response from the gentlemen. Yep. Check. [3:53] Now we'll move on to the next segment, which is, uh, experience with this record. This is a coming off of, we are the same, a record, which was, uh, roundly dismissed by these two gentlemen, uh, a week ago, Dan, um, it was one that It was one that was not well liked. So we're hoping we've got a comeback on our, in the mids tier. It happens. Bye bye. Pete and Tim Burse, talk to me about where you listened to the record the first time, how you experienced it on multiple listens, and overall vibeage off the top. And then we'll fire it over to you, Dan, to get a similar reaction. Well, I listened to it in multiple places. Listened to it first, I think, I think, working, sitting at the computer, listening to it in the home stereo system, listening to it in the car. [5:02] I love the record. I don't want to say too much because I think we're going to get into a lot of it. But only thing I will say, and in all due respect, I don't want to come off harsh here, but fuck you, Dan, right off the bat, Because you've had this record for some time, and we got a weekto soak it in. A week. Let me tell you, a week wasn't even enough. I mean, I could soak this record in for a year. That's all I'm going to say. I'll agree with that. With all due respect, but I can't fuck you down. Like, with all due respect. Thank you. We had a week with it. We had a week with it. I feel like we had a lifetime with We Are The Same. But we only had a week with Now for Plan A. And I felt a little rushed to let it resonate, but every time I turned it on. [6:00] I don't know. I don't want to say it felt like the first time, but it just clicked with me. There are some good tunes on here that we'll get it. We'll get it. We'll get into it. But I listen to it my usual places. Usual places. I listen to it more, I guess, excitedly with my better headphones on around the house, which always makes for, where's dad? Oh, he's right there. but he's not here. So I, you know, because I wanted to hear it in its entirety. And I can only really do that in the car or with the cans on. So yeah, that was kind of my experience. It was quick for a quick album, right? Yeah, the fastest record in their oeuvre at like 39 minutes or so. And only two singles as well. That was shocking to me as well. Which were those? I didn't think they were at transformation was the first single. Of course. And hold on. I've got it right here. [7:09] Streets ahead. Cool. Cool. Any feedback from Spotify? Did any of you guys look at Spotify? Like where the play counts were? Yeah. I mean, I think that's definitely up there. there. So is, so is that transformation and, and I think the title track. Okay, gee, I just want to get transformation. Judy, do you use the term oeuvre a lot? And I pause it to think that you use that term a lot because it rhymes with your last name and the production company that this that is gifting us with this here podcast oeuvre. Yeah, yeah, that's what it Is that why? It's my last name. [8:00] And Ouvra combined without the D. Yeah, and it's because it's all my work, right? It's my collection of work Right is do. Yeah, so so you don't like the D is what you're saying Hey now Pete told me he thought it might be a extra terrestrial Anatomy that he's not aware of Dan, Dan, he actually said this is thisis this somebody part that I didn't learn Dan's regretting joining this podcast. Dan, what are you, like, well I want to hear from Dan, I want to know what, he's had a wild time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well listen with this whole thing I'm just along for the ride, you know. I'll let you guys play out in front of me. Um, no, um, yeah, as you say I was really lucky because it was after the last one I was on that I learned that this was the next one I was going to beon. So I had some considerable amount of time and also time to purchase Jan's album and get it imported from Germany I think. [9:09] So I had a real binge at first because I think it's a pretty easy album to get into. There's a, there's a couple of tracks that sort of, you kind of misplace, you know, in the order along the way for various reasons, but, um, I've, I was just listening to on my way to work. So that was always, you know, whilst traveling on the train, um, and, uh, and I had, I had good times of it and I had it all prepared what I was going to say. Um, because it was many months ago, I then moved on and got busy and did different things, forgot it all. And then spent today binge listening and making notes again. So I'm actually catching up with you guys now, which is typical. What can I say? I mean, that represents our week with this album. [9:57] Oh, that's great. Dan's last visit was Trouble at the Hidden House, right? So he's had a couple of good ones. Which we also have in the collection now. Nice. Awesome. Look at that.All right. Look at that guy. Well, what do you say we start this, Son of a Gun, then? We get in, turn the keys, and see where we end up. All right. Analysis of the first song, "At Transformation"[10:16] The first song, we start in with this cancer metaphor right off the bat with At Transformation. Can I go? Sure. This one, I was so happy hearing the first seconds of this song coming off of our last album's experience. [10:39] This one was so fun for me. I was relieved to hear this song. I played it three times before I went on with the album. Literally, just like, OK, let's do that one again. OK, let's do that one again. It's just so I mean you can feel I don't know the, the bass is on fire in this song. You can feel Gord when he does the you know after that transformation towards the kind of the end. I feltthat coming. You knew the woo was coming, right? I don't know, it just... Context aside, it's a killer song and even the The outro loops back everything about the intro. It just was this circle of a song I felt like just could have been a single, been done. OK. Yeah. Great starter. There's some weird, on this album, there's definitely some playfulness with song endings, with distortion and feedback and keys and synthesizers or something, which this one kind ofgives us that first taste of. So I was happy to hear it. Played 128 times live. 128 times live. So they played this one a bit. How about you, Dan? [12:04] I mean, my second favorite track on the album. Yeah. I mean, as soon as that sort of distorted bass kicks in, you know you're in for a bit of a ride. And again, similar to other tracks that we were looking at when I was last in on the Hen House, this does similar things where you've got that not quite, you've got a really good bridge andthen a not quite a chorus, but then it comes in the second time with the, you know, that transformation bit. Well, the I can see it all at once and that transformation bit, and then that bass takes off and does its thing and it just, man, it just takes off. And as we say, it just dissipates into this weird sort of sonic, mad sort of ending. And similar to the start, it's like after that bass is there, the guitars kind of come in in some kind of informal manner, and then it just, bang, picks up when he starts singing the verse. So it's a banger. Yeah, absolutely. Listen to it again and again and again and again and again. [13:04] Contextually, it's weird. I second-guess myself a lot, not just to this song, Especially with the song though, but with the whole record I say because Tim alluded to it a little bit. Dan doesn't have the context of last week's record So I'm like is this fucking record is amazing as I think it is? Or is it, it's like, hey, I've been living in a, you know. In a faraway prison eating rice and stale bread for three years and now I'm sitting down at fucking Ruth Chris, Steakhouse and you know eating a. [13:59] Filet mignon medium rare with a bottle of uh It just comes in like a beat and a half before. It's fucking cool. I'm just looking at the notes. So long, Bob Rock. A Welcome Back to Tragically Hip[14:21] There's a lot of that in these notes, the bass, guitars, chords, voice throughout this entire record. This is just a welcome back, Tragically Hip. [14:37] One thing that I thought of when I was listening to it was I pictured in my mind the whole band on stage playing this song after maybe being through some shit for a while and likeyou know 45 seconds into this tune everybody just looks over at each other and like they don't say shit they don't have to say shit they just say everything with their eyes and they look ateach other and just smile and are just like yep welcome back Welcome fucking back. I mean, what a return. I mean, yeah, I just feel like we drifted so much from last week, again, that listening to this first song was awesome. Loved it. At the same time, you know, in my research and reading about Gord's wife and her breast cancer and him dealing with that and that kind of being a thread through this album, I believe.It's... BOOM! [15:45] You know, it was exciting, listened for me and I love this first song, but at the same time, it's like, oh, fuck. We all in our own ways, our own stories, our own experiences can relate to cancer and probably even breast cancer. And we have a good friend who just went through it all the way and just a couple of days ago found out she was cancer free. So. Oh, wow. You know, this is Gord's. Yeah. Gord's wife, you know, came out. Yeah. In the end and it didn't take her, which is fucking cool, but you know, to read, I don't know, there's one quote, just to get into it real quick. There's one quote from him, um, from Gordon. He says, many of these songs are me trying to help, you know, through the process, mutely the way a man does around breast cancer. So it's, it's some, some heavy conceptual. Oh my God. Themes here going on. But even straight, even straightforward though, I was unaware that a transformation is the term, the medical term for a cell going from malignant tocancerous. That's called a transformation. So that's what, you know, the title of the song is, right? Yeah. Heavy, heavy stuff. And then we move into man-machine. [17:07] Poem. A Bold Statement: My Favorite Hip Song[20:44] I'll tell you. Yeah, I'm going to say right off the bat, I'm going to make a bold statement. This may be my favorite hip song. Oh, wow. I mean, I didn't I. Tim, I'm telling you the whole thing. I was like mourning sort of Tiger the Lion for a minute in a weird way because I was just. I mean, I don't know what to say about this song. Yeah, Yeah, it's cinematic, JD, but it's just so different. And it's funny, because your whole thing that you just said was it's such a return to form. And while it is, it's still melodically nothing like I've heard from the hit before. That when it gets that minor four, that man, it trickles down. Howard's Strained Voice and Unique Guitar Tone[21:37] It's amazing. Howard's voice is like, I feel like he's straining it on purpose. It just sounds like he's screaming, singing with every fiber of his body. And when he gets to the end of a phrase or a word or a breath, it's like, you know, it's out of gas and he's got to take a breath to recharge and say the next line. One thing I thought of when I heard this, the guitar tone on this song is forged from something not of this earth. I don't know what, and there's a lot of really cool effects on this record, but I just don't know what that is. And I don't know if they remember, if they know how they got it, but it just... The keyboards hit in this song too. Like there were so many keyboards in the last record that I think Tim and I and JD as well felt were squandered, overused. [22:45] Like this was just. Did you gotta, you gotta write, you gotta write to Gavin Brown, the producer. I bet he'll know you should. Oh, I mean, you're, you're talking about effects, settings, everything, all the mix to make that sound the way it did just Jesus dude it was wow what a song what a song. [23:11] So this was played at their last show, right? At Air Canada Center, August 14, 2016. Wasn't that it? K-Rock Center is their last show, which was the 16th, I think. Ah. Or the 18th. Either way, towards the end, this was played, and I can't imagine. I mean, did people know Gord had cancer? They did, right? Sure did. Before the end. Yeah. So I just can't imagine hearing this one live, because it's, you know, originally about his wife. And yes him talking about her having cancer and it turns out, you know I just when I heard this and put it all together I just thought this probably just made people cry towards the endwhen he was singing this song when you sorry That's exactly what I is one other thing I put my if I would have seen this song live it would have crushed me it would have physicallyFucking crushed me Yeah, I Mean the the metaphor of the Abbas it and the Peregrine Falcon. [24:13] I mean you're talking a ballerina of a gentle long skinny legged bird versus a fucking Falcon which will swoop down and you know steal a Chipmunk or a squirrel or chicken oranything? You know, there's just the the position in this song is just just so big and heavy. And the first time I listened to it was in the car, and it was just like, you want to scream along with him, the chorus, but I just couldn't do it. And then at the end, it's like this bomb going off. The end is just as explosive as the middle of the song. So. Yeah. I mean, the song, at the end of that transformation, after you've gone through that weird little sporadic, you know, sonic soundscape thing, you get that little percussive knocking,you know, and it's, it's like a little sort of artificial heartbeat. And then, you know, you track that in and it starts the song and then it's there at the end as well. After the everything, you know, that big chord goes away. It's it comes back into that as well. Um, but also within that as well. Um, I mean, Pete was talking about guitars, but there's, there's, there's so much like weird tambourine stuff going on in it amongst all things as well. So that was good. But I mean, man, yeah, what a huge song. And then. [25:40] Yeah. I mean, I say that the, the, the, the chorus is huge, even though it's just three words, absolutely massive. And, um, you know, God singing, as we were saying, it's just the, the first verse just starts off with this kind of declaration, doesn't it? And it's a kind of desperate declaration and it just sort of, yes, this attacking desperation in his voice sort of carries on from there. It's yeah. It was the same. It's just not like anything I've heard before. That was amazing delivery. Yeah. And those lyrics, crazy. Now, Pete, I want to go back to something that you said about, you know, this being something we've never heard before. I feel like this is a band that even on the records that we didn't necessarily like, they do that every record. They, you feel like they're touching the edge of their capabilities and you know, they're sort of, they're sort of, you know, whoa, they're sort of out there, this record, but you can do, youcan go all the way back to Road Apples and say that about Last of the Unplugged Gems, you know, well, this is sort of, uh, out of, out of left field, it doesn't necessarily fit on this record. And then, you know, uh, we are the same. You could say that about the Depression Suite, right? Like holy shit, who knew they had this opus in them? [27:07] So I'm just curious, you know, if you vibe what I'm saying. Yeah, no, it's a good point, JD. And I think the component here that I feel is different, because I agree with you, especially you on the last record, we are the same. And you could you could tick along to every record since. And there's an element of that on there. But Tim said something in the beginning of the pod. I can't remember exactly how you said it, but what I had the feeling that I got was like this record being about his wife and all thatstuff. It's one thing to be elaborate. [27:55] It's one thing to show up to a party or whatever wearing the coolest outfit or dress or suit or whatever. [28:09] But it's another thing if you wear it well. And what I mean by that in terms of this song is that you can feel that there's a feeling behind It's not just, hey, we're going to go fuckingbig and elaborate because, I, don't know, name a hundred reasons why the hip would go big and elaborate. Probably the most used excuse would be that they want to break through the American market. Whatever. That's not what's going on here. This is like organic as hell. Everything about this song. They're going big and elaborate on this tune because they don't have any other choice. They're like, this is the fucking song that's coming out of all of us right now. [28:54] Yeah, it's elaborate. I'm just, this is the song. Fucking take it or leave it. If that makes sense, JD. It's that difference, I feel. OK, gotcha. Well, in the car with this one cranked, I just thought, imagine being in the recording studio with these guys and everybody's kind of listening to Gord belt this one out. Or Idon't know. This song is just a gigantic one. So for song number two, following that transformation to get into this, if we want to jump ahead to the look ahead. I mean, this gave us just a, we shifted gears a little bit and got a little more lighthearted with the look ahead. [29:41] I thought the song packed a punch under three minutes. It's quick. So the bass and the guitars seem a little more in tandem on this one. If I remember right, there's like left riffs throughout. But for me, the lyrics of you weigh a snowflake, the glamour of the sky descending past perfect eyes and hearts leaped. That's just... Poof. I am the look ahead. I first searched it as the look ahead three words and you know couldn't find shit until I realized look ahead was one word and then learned that that means awesomeyou know like I'll say Dan and JD have fucking look ahead shirts on today we Pete and I didn't get the memo where to wear pavement shirts but that that's that's the phrase The text wasnot sent. The Look Ahead: A Beautiful and Uplifting Tragically Hip Song[30:47] Yeah. I don't know. What about you, Dan? What do you think? I think the Look Ahead is my favorite Tragically Hip song by a long shot. And as we were saying, it's just because of those choruses, those words that just hang over between the lines. It's just beautiful. It's just absolutely beautiful. It just does something so amazing to make you feel fantastic. [31:17] That's it, man. If I'm having a bad day, I could stick that on and that's me. Yeah, because I just quickly mentioned that it felt more light-hearted, but I also thought this one is still fucking full of of juice, you know, it's still, I don't know, this is kind of felt like thisgreat tragically hip rock song, but it's it's loaded. And it's under three minutes. So yeah, it's, yeah, I say it just it comes and goes. But as it comes along, it's just magnificent. You know, you can't say more than that. It's just it's fully formed. And this was one of the ones that I just started listening to it. You know, you'd start at the start and the start is just so different to what it evolves into. And you keep thinking you've got the wrong song, but that start section only lasts about 20 odd seconds before it just everything kicks in. And it just, you know, it's one of those songs that you just can't say that much about. It just is what it is. It does what it does to you. And you just recognize that and it's unstoppable. Yeah, it's cool. Yeah, I would, I tend to agree with you. [32:26] It's a banger for sure. Wouldn't be my favorite Tragically Hip song, but it would make my top 20 list, probably. But boy, oh boy, we haven't really commented on the backing vocals of Sarah Harmer in this one. Pete, what did you think about Ms. Harmer's addition to this song? Well, question, is she on the other tunes on this record as well? Or is it somebody different? Yes. Okay. Well, I want to get up. I'm going to kind of save that if that's okay for some other songs. All I'll say about this is that it's crazy. I love that Dan feels it's his favorite tune, because I feel like this song is like, it is formulaic, tragically hip. Yeah, I agree. It's not just like, there's some songs that you feel like it's, yeah, exactly, exactly. There's some songs you feel like, oh yeah, this is a hip tune. But it's not just that, it's fucking great. [33:35] And you know, generally with their records, they come out with two or three bangers to start and they kind of like, or ones that just jaw drop you. And then song three or song four, they just pull it back a little bit. And I feel like in terms of the, they take off the throttle. It's not as crazy. But melodically, this song is just, I mean, you can't not put this song on and enjoy the shit out of it. Like it's a surefire. You know? Yeah, Dan hit the nail on the head. Nail on the head. He's like, if I'm having a bad day, I put this song on and it, you know, helps turn it around for me. I completely agree. [34:24] I read a critique of this song about it being too simple or less prolific or, you know, there are even some other critiques of the album citing the lyrics to be not as complex or, youknow, less poetic. All these kind of harsh critiques. Yeah, fucked. For real, they're out there. I can't even believe that. Yeah, exactly, exactly. And it just made me like this album more, you know, this. This song in particular, it's like, I couldn't agree with you more, Pete. Under three minutes, it just totally packs a punch. It's sure a hip song, but fuck, it's killing it. This is a top five record for me. I figured. Hands down. [35:13] Yeah, yeah. Hence our special guest. Anybody else, anything else to say about The Lookahead featuring Sarah Harmer. Okay, then we go right into the really heavy We Wanna Be In. I don't have a lot on this one, just because it's fucking huge, you know? Like, the drip, drip, drip stayed in my head for days. [35:38] It's so impactful. This is just a fucking loaded song. It was played towards the end of their career live as well, and it was just another one of of those where it was like, what was this like? I think this one was the same show I mentioned, Air Canada Center. So what was it like to hear this in that state of the career of this band and Gord's life? [36:05] Yeah, and I was there for one of the shows at the Air Canada Center. The first one, I can look up what the set list is, what the setlist was, but so can anybody who's listening to this right now. Yeah. A bunch of these, I think half of these songs on this album were played at those last shows of this album. I think it's like four or five songs off of those last shows. Four songs peralbum. And then I selected, you know, six albums a night to play. So, you know, that's, So even if you went to all three nights at the Arcanda Center, you probably didn't get repeats. Um, cool. Yeah. So, I mean, and this is guys just wait, just wait, just wait for the documentaries. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. It's crazy town. Crazy town USA. Yeah. So... [37:09] We Want To Be It, Giant Song, You're Right, The Drip Drip Drip. Did you get it right away? For me, it took a bunch of listens before I was like, oh, that's fucking, that's fucking chemo. Yeah, I got it. My mind went to morphine first, but I got it. Oh, morphine. Oh, okay. Maybe that's what it is. Something. I was thinking it was probably chemotherapy. [37:36] I mean, for me, I didn't know anything about the context of this album until just before we started recording, which obviously puts a completely different slant on it for me. So I'minterpreting this as we go along as well. I mean, yeah, an amazing song, absolutely huge. But at the bottom of the page, at the bottom of the lyrics in the album, it says for Alan Arkin and Madeline Khan. And, um, they were in a film together, 1980 called Simon. Anybody seen that where, um, yeah, this is, this is what I came across. So, uh, in this film, Alan Arkin plays a guy who, um, the psychology professor, he gets brainwashed and, um, basically by this company and they, uh, they persuade him that he's from adifferent planet and he escapes from them and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in theprocess. But also in that film, he's trying to break this record as well for being a sensory deprivation tank for 80 hours. So I don't know how it relates, but that's something that I found out in relation to this. The Mystery in the Song[38:57] Yeah That is totally crazy because again that means Maybe there was one line in that song that is about that or maybe there's a whole theme. It's you know I don't see it or hear it, but Doesn't mean it's not there. There's there's some I don't I don't know what the relationship is there, but that's that's on the page. Yeah, very strange. So we all need to watch that film anyway, yeah. Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah, when you said that they convince him that he's from another planet, it reminded me of the movie Joe versus the Volcano. I don't know if you ever saw that movie with Tom Hanksand Meg Ryan. It was a bomb at the theaters, but they convinced him that he has something called a brain cloud, like a cancer, but he's going to die. So they get him to jump into this volcano. It's the craziest fucking movie. [39:56] But it reminded me of that. No, I, yeah, this song is, it's huge. There's a bridge part in this song and. You know, my feelings with bridge, it's either good or it's not. Or actually, no, it's either standard, and you're like, OK, that's the bridge. OK. Or it's total shit. And you're just like, man, that just threw the whole fucking tune off. This is a good bridge. I like it. I love it. There's a third layer, you're saying. Yeah, and very few bands are able to pull it off. [40:36] I feel like when you're writing the standard pop song, it's just like there's a formula of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, you know, whatever, and bands fall right into it. It's just like this thing that happens and it didn't happen here. And I love it, man. mean, I, I would say this is maybe my third, I don't know, third or fourth best song on this record, because there's just so many good ones. Don't give away the final segment. [41:16] Well, I kind of already gave my whole segment, but but oops, No, if we're going to move ahead to the next street, we'll see what I did. I'm Ted. Yeah, thank you. Ted's just like, you're a fucking idiot, dude. It's just like, you're a fucking idiot, dude. I know. Introduction to the thread of fuzz in the record[44:41] His head is definitely... So this is the first song where I noticed the thread of fuzz in this record. Because then after this, it's wildly apparent on every song. This fuzz and this distortion, it's like a static that's there on every track after this. Incredible Musicianship: Bass and Drums Shining[45:06] The bass, Gordon Sinclair's bass for this one. I know we talked about it taking off in the look ahead, but I really just, it just off the charts, the licks he's throwing. The drums too, the drums are fucking killing it right there. Absolutely. The drum fills. Thank you, Tim. Yeah, I, this must have been, I actually wrote down, holy macaroni, because it just, it just feels like this song, They're hitting on all cylinders. At this point, it's like the car is going. You've gotten to fifth gear and the car is just brrrrrr. [45:50] It's humming along. You can go faster, you can slow it down a little bit. Still in fifth gear, engine is just humming perfect. The car has just been serviced. Oil's changed. Everything's great. 160 or anything going like 150 and it just feels good Yeah, and it feels the same 100% Thank You Tim That's what I got to say about I'll retrieve my Statement a minuteago about the look-ahead meaning. I totally blew it. It's the streets ahead which means cool or awesome So my bad there. Yeah, Streets Ahead, if you wanna say, you know. Oh, okay. Pete's new do is Streets Ahead, he's there. I did get a haircut, thank you for noticing. Oh, Streets Ahead, okay, okay. Well, Look Ahead then, Look Ahead has significance. Look Ahead is something that was said between Gord's wife and him. And it was like sort of what they would say to each other. [46:57] Yeah, I did as well. God, I'm just hacking this up like a big, it's a perfect piece of meat. I've just hacked it into tartare. You cooked it well done. Which is, you know, tartare's delicious, but not, you know, the way I did it. Yeah, it was like all good kind of thing. It was her look, you know, to him as if everything's going to be okay. Yeah. So streets ahead, different. Means awesome. It means really cool. This one I thought it kind of kicked off. It reminded me of Elvis Costello or the Kinks. Kind of had this loud, like, late, I don't know, mid-70s rock kind of love-slash-anthem sound to it. It felt like it could end around two minutes, but there's a bridge and then it takes another lap, which is great because it's still a short song. But it really felt like it just brought me back to, I don't know, middle school and hearing the kinks and those times. It has this crazy, ominous 20-second ending, over 20 seconds, Like, this one's the best. Yeah. I got to give kudos to Gavin Brown, because he really let the band explore intros, outros. Live Experience: Fans' Regret for Missing Their Live Shows[48:23] They got more creative on this album in general. Yeah, I think it makes it harken back to that live sound that we all crave so much with this band, sorry to say, what you guys havebeen saying the last few weeks about like, oh man, I wish I could have seen them live. That's what a lot of people are saying right now. There are a lot of people in that camp. They were renowned for their live show, absolutely. I wonder how many people listening to right now are late to the fucking, got came to the party really late. It's like, Hey, punch bowls empty. There's fucking no K left. And they're just talking to people. Yeah. You know, I never got to see the fucking family. Please send Pete a mail at Pete at getting hip to the hip.com. Yeah. There, there was a blurb from Gord giving some journalists a quick, ah, it's about, dog sledding. [49:35] And that was that's all I gave so who the fuck knows with that guy? I mean, I would love to have been in Gord shoes during interviews because he was all over the place from things I've read. He was all over the place. He would he would give like heartfelt, you know, meanings to stuff and then he'd be like, ah, That's that's that's what somebody said to me on the train one timeand I misheard them. One of my favorites is somebody asked him about Cordelia. What is Cordelia all about? And he's like, well, it's like a metaphor. Just go read King Lear. [50:18] Well, it's like, I feel like that's like as much as we're joking about it, it's got to be, there's got to be an element to that that's true. It's like, you know, at one point a song means something to you. [50:31] And then as time goes on, you're like, yeah, it's just about some shit I heard on a fucking train one day or whatever it is, you know? That's right. I don't think he's poo poo in the bed. Like he's not pulling a Donald Fagan, as I've said before, from Sealy Den or just like, yeah, they're just words written down on a page. They don'tmean anything. You know, he's not pulling that, but he's, you know, was it. Did you ever hear that interview that or that clip? It's a great clip of Jack White from the White Stripes where he says, and whatever you think about the White Stripes is irrelevant, where he said that when he hears Seven Nation Army,which is arguably one of the most overplayed rock songs in the history of rock and roll, that he doesn't even feel like it's his song. He's like, I just wrote it. We recorded it. It was a cool tune. And now it's out there. And it's like, it's like, that's another band. It's not my bad playing that shit It's really cool. It's really cool the way he comes across Hey, he basically said his I've heard some read some of it from him, too And he basically says once once a song is out Yeah, yeah, and, he openshis wallet and cool and looks at that Yeah, oh my god the songs or his Ford Broncos. Jack White's Perspective on Songs and Fame[51:56] Oh my God. That guy is funny. He's he's got some on him. Sure, man. I just recently learned that my wife has a thing for him, which I had no idea about. And I'm like, I'm like, oh, fuck. [52:14] Definitely, definitely not measuring up to that guy. Oh, you just need to write a couple of hit songs that are like global phenomenons. Yeah. Paint my house red. Anything else on the streets ahead? So this next part of the album is where we take a dip in amount of time songs were played. And I'm not really sure why, but now for plan A was only played 10 times live. [52:45] There's no explanation for me, but that's just a data point. But this one I thought was kind of this level of super heaviness, no turning back. This is like you're facing this song, you know? There's nothing short of everything's enough. You know, there's acoustic guitar in here that feels at one point in the song it... I don't want to say it feels forced but it feels like it could be played softer and nicer but it's not, And which is very distinct with acoustic. And I thought I at this point wasn't sure who was on backups, who was singing backups. You know, I didn't know if it was Kate Fenner who we had before. Oh, right. Right. JD, you mentioned it. Who is this gal? This is Sarah Harmer. So she's a... What's her story? Anybody got any data? She's got a pretty good solo career. Gosh, I'm trying to think of what her big song was. That would have been in around 2002, 2003. I'll take some links for those of you out there. TimbyGettingHitToTheHit.com. Please register him as a Republican. Send me some email. I have notifications turned on. And it's... [54:06] Email Pete at GettingHitToTheHit.com if you want the address and phone number. No, she's gorgeous. She has an amazing matchup with Gort. Her voice is, I thought, incredible. Basement of Parliament was a big song in 2000. Okay. [54:28] For the cadence of the album, for this being Song 6, these are my chapters of the book. The chapters of the book. It's a good Song 6. No issues. It's there's also with one point, this lastly, um, when Gord sings, nothing's short of nothing short of everything's enough at one point when he's seeing that in the song that Iheard Johnny Cash, like there was some kind of Johnny Cash coming through. Definitely more growly and Gord ask, but it's, it's a cool song. Only played 10 times life. Thoughts on the length and build-up of the song[55:07] So special. Yeah. I say, this is the, is this the longest song on the album as well? And it's only like five minutes and four, but, um, the, the buildup is such that it's, uh, one minute 16 when the lyrics actually start. So it's just swirly, swirly buildups. And then, uh, yeah. And then you, you get it. I don't, I don't know what to say about this. I say it's, it's one of those tracks that I. [55:40] I just get through. It's one of these things that's just not really on my attention span. I don't know why, because of the, I don't know. I don't know, it's weird. Because of the aesthetics of the song, I don't know. But listening to it again today, I have grown to like it more. It's a dynamite song on great headphones after a joint. The way it settles in the album, It's almost like you've been through a few things and then you get a snowstorm and everything just really sort of settles down and you're sitting sort ofwatching the snow. But for me, I don't know, it doesn't feel like I want to sit down and be there watching the snow. I want to kind of hop on a bit. So I don't know why, it just feels a little bit misplaced for me. But that's how I am with albums. I always want something more. I always want them to sort of build up. I'm not so good when they change down slightly. For me, I don't know, maybe if it was later on in the album. No, we talk about sequencing all the time here, so this is great to think about that. [56:54] That film I was talking about, the Simon film, when I saw trying to delve into what that was about, there was a few little trailer-y bits and a few little segments of it, And there's onewith Alan Arkin doing one of his psychology lectures, you know, and he's with these kids and he's just saying, yeah, one of the greatest Wittgenstein quotes you'll hear is the, I don't knowwhat I don't know, which is fantastic. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there you go. That's the ultimate wisdom. That is the ultimate wisdom. When you can truly think that out your fingertips, fingertips, you know? [57:38] You've got it. You've got it. Made in the shade. I've tried many times to get there, but just can't get that. Oh, wait a minute. That's another podcast. Dan, what you said about it taking a while to come in. I feel that. And I think JD's right. You need a joint and some good cans for it. but I would say this is probably my second favorite song on this record. Inquiry about the woman singing[58:11] JD, you asked me about the woman singing before. Bands featuring female guest vocalists on certain songs[58:19] I feel like nowadays that's a cool thing to do. I think it started in like 2017, 2018 a lot of bands. I know the National's been doing it a lot with their new records, having like female guest vocalists join in on certain songs. Oh, wow. It's cool. I like it. But I feel like when they did this record in 2012, nobody was doing it. Nobody was doing that. You got a band of five guys. That's the fucking band. I know, you know, it's not like a song featuring so-and-so, like bands very rarely do that. That's totally true. Yeah, absolutely. And this this woman's on at least what, three songs? Two for sure. I've only got two, two, maybe, maybe two, sorry. Yeah, I mean, I, I, I. The song is just amazing the way it starts. I got some, production-wise, I got some Beach Boys vibes from this because there's so much production. [59:39] Like, Abbey Road stock level, like we're in the studio sitting around the board like, what do you think if we do this and we throw this in and everybody's talking like that's the levelof this song because the musicianship is just it's gone when you look at the the EP compared to where we're at now everybody is just you know it's not they're not even on the same planetanymore this band um, i would say that just just if you look at this song from production wise whatever you think about it, you know, the song, you like it, you don't like it. I happen to like it, but it's got to be some of their best, most accomplished work because of how well everything is done in it. Whether or not you like the melody, whether or not you like the minute and 17 or 16 seconds without anything, I get that. I get how sequencing wise I could put you in a weird spot, but like, You can't deny that this song is extremely well done, well recorded, produced, written, everything. Yeah, I completely agree with you and you know, again, there would be a lot of people who would argue that the last two records were really well produced as well. [1:01:07] And maybe they're right, I don't know. But to me, it's just more heavy handed. It's, you know, it's much more heavy handed. This record is much more subtle. Yeah, there are still brushstrokes, but it doesn't feel as like they are put on by like a makeup specialist Right, you know difference between a produced record and a well-produced record. Yeah Yeah, or overproduced maybe overproduced So let's get into the modern spirit and we can think about the modern spirit in a couple of different ways We were talking aboutsequencing earlier, and I'm wondering wondering, would Dan, would this have satisfied your palate if the modern spirit had come after Streets Ahead, or was it something more specificyou were looking for, something more to drive it even higher? No, no, I mean, you can link those two together. You can imagine it coming straight in after Streets Ahead. It would have been a good transition. Yeah. But I say, in terms of this track, I mean all of their Rolling Stones cover versions paid off, didn't they? This is Modern Spirit's pure Rolling Stones. It's just, in every aspect, it's just fantastic. Modern Spirit's Rolling Stones influence[1:02:31] Do you get that vibe? Yeah, I can hear that. Even the drum shuffles are just stones. [1:02:42] Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's some wattage in there for sure, 100% and well said. Yeah, it's it's it's it's very sort of modern, late sort of stones, but it's it's it's spot on, even though it's not supposed to be stones. But yeah, you know, versatility and how to do it so well. And his voice is fantastic on this as well. Banga. Yeah. Yeah, hard agree. The way this song starts, I mean, I mean, I listened to this song in a number of different venues. [1:03:26] I'm 100% the way this song starts and it hits. It's a fucking driving song. I mean, And it's just driving down the fucking highway, windows down. You know, I know last time Tim was with us, what record was it? Or Tim? Last time Dan was with us, what record was it? I'm trolling right now. So I don't know if Tim or I don't know if Dan remembers, but Dan, my car, so my car has what you would call, what the layman would call a premium audio sound system. So the listening experience is not what you'd normally get from, you know, even a decent sound system in a car. It's quite advanced and this. The transcendent vocals of Gord and his evolution as a vocalist[1:04:26] I don't know if Dan remembers that from the last listening, but I think I remember you mentioning it. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's it's it's definitely a cut above. I think the backup vocals on this song to the way they come in. Everything about this song is fucking cooks. If you don't have a smile on your face, jamming along to this song, driving, whatever you're doing, then you need a fucking lobotomy or you need something, I don't know. I don't know how you could not absolutely love this song. [1:05:11] The one note I want to bring up here, I feel like Gord's, when it comes to his vocals and everything. This song, I think that it's thematic throughout the record, but this song really makes me realize he's not he's, he's transcended humanity as a vocalist. And I know this is bold words I'm saying here. But I feel like where he was at from the EP and where we've seen it go. It's like he's an evolved, you know, humans evolved from apes. Like Gord has evolved from humans. So they say. Right, so they say, my apologies for all you creationists out there. No, but I feel like Gord is, he's moved past it vocally, he's just, and as a songwriter and as a front man, he's just like, I don't think I've ever seen, you know, no disrespect to the Stones,because we were talking about the Stones, Dan brought up the Stones. You know, mix mic man, you know what you're getting every time. [1:06:15] He's great, and he's consistent, and he's always great. But I wouldn't say the guy's vocals and style and everything has evolved much since Get Off My Cloud to where it's at today. It's the same dude. Gord, I feel like, is just... He's evolved past the normal human Gord. You know, like Megagord or... Okay, you know. Megagord. Mechagord, you know, like... Yeah. He was five lions, and then he converged into one. [1:06:57] I don't know. I'm gonna use Voltron as a verb. He Voltron'd into one giant robot of a lead singer. Tim, what do you think of this one? I thought the same about the open road with this one. The white and open throat. Night slips back with no noise. I mean, that's... Yeah. It's a great song. All right, next. So this next one about this map was last played in Spokane, Washington, 2012. It was only played twice. Oh, Tim, how about Modern Spirit? Was it played more? Feels like a live song. Ah, sorry. Modern Spirit, only 12. Only 12. So as this album goes by, these songs are played less live, which, yeah, it just made me wonder about the band and what, what, what, or why, or, you know, it, was it, was it thetheme of the album and the life and the times that was kind of too heavy to play live or I'm not sure. Well, they only had one sure after this as well. And that was the last tour. How many stops do you think? And we'll, and we'll get into that. Like, I think it was like, it was strictly Canada. Yeah, it was a pretty big deal. [1:08:22] So about this map. The mysterious and unique start of the song "About This Map"[1:08:26] Pete, talk to me about this map. It's a really weird start. And not in a bad way, just in a... About this map. It's kind of a mysterious song. Yeah, very mysterious. But I love the... [1:08:46] This was the song that made me think on the whole record, because again, like Dan said, I didn't know the history of what was going on in Gord's life during this record. But thisis the song where I kind of was like, okay, what the fuck is going on? This is just, everything's just too different, especially when you look at what the previous record was. But I dug it. The chorus and the pre-chorus is so good in this song. I don't have a ton to say, but the melody and the guitar licks are just top notch. I mean, I feel like it would take me a year to come up with that. Being so cool, making guitars sound that cool, and then afterward, I would just like pat myself on the back for the rest of my life because it's just that fucking cool. And fucking Rob Baker probably just did it in like two takes and then just forgot about it and went home and had, I don't know, fucking rotisserie chicken or whatever you guys eat overthere in Canada. We do eat a lot of rotisserie chicken. [1:10:00] What about blue? What about blue? Oh no, I'm really hungry and thirsty. Fuck. Well, what did you think about this map, Dan? Yeah, it's a good track, but as we were saying, yeah, it's a bit of a weird one. The lyrics, the sort of, the sentiment in the lyrics doesn't sort of, like, build, you know? Of stays on this sort of level. Was the sort of guitars and everything kind of rise around it, which I found was pretty fascinating. And again, it's like, yeah, in terms of sort of lyrics, about this map is said 15 times. So there's a there's a lot of that in there, which I think sort of flattens the lyrics out a bit. But a lot of textures in there that I haven't heard in other stuff as well. [1:11:04] It's a grower. It's an absolute grower. It was for me. Again, it was one of those tracks I'd always get to this stage in the album and then think like, oh God, hang on, is that? And then, uh, yeah, it, it, it had come back to me and, um, I dig. It'sgood. Are any other two fuckers going to recognize the irony of the fact that Dan's discussing the song about this map and directly behind him is a gigantic map? Oh yeah. Am I the only one like seeing the irony here? Sorry. Yeah. For those of you listening... We got a theme. Yeah. Tim's got a map up here. Yeah, got a couple. He's got a couple there too. You got Spain and Italy behind you, right Tim? Staring at it every day. [1:11:56] Good ol' EU over there. Sorry. We'll save the tour for another day. Did anybody get the edge vibes? Like from the guitar? Like, from the guitar? 100%! This song and one coming up, 100% got the edge. Well said, JD. Yeah, we've talked about how the latter part of U2's career has sprinkled some seasoning on this band. I've heard that too. Dave's Weed Shop: The Edge's Redemption?[1:12:36] I think the edge is a bit of a cheat though. So I have a hard time talking about him. I forget his real name. It's probably let's let's let's name him. What was his name? It's probably like, I think it's Dave. It's got to have three syllables. I think he's going to open a weed shop. It's going to be called Dave's not here, man. Now if the edge opened a weed shop, I'd probably, I'd probably like him again. Yeah. David Howell Evans. How? See I call him Dave. We're tight. What's the middle name? Let's move on. Dan? Did you have anything to say about this map, Tim? I didn't realize that about this map was said 15 times. That's a lot. I don't have a lot on this one. I thought that it was a bit of a filler, like we've rounded the bend, and we're getting towards the end of the album. You know, the bass, there's areally nice bass guitar through this. It's a little bit more meandering and I don't know. I didn't have a lot on this one. Yeah, it just kind of kept me going. Again, this part, this chunk of the album just felt just stronger than the past couple albums. Okay, let's move on to... Take Forever? Goddamn son, where we going? Take forever. Forever. Song about astronauts and Calgary[1:17:03] Yeah, this one's eight times live. Last played in 13. I, you know, maybe it was a song about astronauts. I'm not sure. It seems like also some statement about Calgary. Is Calgary the, where the wealth is of the roof? He seems to think everyone should have heart attacks there, According to the songs is what I read Yeah You know, I listened to another podcast and they were from Calgary and they tookgreat offense I don't recall as to why right now, but to me I think about it like, you know that beginning part like When I broke down, I always thought I'd go to Calgary. I think that's a nice sentiment But what do I know? But the yeah, there is a lot about Calgary, right? What about you Dan, how does that? [1:17:58] Totally stumped by this track. For some reason it reminds me of a late Blondie track as well, it's got some kind of vibe like that about it. But yeah, the lyrics and the Calgary thing man, yeah, it's crazy. I mean this is what I'm getting from some of these, I like the tracks, but the lyrics when I'm looking at the lyrics, it's just like, whoa, where are you going with that, Gord? Any insight, JD? [1:18:31] I wish. It's like a time bomb, you know? There's so many wires and things in there that you might pull one wire and it might make some progress, but then there's a whole other pack of wires underneath, you know? Yeah. I mean, again, when you do look at the lyrics for this album, there are a few themes that go through I mean this again this has got the whole kind of man machine reference and it's got thiswhole sort of um you know destroying space thing that we've we've heard um quite a few times as well yeah yeah um I I think this song is textbook hip I mean just the sound that it is I Ihear you on the lyrics, I guess they didn't make enough of an impact on me as the instruments of the song, you know, the instrumentation. Love the fucking thumping bass, just Sinclair's all over this record, you know. It's classic hip. [1:19:46] This is a song, especially in terms of chords, vocals, again, not speaking about the lyrics per se, just his singing. I think this is one of the songs where I'm like, God, why does nobody get this band? Just the song that made me think of it. So yeah, not a ton to say about it, but I dug it. I'm not, um, I feel like compared to last week, you could, you could, you know, serve me a shit sandwich and I'll just be like, you know, Can we, can we get into just a little bit about whydidn't this band, blah, blah, blah, make it in the U S or whatever it is. I had a lot of thoughts about this during this listen, which you just reminded me of. And I was kind of neither here nor there. nor there. But this album, I too, Pete, had thought a bit about. The popularity of this band in Canada versus the U.S. and all those things. And it was concurrently during, while listening to this past week, it was concurrently during Coachella that's 

This week the mayor of Elliot Lake is removed from office, we also meet the new mayor of Wawa, Attawapiskat deals with wolves roaming in the community, a doctor says she isn't being paid fast enough, and we hear music played on a decomposing piano.

This episode was originally published on December 21, 2021. Attawapiskat has become famous across Canada and around the world. Not for the natural beauty that surrounds it, or for the Cree culture of the people who live there. Instead, it's become a byword for the toxic legacy of Canadian colonialism.But while Attawapiskat faced crisis after crisis, the community was sitting on a literal diamond mine run by the world's most famous mining company.So why is it that a community rich in diamonds is so poor? And why did the government and De Beers do so little to help them through?Featured in this episode: Mike Koostachin, Vicki Lean, Anna BaggioTo learn more:After the Last River by Victoria LeanThe People of the Kattawapiskak River by Alanis Obamsawin“De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis” by Ossie Michelin in APTN News“Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” By Edward Jay Epstein in The AtlanticAdditional music from Audio NetworkSponsors: Rotman, Athletic Greens Credits: Arshy Mann (Host and Producer), Jordan Cornish (Producer), Kieran Oudshoorn (Managing Editor), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)If you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Indigenous 150+ podcaster Danasco Chakasam, raised in Moosonee with family roots from Attawapiskat, speaks with host Zorga Qaunaq. Beading and learning traditional crafting skills from the age of nine, Danasco speaks about her love for fashion activism and her experience with the First People's Innovation Lab which brings together modern technology with traditional arts and crafts. She shares what got her into podcasting why it's important to talk about cultural appropriation and why it's so wrong. Listen to Danasso's episode Tia Kennedy: Pursuing Dreams with Gratitude. Follow Danasco Chakasum on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/danascochakasum Follow host Zorga Qaunaq on Instagram at @heyzorgzilla To follow Zorga's upcoming INUVERY podcast celebrating Inuit culture: https://www.instagram.com/inuverypodcast/ This episode was developed in the Intro to Digital Storytelling Program led by Good Influence Films in partnership with RBC Emerging Artists Project, Inspirit Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation. To join our community and learn more about our events, training programs and learning resources: https://goodinfluencefilms.com/podsubscribe  

Attawapiskat First Nation national award winning and best-selling singer and songwriter Adrian Sutherland's new music video 'Walk With Me' is the result of school teacher Steve Pritchard of Beachburg, Ontario speaking with his grade 6 & 7 students about ideas relating to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.  They had heard Adrian Sutherland's song Walk With Me and reached out to him. What emerged was a project creating a mural tracing hands and feet and creation of a heart, with posters and statements reflecting the 94 calls to action. Guest: Adrian Sutherland. The song, which Adrian co-wrote with Serena Ryder in 2019, is about going on a journey together and sharing the same path, even if you come from different places and pays tribute to Adrian Sutherland's grandparents and traditions of the past. the song was included on Adrian's 2021 JUNO-nominated album When The Magic Hits - We'll also speak with Adrian about life at Attawapiskat today and what much-reported on nationally community still requires as far as basic services and housing is concerned.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: Half the children in Canada needing surgery are facing waiting times which by far exceed recommendations for treatment. This could have serious and lifelong consequences. Pediatric surgical chiefs of Canada speak about immense strain experienced by pediatric facilities, including overcrowded hospitals, record emergency-waits and delayed diagnosis and treatment. - This mirrors the reality of healthcare generally across Canada as adults as well are facing major delays in diagnosis, treatment and surgical interventions. Guests: Emily Gruenwoldt. President/CEO of Children's Healthcare Canada and executive director of Pediatric Chairs of Canada. Dr. Alika Lafontaine. President, Canadian Medical Association. First indigenous CMA president. Parliamentary Budget Officer: report on house price assessment and a household's capacity to borrow and pay for their homes in selected cities across Canada. - PBO told Senate banking committee the impact of rising interest rates will double government debt charges within 4 years and supercede the military budget. - PBO says Canada would need to spend an additional $75 billion on the military over the next five years in order to meet our NATO obligation of spending 2% of GDP on defence. - the PBO also has made available to political parties a public debt calculator which costs their suggested initiatives/programs. - As well something called the Ready Reckoner. Guest: Yves Giroux. Parliamentary budget officer. Attawapiskat First Nation national award winning and best-selling singer and songwriter Adrian Sutherland's new music video 'Walk With Me' is the result of school teacher Steve Pritchard of Beachburg, Ontario speaking with his grade 6 & 7 students about ideas relating to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. They had heard Adrian Sutherland's song Walk With Me and reached out to him. What emerged was a project creating a mural tracing hands and feet and creation of a heart, with posters and statements reflecting the 94 calls to action. Guest: Adrian Sutherland. The song, which Adrian co-wrote with Serena Ryder in 2019, is about going on a journey together and sharing the same path, even if you come from different places and pays tribute to Adrian Sutherland's grandparents and traditions of the past. the song was included on Adrian's 2021 JUNO-nominated album When The Magic Hits - We'll also speak with Adrian about life at Attawapiskat today and what much-reported on nationally community still requires as far as basic services and housing is concerned. What is the future of Canadian Nuclear Energy and why is it different from Solar or Wind energy sources? The President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy joins us to answer those questions and more. Dr. Chris Keefer, Pres. Canadians for Nuclear Energy. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Sutherland joins Gregg Tilston and Karim Kanji on this episode of Welcome To The Music! Adrian Sutherland is a roots-rock recording artist with heart from Attawapiskat First Nation on the James Bay. He's a singer, songwriter, musician, writer, speaker, and advocate. He's a father of four, grandfather to four, a traditional knowledge keeper, and respected cultural leader, fluent in Mushkegowuk Cree. The fascinating frontman and founder of all-Cree rockers Midnight Shine, Adrian released four albums with the band before shifting his attention to solo projects in 2019. After building his own recording studio in a sea-can out of necessity during the pandemic, Adrian completed tracking for When The Magic Hits, and scored his first television series (Unsettled by Jennifer Podemski for APTN and TVO). He is presently writing his first book for Penguin Random House Canada about growing up in Attawapiskat – a remote and sometimes-harsh place he still chooses to call home. Adrian cares deeply about many causes, and is using his music and voice to share first-hand perspective on issues facing First Nations like contaminated water, housing shortages, food insecurity, addiction, and mental health. At a time of growing awareness about Reconciliation, Adrian is hopeful for Canadians to better understand one another, and take further steps together. Photo: Judy Sutherland

This show has Throat Singing, Experimental,, Soundtrack, Metal, Grunge, Indie, Chicano, ambient, and an interview with Attawapiskat singer and songwriter Adrian Sutherland. Brought to you by Turtle Island Radio and Pantheon Podcasts. Please, during this difficult time when artists can not play to live audiences, if you like the music you hear, go out and buy some of it. :) Tracks on this week's show are: Sila & Rise ft. Tanya Tagaq - How Lucky We Are Willie Dunn - Big Red Sun (Where the Eagles Soar) Red All Over Project - Inside Mother NAHGA - Bimbo Pricelys – Good Riddance Blue Mountain Mescal - Star of Bethlehem Indigenous in Music with Larry K - Adrian Sutherland Adrian Sutherland - Magic Hits Sage Cornelius - Entombed ¡FUGA! - 1º de Mayo Chamán - Guerrillero de Amor/Guerrilla of Love DJ Thunderkat - Bullet in the Head instrumental Hostibus - Project 141 (untitled mix) info + links https://odesli.co/x42cg9jrxtz5tAll songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists.

This show has Throat Singing, Experimental,, Soundtrack, Metal, Grunge, Indie, Chicano, ambient, and an interview with Attawapiskat singer and songwriter Adrian Sutherland. Brought to you by Turtle Island Radio and Pantheon Podcasts. Please, during this difficult time when artists can not play to live audiences, if you like the music you hear, go out and buy some of it. :) Tracks on this week's show are: Sila & Rise ft. Tanya Tagaq - How Lucky We Are Willie Dunn - Big Red Sun (Where the Eagles Soar) Red All Over Project - Inside Mother NAHGA - Bimbo Pricelys – Good Riddance Blue Mountain Mescal - Star of Bethlehem Indigenous in Music with Larry K - Adrian Sutherland Adrian Sutherland - Magic Hits Sage Cornelius - Entombed ¡FUGA! - 1º de Mayo Chamán - Guerrillero de Amor/Guerrilla of Love DJ Thunderkat - Bullet in the Head instrumental Hostibus - Project 141 (untitled mix) info + links https://odesli.co/x42cg9jrxtz5t All songs on this podcast are owned by the artist(s) and are used for educational purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support these artists.

Support us at www.commonspodcast.com  Attawapiskat has become famous across Canada and around the world. Not for the natural beauty that surrounds it, or for the Cree culture of the people who live there. Instead, it's become a byword for the toxic legacy of Canadian colonialism. But while Attawapiskat faced crisis after crisis, the community was sitting on a literal diamond mine run by the world's most famous mining company. So why is it that a community rich in diamonds is so poor? And why did the government and De Beers do so little to help them through?   Featured in this episode: Mike Koostachin, Vicki Lean, Anna Baggio   To learn more:   After the Last Riverby Victoria Lean The People of the Kattawapiskak River by Alanis Obamsawin “De Beers decision to dump sewage into Attawapiskat played role in current housing crisis” by Ossie Michelin in APTN News “Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” By Edward Jay Epstein in The Atlantic   Additional music from Audio Network This episode is brought to you by PolicyMe. Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s 2021 and many people in Canada’s First Nations still do not have clean drinking water. The startling fact is laid bare in “Clean Water, Broken Promises,” an extensive report from Concordia University’s Institute of Investigative Journalism which brought together 70 students from 10 universities, professional journalists from six news outlets across Canada for two years of extensive reporting in a collaborative investigation. Two of the key members of the investigative team join “This Matters” to discuss the toll of the water crisis on generations of First Nations communities. Guests: Annie Burns-Pieper, former managing editor of the Institute of Investigative Journalism (IIJ) at Concordia University and Brittany Hobson, reporter at APTN News.

Duane 'D.O.' Gibson on Canada's rap and R&B music industry, plus Adrian Sutherland on songwriting, going solo & more First up on the podcast this week, Mike chats with Adrian Sutherland about his new solo music, taking on a new sound with the single “Respect the Gift,” songwriting, creating his own studio space in Attawapiskat, and more. Then, Mike catches up with Duane “D.O.” Gibson, the beloved rapper, motivational speaker, and co-founder of the Northern Power Summit. Duane discusses the evolution of Canada’s rap and R&B music scenes, the changing mentality within that music scene, and whether the support systems and industry infrastructure for rap, pop, and R&B artists is improving in Canada. As well, Duane discusses the need to raise more awareness and knowledge of Black Canadian music history, offers a wealth of valuable insights and advice for artists, and more.

Cree musician Adrian Sutherland photoshops the US senator and his giant mittens into wintery James Bay coast landscapes, and the cover art for his new solo single Respect the Gift.

This week... COVID-19 hits Attawapiskat, we learn about rapid testing in the north, the hospital in Sudbury addresses overcrowding, cell phones for sex workers, derelict buildings, and being a snowbird during a pandemic.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adrian Sutherland comes from Attawapiskat on the remote coast of the James Bay in Northern Ontario. He’s a singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and the founder of roots-rockers Midnight Shine. Adrian and host Karim Kanji talked about: - Cree culture in Attawapiskat - rendition of Neil Young's Heart Of Gold - impact of COVID19 on both his work as a musician and the town of Attawapiskat - the re-mastered album, James Bay - the protest song, Politician Man - performance in June of Lonely Boy - playing with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - the issues facing Attawapiskat: clean water, housing, drug crisis and youth suicide

Adrian Sutherland comes from Attawapiskat on the remote coast of the James Bay in Northern Ontario. He’s a singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and the founder of roots-rockers Midnight Shine. Adrian and host Karim Kanji talked about: - Cree culture in Attawapiskat - rendition of Neil Young's Heart Of Gold - impact of COVID19 on both his work as a musician and the town of Attawapiskat - the re-mastered album, James Bay - the protest song, Politician Man - performance in June of Lonely Boy - playing with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - the issues facing Attawapiskat: clean water, housing, drug crisis and youth suicide

Traditionally, Adrian Sutherland made an effort to not be so politically charged in his approach to writing music. That changed when he released his debut solo single, Politician Man. The song was born out of long standing issues in Sutherland’s home community of Attawapiskat and the frustrations of trying to raise a family on the First Nation in northern Ontario.

Traditionally, Adrian Sutherland made an effort to not be so politically charged in his approach to writing music. That changed when he released his debut solo single, Politician Man. The song was born out of long standing issues in Sutherland’s home community of Attawapiskat and the frustrations of trying to raise a family on the First Nation in northern Ontario.

COVID-19 is known to be more harmful to the elderly and people that are immunocompromised and have chronic illnesses, which is more prevalent on-reserve. “It’s a race against the clock,” said NDP MP Charlie Angus of protecting vulnerable First Nations, particularly in his riding of Timmins-James Bay that includes Attawapiskat. The Trudeau government announced billions in emergency funding Wednesday to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including $305 million for Indigenous communities.

听众朋友你好，欢迎收听浏览加广中文台的周末网络广播节目。在今天的节目时间里，我们为您选播一个星期以来的几篇报道。 欢迎网友和听友们发表评论和看法。我们的电子信箱是：China@rcinet.ca 我们的新浪微博是：“加拿大国际广播-中文”; 我们的网站是： www.rcinet.ca. 每周五北美东部时间上午9点半，我们会有脸书直播（Facebook Live）。我们的Facebook： 加拿大国际广播 – 中文频道。 如果您想快捷、方便并全面地了解加拿大正在发生的事情，请下载安装加拿大国际广播App。请在安卓和苹果应用商店搜索关键词“加拿大国际广播”。 收听CH_The_Voice_From_The_North-20191129-WEC15 本周报道精选 华为在加拿大十七所大学投入巨额研究经费，谁是受益者？（亚明） （CBC News） 自从大约一年前加拿大应美国引渡要求扣留华为财务总监孟晚舟以来，加中两国的关系就一直处于紧张状态。而在此期间，华为在加拿大的业务似乎并未受到影响。加拿大广播公司电视新闻频道在周二晚间的全国联播节目中，播出了调查记者彼得·阿姆斯特朗（Peter Amstrong）的深度报道，揭开华为在加拿大多所大学投资科研的总体情况。这篇报道还回答了有人认为，加拿大的大学从华为公司得到科研经费，应算是受益者，到底“谁才是最终受益者“的问题。 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 乳腺定期检查：加拿大癌症协会呼吁移民妇女予以重视（黎黎） （PHOTO : RADIO-CANADA） 加拿大癌症协会 （La Société canadienne du cancer）发起了第 8 次年度性的 Mémo-Mamo 活动，这个活动针对的是 50 岁以上的女性，目的是强调定期检查乳腺的重要性。 加拿大广播公司报道说，在加拿大，每 8 位妇女中会有 1 人患上乳腺癌，这是女性中最为常见、致命性排第二的癌症。 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TikTok/抖音删除传播新疆穆斯林受迫害言论视频，压力下被迫出面道歉（沈二） -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 加拿大政府又要赔原住民儿童八十亿， 正要求法院允许缓期（亚明） 安省北部Attawapiskat原住民部落的儿童正在游戏场所玩耍. (Chris Wattie/Reuters) 加拿大自由党司法部长戴维·拉梅蒂（David Lametti）和原住民服务部长马克·米勒（Marc Miller）周一发表联合声明，称政府将与原住民集体诉讼案的律师合作，以找到解决赔偿原住民儿童的正确方法。这一新的赔偿案的总赔偿额可能需要80亿加元。 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 新调查：转行的加拿大人大多感到更高兴（黎黎） (Heart&Stroke) 调查发现，大多数转行的加拿大人对自己改变职业的决定感到满意。根据由 Indeed Canada 委托进行的一项新调查，在改变职业的加拿大人中，近 90% 的人表示，自从改行以来，他们感到更加快乐。同时另有 35 ％的人表示，目前正在考虑转行。 一周图片报道 window.jQuery || document.write('

MADD Canada's Red Ribbon Campaign @maddcanada is first up to be discussed on Moment of Truth with Toronto spokesperson Carolyn Swinson. We get a call from Attawapiskat tonight on Moment of Truth as Oakville's Hockey Cares takes youth to the remote community to build reconciliation and play hockey by mixing youth players from both communities on the same teams. Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics @cheekbonebeauty Founder and CEO Jennifer Harper joins to talk about her company's success and how it hopes to inspire indigenous youth.

On episode 97 of Unpacking the News, hosts Andre Goulet and Savanna Craig are joined by local pundit and Executive Director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal Nakuset to discuss the absence of hope in Attawapiskat, the recent conflict incited by racist city government in Oka and why the Globe & Mail's editorial board is 100% wrong about the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls report's conclusions regarding genocide. For more information on the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal go to http://www.nwsm.info/ This episode was recorded on July 26th, 2019.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're wondering if anyone's going on summer vacation. In Ottawa, the news keeps coming even as we're counting down to a fall election. In the United States, the special counsel is back in the news despite his best efforts. In the U.K. there's a new sheriff in town, and he's going to make people do what he wants on Brexit (apparently). And finally, not to disturb your calm, but the rent is pretty damn expensive here in Canada, and we have the data to prove it now.  This Thursday, July 25, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: See More Butts. Gerald Butts is back in the national conversation three months after he resigned as consequence of the SNC-Lavalin affair. While that may be good news for the Liberals election strategizing, it's bad news for optics because Butts was one of the architects of the strategy to lean on former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould. We'll talk about that, plus the lack of strategy for Attawapiskat and the decrepit status of 24 Sussex in our latest round of pre-election news. (Finally) It's Mueller Time! It's been months since Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III delivered his final report investigating foreign interference in the 2016 election, and a month, in Trump-adjusted terms, is like five years. Still, Democratic House members, some of whom are eager to impeach Donald Trump, are hoping that Mueller will help them build a case they can take to the American people, but did the old-fashioned institutionalist Mueller give the Dems the boost they need, and what comes next? Boris the Boss. In spite of all common sense, a small number of Conservative Party members in the U.K. have elected Boris Johnson as their leader, and the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Johnson, a rabid pro-Brexiter, will now face the same conundrum as his predecessor Theresa May in trying secure a Brexit deal everyone can get behind, while still being willing to Brexit with no deal and thus tanking the U.K. economy in the process. So why Boris, and can he succeed where others have failed on Brexit? The Rent Really is Too Damn High! A report last week indicated that Canada's got some pretty big issues with housing, and if you feel like you can't afford the rent anymore, you're probably right. In very few areas of this country, and certainly not in Toronto and Vancouver, are you able to afford the rent on even a one-bedroom apartment while earning minimum wage. It's just further proof that the gulf between the rich and poor is widening more and more, so is there anything that can be done through government policy? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday. ***Programming Note: There will be no new episodes of Open Sources Guelph on Thursday August 1, and Thursday August 9. We'll be back with new live episodes on Thursday August 16.

The water crisis in Attawapiskat. Guest: David Nakogee.  Born and raised in Attawapiskat. Fears for his daughter and grandchildren who live in the community.  Still visits regularly. May contest the next Attawapiskat election for Chief.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Stephen LeDrew  Lawyer, broadcaster and formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada and  Jamie Ellerton - Principal at Conaptus P-R and Conservative Strategist Topics include: Learning tonight that Bombardier has announced it will lay off 500 employees from their Thunder Bay plant. This is a company that has hoovered $4 billion in corporate welfare from the public trough. Will this Quebec company be getting yet another bail out? There is a fuel fight gearing up! Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says if he wins the election he will scrap what he has dubbed a "secret fuel tax" — a plan by the Liberal government to improve fuel standards through regulatory changes.  The shelves at some GTA LCBO stores are a little bare these days, leading to concerns about inventory shortage. Not to worry, say those in charge - the LCBO says deliveries are behind schedule because they have “recently implemented a new Warehouse Management System (WMS), an updated technology for handling product intake and outbound orders. How does a liquor store run out of booze when that's all they do? Last week Catherine McKenna tweeted out a photo praising Ottawa's clean drinking water - and showed her filling her water bottle. Well, that prompted an angry response from those living on Attawapiskat.  On news that Quebec is now adding its name to the fight against the Federal Liberals carbon tax, the liberals are now urging premiers gathering this week to abandon any legal challenges against Ottawa.  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would continue Canada's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Security Council if he becomes Prime Minister. Scheer said he would not “sell out” Canadian principles, including democracy, the rule of law and fundamental human rights, in an effort to secure votes from other countries for a seat on the UN's most powerful branch. WHY???? Elections Canada has announced that they will not reschedule the October 21st election which happens to fall on a Jewish holiday. The high holiday when observant Jews aren't allowed to work - let alone vote. And the three of four days of advance polling - also happen to fall on the holiday. Jewish groups have been requesting a date change for months - and Elections Canada hasn't budged. So it's now heading to court. Should there be a religious accommodation?

Senator Linda Frum yesterday tweeted: "my son is in Calgary for Stampede.  He says he keeps meeting people who ask him "do people in the East actively hate us?" What a sad state of affairs for this country. And, Linda Frum takes your calls. Federal Minister of the Environment tweets "There's a lot to love about Ottawa -- including our tap water!" Meanwhile in the First Nation community of Attawapiskat residents inform an emergency meeting on the state of Attawapiskat's public water concludes: 1: Limit showers   2: crack open a window so we don't inhale chemicals from the steam.  3: Don't bathe in hot water as it opens our pores which can expose us to more chemicals. 4: Don't wash the food. Are the federal Liberals and Conservatives moving closer to each other on fiscal policies, making it more difficult for voters to decide?   And...argues our guest, federal CPC leader Andrew Scheer is "underwhelming" as he pursues Justin Trudeau and the Liberals for the October 21 vote. Canada shirking its responsibility to prosecute its citizens who fought for ISIL writes John ivison in the National Post. It's too difficult to get to the ISIL/ISIS members in Kurdish detention argues the federal government.  Well, it wasn't too difficult for Global News' Stewart Bell to find and interview an ISIS member in Kurdish custody. The ugliness of undisguised anti-Semitism.  Richard Zimler is an international best-selling novelist whose books have been translated into 20 languages. Recently Richard Zimler, who is Jewish, was confronted by blatant anti-Semitism in England. - Guests: Senator Linda Frum Adrian Sutherland. Lifelong Attawapiskat resident and leader of the increasingly internationally popular FN band Midnight Shine.  Brian Peckford. Former Premier, Newfoundland and Labrador and contributor to the program. Scott Newark. National security advisor to the federal and Ontario governments, former AB prosecutor who argues prosecution may be difficult but certainly not impossible. (major piece for the MacDonald-Laurier Institute). Richard Zimler.  (wrote op ed piece about his experience in the British newspaper The Guardian) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sue Heddle and Steve Kataquapit call in from Oakville and Attawapiskat to discuss Hockey Cares.

With Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott declaring their intent to contest the October 21 federal election as independent candidates time to ask this question.  Does electing an independent candidate as MP create a relevant presence in Ottawa, or is it mostly wasted votes? The Ebola crisis is growing rapidly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (worse already than in 2015/17) and the world's media are largely mum.  Quarantine and medical facilities in DCR are being attacked and one doctor has been killed. These facilities are now increasingly being closed because of the violence toward them. Is the world in serious danger of facing an explosion of Ebola? Just Days from the 75th anniversary of D-DAY.  The Allied landings on Normandy, France beaches marked the beginning of the end for the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, but taking control of the beaches and pushing back the German military was not a sure thing going in.  We speak with Canada's Ted Barris who joins us from England preparing for D-Day events. Life in Attawapiskat is like living in a third world country.  Speaking out about living in mold covered homes in the FN community in which suicides by children is a constant concern and drinking water is undrinkable, is lifelong Attawapiskat resident Adrian Sutherland, who is also the frontman for the First Nations band Midnight Shine.  The band is gaining momentum on the international music scene internationally with their latest music video Leather Skin premiered at the Yorkton Film Festival last week. New developments in an ongoing 'Not Criminally Responsible' case.    And a 'high risk offender' is released by Correctional Service Canada, but halfway houses across Canada refuse to take him (except one). Darcie Clarke, former wife of Alan Schoenborn who killed their three children and is deemed NCR, has died.  - Guests: John Nunziata.  Drummed out of the Liberal Party by PM Jean Chretien in '96 for voting against the Liberals budget bill because Chretien broke his '93 cornerstone election promise to "scrap the GST."  In '97 John Nunziata was returned as an independent MP in the Toronto riding of York-South Weston Trish Newport.  Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (Canada).  She is a nurse from the Yukon and the MSF coordinator for the Ebola outbreak in the DCR.  (Joins us from Democratic Republic of the Congo) Ted Barris. Canadian writer, journalist, educator, author/war historian.  Books:  The Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi Germany.  And:  The Great Escape: A Canadian Story Adrian Sutherland, frontman for Midnight Shine, on what life is like for residents of Attawapiskat.  Trudeau promised to visit there 3 years ago when the community was making national headlines Scott Newark. Former AB prosecutor, former senior policy analyst for a federal Minister for Public Safety, was executive director of the Canadian Police Association and is adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Trudeau Liberals are committing money to improve housing and living conditions for Northern Indigenous communities with abject housing, undrinkable water and child suicides. Roy speaks with Adrian Sutherland, lifelong resident of Attawapiskat and leader of the First Nations band Midnight Shine. Adrian was born, raised and still lives in Attawapiskat. He brings his first-hand perspective to the conversation about the circumstances which cause indigenous children to commit suicide 7 times more frequently than non-indigenous, and how he built his own life and music career. Checkout more of Midnight Shine's music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvvtsnwSKQvI5nNWAwEd2w For more from the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you find your favourite podcasts.  Guest:  Adrian Sutherland, musician, leader of Midnight Shine, lifelong resident of Attawapiskat See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first in a two part series about the record setting James Bay Descent fat bike expedition through northern Canada, Ted sits down to talk with the rest of the team, Eric Batty, Ryan Atkins, and Buck Miller. This ride is a 600+km, ten day, self-supported ride from Attawapiskat in Ontario, to the Nunavut Territory in the James Bay, then south to Smooth Rock Falls. Weathering temperatures as low as -40 degrees C/F and pedaling through polar bears country, this ride has its risks. Today's episode is a precursor to how the team will tackle such an intrepid and out-there adventure. This episode was recorded the day they set out for two days of literally, "bike practice" to see what it's like to wield these 85-100 pound bikes and in temperatures well below zero up in the Adirondacks in New York. The ride was possible with the gracious thanks to Cannondale Fat CAAD bikes, Blackburn's Outpost line up of bags for the frame/handlebar/saddle bags, 45NRTH's Cobrafist pogeys and Wolfgar boots, Timmermade sleeping systems, Kombi's mittens and wool long underwear, a mountain of maple fuel thanks to UnTapped. Please check out the fundraising component of this ride, the beneficiary being the Timmins Native Friendship Centre, Moosonee Office: https://www.gofundme.com/james-bay-descent-timmins-native-friendship-center A big thanks goes out to Strava for presenting this episode! Specifically, be sure to look up their new podcast Athletes Unfiltered. Featuring normal athletes, good, inspiring people, daring enough to share their journey day after day. If you like King of the Ride, you'll dig Athletes Unfiltered.

The So Fly Crew sits to chat about their trip to Pym Island on the Attawapiskat River with Hearst Air Service in Northern Ontario. It was a trip filled with big Pike, incredible wilderness and exceptional moments. They feel extra Canadian recording their first episode out of the CBC building.

Attawapiskat is a remote Northern community on the west coast of James Bay, population: 1,549. It's also the home of Midnight Shine frontman Adrian Sutherland.  Despite the logistical difficulties of carving out a career in music, Adrian and the band have released three albums, reached No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown (three times!) and performed at major festivals across the country. Adrian has also been invited to play in the JUNO Cup hockey game for the past two years. On this week's episode of Beyond The Mic, hear what Adrian had to say about connecting with nature, preserving his Cree culture, hitting the ice with former NHLer Daniel Alfredsson and much, much more. 

David Franks discusses his latest book, 30 Days in Attawapiskat - stories of his one-month exploration of the fly-in Native reserve. The post David Franks appeared first on Christine Cowley.

Two years ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to visit the Attawapiskat First Nation, but that visit has yet to happen. For years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government have promised to offer help improve the living conditions in Canada's First Nations communities, but many find that the efforts that have been delivered on have been underwhelming. Guest: Bruce Shisheesh, former chief of Attawapiskat (Photo: Colin Perkel/The Canadian Press) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How access to food, water and the Internet shapes one northern community; the people of Attawapiskat First Nation cope with the high cost of living on reserve. We chat with Kathy and Stephen Stoney- a teacher and a minister- about the barriers that currently exist and what they hope to see for the future of eating in their subarctic First Nation.

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from writers and correspondents around the world. This week: Mark Lowen gauges the mood in Turkey today - and detects a hardening of public opinion against anyone thought to be associated with the attempted coup in July as well as an anti-Western backlash. Seref Isler was part of the BBC team covering those events and recalls what it was like to witness "the night no-one slept". Stephen Sackur's been to Attawapiskat and Calgary to hear of the very modern challenges threatening the survival of Canada's historic First Nations people: can the new Canadian Prime Minister's promises to help these communities be kept? In a Dakar nightclub, Nicola Kelly meets some aspiring DJs and hears their ideas on how to keep Senegalese young people from risking their lives on risky emigrant routes. And Martin Buckley is on the beaches of Corsica to learn why this island - along with the rest of France - has been convulsed with concern over the burkini.

Native Opinion Episode 26 “Dis-enrolment: The Disappearance Of a Nation” To Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook Leave us voice mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/nativeopinion   CONTENT SEGMENTS 1.) Title: De Beers’ Colonial Plunder in Attawapiskat Article Author: Jay Watts, Rebel Youth, Date: April 15, 2016 Source: Warrior Publications Summary: Attawapiskat are not simply a generalized response to decades and decades of Canadian colonialism – the specifics of it in Attawapiskat are damning, too… Attawapiskat is 90km from the open-pit Victor Diamond Mine, where multinational diamond company De Beers, founded by the British imperialist and white supremacist Cecil Rhodes, has managed to work out an astonishingly preferential agreement to plunder the resource wealth of the Attawapiskat First Nation with the complicity of the Ontario and Canadian governments. The mine itself is on lands taken from Attawapiskat First Nation through an extension of Treaty 9 in 1930. Read Full Story Here: https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/de-beers-colonial-plunder-in-attawapiskat/ 2.) Title: Hillary Clinton staff apologize after she offended Native Americans with 'off the reservation' comment as Trump claims statement is 'demeaning to men’ Article Author: ANTON NILSSON Date: May 1st, 2016 Source: The Daily Mail Summary: Hillary Clinton's staff have apologized for their boss after the presidential hopeful was lambasted by Native American groups for saying Donald Trump had gone 'off the reservation' Friday. After being asked about Trump's offensive comments, Clinton said: “I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak.” That remark, made to CNN's Jake Tapper, kicked off a firestorm that led to an apology by Amanda Renteria, Clinton's national political director. Read The Full Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3568350/Hillary-Clinton-staff-apologize-offended-Native-Americans-reservation-comment-Donald-Trump.html  3.) Cultural Appropriation as defined by white people Clip Source: No Agenda Show. http://www.noagendashow.com 4.) Is this teen for real? Source: Facebook Video 5.) Title: 132 Elem Pomo Indians, Comprising 100 Percent Of Elem Indian Colony Residents, Face Banishment And Disenrollment Date: May 3rd, 2016 Source: Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) Summary: [NOTE: This information comes from a press release distributed by 30 disenrolled Elem Indian Colony tribal members.] 132 Elem Pomo Indians, are being exiled from the 52-acre Elem Indian Colony under the guise of “dis-enrollment” and “banishment” by a faction of off-Colony members. Those 132 Pomos comprise 100 percent of Colony residents, who, if jettisoned, would leave an empty Reservation. Despite dis-enrollment and banishment becoming widespread, especially in California, it would be unprecedented for a tribe’s entire residency to be exiled. Read the full Story: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/05/03/132-elem-pomo-indians-comprising-100-percent-elem-indian-colony-residents-face-banishment?utm_content=bufferb776e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

People are saying the federal government needs to give more money to First Nations to combat tragedies like the suicide crisis on the Attawapiskat reserve. Will this really help? Guests - Jay McQueen, weather announcer for AM900 CHML Teri Pecoskie, reporter for the Hamilton Spectator thescottradleyshow

On this week's show, on the 140th anniversary of the introduction of the racist Indian Act, a suicide crisis in Attawapiskat and an emergency debate in the House of Commons, and what could be a game-changer from the Supreme Court of Canada, confirmation that Metis and non-status Indians are entitled to constitutional protection.

Cette semaine, la « Chronique temporele du bon temps de l'est » s'exerce au tir à la hache vous propose une chronique sur les Vikings! N'oubliez pas, l'exposition sur les vikings du Musée Canadien sur l'Histoire prend fin le dimanche 17 avril! Le « Rapport Morin » décortique l'épineuse question du statut d'indien dans la foulée de la vague de suicide qui secoue la comunauté d'Attawapiskat et de la décision de la Cour suprême du Canada d'assimilez les métis et les indiens ''non inscrits'' au statut d'indien. HO HO! Surprise d'outre-tombe, notre deuxième fantôme Jean-Philippe Bernard, doctorant en histoire à l'UQÀM, vient nous parler de ses recherches qui portent sur la colonisation au Québec durant le 19e-20e siècle!   Musique: Krokofant - Bodega Les Sales Machins - Va donc chier!

The CBC messed up the Panama Papers.   The Liberals turn out to be behind the Saudi arms deal and Global Affairs goes on damage control.   The Chronicle Herald, with its staff on strike, publishes a shoddy story about menacing child refugees.    The media looks at the Attawapiskat suicide crisis.   BuzzFeed Canada's social news editor Ishmael Daro co-hosts.Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/joinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The remote Ontario community of Attawapiskat is but one example of a First Nation caught in the grips of a devastating suicide epidemic. This week, professor of psychiatry Amy Bombay joins us to explore the bigger picture and difficult histories underlying these all-too-common issues facing reserves across Canada. // Our opening and closing theme is 'nesting' by Birocratic.

The RoRoShow starts with a breakdown of the Avi Lewis/Maclean's interview. They discuss the rebuttal from Brian Jean to the Premier's televised address. Jorge Barrera joins the show to talk about the crisis facing Attawapiskat.

The town of the Attawapiskat has called a state of emergency after 11 people attempted suicide this past Saturday. Calgary Today's Angela Kokott speaks with Dr. Laurence Kirmayer, a speicialist in Indigenous mental health, talks about the situation in Attawapiskat and why Indigenous communities continue to struggle with mental health. 

Clayton Thomas-Muller and Keira-Dawn Kolson on climate change and climate justice, Joanne Dallaire discusses Attawapiskat, and Deb Singh on resisting violence against women. Please support rabble.ca during our donation drive! You can support right here! Idle No More. That's the slogan under which Aboriginal groups across Canada are rallying for social justice and indigenous sovereignity. As thousands rally across Canada, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is entering the second week of a hunger strike. She it attempting to get a meeting with the Prime Minister to talk about substandard housing and other issues on Attawapiskat. Last year, Meagan spoke with Joanne Dallaire, an educator and healer from Attawapiskat about how we should all be responding to the crises in First Nations communities across Canada. In late October this year 1000 youth from across the Canada participated in a climate justice conference in Ottawa called Powershift 2012. The goal of the conference? To train a generation of climate justice activists so they can work to usher in a clean energy revolution. Clayton Thomas-Muller is an indigenous and environmental justice activist. Who has been organizing grassroots efforts to create environmental change for a decade. He is currently working with the Indigenous Environmental Network. When he took the podium at Powershift 2012, he spoke about what climate justice means. Another speaker at the Powershift 2012 Conference was Keira-Dawn Kolson. Her community has faced pipelines, water shortages, changing climate and a dwindling supply of their traditional food supply: caribou. At the opening of the Powershift conference, the multi-disciplinary artist, motivational speaker, singer-songwriter, leader, dreamer and educator spoke about how her community has been affected by resource development. December 6th in Canada is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It is also known as White Ribbon Day. The National Day of Remembrance and Action was established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada to mark the anniversary of the 1989 murders of 14 young women at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal. The victims in the shooting were killed by one man who called them feminists before he shot them. This year on December 6, an event called Speaking Up was held in Toronto. Toronto City Councillor Mike Layton spoke about his work organizing against gender-based violence, in particular with the White Ribbon Campaign an organization which aims to prevent men's violence against women.  Also presenting at the event was Deb Singh. Singh is a survivor and an activist. She's a counsellor with the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre: Multicultural Women Against Rape. At speak up, she addressed the role of language and its relationship to violence in our culture.

2011 has been a very eventful year for activists, community organizers, and progressives. First we had the Arab Spring, Canada's NDP leader Jack Layton died after a long battle with cancer, then the Occupy movement grew into a global phenomenon. Japan faced an earthquake, tsunami, and a disabled and damaged nuclear plant. Abousfian Abdelrazik was finally taken off the United Nations list of terror suspects, the Canadian government came under fire again for the terrible conditions in First Nations communities, and the Canadian Boat To Gaza did its best to make its way to its destination. In this episode of rabble radio, we'll look back over the year. This year was also rabble.ca's 10th year as the go-to independent media website in Canada. We held a number of events throughout the year, and launched a new series by notable thinkers in Canada called Reinventing Democracy: Reclaiming the Commons. Olivia Nuamah is the current director of the Atkinson Roundation, which provided start-up money for rabble.ca. She was part of a panel discussion we held in Toronto to celebrate our decade online. When she took the mic, she gave rabble a challenge for the years ahead. Here's what she had to say. One of the big news stories during this year's federal election was the Orange Crush, which made the NDP the official opposition in Canada's Parliament for the first time in history. The jubilation over that advance was soon overshadowed by the death of party leader Jack Layton. rabble.ca was at the state funeral, and spoke with some of the mourners who attended.  Here is some of what they had to say, remembering Jack Layton. The year began with uprisings in Egypt and across the Arab world. Nahla Abdo is an Arab-Canadian feminist. She was kind enough to share her thoughts on the uprising and women's role in it. Here's what she had to say. Jase Tanner is a filmmaker and activist with Code Pink on his way to Gaza via Egypt when the demonstrations began. We caught up with him there. While all that was happening in Tahrir square, here at home, conditions at remote First Nations were as normal. That is, not great. By this winter, leaders in Pikangikum and Attawapiskat had appealed publicly for help from the government. Joanne Dallaire is a respected elder and educator, and she has some ideas about how Canada could improve conditions on reserves They involve you and I. Here's what she had to say in an interview this fall. Japanese Canadians rallied to send help to the thousands upon thousands who were affected by the earthquake, tsunami, and accompanying nuclear emergency that engulfed the country in the spring of this year. As the crisis developed, rabble.ca's redeye podcast checked in with Gordon Edwards, head of the Canadian coalition for nuclear responsibility. Here's part of an interview with Edwards, after revelations that Japan had not issued warnings to schools affected by radiation from the plant led to protests from Japanese citizens. The Occupy movement started in the summer in NYC, and by summer it had spread to streets and parks across North America and Europe. The Occupiers took on a wide range of causes, but in general, protests focused on issues of income disparity and housing for the 99 per cent of people struggling in today's economy. Despite the fact that cities eventually tore down the occupy encampments, the movement is continuing. At McMaster University, Occupy has moved to the student centre. The progressive voices podcast featured the Occupy movement there in their last podcast. Here's a sample. We've featured a lot of music this year on the network.  We started the show by playing a segment of a duet for Abousfian Abdelrazik. It was composed as part of a project to support his return to Canada and his removal from the UN list of terror suspects. Another musical development this year was that Raffi composed a number of songs to inspire and energize political activism in Canada. We're going to finish this year-end rabble radio with the song he composed for the Occupy movement. Here is “No wall too tall.”

Before we start these notes, a reminder: rabble.ca is kicking off our fundraising drive this month and so I'd like to issue you a little challenge. We know that most of you listeners consume all kinds of media — mainstream and independent. What rabble.ca wants you to do this year is match your spending on mainstream media: newspapers, cable, whatever you get, and send that amount rabble.ca's way. You can do that at this link: rabble.ca/donate. You can make a one-time donation or buy a membership. It's your support that keeps rabble.ca running. That link again is rabble.ca/donate. Hope to see you there. We're going to start this program with some music. Abousfian Abdelrazik's struggle  has been a long one. While he was on a visit from his home in Montreal to Sudan he was jailed by the Sudanese government, on the recommendation of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. During his imprisonment he was interrogated and tortured, but he was never charged. In 2007,  he was released from prison, and took refuge in the Canadian Embassy in Khartoum. He lived there for 14 months, while his attempts to return to Canada were blocked by officials. In 2009, grassroots pressure helped facilitate his return to Canada, and this week Abdelrazik was told that his name had been removed from the UN list of terror suspects, and that his life could return to normal. In support of Abdelrazik's struggle, Montreal artists have been raising funds and creating work to commemorate his experience as part of Montreal's history. Stefan Cristoff has been writing a series of piano works based on Abdelrazik's struggle, to start off this episode, we're going to play you one of those pieces. Here is is a live performance of a duet for Abdelrazik, performed by cellist Rebecca Foon and Stefan Christoff. That was Duet for Abdelrazik, performed by Rebecca Foon and Stefan Christoff. A CD of compositions is scheduled for release in 2012. For more information, you can go to: http://artthreat.net/2011/04/abdelrazik-foon-christoff/ I'd like you to cast your mind back a few months. Attawapiskat and the housing crisis affecting its residents is all over the news these days. While it is the most recent First Nation to capture the spotlight it is not the only First Nation where housing conditions, education and career prospects for residents are far below the standard Canada insists it wants to provide.  Despair and suicide are common in communities where living conditions that include poor housing, no plumbing and inconsistent water supplies. I thought it would be appropriate, in this episode, to play an interview I conducted earlier this year with Joanne Dallaire. In August, after two months which saw five young people commit suicide in his community, Gordon Peter, the former chief of Pikangikum First Nation, wrote an open letter  asking for assistance. It hit the media, but was soon lost under other suicide reports as two NHL players took their own lives. Joanne Dallaire agreed to talk to me after the Pikangikum story had fallen out of the news. She has worked with Ryerson University to help incorporate aboriginal teachings into curriculum there, conducts healing workshops for aboriginal and non-aboriginal organizations across Ontario, and sits as an adviser for several agencies. She devotes herself to teaching and healing. She is from Attawapiskat. Here's our conversation. This month the Occupy movement in Canada faced strong opposition from municipal governments in most cities. Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto suffered the most high-profile evictions. Raffi is known by many for his work as a children's entertainer. He is also a well-known social change advocate,writing songs in support of social movements worldwide. He took his inspiration for the song we're about to feature from the Occupy movement. Here is Raffi with No Wall Too Tall. For more coverage of the Occupy movement as it continues, go to rabble.ca/occupy. Cathi Bond is rabble.ca's trusty movie columnist. While the rabble.ca podcast Reel Women — where she and Judy battled it out over movie picks — is done, that doesn't mean that Cathi is off the movie beat. In this episode of rabble radio I thought I'd bring you her latest. The new podcast is called Watch Me. This episode, she's talking about Sarah's Key. Here's Cathi. If you want to subscribe for Cathi's DVD recommendations, you know where to go. rabble.ca/podcasts then click the link to Watch Me. That brings us to the end of this episode of rabble radio, thanks for listening. Just a quick reminder before we take off.  Thanks to all the people who helped to put this episode together: Cathi Bond, Emily Hill, and Kim Wiltzen. Small crew this week! Our theme was composed for us by Bob Wiseman. If you have any comments or questions, please don't hesitate to email rabble radio. You can do that by emailing me. My address is as follows: Meagan@rabble.ca That's all from me. Talk to you next month. And I can't leave without giving you the donate address again: rabble.ca /donate.

This Week: Calls for a public sector wage freeze, Living condidtions in the First Nations community of Attawapiskat, Training for the trades, Anti-bullying initiatives.