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Articles from non-mainstream as opposed to corporate for profit sources.
A phone call from Fort Chip
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- Published on Thursday, 23 March 2023 17:10
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Hold global companies accountable for their cage-free promise!
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- Published on Thursday, 23 March 2023 14:52
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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Hold global companies accountable for their cage-free promise!
Open Wing Alliance (OWA) started this petition to Steven Cahillane, and it now has 14,088 signatures
Sign now with a clickThese global companies - PepsiCo, Kellogg’s,...
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Carlos needs your help
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 15:00
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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help stop Carlos being deported to Colombia.
STOP DEPORTATION FOR CARLOS ARTEAGA IN CANADA
1,050 have signed Carlos Arteaga’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!
Sign now with a clickCarlos is a dual citizen of Venezuelan and Colombian that has never lived in Colombia. He grew up in Venezuela, where he became a professional and worked most of his adult life. Carlos moved to Canada...
This World Water Day, help us end Drinking Water Advisories
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 08:31
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14 cats losing their home
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 14:56
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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now to help protect these cats and their home.
Save the College of the Rockies’ Feral Cat Colony from Destruction
4,931 have signed Katie Fraser’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!
Sign now with a clickThe College of the Rockies, feral cat colony is under imminent threat!
Located in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, the college has had a successfully volunteer-run, well-managed TNR’d feral cat colony...
Québec Medicatime for action, not
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 March 2023 08:36
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"Abortion Access for Northern Manitoba", "Save OHIP Canada’s Healthcare System!!", "Mandatory Education Programs About Sexual Harassment in Hockey Canada", "Adult SMA patients need treatment! Stop their disease progression!"
This week’s picks.
For You.
Based on petitions you signed in the past, here are petitions you might be interested in.
Québec Medicare: time for...
Member Spotlight: Housing & Legal Services
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- Published on Monday, 20 March 2023 11:09
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Promotion and amplification of coalition members' campaigns and work is crucial to our shared success. To this end, we have begun a new series. Welcome to the first Quarterly Member Spotlight!
Four times a year we will highlight 2 - 3 member organizations working across a broad range of fields in poverty reduction. This month, we are featuring three organizations working in Housing & Legal Services: Homelessness Services Association of BC; Pivot Legal Society; and West Coast LEAF.
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HSABC is an umbrella organization of shelters, drop-in centres, homeless outreach teams and other service providers addressing the needs of persons experiencing homelessness with the goal to ending homelessness.
Current Campaigns, Reports, & Services:
HSABC’s goal to ending homelessness is embedded within the right to adequate housing and acknowledges the Indigenous Definition of Homelessness...
tomorrow! join us
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- Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 17:00
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Hi PAOV,
If you haven't already, sign up now to join our conversation with Kusemaat (Shirley Williams) tomorrow, Monday March 20, at 4 p.m.
Kusemaat is a member of the Lummi Nation and co-founder of Whiteswan Environmental, an organization that advocates for thriving cultures and environment for all in the Salish Sea.
She and her colleagues work to address the impacts of the imposed U.S./Canadian border on the Straits Salish peoples and the Salish Sea, in cooperation...
Reconciliation + art
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- Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 14:32
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PAOV — There has never been an Indigenous woman on Canadian currency. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) says that Indigenous women have played an integral role in shaping the history and culture of Canada, and it’s time they are represented on a Canadian bank note. You can show your support by signing the petition today.
Support having an Indigenous woman on the next Canadian bank note
23,433 have signed Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)’s petition. Let’s get to 25,000!
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The Architects of the Iraq War: Where Are They Now?
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- Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 13:03
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Pedro Pascal
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- Published on Saturday, 18 March 2023 14:32
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PAOV — There’s a new petition taking off on Change.org and we think you might be interested in signing it.
Pedro Pascal for Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal
1,211 have signed Candice K’s petition. Let’s get to 1,500!
Sign now with a clickExcerpts from this Narcity article perfectly sum up why Pedro Pascal should be the 2023 Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal.
"Shout out to Canada. I love Canada. Take me back!" Pedro Pascal said. Pascal...
TOMORROW: HYDROGEN Webinar
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- Published on Saturday, 18 March 2023 12:44
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"Countless Indigenous infants will continue to be lost"
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- Published on Friday, 17 March 2023 14:42
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PAOV — You can make a difference. Sign now and join Ashley in demanding better access to healthcare for Indigenous infants in northern communities.
Justice for Northern Indigenous Infants: Demanding Equal Access to Life-Saving Health Care
10,650 have signed Ashley Shaw’s petition. Let’s get to 15,000!
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Thirty years on
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- Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023 17:48
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Exposing Canadas Secret Spying Programs (with Correct Links!)
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- Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023 14:41
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Hi Friend,
In December, the BCCLA wrote about its decade-long battle that exposed the bulk collection of metadata and private communications by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). This is the government agency responsible for collecting intelligence from communications and computer systems and securing Canadian government cybersecurity.
Our work exposing CSE’s mass surveillance resulted in the government making sweeping changes to how Canada’s spy agencies operate.
We’re now thrilled to publicly release over 4,000 never-before-seen pages detailing the CSE’s surveillance practices.
“It seemed the public might never be allowed to learn important details about CSE’s spying programs or the BCCLA’s court case challenging them.”
As part of the case these documents relate to, the Federal Court granted...
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Our biggest campaign yet!
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- Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023 14:30
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Hooray, We Now Have Medicare for All (Bank Deposits)!
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- Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023 05:21
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Justice for Northern Indigenous Infants: Demanding Equal Access to Life-Saving Health Care
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- Published on Thursday, 16 March 2023 02:34
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PAOV – this petition is taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in adding your name. Sign now to help:
Justice for Northern Indigenous Infants: Demanding Equal Access to Life-Saving Health Care
Ashley Shaw started this petition, and it now has 7,417 signatures
Sign now with a clickThe Northern Indigenous communities in Canada are being...
REGISTERED YET? HYDROGEN: Fossil Fuel's Latest Hype Webinar This Sunday, March 19
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 March 2023 11:14
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