In the news: Reality show filmed immigration raids, B.C. advocates say – British Columbia – CBC News. Immigration activists in Vancouver are protesting the arrest of eight migrant workers who they say were picked up by border agents and filmed for a reality TV series during a raid on a construction site on Wednesday. Construction worker Gord Beck says he was working on a condo complex at Victoria Drive and 20th ... More

In the news: The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone | The Nation February 7 2013 Before September 11, 2001, more than half the border crossings between the United States and Canada were left unguarded at night, with only rubber cones separating the two countries. Since then, that 4,000 mile "point of pride," as Toronto's Globe and Mail once dubbed it, has increasingly been replaced by a US homeland security lockdown, although it&a... More

In the news: Idle No More targets North America’s busiest border – Windsor – CBC News. People participating in the Idle No More movement plan to target the Ambassador Bridge next week. Members of the movement are organizing what they call “an economic slowdown” in Windsor on Jan. 16. Organizers insist it’s “not a blockade.” “We don't want to inconvenience people too... More

In the news: Idle No More Ceremony Planned for US-Canada Border January 5 The meet-up at the famous Peace Arch monument – described as a "peaceful prayerful gathering of Indigenous women, supported by our Indigenous men, standing united – will see Indigenous activists and supporters rally their drums, songs and prayers for change on both sides of the border." "It’s a peaceful, prayerf... More

In the news: Decision expected this month in landmark B.C. cross-border pollution case | canada.com. TRAIL, B.C. — On a beach in northeast Washington state near the Canadian border, Patti Bailey grabs a handful of what looks like sand and rolls the dark grains through her hands. It's slag, the grainy waste from the Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) lead and zinc smelter in Trail, B.C., about 10 kilometres north of the ... More