Gorilla Radio 04-01

by C. L. Cook

It was the centre of a bitter struggle between the provincial Liberal government and local activists determined to save a remnant first growth forest with its massive, centuries old trees from the chainsaws and bulldozers. The dedicated band mounted a tree-sit, camping high in the canopy of Cathedral Grove for more than two years, bringing to a halt the B.C. Liberal plan of paving the island paradise for a parking lot.

 

 

Cutting down trees that were giants before Columbus ever dreamt of sea-bound adventuring so tour buses full of his travelling descendents could park and gawk, and have a comfortable place to pee.

 

Richard Boyce is a Nanaimo-based ecological defender, instrumental in the fight to preserve what little remains of the island's original natural heritage, who last week warned: Though promises have been made, and the barricades since dismantled, the government of British Columbia is set to do by stealth what they couldn't get away with in the open. Richard Boyce in the first half.

And; thousands died on that dreadful day; hundreds of thousands have died in its name since, but what really happened on 9/11? The official conspiracy theory is more difficult to believe than those other, derided postulations, and yet nearly six years after the fact, the public is no closer to learning the truth than they were on September 12th, 2001. Or are we?

 

Dr. David Ray Griffin is an internationally renowned scholar, philosopher, and leading proponent of the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement. Dr. Griffin will be speaking about his latest book, 'Debunking 9/11 Debunking' next week in Vancouver. David Ray Griffin, still digging into ground zero in the second segment.

And; Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with all that's good to do in and around Victoria in the coming week. But first, Richard Boyce taking a stand for Cathedral Grove.