A fabulous report from our friends up in Grassy Narrows, Ontario comes from Christine. Thanks for the update and keep them coming! On July 13 2006, 100 Grassy Narrows First Nation community members and supporters blockaded the TransCanada highway North of Kenora Ontario. Their action impeded the logging trucks carrying trees clearcut from Grassy [...]

Meet Annie, one of RAN’s newest organizers on the Old Growth Campaign. She’ll be spending time in Seattle and LA this summer. Here’s her story about why door-to-door aint just for girlscouts. “Camp out ’till they get out” action in Canyon Country-July 21st and 22nd We drove the RV into Pardee’s Hearthstone housing development lnear [...]

“What was it like to live during the war?” When I was growing up, I used to ask my grandparents that question all the time. All four of my grandparents were young children when World War I started; they were young parents at the beginning of World War II. As a child, I just couldn’t imagine [...]

Written by Todd and Rhea On Friday, July 14th, a swarm of folks hit the street at Wells Fargo’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco. It was the second time in as many weeks. Dressed conspicuously in cowboy hats and red bandannas that read, “Wells Fargo: Lootin’ and Pollutin’ since 1852,” we reminded passerbys that Wells Fargo [...]

Another update from our friends up in Grassy Narrows. Alex wrote this on Canada Day this past week. Cathy has gotten better, and no one else has gotten sick. We do spend in excess of three hours a day boiling water, an extra hour of wood gathering and chopping the wood for the fire to boil [...]

Two RAN interns currently up in Grassy Narrows, Ontario recently sent in the following letter about the water situation they are facing. Thanks to Cathy (hope you feel better!) and Alex for the update. The water at Grassy Narrows has been a hot issue for more than 40 years. This is partially why we were not [...]

Here’s a story recounting an experience earlier in the Suummer from Carmelle, one of the group at Grassy Narrows. Love that Walleye! Thursday, June 8 we spent preparing a feast of traditional foods open to all Grassy Narrows residents. Earlier in the week a bunch of us flyered door-to-door on the reserve to promote the event. [...]

This report comes from Christy. Follow developments on the Earth Justice Gathering in Grassy Narrows at FreeGrassy.org. Thursday, June 29, 2006 Last night, members from the community held a barbeque and evening of music and dancing at the blockade site in order to recognize and thank the organizers and volunteers who helped out with preparation for [...]

The New York Times recently posted an article pointing out environmental impacts of coal on local China communties. Just as coal mining in West Virginia is severely affecting the health and safety of communities in the Appalachians, coal mining in northern China is doing the same. “The problem is that the village is surrounded. Coal mines on [...]

As the World Cup Finals approach, the competition is also brewing in Grassy Narrows! This report comes from Cathy: On Thursday we arranged to meet people at the school at 4pm for the first game of the Grassy Narrows World Cup. It was quickly decided that the opening match was team Brazil against team Germany. [...]