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Tar Sands protest at the Canadian High Commission marks Minister’s visit

31.01.11: This morning a group of campaigners protested outside the Canadian High Commission in London, to mark the visit of Ron Liepert, Alberta’s Energy Minister. The minister is here to lobby on behalf of the Province of Alberta’s Tar Sands industry, and encourage Europe to get mo…

A man in Toronto has been charged with possession of explosives in what police say is an arrest related to a G20 summit in the Canadian city.

Police said Byron Sonne, aged 37, was held after a raid on a home in midtown Toronto.

They said the investigation was part of the ongoing effort to ensure "a safe and secure G20 Summit" held in Toronto this weekend.

Local media said more than 50 offic…

Download the latest Dissident Island Radio - Episode 60 - 18 June 2010 - Featuring:

• 'Climate 9' trial in Aberdeen 
• 'Just Do It!'.
• The WAG on community organising against the EDL and islamofascists threatening to invade Whitechapel.
• Near North Mobile Media Lab on their work in the build up to the arrival of the G8 and G20 in Canada
• Music from BarnCamp
• DJ little sh*t on decks.

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Activists against BP gathered outside Oxford Circus tube station at 1pm to be taken to a secret location in order to demonstrate against the Tar Sands industry and the Sunrise Project. London, United Kingdom, 10/04/2010.

Protest in Trafalgar Square opposite Canada House against the extraction of Tar Sands in Canada. The protest was aimed at Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and the Royal Bank of Scotland. London, United Kingdom, 13/02/2010.

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To highlight the devastating effect of mining for oil contained in tar sands in Alberta, Canada, a travelling demo of about 200 climate campers marched from Trafalgar Square, to the National Portrait Gallery, to BP Headquarters and finally to Shell headquarters.