TO events: hemp, hot docs, health, Earth Day!, KI-6

[angela bischoff]

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Hemp for Victory
-- a US gov't info fim made during WW11 touting the virtues of hemp. A
great film for the historical viewpoint in which it is made.

Henry Ford made a car fueled by industrial hemp seed oil in 1941 and in
the UK Ford is now reviving the concept. Plastics are a problem but what
to replace them with? Hemp is the obvious but overlooked solution due to a
decades long propaganda war waged by corporate interest groups.

Thur. Apr. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church
Roncesvailles at the corner of Wright Ave. in the Fellowship room (enter
through the north parking lot)

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Check out the 15th Canadian International Documentary Festival - wow!
All venues downtown Toronto
April 17-27

Hot Docs
http://www.hotdocs.ca/

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Total Health '08
Slow: Beyond Organic

April 18, 19, 20, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
www.totalhealthshow.com

Panel Presentation: Slow Food Revolution

Saturday, 12:00 ˆ 2:00, Room 206

Vaccines: Successes and Failures

Saturday, 2:00 ˆ 3:00, Room 205 - Dr. Shiv Chopra

Smallpox was eradicated throughout the world in 1978, and since then, all
further vaccinations against this disease were discontinued. However,
except perhaps for polio, the same has not been true of various other
infectious diseases, such as rubella and mumps. Over the last 40 years,
millions of infants and school children are still being vaccinated with no
known endpoint in sight. Actually, the list of vaccines which are being
administered to young children and adults has been enlarged to include
many more viral and bacterial infections with little or no scientific
rationale. It is time to reassess public health value of the current
vaccination programs.

Fighting for Food Safety - Dr. Shiv Chopra

Sunday, 1:00 ˆ 2:00, Room 205

As a senior scientific advisor at Health Canada, Dr. Chopra opposed the
agricultural applications of hormones, antibiotics, slaughter refuse,
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides/herbicides in
Canadian food production. The Canadian government continues to allow heavy
applications of these products. Their uses cause both economic loss to the
farmers and serious health impacts. Since they are not permitted in
food-producing animals in EU countries, countries like Canada, the US and
Mexico are not allowed to export these foods to the EU. Dr. Chopra
believes that the solution to all these problems is easy! Organically
raised food! Canada could be a lead country in the production of purely
organic food.

Dr. Chopra will describe how government corruption endangers the public
food supply and how the elected representatives in both Canada and USA are
more interested in protecting industrial profits and trade, instead of the
public‚s health. He will discuss products like Revalor-H, Baytril, Bovine
Growth Hormone, Silicon Breast Implants, and slaughterhouse waste, which
continues to cause the biggest problem to health safety ˆ Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or „mad-cow disease‰. Everybody who eats
should hear this lecture!
Booth 305

The Impact of Antidepressants and Anti-psychotics upon Our Society - with
Ann Blake Tracy, PhD

Friday, 7:00 ˆ 10:00 pm, Room 206. Workshop (included in main ticket price)

and Saturday, 4:00 ˆ 5:00, Room 206

Dr. Tracy will discuss the devastating impact of these drugs on youth and
the elderly; how antidepressants impact emotions and spirituality; their
effect on sleep patterns ˆ Rem Sleep Disorder; the relationship between
these drugs and the huge increases in autism, diabetes, bipolar disorder
and miscarriage; effects of these medications ending up in streams and
rivers; their relation to the current epidemic of murder/suicide and road
rage; and how to get off these antidepressants NOW while you can.
<http://www.drugawareness.org/>www.drugawareness.org   Booth 307

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<http://www.torontoclimatecampaign.org/reclaimearthday2008>RECLAIM EARTH
DAY: U-TURN ON CLIMATE CHANGE!

SUNDAY, APRIL 20

12 noon - Rally at Younge & Dundas Square with The New Kings playing
1 pm - Parade West on Queen Street, U-turn at Spadina
2 to 4 pm - Streets are for People! Street Festival on John Street.

For info call  (416) 861-1303 or e-mail us at
<http://www.ecosanity.org/contact/>info at ecoSanity.org.
Sponsored by the Toronto Climate Campaign
http://www.torontoclimatecampaign.org

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PETITION -- CAR DELIVERY
TUESDAY, APRIL 22

For Earth Day, help us deliver our Petition Car to Queen’s Park. Black
with signatures, it demands that “not one more dollar go to promote,
support, or perpetuate car culture.”

Meet us in Bellevue Square Park in Kensington Market for a classic Streets
are for People! style parade–bring instruments, costumes, banners


12:30 - Rendez-vous at Bellevue Square Park, Kensington Market
1:00 - Departure for Queen’s Park, 2:00 arrival
3:00 - Official reading of the petition in session

SIGN OUR ON-LINE PETITION http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/anti-car-culture

Not One More Dollar to Car Culture!
Every time another poor automaker comes begging for money our governments
cough it up.  $17 million here, $200 million there.  Then - "sorry, we
don't have money for transit or bicycle infrastructure."  The auto
industry dominates our economy.  It also destroys our our ability to live
and breathe on this planet.  The government is supposed to protect the
public health.  It's time our money stopped supporting the very thing that
is killing us, and was put to positive use.  Let's put Ontario to work in
sectors that need working on.

Spread the word! See you in streets!

Streets are for People!
http://www.streetsareforpeople.org/blog/

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 UNITY RALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE KI-6

DATE: April 23, 2008, 1 p.m.
PLACE: Queen's Park, front lawn
INFO: Nathan Wright, 416-597-1266, nathan at coo.org

The Ontario Regional Chief and First Nation Leadership in Ontario invite
all First Nation citizens and supporters to rally for the release of the
political prisoners from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI).  The KI
leadership have been imprisoned for preventing exploration on their
territory and protecting their inherent and constitutional rights.

All concerned are invited to gather at the front lawn of Queen's Park at 1
p.m. for a peaceful gathering to send a unified message to the following
audiences:

- All of Ontario - First Nations in Ontario support the imprisoned KI
leadership and the community of KI
- Ontario Lawmakers - Must respect and accommodate First Nations Inherent
Laws
- General Public - The full scope of the rule of law includes First
Nations laws which must be respected.

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You Never Bike Alone - documentary screening

Time Wednesday April 23rd, 8 – 10pm
Venue 519 Church Street (Church and Wellesley), Toronto.
<http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=519+Church+Street&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr>
Admission By donation

Speakers include Anthony Humphreys of the Toronto Cyclists Union and Herb
van den Dool of the Community Bicycle Network.

You Never Bike Alone is a documentary that charts the history of
Vancouver's Critical Mass rides from the early “Tame the Lions” rides,
that
helped bring about better bike facilities on the Lions Gate Bridge, to the
wild spectacle of Vancouver's freak bike collective and the World Naked
Bike Ride in more recent times. As well as a humorous and entertaining
look at how city cyclists are mobilizing, You Never Bike Alone looks at
the implications of transportation decisions by politicians at municipal
and provincial levels and asks are we up to the challenge of making a
truly liveable city.
<http://www.youneverbikealone.com/>www.youneverbikealone.com/

SPONSORS: Bazant Unique Adornments ~ Department Of
Anthropology/U. of Toronto ~ Libra c/o TorontoTheBetter ~ IWW GMB Toronto
~ The Harvest Room ~ Thorn Glass Studio
<http://www.torontothebetter.net>www.torontothebetter.net

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