August 18 2025 CILU 102.7 FM References

Grateful to be broadcasting this radio show from the traditional home of the Anishnaagbeg of Animikii - waajiw, signatories to the Robinson Superior treaty of 1850, gathering place of plenty for many peoples, on the shores of Gichi Gami protected by the mighty peninsula Nanabijou, with thanks to the people of this land for their stewardship and care

Climate Action News of NWO - share yours email SomethingDifferentThisWayComes@proton.me

Drawdown project: Improve Society; Reduce Sources; Uplift Nature

https://www.northwestclimategathering.ca/ - Stone Soup Tue Aug 19 6 pm St Paul's United on Waverly across from bandstand Waverley Park, down path to left of main stairs. Bring solid black / dark cotton t-shirt for bleach stencils

Social Capital Partners

WP Inner City Revival. Book about it & article too:

https://www.seechangemagazine.com/social-enterprise-impacts-an-inner-city-revival/

Social Enterprise

Financing solutions

Sunshine Coast Salish Soils

COVID - grassroots gov't lobbiests

5 year Employee Ownership (Taylor Guitars)

Advisory Board & 21 Fellows -LU grad: https://socialcapitalpartners.ca/kaylie-tiessen/

Articles - build baby build

Music: The Honest Heart Collective , Live @ the Waterfront Marina Park Wednesdays 6-9 pm free @ 8 Brothers Ryan and Nik MacDonald, Thunder Bay, est 2013. Accident last Dec '24 lost van, trailer, some gear - crowdfunding surpassed $10K goal

North American Dream

Debts (live last summer in Banff, Alberta)

Community w music outside:

HarbourFest Aug 21 5-11 pm music, games, competitions, face painting Red River Rd.

Summer in the Parking Lot Superior Inn (555 W Arthur St) Thurs Aug 21 $20 6pm

Urban Hip (headliner) Tribute to the Tragically Hip (ahead by a century)

Dirty Mines (Thunder Bay) hard rockers

Moody Shores (opener)

Wake the Giant Festival Sept 6 @ Marina, celebration inclusion and indigenous culture; kids zone (under 11 get in for free- with a ticket); indigenous craft market; art installations - great line up. Tiered tickets - early bird + gone = $147 now.

Black Eyes Peas - Where is the Love?

News:

Improve Society:

-Launch of Dreams Prayers and Miracles: the story of Memo (Medical Equipment Modernization Opportunity) by Liz Harvey Foulds with Dr. Jerome Harvey. Feature next week's show (Story and songs). Available (cash only) Station Market @ Marina. Fundraiser Sun Sept 21 @ Grace Evangelical Free Church 289 Court St. N. Food, Fellowship & booksale

-Fort Frances Lawyer recognized local leadership in 2SLGBTQ+ rights advocacy

-2025 Keewaywin Awards recognize 5 leaders

-49 first Nations in Northern Ontario shared statement of concern re: exclusive nature of Prov bill 5 & Federal bill C5

-Golf Balls from Heaven Drop Annual Fundraiser, recommend changes cancer care impoverishing patients, providing cash in the meantime

-Prisoner's Justice Day Aug 10 - Elizabeth Fry & John Howard Society, Collaborative Community Art, tiles depicting experiences while encarcerated.

-Aug 14 Thunder Bay District SS gets Council support for Advocacy Goals

-Longlac renames road

Support Sinks (uplifting nature's carbon cycle)

Aug 15 toxic blue-green algae bloom at public beach in Pukaskwa Park, warming temps & phosphate discharges from household appliances. City TBay can help pay for household drainage improvements (c/o EcoSuperior website) + Rain Garden Rebate (looking for rain gardeners willing to host a tour)

-ReWilding for Wellness Forest Therapy c/ o Eco Superior, invasive species ID & what-to-dos

-orphaned bears returned to wilderness in NWO

Reduce Carbon Emissions (to net zero)

-new contracts to build pubic transit vehicles at Alstrom plant in TBay

Reading from: The New Yorker June 9, 2025 review by Malcolm Gladwall of "Unforgiving Places" by Jens Ludwig