June 16 2025 CILU Show notes
Podcasts referenced:
Phil McGuire Save the Mothers
The Drawdown Project: Support Carbon Sinks; Improve Society; Lower Carbon Emmissions
Grateful to be broadcasting this radioshow 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.
Tue June 17 - NWO Innovation hosting members of Thunder Bay Repair Cafe 5-7 at the Foundry - lead their Tech Meet-up. All are welcome!
Fed's launched a consultation on Right to Repair in June of last year, survey June - Sept then industry round-tables
https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2024/06/government-of-canada-launches-consultation-on-right-to-repair-to-better-meet-canadian-consumers-needs.html
Last Sept Canada passed Right to Repair law allowing individuals and companies to by-pass copy-written computer coded "locks" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/legislation-1.7380696
Concerns these new laws can be a false promise: up to you to figure out how to repair, and if you do you can't tell anyone else how to do the same repair. And doesn't address the "planned obsolesence" weak-link issue
https://h2compliance.com/canadas-right-to-repair/
In Quebec since 2023: Planned obsolescence is now illegal, thanks to the passage of Bill 29, “an Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods.” The law prohibits planned obsolescence techniques, introduces a new legal warranty for appliances and computing devices, and mandates the availability of spare parts and information.
https://www.repair.org/world compares to more advanced communities globally: European Union last year " mandates reasonable prices for spare parts, extends repair obligations for certain products beyond the legal guarantee, and bans software practices that obstruct independent repairs. However, its narrow scope—limited to specific household products—means many consumer goods, especially short-lived electronics, remain uncovered. Additionally, vague definitions of "reasonable" pricing and exemptions for intellectual property concerns leave room for manufacturers to continue anti-repair practices."
In France since 2020 " a repairability score from 0-10 has to be displayed at the point of sale for smartphones, laptops, televisions, front-load washing machines, top-load washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and pressure washers."
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music: Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations
Tuesday The Foundry 5:00 NWO Innovation Centre Tech Club & Thunder Bay Repair Cafe
Repair Cafe held every other month @ library Saturday morning
Circular Economy - Town in Japan transformed by recycling to build community, change buying habits
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Kill Bill 5 Rally Thunder Bay Thursday
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/rally-against-bill-5-in-thunder-bay-ont-1.7560237
Youth-led, Elder honouring, Building Community: Labour, Environment but mostly Treaty Rights. MPP Kevin Holland not there, organizer related how request to come in - refused, invitation staff listen, told not allowed; doors barred. Two full hours. Shelter, refreshment, honking horns.
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No Kings Demonstrations Saturday June 14 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/no-kings-protests-1.7561546 Hundreds of cities across the country and in Toronto, Vancouver
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music: Talkin About a Revolution Tracy Chapman
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Fires continue across NWO https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/wildfire-update-northwestern-ontario-1.7561833?utm_source=libraries&utm_medium=tileclick&utm_campaign=thunder_bay
Fire bans lifted in some places - including Thunder Bay
Article re: how to better support our climate refugees - mental heatlh https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/wildfire-smoke-indigenous-communities-1.7559381?utm_source=libraries&utm_medium=tileclick&utm_campaign=thunder_bay
Ideas: First Nation science and historical knowledge re: fire management - Lightening the Land. Based deeply burned land, restoration work by people of that land. But Boreal forest and fires have their history and impact of recent fire suppression + rising average temperatures and frequency of extreme weather events.
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June 21 - Summer Solstice, National Indigenous History & Culture Day Big pow wow at Animikii - waajiw, Park at Arena, bus up
Marina - noon opening ceremony 5 pm feast, ends at 7 pm
Both have sunrise ceremonies 5:30 am
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BobTail Road by Nehiyaw singer song writer Wyatt C. Louis from Treaty 7 territory.
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Clip: Phil McGuire
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Saturday June 21 7:45 - 10 am Thunder Bay Field Naturalists introduction to birding by ear Centennial Park. Annual membership $30 (senior) -40 (family)
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Thurs June 19 4-7 pm Plant sale & swap @ W Arthur Community Centre. Free gardening programs.
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Do you own a home or cottage on a lake in Northwestern Ontario? Then you will be interested in an information session about the threat of blue/green algae to your property values and the use of your lake.
The session will be held Thursday, June 19th at Trinity United Church at 30 S. Algoma Street. The event begins at 7 pm.
Our speakers will be experts from Lakehead University and the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority. They will discuss how climate change is intersecting with our desire for suburban lawn aesthetics, including the use of fertilizer, to create conditions that allow for blue/green algae to thrive.
The experts will talk about the effects of repeated annual blooms on area lakes and the long-term damage to the quality of the water in our lakes.
We’ll also hear how cottage owners can “re-wild” their lakefronts by replacing lawns with deep-rooted plants native to this region to help slow down the run-off of nutrients into our lakes.
One of our speakers will be a local grower of deep-rooted plants indigenous to Northwestern Ontario.
The event is being organized by Trinity United along with the Loon Lake Waterkeepers Conservancy, a new group dedicated to protecting water quality.
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Thurs June 19 11 - 2 Bay Credit Union hosts Spring Charity BBQ supporting Camp Quality: smokies, burgers, hotdogs, drinks
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June 12 & 22 Oliver Paipooing Heritage Park weekend history and crafts festival
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Walk with Doc Thursdays at Rita st park, part of Centennial Park 7-8 Mondays through Thursdays starting Monday June 16 until Thursday June 26, nightly prizes, short family friendly walk, good information help you shift your thinking / habits / walk into the warm season that much more ready to make the most of it.
Environment North statement vs. Bill 5 - with supportive data from Canadian Environmental Law Association. contact details for MPPs for NWO:
-link to recent article in NRDC (National Resources Defence Council -US since 70s, now international): how Canada could fight degradation of our forests by Dr. Julee Boan, partnership director of Global Northern Forests International, LU grad, member of Environment North board. Loss structure, function composition = vulnerable and less effective homes & resources. Urgently need to shift from forest management as a product to harvest, to a wealth to build, support and benefit from without cutting it down.
-March NRDC Article re: Climate Change Planning in First Nations: Giving Back to Go Forward; Reciprocity with land, water & air; First Foods
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music: The Trees by Rush (1978 album Hemispheres) 4:45
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National Indigenous People's Day - https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100013718/1708446948967
National Indigenous History Month in Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/page/national-indigenous-history-month
Wednesday June 18 Drag Bingo at Norteno's Cantina hosted by Mx Milly Poppinz & Ivan Love
Free register at 8, game starts at 8:30
Sunday June 22 screening of Paris is Burning, Lakehead Beer Co. 1-3 pm free
1990 doc. Ball Culture of NYC and the BiPoc, 2SL-LGBTQIA communities involved. Thoughtful
Sunday June 22 2:30 Storytime with Thunder Bay Drag Queen @ Loud Women Collective, Goods & Co. Free
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Heather McLeod
Host & Producer
Former CBC journalist and host, recording artist and songwriter, published author and CFP (certified financial planner). I live on the edge of Thunder Bay on the homestead that my husband grew up on. We keep honey bees, laying hens, a market garden and (soon) goats. I moved here from Montreal in 2002 and never plan on leaving. I am tenth generation settler heritage.
Babies in the Bathwater: Rally to Kill Bill 5 & more. June 9 2025 references
