Petition: Help protect Quesnel Lake!

Do you remember the Mount Polley Mine tailings dam failure in August 2014? This disastrous breach caused the loss of 17 million cubic meters of water and 8 million cubic meters of tailings/materials into Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake. As a long-term solution for wastewater management,

Imperial Metals is currently proposing to channel the mine's untreated effluent directly into Quesnel Lake.

Folks living in Cariboo communities (Likely, Big Lake, etc.) have put together a petition, urging the provincial government to look closer at potential long-term environmental impacts of this proposal.

You can help protect BC waterways + wildlife by signing this petition.

 It will be delivered to the BC Ministry of Environment, Minister of Environment of BC Mary Polak, and Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes. The petition page includes links to learn more about the issue, as well as Mary Polak's contact info.

https://www.change.org/p/the-bc-ministry-of-environment-water-is-precious-tell-the-bc-government-to-stand-up-for-quesnel-lake-and-river?recruiter=645778145&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

Post by Dara Campbell

Audiomap / Melbourne

Here is the latest episode of Audiomap! This morning I watched season 5 / episode 2 of Girls. At the end of the episode, Hannah is comforting her sad dad while Roll Up Your Sleeves by Meg Mac plays in the background. It felt very up-lifted. And so, I was inspired to play tunes from Meg's hometown - Melbourne, Australia. Thanks for reading my story and also thanks for listening to CFUR 88.7FM.

Post by Dara Campbell

https://www.mixcloud.com/daracampb/audiomap-26-melbourne/

Celtic Fire Season 12 Episode 11 Countdown to Christmas #3

Just three songs closer to Christmas! Next week is the annual Christmas show with all fantastic Celtic Christmas music coming your way. This week, however, we are just three songs short of a full show. Have a listen to Rita MacNeil, Fiona Mackenzie, the Rankin sisters, J.P. Cormier and more!  

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New LIVE Blocktreat video!

Brandon Hoffman, also known as Blocktreat, has released a brand new video of a live outdoor performance! Here's what Brandon had to say about the video: "A big reason I got into instrumental music was to escape the negativity of the real world. Making and listening to instrumental music is so important for maintaining my sanity when shit starts going sideways. Lately with all this talk of western politics entering a 'post-truth' era, with Trump getting elected, then with Leonard dying, I feel like folks could use a little more space to just be comfortable with their thoughts (at least I do!). It's kind of a guilty satisfaction that my music feels more relevant the bleaker the news cycle gets."

This is Blocktreat's first live music video, shot on the Traditional Territory of the Secwempemc Nation (Williams Lake BC) in the fall of 2016. In the distance, plumes of steam bellow out of a power plant, which has recently received BC Ministry of Environment approval to burn millions of creosote-soaked railroad ties. This decision has caused a tear in the rural interior community, still struggling to overcome the 2014 breach of the Mount Polly Mine, which received national media coverage. Follow Your Stupid Heart is about keeping cool when the path seems impossibly murky.

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Brandon Hoffman - mandolin and electronics

Brent Morton - drums

Shot by Rick Magnell and Casey Bennett

Edited by Sam Tudor

Today's Top Wikipedia Edits: Scrooge McDuck is the Richest Duck in the World

According to Wikipedia:

• List of Wealthiest Animals: "Flossie, a dog owned by Drew Barrymore, barked to alert then-husband Tom Green of a fire. Barrymore then put her house in trust for  Flossie to show her gratitude.... Scrooge McDuck is the richest duck in the world"
• Culture, blueberries, São Paolo, and coffee milk no longer exist
• Melania Trump "will be the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States, following Louisa Adams in 1825, and the only First Lady to date not born a citizen of the United States or in what would later become the United States"

For more Wikipedia edits, tune in to WikiNews on Tuesdays at 1pm and Saturdays at noon. Right here on CFUR 88.7 FM.

Source. www.listen.hatnote.com

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Celtic Fire Season 12 Episode 10: The Countdown Continues!!

The second in the Countdown to Christmas mini season on Celtic Fire! Just two more shows until I break for the Christmas Break...and then only a week to go until the big day itself. On tonight's show: Eoghan MacDonald, Eric Angus Whyte, The Barra MacNeils and more! Tune on in!  

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Site C Dam - Perspective of Yvonne Tupper, member of Saulteau First Nation

Yvonne Tupper of the Saulteau First Nation Speaks a Coresspondent at CFUR 88.7 FM in Prince George BC. Since the Peace River in British Columbia's Peace Country area was declared a working river, her family has been drastically affected by development along the river for generations. She shares her perspective on the most recent of British Columbia Hydro's major projects, the 8.8 Billion dollar Site-C Dam. Some information on the topic can be found at these sources: http://www.stakeinthepeace.com/plant-... http://raventrust.com/join-the-circle... https://www.sitecproject.com/ https://lailayuile.com/ http://www.businesspress24.com/direct...

You are encouraged to search out further sources and develop your own conclusions.

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Pic Credit: https://www.instagram.com/k_frank_/ www.mypeaceriver.com

Celtic Fire Season 12 Episode 9: The Countdown Begins!

The annual Countdown to Christmas season begins on Celtic Fire tonight. Christmas music gradually takes over the show every week until the week before Christmas where it is all Celtic Christmas music. On tonight's show: Coig (the focus album for this month), Dominique Dodge, fiddler Dara MacDonald, One Tongue, and many more!  

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Donate to the Food Bank, win a Northern Sport Centre pass!

Wowzers! We have a 3-month pass to the Northern Sports Centre up for grabs!

All you have to do is bring a non-perishable food item to CFUR to enter the draw (which happens on Tuesday Dec. 5)!

#communityradio #gympass#sports #fooddrive #youwineitherway

All donations got to the NUGSS Food Bank

Accepting donations throughout the weekend.

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