Dirty Little Secret (Aug. 4, 2009)

The sewage systems for communities on the Great Lakes are actually designed to dump 15 billion litres of sewage into local waterways every year. To get a better sense of what sewage pollution is being reported,...

Dump Site 41

Dump Site 41, a proposed dump on the pristine Alliston Aquifer, has become one of the most contentious environmental issues in Ontario today. This week, Living at the Barricades speaks with Mark Calzavara of The...

Music Road Trip (June 29, 2009)

This week we take the show on the road to Ottawa (again!). We’ll hear about Krystyn’s presentation to the Canadian River Heritage Conference on the Navigable Waters Protection Act, and party with...

Lobbying (April 29, 2009)

Lobbying has a major impact on the way decisions are made in the halls of power today. On this week’s episode we’ll hear from Mark Tovey of World Changing Canada, and former Neuse Riverkeeper and hog-farm...

Changes (April 8, 2009)

This week on Living at the Barricades we’ll hear from Pandora’s Locks author Jeff Alexander, St. Clair Channelkeeper Doug Martz, and Kevin McMahon, Director of the new...

Great Lakes wake: before the seaway

The St. Lawrence Seaway marks its 50th anniversary this week. Living at the Barricades looks back on the time before the Seaway changed the face of the river, the impacts it had on the people in the community, and...

Canaries: what mining issues say about environmental protection

The mining industry, and the laws and regulations that govern it, has historically been a bellwether for the state of environmental protections in Canada.  This week, Krystyn and Mark speak with Joan Barton...