Global News: Access to COVID-19 vaccines a challenge in BIPOC communities. Here’s why
Posted May 10, 2021
International campaigns, community actions, and other items that don’t come under our main campaign areas.
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Premier Comité d'organisation d'ACORN Montréal Nord * First Montreal North ACORN Organizing Committee Meeting
Posted April 23, 2021
La première réunion d'organisation d'ACORN à Montréal Nord a eu lieu hier. Près d'une 10 aine de personnes se sont connectées pour planifier nos prochaines actions à Montréal Nord. Ne vous laissez pas distraire par la bonne humeur de ACORN ! La communauté Nord-Montréalaise est fermement décidée à changer les choses.
Downsview Advocate: Downsview Residents Demand End To Overcrowded Buses
Posted March 30, 2021
Global News: Toronto ACORN Action to Stop TTC Overcrowding
Posted March 18, 2021
Toronto ACORN members want more buses in the northwest of the city to prevent overcrowding, which leads to COVID spread:
Stopping the Super Spread by Demanding Safer Transit
Posted March 15, 2021
CityNews: ACORN demands safer buses
Posted March 15, 2021
As health officials continue to call for social distancing, a community advocacy group is raising alarm bells. Brandon Rowe on a Toronto area where residents say riding public transit is unsafe.
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CBC News: Toronto ACORN action against TTC overcrowding
Posted March 15, 2021
CBC News coverage of Toronto ACORN members taking action on Saturday against TTC overcrowding.
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Source: CBC News
Global News: Nova Scotia legislature opens for spring sitting
Posted March 10, 2021
Nova Scotia’s elected officials returned to Province House for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic in a brand new hybrid model that had most MLAs tuning in from home. In his Throne Speech, Premier Iain Rankin prioritized action on the climate crisis, but as Elizabeth McSheffrey reports, that’s not what protesters outside the building had at the top of their list of demands.
Nova Scotia Advocate: ACORN rallies for People’s Platform as legislature reopens
Posted March 10, 2021
Nova Scotia Advocate: ACORN Nova Scotia launches broad anti-austerity platform, calls on others to join coalition
Posted March 8, 2021