Author: Canadian Tire Fire

About Canadian Tire Fire

A weekly roundup of anarchist and anti-authoritarian news from so-called Canada. Email us at: [email protected]

Mar 24, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #56: International Day Against Police Brutality, Protesting Grocery Store Price Gouging, Mining Convention Disrupted

This week we cover news from the International Day Against Police Brutality, and actions disrupting business as usual at a grocery store... Read Full Article

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Mar 8, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #55: CGL and TMX Updates, Immigration Policy, and Fighting Encampment Evictions

This week we bring you a series of updates about Coastal Gaslink Pipeline, including recent acts of sabotage against the project and... Read Full Article

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Feb 22, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #54: Police Killings, Fighting Police Budgets, Atlanta Solidarity

This week, we cover the astronomical increase in killings by police in BC, as well as police murders that have taken place... Read Full Article

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Feb 9, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #53: Bail Reform For the Worse, Drug Decriminalization, and Prison Construction Updates

This week we look at a call from politicians to make it harder for prisoners to get bail, updates on prison construction... Read Full Article

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Jan 25, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #52: Far-Right Doxxings and Consequences, New Prisons, and Queer Community Defence

This week we share updates on two new proposals for prisons in New Brunswick and Quebec. We also have updates from many... Read Full Article

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Jan 10, 23

Canadian Tire Fire #51: New Years Noise Demos, a Deadly Month Inside Canadian Prisons

This week, we recap New Years Eve prison noise demos that took place across so-called Canada. We also look at a string... Read Full Article

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Dec 21, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #50: Resistance to COP 15 in Montreal, Winnipeg Landfill Blockaded for #MMIWG

cover photo: @MrDeLaronde Five people who pled guilty to charges in connection with last November’s raid on Coyote Camp have been sentenced,... Read Full Article

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Dec 5, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #49: The Struggle Against CGL, Policing in BC, Queer Community Defense

photo: @NovotelTO This week our main stories cover an update on policing in British Columbia, the ongoing struggle against Coastal Gaslink, and... Read Full Article

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Nov 16, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #48 : Education Workers on Wildcat Strike, Housing and Homelessness Actions

photo: @cersc_csppb This week we cover the 2-day illegal education workers strike in Ontario that almost turned into a general strike. We... Read Full Article

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Oct 31, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #47: RCMP Vehicles Torched, Mohawk Mothers Win Injunction Against McGill, Actions Against Line 9B

In our column this week, our main stories feature organizing in Vancouver against police brutality, the torching of RCMP vehicles in Smithers,... Read Full Article

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Oct 17, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #46: Police out of Politics, Iran Solidarity, Anti-Colonial Actions to Stop the New Vic

Last week, the Alberta government announced it will be the third province to end its contract with Canada Border Service Agency, and... Read Full Article

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Sep 28, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #45: Drilling Begins Under Wedzin Kwa, An End To Migrant Detention in Nova Scotia Prisons

cover photo: @critcim On September 19th, the day of a national commemorative ceremony for Queen Elizabeth, folks on the west coast held... Read Full Article

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Sep 14, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #44: Status For All, Police Violence and Rail Blockades

1492 Land Back Lane is due back in court on September 12th and 13th for hearings during which Haldimand County and failed... Read Full Article

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Aug 31, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #43: Homes Not Cops in Halifax, News from the DTES, and Fighting Racism Against Migrant Workers

photo: @PADScommunity This week we bring you an in depth look at migrant justice struggles in Canada. We cover a Homes Not... Read Full Article

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Aug 16, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #42: Prisoner Justice Day, Vancouver Street Sweeps, Wet’suwet’en Tour and Actions, Unsanctioned Pride

In this issue of Canadian Tire Fire we bring you a roundup of Prisoner Justice Day events from across the country and... Read Full Article

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Jul 27, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #41: Radical Pride, Worker Solidarity, CGL Resistance Continues, Anti-Homeless Violence, and Upcoming Anarchist Events

In the time since our last issue, there have been many events to celebrate and many others to fuel our continued resistance.... Read Full Article

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Jul 5, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #40: HBC Workers’ Victory, Tenants Organize in Toronto, Radical Pride and Queer Community Defense

photo: @XjusticeXpeace Following the celebrations of another year of Canada’s sorry existence, it feels important, if redundant, to say that Canada is... Read Full Article

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Jun 20, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #39: Delivery Driver Strike in Winnipeg, Gidimt’en Clan Starts Feast Hall Construction as Solidarity Actions Continue

photo: @RisingTideTor This week, new data released by the Toronto police provided numbers to back up what many already know: Black people... Read Full Article

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Jun 7, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #38: Fighting Wage Theft in Toronto, Statue Vandalism, Police Corruption, and BC’s Drug Decriminalization Announcement

This week, the Greater Toronto Area-based Naujawan Support Network was back in action with a strong display of solidarity for a worker... Read Full Article

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May 24, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #37: Nakba Day Roundup, Actions Against Coastal GasLink Pipeline, Tearing Down Fences and More

photo: @NSNPeel Saddle Lake Cree Nation announced this week that it is investigating the deaths of over 200 residential school children who... Read Full Article

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May 9, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #36: May Day Report Backs, More Direct Action Against RBC

This week we round up some news from International Workers’ Day, or May Day. We also share news from the struggle against... Read Full Article

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Apr 25, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #35: More Actions Against Pipeline Profiteers, The Fight For Old Growth, Neo-Nazi Training Group Exposed

cover image: @SaveFairyCreek This week we present updates about ongoing struggles across so-called Canada, a roundup of May Day events, news from... Read Full Article

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Apr 12, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #34: Fight Continues Against CGL Pipeline; Analysis of Temporary Foreign Worker Program

cover image: @laylastaats This week, we share updates on resistance to the Coastal Gaslink project being pushed through Wet’suwet’en territory. We also... Read Full Article

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Mar 29, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #33: Student Occupations, Delivery Drivers Strike, and Coast-to-Coast Migrant Justice Demonstrations

This week we look at a student organizing in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario, a labour action in Subdury, a housing justice rally... Read Full Article

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Mar 21, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #32: People Hit the Streets on the International Day Against Police Brutality, Tenants Fight Renovictions, Updates on Struggle Against Coastal GasLink

photo: @MtlProtest This week we provide a roundup of several anti-police demos and events that took place on March 15th, the International... Read Full Article

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Mar 8, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #31: Wet’suwet’en Updates, Policing News, and Aftermath of the Convoy

Last week, the Kapawe’no First Nation in northern Alberta announced that up to 169 unmarked graves had been found near the site... Read Full Article

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Feb 24, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #30: Vancouver Pulls Down Gassy Jack, Pipeline Project Delayed By Sabotage, State Uses Emergencies Act Against Convoy

Screenshot: Global News This week, we focus on updates from so-called Freedom Convoy protests across the country and the enactment of the... Read Full Article

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Feb 14, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #29: Anti-Convoy Counter-Protests Spread; Truckers Win Back Stolen Wages; Montreal Fights Eviction

photo: Chris Dixon This week, we provide an update on the status of far-Right “Freedom Convoy” protests across so-called Canada and actions... Read Full Article

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Feb 8, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #28: Push Back Against Far-Right Convoys Spread as Anger Grows in Ottawa

Our report this week will focus mainly on the ongoing anti-mandate, far-Right convoys and responses across so-called Canada. This week on @CdnTireFire,... Read Full Article

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Jan 31, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #27: The Far-Right Politics Driving the ‘Freedom’ Convoy, Land Defense Legal Updates

photo: @MarkGerretsen This week, we report on the anti-mandate, far-Right truck convoy that been heading toward Ottawa, and the key far-Right members... Read Full Article

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Jan 17, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #26: News From a Housing and Shelter System in Crisis and the Fight To Defend Old Growth

photo: OCAP This week, after an update on the Wet’suwet’en struggle, we cover a new group fighting for old growth protection on... Read Full Article

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Jan 10, 22

Canadian Tire Fire #25: Rage Against Anti-Trans Bill; Solidarity Actions Continue as Coyote Camp Ducks RCMP

This week we have a couple funny anecdotes in the world of anti-fascism, a couple stories we missed in December, and as... Read Full Article

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Dec 27, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #24: Coyote Camp Retaken as Solidarity Actions Multiply, COVID Spreads in Prisons, Another Winter of Housing Crisis

This week we’re covering two weeks worth of struggle news. On December 21st, 1492 Land Back Lane got another small win when... Read Full Article

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Dec 13, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #23: Gidimt’en Calls for Week of Action, Defund the Ottawa Police, Encampment Solidarity Updates

photo: @RisingTideTor As CGL attempts to move forward with their work on the Yintah, inching ever closer to drilling under Wedzin Kwa,... Read Full Article

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Dec 6, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #22: #AllOutForWedzinKwa updates, Migrant Workers Take on Cargill, Brampton Workers Fight Wage Theft

This week we provide updates on the situation on the Wet’suwet’en Yintah as well as on the ongoing #ShutDownCanada solidarity actions across... Read Full Article

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Nov 29, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #21: #AllOutForWedzinKwa Repression Update, Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Heats Up, Encampment Defence News

photo: @Gidimten Following last week’s brutal 2-day raid of Gidimt’en Checkpoint and Coyote Camp, as well as several days of widespread solidarity... Read Full Article

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Nov 24, 21

Canadian Anti-Semites and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Try New Tactic: Aligning with Indigenous Communities

An antifascist report from Canada about how some white nationalist and far-Right conspiracy theorists are attempting to make inroads into Indigenous communities.... Read Full Article

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Nov 22, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #20: Floods in Southern BC, Raids on Wet’suwet’en Territory, #AllOutForWedzinKwa Solidarity Actions Spread

Cover image: @Gidimten / @M_Tol In this week’s column, we present an update on the recent wave of repression and arrests on... Read Full Article

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Nov 16, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #19: Fairy Creek/Ada’itsx Updates, Hamilton Encampment Defense, Atikamekw Chiefs Declare Logging Moratorium, Resistance to TMX

photo: Fairy Creek Blockade It has been a busy week, as Indigenous led resistance to Trans Mountain Expansion, logging in Fairy Creek,... Read Full Article

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Nov 8, 21

Canadian Tire Fire #18: Coyote Camp Going Strong, Hamilton Encampment News, Another Deadly Month of Policing

It’s been another week where our attention has been turned to settler colonialism and the many forms of resistance to it. The... Read Full Article

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