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Photos December 19, 2009 Climate Justice Now
Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Following the failure of the UN Climate Conference to reach an
effective and binding agreement, protesters met on Parliament Hill to
draw attention to Canada’s TARnished reputation. Ottawa, Saturday, December
19, 2009. (Click on the image for more photos) 
December 12, 2009 Climate Change Global Day of Action
"The World Wants a Real Deal" Oshawa, ON, Canada
On Dec. 12/09 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we had a rally and
candlelight vigil in support of the Climate Change Summit in
Copenhagen. We stood out in the cold and snow for 2 hours at an
intersection near the Oshawa Centre, and marched up and down
Stevenson's road... We
want a Fair and Binding Treaty in Copenhagen. We want Prime Minister
Stephen Harper to get serious about this and stop only listening to
the oil industry, which we can all see that he is doing now. We want
Canada to start to develop envirionmentally friendly energy sources.
Stop listening to the oil, incineration lobbyists and start listening
to the citizens of Canada. -Elisabeth Hart 
Caledon, ON, Canada On Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 3pm, Palgrave community kitchen was officially opened....To celebrate the official opening more than fifty members of the community enjoyed cookies prepared in the kitchen by Caledon’s 4-H and Bolton Venturers. At 3 pm to support the International Climate Change talks in Copenhagen they banged pots and pans 350 times signifying the safe limit of 350 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. For more information on the community kitchen check palgraveunited.ca. -credit: Patti Foley 
Salmon Arm, BC, Canada We had an amazing event. It was cold, and I was expecting maybe 30 people. But we had 150 - 200 people, easily - in a town of under 17,000 people! We broke into 6 circles and people took turns reading the words provided by Avaaz. Then we did a silent walk with people holding their candles - very beautiful. Photographers from at least 3 different media were there; it was covered extensively in this week's Salmon Arm Observer and is also on the website http://salmonarm.wordpress.com/ (scroll towards the bottom for write up and pictures). It will also be in this week's Friday AM, another local paper.
I have emailed the results of this to Jim Prentice, Stephen Harper and my local MP Colin Mayes. -Sarah Weaver 
Peterborough, ON, Canada A Friday night vigil also organized by the Unitarians attracted nearly 100 people as well, in the freezing cold, to sing, speak, light candles against the darkness and express commitment to climate change action. -Ben Wolfe 
Candlelight Vigil, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, ON, Canada It started on Parliament Hill at 5pm. There was a big schedule conflict in that the Olympic torch was coming through that evening and the hill was packed. Despite moving the event, 8 people showed up by the flame and held a quiet vigil surrounded by thousands of people.
We then marched down to the main Elgin/Lisgar protest. -Mike Gifford 
Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada Here are two shots from out vigil in Sault Ste Marie Ontario Canada. Great turnout, great media attention. -Andre Riopel 
Montreal, QC, Canada
Photo of December 12, 2009 candlelight vigil in Montreal, QC, submitted by Megan Durnford. 
Strathmore, AB, Canada
The people of Strathmore United Church and St Michael's & amp; All Angels Anglican Church in Strathmore Alberta gathered together at 3pm on Dec 13/09 to make a Holy Racket! Together, we rang the bells 350 times. This was an amazing, powerful and incredibly moving experience to stand together and share in the ringing of the bells in tandem with churches around the world... 
Picton, ON, Canada Yes, Canadians do care about climate change! On the bitterly cold evening of Friday, December 11 in the small town of Picton, Ontario forty of them showed just that. Carrying lights and signs expressing concern for our treatment of the earth we marched from the Picton United Church to the Regent Theatre and back. Everyone in attendance shared the common wish for our leaders to produce a fair, ambitious and binding treaty in Copenhagen... 
Milford, ON, Canada
On Sunday December 13, we rang the St. Philip’s church bell 350 times to demonstrate our concern for God’s Creation. We wished to express our support for a Copenhagen climate change treaty that would reverse the trend of environmental degradation, and would lead to fair sharing of earth’s resources among all people. -Josef Cihlar 
Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
Salt Spring Island joined the Global Weekend of Climate Action with church bells sounding the alarm of climate change and calling out to world leaders for ambitious, effective and fair action... 
Grand Forks, BC, Canada Best wishes to everyone. Here is a picture of the candlelight vigil in Grand Fork, BC, CANADA. I was happy with the turnout. -Jenny 
Smithers, BC, Canada Here are some photos of our event, which was very successful. Over 150 people out despite sub-zero temps. 
Sudbury, ON, Canada
Kingston, ON, Canada
A silent candlelight - We Want A Real Deal - Vigil was held last night at 5:30p.m. outside Kingston City Hall and, although we had a few technical difficulties getting candles to stay lit with the cold breeze blowing off Lake Ontario, there was no lack of warmth and enthusiasm for a Real Deal in Copenhagen... 
Perth, ON, Canada About 35 people gathered at the Town Hall in Perth, Ontario. A speech was read by Maureen Bostock followed by comments from the participants. One participant reminded us of the impact of climate change on people living in northern Canada with the melting of permafrost. Another spoke of the important lessons we need to learn from first nations people about our relationship to the earth... 
Ottawa, ON, Canada Here are a few images from the vigil hosted in Ottawa, Ontario by Climate Action Network. It was held at the Human Rights Monument. We had about 70 folks turn up, we had Mark Fried from Oxfam Canada speak, and Sarah Jane Saska from Climate Action Network as well. We sang climate carols and we paraded down to Parliament hill where Stephen Harper was speaking to give out candy canes (with important messaging) and continue our climate carolling! 
Victoria, BC, Canada
Friends gathered in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, CANADA. Candlelight vigil with poetry, songs, candles and reading of the a climate action statement for our hopes that the leaders in Copenhagen will give us a really solid climate treaty.
New Westminster, BC, Canada
We met at 3:50pm local time, at the Village Coffee Lounge on historic 12th Street in New Westminster (which at one time had an electric street car running up and down it, but the tracks are now buried under asphalt). John, the proprietor, treated us with hot chocolate. We lit candles, and then gathered outside for this photo. We then went back inside and talked about climate change and what is - and isn't - being done about it. It was short, and sweet!
Toronto, ON, Canada Holding candles and singing Copenhagen-inspired christmas carols, Torontonians marched from the indoor rally hosted by the Toronto Climate Campaign, Students against Climate Change, and Climate Action Network, to the Queens Park Legislature... 
Halifax, NS, Canada
Around 150 people gathered in Halifax, Nova Scotia for a powerful candlelit vigil and interfaith service, in spite of temperatures approaching -20 c with the windchill. We were pleased to welcome NDP candidate Leonard Preyra, city councilor Jennifer Watts, and Member of Parliament Megan Leslie. In between 8 speakers of different faiths, the Shambhala Buddhists rang a gong and the crowd contemplated current events and our future in absolute silence. 
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Killaloe, ON, Canada 22 of us gathered at Morninglory Farm in Killaloe, ON, Canada this evening, upstream from Canada's capital, for a potluck, local, organic, low-carbon feast, lighting beeswax candles to the honouring of our Mother Earth. We call for a real deal in Copenhagen, one which truly cleans up the environment, is binding and longlasting, is fair to all peoples and works in harmony with Nature... 
Rawdon, QC, Canada
Nous avons allumé nos chandelles, votes lumineux POUR LA TERRE ET POUR UN VRAI ACCORD SUR LE CLIMAT. Nous avons lu le texte ensemble et nous sommes avons bu ensemble le chocolat de la fraternité. 
Powell River, BC, Canada 53 people gathered in Powell River, BC to send our message to the world leaders at Copenhagen - and especially to our Canadian leaders. We shared thoughts and stories of climate change and our response to it, and resolved to do our part as individuals and as a community to reduce our carbon footprint, no matter what the outcome at Copenhagen is. 
Bowmanville, ON, Canada We chose to do our climate vigil for a Read Deal on the Bowmanville Creek Bridge because there's a lot of traffic coming and going through this area in our town. We thought that this would help us bring maximum attention to the issue of climate justice and the need for fair funding, ambitious cuts to green house gas production and a binding treaty coming out of Copenhagen, to ensure accountability. 
Gabriola Island, BC, Canada Here are some photos from our Real Deal candle-light vigil on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada Dec. 12, 2010. There were about 35 of us. We read through the Real-Deal script, sang a song, and listened to a great Scrooge parody about Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper... 
Middle Cove Beach, NL, Canada Our candlelight vigil went ahead, in a bitterly cold wind; the Atlantic surf was roaring in at Middle Cove Beach ... about 35 hardy souls of all ages braved the wintry winds and cold. We read the Avaaz declaration as we gathered around candles in bottles which we grouped on top of a large boulder... 
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