August 16, 2012 show: Terry Stavnyck on the judicial ruling in the criminal case against him

On August 16, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Ottawa artist and recent criminal charge defendant Mr. Terry Stavnyck, in studio, about the judicial ruling in the criminal assault charges against him. Mr. Stavnyck was found not guilty of assaulting a large security guard by repeatedly kicking the guard in the groin while being arrested. The Judge Heather Perkins-McVey was cautioned about reasonable apprehension of bias during the trial and this changed in-court atmosphere.

August 9, 2012 show: Denis Rancourt alone commenting the criminal court case of Terry Stavnyck

On August 9, 2012, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt took the microphone alone to comment on the recent judicial decision in the criminal court case of Ottawa resident Terry Stavnyck. Large security guards attacked the 90 lbs. multiple sclerosis patient in the Canadian Parliament building and then charged Mr. Stavnyck with the criminal charges of assault against one of them and disturbing the peace. In the end, the judge found that none of the charges against Mr. Stavnyck were tenable. But oh la la you must read the ruling...

Crown, government and police malicious prosecution of Terry Stavnyck

(Example of artist Terry Stavnyck's photography.)

On November 17, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Ottawa artist and social justice activist Terry Stavnyck live-in-studio about the malicious prosecution by the Crown, government and police against him.

This is an update about the on-going bogus criminal trial (alleged assault of a muscle-bound parliamentary security police twice his weight; while being arbitrarily targeted and brutalized by said victim) against 122-bound multiple-sclerosis-afflicted Terry Stavnick -- a shameful display of "justice" being perpetrated in Canada's capital.


See all Train reports about Terry Stavnyck HERE.

Consider attending the next trial sessions:
"Regina v. Stavnyck"
November 22nd and 23rd, 10am start
161 Elgin Street courthouse
Ask at criminal proceedings counter for room number.

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Carleton U police arrests of pro-life students lawsuit

On November 10, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed student-plaintiff Ruth (Lobo) Shaw (by phone, Vancouver) and her counsel Albertos Polizogopoulos (in-studio) about their lawsuit against Carleton University.

Ruth Lobo is a former Lifeline President. Carleton Lifeline is the pro-life club at Carleton University. Her major was Human Rights. Albertos Polizogopoulus is with Vincent-Dagenais-Gibson law firm.

The pro-life students were arrested hand-cuffed and hauled-off for their public expression on campus. Echos of the Berkeley free speech movement... Stunningly, as was the case in the Berkeley movement of the 1960s, the student union sided with the administration. History repeats itself.

Hazel Gashoka on Ottawa police brutality and racism in U of O student politics

On October 20, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed student activist, 4th-year psychology major and U of O Senate member Hazel Gashoka, live in-studio.

Unfortunately, the sound track was lost due to technical problems.

Ms. Gashoka described her 2003 violent and racist encounter with the Ottawa Police, from her first days as a 1st-year student on the U of O campus. Ms. Gashoka reported that she was pushed to the ground for no apparent reason by one of Ottawa's finest. When she protested, she was hauled off in cuffs into a dark holding truck, told to urinate on herself, and then dumped into a cold holding cell on a steel plate to spend the night, without ever being charged. Her recommended music for the theme was "Fuck the Police" by N.W.A.

Ms. Gashoka went on to describe:

• the inherent racism of the white U of O student union (SFUO) in its paternalistic management of Black History Month campus organizing,
• the SFUO's absurd stance in eliminating the Student Arbitration Committee - its constitutional independent judiciary arm - under the pretext of increasing "democratic representation", and
• the zoo that is the Senate of the University of Ottawa, chaired by president Allan Rock.

We apologize for not being able to provide this sound track for this interview.

Racism and John Akpata on Ottawa police misbehaviour

On August 4, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt read an introductory essay about the theory and practice of racism in society before interviewing spoken word artist and politician (Marijuana Party of Canada) John Akpata on the topic of police misbehaviour in Ottawa, Canada's capital.

John explained how citizens can participate to make police accountable. He also described his recent conflict with police (reported by the national media) over his constitutional right to not let a cop take his cell phone using the sole pretext that it contains witness evidence.


John mentioned these two key resources:

OIPRD - Office of the Independent Police Review Director
Police Services Act - Ontario

Terry Stavnyck stands firm against justice-system malfeasance

On February 17, 2011, The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Ottawa resident and long-time peace activist Terry Stavnyck. (Background print media story HERE.)

The theme of the interview was Terry's legal battle against absurdly false criminal charges being carried by a Crown that logically must be either criminally incompetent or ethically challenged, in this reporter's opinion.

The 128 pound practicing pacifist who has multiple sclerosis and now walks with a cane is accused of striking a muscle-bound Parliament Hill security guard in the groin no less than four times, in the face of contradictory video evidence and medical examination report of the guard - all this while he was being brutally attacked by two such guards...

Dan Dicks filmmaker, musician, journalist, societal agent

On November 4, 2010, The Train interviewed well known documentary film activist Dan Dicks of PressForTruth.ca by phone from Toronto.


It was an interview that examined Dan Dicks work, motivation, and philosophy. It took us through Dan's trail from chemtrails to international banking to Bilderberg watching to his recent feature length documentary United We Fall to G20-Toronto revelations to Officer Bubbles interviews and so on.

Police State Canada - as per G20-Toronto pigs mess

On September 9, 2010, The Train went solo with host Denis Rancourt.

The planned guest was G20-arrestee and First Peoples rights activist and author/reporter Alex Hundert, to be interviewed from house arrest by phone. Hundert had been warned by Provincial Police that he could be arrested if he spoke to the media (HERE).

See mainstream media articles: HERE, HERE.

The day of our scheduled CHUO radio interview, there was an "emergency" and Mr. Hundert had to appear in court. He could not be reached for the interview at the scheduled time and he was not able to communicate with CHUO to give an update of his situation.


Therefore, Train host Denis Rancourt reported what he could and provided an analysis of Police State Canada in relation to both University of Ottawa campus police and G20-Toronto, the insanity of it all...

The show is peppered with the political history music of iconic Wobbly Utah Phillips from his CD album Fellow Workers. The show ends with Utah's line "... I'm a pacifist but I admire her spunk..." from his song "shoot or stab them".

Activist Teacher blog articles cited during show:
G20-Toronto and Lost Sovereignty (societal analysis)
They're Not Just Pigs (para-military police operation at G20-Toronto)

Kingston prison farm blockade

On August 12, 2010, The Train phone interviewed two Kingston-based organizers of the resistance against the Harper government's closures of all six Canadian prison farms. These farms have been providing food and meaningful work to prisoners for 100 years.


Both our guests, biochemistry technologist Patrick Thompson and RMC university professor Michael Hurley, were arrested on Monday along with dozens of others practicing a weekend blockade to stop the sale of the Kingston (Ontario) prison farm dairy cows. Also arrested were a grandmother in her eighties and a youth in her early teens.

After his arrest, Professor Hurley (aged 60) refused to sign an undertaking that would have removed his constitutional right to protest and was therefore forced to spend a sleepless night in holding conditions that can only be described as inhuman.

Both activists were upbeat and felt empowered by their recent discovery of solidarity via direct action dissent, following a long road of all the usual government subversions of democracy.