David, 
hope you are keeping up with events in canada. I think they have
touched a raw nerve.

Got this from uk indymedia, can't vouch for it's authenticity but may be
worth keeping an eye on. Especially with mayday approaching, and the
police arresting everyone who breathes at the wrong time.

good luck....


FBI have shut down IMC ?
by Lex 8:49am Mon Apr 23 '01

The FBI raided the Seattle IMC at 10:17 PM Saturday. I've witnessed news
of the raid being removed from seattle.indymedia.org,quebec.indymedia.org,
vermont.indymedia.org, and www.indymedia.org. Try to get this message out
by alternate means if you can. At 10:17pm EST a posting went up on the
www.indymedia.org/ftaa breaking news page, reporting that the FBI were
raiding the Seattle IMC. This posting disappeared half an hour later,
perhaps due to a blackout on the raid imposed by the FBI. Similar reports
have disappeared from other indymedia sites, and live news feeds have all
but disappeared. I've witnessed news of the FBI raid being disappeared
from seattle.indymedia.org, quebec.indymedia.org, vermont.indymedia.org,
and www.indymedia.org. Try to get this message out by alternate means if
you can.

The following report was posted on then removed from
vermont.indymedia.org:

"There is a report of FBI Officers currently located within the Seattle
IMC demanding the location of the person who's name is the registered name
of indymedia.org. Apparently, they have an arrest warrant for Jonathan Jay
because of a supposed threat against President Bush on the Montreal IMC
site. They are making threats that the IMC is not supposed to send out
*any* emails regarding this issue, according to the warrant. However,
this, according to the IMC lawyer, is Prior Restraint, which is
unconstitutional. The closest story mentioning Bush on the Montreal site
is the following: story mentioning bush Please look to
seattle.indymedia.org as well as other sites for updates on this
situation."

And this one was quickly disappeared from CMAQ just a few minutes after
going up:

"SEATTLE INDYMEDIA CENTER SHUT DOWN BY FBI AT 3:25 UT

Frickin Chickin 2001-04-21

At 3:25 UT, FBI raided the Independent Media Center in downtown Seattle on
3rd St. between Pike and Pine. They had a warrant for the arrest of
Johnathan Jay, the registered owner of the indymedia.org domain name.
Until the time of the raid, www.indymedia.org/ftaa was uploading up the
minute play by play news of the events at the FTAA Summit and protest in
Quebec. This site has now been shut down. FBI are searching Seattle for
Johnathan Jay and are staked out outside his house right now at 4:23 UTC
(9:24 Pacific Time). There is no live independent news coming from Quebec
now."

---

Seattle Indymedia (?) was served papers by the FBI last night and is under
a gag order not to discuss issues regarding the subpoena. who they want is
the guy that registered the domain name. This has caused quite a lot of
heartbreak in Seattle, fearing this fellow, Jonathan Jay, is in deep
dookie...

they also removed the info they were carrying regarding the person who was
hit with a plastic/rubber bullet and is critical condition (this and the
subpoena has been confirmed to me by folks over Internet at
IMC)apparently, someone threatened Bush on the IMC Montreal-which got the
FBI upset.

also, rumours spread late last night that someone had died and the folks
in Quebec went crazy, she is now confirmed alive but critical with a neck
injury from a 'plastic' bullet!!

Since this has already been removed from numerous imc sites, I felt it
would not be good idea to "publish" on the site, but wanted to get the
info out.