Chapter activists, Board members and staff of the Council of Canadians have appeared on television, on the radio and in newspapers across this country. Read some news articles featuring the Council.

2009

The Council in the news

• Climate change is all about water, Maude Barlow and Paul Moist, The Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 2009
• Public forum on energy set for Nov. 24, The Guardian, Novmeber 23, 2009
• Charest's European free trade gamble, Stuart Trew and Claude Vaillancourt, Rabble.ca, October 23, 2009
• Toward a green economy, Andrea Harden-Donahue and Julie Michaud, Telegraph-Journal, October 21, 2009
• Mayor springs back with anti-water bottle movement, Telegraph-Journal (Saint John), October 21, 2009
• It's time to turn on the tap, Jocelyne Rankin and Angela Giles, The Chronicle Herald, October 10, 2009
• Group to hold conference in city, Telegraph-Journal (Saint John), September 30, 2009
• Canada's lakes slowly being converted into mining waste dumps, Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan, Digital Journal, September 28, 2009
• We must all be stewards of water, Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan, Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 2009
• No payoff for premiers in `Buy American' fix, Stuart Trew and Blair Redlin, The Toronto Star, August 7, 2009
• Obama: Drop the SPP at the Guadalajara summit next month and re-commit to the renegotiation of NAFTA, Manuel Pérez-Rocha and Stuart Trew, Foreign Policy In Focus, July 27, 2009
• Rethink decision to locate dump on site of aquifer, Maude Barlow and David Crombie, The Star, July 26, 2009
• Harper stumbles in face of global water crisis; Canada must get its act together, Maude Barlow and David Schindler, The Edmonton Journal, July 13, 2009
• Canada abandons freshwater legacy, Maude Barlow and David Schindler, The StarPhoenix, July 3, 2009
• Separating truth from greenwashing in the West's energy export boom, Andrea Harden-Donahue, Rabble.ca, June 24, 2009
• 'More Than Just Games', Pina Belperio, Council of Canadians, June 23, 2009
• Legal battle brewing over Site 41. Council of Canadians threatening county with lawsuit, The Barrie Examiner, June 11, 2009
• Enhanced driver's licences too smart for their own good, Stuart Trew, Roch Tassé, The Toronto Star, June 1, 2009
• Run-of-river projects: Not Green, Not Public, Not for Us., Maude Barlow, Georgia Straight, May 12, 2009
• Passé the bottled water, Meera Karunananthan, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), April 29, 2009
• Time to phase out bottled water, Jocelyne Rankin and Angela Giles, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), April 4, 2009
• 'What should Harper say to Obama to get the most out of this visit?', Maude Barlow, Ottawa Citizen , February 17, 2009
• It's time for a green New Deal, Maude Barlow and Mary Corkery, Rabble.ca , January 26, 2009
• Will the US Blockade Newfoundland?, Steven Shrybman, The St. John's Telegram , January 24, 2009
• Water is a human right, Maude Barlow, The San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2009
• Why We Need to Fix NAFTA, Maude Barlow and John Cavanagh, January 1, 2009

The Council replies: Letters to the editor

• Climate deal remains elusive as clock tics away in Copenhagen: Protesters threatened with dogs, Canadian activist [Maude Barlow] says, Canwest News Service, December 16, 2009
• Gloom and fury grip Copenhagen, The Toronto Star, December 17, 2009
• Council of Canadians accuses Coca-Cola of 'greenwashing', The Globe and Mail, December 16, 2009
• Council of Canadians chair takes aim at corporatization of Olympics, The Canadian Press, December 15, 2009
• Canadas Mordor Ensures Climate Treaty Failure, Terraviva Copenhagen, December 14, 2009
• Council works to defend public interest, Meera Karunananthan, Telegraph Journal, November 5, 2009
• Acceptable exceptions, Stuart Trew, October 20, 2009
• Marketing water, Meera Karunananthan, Winnipeg Free Press, October 14, 2009
• No new approvals, Andrea Harden-Donahue, September 4, 2009
• Council of Canadians tackles many issues, Roy Brady, The Ottawa Citizen, July 17, 2009
• UN seat undeserved, Brent Patterson, Council of Canadians, The Ottawa Citizen, July 3, 2009
• Senate Hearings on Peru Trade Deal Disappointing, Stuart Trew, Embassy Magazine, July 1, 2009
• Still a ways to go., Andrea Harden-Donahue, June 5, 2009
• The nationalists are writing, John Urquhart, Globe and Mail, Monday, May. 25, 2009
• Re: No sermons needed on oilsands impacts - Missing the point, Andrea Harden-Donahue, London Free Press, May 21, 2009
• Say it ain't so, Obama, Stuart Trew, April 21, 2009
• Choose tap water, Andrea Cleland, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), April 16, 2009
• No bottles in P.E.I., Brent Patterson , Ottawa Citizen , March 30, 2009
• Don't bottle it all up, Ken Kavanagh, The Telegram (St. John's), March 30, 2009
• Water-resistant, Maude Barlow , Globe and Mail , March 20, 2009
• You can't drink money, Brent Patterson, March 16, 2009
• Editorial got it all wrong about bottled-water campaign, Jim Riesberry, Brockville Recorder and Times, March 6, 2009
• Ottawa creating a massive debtload, John Dressler, Williams Lake Tribune, February 3, 2009
• Avoiding bottled water keeps you, planet healthy, Meera Karunananthan, The Windsor Star, January 24, 2009
• Bottled water causes harm to environment, Meera Karunananthan, The Guelph Mercury , January 21, 2009
• The other liquidity problem, Maude Barlow, The National Post , January 19, 2009
• Accountability is crucial, Martin M. Tweedale, The Edmonton Journal , January 18, 2009

Headlines

• Gloom and fury grip Copenhagen, The Toronto Star, December 17, 2009
• Climate deal remains elusive as clock tics away in Copenhagen: Protesters threatened with dogs, Canadian activist [Maude Barlow] says, Canwest News Service, December 16, 2009
• Council of Canadians chair takes aim at corporatization of Olympics, The Canadian Press, December 15, 2009
• Climate change: December 12 international global day of action, Examiner, December 9, 2009
• Council of Canadians hosting candlelight vigil in Ladner on climate change crisis, The Delta Optimist, December 9, 2009
• Trade issue stirs up protestors, politician Columbian deal questions Canada’s own democratic principles, The Advertiser, December 8 2009
• Canada pushes for lower EU subsidies at trade talks, The Canadian Press, October 26, 2009
• Trade deals go under microscope, Sudbury Star, October 8, 2009
• Say bye to buy local, Exchange Magazine, October 8, 2009
• Tar sands also B.C. issue in H2Oil, Straight.com, October 8, 2009
• Site 41, Ottawa XPress, July 16, 2009
• Winnipeggers battle city proposal to privatize water system; Activists warn potential partnership could lead to commodified water nationwide, The Globe And Mail, July 20, 2009
• Rain little help as lakes dammed, Independent Weekly, July 17, 2009
• Trent honours class of 2009. Maude Barlow received an honorary Doctor of Laws, Elizabeth Bower, Peterborough Examiner
• Future of water worries Barlow, The Intelligencer (Belleville), May 6, 2009
• The battle over the world's purest water, The Globe and Mail, May 4, 2009
• Maude Barlow tells United Nations that water crisis poses "urgent" threat, Georgia Straight, April 23, 2009
• Canadian Maude Barlow battles for water rights at the United Nations. Linda Diebel’s Political Decoder blog with the Toronto Star, April 22, 2009
• New nuclear: higher cost and higher risk than hydro imports, Exchange Magazine for Business/Economic Development/Entrepreneurs, April 15, 2009
• 'Failure of vision' on water crisis, The Australian, April 2, 2009
• Access to Water: A Human Right or a Human Need?, Environment News Service, March 27, 2009
• VIDEO: Protesters march to demand the right to water, CTV Edmonton, March 22, 2009
• The cost of bottled water, The London Free Press, March 20, 2009
• Celebrating a valuable resource, The Welland Tribune, March 20, 2009
• Is access to clean water a basic human right?, The Christian Science Monitor, March 19, 2009
• Canada's bid for UN Security Council seat tied to water issue, CBC, March 17, 2009
• International Water Day: Paint the Town Blue, The Toronto Star, March 12, 2009
• Mulling over Maude Barlow's water concerns, The Guardian (PEI), March 11, 2009
• Bottled water ban urged by Canadian municipalities, Calgary Herald, March 5, 2009
• Groups: Trade deal may hurt workers, The Chronicle Herald (Halifax), February 28, 2009
• Niagara Falls bans bottled water, The Hamilton Spectator, February 24, 2009
• The fight for water in North America, BBC News, February 13, 2009
• VIDEO: CPAC's Prime Time Politics covers The Council of Canadians' Energy Day of Action, February 4, 2009 (Starting at approx. 59 minutes)
• Majority would limit industry's right to challenge environmental policies, Globe and Mail, February 9, 2009
• Environmental Justice Camp, CTV Calgary, January 31, 2009
• The war against water bottles, The Toronto Sun, January 25, 2009
• Maude Barlow promoted a global water movement, CordWeekly.com, January 28, 2009
• Barlow urges bottled water ban , The Midland Free Press, January 23, 2009
• Barlow speaks against bottled water: Activist to give presentation in city Friday, The Sun Times (Owen Sound), January 21, 2009
• Activist train to protest oilsands development in Saskatchewan, Regina Leader-Post, January 18, 2009
• Municipality votes to turn on the tap, Shelburne County Coast Guard, January 15, 2009
• Tour aims to promote ban of plastic water bottles, Toronto Star, January 12, 2009
• Obama and NAFTA, Foreign Policy In Focus, January 9, 2009