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.

2010

The Council in the news

• Canada-EU Trade Talks Are Putting Public Water at Risk, The Epoch Times, Stuart Trew & Kelti Cameron, December 23, 2010
• A tarnished reputation, New Internationalist, Stuart Trew, Decemer 8, 2010
• Advice for Water Warriors, Maude Barlow, Yes! Magazine, November 8, 2010
• Japan's WTO complaint against Canada could expose corporate attack on green jobs, Stuart Trew, rabble news, September 27, 2010
• EU trade deal threatens public water in Canada, Meera Karunananthan and Stuart Trew, Windsor Star, August 26, 2010
• CETA and the provinces, Epoch Times, Stuart Trew, August 20, 2010
• All States Must Acknowledge the UN's Recognition of Water as a Human Right, AlterNet, Meera Karunananthan, August 5, 2010
• Point: Water is a fundamental right, The Globe and Mail, Maude Barlow, August 5, 2010
• Canada must support the right to water, Embassy, Maude Barlow, Meera Karunananthan, and Anil Naidoo, July 21, 2010
• Access to clean water is most violated human right, The Guardian UK, Maude Barlow, July 21, 2010
• Selling Out Communities for Free Trade, The Mark News, Stuart Trew and Archana Rampure, July 14, 2010
• A human right Canada rejects: Access to clean water, The Toronto Star, Maude Barlow and Anil Naidoo, June 13, 2010
• Too many unanswered questions, Chronicle Herald, Carleen Pickard, May 20, 2010
• G8 meeting: a thirst for water justice, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan, April 28, 2010
• From Copenhagen to Cochabamba, Ottawa Citizen, Andrea Harden-Donahue, April 26, 2010
• Community Garden, Ottawa XPress, April 15, 2010
• Mercury Still Killing in Grassy Narrows, CSRT, April 6, 2010
• Green-collar jobs vital to sustainable N.S. economy, The Chronicle Herald, Tamara Lorincz and Andrea Harden-Donahue, March 4, 2010
• Trade rules unclear, Windsor Star, Stuart Trew, March 3, 2010
• The NAFTA big chill suit against Danny Williams and the public interest, Rabble.ca, Fred Wilson, March 1, 2010
• Don't celebrate this deal, Ottawa Citizen, Maude Barlow and Stuart Trew, February 6, 2010
• Ashamed to wear the Maple Leaf, The Globe and Mail, Maude Barlow, January 4, 2010

The Council replies: Letters to the editor

• Slap moratorium on Arctic drilling, The Toronto Star, June 10, 2010
• Listen to evidence from Colombians, The StarPhoenix, Scott Harris, May 21, 2010
• Worthwhile for consumers to do research, Williams Lake Tribune, John Dressler, April 6, 2010
• Don’t thank Harper for bad ‘Buy American’ deal, Hamilton Spectator, Stuart Trew, March 1, 2010

Headlines

• P.E.I. needs to protect its public water: report, CBC News, December 18, 2010
• Security perimeter no threat, Winnipeg Free Press, December 18, 2010
• Provincial News: NDP urges McGuinty to keep water in public hands, Northumberland View, December 17, 2010
• Group hungry to renew battle, The Whig Standard, December 16, 2010
  
• EU committed to free trade deal with Canada, Associated Press, December 16, 2010
• Canada says trade deal with European Union is likely as talks ahead of schedule, The Canadian Press, December 15, 2010
• Harper faces political time bombs, Ottawa Citizen, December 13, 2010
• Protesters target government's Vancouver office over Gateway project climate change, Vancouver Sun, December 12, 2010
• Cancún puede ser la tumba del Protocolo de Kyoto, alertan ONG, La Jornada, December 10, 2010
• Hope for Kyoto, UN climate change summit in Cancun, Digital Journal, December 9, 2010
• Talking climate person-to-person, Regina Leader-Post, December 6, 2010
• Ottawa veut bloquer la prolongation de Kyoto, Le Devoir, le 4 décember 2010
• Open season between borders in Canada, The StarPhoenix, December 4, 2010
• P.A. gives peace a chance, Prince Albert Daily Herald, December 4, 2010
• Maude Barlow: Read Me My Environmental Rights, YES! Magazine, December 3, 2010
• Broderick chides Canada on climate change efforts, The Guardian, December 3, 2010
• Andrea Harden-Donahue and Brent Patterson: On the caravan to Cancun for climate justice, Straight.com, December 2, 2010
• C02 solutions: beyond Cancún, NOW Magazine, December 2, 2010
• Coalición de ONG exige políticas públicas coherentes para la crisis del agua y el clima, Milenio.com, November 30, 2010
• From pristine to polluted, The Telegram, November 29, 2010
• Sécurité aérienne - Atteinte à la liberté et sécurité des voyageurs, Le Devoir, le 27 novembre 2010
• Maude Barlow won't go with the flow: Water-rights activist defends documentary against industry lawsuit, Ottawa Citizen, November 25, 2010
• In Canada It's a Gov't Versus Its People on Climate Change, Inter Press Service, November 24, 2010
• Canadians Cancun-bound for climate talks, Metro News, November 23, 2010
• Clean water 'a human right', Vancouver Sun, November 23, 2010
• Investors Beware, Financial Advisor Magazine, November 22, 2010
  
• GM salmon analysis a secret, groups complain, CBC News, November 22, 2010
• A Govt Versus Its People on Climate Change, IPS, November 19, 2010
• Changements climatiques : les priorites des Canadiens different de celles des conservateurs, Branchez-Vous! 18 novembre 2010
• Eric Doherty and Andrew Murray: TransLink’s freeway push must be stopped, Straight.com, November 16, 2010
• Our water might be for sale, Bonnyville Nouvelle, November 16, 2010
• Council of Canadians pans draft trade agreement with EU, Canada.com, November 16, 2010
• Vale won’t change its mind, The Telegram, November 4, 2010
• Canada's Water Resources In Question, Digital Journal, October 27, 2010
• Council of Canadians calls for full public consultation on water sales to mining company, CBC News, October 25, 2010
• Activist Maude Barlow, a thorn in the side of corporate Canada, leads a battle to save a dwindling resource, Edmonton Journal, October 24, 2010
• Mel Hurtig still carries nationalist torch: Ex-publisher proud that Council of Canadians remains an irritant, Edmonton Journal, October 24, 2010
• Ontario legislature water-logged, Canadian Press, October 15, 2010
• Politicians play blame game: Canada loses United Nations Security Council Seat, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, October 14, 2010
• Water a precious commodity, The Toronto Star, October 13, 2010
• Will domestic opposition hurt the UN Security Council bid? Embassy, October 6, 2010
• Canada needs comprehensive trade impact assessment, Embassy, September 29, 2010
• Opposing Enbridge pipeline outside cocktail reception hosted by Enbridge, Vancouver Observer, September 28, 2010
• Complaint filed over Veolia contract, Winnipeg Free Press, September 22, 2010
• Global water conference in Canada to be used for anti-privatization protest, The Canadians Press, September 20, 2010
• Council calls on Harper to reject Taseko's "fake lake" plan, Ottawa XPress, September 16, 2010
• Cheakamus Community Forest met by protest, Pique Newsmagazine, September 15, 2010
• Ontario jobs threatened by Japanese trade action, Toronto Star, September 13, 2010
• Vale Inco files for intervenor status, HazMat Magazine, September 13, 2010
• Vale targets pristine lake for tailings, Toronto Star, September 10, 2010
• Oil well drilling raises worries, The Chronicle Herald, September 9, 2010
• Group to petition Teachers' Pension Plan over investment, CP24, September 1, 2010
• Water activists to put petition against pension fund before Toronto teachers, Canadian Press, August 31, 2010
• Former UN water advisor condemns Botswana’s treatment of Bushmen, Botswana Gazette, August 5, 2010
• First Nation community of 900 in northern Ontario without clean water, Toronto Star, August 4, 2010
• Deutsche Welle report on the UN vote with Maude Barlow, Deutsche Welle, July 29, 2010
• Ottawa wary over UN water rights vote, National Post, July 28, 2010
• Canada's water supply not threatened by UN water rights vote: Activist, Calgary Herald, July 28, 2010
• UN declares water, sanitation as human rights, Montreal Gazette, July 28, 2010
• UN to vote on right to water, Toronto Star, July 27, 2010
• Canada, EU making progress, Montreal Gazette, July 17, 2010
• Coalition battles Alberta-wide water market, Edmonton Journal, July 8, 2010
• Coalition wants G20 'political' prisoners released, CTV Toronto, July 5, 2010
• 'This was the real G8', The Standard, June 29, 2010
• Decision on controversial Fish Lake mine expected this week, The Vancouver Sun, June 29, 2010
• Harper's summit gains may be lost in uproar over costs, lost rights, Vancouver Sun, June 29, 2010
• Protests peaceful before 'overwhelming police presence', Islander says, The Guardian, June 28, 2010
• UN water-as-human-right bid puts onus on rich countries, The Montreal Gazette, June 27, 2010
• Edmonton man joins protest, Edmonton Sun, June 26, 2010
• Alaska Town Eyes Shipping Water Abroad, National Geographic News, June 25, 2010
• Huntsville canoe protest delivers anti-G8 message, National Post, June 24, 2010
• Four canoes, 12 protesters and plenty of polite cops equal classic Canadian showdown, Toronto Star, June 24, 2010
• G8 protesters keep it peaceful, Toronto Sun, June 24, 2010
• G8-G20 protests range from whimsical to passionate on eve of summits, Canadian Press, June 24, 2010
• Bottle ban bold move, The Chronicle Herald, June 16, 2010
• Council of Canadians to protest Prosperity at Taseko Mines AGM, Williams Lake Tribune, June 15, 2010
• ‘Alternative summits’ embody a grass-roots strategy for change, Toronto Star, June 12, 2010
• Tories under fire for lake 'showcase', National Post, June 8, 2010
• 'Harper's Folly': G8 fake lake deserves a name, protesters say, The Canadian Press, June 8, 2010
• G8/20Watch: Name That Lake! CBC News, June 7, 2010
• G20: Should we call the fake lake ‘Harper’s Folly’? Council of Canadians says yes, National Post, June 7, 2010
• Harper's Folly: $2m G8 fake lake deserves a name, protesters say, The Canadian Press, June 7, 2010
• Fake G20 lake should be called 'Harper's Folly': group, Toronto Sun, June 7, 2010
• Harper's Folley, The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2010
• Film to tell love story about water, Ottawa Citizen, June 7, 2010
• Keep mine waste out of ponds: activists, CBC News, June 4, 2010
• Group sues government over destruction of Canadian lakes, Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2010
• Barlow: Council will stand with mine protestors, Williams Lake Tribune, June 1, 2010
• IPP event discusses the politics of power, Golden Star, May 31, 2010
• Keep water public, meeting told, Nanaimo Daily News, May 31, 2010
• G20: Council of Canadians will dole out free earplugs to counter sonic guns — ‘sound cannons’, National Post, May 27, 2010
• Sound cannons ready for G20 protests, CBC News, May 27, 2010
• Council of Canadians, MiningWatch to challenge mining regulation, Williams Lake Tribune, May 27, 2010
• G20: Thousands of University of Toronto residents to be temporarily relocated, National Post, May 25, 2010
• University of Toronto to close during G20, Toronto Star, May 25, 2010
• BP eyes the Beaufort Sea, Now Magazine, May 18, 2010
• National Council of Canadians chair to visit city and Chilcotin, Williams Lake Tribune, May 18, 2010
• Small hospital service steadily eroding: Report, Brockville Recorder and Times, May 18, 2010
• Federal bill to strengthen ban on bulk water exports comes under fire, Straight.com, May 17, 2010
• Upcoming Nanaimo forum explores water issues, Nanaimo News Bulletin, May 17, 2010
• Site 41 moves closer to permanent burial, The Barrie Examiner, May 13, 2010
• Water expert says world use is at unsustainable rate, Ventura County Star, May 13, 2010
• Group looking to scuttle Canada's UN ambitions, Toronto Sun, May 12, 2010
• UN head steers clear of abortion debate, Toronto Star, May 12, 2010
• Lecturer Speaks on Emerging H2O Crisis, Daily Nexus, May 12, 2010
• G20 protester watchlist, The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2010
• Activists say bottled water regulations would promote tap use, help the environment, Times & Transcript, April 29, 2010
• Private water suppliers poised to grow as demand set to surge, The Guardian, April 28, 2010
• Toy gun turnover at Peace Walk, Kamloops This Week, April 28, 2010
• N.S. government ban on bottled water applauded, CBC News, April 27, 2010
• Islanders part of G8 protests in Halifax, The Guardian, April 27, 2010
• Big stakes in Canada-Europe trade talks, but little attention, Canadian Press, April 27, 2010
• Massive “Climate Action Now” Banner unfurled, Vancouver Media Co-op, April 25, 2010
• Water crisis makes Maude boil, Canwest News Service, April 22, 2010
• Artist's exhibit wants fight for clean water to start at home, The North Bay Nugget, April 8, 2010
• Arctic Contentions, Vue Weekly, April 8, 2010
• Windsor labour community calls for unity, decries privatization, The Windsor Star, April 7, 2010
• Town hall meeting on retirement income set for Charlottetown tonight, The Guardian, April 6, 2010
• UN advisor speaks on global water issues, The New Hampshire, April 1, 2010
• Protesters outline plans for coming G8 meeting, Toronto Sun, March 25, 2010
• Keen on local gas, oil, Chatham Daily News, March 25, 2010
• Opponents hail death of power deal as a 'great day' for New Brunswickers, Telegraph-Journal, March 25, 2010
• World Water Day sees focus on threatened B.C. lake, Vancouver Sun, March 22, 2010
• U of T Mississauga marks International Women's Day, University of Toronto, March 12, 2010
• Federal budget forgets environment: Federal budget review, Ottawa Xpress, March 11, 2010
• University tackles world water crisis, The Triangle, March 5, 2010
• Province weighs novel, but expensive, water and sewage authority, The Ottawa Citizen, March 2, 2010
• Abitibi’s $500-million lawsuit an outrage, national council says, The Telegram, February 26, 2010
• 'Buy American' is a sellout, The Peterborough Examiner, February 22, 2010
• Prorogue and procurement, Northumberland Today, Elma Parker, February 18, 2010
• Water rights for our rivers are out of control, Courier-Islander, February 12, 2010
• Hope federal Prosperity process demonstrates less bias, Williams Lake Tribune, February 11
• Approach new trade deal with extreme caution, Guelph Mercury, February 10, 2010
• B.C. First Nations delegation in Ottawa to save lake threatened by mining, The Canadian Press, February 10, 2010
• Cathy Wilander and Eric Doherty: Scrub the greenwash off the Freeway Olympics, Georgia Straight, February 8, 2010
• N.L. premier's U.S. heart surgery sparks health-care debate, Canwest News Service, February 2, 2010
• Diverse population prepares to protest Olympics, Vancouver Courier, January 29, 2010
• Games protesters planning opening day rally, Vancouver Courier, January 29, 2010
• City denies protest permit to 2010 Welcoming Committee, informs police, Georgia Straight, January 28, 2010
• Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Must Divest From Privatized Water in Chile, Says Council of Canadians, Common Dreams, January 28, 2010
• Islanders rally to protest prorogation of Parliament, The Charlottetown Guardian, January 25, 2010
  
• Anti-prorogation rally draws large crowd, Kamloops Daily News, January 25, 2010
• Hundreds In Peterborough March Against ‘Dictatorial’ Prorogation, Arthur, January 25, 2010
• Thousands protest Parliament shutdown, Times Colonist, January 24, 2010
• Niagara Residents Rally Outside Federal Government MP’s Office To Protest Cutting Off Parliament, Niagara at Large, January 24, 2010
• Protesters rally against Parliament's pause, CTV BC, January 24, 2010
• MARCH: Peterborough protesters want PM to get their message, The Peterborough Examiner, January 24, 2010
• Williams Lake joins national anti-prorogation rallies, Williams Lake Tribune, January 23, 2010
• Protesters vow a peaceful opening ceremonies, Globe and Mail, January 23, 2010
  
• Crowd gathers in Cobourg to protest prorogued parliament, Northumberland News, January 23, 2010
• Social network politics: activism or slacktivism?, Northumberland News, January 22, 2010
• Prorogue protest planned for local highway overpass, Cowichan News Leader, January 22, 2010
• Olympic protest set for Saturday, Nelson Daily News, January 22, 2010
• 'Get back to work': Voters voice frustration at Harper, The Peterborough Examiner, January 17, 2010