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.

2011

The Council in the news

• Stephen Harper's unilateralism at the border gets us nowhere, Maude Barlow and Stuart Trew, December 7, 2011
• Water scarcity reaches dangerous levels, Maude Barlow and Meera Karunananthan, The Durban Mercury, December 5, 2011
• We must avert another environmental disaster in Falls, Maude Barlow & Wenonah Hauter, Buffalo News, November 13, 2011
• Wall must skip talks on EU trade, Stuart Trew and Scott Harris, The StarPhoenix, October 14, 2011
• Ties to EU trade could hurt Canada, Stuart Trew, The Windsor Star, September 9, 2011
• McGuinty should put trade talks on hold, Stuart Trew, The Star, September 8, 2011
• Stakes are High in the EU-Canada Trade Deal, Stuart Trew, The Mark, August 9, 2011
• Local procurement works, Stuart Trew, Ottawa Citizen, July 8, 2011
• Fortress Around North America, Interview with Stuart Trew Trade Campaigner for the Council of Canadians, The Mark, July 5, 2011
• Trade deal a gamble for municipalities, The Chronicle Herald, Angela Giles, June 9, 2011
• Green jobs needed, not more tarsands, John O'Connor, The Chronicle-Herald, April 28, 2011
• Walk To Stop Mega Quarry in Dufferin County, Toronto Media Co-op, Maryam Adrangi, April 26, 2011
• Andrea Harden-Donahue: One year after BP oil spill, lessons still to be learned in Canada, Andrea Harden-Donahue, Georgia Straight, April 20, 2011
  
• UN General Assembly to debate whether Nature has rights, Global Exchange and Council of Canadians, Straight Goods, April 19, 2011
• Going bottled water free: Why UofT needs to join the global movement against the commodification of water, Maude Barlow, The Varsity, March 28, 2011
• Big deals and big consequences, Angela Giles and Wayne Lucas, The Telegram, February 7, 2011
• N.S. rights must be protected in Canada-EU trade talks, Angela Giles & Danny Cavanagh, The Chronicle Herald, January 29, 2011
• VIDEO: Free Trade With E.U. Concerns, Maude Barlow, Guelph Mercury, January 28, 2011
• What's to be Done? Solutions for 2011 from Six Notable Canadians, X-Ray Magazine, January 2011
• What you don’t know about a deal you haven’t heard of, Maude Barlow, The Globe and Mail, January 6, 2011

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• VIEW: Many Loose Ends in Canada-EU Trade Deal, Stuart Trew, The Mark, November 16, 2011
• We Need to Rethink, Not Rearm NAFTA, Manuel Pérez-Rocha and Stuart Trew, February 4, 2011

The Council replies

• Mega-quarry would be a danger to environment, Norah Chaloner & Keith Bellairs, Co-Chairs, Council of Canadians Guelph Chapter, Guelph Mercury, July 21, 2011
• Health care needs to evolve, Adrienne Silnicki, Ottawa Citizen, July 2, 2011
• Flushing shipping? Maude Barlow, The Globe and Mail, February 9, 2011
• A different type of trade deal, Pina Belperio, Council of Canadians' Whistler Chapter, The Squamish Chief, January 28, 2011
• Trade agreement would restrict municipalities,Norah Chaloner, Council of Canadians' Guelph Chapter, Guelph Mercury, January 20, 2011

Headlines

• Kyoto Protocol: Peter Kent's 1984 CBC Climate Change Documentary Used In Protest, The Huffington Post, December 9, 2011
• Barlow to speak at CWB rally; protest will close part of Portage Avenue, Winnipeg Free Press, October 28, 2011
• Hundreds rally downtown to support CWB, Winnipeg Free Press, October 28, 2011
• Fired page who held up Stop Harper sign to speak in Peterborough Tuesday night, The Peterborough Examiner, October 27, 2011
• GMO salmon farm called 'drug factory', CBC, October 24, 2011
• Occupy Winnipeg protest grows, Winnipeg Free Press, October 15, 2011
• AquaBounty fights back, The Guardian, October 13, 2011
• Barlow foresees 'new wave of civil disobedience', The Tyee, September 30, 2011
• Trade talks too quiet, TheSpec, September 28, 2011
• The Keystone debate: Forget the pipeline, this is about the oilsands, CBC News, September 26, 2011
• Ottawa Oil Sands Pipeline Protest: Maude Barlow Among 100-Plus People Arrested (VIDEO, PHOTOS), Huffington Post, September 26, 2011
• Oilsands protesters arrested on Parliament Hill, CBC News, September 26, 2011
• Sit-in planned to fight tar sands, Metro Ottawa, September 15, 2011
• Healthcare Rally At Queen's Park, Newstalk 1010, September 13, 2011
• Don’t sell water for oil project, activists say, The Chronicle Herald, September 13, 2011
• Hub hedge fund hit over quarry, Boston Herald, September 11, 2011
• Protesters blocking road to prevent fracking, Lethbridge Herald, September 10, 2011
• Ottawa Keystone pipeline expansion protest planned for Sept.26, Montreal Gazette, September 9, 2011
• RCMP probe Calgary mining firm over Mexican bribery allegations, Postmedia News, August 29, 2011
• Anti-oilsands sit-in urged for Ottawa, CBC News, August 25, 2011
• Pipeline protests planned for Ottawa, Postmedia News, August 25, 2011
• Local CETA water concerns linger: Squamish resident receives lacklustre response from feds regarding water trade concerns, Squamish Chief, July 22, 2011
• KI moves to protect waters, garners support, Wawatay News, July 21, 2011
• Water Market Will Be Bigger Than Oil, Analysts Predict, The Huffington Post Canada, July 21, 2011
• Group calls for more transparency in European trade negotiations, Global News, July 15, 2011
• Canada on track to clinch EU free-trade deal, Tories say, Globe and Mail, July 15, 2011
• Safe water right for all, First Nations told, The Canadian Press, July 14, 2011
• EU, Canada trade pact stalls on public services, Reuters, July 14, 2011
• Activists raise alarm about Europe trade deal, Quinte EMC, July 7, 2011
• Ottawa and Washington low-key on border talks; Both sides want to avoid the controversy that is bound to accompany the issue when plans become public knowledge, Vancouver Sun, July 7, 2011
• Groups protest government's proposed environment cuts, Postmedia News, July 4, 2011
• Opponents rally against 'free trade' with Europe, The Coast, June 28, 2011
• Advocacy group calls for legislation protecting water, Postmedia News, June 19, 2011
• Ghiz government must show us what's on the EU negotiating table, The Guardian, June 17, 2011
• BYOB for free water at Ecofest, Simcoe.com, June 9, 2011
• EU-Canada Free Trade Deal Cause for Concern, Epoch Times, June 8, 2011
• Minister's NDP attack highlights new trade reality, Embassy Magazine, June 8, 2011
• Time for a Climate of Change, Toronto Star, June 05, 2011
• Opposition slams 'flawed' consultations on border security, Postmedia News, May 31, 2011
• Barlow warns of water crisis, Penticton Western News, May 23, 2011
• Arctic Council to address role of soot in global warming, Washington Post, May 11, 2011
• Biggest Free Trade Deal Since NAFTA, Ghost Issue of 2011 Election, The Tyee, April 28, 2011
• Company hoping to begin drilling in Lake Ainslie block this fall, The Cape Breton Post, April 27, 2011
• 5-day walk planned by quarry opponents, Orangeville Citizen, April 21, 2011
• Canadian fights to enshrine rights for Mother Earth, Toronto Star, April 20, 2011
• Canada 'unprepared' for Arctic drilling, Toronto Sun, April 20, 2011
• Eric Doherty and PJ Lilley: An Earth Day call to action against freeway expansion in Lower Mainland, Straignt.com, April 18, 2011
• 'All-candidates' forum proceeds in Courtenay with three of six hopefuls, Comox Valley Record, April 14, 2011
• Documents contradict PMO on perimeter accord, Metro News, April 12, 2011
• Film festival opens with documentary on Afghanistan, ShouthShoreNow.ca, April 4, 2011
• Canadian Officials ‘Secretive’ on North American perimeter security agreement, Global Research, April 4, 2011
• Canada-U.S. Deep Integration: Establishing the Bi-National "Security Perimeter", Global Research, March 31, 2011
• Harper pledges deadline to wrap up EU and India trade talks, Toronto Star, March 31, 2011
• EU study shows Canada free-trade deal far less lucrative than projected, Postmedia News, March 30, 2011
• Compare the taste, Comox Valley Echo, March 29, 2011
• Chrétien’s call to Canada: Don’t be afraid of water-exporting debate, Globe and Mail, March 22, 2011
• Burnaby taps into Blue Community status, Burnaby Now, March 22, 2011
  
• Water warrior coming to Okanagan Meadowlark Festival, Penticton Western News, March 22, 2011
• Burnaby named Canada's first Blue Community for preserving water, Vancouver Sun, March 22, 2011
  
• We are draining the Great Lakes dry, Council of Canadians warns, Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2011
• World Water Day event being held at public library, Prince Albert Daily Herald, March 22, 2011
• Secrecy of Veolia deal criticized tonight, Winnipeg Free Press, March 22, 2011
• In New Brunswick, Gateway freeway expansion cancelled despite signed contract, Straight.com, March 21, 2011
• A Moment of Silence for Dying Millions on World Water Day, IPS News, March 18, 2011
• Public invited to water-tasting test, Comox Valley Record, March 17, 2011
• SFPR protesters plotting action, Delta Optimist, March 16, 2011
• CUPE forms coalition against P3 development, The Guardian, March 16, 2011
• City should ban bottled water sales, Courier-Islander, March 16, 2011
• Metro Vancouver: Growth strategy supported, Langley Advance, March 15, 2011
• Wakefield sewage plan sparks call for protest, Ottawa Citizen, March 13, 2011
• Rafe Mair visits lakecity, Williams Lake Tribune, March 10, 2011
• International Water Conference At UNK - Nine Countries Represented, Nebraska State Paper, March 7, 2011
• Ontario lawmakers plow through risks of TMX-LSE tie-up, Reuters, March 3, 2011
• Advocacy Group Urges Ontario To Reject TMX-LSE Deal, The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2011
• Market merger puts Canadian stocks at risk, MPPs told, Toronto Star, March 3, 2011
• Social evening to hear from those in Gaza dispute, Delta Optimist, February 23, 2011
• 'What's fracking wrong?' CoC presents film on gas extraction, Comox Valley Echo, February 22, 2011
• Protests to C.B. drilling plan heat up, The Chronicle Herald, February 18, 2011
• Forgotten cities, VUE Weekly, February 16, 2011
• Inverness County says no to fracking as a means of extracting oil and gas from underground, The Cape Breton Post, February 14, 2011
• Merger of Toronto and London stock market operators a global game-changer, The Canadian Press, February 9, 2011
• Green Life: Just go with the flow, The Montreal Gazette, February 7, 2011
• Nuclear shipment angers municipalities, The Montreal Gazette, February 7, 2011
• Queen's to eliminate plastic water bottles, The Kingston Whig Standard, February 6, 2011
• Harper, Obama expected to authorize sweeping overhaul of Canada-U.S. security, Toronto Star, February 2, 2011
• EU pushes for open Canadian gov't market despite its own 'very closed' system, Postmedia News, February 1, 2011
• Nestlé Water defends letter slamming water protection group, Guelph Mercury, January 28, 2011
• Shrinking pool of Canadian farmers lamented at Guelph forum, Guelph Mercury, January 27, 2011
• Will voters get a bigger role? The Brockville Recorder and Times, January 27, 2011
• Europeans opposed to Canada's 'negative-list' approach to trade, Postmedia News, January 25, 2011
• Public meeting tonight will air Veolia deal, Winnipeg Free Press, January 20, 2011
• Canada-EU talks facing delays, Embassy Magazine, January 19, 2010
• Free trade talks continue between Canada and EU, Toronto Sun, January 18, 2010
• Metro Minute at fluoride presentation, Metro Calgary, January 18, 2011
• Frankensalmon fears prompt P.E.I. group to call for ban, The Guardian, January 14, 2011
• GMO salmon opponents meet with Ghiz, CBC News, January 13, 2010
• From NAFTA to CETA: Canada-EU Deep Economic Integration, Global Research, January 13, 2011
• Barlow prepares for new trade fight, Guelph Mercury, January 12, 2011
• Importance of shale gas leaks debated, The Concordian, January 11, 2011
• Perimeter security deal faces delay, The Canadian Press, January 9, 2011
• It's environmental, not political, The Record, January 8, 2011
• Coalition calls for a new assessment of Highway 5 extension, Ottawa Citizen, January 4, 2011