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.

2008

The Council in the news

• Dry facts call for a grand plan, Maude Barlow, Courier Mail, September 1, 2008
• Time to challenge convenience and commit to 'precycling' our waste,
  London Free Press, August 30, 2008
  Part 1 by Cory Morningstar
  Part 2 by Krista Sawchuk
• Premiers bow to corporate pressure in Quebec City, Dylan Penner, Rabble News, July 24, 2008
• The free trade nightmare, Dylan Penner, Vue Weekly (Edmonton), July 24, 2008
• Alta., B.C. leaders becoming outcasts over TILMA deal, Carleen Pickard, The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon), June 19, 2008
• Uranium mining moratorium should be legislated, Angela Giles, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), May 30, 2008
• Life, Liberty, Water, Maude Barlow, YES! Magazine, Summer 2008
• Private clinics ruining public health care, Maude Barlow, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), May 7, 2008
• Keeping U.S. tanks full, Brent Patterson, The Windsor Star, May 7, 2008
• Ottawa turns off tap on right to water, Maude Barlow, Toronto Star, March 22, 2008
• Democracy vs. Free Trade: Renegotiate NAFTA? Sounds like a good idea. Maude Barlow, March 5, 2008
• NAFTA's legacy: the worst agreement we ever signed, Murray Dobbin, The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2008
• Rushing injustice through the Senate, Maude Barlow, Roch Tassé, Sameer Zuberi, The Toronto Star, February 13, 2008
• Power for the people: Why Canada needs a national energy strategy , Jean-Yves LeFort, The Hill Times , February 3, 2008

The Council replies: Letters to the editor

• Deposit This, Stuart Trew, The Globe and Mail, October 3, 2008
• Re: The new peace movement, Brent Patterson, August 22, 2008
• Maude Barlow's response to John Langford, Maude Barlow, August 15, 2008
• Put on the EDL brakes, Stuart Trew, The Globe and Mail, August 1, 2008
• Let war resisters stay, Angela Giles, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), July 23, 2008
• Hydro merger isn't in city's best interest, Norah Chaloner, The Guelph Mercury, July 12, 2008
• Coffee's more important than the environment?, Stuart Trew, The Windsor Star, June 27, 2008
• Canadians share view of banning water exports, Meera Karunananthan, The Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2008
• Concerned about Liberals' statements on water, Maude Barlow, The Hill Times, April 14, 2008
• Better ways to go, Angela Giles, The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax), March 24, 2008
• Model water act won't float, Steven Shrybman, The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2008
• Saying no to private health care, Guy Caron, The Daily Gleaner, January 30, 2008
• Bulldozing democracy? Stuart Trew, The Globe and Mail, January 19, 2008

Headlines

• Tories to flush Canada-led water-monitoring program, Prince George Citizen, November 13, 2008
• Barlow's Water Rage Set to Hit the UN, Embassy Magazine, November 12, 2008
• Oil pressure: What happens in Northern Alberta is no longer a provincial issue., Edmonton Journal, November 9, 2008
• Local issues brought up at national meeting, Herald-Tribune (Grande Prairie), November 3, 2008
• Ft. Chip residents, activists protest oilsands intrusion, The Edmonton Journal, November 2, 2008
• Oilsands activists march down Jasper Avenue, The Calgary Herald, November 1, 2008
• Canadian adviser to United Nations blasts Alberta's oilsands, The Canadian Press, November 1, 2008
• 'We're running out of time', Ottawa Citizen, October 26, 2008
• Maude Barlow named 1st UN water adviser, CBC.ca, October 21, 2008
• Financial collapse builds case for public services, CUPE.ca, October 16, 2008
• Incumbent Baird takes combative stance, Ottawa Citizen, October 9, 2008
• Planet is running out of clean water, new film warns, CNN, September 19, 2008
• Council urges Harper to make trade deal text public, Metro News, September 18, 2008
• PM's London debut marred by protests, The London Free Press, September 15, 2008
• 'Flow' Dives Into Global Issues Of Water Shortage and Use, The Daily Californian, September 15, 2008
• Maude Barlow named in the The Plenty 20 awards for 2008, Plenty Magazine, September 2008
• Water for All: The Leaders of a New Revolution, AlterNet, August 20, 2008
• Local politicians change their tune on trade agreement, Kelowna Capital News, July 29, 2008
• Toronto crowd shows support for Omar Khadr, The London Free Press, July 27, 2008
• Northern oil riches raise fears, The Toronto Star, July 24, 2008
• The 'new' city lawn: Green it is, grass it isn't, The Londoner, July 23, 2008
• Water pact will deplete Great Lakes, expert fears, The Toronto Star, July 22, 2008
• Maude Barlow to speak at York County Community College, Seacoast, July 17, 2008
• Canada will deport U.S. army deserter, The Globe and Mail, July 15, 2008
• A war is brewing over water, Niagara This Week, July 11, 2008
• Xstrata inks deal with Transelec for Chile power line, The Patagonia Times, July 9, 2008
• A word to the water wise, Timmins Daily Press, July 3, 2008
• A global citizen at work in the world, The Globe and Mail, June 30, 2008
• Massive overhaul urged on foreign investment, The Toronto Star, June 27, 2008
• Protesters target delegates at oilsands symposium, The Edmonton Journal, June 17, 2008
• Against the flow, The Age (Australia), June 7, 2008
• Council seeks ban on bottled water in P.E.I. schools, The Guardian (PEI), June 2, 2008
• Earth ‘drying up’: Award winner Barlow talks to Metro about the global water crisis , Metro News, June 2, 2008
• Is water becoming ‘the new oil’?, The Christian Science Monitor, May 29, 2008
• Alberta's trade deal with B.C. slammed by Council of Canadians, The Edmonton Sun, May 29, 2008
• Water, the new oil, takes centre stage, The Montreal Gazette , May 12, 2008
• Canada orders vitamin D study, The Globe and Mail, May 9, 2008
• A scary story that doesn't end with the film, The Vancouver Sun, May 12, 2008
• Should we worry about closer military ties with U.S.?, The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton), May 7, 2008
• Canadian pensioners and Chile's pristine wilderness, The Globe and Mail , May 5, 2008
• Group decries use of private health clinics, The Chronicle-Herald , May 4, 2008
• Business group sets and gets its agenda, Toronto Star, April 23, 2008
• Full gallery at public water meeting, Williams Lake Tribune, April 22, 2008
• Leaders to talk up trade: 'Three amigos' defend NAFTA at annual summit amid criticism on U.S. presidential campaign trail, Toronto Star, April 22, 2008
• Nations come together in N.O., The Times-Picayune, April 21, 2008
• Canada must reconsider how it 'gives away' water to be bottled, sold: activists, The Canadian Press, April 18, 2008
• Oilsands firms may sue if water curtailed: activist; Province disputes Barlow's NAFTA interpretation, Edmonton Journal, April 16, 2008
• Guard resources, Ottawa urged: As North American leaders' summit approaches, poll finds Canadians want policies to guarantee energy and water supply, environmental standards, Toronto Star, April 15, 2008
• True North strong and free: Poll says Canadians want to protect our resources from U.S. Torstar News Service, Metro, April 14, 2008
• Council of Canadians launches public health care campaign, The Guardian, April 9, 2008
• Water worries: Resource in imminent danger, crisis looming, lawmakers told, Times Argus, April 3, 2008
• Lawmakers told of coming water crises, Boston Globe, April 2, 2008
• Canada foils UN water plan: Advocates devastated at failure of resolution to recognize water as a basic human right, Toronto Star, April 2, 2008
• Conservatives, Liberals extend Afghanistan mission, Toronto Star, March 14, 2008
• Making Waves, The Guardian, March 13, 2008
• Speakers attack NAFTA at 'Better Neighbors' event, The Brown Daily Herald, March 11, 2008
• Environmental leaders saluted at International Women's Day event, The Guardian, March 10, 2008
• Please don't throw us outta the NAFTA patch, rabble news, Rick Salutin, March 7, 2008
• Residents protest partnership, Salmon Arm Observer, February 27, 2008
• Maude Barlow: She told you then. She's telling you now, InRetro Magazine, January 2008
• Water crisis: Every drop matters, author states, Chico News and Review, February 21, 2008
• Private River Power Draws Diverse Foes, The Tyee, February 19, 2008
• Roses are red and water-intensive, Los Angeles Times, February 14, 2008
• Maude Barlow: The Growing Battle for the Right to Water, Alternet, February 14, 2008
• Americans Encouraged to Keep a Blue Covenant, Fox Business News, February 11, 2008
• An activist among the stars, Ottawa Citizen, January 27, 2008
• Activist Maude Barlow goes with the Flow, Canwest News Service, January 25, 2008
• Festival film takes on water profiteers, Agence France Presse, January 23, 2008
• Q & A: Flow: For Love of Water, Live at Sundance, January 21, 2008

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