News and Analysis

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Council of Canadians sends letter to Greek government about CETA

George Katrougalos, Maude Barlow and Thanassis Petrakos Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow has written George Katrougalos, the ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa yesterday. She departs for Germany this morning, but ...

$NWT chapter supports second petition calling for a moratorium on fracking$

Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow with the NWT chapter in Yellowknife. The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories ...

German chancellor Angela Merkel will be in Ottawa for a visit on Monday, but she may not be bringing the ...

The French Senate. State level opposition in Europe to the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision continues to grow. ...

Liz Zetlin with her granddaughter Emma. Photo by James Masters/ Owen Sound Sun Times. Blackburn News reports, "[Owen Sound Water Watch] committee ...

Council of Canadians energy and climate justice campaigner Andrea Harden-Donahue speaks at a recent OEB consultation in Kanata ...

$NAFTA challenge against fracking moratorium is "fast-tracked"$

The Lone Pine Resources investor-state challenge is proceeding. In September 2013, oil and gas company Lone Pine Resources filed ...

Council of Canadians South Shore chapter activist Marion Moore. The South Shore chapter of the Council of Canadians ...

The Council of Canadians Mid Island chapter held a successful public forum in Nanaimo on Wednesday (January 28) in ...

$Northwest Territories chapter calls for fracking moratorium$

ConocoPhillips fracking in the Northwest Territories last winter. CBC reports, "An N.W.T. group opposed to hydraulic fracturing is ...

The Council of Canadians Campbell River chapter and Timberline Earth Club will be hosting a public forum on LNG ...