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Playing MRI Politics With The Health Of Saskatchewan’s People
110 years ago this month, the man who would lead the fight to bring public Medicare to all Canadians ...
Global Frackdown: Communities across Canada demand a stop to fracking
Last Saturday, over 300 events were organized in 34 countries for the Global Frackdown, an international day of action initiated ...
Fair Elections Act: Canadian democracy will have its day in court
OTTAWA – The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students and three individual electors will file a Charter challenge ...
GLOBAL FRACKDOWN STARTS: Majority of Canadians want fracking moratorium, says EKOS poll
Today, the Council of Canadians released the results of an EKOS Research poll that found most people, regardless of political ...
Global Frackdown: How to take part in the Fracking Wastewater Bucket Challenge
The Global Frackdown is just four days away! We're asking asking people to take action and one way is to ...
Why we need a federal ban on fracking
Despite fracking protests from coast to coast, the Harper government has publicly taken a hands-off approach and continues to point ...
Spectre of NAFTA investor-state challenge looms over fracking moratorium in New Brunswick
On September 22 the people of New Brunswick voted clearly and decisively against fracking. They defeated the incumbent government that ...
Austria’s National Assembly expresses concern about CETA
A media release (in German) states that the National Council (one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament) is ...
New Brunswick looks forward to fracking moratorium
Global News reports that the issue of fracking played a critical role in Monday's provincial election in New Brunswick.
It ...
Fracking a key issue in the defeat of the Alward government in New Brunswick
The Liberals have won a majority government in New Brunswick defeating the incumbent Progressive Conservative government that had backed fracking.
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Mulcair supports fracking moratorium in New Brunswick
The Canadian Press reports, "Federal New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair says he supports his New Brunswick NDP counterpart's position on ...
Fracking moratorium in the Yukon
The Yukon, like B.C., is home to some of the largest shale gas deposits on the planet. The difference is ...
