[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - April 27, 2015
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- Published on Monday, 27 April 2015 13:34
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Media Release: Coast-to-coast pre-election town halls start as part of united effort to get out the vote
Media Release: Maude Barlow defends nature against profit at the UN
Media Release:
Vancouver pre-election town part of united effort to get out the vote
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WIN! Bayfield, Ontario becomes a blue community!
The small community,... which is located within the town of Bluewater, Ontario, is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Huron about 220 kilometres west of Toronto.
Council of Canadians opposes the indefinite detention of migrants
A dozen Council of Canadians activists recently met with migrant detainees at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ontario to hear first hand their experiences with indefinite detention. What we heard moved us and reaffirmed our commitment to end this injustice. We urge all our supporters to join us in trying to stop indefinite detention by signing the End Immigration Detention petition, which can be found here.
Barlow addresses the UN on harmony with nature
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke about harmony with nature today at a United Nations plenary session presided over by UN General Assembly president Sam Kahamba Kutesa.
Delta/Richmond chapter opposes Port Metro Vancouver expansion
The Council of Canadians Delta/Richmond chapter joined with Citizens Against Port Expansion and others yesterday to witness the migration stopover of western sandpipers on Roberts Bank.
Broderick says corporate power threatens PEI's drinking water
The people of Prince Edward Island will be voting in a provincial election on May 4.
PEI chapter sets up information display at farmer's market
The Council of Canadians PEI chapter set up an information display at the Charlottetown Farmer's Market today.
Delta-Richmond & Vancouver-Burnaby chapters protest National Energy Board chairperson
The Council of Canadians Delta-Richmond and Vancouver-Burnaby chapters protested against the chairperson of the National Energy Board yesterday.
London chapter to participate in 'How to Stop a Dump' conference
The Council of Canadians London chapter will participate in the 'How to Stop a Dump' conference in Ingersoll next weekend.
Council of Canadians opposes Upland pipeline
Earlier this week, TransCanada formally requested approval from the US State Department to build the Upland pipeline, a 300,000 barrels per day, 460 kilometre long Williston, North Dakota to Moosomin, Saskatchewan cross-border pipeline which would connect 70,000 barrels a day of fracked-crude from North Dakota to the Energy East pipeline.
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