Faced with rising fossil fuel prices and rolling blackouts in California, the U.S. government released a policy at the end of May that stated, among other things, its intention to buy more energy from Canada.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Canada is the United States' biggest foreign source of energy. Only Mexico and Saudi Arabia sell the Americans more oil, and no one sells them more natural gas.

A committee representing feminist organizations has called on the Canadian government to choose peaceful solutions to international terrorism, and to bring the culprits of last month’s attacks to an international criminal court. The Canadian Women’s March Committee launched its Declaration against War and Racism the morning of October 4 on Parliament Hill.

The first thing that comes to mind when international trade negotiations are mentioned is probably not your city council.

But about forty municipalities have recently passed resolutions about agreements such as the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)."There is a division in society which is now being reflected in institutions," says Armand Côté, a Council of Canadians activist who lobbied for Ottawa's resolution.

The typical resolution urges the federal government:

• to consult with all Canadians when making trade agreements;

About thirty environmentalists are cycling across Canada to bring attention to climate change. They hit Ottawa in early August, during a week of record-breaking heat and stinging smog. The conditions made cycling tough, but made it easier to make their point.

The Climate Change Caravan began its big bike ride in Tofino, British Columbia, on May 7. The journey will end in Halifax at the end of September. The plan was hatched by a group of students from Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, who were frustrated with government and industry inaction on climate change.