Michael Butler

Why is it so difficult to find any real information and data on rail safety as crude-by-rail transport becomes more and more common?

A group of Council of Canadians activists, local residents, allies and First Nations blockaded the access road to an exposed section of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline Tuesday morning.

Today after 14 years of winding its way through the courts, the Supreme Court of Canada began hearing Grassy Narrows' legal case (Keewatin v. MNR) for treaty rights and against clearcut logging.

There was more smoke and mirrors on Canada's rail tracks when the Harper government finally announced their long-awaited changes to rail safety 292 days after the preventable Lac-Mégantic disaster.

This week, the London Chapter of the Council of Canadians took matters into their own hands and demanded action on the major threat Line 9 poses to hundreds of communities across Ontario and Quebec.

The Ontario government has approved plans for another decade of clearcut logging in Grassy Narrows Territory against the will of this Indigenous community.

Neil Young and Diana Krall will be performing at fundraising concerts in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and their fight against Shell Canada's Jackpine mine.

The Algonquins of Barriere Lake erected a peaceful land protection camp within the 'La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve' to stop the unlawful logging and clear-cutting of vast tracks of land.

The Friends of Pollinators Action Coalition and The Ontario Beekeepers' Association (OBA) are asking for your help to convince the federal government to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.