The Edmonton Chapter of the Council of Canadians urges all Albertans to show their support for proposed new and upgraded protection for the Bighorn Country, the primary source of the North Saskatchewan River. This new parks system, adjacent to Jasper and Banff, will help to complete the Yellowstone-to-Yukon initiative, assuring protected travel corridors for wildlife. Measures are needed to protect this source of drinking water for Edmonton and the hundreds of thousands of prairie Canadians who depend on the North Saskatchewan River for daily sustenance. Of course, a number of threatened animal and fish species also depend on the critical wild life habitat to be given additional ecological protection under this plan.
Continue reading2018 Activities Report for the Edmonton Chapter
Activities Report for 2018 for the Edmonton Chapter of the Council of Canadians
Presented at Council of Canadians Edmonton Chapter AGM. Dec. 2, 2018
This past yearthe Edmonton Chapter operated largely with the understanding that we are effective identifying and working with our allies and promoting the Council of Canadians as affiliated with a small range of civil society organizations. This has been a fairly successful approach.
Continue readingEdmonton Chapter AGM, Sunday, Dec. 2, 3-5 p.m.
Dear Friends and Supporters of the Council of Canadians,
Edmonton Chapter AGM
Sunday, Dec 2, 3-5 p.m.
Hostelling International (10647-81 Ave.)
BASEMENT MEETING ROOM,
The Edmonton Chapter cordially invites you to our 2018 Annual General Meeting. The Council of Canadians is the largest, non-partisan, grass roots based civil society organization in Canada. With over 40 Chapters across Canada, a staff of more than 25 at our national office in Ottawa and at 4 regional offices, the Council of Canadians is in a unique position to develop, promote and realize a truly progressive agenda for social and environmental justice.
Listen to brief reports from the Edmonton Steering Committee members, enjoy some light refreshments and share your ideas on how we can move forward.
This past year, the Edmonton Chapter formally and/or informally partnered with a number of local organizations. There will be brief reports representing activities for each of the following:
- The Alberta Environmental Network (Methane Working Group)
- The Alberta Green Energy Network
- The Alberta Pharmacare Working Group
- Climate Hub
- Climate Justice Edmonton
- CPAWS-Northern Alberta Chapter (re: Bighorn Wilderness Park Proposal)
- Pesticide Free Edmonton
If you have any questions or comments, or If you’re interested in being part of grass roots based initiatives to achieve social and environmental justice, please attend our AGM and/or contact us via email at edmontoncouncil@yahoo.ca.
Rod Olstad
Chair
Edmonton Chapter
Council of Canadians
Call for your assistance and support! :-)
As you may by now realize, the Edmonton Chapter’s recent campaign focus is City Council’s pesticide policy, especially its continued use of the potent and persistent neurotoxin chlorpyrifos (Pyrate), to control mosquitos during the spring and summer months. Edmonton’s Auditor released an audit of Edmonton’s pesticide policy and practises back in November, 2017. City Council’s Audit Committee will discuss the pesticide audit this coming Monday, Jan. 22nd at 9:30 a.m.
Edmonton Risks Serious Health/Environmental Consequences with Continued Use of Persistent and Potent Neurotoxin Chlorpyrifos to Control Mosquitos
Why is Edmonton the only municipality in Canada, if not North America, still using chlorpyrifos, a potent and persistent neurotoxin to control mosquitos? To consider this perplexing question, Council of Canadians-Edmonton Chapter volunteers Rod Olstad and Robert Wilde interviewed Dr. Isabelle Chapados (Edmonton paediatrician and associate clinical professor at the University of Alberta) and Sheryl McCumsey (Coordinator for Pesticide Free Edmonton).
