Canada narrowly missed having Wood Buffalo National Park added to UNESCO’s List of World Heritage in Danger. According to a Canadian Press story picked up by multiple Canadian news outlets, “the park’s status could be endangered because of impacts from hydro development in British Columbia and dozens of oilsands projects…
Two competing Indigenous groups are hoping to become the new owners of the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline. Project Reconciliation, which is made up of First Nations and Métis communities from Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan has recently said in a news release that it’s willing to purchase 51 per cent…
The Tlicho community of Behchoko had a bit of a scare last week as at least one wildfire crept to about ten kilometres from the community. That information came Tuesday from Richard Olsen, the Fort Smith-based manager of fire operations for the NWT’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR)….
A group of Yellowknife City staffers put their money where their mouths are last week as they took their lunch hour to clean up littler from downtown streets. This is the third year for the project. “The City of Yellowknife first introduced the ‘Green Team’ in 2017 and we are…
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day by reaffirming its commitment to expand its partnerships and relationships with Indigenous Governments and communities, promote conservation and protection in their traditional territories, and build bridges for future collaborative conservation projects. In a news release, Ducks Unlimited Canada states that…