Two decades of independent assessment: YESAB reflects on progress and charts the path ahead
Press Release WHITEHORSE, YT, The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is marking 20 years of independent assessment in Yukon, a milestone that underscores both the strength of modern treaty…
BCAFN Affirms First Nations Sovereignty and Land/Water Protection in Response to Canada-Alberta Bitumen Pipeline MOU
Press Release November 27, 2025 (Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC) – The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the federal government and the Province of Alberta exposes a fundamental contradiction…
Aerial survey of the moose population in hunting zone 17 planned for winter 2026
Press Release QUÉBEC, Nov. 27, 2025 – The Minister of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, Mr. Bernard Drainville, announces that an aerial survey of the…
UBCIC Strongly Rejects Canada–Alberta Pipeline MOU that Ignores First Nations Rights and Threatens Environment
Press Release November 27, 2025 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – November 27, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is loudly objecting to…
Advancing LNG Risks B.C.’s Economy and Environment: Independent CleanBC Review is Roadmap to Climate Action
Press Release November 26, 2025 (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – November 26, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is calling on the…
Coastal First Nations Dismiss Pipeline MOU: North Coast Pipeline Will Never Be Built
Press Release CFN member Nations will use every tool in their toolbox to keep oil tankers and the risk of a catastrophic oil spill out of BC’s Northern coastal waters.…
41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers
Press Release November 26, 2025 CALGARY CLIMATE HUB, CANADA’S CLEAN50, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN VOICE OF WOMEN FOR PEACE, CHANGE COURSE, CLIMATE…
Coastal First Nations – Sign the North Coast Protection Declaration
Press Release On November 5, 2025, our Nations came together with the Province of British Columbia to call on the federal government to uphold and defend Bill C-48, the Oil…
Flood mapping continues at breakneck pace
Press Release Nov 25, 2025 Nearly 300 kilometres of flood mapping covering Hinton, Red Deer County, Markerville, Stettler, Vegreville and Pine Creek has been completed. More flood maps have been…
EverWind Receives Environmental Assessment Approval for the Setapuktuk Wind Project
Press Release Nov 24, 2025 GUYSBOROUGH, NOVA SCOTIA – EverWind, Canada’s leading developer of green hydrogen and ammonia projects, is pleased to receive Environmental Assessment approval from the Nova Scotia…
