ONWA: Every Day is Mother Earth Day
ONWA: Every Day is Mother Earth Day April 22nd, 2020 will mark the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Every day is Earth Day for Indigenous Women, who remind us that…
Environmental Defence: Secret memo reveals oil industry plan to exploit COVID crisis, endanger Canadians
Press Release April 17, 2020 As Canada faces unprecedented health crisis, memo shows fossil fuel industry demands for exemptions from environmental laws, regulatory rollbacks, and increased secrecy Toronto, Ont. –…
New U of G Environmental Institute Funding Eight Research Projects
Press Release April 21, 2020 With Earth Day approaching, the University of Guelph’s new Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is announcing its first round of funding towards eight diverse…
Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) Raises Concerns with Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Emergency Application to Amend Its Water License at Meliadine
Press Release RANKIN INLET, NU – April 15, 2020 – On March 24, 2020, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (Agnico Eagle) filed an emergency application with the Nunavut Water Board (NWB)…
Notice of Time Limit Extension with Reasons – Gazoduq Project
Press Release Notice of Time Limit Extension with Reasons Ottawa — April 14, 2020 — On April 14, 2020, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) extended the 180-day…
AB Government: Reducing spring wildfires and protecting municipalities
Press Release Alberta Wildfire is hiring 200 additional firefighters, invoking a fire ban, implementing off-highway vehicle (OHV) restrictions, increasing fine violations and funding $20 million more in community FireSmart initiatives,…
CFN: Chiefs and Mayors Call for Measures to Protect Coastal Communities
Press Release April 9, 2020 Coastal First Nations chiefs and BC mayors are calling on Canada and British Columbia to support urgent travel restrictions to protect their communities from the…
All BC Parks closing
Press Release April 8, 2020 VICTORIA – BC Parks is immediately closing all provincial parks in response to the widespread call for increased action to address COVID-19. The closure responds…
Press Release and Legal Backgrounder: First Nations Launch Fight of TMX Project Approval to Supreme Court od Canada
Press Release April 7, 2020 Vancouver (Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory) – The Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band announce they are seeking leave for…
Media Statement – Leaders from the North Slave Region Issue Statement on Illegal Harvest of Bathurst Caribou
Press Release The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), Shane Thompson, together with Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief George Mackenzie, Łutsel Kʼe Dene First Nation Chief Darryl Marlowe, and other Indigenous…
