Canadian Coast Guard 2019 Arctic Season Underway
Press Release From: Canadian Coast Guard June 19, 2019 Montreal, Quebec – Canada’s North is experiencing steady growth in maritime traffic including local, tourist and transiting vessels. As part of…
Fire Bans in Effect for South Slave Region
Press Release Due to extremely dry forest conditions and the threat of wildfires, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI) has closed the 60th Parallel Territorial Park until further…
Parks Canada announces new Framework for History and Commemoration
Press Releases From: Parks Canada June 19, 2019 Ottawa, ON Parks Canada Agency Parks Canada places reflect the diverse heritage of the nation and provide an opportunity for Canadians…
Trans Mountain pipeline approval undermines Canada’s environmental leadership
Press Release VANCOUVER, June 18, 2019 — The day after it declared a climate emergency, the federal government’s conditional approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion challenges Canada’s ability to…
Recipients of PollinateTO community grants announced to mark Pollinator Week in Toronto
Press Release June 19, 2019 The City of Toronto today announced the recipients of its new PollinateTO community grants providing up to $5,000 per project for community-led initiatives to create…
BC Government: More funding earmarked for invasive species projects
Press Release June 18, 2019 VICTORIA – The B.C. government is providing $575,000 to help address invasive aquatic plant impacts in a lake system near Mission, fund research on an…
Update 21: Northwest Alberta wildfires (June 18 at 5 p.m.)
Press Release June 18, 2019 Several communities evacuated due to active fires. More than 9,000 evacuees are out of their homes, including 700 from the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement who…
CleanBC sets new strategy to boost safe, accessible active transportation
Press Release June 17, 2019 VICTORIA – Move. Commute. Connect. This is B.C.’s new strategy for cleaner, more active transportation, connecting British Columbians to where they need to go. “Active…
CFN: It’s time to pass the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
Press Release June 17, 2019 Vancouver, BC – The Coastal First Nations (CFN) supports the Trudeau government’s request that the Senate pass Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, in…
Power River Watershed Protected Area receives Indigenous name
Press Release June 14, 2019 KYUQUOT – To recognize Indigenous history and culture, the Power River Watershed Protected Area on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island has been renamed the Hisnit…
