OTTAWA – In its latest annual report released in advance of Canada Parks Day, the national office of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is calling on Parks Canada to re‐focus on its legal obligation to protect nature as the first priority for managing our national parks, and to immediately stop development in Banff [Learn more]

Over 130 Peel supporters came together in Whitehorse last week to hear the latest on the Peel Watershed legal case. The event followed the Supreme Court of Canada’s announcement that the application for leave to appeal filed by CPAWS Yukon and its partners had been granted and that the case will be heard in Ottawa [Learn more]

First Nations & Yukon Environmental groups granted leave to take the Peel Watershed Case to the Supreme Court of Canada On June 9th 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada gave notice that it will be hearing The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun et al v Government of Yukon, otherwise known as the Peel Watershed case. [Learn more]

Media ReleaseDecember 15, 2015 Peel Watershed CaseApplication for Leave to Appeal to be Filed with the Supreme Court of Canada After careful consideration of the Yukon Court of Appeal’s decision in the Peel Watershed case, the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, CPAWS Yukon and Yukon Conservation [Learn more]

2015 Media AdvisoryDecember 9, 2015 Press Conference and Public Event to Address What’s Next for the Peel? On Tuesday, December 15th two events in Whitehorse will help answer the question of what’s next for the Peel.  These events will address the Yukon Court of Appeal’s ruling with respect to the Peel Watershed and the next [Learn more]

On Sunday, November 29th from 1 to 2 pm Yukoners are gathering together in Shipyards Park to send a message to COP 21, the global climate negotiations that get underway in Paris the following day. Communities around the world are coming together on Nov. 29th to ask world leaders to take strong action on climate [Learn more]

Court of Appeal upholds integrity of Final Agreements while Sending the Peel Back to the Drawing Board Earlier today, Chief Justice Bauman, Madam Justice Smith and Justice Goepel of the Yukon Court of Appeal confirmed the Yukon Government failed to honour its treaty obligations with respect to the Peel Watershed Land Use Plan. This ruling [Learn more]

Environment Forum to Provide Opportunity for Federal Candidates to Focus on Issues Impacting Yukon’s Environment Media AdvisoryOctober 1, 2015 On Tuesday, October 6th CPAWS Yukon and the Yukon Conservation Society will host a non-partisan environment forum in response to the current federal election campaign.  All four Yukon federal candidates have been invited to participate.  To [Learn more]

Peel Watershed supporters braved pouring rain in Water Ceremony for the Peel August 21, 2015, Whitehorse, Yukon – In pouring rain 200 supporters arrived at the steps to the Yukon Law Court, yesterday, where the Peel Watershed Case is underway, to participate in a one hour long Water Celebration for the Peel. Elders from the [Learn more]

Media AdvisoryAug 20, 2015 Water Ceremony for the Peel and a BBQ taking place today in support of #ProtectPeelPeel Watershed Case proceedings underway in the Yukon Supreme Court of Appeal What: Elders from Mayo, Dawson, Mackenzie Delta and Old Crow communities, joined by supporters of the Peel River Watershed, will gather on the steps of [Learn more]