CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter

In The Media

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Déjà vu: Wood Buffalo National Park receives its second visit from World Heritage Committee to assess the declining integrity of Canada’s largest national park

Are you having déjà vu? Didn’t we talk about this potential listing last August (August 2021)? And the summer before…
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Debunking Four Oil Sands Tailings “Ponds” Myths

There are massive tailings ponds leaking toxic water into the Athabasca river in Northern Alberta. Our recent report showed just…
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Edmonton could be home to Alberta’s newest provincial park 

CPAWS Northern Alberta is excited about a potential new addition to Alberta’s park system. The newly proposed Big Island Provincial…
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CPAWS Northern Alberta 2022 Summer Reading List

We are so excited to reveal our 2022 summer reading list. We’re pleased to announce that this year we’ve partnered…
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The Key to Saving Wood Buffalo: Re-imagined Governance and Power Sharing

When faced with problems of such an overwhelming scale, the solution lies in inviting the impacted communities to the table,…
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A Brief Indigenous History of Wood Buffalo National Park

The area currently known as Wood Buffalo captures many traditional territories. Cree, Dene, and Métis used these lands and waters–and…
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What you need to know about species protections: the Species at Risk Act

There is a bit of a trend happening with our content, where we want to empower you with a deeper…
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CPAWS Northern Alberta’s Statement of Endorsement for “A Coal Policy for Alberta – 2022 and Beyond”

CPAWS Northern Alberta endorses “A Coal Policy for Alberta – 2022 and Beyond,” a community drafted policy that provides clear,…
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New analysis shows massive growth in oil sands tailings, now large enough to
cover up Vancouver 2.6 times

A joint report released today by Environmental Defence (EDC) and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Northern Alberta (CPAWS) provides a…
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Changes to Parks and Public Land Legislation Will Erode Important Protections

On April 25, 2022, the Government of Alberta passed the first reading of Bill 21: Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment…
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More details surface on the future of Mine 14, one of four coal projects labelled as an ‘advanced project’ in March 2022

CPAWS Northern Alberta has recently learned that Valory Resources Inc. has acquired Mine 14, a proposed underground coal mine 3.2…
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Happy Earth Day: Feeling Connected to the Earth and Coping with Eco-Anxiety

The first Earth Day was in 1970, a day to celebrate and support environmental protection. Since then, the world has…
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