Supreme Court of Canada to hear case on Yukon’s Peel Watershed

The high-profile case will be heard in Ottawa after leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada was submitted by local First Nations.

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CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed

Ottawa – CPAWS welcomes today’s announcement by Environment Minister John Baird that lands comprising the headwaters of the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories have been temporarily protected to enable the creation of a new national park, to be called Nááts’ihch’oh [pronounced naah-tseen-CHO]. Continue reading CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed