By: Jennifer Scott, National Communications Manager
2019 was a phenomenal year for conservation! Canada surpassed its international commitment to protect 10% of our ocean territory and is well placed to become a conservation leader on the world stage.
Below is media coverage from across the country highlighting CPAWS’ work and our incredible team.
January
CBC News – Banff eye legislation that would force residents to chop fruit trees
Ottawa Business Journal – Ottawa’s CPAWS eyes rental income through purchase of downtown office building
CBC News – “We’re not convinced”: Groups criticize draft plan to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
Revelstoke Review – Survey results for the future of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park
Eckville Echo – Bighorn Country proposal sparks debate among Albertans
Edmonton Sun – Editorial: Shannon Phillips has botched Bighorn consultations
Red Deer Advocate – Opinion: Preserving Bighorn is too important for political squabbles
Troy Media – Opinion: Preserving Bighorn is too important for political squabbles
CTV News – Public servants harassed about Bighorn proposal: Environment Minister
The Western Producer – Political turmoil reaches boiling point over Bighorn plan
Ottawa Business Journal – ‘Venture Philanthropy’ unlocks new revenue streams for charities
The Globe and Mail – On the Rockies’ edge, frictions form over Alberta’s plan for new provincial parks
RDNewsNow – Bighorn protest still on; new survey shows support for proposal
CBC News – Public meetings over Bighorn parks plan resurrected after outcry despite allegations of safety concerns
The Western Star – Newfoundland protestor vows: “I will shut this project down”
The Chronicle Herald – “We’re not convinced”: Groups criticize draft plan to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
Halifax Examiner – Gnawing away at the vitals of this community, since 1970
The Province – Parks Canada puts brakes on Icefields Parkway bike trail in Alberta
Fitzhugh – Environment minister scraps plan for Icefields bike trail from Jasper
Digital Journal – Canada’s marine refuges need an upgrade, says new SeaBlue Canada report
iPolitics – Most marine refuges in Canada don’t meet global standards: study
February
CBC News – ‘Hotly contested’ once cancelled: Bighorn park session comes to Edmonton
Brooks Bulletin – Demonstrations show not much has changed…Alberta still suspicious of NDP Government
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Banff sets goals through environmental plan
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Banff’s Cliff White honoured for work in conservation
CTV News – Edmontonians attend rescheduled Bighorn consultations
Halifax Examiner – Blue Mountain-Birch Cover Lakes Wilderness Park
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Hunters Help Feed the Hungry
CBC News – Land use planning underway for Yukon’s Beaver River Watershed
The Telegram – Letter: Province needs to push for review of mineral exploration access road
CBC News – Ontario government reviewing, possibly repealing Far North Act
The Narwhal – Ottawa’s Wood Buffalo plan ‘not good enough’: First Nations
Mountain View Gazette – Letter: Some folks didn’t want to listen
Yukon News – Survey respondents call for more permanent protection of the Peel
Radio Canada International – The Link Online: One of the world’s largest national parks is in remote northern Canada, but it is failing an ecological test
Radio Canada International – The saga to save Wood Buffalo National Park continues
Business in Vancouver – For the record: Hats Off
Orillia Matters – What does the planet need: Come to this forum to find out!
March
Yukon News – Yukon needs its own species at risk legislation: CPAWS
Mountain View Gazette – Letter: Writer supports Bighorn Country proposal
660 City News – Wilderness society responds to wolf culls to help caribou herds
SGB Media – The Conservation Alliance contributes $945,000 in grants to 29 organizations
CBC News – Parks society would like to see composite organism have more protection from gold exploration
Halifax Examiner – Northern Pulp’s environmental assessment “is simply not credible” says EAC
The Telegram – Letter: Exploration road work must stop while impact on endangered lichen is studied
CBC News – Less than 1/100th of Quebec budget not enough “to attack the no. 1 problem facing humanity”: 5th grader
The Narwhal – Opinion: It’s only a matter of time before deep-sea mining comes to Canada. We’re not ready.
CBC News – How the overhaul of a Gross Morne trail sparked a debate about the purpose of national parks
The Narwhal – Fishers, First Nations fight Northern Pulp mill’s proposed effluent pipeline into ocean
Yukon News – Commentary: Do endangered species endanger industries?
Radio Canada International – Charity applauds glass sponge reef protection
Bloomberg Environment – Canada Expands Protections of Rare Reefs Made of Glass
Pique News Magazine – Budget leaves parks in SAR hanging
ICI Radio Canada – Avec son dessin, un enfant interpelle Québec sur le poids du budget de l’Environnement
CBC News – “It’s just very unfair”: Tribute for Danielle Moore, Ethiopian Airlines crash victim
battlefordsNow – N.W.T., federal government reach dealing on caribou conservation plans
National Observer – N.W.T., federal government reach dealing on caribou conservation plans
Ottawa Citizen – N.W.T., federal government reach dealing on caribou conservation plans
The Globe and Mail – Northwest Territories, Ottawa reach agreement to protect threatened caribou
National Post – N.W.T., federal government reach dealing on caribou conservation plans
April
CJOB Radio – Re: Climate report showing Canada warming 2x faster than the rest of the world
VOCM Local News Now – Laurentian Channel Names Newest Marine Protected Area
Halifax Examiner – The Donner Prize is part of a larger effort to reimagine Canada as a right-wing American Libertarian fantasy
Prince Albert Daily Herald – The complication relations between the provincial government and woodland caribou conservation
CBC News – New website aims to inform N.W.T. residents about changes to environmental laws
YaleNews – Meet Callichimaera perplexa, the platypus of crabs
EurekAlert! Science News – Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life
Milbank Monitor – Federal plan threatens largest national park’s world heritage status, critics charge
new Kerala – Chapman’s Ice Cream Makes Commitment to Support Caribou Protection Programs with its New Ice Cream
Cision newswire.ca – Chapman’s Ice Cream Makes Commitment to Support Caribou Protection Programs with its New Ice Cream
The Toronto Star – Blue Mountain Birch Cove addition the size of Point Pleasant Park
May
Yahoo Finance – Winner: Raymond Plourde awarded Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
Global News – North Saskatchewan River’s water level on the decline: researchers
On-site Magazine – New Alberta environment minister shoots down Bighorn park proposal planned by previous government
The Squamish Chief – MLA Sturdy ‘disappointed’ with BC Parks stakeholder engagement on Joffre strategy
CTV News – Government scrapping NDP’s Bighorn proposal
Bow Valley Crag & Canyon – Don’t Miss Alberta’s Green Energy Future Talk
Yahoo News – Change in government puts Bighorn Parks proposal in limbo
CBC News – Change in government puts Bighorn Parks proposal in limbo
Calgary Herald – Calling it flawed, UCP scraps Bighorn parks proposal touted by NDP
660 News – Alberta’s environment minister says Bighorn parks proposal will not go ahead
The Globe and Mail – Alberta government calls for balance in decisions about parks, conservation
The Guardian – Symposium on Gulf of St. Lawrence in Charlottetown to stress protection, conservation
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Whittingham reflects on standing up for what he believes
CBC News – Health of Gulf of St. Lawrence keynote at World Ocean Week Symposium
June
The Inertia – Study calls for Canada to ramp up ocean protection by 30%
CTV News – Canada needs to increase ocean protection by almost one-third: report
The Toronto Star – Canada needs to increase ocean protection by almost one-third: report
The Guardian – The Gulf of St. Lawrence facing effects of global changes
660 News – In the news today, June 3 – Canada needs tp protect more ocean: report
SNEWS we know the outdoors – The Conservation Alliance host successful backyard collective event in Vancouver, B.C.
CTV News – Chapman’s – Celebrate national chocolate ice cream day
Daily Hive – You can paddle through Canada’s only urban national park for free June 15
Journal de Montreal – Territoire québécois: huit secteurs à protéger pour rattraper le retard
The City Paper Bogota – Fossil Found in centra Boyacá reveals mysteries of crab evolution
Memorial University Gazette – Wild Thing: Biology student recognized for sharing knowledge with focus on youth
CBC News – New Brunswick ‘lagging behind’ protecting important marine areas
Saltwire Network – Is Tourism a trap for Atlantic Canadians?
CBC News – UN says Canada’s plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough
The Narwhal – Industry responsible for 80 per cent of Senate lobbying linked to Bill C-69
Montreal Gazette – UN says Canada’s plan to rescue Wood Buffalo National Park not enough
Daily Hive: Listed – 18 things to do in Toronto today: Saturday, June 15 – Paddle the Rouge
NNSL Media – Canada must do more to save Wood Buffalo National Park, says UN
Canada’s History for Kids – Help! The animals
Yukon News – Commentary: Foreign funding for local environmental groups no conspiracy
Aldergrove Star – Zoo donates $31k to endangered wildlife, some in Fraser Valley
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Province to extend commercial leases on public land
The Narwhal – A deepsea ‘oasis’ is slated to become Canada’s biggest protected area
NEWS 1130 – Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study
Castanet.net – Bison numbers declining
July
Global News – UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park
Cabin Radio – Wood Buffalo ‘doomed without quick action’ as UN extends deadline
The Narwhal – ‘This must be Canada’s last chance’: UN gives 18 months to save Wood Buffalo
The EpochTimes – UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park
The Chronicle Herald – Provinces must up their game on species protection: federal report
Journal Pioneer – Provinces must act on species protection: report
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Action needed to prevent extinction of national park bison herd
Vernon Info News – How a national park reserve in South Okanagan provides extra protection for endangered species
CTV News – ‘Struggling lake’: Dozens gather for meeting on how to improve health of Lake Winnipeg
Osoyoos Times – No evidence of ‘outside influence’ on national park reserve
Pique News Magazine – BC Parks pulls statistical report after significant errors are identified
CBC News – Canada needs to triple amount of protected land and water to tackle ‘nature emergency’: report
My West Nipissing Now – Group advises federal government to triple the land it protects
National Newswatch – Canada needs to triple amount of protected land and water to tackle ‘nature emergency’: report
Vice – Canada is facing a ‘Nature Emergency’ and needs to act now: Report
News 1130 – Environmental group outlines seriousness of climate change, calls for declaration go nature emergency
Radio Canada International – CPAWS says time is short to avoid Canadian ‘nature emergency’
Radio Canada International – UNESCO sets deadline for Wood Buffalo National Park fix
Le Journal de Montreal – Une portion du Nord pourrait être ouverte à l’industrie
The Narwhal – The return of the caribou
Radio Canada International – B.C. takes steps to protect old-growth trees
The Municipal Information Network – Canada needs to triple amount of protected land and water to tackle ‘nature emergency’: report
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Conservation groups want Parks Canada to pump the brakes on Banff e-bike policy
CBC News – City open to development of woodlot, but process won’t be easy, says Windsor mayor
Blazing Cat Fur – CPAWS says time is short to avoid Canadian ‘nature emergency’
Yahoo News – Province faces catastrophic nature loss if it doesn’t conserve more land, charity says
Jackson Hole News & Guide – Mountain Towns in Brief: Environmental Groups Blast
Radio Canada International – Scientists urge Liberals to show ‘clear path’ to meeting UN biodiversity commitments
The Weather Network – New study shows the last 100 years of warming is not natural
Global News Radio: Danielle Smith Show – Canada’s nature emergency
Pique News Magazine – Banff e-bikes protested by environmental groups
Park Record – Mountain Town News: Environmental groups protest e-bikes in Banff
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Being with the Bison
VOCM Local News Now – Prospective Participants Pack Puffin and Petrel Patrol
August
Alaskan Highway News – Evan Saugstad: Redefining a ‘nature emergency’
Whitehorse Daily Star – Mitch Bowmile begins 1,400km journey
CBC News – Government puts hold on Castle Parks trail closure plan
Canada Land Show – Common Crude: Crude #9 Tar Teck the Final Frontier (Podcast)
Blackburn News – Park designation sought for Ojibway Shores
Global News – Jasper National Park stops issues bear report due to ‘harassment of wildlife’
Windsor Star – MP Masse calls on experts to help protect Ojibway Shores
Carlsbad Current Angus – Nuclear Wast Partnership (NWP): Community grant recipients announced
Our Windsor – Conservation groups want Parks Canada to backpedal on allowing e-bikes on trails
Yukon News – It’s official: most of the Peel Watershed is now protected
CBC News – Education, conservation efforts underway to preserve Sturgeon River bison herd
Whitehorse Daily Star – Groups hail ‘historic’ Peel land use plan
Windsor Star – Turning Ojibway lands into national urban park touted at town hall
CTV News – Windosr-Essex residents learn more about proposed Ojibway National Urban Park
CBC News – ‘A Double Whammy’: CPAWS calls for more protection of biodiversity as a way to also fight climate change
CBC News – Group calls for full environmental impact reviews of proposed Saskatoon freeway
Thompson Citizen – Says Dene First Nation receives grant for efforts to conserve Seal River watershed
HIGHTECH News – ‘A Double Whammy’: CPAWS calls for more protection of biodiversity as a way to also fight climate change
Tree Frog Forestry News – ‘A Double Whammy’: CPAWS calls for more protection of biodiversity as a way to also fight climate change
September
Pique News Magazine – Biodiversity highest on Indigenous-managed lands
Ponoka News – LETTER: Responding to Ron Orr’s backcountry claims
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Conservationists call for gate, traffic restrictions on Norquay access road
Phil Chadwick’s Art (blog) – #2259 ‘Dumoine Trees Make the Forest’
Cochrane Today – Conservationists call for gate, traffic restrictions on Norquay access road
Eat North – Daily Bite: Black Fox Farm and Distillery launch new Haskap Gin
The Rossland Telegraph – Column: Our Biodiversity Crisis – Connecting the Dots
The Conservation Alliance News – Historic Conservation Victory in the Peel River Watershed – 13.8 Million Acres Protected
Nahanni Wild News – The Peel Watershed’s Six Sacred Rivers Protected!
Yukon News – U.S. government recommends largest development option for ANWR
Times Colonist – Island Voices: Connecting the dots between climate, biodiversity crises
The Ecologist – Conservation victory in Canada
Aldergrove Star – Fraser Valley dashes for endangered species at the zoo
CBC News – Fredericton youth do something with their eco-anxiety
Planet Watch – Reconciling and Addressing the Twin Climate Changes – Extinction Crises
Colorado State University News – Salazar Center inaugural symposium: “There’s much wisdom to be shared”
CTV News – Trudeau sets new land and ocean protection targets for 2025
Yukon News – Federal candidates weigh-in on environmental issues in the Yukon
October
The Chronicle Herald – CHRIS MILLER: A closer look at Nova Scotia’s newest protected lands
Rabble.ca – Oil and gas lobby’s wish list would increase Canadian greenhouse gas emissions by 116 million tonnes, according to study
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Protestors ask Sakâw Askiy and provincial government to rethink views of forests
AlbertaPolitics.ca – Environmental Defence study concludes Canada’s emissions would soar if CAPP’s list were granted
The Narwhal – Thaidene Nëné heralds a new era of parks
Radio Canada International – What is Canada doing to protect the environment? Read RCI’s reports.
The Narwhal – This 65-kilometre resource road planned for Yukon wilderness will serve mines, not communities
The Enfield Weekly Press – COLUMN: The Local Climate – 13 per cent
Undercurrent News – Atlantic Canada group seeks fed oversight of net pens, talks BC-style lawsuit
The Millstone – Mammal and their role in the web of life: Part 2
Pique New Magazine – Public weighs in on Joffre Lakes Provincial Park Management
The Squamish Chief – Public weighs in on Joffre Lakes Provincial Park Management
La Presse – Élargissement de Trans Mountain : non négociable, dit Morneau
iPolitics – iPolitics AM: May to outline Green ‘terms’ for minority House
CPAC – New Government Urged to Act on Nature Protection
City of Ottawa Spotlight – CPAWS Ottawa Valley 50th Anniversary Dinner and Soirée
Chapman’s (website) – Our Support of Canada’s Caribou Protection Programs
The Hill Times – Parliamentarians should work together to fight climate change, this is it
CBC News – New Brunswick plans to double amount of protected natural areas before 2021
CTV News – Groups applaud New Brunswick government’s land conservation pledge
Truro News – Nature Trust campaigns to save major ‘missing link’ in beloved Halifax urban wilderness
The Advocate – Money well spent
Nature Trust New Brunswick – Conservation groups applaud government of New Brunswick’s commitment to 10% of province in protected areas by 2020
November
Food in Canada – Chapman’s ice cream brings home two international awards
Charitable Giving – Canada 150: Earls is proud to be Canadian
CBC News – Task forces launched to find ‘uniquely Alberta solution’ for preserving caribou
CBC News – Restigouche Wilderness Waterway on its way to becoming a provincial park
Saltwire Network – Scenic lookout in Humber Valley dedicated in memory of Dr. Barry May
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada – Canada Parks and Wilderness Society explore science in the great outdoors
The Squamish Chief – Increase buffers around Howe Sound’s glass reefs, says society
Yukon News – CPAWS Yukon ‘disappointed’ controversial writer to give keynote at Yukon Geoscience Forum
CBC News – Yukon geoscience forum takes heat for invited speaker
North Shore News – Endangered Howe Sound glass reefs need protection, group says
Memorial University Gazette – World Fisheries Day: Highlighting sustainability and equity
CBC News – ‘High stakes’ mine near Fort McMurray should be rejected, says environmental charity
Nation Valley News – Russell residents launch Save Our Lake initiative
The Globe and Mail – Logging scars’ show impact of deforestation in Canada is worse than we know, research finds
Mission City Record – Silverdaisy Valley near Hope saved from logging activity
The Narwhal – A mind in the middle: travelling through the Nahanni, the ‘Grand Canyon of Canada’
The Global Canadian – British Columbia’s sea of glass is under threat
December
The Guardian – Long-term damage from logging hits ability of Canada’s forests to regenerate
The Narwhal – Scars from logging operations show Canadian deforestation far worse than previously thought
The Globe and Mail – Morning Update: Canada’s carbon footprint; NATO tensions; food prices set to rise
Thunder Bay News Watch – Province forest industry rebut Wildlands League report on ‘logging scars’
NRDC – U.S. Buyers of Canada’s Boreal Wood: You’ve Been Had
NRDC – Study shows Boreal deforestation is far higher than reported
Halifax Examiner – #5 Logging scars may prevent reforestation, increase carbon debt
Yukon news – CPAWS Yukon hosting second annual art pop-up shop celebrating northern wilderness
Trillions Intelligence Network – Long-term logging scars limit Canadian forest regeneration
Tree Frog Forestry News – Wildlands League report exaggerates the impacts of forestry: FPAC
CBC News – “I’m not optimistic”: Wilderness society warns Sask. may not reach 202o goal to protect land
Canadian Forest Industries – FPAC rebuts Wildlands League report on forest practices in Canada
Calgary Herald – How to rescue pufflings with Newfoundland’s Puffin Patrol
Canada.com – How to rescue pufflings with Newfoundland’s Puffin Patrol
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Caribou plan a step forward, but more work to be done, not-for-profit says
Eco-Friendly Sask. – CPAWS-SK: Addressing Environmental Concerns for the boreal Forest to the Prairie Grasslands
NRDC – A Case Study in “Greenflushing”
Eye on Arctic – Goldman Sachs will no longer fund drilling in Arctic refuge scare to First Nations
Northern Ontario Business – Ottawa will take your comments on the Ring of Fire road
Halifax Today – Society wants N.S. government to recommit to program Crown land
Halifax Examiner – #4 Secrecy and the potential sale of Owl’s Head
Pulitzer Center – Threshold Podcast – The Refuge Episode 4: ‘Do It in a Good Way’
CBC News – Ontario environmental groups set ambitious goals for 2020
The Georgia Straight – Bruce Passmore: BC can play key role in helping Canada preserve 25 percent of land and oceans
FDi Intelligence – Why British Columbia is making waves
CBC News – N.S. won’t protect land with ‘globally rare’ ecosystem that company eyes for golf resort