How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations
Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...
B.C.’s old-growth forest nearly eliminated, new provincewide mapping reveals
As old-growth logging continues unabated in most unprotected areas of B.C., one conservation organization decided...
B.C. charges mining, fracking companies very little for water use, new research finds
Some of the province’s biggest water guzzlers are paying as little as 28 cents for...
If I had $2 billion, I’d buy you a better royalty regime
Yukon's mining regulations are stuck in the 20th century, leading to laughably low payments to...
B.C. allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas
The BC NDP has consistently stated it placed protections on 353,000 hectares of old-growth forest,...
Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining
Some of the territory’s permafrost bogs, fens and peatlands have developed over thousands of years...
Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm
Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is...
Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance
With modern treaties focused on nationhood and land rights, First Nations’ evolving practice of self-governance...
Independent panel contends Yukoners, First Nations aren’t benefiting enough from mining royalties
While the underground minerals in Yukon are owned by the public, a review of the...
