EDMONTON, AB – Environment and Climate Change Minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, decides a federal impact assessment will be required for a thermal coal mine expansion near Hinton, Alberta. The expansion would have adverse effects on Endangered Athabasca Rainbow Trout and their habitat.  [Learn more]

The Edéhzhíe Protected Area (pronounced eh-day-shae) is the first formal Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) established since Canadian governments and Indigenous peoples came together to create the Pathway to Target 1 initiative. This initiative aims to conserve at least 17% of Canada’s land and freshwater by the end of 2025. Edéhzhíe is located in [Learn more]

EDMONTON, AB – Documents recently obtained by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Alberta Chapters through a Freedom of Information and Privacy (FOIP) request have offered a closer look at the decision making process behind the recent cuts to Alberta’s parks system. The documents, which include internal communications, briefings to the Minister and a briefing to cabinet, outline the development of the government’s ‘Optimizing Alberta Parks’ plan announced in spring 2025.  [Learn more]

In this blog series we will be profiling each member of our team at CPAWS Northern Alberta to help our audience get to know us better! This post introduces Gillian Chow-Fraser, our trusty Boreal Program Manager and main hero for coordinating all things caribou-related.