Media Coverage of the Peel Watershed Supreme Court Decision

Press Conferences & TV Interviews

• Our press conference in Ottawa can be viewed here.
• The Yukon Government responded with a powerful press conference featuring Premier Silver and Justice Minister McPhee, viewable here.
• Later on Dec. 1, Chief Roberta Joseph and Christina Macdonald were featured on CBC's Power and Politics - watch here (go to the 28:40 mark). Chris Rider (CPAWS Yukon) spoke on CTV's Power Play - watch here.

Articles Online & in Print

• National Geographic: Vast Yukon Wilderness Protected in Ruling for Native Tribes
• The Globe and Mail: High court watershed decision a ‘victory’: First Nation chief
• The New York Times: Canada’s Supreme Court Backs Indigenous Rights in Dispute Over Yukon Wilderness
• CBC Canada/Radio Canada International:
  • Supreme Court rules in favour of Yukon First Nations in Peel watershed dispute, RCI
  • Supreme Court's Peel decision 'a victory for democracy,' First Nations say
• APTN: Peel decision ‘a victory of democracy’: Chief Roberta Joseph
• Yukon News: Supreme Court rules Yukon government overstepped in Peel watershed case
  • Seven big stories of 2017 (the Peel is #1!)
• National Post: Supreme Court's Yukon land ruling welcomed as new chapter for territory
• Toronto Star: Supreme Court sides with First Nations, environmental groups in Yukon land dispute
• DeSmog Canada:
  • What Does The Peel Watershed Ruling Mean for the Yukon – and Canada?
  • Q&A: Why the Fate of Canada’s Peel Watershed Rests in the Supreme Court’s Hands
  • PHOTOS: Documenting the North's Mighty and Threatened Peel Watershed
• CTV: SCC rules against Yukon government in watershed protection case
• iPolitics: Top court overturns decision on Yukon’s Peel watershed; victory for First Nations environmentalists
• CKRW: Supreme Court overturns Yukon Appeal Court ruling on Peel Watershed
• Jurist.org: Supreme Court of Canada rules for Yukon First Nations in watershed development suit
• OKTLaw: Supreme Court affirms that modern Treaties must be honoured
• Fasken: Supreme Court of Canada Quashes Yukon Land Use Plan
• Canadian Lawyer: SCC allows First Nations’ appeal in Yukon Peel Watershed dispute
• The Northern Miner: Commentary: SCC decision on Peel watershed in Yukon another win for First Nations