Montréal, December 15, 2004 – Following the release of the Coulombe Commission’s report yesterday in Québec City, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) assert that protection of vast forest areas and increased conservation of biodiversity are essential components of the transformation that Mr. Coulombe recommends for the province’s forests. The two organizations support the Commission’s conclusions, including the recognition that Québec’s forests have been massively over-cut.

Montreal - June 18, 2004 – The Montreal chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-Montreal) today advised the Quebec government of a legal opinion it has obtained which concludes that the planned new pipeline through Oka Provincial Park would be in violation of the Parks Act.

Montreal, June 15, 2004 - The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) released a report today to the Commission for the Scientific, Technical, Public and Independent Study of Public Forest Management in Quebec (the Coulombe Commission).