UNESCO World Heritage Sites

• Wanuskewin gets Sask. government funding toward UNESCO designation

  Funding from the Saskatchewan government will allow Wanuskewin to hire a designated project co-ordinator to support the park’s UNESCO World Heritage site application.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2021
  
• Firefighters called to grass fire at Alberta’s Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site

  Firefighters were called to a UNESCO World Heritage Site west of Fort Macleod, Alta., on Thursday after a grass fire ignited there.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2021
  
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• UNESCO says industry, poor governance ‘likely’ endanger Wood Buffalo National Park

  A large national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance, it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2021
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• Wanuskewin Heritage Park gets boost from Sask. government toward UNESCO designation

  Wanuskewin Heritage Park chair Felix Thomas said it is another step forward in collaborating with the province towards the UNESCO World Heritage site designation.

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2019
• Wanuskewin Heritage Park wins national tourism award

  The award recognizes an Indigenous tourism site that is committed to the development, promotion and delivery of an authentic, innovative and enriched visitor experience.

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2019
• Wanuskewin makes Canada’s tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  Wanuskewin Heritage Park has made Canada’s tentative list to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2017
• UNESCO issues warning about Wood Buffalo National Park

  UNESCO says unless its recommendations are followed, it will add Wood Buffalo National Park to its list of World Heritage Sites in Danger.

  Environment

  Mar 10, 2017
• Province of Alberta wants provincial park to be UNESCO Heritage Site

  The province recently released a request for proposals for the design and production of the final nomination package for Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park.

  Politics

  Aug 10, 2016
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• British woman ‘sorry’ for posing naked on Malaysian mountain

  The father of a British woman who is detained for posing naked on a mountain says she knows what she did was "stupid and disrespectful" and is sorry for the offence she has caused to Malaysians.

  World

  Jun 11, 2015
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• Nude photos at sacred sites: funny to foreigners, offensive to locals

  It may be just a mountain to some, but pulling down your pants at sacred sites is not something that's giggled at by the people who hold such places, like Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, in special regard.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2015