Home Partner News Media Releases Mainstream News Opportunities Multimedia Events Apr 26, 2024 Owners of Trophy Lodge, in Thaidene Nëné National Park, challenged rejection of operating licence and won A federal judge has set aside a Parks Canada decision to deny a longtime fishing lodge on Great Slave Lake a licence to continue operating. Trophy Lodge is located at remote Fort Reliance, near the end of the pristine East Arm of the lake in the N.W.T. It is now within Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve, which was established in 2019. Any business wishing to operate within a national park needs a licence from Parks Canada. In 2022, Trophy Lodge was sold and the new owners applied for a licence. The agency denied the application, in part as a gesture of reconciliation with Indigenous people, according to the written Federal Court decision issued on Wednesday. Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/judge-says-parks-canada-unfairly-rejected-lodge-licence-application-1.7185458
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