
Ainslie Cruickshank
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BC biodiversity reporter @thenarwhalca. Reach me at [email protected] or ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
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Some professional newsā¢, as they say: Excited to announce Iām writing a book with HarperCollinsCa about the future of wildfires in Canada & the lessons we should be learning (but often aren't) from the frontlines of recent major fires: transatlanticagency.com/2024/10/22/deaā¦


Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs have filed a new legal challenge against Ksi Lisims LNG project, saying B.C. failed to consult on potential impacts to salmon. #bcpoli VIA Matt Simmons thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-lngā¦

Pathways Alliance says its $16-B carbon capture plan is an antidote to climate change. Not everyone's so sure. @sharonjriley and Amber Bracken went to St. Paul, Alberta, near the proposed 400-km carbon dioxide pipeline, to talk to rural Albertans about it thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pathwaā¦


Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault cancelled plans to attend #COP16, the UN nature summit, amid political turmoil in Ottawa #cdnpoli via Ainslie Cruickshank thenarwhal.ca/cop16-canada-eā¦

Post #BCelection2024, NDP Premier David Eby leads a lean majority government. As Conservative Party Leader John Rustad vows to push his party's priorities in the house, what does the future hold for environmental issues? via Shannon Waters #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-ndp-new-govā¦

Only 1% of the high seas is effectively protected ā and just 14/196 countries are protecting >30% of their waters (šØš¦ is halfway there). In the race to ratify the High Seas Treaty by June 2025, & reach ā30x30,ā we dive into š protections #COP16 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article⦠Ocean Reporting Network (ORN)

gorgeous feature by Julia-Simone Rutgers if youāre looking for an uplifting weekend read ā¤ļø


This is the first of five cartoons im doing in collaboration with The Narwhalās end-of-year fundraising! This month, all donations to the Narwhal are automatically doubled! What a great time to support independent investigative journalism



An algorithm was supposed to fix Canadaās food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/articleā¦

Glyphosate is sprayed on forests across B.C. to kill off less desirable trees. The BC NDP government promised to phase out its use in forestry, but decades of spraying has taken a toll, via Ainslie Cruickshank thenarwhal.ca/bc-glyphosate-ā¦


New from me :) a first with The Narwhal

He bought a pipeline but put a price on carbon. He didn't plant two billion trees but invested in Indigenous conservation. Justin Trudeauās resignation ends a near-decade of Canada's most climate-conscious government. What was his environmental impact? thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-resignā¦

Wildfires are reshaping life on Earth. The choices we make now about how we coexist with the flames can prepare us for the future, or leave the vulnerable behind. These are the stories of people on the frontlines in B.C. ā and life in the time of wildfire. thenarwhal.ca/life-in-the-tiā¦

From peregrine falcons to humpback whales, a new study finds a crucial first step to recover an endangered species is to stop known harms. via Ainslie Cruickshank thenarwhal.ca/endangered-speā¦
