Ainslie Cruickshank
Ainslie Cruickshank is a Vancouver-based journalist. She was The Narwhal's biodiversity reporter and has written for The Walrus, The Toronto Star and StarMetro Vancouver. Ainslie has worked in the Yukon, Ontario, Alberta and B.C. covering politics as well as the environment and natural resource issues. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism from Carleton University and an MA in public and international affairs from the University of Ottawa.
Stories by Ainslie Cruickshank
The BC NDP promised to phase out glyphosate. Forestry companies are still spraying
7 min. readHerbicide use by the forestry sector has declined, but a group advocating for a ban...
Ottawa sued over delayed protection of imperilled caribou habitat
Conservation groups warn ‘extinction is not accidental; it is a political choice’ as they ask...
Canada failed to protect 25% of lands and waters by 2025
Ottawa says it remains committed to hitting its next conservation milestone even as it races...
Canada ‘cash strapped’ in fight against wildlife diseases, national network says
A national wildlife disease network warns persistent underfunding is leaving Canada vulnerable as threats like...
B.C. government ‘lagging way behind’ on coal mine pollution research
In neighbouring Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining....
Senior Alberta officials stalled release of coal mine pollution science
A government scientist was prevented from speaking to the media and community groups about his...
B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again
Rising waters closed highways and forced evacuations, prompting fresh criticism that the province has been...
Who’s responsible for train-wildlife deaths? B.C. and Ottawa give different answers
An investigation by The Narwhal showed railways aren’t consistently meeting requirements to report wildlife strikes....
A dangerous road for B.C. wildlife is getting safer — fence by fence, passage by passage
Every year, thousands of animals are killed on roads and highways. Through carefully designed fences...