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
Governments are subsidizing the destruction of nature even as they promise to protect it
9 min. readAmid a biodiversity crisis, 196 countries are hashing out a new agreement to save nature....
More than 5,000 wild species are at some risk of extinction in Canada
The most comprehensive assessment yet of wild species in Canada shows a pressing need for...
Canada is hosting the largest biodiversity conference in the world. Here’s what’s at stake
Thousands of people are converging on Montreal for the United Nations’ biodiversity conference, the world’s...
‘Huge legal gaps’ are driving B.C. species to extinction, conservation groups say
The B.C. NDP campaigned on protecting species at risk. Years later, the province still doesn’t...
Teck Resources, B.C. government pressed Ottawa to resist investigation into coal mine pollution
For a decade Ktunaxa Nation has been calling for a Canada-U.S. body to investigate coal...
B.C. has killed 5,632 black bears since 2011: ‘there’s no sign that it’s getting better’
Conservation officers kill hundreds of black bears in B.C. each year. Experts say there are...
How do you prevent urban flooding? This Vancouver neighbourhood’s ‘rainway’ could be a model
A new project in Vancouver aims to combat climate change and prevent flooding in the...
Restoring salmon habitat could help B.C.’s flood problems
Decisions to restrict the mighty Fraser River through extensive diking have had dire consequences for...
‘A beautiful lie’: BC Hydro says it will replace the wetlands Site C destroys, but experts say it’s impossible
BC Hydro is moving forward with plans to drain and log a rare wetland in...