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
Could oil and gas drilling happen off B.C.’s coast? A new lawsuit aims to prevent it
9 min. readConservation groups want to keep resource development out of marine waters that support millions of...
Fisheries minister tight-lipped on timeline for B.C. salmon farm transition
Conservation group worries ‘slippery language’ in discussion document could signal the federal government is walking...
Extreme heat a strain for birds already burdened by habitat loss
Habitat conservation and action on climate change are needed to lessen the threat to at-risk...
Fighting to protect B.C.’s northern caribou before they ‘disappear in front of our eyes’
Why wait until caribou herds are on the verge of collapse to protect them? Researchers...
B.C.’s sea life is bouncing back, slowly, after the 2021 heat dome
Barnacles are making a return, but one scientist says his early estimation that a billion...
The federal government just extended B.C. salmon farm licences. Here’s what you need to know
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Joyce Murray announced a two-year extension for dozens of salmon...
Five proposed protected areas that could help Canada meet its 2030 conservation targets
It is possible to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans in Canada by...
B.C. salmon farm sea lice levels five times limit during critical wild fish migration, docs reveal
Internal government emails show sea lice levels multiple times higher than federal rules detected at...
Female calf a beacon of hope for endangered southern resident killer whales
The birth of calf J59 offers promise for the future of the J pod, but...