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
Trudeau promised to cap emissions, but Canada’s oil and gas companies have different plans
8 min. readA new analysis shows the climate plans of eight Canadian oil and gas producers are...
Most of Canada’s marine protected areas still threatened by oil and gas, dumping and trawling: report
A new assessment from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society finds only a fraction of...
The ‘glaring gap’ in B.C.’s new climate plan
Environmental groups say while the province has made important gains in new roadmap, it’s still...
Lytton residents frustrated as TSB shuts down investigation into fire
Recent report finds no evidence train started wildfire, exonerating CP and CN
B.C. commits to reviewing oil and gas royalties as experts find system in need of ‘comprehensive overhaul’
‘Little tweaks are not going to cut it’: independent assessment finds an overly complex system...
Talk of potential sale of Teck coal mines prompts concerns about contamination in B.C.’s Elk Valley
Observers worry a sale or spinoff of sprawling coal mines in the southeastern corner of...
CN, CP railways were pressed by shareholders on climate action months before Lytton fire
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges the fire that destroyed more than 90 per cent of...
Kenney government urged by Edmonton water utility to halt new coal mines before ‘scientifically rigorous’ review
The city’s only source of drinking water and a vital wildlife corridor could be at...
B.C.’s extreme heat is here to stay. Critics say government’s plan to deal with it is dangerously weak
From 570 devastating heat-induced deaths, to fish die-offs, to berries being baked on the stem,...