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
B.C. eyes opportunities to secure emissions credits for ‘lower carbon’ LNG, metals
11 min. readResearch commissioned by B.C. government, business group compares greenhouse gas emissions intensity of province’s natural...
Toronto’s racialized communities have less access to urban forests: report
An analysis of communities in the Golden Horseshoe region found race impacts where trees are...
Climate action will be ‘cornerstone’ of Canada’s economic recovery plan: throne speech
From creating thousands of jobs in energy efficiency building retrofits to cutting the tax rate...
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 decision delayed as Wilkinson flags ‘gaps’ in addressing project’s risks
Environment and Climate Change Canada Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has requested detailed information from the Vancouver...
Alberta coal miner launches legal challenge against federal environmental assessment
Coalspur says Minister Jonathan Wilkinson acted ‘unlawfully’ when he ordered a federal review of its...
Alberta’s deficit is set to reach historic levels. A collapse in oil revenue is a big reason why
Resource revenue is expected to fall to levels not seen since the 1970s as Jason...
Where new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole stands on climate change, carbon tax, oil and LNG
O’Toole has said he would scrap the Liberals’ carbon tax, price pollution from industry alone...
Ottawa to review Teck’s Castle Mountain coal mine in B.C. amid concerns over fish habitat
Federal decision comes on the heels of new research from the U.S. Geological Survey that...
Trans Mountain, Coastal GasLink, Keystone XL: where things stand with Canada’s pipeline projects
Amid legal hurdles in the U.S. and continued opposition from First Nations, the federal government...