Ainslie Cruickshank
B.C. Biodiversity Reporter
@ainscruickshank 
Ainslie Cruickshank is a Vancouver-based journalist covering biodiversity issues for The Narwhal. She has previously 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. Ainslie's role has been created with support from the Sitka Foundation. As per The Narwhal’s editorial independence policy, the foundation has no editorial input.
Stories by Ainslie Cruickshank
B.C.’s long-promised watershed security strategy is done. It’s just not public
6 min. readThe province has sat on the completed strategy for more than a year, despite calls...
Breakfast time at Vancouver’s baby seal nursery
Dozens of harbour seals, many less than five days old, are rehabilitated at the Vancouver...
Salmon habitat is destroyed for development. Is it possible to replace what’s lost?
A human-constructed marsh in B.C.’s Fraser River was meant to mimic natural feeding and breeding...
‘Still knocking down an entire mountain’: new Elk Valley coal mine plan faces pushback
Yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡi’it and conservationists say revised proposal for a new southeast B.C. mountain-top mine is...
In the shadow of Kelowna’s housing boom, fragile ecosystems depend on those fighting to save them
As urban sprawl threatens the Okanagan’s rare grasslands, a proposed wildlife corridor offers a glimmer...
‘We’re going to create space for our animals’: B.C., feds commit $8 million for ecological corridors
Funding will help communities identify, plan and improve corridors that link vital patches of wildlife...
‘This land holds everything we love’: hope grows for Indigenous conservation in northwest B.C.
The Narwhal sat down with land stewardship director Gillian Staveley, to talk about the Kaska’s...
Canada just made national parks free this summer — can we love nature without hurting it?
Conservationists are in favour of the move — which could increase public support for protections...
B.C. failing to protect 81% of critical habitat for at-risk species: government docs
B.C. allows industrial logging in critical habitat for at-risk species — part of the reason...
