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
A handful of Canada’s at-risk species have made a comeback. Here’s what they can teach us
6 min. readFrom peregrine falcons to humpback whales, a new study finds a crucial first step to...
‘The whales are in crisis’: two federal ministers sued over delay in protecting B.C.’s orcas
Conservation groups are asking for an emergency order to protect killer whales following the death...
New marching orders are in for B.C.’s cabinet. They sideline the environment, observers warn
B.C. Premier David Eby’s instructions for cabinet ministers put economic development front and centre, while...
‘Heartbreaking’ loss of newborn orca spurs renewed call for federal emergency order
The federal government found southern resident killer whales face imminent threats to their survival. Conservation...
Nature Wrapped: wins for the environment across B.C. in 2024
Salmon habitat was restored in the Fraser Valley, old-growth forests were protected on Vancouver Island...
Mapping glyphosate use in B.C. forests
Government data shows more than 430,000 hectares of forest have been sprayed with glyphosate to...
Glyphosate use in B.C. forestry, explained
Aspen is a natural fire guard — and a frequent target of industrial herbicides. In...
Aspen is a natural fire guard. Why has B.C. spent decades killing it off with glyphosate?
The BC NDP government promised to phase out its use in forestry, but decades of...
Worried about bird flu? Here’s what you need to know
The H5N1 avian flu virus has killed tens of thousands of wild birds and devastated...