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. may see $1.2 billion in conservation funding through nature agreement
8 min. readInternal government documents show unprecedented nature funding could be on the table in trilateral agreement...
Vancouver’s development destroyed Burrard Inlet. Tsleil-Waututh Nation is determined to save it
The inlet has slowly suffocated under the weight of the cities and industries built up...
Provinces and territories commit to national biodiversity strategy — here’s what it means for nature
Five months after COP15, governments in Canada agree to work together to protect the country’s...
Fernie’s fight: controversial development one step closer to reality as regional government votes to rezone
A proposed housing development on the Galloway Lands, just outside Fernie, B.C., has sparked concerns...
$1.2B later, Teck Resources has barely put a dent in its pollution problems, documents show
The mining giant’s water treatment facilities have been plagued by delays and unexpected water quality...
Biden and Trudeau agree to address mining pollution in B.C.’s Elk Valley — and it’s a big deal
Pollution from some of Canada’s largest coal mines has been getting worse for decades and...
The race to understand how kelp forests dampen ocean noise — before it’s too late
As kelp forests decline, scientists worry sensitive sea creatures are losing a sanctuary from sonic...
B.C. salmon farms in Broughton Archipelago shuttered after First Nations’ decision: ‘we’re over the moon’
‘To have our decision-making authority recognized on an issue of such importance to us, and...
Fish in hot water: decades of logging tied to warmer temperatures in unprotected salmon-bearing streams
As a cold-blooded species, salmon are at the mercy of the waters they swim in....