Ainslie Cruickshank

Ainslie Cruickshank is a Vancouver-based journalist covering biodiversity issues for The Narwhal.

The Columbia North caribou population has grown in recent years, but old-growth logging in the herd’s core habitat could increase predator risk

B.C. Ministry of Forests alleges forestry companies logged without authorization about 170 times since 2021 — but transparency is lacking

Public records show companies allegedly logg or removed timber without authorization 173 times since 2021

The provincial government can better protect plants and animals from forestry impacts if they’re listed as at-risk species under the Forest and Ranges Practices Act

Disease monitoring for bighorn sheep, bats, among programs affected by government B.C. wildlife funding issues

The outcome of the B.C. election could determine the trajectory for almost 2,000 species at risk in B.C.

Woodfibre LNG and the FortisBC pipeline are under construction — but the controversial projects are still thorny issues the West Vancouver-Sea

Two years ago in Montreal 196 countries agreed to take action to restore nature. At COP16 in Colombia they’re hashing out plans to meet ambitious targets

Steven Guilbeault says opposition parties effectively blocked his participation by refusing to send delegates themselves — the NDP says he could have gone anyway