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A major mining project in southeast Yukon, and whether Kaska Nation was properly consulted on it, was back in court last week — this time, in front of the Yukon Court of Appeal. Lawyers representing Kaska Nation maintained Thursday that proper consultation did not happen on BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah project and that a…
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over dwindling old-growth forests on an island off British Columbia’s South Coast — and a new report backs up their concerns. B.C.’s Forest Practices Board says without improvements to how forests on Quadra Island are managed, the remaining old growth there may not survive. The board’s investigation started after the…
Myriam Armstrong’s first thought when she got a call on Saturday evening about a bear in someone’s van in Windsor was that it had to be another type of animal. “I questioned that immediately because we’ve had many calls about bears, which always ended up being a weasel or a puppy or other animals,” said…
Grey Raven Ranch made its annual summer visit to the day-use beach in Quetico Provincial Park this long weekend. The Canadian nonprofit offered visitors the chance to freely enter the pen and learn more about the Ojibwe horse, one of Canada’s rarest horse breeds. It is now looking to expand into the U.S. for the benefit and preservation of the breed….
Skunks. Those fluffy black and white creatures wander our neighbourhoods, sometimes making homes under steps and porches. They’re also the last critters you want your pets to encounter once the sun goes down. Sure, they have a bad reputation for their noxious odour, but there are plenty of reasons to want them around. Afternoon Drive host…
Teams of biologists have relocated more than 33,000 freshwater mussels from the construction site of the new Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge, which will connect Montreal’s West Island to Vaudreuil-Dorion. A relocation operation of this scale is unprecedented for a Quebec construction site. Construction of the bridge began in late 2023, north of the current bridge. But before…
Construction of Highway 413 is set to begin in the Greater Toronto Area next year but environmental groups say they hope a tiny fish will get in the way of the province’s plans. A member of the minnow family, the Redside dace is considered endangered in Ontario. The fish, which grows to about 12 centimetres long, has…
