In The News: Connecting With Nature

2023-05-08

Goodbye nosy neighbours! Adding climbing plants to your property can help to give you a little more privacy and make practical use of the vertical spaces in your backyard. But if you want visitors like birds, bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects to visit your climbing plants, you’ll want to primarily plant native climbers. Here are five that you can train to drape over doorways and trellises, climb walls and hang from pots!

2023-04-27

For the fourth consecutive year, the City of Richmond, in collaboration with Richmond School District 38, is participating in the City Nature Challenge 2023 from Friday, April 28 to Monday, May 1. This four-day event is a global initiative that encourages friendly competition between cities to make the most observations of biodiversity.

2023-04-27

'Our decisions in the suburbs feel separate from the natural world, but they actually impact it a lot, and this initiative helps to make that connection more clear,' says local official

2023-04-27

From Friday, April 28 to Monday, May 1, participants are asked to log “wildlife observations” using the iNaturalist app. Submissions can be in the form of photos and sounds.

2023-04-27

The mayors of St. Catharines and Niagara Falls are involved in a friendly nature themed challenge. Tomorrow through Monday, the two cities will take part in this year's City Nature Challenge.

2023-04-25

Gardening can assist in providing health benefits such as vitamin D, from exposure to the sun, which aids in reducing agitation, anxiety and stress -- helpful for people with dementia, according to the Canadian Wildlife Generation (CWF)

2023-04-25

Any task can be an ordeal for people with dementia, but gardening doesn’t have to be done with the help of the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). Its WILD Generations Gardening Club promotes intergenerational care in gardening for wildlife through knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing, social inclusion and volunteerism, and acts as a legacy project to raise a generation of young conservationists who will make an impact on wildlife habitat.

2023-04-25

Flower flies are misunderstood friends in our backyards. The Weather Network's Kim MacDonald shines a spotlight on this fascinating fly.

2023-04-24

Canadians coast to coast will compete against a record number of 460 cities from 43 countries in the 2023 City Nature Challenge, a massive effort to track and showcase global biodiversity.

2023-04-24

460 cities from around the world are competing in the City Nature Challenge including Calgary. Local organizer Matt Wallace and the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s James Page join Global News Morning Calgary to talk about how you can share our urban biodiversity with the rest of the world.