In The News: Connecting With Nature

2022-06-01

We have also been lucky enough to partner with the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s WILD Outside Youth Leadership Program. They have committed to helping us with our maintenance program and our first day working together was on the Selkirk Forest Walking Trail where we cleared quite a few fallen trees including a monster of a beech tree which took quite a while to cut up and move off the trail.

2022-05-18

Author and activist Catherine Verrall with her daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth is continuing Catherine's passion for food sovereignty by supporting different food projects in Regina.

2022-05-17

One of four projects in Regina which is benefitting from the Every Bite Affects the World project is an ecological garden and food forest in the city's Heritage neighbourhood.

2022-05-13

More homeowners are adopting the 'no-mow' lawn movement, writes Beverley Golden

2022-03-11

The colour of a snowshoe hare's fur changes with the seasons, from grey-brown in the summer to white in winter, the Canadian Wildlife Federation said. Rabbits fight for various reasons: to show dominance, bond, and it is sometimes part of the mating process. Males will fight for the right to breed. Breeding season for these animals begins mid-March.

2022-03-01

Carolyn Callaghan speaks with CTV news about wolves in northern Ontario.

2022-03-01

White-tailed deer have flourished in Quebec in recent years, leaving governments and biologists struggling to find ways to control their numbers amid vocal opposition to mass culls.

2022-02-23

The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Lets Play Outside project recently released a list of 50 fun things to do outside in the winter, prompting a Burns Lake resident to suggest that the Lakes District News highlight some activities from the list that can be done right here in town.

2022-02-17

Throughout the summer of 2021, participants showed their progress with before and after pictures of their gardens designed to provide beauty for their homes as well as help pollinators do their jobs

2022-02-07

Probably 10 per cent of the people in the western world are already birdwatchers. Probably another 50 per cent know something about birds but haven’t taken them seriously. The rest of you haven’t really thought about bird watching because you don’t know much about it. This post is addressed to the last group.