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“I need to visit the ocean at least once a year,” my friend Nellie casually remarked to me recently while we were on an epic 50th birthday trip to Gros Morne National Park. “There’s something therapeutic and healing about it … Continued

Wildlands League would like to honour and acknowledge John Cutfeet a friend and colleague who passed away suddenly earlier this summer.  John worked for us in two capacities as our Northern Bilingual Mining Coordinator and then as an Aboriginal Watershed Program … Continued

As the Premier proceeds with rash plans to create law-less zones to fast track mining, the Wildlands’ team travelled >1100km by air, car, float plane and boat to visit a newly formed permanent camp on the Attawapiskat River. We came in support as … Continued

According to conservation scientists, Windsor, Ontario is the ecological hotspot for Canada with more species at risk than anywhere in the country. It is also notorious for flooding. Neither should be a surprise because the wetlands and prairies – both … Continued

Bill 5 passed the house yesterday, Wednesday June 4th. Even though we knew the Ford government would use its majority to ram this through, together we fought back and registered our dissent loudly in front of the legislature, online, in … Continued

As Canadians head to the polls, it’s a chance to choose candidates who will safeguard our environmental future. Otherwise we risk falling behind at a time when the stakes have never been higher and the need for action more urgent. … Continued

I’m on a bus full of happy day-trippers chatting about their September excursion. They have just had an outing to Rouge National Urban Park, courtesy of Parkbus – a non-profit enterprise that connects people with nature through free transit to … Continued

There are natural inflection points in the year. The first flowers. The first swim in a lake. First snow. Phenomena that portend radical change in the seasons. For the past few weeks, we have been witness to the most glorious … Continued