Connecting With Nature
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Art Park in Regina's heritage neighbourhood gets makeover
2025-12-05
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.
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Canadian Conservation Corps provides opportunities, inspiration for a new generation of wildlife stewards
2025-12-05
The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) has carved out a reputation as a national leader in conservation education initiatives designed to inspire the next generation of wildlife and nature stewards.
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Both an End and a Beginning for Almonte’s Bats
2025-12-05
The bats were released into the bat houses without incident. They were friendly, chatting the whole time, and very excited to get back to their old stomping grounds. The Big Browns are now supporting the local ecosystem by keeping the night-flying insects in check.
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Are We Stressing Out Our Lakes?
2025-12-05
It’s Friday, and you’re anxiously awaiting 5 o’clock. You’ve got the car packed and are ready to go! Sound like you? Well, you might have a case of cottage fever! But while we’re de-stressing up at the cottage, we’re unknowingly putting our lakes under stress
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Bees vs. Moths: Which is the Better Pollinator?
2025-12-05
Pollinators are critical. After all a whopping 80 per cent of the world’s plants rely on them! When you think of a pollinator, what’s the first critter that pops into your head? I bet it’s a bee! And rightly so – they’re incredible pollinators, tirelessly buzzing from one flower to another from dawn until dusk. But what about when the stars come out? Does pollination take a break? Nope! Enter moths – they’ve got the night shift covered!
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The state of the right whale
2025-12-05
Information Morning Saint John from CBC Radio New Brunswick with Dr. Sean Brillant, a Senior Conservation Biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
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Bat-loving B.C. couple spend 127 consecutive nights counting the nocturnal fliers
2025-12-05
According to the Canadian Wildlife Federation, bats of this species weigh only seven to fourteen grams and have a wingspan of 22-27 centimetres. In 2014, the species was added to the federal government's at risk registry.
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Canadians reporting more wildlife sightings during COVID-19 isolation
2025-12-05
Increased sightings of wildlife have been occurring all across Canada, according to James Page of the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Page said there were 15,000 new sightings reported in the first days of April at inaturalist.ca, an online database that allows citizens to input their plant and animal observations, compared to 9,500 for the same period last year.
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The Canadian Conservation Corps — A True Family Affair
2025-12-05
My journey with the Canadian Conservation Corps (CCC) has had no shortage of opportunities and unexpected experiences.
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Back Off!
2025-12-05
The fight or flight response is in our DNA. In fact, it’s in the DNA of animals across the world. However, some animals have particularly peculiar ways of defending themselves. Keep reading to find seven of the most mind boggling strategies wildlife have mustered to keep themselves safe.
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