Media coverage

Policy Lead Victoria Goodday joins CBC Manitoba to discuss Manitoba's climate-critical peatlands and how the National Peatland Strategy can support their protection.

2025-12-04 | CBC Radio Manitoba

Justina C. Ray and Trevor Swerdfager: The barriers to development lie less in regulation than in failing to integrate financial, social, and environmental conditions for success at the start.

2025-12-04 | Vancouver Sun

Victoria Goodday, WCS Canada Policy Lead, says provincial assessment standards tend to be lower in rigor than federal ones, and argues that cooperation agreements shouldn’t be signed with all interested parties, but with provinces that have proved they can meet IAA standards.

2025-12-03 | iPolitics

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada says the area represents one of the world’s rare intact areas of boreal forest, peatlands and free-flowing rivers essential for species at risk.

2025-11-28 | Your Thunder Bay

Constance O’Connor with WCS Canada said, “We are proud to support KI and Wapekeka in their work to protect their Homelands and the wildlife that depend on them."

2025-11-28 | CTV News

Ontario is about to make 106 species disappear - not from nature, but from responsibility, writes Justina Ray for Canada's National Observer

2025-11-18 | Canada's National Observer

A Vancouver Island photographer has won top prize in the third annual Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) Photo Contest.

2025-11-03 | Victoria Buzz

White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America since 2006. But B.C.-based scientist Cori Lausen, nicknamed Bat Lady by her peers, believes a probiotic formula may be capable of saving them.

2025-10-23 | CBC

Dans les cavernes de l’est du Canada, le syndrome du museau blanc ravage des populations entières de chauves-souris. Qu’à cela ne tienne, la scientifique Cori Lausen, surnommée Bat Lady par ses pairs, croit avoir conçu un cocktail capable de les sauver.

2025-10-23 | Radio Canada

Ahead of the Yukon election, all parties are pledging climate action but differ on approach. Christopher Addison emphasized that whichever party forms the next Yukon government must expedite land use planning. These plans will ensure guardrails for industry and conserve lands.

2025-10-20 | CBC News

Living Prairie Museum has been recognized as a Key Biodiversity Area, one of Canada’s most important sites for rare species & ecosystems. Manitoba KBA Regional Coordinator Zachary Moore said the site stood out as a strong candidate because of its rare species & ecological value

2025-10-08 | The Manitoban

Cori Lausen joins CBC's What on Earth to highlight the impact of wind energy development on bat populations. As developments continue to pop up to add renewables to the grid, the question looms: will we be able to do enough to keep both climate solutions on the landscape?

2025-09-26 | CBC What on Earth

Winnipeg’s Living Prairie Museum is now officially a Key Biodiversity Area and part of a national network of sites considered critical to the survival of the country’s most at-risk and unique species and ecosystems. The designation was announced by WCS Canada.

2025-09-17 | Winnipeg Free Press

Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne explores the role of compassion, curiosity & storytelling in conservation. The conversation challenges purely data-driven environmentalism, advocating for an approach grounded in empathy, relationships, and cultural values.

2025-09-16 | Terra Sapiens

Addressing biodiversity loss at its roots requires mitigating systemic drivers of decline and adopting policies that prioritize long-term ecosystem resilience, write Justina Ray and co-author Chris Johnson.

2025-09-09 | The Conversation