Hunting

• Bird-shooting event legal despite complaints, provincial minister says

  Minister Bushie's office advised Global News shooting birds is not an effective method of pest control, but the Association's event is legal.

  Environment

  Apr 9
  
• Proposed legislation aims to modernize Alberta hunting laws: Loewen

  Hunters currently cannot hunt from a wheelchair because the chairs are legally defined as a vehicle. The bill will change that.

  Politics

  Mar 13
  
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• Quebec man fined $20K for hunting snow geese without permit

  The man pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Birds Regulations after hunting snow geese without a permit, says a release from the ECCC.

  Canada

  Mar 13
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• Alberta government’s special hunting licences yield $356K at Utah auction 

  The weekend auction in Utah saw hunters pay US$50,000 each for moose and elk licences, while the mule deer licence was the most coveted and sold for US$70,000.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Alberta holds auction, bidder offers US$400K to hunt 1 bighorn sheep

  The special licences grant hunters with the highest bid the opportunity to hunt year-round for a specific animal.

  Canada

  Jan 30
• Virginia hunter dies after shot bear falls out of tree, lands on him

  Lester C. Harvey was out hunting in with Virginia with a group on Dec. 9 when a bear they were tracking ran up a tree.

  U.S. News

  Dec 18, 2024
• Alberta government expands cougar hunting areas, quotas

  Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen says Alberta's cougar population has reached about 2,000, while an ideal population is 1,500.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2024
• Alberta forestry minister says wolverine, lynx, otter trapping limits lifted to gather data

  Alberta Forestry's Todd Loewen says it was impossible for him to defend the ban on wolverines, lynx, otters, and fishers because population numbers for the animals are unknown.

  Environment

  Nov 7, 2024
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• ‘She’s a bad bear’: Calgary hunter shares story of surviving a grizzly attack

  Fortunately, his hunting partner had an extra can of spray and gave it to Carmelo Silvestro before they parted ways — something he believes saved his life.

  Features

  Sep 9, 2024
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• 5 Ontario hunters fined for falsifying white-tailed deer tags

  An investigation by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry determined hunters used copies of tags or previously used tags on harvested deer just north of Bancroft.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2024