Hunting

• Okanagan man fined $5K for illegal hunting, handed 3-year ban

  B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service says it received a tip that someone had illegally shot and killed a moose in an area that requires a limited entry hunting permit.

  Crime

  Mar 16
  
• Saskatchewan taking steps to control wild boars and feral pigs

  The Saskatchewan government said it will proactively enhance and broaden the regulation and control of wild boars and feral pigs in the province.

  Canada

  Mar 16
  
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• Animal rights groups sue Ontario government over coyote hunting contest

  An annual coyote hunting contest hosted in Belleville has prompted an animal rights group to file a lawsuit against the Ontario government for allowing it to happen.

  Canada

  Mar 1
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• Conservation officers probe poached deer found near Bancroft

  Conservation officers discovered a deer shot and left abandoned south of Bancroft in early January.

  Crime

  Feb 22
• Saskatchewan experts urge action as invasive wild pigs run rampant in province

  Saskatchewan's rural municipalities are concerned about the environmental and economic toll that an out-of-control, invasive population of wild pigs is taking on the province.

  Environment

  Feb 17
• B.C. man fined $6K for crossbow poaching after 2 deer shot in Princeton

  The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two deer were shot in downtown Princeton in October 2020, with one being euthanized the next day.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2021
• Manitoba reports first chronic wasting disease case; bans hunting where animal found

  Officials in Manitoba are reporting what they say is the province's first case of chronic wasting disease, a nervous system disorder that affects large game animals.

  Environment

  Nov 1, 2021
• Suspect sought after rare trumpeter swan killed north of Peterborough

  The Ontario government is investigating the shooting of a trumpeter swan in the Municipality of Trent Lakes.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2021
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• Land-based education teaches White Bear First Nation kids survival skills

  Students at White Bear Education Complex are taken out of the classroom and placed out on the land where they learn and gain survival skills.

  Education

  Oct 2, 2021
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• ‘It’s been pretty rough’: Sask. outfitters say relief will come when Canada-U.S. border opens

  Around 80 per cent of Saskatchewan outfitters rely on American tourists. Since the border closure, two-thirds of outfitters have been forced to close.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021