Sidney Island

• Parks Canada pauses Sidney Island deer kill after animals entangled in netting

  Parks Canada has hit pause on the second phase of a controversial program to eradicate invasive deer from a small Gulf Island near Victoria.

  Environment

  Nov 6
  
• Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CTF says

  Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.

  Economy

  May 22
  
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• At $10K per deer, critics question cost of Sidney Island eradication plan

  Parks Canada concluded the first phase in its plan to eliminate the European fallow deer population on Sidney Island this month.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2023
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• 84 deer killed on Sidney Island in controversial eradication program

  Residents of the private island voted narrowly in February to support the deer kill, which Parks Canada said is necessary to protect the island's ecosystem.

  Environment

  Dec 19, 2023
• Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island

  Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.

  Environment

  Dec 9, 2023
• Opponents stage protest as clock ticks down on B.C. island deer kill

  Residents of Sidney Island voted narrowly in February to support a Parks Canada plan to eradicate its entire deer population, which officials say has decimated the local ecosystem.

  Environment

  Nov 3, 2023
• Plan to cull deer on Sidney Island, B.C. divides residents

  Parks Canada and local First Nations say an estimated 300 to 900 invasive deer, which were introduced to Sidney Island in the mid 1900s, are decimating the native ecosystem.

  Environment

  Sep 29, 2023