The city has decided to protect the cherished Rousseau forest from a future housing development.

The facility is designed and constructed to act as a wetland so that when water flows are high in Dingman Creek, the wetland fills with water to reduce flows.

The wetland is considered an important stopover for thousands of migratory birds.

For 25 years the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre has been an oasis for wildlife about 40 minutes north of Winnipeg. 

They have been camping out in the room since April 5 to protest the development of a twin-pad arena and pool complex that will be constructed over a natural wetland on Trent University's wildlife sanctuary.

Two vital tracts of wetlands in Alberta and Saskatchewan are now under the protection of the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Officials with Great Canadian Gaming were in the city Wednesday morning for a ground-breaking ceremony at the Crawford Drive sight.

Peterborough City Council has given preliminary approval to a plan to build 1700 homes on Lily Lake Road in the city's north end

Plans to upgrade an intersection north of Vernon have already stirred up a lot of controversy.

Residents of a southeast Calgary suburb suggest a treasured wetland in their neighbourhood – once teeming with wildlife - is quickly drying out.