Fish & Wildlife

Friends For Dinner has a seat at the table for everyone

Community Paul Cluff - October 9, 2026

The Sunday night fixture has welcomed community members for 107 Sundays in a row, with a Thanksgiving meal this weekend.

Survey shows municipal election candidates strongly oppose ALTO rail project

Community Lee Griffi - October 9, 2026

A group opposing the federal government’s proposed high-speed rail project has released preliminary survey results showing significant opposition among municipal election candidates in Eastern Ontario.

Local municipalities, province reminding public of bear safety measures

Fish & Wildlife Julia DeJong - April 8, 2026

Local municipalities, the OPP and the Ministry of Natural Resources are reminding you to take precautions to prevent black bear encounters as they come out of hibernation this year.

Think Turtle Initiative promoting animal advocacy petition

Fish & Wildlife Julia DeJong - March 13, 2026

Think Turtle Initiative, based in North Hastings, is promoting a petition in the House of Commons calling on the government to declare animals as sentient beings rather than property.

Province proposing large consolidations for conservation authorities

Fish & Wildlife Julia DeJong - December 3, 2025

Ontario’s Bill 68 received royal assent last week, and the province is now proposing to merge Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into just seven.

‘They protected their students’: Teachers praised after Bella Coola bear attack

Fish & Wildlife John White - November 21, 2025

Twenty people were caught up in a grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola that sent three children and a teacher to hospital in Vancouver.

“Design Your Shoreline”: Hastings Highlands holds workshop on lake health

Fish & Wildlife Julia DeJong - September 29, 2025

The municipality hosted a Design Your Shoreline workshop for lakefront property owners this past weekend, in partnership with Watersheds Canada, Hastings Highlands Interlake Group and the Bancroft Area Stewardship Council.