Canada joins countries worldwide to end animal testing for cosmetics

The Canadian government has published in its Notice of Ways and Means Motion the contents of the pending Budget Implementation Act, including measures that will prohibit testing...

Celebrating migrant birds despite a pandemic

As the days of Spring move along new migrant birds are arriving from the south to start a new generation for the year. The...

A Country Visitor – it’s Turtle time of year

This is the time of year when turtles come onto land specifically to lay their eggs and we recently received a photo of a...

Spring to arrive early says Wiarton Willie!

According to albino groundhog, Wiarton Willie, Spring will arrive early when he did not see his shadow. Mayor Janice Jackson, who apparently is fluent in...

Care and finding ‘forever homes’ the priority of animal shelter

Those volunteers involved with Grey Bruce Animal Shelter (GBAS) do it for one reason ... their love of animals. The shelter began in 1989 when...

Fall is for the birds during Fall raptor migration

 The beginning of fall is an exciting time for bird enthusiasts as summer fledglings become air-borne adults and join others of their kind on...

Love at first sight – you just know when it’s Wright

Hello everybody.  They have named me "Matilda" and it sounds good to me! Mr. Wright (I'm going to call him"Poppa" after this) adopted me today...

A little community with a big heart

Located along the Teeswater River on the edge of the Greenock Swamp, southern Ontario's largest forested wetland, the Hamlet of Chepstow, with a population of...