Nature in Your Neighbourhood

Celebrating Nature’s Heroes: Nature Canada Unveils 2024 Conservation Award Winners

Unceded Algonquin Territory — Ottawa, ON | January 23, 2025 Nature Canada is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 annual awards, celebrating individuals and organizations making exceptional contributions to nature conservation. These awards highlight the passion and dedication of those who work tirelessly to protect and restore the natural world. From inspiring youth […]

Plants

Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton’s Otherworldly Photographs

When it comes to foliage, there’s a reason it’s called “greenery.” But for Cornwall-based photographer Tom Leighton, common plants take on otherworldly dimensions when rendered in unexpected hues. The artist’s latest series, Fabled Gardens II, focuses predominantly on giant rhubarb, ferns, and rhododendrons, highlighting the captivating patterns and layers of leaves, fronds, and flowers. Leighton […]

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Thousands of Letters From Ontarians and Nature Groups Call for a New Conservation Area in Lake Ontario

Unceded Algonquin Territory — Ottawa, ON | January 22, 2025 Nature Canada is pointing to massive public support for protecting Lake Ontario by sending a joint letter to Ontario and federal environment ministers, urging them to green-light a feasibility study for the creation of a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) by the end of 2025. […]

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Nature Canada’s Award Winners for 2024: Celebrating Nature Champions

The Nature Canada Awards constitute our heartfelt tribute to the hard work and dedication of these amazing individuals. All of our winners have proven themselves to be forces of nature, for nature! Charles Labatiuk Volunteer Award: Maggie Mileski, Ontario Maggie Mileski receives the Charles Labatiuk Volunteer Award from Nature Canada Executive Director Emily McMillan. Maggie […]