Originally published on the CCIPR Facebook Group, October 2, 2026 In Part 1, I traced some of the shared history of weed regulation in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This post looks at how Alberta regulates invasive plants today. Alberta: two tiers of regulated weeds Alberta’s Weed Control Act (SA 2008, c W-5.1) allows the Minister of READ MORE
Author: Cathy Kavassalis
Alberta and Saskatchewan: Invasive Plant Regulatory Update, Part 1: Shared Roots
Originally published on the CCIPR Facebook group, October 2, 2026 From Manitoba, we move on to the next two Prairie provinces to see how they regulate invasive plants. Together, Alberta and Saskatchewan account for more than 70% of Canada’s total farm area: 32.0% and 39.2% respectively in the 2021 Census of Agriculture (Statistics Canada, Canadian READ MORE
MANITOBA’S INVASIVE PLANT REGULATIONS
Originally published September 23, 2026 on the CCIPR Facebook group As we continue this series of updates on regulatory progress across Canada, we visit Manitoba, home to the prairie crocus to the south and polar bears to the north. Manitoba has a long history of regulating plants considered injurious to agriculture. In the first session READ MORE
But I Can Paint With Its Berries
Invasive species: can reframing the problem become an excuse for inaction? Of late, I have seen posts on social media and in the news casting invasive species as victims of human displacement, or describing their usefulness and suggesting we better recognize their value along with the harm they cause. This reframing is, in part, a READ MORE
Fatal Attraction
Fatal attraction: an intense draw to something that ultimately leads to disaster, destruction, or the end of a relationship. I marvel at the ingenuity of the plant world. Rooted in place, plants can’t go looking for food, seek a mate, or flee from herbivores. Instead, they have evolved extraordinary ways of getting other organisms to READ MORE