Author: Emma McIntosh

The Ontario government is looking at reducing protections for an endangered minnow found in Greater Toronto Area streams that will be crossed by the controversial Highway 413. The redside dace, a small silvery fish with a red stripe, hunts insects by jumping through the water. They are an important part of their ecosystem, helping to manage the populations of the insects they eat, such as mosquitoes. Once abundant in the streams around Lake Ontario, the rapidly disappearing redside dace is especially sensitive to changes in its environment, such as those caused by the climate crisis or urban development. For that…