At the end of the day by Billy Wilson via Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Red-headed woodpecker. Current status: special concern (photo: Robert McCaw).

Environmental groups are raising concerns after the province passed a regulation earlier this month to exempt projects from public consultation required under the Environmental Bill of Rights. The province says the exemption only covers proposals related to COVID-19.