Shawn Parkinson
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designer / filmmaker / jester creative director
@thenarwhal.ca
shawnparkinson.com
We got a little silly for Valentine's Day at
@thenarwhal.ca
Our first quiz will help you find your Canadian lovebird! Hilarious writing by
@michellecyca.com
and excellent illustrations by
@gabrielledrolet.bsky.social
!!
projects.thenarwhal.ca/lovebirds-qu...
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Valentine’s Day quiz: discover your Canadian lovebird | The Narwhal
Take our Valentine’s Day quiz to find the nest-mate of your dreams — and get a card to share
https://projects.thenarwhal.ca/lovebirds-quiz/
4 days ago
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13 days ago
Reminder: journalists get arrested in Canada too. In fact, The Narwhal is in court right now challenging the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. Our editor-in-chief,Carol Linnitt, testifies today and Monday, and court is open to the public if you're in Vancouver.
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an "integrity issue" that will take 3 years to fix has resulted in LNG Canada burning 15 times as much gas as expected and has had a "noticeable impact on the community" — but no penalties yet from the energy regulator. killer investigation by
@laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social
&
@writermjs.bsky.social
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One more time... as I read of military deployments to Greenland. 🤦♂️
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29 days ago
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The Narwhal
30 days ago
The Tyee spoke with our editor in chief, Carol Linnitt, about The Narwhal's press freedom case against the RCMP for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken.
thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP. Stakes Are High for Journalism | The Tyee
The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/13/Narwhal-Suing-RCMP-Stakes-High-Journalism/
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Starting January 12th, The Narwhal will be in court. We sued the RCMP almost three years ago for the November 2021 arrest Amber Bracken while she was reporting on the Wet'suwet'en crisis for The Narwhal.
thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
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The Narwhal’s press freedom case against the RCMP, explained
Stay informed about The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s lawsuit against the RCMP as we fight for press freedom in B.C. Supreme Court
https://thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
about 1 month ago
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Hey! It's almost 2026! I made a calendar! It’s something that I’ve been doing for over 20 years for friends and family. The last 10 years I’ve posted a link so people can download and print their own.
about 1 month ago
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The Narwhal
about 2 months ago
We know you know it: quality journalism costs money. That’s why we’re always posting these appeals for your support — it’s not for fun! (For fun, we watch Heated Rivalry.) But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:
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3 months ago
Our wee newsroom was never going to run the first Grand Bargain story, but
@meyer.bsky.social
and
@drewanderson.bsky.social
are absolutely the best at explaining what the pipeline of magical thinking means for the environment.
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The Narwhal
3 months ago
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife across Canada. How big of a problem is it?
@ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
explains what the data does — and doesn’t — tell us.
#wildlife
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Everyone get off Meta! They are still blocking news content in Canada.
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3 months ago
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Here's a read for the 42 million Canadians googling “lodged ball” tonight.
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Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue-jays-ring-of-fire-ads/
3 months ago
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I guess advertising still works?
4 months ago
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RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show
Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-rcmp-photojournalist-amber-bracken-detained-documents/
4 months ago
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Proud to work with this bunch.
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5 months ago
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Shawn Parkinson
The Narwhal
5 months ago
Join
@sevawood.bsky.social
reporting in the field from Bella Bella, a
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village on the central coast of British Columbia.
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An important story. So important I made 6 illustrations and 5 graphs for it. Go read!
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6 months ago
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Click for the excellent Jarett Sitter illustration. Stay for the fine reporting by
@leahbortskuperman.bsky.social
!!
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7 months ago
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Drew Anderson
7 months ago
People claim oil and gas in Canada isn't subsidized, but that's not true. Governments give away billions each year to hugely profitable companies through direct funds, tax breaks, preferential financing and more (including a pipeline). An explainer.
#ableg
#cdnpoli
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Oil and gas subsidies in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Oil and gas subsidies in Canada amount to billions each year, including loans, tax breaks and other incentives
https://thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-subsidies-canada/
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Our readers are the absolute best.
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7 months ago
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We are suing the RCMP for unlawfully arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken while reporting in Wetʼsuwetʼen territory. The Narwhal is doing this for all Canadian journalists' right to do their job without being arrested. Our readers are showing up in a big way for us and donating, will you?
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7 months ago
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Go read this.
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7 months ago
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We are making videos! You should watch them!
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7 months ago
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Send this to your uncle. You know the one. 😉
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9 months ago
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I’m happy to announce that there a an official sequel to the poopmoji gif. Shout out to
@jsrutgers.bsky.social
for doing the hard reporting work so I can make silly things like this animation.
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9 months ago
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This needs to be sorted out. Why can't a new process to fund journalism be changed when it's clearly not fair and equitable?
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9 months ago
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Well this is fun to have my work highlighted! Brand and design is a team sport though, it has to be a priority through your entire organization from top to bottom. I’m so thankful for our team at
@thenarwhal.ca
where the everyone recognizes the power of telling ugly stories beautifully.
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9 months ago
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Go! Read!
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9 months ago
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Yeah
@amberbracken.bsky.social
!!
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10 months ago
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okay okay I know it's over now and we've moved on but I'd like a moment for my platform explainer header before we never see it again...
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Canada federal election 2025 party platforms on environment, natural resources | The Narwhal
From critical minerals to pipelines, here’s what the Liberals, Conservatives and others are saying on the 2025 federal election campaign trail
https://thenarwhal.ca/2025-federal-election-platforms/
10 months ago
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Please support these families. It is feeling very heavy in Vancouver.
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Filipino Emergency Response - Organized by VanFilEmergency
https://vanfilemergency.my.canva.site/
10 months ago
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10 months ago
We are hiring 📣📣📣 The Narwhal needs an assistant editor, someone to keep our copy tight, our layouts fresh and our reader inbox somewhere closer to zero than where mine is rn 🫣
thenarwhal.ca/hiring-an-as...
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We’re hiring an assistant editor | The Narwhal
We are searching for an Assistant Editor who is keen to jump in and help get things done. If you identify as a word nerd who loves copy-editing and story layout and is excited to make our journalism s...
https://thenarwhal.ca/hiring-an-assistant-editor/
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New interactive page for party platforms! 😄
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10 months ago
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The Narwhal
11 months ago
We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that make the conversation around climate change accessible to even more people. Meet
@lmbaechlin.bsky.social
, the person who’ll do exactly that — and make some darn good videos.
thenarwhal.ca/manuel-baech...
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Meet Manuel Baechlin, The Narwhal’s video producer
We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that reach even more people. Meet the person who’ll do exactly that
https://thenarwhal.ca/manuel-baechlin-video-producer/
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The Narwhal
11 months ago
Here’s what happens when there’s 6 dead birds at an oil and gas site
#investigation
#BritishColumbia
#oilandgas
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Drew just won the Hillman Prize a few days ago and then delivers another banger of a story! Go
@drewanderson.bsky.social
!!!!
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11 months ago
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Go watch EVERYONE’S LIVE on Netflix. So weird, but delightfully weird.
11 months ago
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Political speeches are the ultimate use-case for watching video at 2x speed.
11 months ago
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It is 2:01pm PDT right now. It feels like 11:31 am. Make the time change make sense.
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Is daylight saving time actually good for the environment? | The Narwhal
Canadian provinces have been waiting on the U.S. to quit changing their clocks twice a year. Is it time to just do it?
https://thenarwhal.ca/daylight-time-energy-debate/
11 months ago
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Let's get rid of the time change Canada!
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11 months ago
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The Narwhal asking the tough questions…
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11 months ago
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Maybe we should try speaking Star Wars to the USA? 🤷♂️
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12 months ago
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Every day I think that Putin is whispering instructions on how to destabilize Western democracy in Trump's ear and this NY Mag story from 2018 seems more and more plausible. The news conference with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office looks like Putin's fever dream.
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What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?
A plausible theory of mind-boggling collusion.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/07/trump-putin-russia-collusion.html
12 months ago
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Cook ’em up boys. 🇨🇦🍁🏒
12 months ago
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the zone is indeed flooded
about 1 year ago
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If yooooouuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it’s a Friday once again! Thank you David Lynch 🙏
about 1 year ago
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Come for the income inequality, stay for the piggy bank visualization!
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about 1 year ago
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Every year I make a calendar. It’s something that I’ve been doing for over 20 years now. The last 7 or 8ish years I’ve opened it up so people can download and print one if they like.
drive.google.com/file/d/1i3O9...
about 1 year ago
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Photojournalism News
about 1 year ago
THE NARWHAL: This year’s most memorable photos from the Canadian Prairies
thenarwhal.ca/memorable-pr...
@thenarwhal.ca
@amberbracken.bsky.social
@shawnparkinson.bsky.social
#photojournalism
#journalism
#photography
,
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This year’s most memorable photos from the Canadian Prairies | The Narwhal
We asked Prairies photojournalists to reflect on their favourite pictures for The Narwhal in 2024
https://thenarwhal.ca/memorable-prairies-photos-2024/
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I’m writing about why we invest so much in photography at
@thenarwhal.ca
… my first byline! 😃
thenarwhal.ca/ugly-stories...
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Telling ugly stories beautifully through photojournalism | The Narwhal
Photojournalism that centres humanity is in our DNA. We spent more than $50,000 doing it in 2024 — will you chip in to help us keep going?
https://thenarwhal.ca/ugly-stories-beautifully-photojournalism-2024/
about 1 year ago
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