After Yunesit’in was ravaged by wildfire in 2017, former chief Russell Myers Ross started chasing a dream: a house built to withstand everything climate change can throw at it. new from @sevawood.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/fire-resista...

I'll be moderating this discussion with @sobittersosweet.bsky.social and @sevawood.bsky.social, who both reported on the intersections of climate change & housing policy this summer. Join us!

His grandfather didn’t have the right to vote. Now, Wade Grant is representing Vancouver in parliament. A profile on the first Musqueam MP by @sevawood.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/wade-grant-v...

not that I expect much from the National Post, but it's infuriating to see widespread misinfo about park closures in BC. they are not "race-based" closures. access is temporarily limited to the rights-holding First Nations, not to all Indigenous people. this is just rage-baiting for racists.

Anna Lambe's answers were so inspiring and fun! That interview really filled me up. Her thoughts on giving people room to change and grow - but also finding boundaries on educating people - felt so relevant and really resonated

over the moon to share this new fellowship we're offering at @thenarwhal.ca!

B.C. has a new policy for staking mineral claims, after a 2023 court ruling the province had breached its duty to consult with First Nations. Critics say the new policy is flawed: “two steps forward, one step back” in recognizing Indigenous Rights. thenarwhal.ca/bc-mineral-c...

In his new memoir — From the Rez to the Runway — Christian Allaire recounts how an Ojibwe kid from Nipissing First Nation became a writer celebrating fur, and other Indigenous fashion, in Vogue. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

Opinion: When it comes to transgender and non-binary human beings, some intolerant politicians seem endlessly fixated on trying to prove biology wrong, but they couldn't be further from the truth, writes Mel Woods.

In B.C.’s dry Kootenays, residents have been worried that logging in the watershed — their only water supply — will cause cascading effects to the land and water. “It’s not logging anymore, it’s just deforestation.” New from @sevawood.bsky.social 🌲 thenarwhal.ca/kootenay-log...

The death of a baby orca is spurring calls for a federal emergency order to protect an endangered southern resident killer whale population off B.C.'s coast. Via @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social #bcpoli #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-southern-...

New from @sevawood.bsky.social: the Federal Court dismissed a legal challenge against a Vancouver megaport expansion, which could harm endangered resident killer whales — only 72 of whom remain. thenarwhal.ca/bc-roberts-b...

If each dollar was a kilometre, a median-earning Canadian could get from Ottawa to Montreal, while a middle-paid exec could travel halfway around the Earth

Hot Frosty is this season's must-see romance, starring Dustin Milligan as a hunky snowman who comes to life. He's all about the birds and the bees — and every other natural wonder he grew up surrounded by in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

this collaboration — the first story published in nehiyawêwin at @thenarwhal.ca — was such a dream! @caramck.bsky.social wrote the most gorgeous newsletter for @indiginews.bsky.social about working on this story together, which we've republished today. 🦬

Light pollution has obscured the night sky across most of North America. The Huu-ay-aht First Nation wants to safeguard their unobscured view of the stars, and the knowledge and stories that come with it. From @michellecyca.com 🌌 thenarwhal.ca/bc-bamfield-...

Bestselling Anishinaabe novelist @waub.bsky.social answers our Moose Questionnaire! Did he choose smoked salmon or maple syrup? The Rockies or the Great Lakes? And what does all of this have to do with Nickelback? thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...