ICYMI, read @fatimabsyed.bsky.social on Ford's plans for Wasage Beach Provincial Park

I’ve reported on the Doug Ford gov’t’s environmental record for 7 years and I remain concerned that Ontario’s only climate plan is a 2018 draft the auditor says isn’t evidence-based — and the gov’t now admits it won’t release a new plan or set stronger emissions-reduction targets

Super excited to be a part of this Cited Media panel with the incredible @fatimabsyed.bsky.social next Thursday, October 2nd! Click the link to grab tickets and to also see a photo of me from 10 years ago: citedpodcast.com/2025/09/19/o...

Spain’s PM Sánchez has imposed sweeping measures against Israel, including a total arms embargo, to “stop the Gaza genocide” and “support the Palestinian population.” 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/tcopvq

What’s going on at Wasaga Beach? It’s a question our readers have been asking us to look into for months. So we sent @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @a1please.bsky.social to Wasaga to document a town — and an ecosystem — at a crossroads. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach... (1/6)

Take a minute on over your long weekend to read this beautiful story about what exactly is going on at Wasaga Beach and why it's oh, so complicated. #ONpoli

This long weekend, consider the future of Wasaga Beach: a provincially protected environment, home to the endangered plovers, that the Doug Ford gov't wants to transfer to the town's ownership to boost tourism. It's a complicated and possibly precedent-setting tale. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

The Ontario government is giving a portion of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to the town to boost the local economy. @fatimabsyed.bsky.social visited on a late August weekend to understand the precedent this sets and how the piping plover and its summer home might fare. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

This long weekend, consider the future of Wasaga Beach: a provincially protected environment, home to the endangered plovers, that the Doug Ford gov't wants to transfer to the town's ownership to boost tourism. It's a complicated and possibly precedent-setting tale. thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...

Genocide news: Israel has assassinated four more journalists, targeting them at Nasser hospital. Meanwhile famine has been declared in Gaza - caused by Israel's denial of humanitarian aid AND destruction of food/water sources. This is the first time famine confirmed outside Africa

Wrote a column thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep... and talked to CBC's Allie Jaynes www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb... about how wildfires, smoke, extreme heat and other effects of climate change are making summer a bummer, and why I'm trying to push past my sadness about it to tap into my anger, and love.

Here are some honest reflections on the challenges of being an energy reporter in Ontario. There is a deep fear in the industry about the repercussions of having frank conversations about what it would take to move away from fossil fuels. But we need to

The Israeli military has a special unit called the “Legitimization Cell" assigned to identify Gaza-based journalists it could portray as undercover Hamas operatives, in an effort to blunt growing global outrage over Israel’s killing of reporters. I'm going to be sick www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

"It was a moment when I hated everything. I hated journalism – now a lie for a world that does not hear us or see us, a world that waits for our deaths, waits for us to become the news instead of delivering it." www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Buildings contribute 24% of Ontario’s emissions. Enbridge, with a near-monopoly on gas distribution here, is shuttering its clean energy arm for developers. Sources told @fatimabsyed.bsky.social Enbridge Sustain could have had a massive impact on building greener homes: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...

In 2022, natural gas giant Enbridge launched Sustain, offering low-emissions technology to homeowners, developers and commercial customers. Now it's dropping the commercial arm, curtailing its commitment to help reduce emissions from Ontario's new builds. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...

In 2022, Enbridge launched "Sustain" to provide clean energy options to developers in Ontario (where buildings = 24% of emissions). 3 years on, it has shut those options down, raising doubts about its commitment to the energy transition Exclusive by me @thenarwhal.ca thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...

For the rest of my professional life, I will never forget how you all failed Gaza journalists who fought a genocide, an ecocide, the fifth stage of hunger, the murder of their family members and colleagues to tell the truth .

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

"The United Nations’s top court announced Wednesday that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law." Very cool, but (points desperately and frantically at Gaza) what happens after that??? apnews.com/article/un-c...

Someone in or around Alberta politics is very keen for the truth not to come out…

Fantastic news: more than 1,100 people stepped up this week to support The Narwhal’s lawsuit against the RCMP, donating $108,000 — and counting — to defend press freedom in Canada! 🎉🎉🎉 thenarwhal.ca/support-press-freedom

“We’re not trying to say: don’t log. We’re trying to say: log in a sensible way.”

"There’s a negative impact on our forests and there’s still a do-nothing attitude.” The prioritization of logging company profits over healthy forests isn't just a B.C. thing folks. Important coverage here from @thenarwhal.ca's @fatimabsyed.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-fore... #onpoli

A new study looking at logging practices in northeastern Ontario finds forests have been managed to get as much timber out as possible, rather than sustainably harvested — going against the province’s own guidelines. VIA @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-fore...

I spent the last eight months investigating a cluster of life-altering and terminal illnesses on a military base in Moose Jaw, Sask. What I found will stay with me forever. Give it a read here:

Tree planting is a microcosm of broader society — sexual violence is everywhere. And the culture and situational factors at play in the industry, where remoteness and isolation crash into a work hard, play hard atmosphere, increases the risk of assault, especially for young women. Read with care.

After combing through 3,532 pages of internal Ontario government documents, @fatimabsyed.bsky.social saw a similarity between the province's conversations with Enbridge Gas and its recent energy plan: a future pinned to natural gas. thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas...

The Ford government has tasked an ex-conservation authority CEO with leading newly proposed changes to the environment agencies, but details are scarce. Here's Basit's exit interview from March 2024, after 6 years of fighting against and working with Ontario: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...

In typical Doug Ford govt fashion, there's big changes being proposed on the Friday before a long weekend. Once again, these changes implicate conservation authorities. And once again, there are few details in this press release about what these changes actually are news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

Yesterday, Bill C-5 passed the Senate. The federal bill has been labelled a threat to democracy, Indigenous Rights and environmental oversight, but also a necessary economic jolt in the face of U.S. hostility. Here's @drewanderson.bsky.social with what you need to know. thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-5-can...

Least surprising ever in a province that has increased natural gas, cut emissions reduction programs, ignored expert reports urging it to invest in adaptation efforts and more. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I'm Joyscrolling

Love to see the Internet feeling joy after forever. Over a politician we were all rooting for?! Insane times.

The heat wave across Ontario and Quebec has temperatures reaching the mid-30s — and humidity could make it feel like 40 or hotter. Wondering how the humidex or the Air Quality Health Index work? Our guide to what the weather means for your health: thenarwhal.ca/weather-heat... #heatdome

BREAKING: Israel bombs Iranian state TV during live broadcast

On Wednesday, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation leaders set fire to documents about a road to the Ring of Fire — delivered to their nation without invitation — in protest of Ontario's Bill 5. Major #onpoli news from @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...

On Wednesday, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation leaders set fire to documents about a road to the Ring of Fire — delivered to their nation without invitation — in protest of Ontario's Bill 5. Major #onpoli news from @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...

All of this while wildfire smoke spreads across the province.

The 2025 wildfire season in Canada has already been devastating for many communities, with both Manitoba and Saskatchewan declaring states of emergency. So how do fires start? And why do they seem to be getting worse? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks it all down: thenarwhal.ca/canada-wildf...

Bill 5 passed final reading yesterday, and now just awaits royal assent. Here's everything you need to know about the Doug Ford government's law meant to fast-track mining and other development in Ontario: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

"What was supposed to be a mechanism for maintaining nation-to-nation relations has devolved into a cog in the machine that too often forces affected First Nations to resort to years-long battles in court to protect their land and their right to be properly consulted."

"All attempts to fast-track to the Ring of Fire will fail" "Ontario is trying to legislate us out of the conversation. That won’t work” "If you pass Bill 5, you can say goodbye nature" First Nations demand the Ontario gov't revoke Bill 5. It's the most powerful stand off I've seen at Queens Park

Journalism conference/awards season begins with the @cajournalists.bsky.social who are in Calgary for thr very first time! The vibes are fun nerd summer. The theme: "because facts still matter." If you're here, come say hi to me, Brent Jolly, @markusoff.bsky.social @juliesobowale.bsky.social 💕

It is May 28th.

This is not a drill

Unbelievably angry that this is a real headline I woke up to and nobody with an ounce of power is doing anything to stop this.

Doug Ford's 2025 budget addresses Trump tariff risks, but doesn't consider climate risks. That's odd when recent floods cost us nearly $1B in insurance & an ice storm cut power to ~1M people. Instead, the budget cuts funds for emergency response & forest firefighting. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-budg...

The Dog Ford gov't is once again attempting to give cabinet unlimited powers to bypass regulations designed to protect water, wildlife, human health & Indigenous rights, to build things quickly Here's everything you need to know about Bill 5. Comment period ends May 17 thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

Just a few days after Columbia announces the Pulitzers, the university goes and suspends its own student journalists.