RCMP Assistant Commissioner John Brewer testified yesterday in The Narwhal's case against the police force for arresting photojournalist Amber Bracken. Here's coverage from The Canadian Press. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A peek into Kamloops’ organic waste collection program ♻️ by @macarenamantilla.bsky.social Local experts share how the city’s organic waste collection initiative is making a difference. #BCnews #Composting #Kamloops #waste

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Does Alberta need a new pipeline? How much oil is the province producing? And how does that compare to existing pipeline capacity? Questions are swirling as Alberta pursues a hypothetical new pipeline. Here's what you need to know, via @drewanderson.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/canada-pipel...

Canada's oil and gas industry is a fiscal time bomb due to oil well cleanup liabilities that have been kept off the books. @chrishatch.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/30/o...

Editorial: Ontario Place on Trial — www.canadianarchitect.com/editorial-on...

Remember, the president of Palantir Canada is on Carney's council for Canada/US relations. The federal government recently did a deal with a Canadian proxy for Palantir. The OPP has been using Palantir 10+ years. That's before you even get to Palantir's association with the Ontario Place grift.

Anyone in the #Lethbridge area, I will be giving a public talk this week to address the question I get the most: Why study bird brains? I will discuss how studying bird brains led to some major discoveries and helps us understand bird behaviour. #yql #birds #Alberta www.sacpa.ca/why-study-bi...

From the Epstein dump. Allegations to the FBI that Epstein was involved in child trafficking in Thornhill, Ontario. That's in Vaughan.

Postmedia was built around the National Post, which was founded by friend of Epstein, Conrad Black. Trump pardoned Conrad Black. Foreign ownership of Canadian media was previously illegal, but Harper had a plan, and a long game. #IDUPlaybook

It’s not just McBride. I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated. So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests? My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...

From Bill C-5 and the federal budget, to a pipeline deal with Alberta, the Carney government is working its way through a public list of requests from the oil and gas industry. thenarwhal.ca/build-canada...

A woman will head to court in March after the City of Burlington fined her for letting her garden grow wild — and other Ontario municipalities have taken similar measures. @elaineanselmi.bsky.social asks: What exactly are we protecting here? thenarwhal.ca/opinion-burl...

HPAI is taking a significant toll on overwintering Canada geese again this year along the Oldman River. No word yet about other species, but if this is like previous outbreaks, there will be eagles, corvids, foxes, coyotes, and other species dying and testing positive. 😔 #yql #Alberta

Citizen Lab sr. researcher @fittarelli.com speaks with the @tbij.bsky.social about ‘wikilaundering’ by bad actors intending to spread #disinformation. Read the article: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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ICE didn’t turn paramilitary by accident. And Congress knows exactly why. Congress isn’t failing to stop Trump’s ICE escalation. They’re choosing not to. The reason is uglier than you think. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favor.

Damien Joly, the chief executive officer of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, is warning a lack of funding for wildlife disease monitoring is undermining Canada’s ability to detect and respond to emerging threats to biodiversity, agriculture and human health. thenarwhal.ca/wildlife-dis...

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Promises that oil will “pay for everything” should sound familiar. From Iraq to Venezuela, history shows how costly that logic becomes. Volatility cuts both ways—and Canada shouldn’t jump to conclusions. 👉 Watch the full interview on our channel. #cdnpoli #uspoli #geopolitics #energysecurity

Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Ontario isn’t planning to change its law that prevents municipalities from charging gas providers, like Enbridge Gas, to build pipelines on public land — despite calls from municipalities to do so. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ener...

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...

With the hearings at the International Court of Justice on the alleged genocide against the #Rohingya this week, JiC has a four-part series on "Dreaming of Justice in Myanmar", by Jenna Dolecek. Part 1, What Justice Means to Myanmar’s Communities: justiceinconflict.org/2026/01/13/d...

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The year is off to a busy start! The Narwhal’s press freedom lawsuit against the RCMP heads to trial Monday — and reporters have big plans for their storytelling in the months ahead. Read all about it in our first newsletter of 2026: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-2...

The link is broken for me, but this works: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-bee... (and v. cute!)

There’s a lot of talk about Venezuelan oil right now. But is it impacting oil prices? What kind of oil does the country even produce? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks down the basics of global oil markets: thenarwhal.ca/canada-venez...

Next week, photojournalist Amber Bracken and The Narwhal’s co-founder Carol Linnitt will testify in our press freedom case against the RCMP. Why are we suing? Watch Carol explain ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDm...

As talk swirls around Greenland again, here's a conversation we had about Arctic geopolitics last spring with Sara Olsvig, head of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. It represents Inuit Canada, Alaska, Chukotka (Russia) and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), where she lives. thenarwhal.ca/arctic-sover...

The Halifax Examiner had a good discussion of this. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

What are some Secwépemc traditions celebrated in the winter? ❄️ by @macarenamantilla.bsky.social Long winter evenings supported rest, knowledge sharing, spirituality and more, says Secwépemc cultural advisor Ted Gottfriedson. #BCnews #Kamloops #Secwépemc #Tkʼemlúps

This isn’t enough. To support international law and democracy, we must be able to denounce its imposition on #Venezuela’s citizens by the illegal use of force. We must oppose those who insult the rule of law & condemn those who violate the UN Charter & international laws.

A reminder that slow genocide is still genocide, and that genocide - in Gaza and elsewhere - is a process, not an event: justiceinconflict.org/2025/08/02/t... Israel to bar 37 aid groups as UK and EU warn of severe impact in Gaza: www.bbc.com/news/article...

#birds Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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The province receives recommendations from panels all the time, and premier & gov't take or leave ideas as they please. But this is different. This panel was *chaired* by Premier Danielle Smith. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In addition to my legal work, today I spoke to a seniors group about threats to democracy, was interviewed for an upcoming podcast, recorded two episodes of my own YouTube podcast, and published a piece about the future of DOJ. My only ask, sign up for Democracy Docket for free. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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