And now it's time for some goddamn PERREO

Called by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 1,360 kilometres through southern Ontario to retrace parts of the Underground Railroad. Here's what he learned about Black history in Canada, including the outdoor survival skills needed to escape enslavement. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nort...

Qué rico es ser latino... gracias, BB 🇵🇷

Has your partner ever built you a home in a chimney? Or regurgitated food to save you all that tiresome chewing? If not, perhaps it’s time to look beyond the human dating pool. Check out the very first Narwhal quiz, and find your Canadian lovebird. projects.thenarwhal.ca/lovebirds-qu...

Here's a story from Canada's National Observer about our press freedom case against the RCMP, which is underway right now in B.C.'s Supreme Court. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/12/a...

In October, @amberbracken.bsky.social and I followed photographers Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon deep inside the Athabasca Glacier. The duo is capturing the beauty of our glaciers before they disappear. The experience was beautiful, impactful and heartbreaking.

“As we stand outside this courthouse, stepping into five weeks of trial, we know the legitimate right of journalists to do their job, to perform their vital role in our democracy, is at stake.” — Narwhal co-founder Carol Linnitt on our case against the RCMP: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/

The Narwhal is suing the RCMP to protect press freedom for all Canadians, and our case will be heard in a Vancouver courtroom beginning next week. We’re counting on your support as the case unfolds, so here’s what you need to know. 🧵

Good morning! For @defector.com, I wrote about what @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social's "Game Changers" books, and the resulting TV show, have meant to me as a lifelong hockey fan with an increasingly... complicated... relationship to the men's pro game.

At The Narwhal, our goal is to tell stories beautifully, even when they're ugly. This year we sent photographers to the Arctic, West Coast provincial parks, Great Lakes beaches and more. Here are our favourite photos of 2025. thenarwhal.ca/2025-best-ph...

A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province. An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...

Growing up as a teenage girl in northern Alberta, @trinamoyles.bsky.social learned to live with bears — and to navigate the hard-living culture of a resource-dependent town. Here's an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, which dives into those lessons: thenarwhal.ca/trina-moyles...

Frank de Boon, a former conservation officer, has dealt with something most of us hardly think about: wildlife struck and killed by trains. “We were seeing it all the time,” he told @thenarwhal.ca's @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social in her latest story. projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...

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.

if you worry about the decline of media, the rise in AI slop and the rampant misinformation circulating online — one small but meaningful way to do something about it is to support @thenarwhal.ca in reporting factual, original, investigative stories. plus you get a toque & a hand-written note!

As B.C.‘s climate changes and wildfires increase, Secwépemc firekeeper Joe Gilchrist wants to see the practice of prescribed burning expanded in the Interior. An on-the-ground feature first shared by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/cultural-bur...

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

"Then one night at the end of March, someone showed up with a gun. The birds were sleeping in their pens, some with upright necks, in the ostrich way." Can't look away from the ostriches. A riveting longread, with great photos.

Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...

An important story by @rebeccaga0.bsky.social in @thenarwhal.ca today

In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...

Hello! The Narwhal is looking to talk to people in Canada who regularly send money home to Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti or the Bahamas and might increase it in the wake of Melissa. I am at [email protected] 💚

📣 Job alert! 📣 The Narwhal is offering a one-year fellowship for an Indigenous journalist in B.C., in collaboration with the Indigenous Journalists Association and IndigiNews. See the post for more details — applications are due Nov. 2. Spread the word! thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers/40?s...

For over a century, major companies liquidated forests from First Nations’ territories without consent. Now they're leaving. In their wake, First Nations are working to reshape the industry that long excluded them, but it won't be easy. My latest for @thenarwhal.ca

A really great read by @zoeyunker.bsky.social

Montreal-based folk-pop musician Basia Bulat has fallen in love with a tiny, endangered amphibian. The celebrated singer-songwriter talks frogs, motherhood and the joy of her backyard garden in our latest Moose Questionnaire. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

Le premier article en français de @thenarwhal.ca — grâce à Caitlin Stall-Paquet et à un poisson québécois 🐟 English version here: thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

The Narwhal's very first story translated into French! It's about one of the Carney government's "nation-building projects," which threatens an endangered fish found only in Quebec - the English version is here: thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

Another beautiful caribou story by @trinamoyles.bsky.social in @thenarwhal.ca today

In syilx territory, humans are building beaver dams. It's part of an effort to recreate the benefits beavers have on wetland ecosystems, and hopefully encourage a resurgence of real beavers, too. A story first published by @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/wetlands-bea...

For the last month, Joffre Lakes Park has been closed to the public, as Lil'wat and N'Quatqua members reconnect with their traditional territory. Here's what one of B.C.'s busiest parks looks like at rest. By @sevawood.bsky.social with photos by Paige Taylor White. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

Across Canada, remnants of the residential school era — former school sites and buildings — stand as a painful testament to the past. For @thenarwhal.ca I spoke to survivors leading the complex work to reckon with those remnants, and preserve a record of that history thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

Come hear me chat with three great writers about art and writing on Friday, Oct. 24 at @writersfest.bc.ca 📚

For ecologist Glynnis Hood, a beaver would make the ideal partner — “because it comes with a house.” The author and beaver expert takes our Moose Questionnaire and shares her love of Canada’s natural world: thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

Really glad this has finally come to light. I faced a similar situation last year with a Canadian magazine and instead of doing the ethical thing and acknowledging my borrowed work, they stonewalled me.

This happens too often.

Summer used to be the season we waited all year for, but this year Canada has faced drought, extreme heat and wildfire from coast to coast. Sadness at what's lost is understandable, @balkissoon.bsky.social writes. But what if we tapped into our rage — or love — instead? thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep...

Some things I learned while writing this story on Canada’s new “pillar” of Aboriginal Law, Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, for @thetyee.ca: 🧵 thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

“They needed this substrate of high-quality human expression and language. It looks to me like they just decided, well, we’re not going to pay for that supply. When I think about it that way, it really makes … the taking much more naked.” — @jbmackinnon.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Today in @thetyee.ca, I speak with J.B. MacKinnon about suing the AI giants training their LLMs on #CanLit. "“I have yet to meet a Canadian author whose work wasn’t used in that way." thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

A beautiful feature in @thenarwhal.ca today about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich’in people who are fighting to protect it and the caribou that call it home. By Trina Moyles: thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-cr...

It's us! Happy @thenarwhal.ca debutante day, @quillpearson.bsky.social 🐋

loved editing this story by @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social about the Shawanaga First Nation species-at-risk program — a reserve with fewer than 200 residents, many of whom pitch in to monitor and support these nocturnal neighbours.

Some news! I'm taking a break from the freelance life to join @thenarwhal.ca as an assistant editor. So thrilled to work with such a wonderful team and to wrangle words in service of The Narwhal's stellar journalism

Whether to avoid crowds or extreme heat — or simply to gaze up at the stars — people are spending more time outside in the dark. On every continent except Antarctica, wildlife has become more nocturnal to avoid people. Where do they go next? thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-recr...

Documentary film can be a powerful storytelling tool in times of social or ecological crisis. For @georgiastraight.bsky.social, I wrote about the influx of recent documentaries about wildfires in B.C. www.straight.com/movies/why-a...

Loved this 🐇

This morning at 8 am, my child's teacher told me it was already 33 C inside the classroom. Members of the Ontario government have air conditioning in their offices, yet they're not doing basic repairs in Toronto schools, let alone protecting our kids from extreme heat. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...

So happy to see Aaron recognized for his crucial work on this series — you can read the stories here: Part 1: indiginews.com/news/similka... Part 2: indiginews.com/news/concern... Part 3: indiginews.com/news/in-simi...