My latest for @thenarwhal.ca: A massive nickel mine, and the community that wants to love it. Timmins, Ont., has a long history of mining and its economy could use another boom. But, who will protect the town from financial and environmental bust? thenarwhal.ca/critical-min...

Timmins, Ont., has a sordid history with mining, from boom to bust, and the scars left behind. With a massive nickel mine set to open nearby, many want the jobs and benefits, but also a more cautious approach to critical minerals. @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/critical-min...

Officials with Parks Canada are reporting a blue-green algae bloom in Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior (again — after one in August). Here's our story about these blooms — or cyanobacteria — and why they're showing up in the north now, too: thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

Our B.C. team has netted four nominations for the Webster Awards! We're honoured to be recognized among the best in the province for our features, news reporting and analysis: thenarwhal.ca/narwhal-webs...

In Saskatchewan, a new generation of farmers are experimenting with techniques to make their farms more sustainable and climate-proof. It’s working. Their soil is healthier — and so are their bottom lines. thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan...

It’s not every day that Prairies reporter @drewanderson.bsky.social gets the ear of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. But this week, Drew didn’t just talk to the premier, he got to talk sh*% with her. Literally.

More than 300 people joined The Narwhal for a lively online discussion about how B.C. communities can meet housing needs while tackling the climate crisis. Here are some takeaways: thenarwhal.ca/climate-and-...

LNG exports in British Columbia, shrinking protections in Ontario and broken trust in Alberta: as governments hit the development fast lane, The Narwhal is keeping pace. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-c...

A training program is tackling the shortage of water treatment operators in Ontario First Nations, as threats to clean water on reserve persist. New from @savannahridley.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/water-treatm...

Join @sevawood.bsky.social reporting in the field from Bella Bella, a #Heiltsuk village on the central coast of British Columbia.

Ontario is kicking in $61.8 million to upgrade roadways in Geraldton, Ont., a small town set to become the “gateway” to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire. It's the first segment of a larger road network that will provide all-season access to the Ring of Fire region. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ring...

Ready for some good news? Earlier this year The Narwhal teamed up with journalists at the Investigative Journalism Foundation to break stories about how more than 1,000 potential oil and gas infractions were left unchecked by B.C.’s energy regulator.

“Why would the Ministry of Natural Resources give up on protecting something that they are mandated to protect?” #ONpoli thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...

Ksi Lisims LNG was pitched as a net-zero project. But the B.C. government’s approval says it will likely burn natural gas for years, causing “significant adverse effects” on emissions. Critics warn the project undermines the province’s climate goals. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...

This spring, the Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of a protected area in Port Hope, opening the gates for a subdivision to be built there instead. thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-...

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...

On the @heavyweight.bsky.social podcast, host Jonathan Goldstein helps his guests process big emotions. But this self-described “city guy” has his own complicated feelings about Canada’s natural world — and he shared them when he took our Moose Questionnaire. thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

B.C. just approved one of its largest LNG projects yet. Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions. #bcpoli

Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a “giant stinking pile of shit,” the premier’s special advisor — who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue — told a frustrated crowd in rural Alberta. @drewanderson.bsky.social was there. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...

As Canada experiences its second-worst wildfire season on record, drinking water across B.C. is at risk, as watersheds are threatened and transformed by flames. @annecasselman.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-th...

A new federal program will fund energy efficiency upgrades for modest-income households, officials announced today in Winnipeg. It’ll roll out in Manitoba first, before expanding across Canada. Via @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/greener-home...

Southern Ontario was the Wild West of the early fossil fuel industry — tens of thousands of inactive oil and gas wells have no known records. It’s an expensive and dangerous problem. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...

A B.C. court has granted an injunction against a group of people blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island. The decision paves the way for the RCMP to move in, stirring memories of the Fairy Creek conflict 4 years ago thenarwhal.ca/walbran-vall... #bcpoli

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...

In some parts of Nova Scotia, a weeks-long ban on entering forests is starting to lift as wildfires get under control. Here's what dog-walkers, runners and families had to say about the ban as they headed into the woods last weekend. thenarwhal.ca/nova-scotia-...

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!

Ontario has more inactive gas wells than it has the funds to properly cap. If the operators of any new wells were to walk away, one advisor noted, "the public is led to believe the security will look after the wells and site remediation. This is simply not the case.” thenarwhal.ca/old-gas-well...

Here’s a breakdown of our investigation into Ontario’s gas well problem, and why new wells and carbon storage are making it even more complicated. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-old-...

You’re invited! Join The Narwhal for a free Zoom event next week: a lively conversation at the place where the housing crisis meets the climate crisis. See you there! Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 12 p.m. PT / 1 p.m. MT / 3 p.m. ET. thenarwhal.ca/housing-and-...

Indigenous leaders and youth took the stage at Neil Young’s concert in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday to oppose the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. #neilyoung #prgt #bcpoli

Internal documents show BC Energy Regulator inspectors lack training to manage long-term contamination issues, raising questions about oversight across the province as LNG booms. Latest by @writermjs.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...

There are tens of thousands of old gas wells across Ontario. Despite disasters like the Wheatley explosion, the province still doesn’t have the funds to safely remediate them, and isn’t asking companies for enough money should it have to plug new ones. thenarwhal.ca/old-gas-well...

Lake Superior hasn’t yet succumbed to the invasive mussels that have destroyed ecosystems in the other Great Lakes. On a remote Michigan archipelago south of Thunder Bay, Ont., scientists are doing what they can to hold the line. Via @bridgemi.com thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses. New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report: thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...

Last week, the B.C. government approved a proposed expansion of the Mount Polley mine — a decision contested by Xatśūll First Nation, which is still feeling the impacts of a catastrophic spill from the mine's tailing pond 11 years ago. @sevawood.bsky.social explains: thenarwhal.ca/mount-polley...

Kids in Alberta, B.C. and the N.W.T. returned to school this week through a haze of wildfire smoke. In our latest newsletter, managing editor Sharon J. Riley shares how she’s keeping her wildfire anxieties in check as she sends her daughter off to kindergarten: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...

Chef Michael Smith once saw “organic” as the shining light on the hill, but now he says it is barely a starting line. Have you read our Moose Questionnaire with Smith yet? Check out the full convo here: thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

B.C.’s long-promised watershed security strategy is done but it’s not public, The Narwhal has learned. The province has sat on the strategy for more than a year, despite calls to release it. thenarwhal.ca/bc-watershed...

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)

A wildfire burning in southern Ontario — as many did this summer — is a far different beast than a blaze in the boreal forest, but it’s still something to take seriously. Here’s @rebeccaga0.bsky.social with the reasons. thenarwhal.ca/southern-ont...

In the rush to put out wildfires, hundreds of millions of litres of fire retardant are dropped on forests across North America. New research shows the effects that can have on aquatic ecosystems — especially when accidents happen, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/fire-retarda...

Port Hope’s fishing closure started again yesterday. Here's a look back at biologist Kathryn Peiman's column from when the ban was introduced last year on why it's about people, not fish: thenarwhal.ca/opinion-port...

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...

Líl̓wat and N'Quatqua nations learned the limits of their partnership with BC Parks when the province insisted on keeping Joffre Lakes open through the Labour Day long weekend. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-r...

This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

This summer was consumed by debate over provincial and federal fast-tracking laws, new pipelines and LNG plants. But Canada still has a climate plan -- and oil and gas companies have been lobbying the Carney government over it. The government says it will update that plan by the end of this year:

With Premier Doug Ford announcing today that construction is set to start on Ontario’s Highway 413, here's a look at our story on where the controversial project stands in light of Bill 5 and a federal government also set on fast-tracking development: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...

Kudos to @meyer.bsky.social for poring through lobbying records and recognizing the oil and gas industry's focus on Canada's Emissions Reduction Plan, around their meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Oil and gas lobbyists have been homing in on Canada’s climate plan — even in person, with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The feds say a coming update to the plan will consider the "evolving global and economic context." Via @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/carney-clima...

Super Team Canada, the animated series from Calgary-born brothers Rob & Joel H. Cohen, celebrates (and teases) the unique character of this country — so we caught up with them to find out what iconic animals they'd marry and what "weird small towns" in B.C. they love. thenarwhal.ca/the-moose-qu...