“I knew that trip would be difficult. I had no idea it would end with me staring down the barrel of a police gun, let alone being arrested and kept in custody for four days ...” — @amberbracken.bsky.social on her arrest, and support from readers of The Narwhal: thenarwhal.ca/bracken-rcmp...

While ‘forever chemicals’ have been making global headlines, this small northern Ontario city knows the issue intimately; citizens fear for their water as politicians try to clean up the mess. Here's everything you need to know about PFAS in North Bay: thenarwhal.ca/north-bay-pf...

Not all old mine sites get to sashay into a new life. Nestled into coastal mountains just north of Vancouver, the former Britannia Mine is now a museum, a clean-up site — and a stage for Pride. 🌈 thenarwhal.ca/britannia-mi...

PM Mark Carney's potential corporate conflicts have prevented him from participating in at least 17 "situations" involving his own government ... including the nuclear energy strategy, nbd. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Would you swim at a beach if public health authorities stopped testing the water quality? Beachgoers in North Bay, Ont., are left assessing the risk themselves. @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social reports.

Wow: Members of Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government posted what appear to be edited photos of the crowd from Ford Fest. Hundreds of OPSEU workers protesting in purple in Star photos are wearing blue shirts in politicos' posts. www.thestar.com/news/gta/pc-...

The Doug Ford government sold Crown land in Muskoka with the promise of a Minister’s Zoning Order, or MZO, to see a massive resort built. Critics are calling foul as the Cliff’s Bay project moves ahead. thenarwhal.ca/mzo-lake-mus...

Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound is a key refuge for massive red cedars, orcas and Pacific salmon. Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation has long stewarded and protected the region, and is now fighting the prospect of resumed gold exploration within the territory. Read here: thenarwhal.ca/tofino-gold-...

An Ontario government ministry sold land on Lake Muskoka to a developer. The agreement promised another ministry would issue an MZO. The controversial zoning order would nullify local planning rules for the huge resort project, set to affect the lakebed and shoreline. thenarwhal.ca/mzo-lake-mus...

Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation has long opposed a gold mine in Clayoquot Sound. After Imperial Metals received an exploration permit for a site near Tofino, we sent @zoeyunker.bsky.social via helicopter to see it. Here’s her comprehensive report: thenarwhal.ca/tofino-gold-... #bcpoli

At what point is the good affordable wine being mislabeled and unsearchable on the LCBO website a thing that's happening on purpose so insiders can hog it

The Narwhal and Amber Bracken sued the RCMP in hope of clearing a path for all journalists in Canada to do their work without risk of police interference. The trial wraps up this week. Carol Linnitt, co-founder of The Narwhal, offered these reflections: thenarwhal.ca/support-fear...

After a long delay, Canada has finally reintroduced a federal water bill — which stops short of recognizing clean drinking water as a human right. Ontario First Nations say they weren't consulted. @meyer.bsky.social & @fatimabsyed.bsky.social have the story: thenarwhal.ca/canada-first...

Two former advisors to the federal government called out Prime Minister Mark Carney for slashing environmental rules and ignoring experts in climate science and policy. thenarwhal.ca/carney-canad...

As well as Oracle (MySQL, Sun, Java, Peoplesoft) which runs TikTok and powers Anduril and much of the worst tech behind the Israeli genocide.

Up in Cambridge Bay, Nvt., scientists and Inuit are experimenting with re-freezing Arctic ice. @thenarwhal.ca's extremely gorgeous story about it just won two awards for climate journalism, from the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Digital Publishing Awards. thenarwhal.ca/real-ice-cam...

The warming climate makes a cool dip more necessary — while also degrading water quality. But as of this summer, some northern Ontario health units are no longer testing the water at popular beaches. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-beac...

Nearly 800 Toronto District School Board positions may be cut by the fall, document shows. Which would almost certainly mean bigger class sizes and less attention for kids with special needs. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

🥇Gold at the 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — General Excellence in Digital Publishing: Medium Publication, presented by Hannah Yakobi, editor-in-chief of Fajo Magazine: The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca #DPA26

🔍 The 49th National Magazine Awards — Investigative Reporting: Gold: "What Happens after a Death on Campus," @thewalrus.ca Silver: "Tracking down prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies," @thenarwhal.ca #NMA26

The Narwhal is hiring two senior reporters, one in BC and one (almost) anywhere in Canada. If you're a veteran journalist with an appetite for risk-taking who knows how to dominate a beat, connect people and policy and make complex issues accessible, please apply! thenarwhal.ca/work-with-us/

Canada is going to supply Germany with a million tonnes of LNG annually starting in 2030. The feds say this will help Canada reduce dependence on the U.S. Climate experts say the deal raises questions about the long-term costs of expanding fossil fuel exports. thenarwhal.ca/canada-germa... #bcpoli

For the first time, Canada’s building code limits the volume of greenhouse gases new buildings can emit. Documents obtained by The Narwhal show natural gas companies lobbied against it. thenarwhal.ca/natural-gas-...

Also: humans, animals and plants need water and even electricity more than computers making the weird slop

BC Parks says Joffre Lakes will be closed to the public for a week in June and a week in September. Líl̓wat and N’Quatqua First Nations say they weren't part of setting those dates and are planning a longer closure. @michellecyca.com has the latest thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes... #bcpoli

Landsberg Award Finalist Spotlight: @emmajarratt.bsky.social of the @ijbstories.bsky.social was shortlisted for her stories centring women's lived experiences and challenging power structures that put marginalized women at risk. /1

What looks worse, He-Man or Supergirl

Torontonians Decry Proposed Demolition of Sneaky Dee's, City Councillors Blame Provincial Government

Fired 60 Minutes-er Cecilia Vega put out this statement: "In recent months, my producing teams and I have experienced efforts to insert political bias into our stories. Reporting teams have held back on submitting story pitches about important news topics out of fear of the internal repercussions."

Are those even real nuns

Activist-turned-politician Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from the House of Commons marks the end of an era for Canadian environmental aspirations, writes @balkissoon.bsky.social. And it signals that climate action is radical again. thenarwhal.ca/steven-guilb...

Column! By me! Steven Guilbeault quit politics the same week the activist group Investors for Paris Compliant quit trying to wheedle banks and fossil fuel companies. The master's tools will not reduce the master's emissions ... so climate action is back outside. thenarwhal.ca/steven-guilb...

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Mark Carney's government is extending tax breaks to companies that capture carbon and then use it to produce more oil. Critics warn the plan runs counter to Canada's goal of reducing emissions. Here's what you need to know: thenarwhal.ca/enhanced-oil...

Opinion: It's been six months since Premier Doug Ford's ban on "cash grab" speed cameras, and the data is in, writes @graphicmatt.com. All of us get to say it: we told you so. #onpoli

Joke about triple Drake album double Bieber album and hire Canadian editors

🥁🥁🥁 We’re hiring! The Narwhal is looking for a senior B.C. reporter and a senior national reporter to pursue ambitious journalism about the natural world in B.C. and Canada. More details threaded 🧶: thenarwhal.ca/work-with-us/

Today I discovered the comedy gold of Bsky comments on the WaPo's depressing, intellectually insulting agitprop videos. My favourite on this one is "you self-censored the word 'prostitution' in your free speech piece"

Hey! Canadian journalism jobs! The Narwhal is hiring a reporter in B.C. and one (almost) anywhere in Canada. We're looking for seasoned, ambitious reporters to focus their skills on the natural world and how it connects to politics, industry - and people. thenarwhal.bamboohr.com/careers?sour...

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is proposing a major shift in the way environmental impacts of oil and gas, mining and other projects are assessed. @meyer.bsky.social has the details. thenarwhal.ca/canada-major...

"Irresponsible use [of AI in journalism] needs to be treated as seriously as any other act of fabrication. If it isn’t, it’s a tacit admission that these professional ethics are meaningless." - @michellecyca.com on 🔥 about the NYT's not-small AI hallucination whoopsie thewalrus.ca/the-new-york...

Canada’s C-22 bill is a surveillance overreach that paves the way to backdoor encrypted communications of users around the world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Trans Canada trail will no longer run coast to coast, as flood damage in B.C. closes one section permanently. thenarwhal.ca/trans-canada...

Every mother should be a willing mother, and every child should be a wanted child. Happy Mothers’ Day. Donate to an abortion fund. abortionfunds.org/donate/

To the woman whose unleashed dog stole my kid's lunch OUT OF HIS LAP, forcing us to leave the park to find food, who said "I wish there was something I could do" but did not offer $ and rolled her eyes when I said "you could leash your dog:" I hope your entitlement is revisited on you three times. 🧙🏾‍♀️

An unknown number of Toronto police drug squad officers will be the subjects of a conduct investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog, the Star has learned. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

The Athletic will have 100 reporters covering the World Cup. Imagine a world where the NYT put 100 reporters on ... post-Roe reproductive health? Climate change? The wealth gap? For real, do they even have 100 reporters covering the DOJ? Humans be stupid www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/news...

As Mother’s Day approaches — and Father’s Day soon after — a photographer shares his reflections on animal parenting, from the land, water and skies of Ontario. thenarwhal.ca/wildlife-fam...

Conservation? In this economy? It turns out, protecting nature generates a lot of value for Canada — and we have the charts to prove it. New from @jsrutgers.bsky.social 🌲📊💰https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-conservation-economy-in-charts

Friday news dump: "Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make it easier to kill off endangered species, pollute waterways and risk human health, all in the name of fast-tracking private-sector development projects." www.thestar.com/politics/pol...