Salish woolly dog pelt returns to B.C. | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Santana Dreaver19d ago
Coming face to face with the pelt of a now-extinct Salish woolly dog was an emotional experience for Jordan Wilson.
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top 94%The safety of this Ontario town’s drinking water hinges on a U.S. mine | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Shilpashree Jagannathan20d ago
A small town on northwestern Ontario’s border with the U.S. is quietly preparing for a worst-case scenario. It’s one that could mean a dramatic change for the community’s water supply.
Misipawistik Cree Nation calls for a stop on moose hunting in its traditional territory | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Eva Wasney23d ago
A northern Manitoba First Nation is calling for a voluntary closure of moose hunting in its traditional territory to protect the declining population and respond to what it sees as a lack of...
B.C.'s New Polaris mine could fly out gold on up to 15 flights a day | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Zoë Yunker24d ago
Twilight hangs over the Inlet Raider’s empty deck as it charges up the river. Its voyage has a single, cargo-free purpose: its crew was hired to find out whether the journey up the Taku River from...
Pickering’s nuclear plant unplugs next week. Here’s what that means| The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Fatima Syed24d ago
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, which produces ten per cent of Ontario’s energy supply, will go fully offline next week.
Read the leaked plan to boost AI data centres, oil and gas in Alberta | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Drew Anderson24d ago
A leaked document, labelled a cabinet report and outlining possible plans to overhaul Alberta’s natural gas pipeline system to spur AI data centre construction, caused an uproar last week.
Goats help Kanaka Bar mitigate fire risk | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Santana Dreaver and Aaron Hemens25d ago
On a grassy slope in Kanaka Bar, a herd of goats frolic and play. But this isn’t a farm or a petting zoo — it’s an innovative wildfire mitigation effort from the First Nation.
A polluted bay on Lake Superior gets cleaned up | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby David Jackson25d ago
In the 1960s, David Crawford was boating in his backyard on Nipigon Bay when he thought he spotted raw sewage floating in the once-pristine waters of Lake Superior.
BC Hydro scales back clean electricity reporting | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Shannon Waters26d ago
Summary How can you tell when a Crown corporation is fulfilling its obligations and goals? For BC Hydro, one place to start is the provincial utility’s annual service plan report.
Some Ontario students can’t escape extreme heat | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Rajpreet Sahota27d ago
Summary When the heat becomes unbearable inside Nicole Darlaston’s Brampton apartment, her son would get into the shower — and stay there.
Why you can trust Narwhal journalists with confidential tips
The Narwhalby Denise Balkissoon11 Sept 2026
This week, we published two massive investigations. They take place in different provinces, but share an important trait: they were both made possible because people trusted us to handle sensitive...
Leaked doc suggests Alberta has an AI data centre masterplan | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Drew Anderson11 Sept 2026
Alberta is so determined to usher in a wave of AI data centres and increase oil and gas production that it is considering rewriting legislation and creating government-owned corporations that would...
What you need to know about Manitoba’s big tornado year | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Eva Wasney11 Sept 2026
It’s been a whirlwind year for tornado researchers in Manitoba. “It’s the busiest we’ve ever been, by far,” John Hanesiak, a professor in the department of environment and geography at the...
Inside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Fatima Syed and Leah Borts-Kuperman10 Sept 2026
Five days before Ontario’s new, weaker species-at-risk law took effect in March, members of the Environment Ministry team tasked with enforcing it were thinking about bats.
B.C. salmon are dying from a toxic tire chemical, 6PPD-Q | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Julie Chadwick9 Sept 2026
It was 6 a.m. when Qutxulenuhw Tim Kulchyski got the call. On the phone was Elder Siilh’na’mut Ken Elliott, a fellow member of Cowichan Tribes.
Will Canada’s gas tax holiday drive up emissions and help the rich? | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Carl Meyer9 Sept 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government says keeping the federal gas tax off at the pumps will create indirect savings felt all through the economy.
B.C. First Nations address declining, crucial salmon | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Santana Dreaver and Kayla Isomura8 Sept 2026
Sherry McIntyre lives an hour’s drive away from the nearest grocery store. Between gas prices, vehicle maintenance and rising grocery costs, the bills add up quickly.
Toronto seniors are feeling the heat | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Rajpreet Sahota8 Sept 2026
Summary When the temperature climbs in Toronto’s Oakwood Village neighbourhood, the bottom floor of a former school-turned-community-centre becomes a hive of activity.
Invasive green crabs threaten Heiltsuk Nation's clam fishery | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Sonal Gupta4 Sept 2026
One of Turza Humchitt’s earliest memories is of her grandmother’s table, where family sat on benches on either side and shared from a large pot that might hold soup, clams, cockles or Dungeness...
How wildfires are changing Canadian camping trips | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Arik Ligeti3 Sept 2026
Months of planning. Weeks of wrangling the right clothes and gear. Daily checks of fire smoke maps.