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Reports of a bigger, more aggressive coyote wandering the streets of Toronto draw a lot of attention. The truth is, it’s the same coyote we’ve been seeing for decades, and it’s not humans they’re putting at risk, it’s wolves. thenarwhal.ca/coywolf-onta...
There’s truth to the myth of the Ontario coywolf | The Narwhal
Sightings of the so-called coywolf on Toronto streets draw attention, but the biggest threat might be to endangered wolves in Ontario
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reports of a bigger, more aggressive coyote wandering the streets of Toronto draw a lot of attention. The truth is, it’s the same coyote we’ve been seeing for decades, and it’s not humans they’re putting at risk, it’s wolves. thenarwhal.ca/coywolf-onta...
More than 100 knowledge holders from Indigenous nations across Canada, the U.S. and Australia gathered in syilx territories in September for a cultural burning summit. Story and photos from Aaron Hemens, first published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social. 🔥 thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...
Indigenous firekeepers come together for inaugural gathering | The Narwhal
First Nations experts attend first National Indigenous Fire Gathering on syilx homelands in B.C., joining counterparts from Canada, Australia and the U.S.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
More than 100 knowledge holders from Indigenous nations across Canada, the U.S. and Australia gathered in syilx territories in September for a cultural burning summit. Story and photos from Aaron Hemens, first published by our friends at @indiginews.bsky.social. 🔥 thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social
#ONpoli
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Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
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November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Buried deep in the omnibus bill for its fall economic statement, the Doug Ford government has moved to repeal its own law requiring a climate plan and emissions reduction targets be established, via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @meyer.bsky.social
#ONpoli
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#ONpoli
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According to an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy’s revenues had dropped and the company was in “survival mode” when Alberta allowed it to acquire 170 oil wells. Now, the company isn’t paying its bills to landowners and owes taxes to at least one municipality. thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
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November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
According to an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy’s revenues had dropped and the company was in “survival mode” when Alberta allowed it to acquire 170 oil wells. Now, the company isn’t paying its bills to landowners and owes taxes to at least one municipality. thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
This week, The Narwhal’s northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons and photojournalist Marty Clemens won a Webster award for environment reporting for their on-the-ground feature documenting traditional Gitanyow fire practices. We’re very proud of Matt and Marty! thenarwhal.ca/narwhal-2025...
The Narwhal wins Jack Webster award for environment reporting
Our story on traditional Gitanyow fire practices was recognized at the annual awards honouring the best in B.C. journalism
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week, The Narwhal’s northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons and photojournalist Marty Clemens won a Webster award for environment reporting for their on-the-ground feature documenting traditional Gitanyow fire practices. We’re very proud of Matt and Marty! thenarwhal.ca/narwhal-2025...
Hurricane Melissa's destruction has the Jamaican diaspora mobilizing to send money and aid. The effects of climate change are hitting developing countries hardest, putting pressure on immigrants in Canada to increase the billions they already send home every year. thenarwhal.ca/hurricane-me...
Disasters like Hurricane Melissa put pressure on immigrants | The Narwhal
Immigrants in Canada send billions home every year. Climate disasters like Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica, add to the pressure
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November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hurricane Melissa's destruction has the Jamaican diaspora mobilizing to send money and aid. The effects of climate change are hitting developing countries hardest, putting pressure on immigrants in Canada to increase the billions they already send home every year. thenarwhal.ca/hurricane-me...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back rules around greenwashing, cuts environmental spending and hints an emissions cap on the oil and gas industry is unlikely. VIA @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
How Carney’s first budget impacts the environment | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back many Trudeau-era environmental programs and creates a youth climate corps
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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back rules around greenwashing, cuts environmental spending and hints an emissions cap on the oil and gas industry is unlikely. VIA @meyer.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
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...
Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
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November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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...
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Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
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November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
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Premier Eby visited Kitimat this summer and held a press conference to celebrate LNG Canada's first shipment
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
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November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Premier Eby visited Kitimat this summer and held a press conference to celebrate LNG Canada's first shipment
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
He declined to comment on the company offering cash to at least one resident - on condition they not complain or raise concerns about their experience living next to an LNG facility #bcpoli
Reporter @writermjs.bsky.social would love to talk to anyone else who has received an offer like this from LNG Canada or another fossil fuel company, or has any interesting tips at all! You can talk to him anonymously on Signal at writermjs.08 , or email us at [email protected] .
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
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November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reporter @writermjs.bsky.social would love to talk to anyone else who has received an offer like this from LNG Canada or another fossil fuel company, or has any interesting tips at all! You can talk to him anonymously on Signal at writermjs.08 , or email us at [email protected] .
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
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LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
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November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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For the first time in decades, striped bass are fair game for commercial fishermen in the Atlantic. The federal move is meant to help struggling salmon stock, but some say blaming interspecies competition rather than human activity sounds fishy. thenarwhal.ca/atlantic-salmon-striped-bass-threat
Fish fight: Atlantic salmon vs. striped bass | The Narwhal
Once threatened, striped bass have surged back while Atlantic salmon struggle. Some say competition is the core problem, but not everyone agrees
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November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For the first time in decades, striped bass are fair game for commercial fishermen in the Atlantic. The federal move is meant to help struggling salmon stock, but some say blaming interspecies competition rather than human activity sounds fishy. thenarwhal.ca/atlantic-salmon-striped-bass-threat
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is on the federal government's list of potential fast-track projects. But the expansion could impact the Fraser estuary ecosystem and the wildlife that depends on it — including the western sandpiper. New from @sevawood.bsky.social 🪶 thenarwhal.ca/roberts-bank...
Port of Vancouver expansion threatens superfood ecosystem | The Narwhal
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 could lead to ‘irreversible’ change in the Fraser estuary, a critical feeding ground for western sandpiper flocks
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November 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 is on the federal government's list of potential fast-track projects. But the expansion could impact the Fraser estuary ecosystem and the wildlife that depends on it — including the western sandpiper. New from @sevawood.bsky.social 🪶 thenarwhal.ca/roberts-bank...
Ontario's Highway 413 and Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in B.C. are among 17 projects on an internal list of priorities for the Carney government, @meyer.bsky.social has learned. Several on the list have already been deemed in the ‘national interest’ for fast-tracking. thenarwhal.ca/carney-major...
Newly released list reveals major projects on Carney’s radar | The Narwhal
Ontario Highway 413 and Vancouver port expansion named on list of 17 ‘major projects’ mulled by federal officials in March
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November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Ontario's Highway 413 and Roberts Bank Terminal 2 in B.C. are among 17 projects on an internal list of priorities for the Carney government, @meyer.bsky.social has learned. Several on the list have already been deemed in the ‘national interest’ for fast-tracking. thenarwhal.ca/carney-major...
Are anxieties about increased recognition of Indigenous Rights really about public access? Reporting by The Narwhal suggests some of the loudest voices might have other priorities in mind. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...
Are Indigenous Rights in conflict with public access in B.C.? | The Narhwal
First Nations in British Columbia are gaining ground on asserting their land rights. Anxieties about public access are real, but what’s below the surface?
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October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Are anxieties about increased recognition of Indigenous Rights really about public access? Reporting by The Narwhal suggests some of the loudest voices might have other priorities in mind. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...
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I've been on vacation and just came back to news the Doug Ford gov't is amalgamating 36 conservation authorities into 7. This is a HUGE change and just the latest in a long tense relationship b/w this government and the unique agencies.
But first: LETS GO BLUE JAYS 💙
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But first: LETS GO BLUE JAYS 💙
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A five-year battle comes to an end in Ontario | The Narwhal
Time and again, the Ford government has tried to weaken the role of conservation authorities. The changes are coming soon
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October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've been on vacation and just came back to news the Doug Ford gov't is amalgamating 36 conservation authorities into 7. This is a HUGE change and just the latest in a long tense relationship b/w this government and the unique agencies.
But first: LETS GO BLUE JAYS 💙
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But first: LETS GO BLUE JAYS 💙
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Those Ring of Fire ads during World Series broadcasts might have you thinking mines are up and running in the remote region in northern Ontario, but that's not the case and the Ford government should be upfront about it, writes @elaineanselmi.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
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October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Those Ring of Fire ads during World Series broadcasts might have you thinking mines are up and running in the remote region in northern Ontario, but that's not the case and the Ford government should be upfront about it, writes @elaineanselmi.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
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Built atop a reclaimed tailings pond near the town of “Logan Lake,” the project’s 39,000 solar panels span the equivalent of around 80 football fields, capturing enough sunlight to power 2,400 homes annually.
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
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By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
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Inside Nlaka’pamux Nation’s quest to build 'B.C.’s' first major solar project
As the province fast-tracks development, the Southern Interior tribal council has lessons to share on how to build for the future
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October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Built atop a reclaimed tailings pond near the town of “Logan Lake,” the project’s 39,000 solar panels span the equivalent of around 80 football fields, capturing enough sunlight to power 2,400 homes annually.
By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
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By Zoë Yunker, co-published with @thenarwhal.ca ☀️
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After a 14-year saga, Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council has brought B.C.'s first grid-scale solar project online 💡 and they're already thinking bigger. A collaboration with @indiginews.bsky.social, written by @zoeyunker.bsky.social with photos by Aaron Hemens.
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Nlaka’pamux solar project offers lessons for B.C. | The Narwhal
Led by the Nlaka’pamux Nation, the quA-ymn solar project is the first major solar power facility in B.C. It came online well ahead of schedule
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October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
After a 14-year saga, Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council has brought B.C.'s first grid-scale solar project online 💡 and they're already thinking bigger. A collaboration with @indiginews.bsky.social, written by @zoeyunker.bsky.social with photos by Aaron Hemens.
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A huge chunk of corporations’ greenhouse gas output are arm’s-length emissions that Canadian reporting rules currently ignore. Here's a guide to Scope 3 emissions — which won't shrink even if all of our carbon capture dreams come true.
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Why Scope 3 emissions are a big deal for Canada | The Narwhal
Greenhouse gases released indirectly through business activities, called Scope 3 emissions, can be massive — but Canadian companies don’t report them
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October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A huge chunk of corporations’ greenhouse gas output are arm’s-length emissions that Canadian reporting rules currently ignore. Here's a guide to Scope 3 emissions — which won't shrink even if all of our carbon capture dreams come true.
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Hey Vancouver! Tomorrow night our very own @michellecyca.com is talking to Julian Brave NoiseCat about his new book, the deeply personal "We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning." It's going to be a gorgeous, moving conversation and it's free! www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-survive...
We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning
Join Massy, SFU Indigenous Studies, Michelle Cyca, and Julian Brave NoiseCat for the launch of "We Survived the Night" on Oct 30th!
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October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Vancouver! Tomorrow night our very own @michellecyca.com is talking to Julian Brave NoiseCat about his new book, the deeply personal "We Survived the Night: An Indigenous Reckoning." It's going to be a gorgeous, moving conversation and it's free! www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-survive...
Who should pay to electrify mining and LNG? That’s the billion dollar question the B.C. government has yet to answer, experts say. New from @sobittersosweet.bsky.social #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bill-31-bc-e...
Bill 31: B.C. wants to power megaprojects. Experts have questions | The Narwhal
The B.C. government wants to make it cheaper and easier to connect resource industries to the BC Hydro grid. Critics say it may not deliver on promised benefits
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October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Who should pay to electrify mining and LNG? That’s the billion dollar question the B.C. government has yet to answer, experts say. New from @sobittersosweet.bsky.social #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bill-31-bc-e...
The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...
Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights have teeth? | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government has picked away at the law that enshrines the public’s power in decision-making that affects Ontario’s environment. Here’s what’s left
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October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...