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‘This land holds everything we love’: hope grows for Indigenous conservation in northwest B.C.

By Ainslie Cruickshank

June 19, 2025 8 min. read

The Narwhal sat down with land stewardship director Gillian Staveley, to talk about the Kaska’s...

A “Stop 413” sign hangs in front of a mailbox.

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From Bill 5 to ‘build, baby, build’: what’s going on with Highway 413?

By Rebecca Gao

June 17, 2025 10 min. read

Land expropriations and early work are underway on Ontario’s Highway 413, and the federal government...

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From $2,600 to $775: how social housing in Metro Vancouver is changing lives — and fighting climate change

By Shannon Waters

June 11, 2025 14 min. read

Can new homes be energy efficient, low emission, climate resilient and affordable? B.C. non-profits show...

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Ontario has a black bear people problem

By Emma McIntosh

June 10, 2025 21 min. read

Climate change and urban sprawl are blurring the lines between bear country and our front...

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Back to beaches: the push to make Canada’s cities swimmable again

By Vanessa Chiasson

June 2, 2025 7 min. read

As Canadian summers heat up, more urban residents are tapping the potential of their local...

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Broken trust and Bill 5: First Nations rally against Doug Ford’s controversial mining bill

By Fatima Syed

June 2, 2025 14 min. read

First Nations across Ontario promise ‘a long and very unnecessary fight' over attempt to accelerate...

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Manitoba is at the epicentre of the 2025 wildfire season. Why here? Why now?

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

May 29, 2025 13 min. read

‘It’s only going to get worse’: as wildfire experts ring alarm bells about the Manitoba...

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In a world on fire, making the case for burning more

By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

May 29, 2025 8 min. read

As bigger and hotter wildfires become part of the fabric of life on earth, some...

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Ring of Fire road could improve quality of life, but lead to cultural and environmental change: report

By Carl Meyer

May 27, 2025 10 min. read

Impacts, as well as hundreds of recommendations, are outlined in an assessment that's years in...

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Billions of litres of sewage in the rivers — can it be fixed?

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

May 23, 2025 15 min. read

Winnipeg says it could take until 2095 to fix its sewage woes. Other cities —...

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Are data centres a threat to the Great Lakes?

By Stephen Starr

May 20, 2025 12 min. read

Ontario could learn a lot from Michigan about the coming data centre boom, and how...

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‘Afraid of the water’? Life in a city that dumps billions of litres of raw sewage into lakes and rivers

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

May 10, 2025 20 min. read

10 billion litres of sewage are dumped into Winnipeg’s lakes and rivers each year. Some...

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Family farmers in British Columbia were already struggling. Then Trump started a trade war

By Paloma Pacheco

May 5, 2025 20 min. read

A trade war could help remake B.C.’s food system, but will family farmers be left...

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Meet the people trying to keep a prehistoric fish alive

By Leah Borts-Kuperman

April 30, 2025 7 min. read

Lake sturgeon have long been culturally significant and nutritionally important to First Nations in Ontario,...

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Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act. Here’s what you need to know

By Kathryn Peiman

April 24, 2025 12 min. read

After a series of cuts to the once gold-standard legislation, the Doug Ford government is...

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Arctic sovereignty? Inuit would like a word

By Dustin Patar

April 22, 2025 14 min. read

On the election trail, Canada's federal leaders are pushing military and industry in the North....

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Canadian voters ranked climate change as a top issue — even during a pandemic. Has the U.S. trade war changed that?

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

April 18, 2025 9 min. read

Climate change has dropped in Canadians’ list of priorities this election — but that doesn’t...

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Six years studying a deadly disease. One promising treatment. Then came Trump funding cuts

By Ainslie Cruickshank

Updated April 15, 2025 10 min. read

At a crucial point in their research, biologists are scrambling to find new support for...

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‘This land holds everything we love’: hope grows for Indigenous conservation in northwest B.C.

From Bill 5 to ‘build, baby, build’: what’s going on with Highway 413?

From $2,600 to $775: how social housing in Metro Vancouver is changing lives — and fighting climate change

Ontario has a black bear people problem

Back to beaches: the push to make Canada’s cities swimmable again

Broken trust and Bill 5: First Nations rally against Doug Ford’s controversial mining bill

Manitoba is at the epicentre of the 2025 wildfire season. Why here? Why now?

In a world on fire, making the case for burning more

Ring of Fire road could improve quality of life, but lead to cultural and environmental change: report

Billions of litres of sewage in the rivers — can it be fixed?

Are data centres a threat to the Great Lakes?

‘Afraid of the water’? Life in a city that dumps billions of litres of raw sewage into lakes and rivers

Family farmers in British Columbia were already struggling. Then Trump started a trade war

Meet the people trying to keep a prehistoric fish alive

Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act. Here’s what you need to know

Arctic sovereignty? Inuit would like a word

Canadian voters ranked climate change as a top issue — even during a pandemic. Has the U.S. trade war changed that?

Six years studying a deadly disease. One promising treatment. Then came Trump funding cuts