New Narwhal alert: meet Atenas Contreras, our director of operations and finance! A nerd about numbers, playing board games and organizing *everything* — we’ve been blessed with the perfect human to lead our day-to-day life AND keep our finances intact! 🥳 thenarwhal.ca/atenas-contrer…

When the international geological sciences union voted against naming the start of the Anthropocene Epoch, it ignored conclusive evidence that for the first time, a single species — humans — has fundamentally altered the planet via Yale Environment 360 thenarwhal.ca/opinion-anthro…

Some of Canada's biggest polluters are multibillion-dollar oil and gas and mining companies. Limited monetary fines may not be enough to stop them, via The Conversation Canada thenarwhal.ca/opinion-enviro…

The public is pushing back against a plan to pave a park in Peterborough, Ont., to build 16 pickleball courts and parking. But maybe this is less about pickleball than it is about parks, writes Elaine Anselmi thenarwhal.ca/opinion-peterb…

Ontario is rapidly running out of landfill space — and the province doesn’t have a strategy to address this.

Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social breaks down what you need to know about a growing waste problem. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/ontario-landfi…

Ten years after signing agreements with B.C. in support of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project, Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs are voicing criticism about government conduct.

In our latest newsletter, we chat with Matt Simmons about the LNG of it all. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-git…

A baboon bite has brought Ontario’s non-existent exotic pet laws to the forefront. Without provincial rules, municipalities must create their own bylaws prohibiting or restricting possession, breeding or use of these captive animals. via TimminsToday.com thenarwhal.ca/ontario-kirkla…

Huge congrats to Jesse Winter! You can check out his award-winning work in this photo essay from last summer, from the frontlines of B.C.’s wildfire fight: thenarwhal.ca/bc-wildfire-fi…

Will mining's reputation problem get in the way of recruiting a workforce to meet the critical mineral demand? Some in the industry say more tough conversations around environmental impact and change need to happen, Francesca Fionda writes: thenarwhal.ca/mining-young-p…

You might’ve seen ads from the Pathways Alliance saying the oilsands industry was on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050. Those claims are “misleading” the public with “greenwashing,” a new peer-reviewed paper has found: thenarwhal.ca/pathways-allia…

PHOTOS: Non-native species of salmon and trout have become an important part of Lake Ontario’s ecosystem. They didn’t always thrive — dams, pollution and hatchery competitors have often impeded their health. But they’re springing to life, Kathryn Peiman writes: thenarwhal.ca/lake-ontario-f…

Premier Wab Kinew promised a budget that would bring Manitoba on “a really credible path to net zero.” Revealed Tuesday, it adds rebates for electric vehicles, a continued break on the provincial gas tax — but little in new funding. #mbpoli via Julia-Simone Rutgers: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-budge…

“They’re brushing us off.”

Nearly a decade after signing agreements for a major pipeline project, support from the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs appears to be fraying as they demand government respect and dialogue. via Matt Simmons #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/gitxsan-tensio…

'The very fact Roosevelt elk are a part of our communities on Vancouver Island is in itself a story of an animal brought back from the brink.' Emma Gilchrist The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/bob-the-elk-yo…

When Bob the elk was hit by a car, the story unravelled before Emma Gilchrist like a true-crime mystery, nature edition. Why was he such a fixture in her small Vancouver Island town, and how many more elk will die before something changes? thenarwhal.ca/bob-the-elk-yo…

Icymi, an Easter weekend Greenbelt scoop from the Trillwhal!

In this week’s newsletter, Carl Meyer / meyer.bsky.social gets into a story about an oil giant lobbying to bend pollution rules, showcasing one of many examples of the fossil fuel industry’s power and influence — and why we spend so much time trying to uncover it all. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-fos…

Political staffers central to the Greenbelt scandal were paid the equivalent of a full 2023 salary despite quitting last summer, Ontario’s Sunshine List shows. Sources and information requests suggest Ryan Amato and Jae Truesdell received exit packages. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenb…

Two ex-Ford government staffers who resigned amid the Greenbelt scandal — Ryan Amato and Jae Truesdell—  received exit packages, according to FOIs, sources and the Sunshine List.

By Charlie Pinkerton for TheTrillium.ca and me for The Narwhal. #onpoli
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Manitoba’s “clean” electricity grid used more gas in the last year than it has in a decade. As demand for power increases, things might get even dirtier, Julia-Simone Rutgers reports. #mbpoli thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-elect…