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The Narwhalby Sara King-Abadi2 Sept 2026
John Pomeroy had only been back in Canmore, Alta., for two weeks, returning from a research trip in Tibet, when he heard the news of a glacier collapse in Nepal.
The Narwhalby Drew Anderson2 Sept 2026
Records from the Alberta Energy Regulator show coal mines struggle to prevent discharges of potentially harmful sediments into waterways, raising questions about impacts on water and wildlife as...
The Narwhalby Michelle Cyca1 Sept 2026
In July, Lions Bay Search and Rescue responded to a call for help from hikers who had planned their hike of the Howe Sound Crest Trail using Google Maps.
The Narwhalby Prarthana Pathak and Joel Rodriguez1 Sept 2026
The smell of decomposing garbage hits before the building comes into view — a sour, earthy odour that stings your teeth.
The Narwhalby Shannon Waters31 Aug 2026
FortisBC is a familiar name to many British Columbians. The company’s yellow and blue logo appears on utility bills across the province, but people might not know the company operates one of B.C.’s...
The Narwhalby Julia Roeder28 Aug 2026
For over a decade, Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 has been the centre of a political and environmental battle in Michigan.
The Narwhalby kelsie kilawna26 Aug 2026
When the fire came to the Okanagan Indian Band on Aug. 1, Sienna Belanger’s first instinct was to catch her horses.
The Narwhalby Fatima Syed25 Aug 2026
Amid worsening U.S.-Canada relations, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is once again threatening to cut off electricity to 1.5 million homes and businesses across three neighbouring American states...
The Narwhalby Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera25 Aug 2026
A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines.
The Narwhalby Rajpreet Sahota and Amit Nanwa25 Aug 2026
My parents were farmers before they came to Canada in the late 1980s. So were my grandparents. I grew up here, never farming, but also never entirely distant from it.
The Narwhalby Anne Shibata Casselman and Kayla Isomura24 Aug 2026
When Michelle Brown-Colistro became pregnant with her second child in 2024, she and her husband decided to find a two-bedroom place to house their growing family.
The Narwhalby Darren Calabrese22 Aug 2026
On the first Saturday of August, near the Tyne Valley United Church, dozens of members of the Hardy family are dressed in rags, faded fishing bibs and painted head to toe as zombies.
The Narwhalby Ryan M. Katz-Rosene and James Jackson21 Aug 2026
If you ask an economist why everything is so expensive these days, you will likely get an answer explaining how oil — the lifeblood of the global economy — is currently facing supply bottlenecks in...
The Narwhalby Fatima Syed20 Aug 2026
This story is part of a series called Shockwave: Rising energy demand and the future of the Great Lakes.
The Narwhalby Julie Chadwick19 Aug 2026
The sound of cars passing is a constant hum, so constant it’s almost meditative. Every so often one bleats out a honk of support.
The Narwhalby Leah Borts-Kuperman19 Aug 2026
Starting next month, Ontario hunters will have a shot at sandhill cranes — for the first time in a century.
The Narwhalby Shannon Waters18 Aug 2026
Summary On Aug. 6, with much of southern B.C. blanketed in wildfire smoke, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix kicked off a Campbell River press conference by thanking wildfire...
The Narwhalby Matthew Brackenreed18 Aug 2026
Editor’s note: After The Narwhal published a piece about Alberta wildland firefighters forming a peer-support network, we received an email from Matthew Brackenreed.
The Narwhalby Sharon J. Riley17 Aug 2026
The price tag to clean up orphan oil and gas wells in Alberta increased by nearly 50 per cent since last year, bringing the estimated total to $1.66 billion, according to the latest annual report...
The Narwhalby Carl Meyer17 Aug 2026
Canada’s large oil companies are raking in record profits during an energy crisis. We’ve been here before — but unlike last time, Ottawa isn’t prodding the industry to use more of the money to...
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