Eight years ago, my friend Emma Gilchrist and I were tiiired of the natural world being an afterthought in Canadian journalism. So we started this little unicorn of a publication. Pretty soon, The Narwhal wasn’t just our thing; it became the thing that thousands of people joined in on, nurturing and caring for it as an antidote to hopelessness and dread.
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A former prime minister, a major philanthropist and a host of developers emerge from a...
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The Fraser estuary is a major recharging stop for western sandpipers flying up the Pacific...
No, bears won’t attack you. As with meals and navigation, menstruation is a normal part...
An overnight overhaul of Winnipeg Transit aimed to make riding the bus more accessible and...
Dikes were installed throughout the Fraser River to pursue agriculture — now, reverting Xwíʔləm̓nəc to...
The government under Prime Minister Mark Carney is proposing a massive shift in the way...
A leaked recording of a meeting between Environment Ministry officials and conservation authority heads reveals...
In November 2021, photojournalist Amber Bracken was arrested by the RCMP while on assignment for The Narwhal. So we launched a lawsuit to take a stand for press freedom. Now, we're in the middle of our trial.
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