Paige Taylor White won Photo of the Year at the 2026 Webster Awards for this photograph captured at Joffre Lakes Park. See more.

Data on wind, water and ice conditions are meant to prevent tragedies, but U.S. research cuts, monitoring gaps and climate change put a growing industry at risk
The regulator’s latest report says outstanding oil and gas liabilities continue to climb, despite over $1 billion in clean-up spending last year
At the headwaters of the Morice watershed’s most important salmon spawning rivers, a proposed copper mine is prompting questions about economic opportunity, salmon recovery and the future of northern B.C.
A snapshot of our latest reporting.
An Indigenous-led LNG project wants to ship Western Canadian gas to Europe via a new cross-Quebec pipeline.
Politicians from across the political spectrum have suggested building more oil refineries could boost Canada’s energy sovereignty — but experts aren’t so sure.
If passed, Ontario’s Bill 140 would remove several legal mechanisms that currently allow citizens to raise environmental concerns with the government.
A steel-maker in Hamilton has missed several of its proposed deadlines for cleaning up contamination in Lake Ontario.
Residents worry fires started by military training activities could ‘so easily get out of control’ in Nopiming Provincial Park, much of which was burned in a wildfire last year
As part of a last-ditch effort to be profitable, MAGA Energy submitted out-of-date documents to secure a transfer of more oil and gas wells. The regulator approved the deal anyway
Over the last year, The Narwhal’s senior Prairies reporter Drew Anderson has followed the story of MAGA Energy. Drew’s reporting highlights the cost to taxpayers when Alberta oil and gas companies don’t pay their debts — and raises serious questions about the provincial government’s ability to regulate the industry.

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Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal. From A glimpse inside an active Alberta coal mine
Paige Taylor White won Photo of the Year at the 2026 Webster Awards for this photograph captured at Joffre Lakes Park. See more.

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