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B.C.’s Indigenous Rights law is now an election issue. Here’s what you need to know

On the B.C. campaign trail, both the NDP and the Conservatives have spoken against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Experts say it doesn’t threaten private property rights and could make development smoother

By Shannon Waters

Oct. 7, 2026 11 min. read

A photo illustration showing Mark Carney in the foreground, with various industrial-style projects in the background.

Carney’s major projects: Explore our reporting about projects on the federal government’s radar.

Analysis, News

Carney’s expensive Alberta truce: the Pacific Link pipeline
News

Canadians warned Carney not to sideline scientists. Bill C-39 does just that, critics say
News

LNG Canada’s massive expansion is a go. Here’s what it means
News

Trump has an energy ‘tiger team.’ Carney’s fast-tracking office ‘operates similarly,’ docs say

Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. Mark Carney photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Canadian Press

Patricia Dutchak, chair of the Transcona Rotary Club’s parks committee, stands next to a chain link fence.

News

Amazon says it will kick in funds to fix the Winnipeg prairie its contractor damaged

By Eva Wasney

Oct. 6, 2026 7 min. read

After a contractor with the multitrillion-dollar online retailer drove heavy equipment through a tallgrass prairie,...

A wildfire on a forested hillside above Kid Creek in Kitchener, B.C. in September 2025

News

When a forest burns, what does it mean for lakes? Scientists are trying to find out

By Leah Borts-Kuperman

Oct. 5, 2026 7 min. read

Canada has more lakes than any other country, and nearly every one has been exposed...

A woman (Alberta Premier Danielle Smith) speaks at a lectern while two men (Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pembina Pipeline Corp CEO Scott Burrows) stand behind her. Behind all of them is a line up of men in construction gear and casual ware. Behind all of them is a big, yellow drive mining truck.

Analysis

Carney’s expensive Alberta truce: the Pacific Link pipeline

By Drew Anderson

Oct. 5, 2026 6 min. read

Canadians were always going to foot the bill for the pipeline to the West Coast...

Three people with orange safety helmets walk through an industrial room with large green pumps.

Photo Essay

From an island in the middle of the Ottawa River, a city gets its clean water

By Carl Meyer and Kamara Morozuk

Oct. 2, 2026 9 min. read

Safe drinking water doesn’t happen by accident. A look at the intricate process of pumps...

Folded orange shirts fill an outdoor staircase

Newsletter

The Pacific Link pipeline, LNG and a reconciliation reckoning

By Lindsay Sample

Oct. 2, 2026

What do major project announcements have to do with the the National Day for Truth...

An aerial view of the Ross Dam on the Skagit River. The massive dam is holding back an artificial reservoir behind it.

On the ground

Seattle’s dams cut off Canada’s salmon. A century later, they may be coming back

By David Moskowitz

Oct. 1, 2026 11 min. read

After U.S. Tribes won a hard-fought agreement to restore fish passage around Seattle's dams, First...

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Threats to Alberta’s electricity grid, explained

From $25 an hour to $4,995: salaries on either side of the climate crisis

Shorts

How Ottawa’s drinking water gets clean: a story gone right

What can we do in a world on fire? Wildfire scientist on Canada’s 2026 blazes

What changed for Ontario’s environment after Premier Doug Ford’s third election victory?

How to make a $60 air purifier as wildfires rage in Canada, Vancouver’s abandoned boats problem and more: July in review

These photos of grizzly bears are real!

The $24 billion health care cost of Canada’s wildfires

Living with wildfire: a new normal for many B.C. communities

B.C. banned all exotic cats as pets. Where will they go?

Sexy tick checks, a push for gold near Tofino, and more: June in review

Would you swim at a beach if authorities didn’t test the water quality?

Guilbeault on Carney’s climate plan: ‘He thinks that the markets are going to do it’

Inside the push to mine gold near Tofino, B.C.

DRIPA, Indigenous Guardians, the second-sunniest province and more: May in review

A bee is photographed against a coloured backdrop.

Nature’s hardest working insects – bees – are under threat

A malfunctioning LNG terminal, orphan wells, Who Pays? and more: April in review

Fire for good: First Nations are bringing back cultural burns

Floods, renewables, endangered species and more: March in review

Ontario’s FOI plans threaten your right to know

Drew Anderson explains how AI Data Centres are building built by developers in Alberta thanks to a big push in funding.

Alberta’s $100-billion AI dreams

What do fluctuating oil prices mean for Canada?

AI, the Ring of Fire and more: February in review

LNG Canada burned 1.7 million cubic metres of gas on a single day in September

An update on The Narwhal’s court case against the RCMP

Why Ontario is dealing with more traffic — and emissions

Carol Linnitt is the co-founder of The Narwhal. The Narwhal is suing the RCMP.

We’re fighting for our right to report — and your right to know

B.C. is flooding, again. We explain

B.C. says 1950s-style clear-cut logging isn’t happening anymore. Is that true?

Animals are getting killed on Canada’s railways

Piping Plovers on Wasaga Beach, in Ontario

Endangered plovers love this Ontario beach. Is the feeling mutual?

Any Ontario minister could soon have the power to create law-free zones — and decide what gets built there

POV: a reporting trip to Heiltsuk territory

Pipeline opposition took centre stage at Neil Young’s Burnaby, B.C., concert

Organic is barely a starting line, chef Michael Smith says

Chef Michael Smith keeps coming back home to P.E.I.

Could refreezing the Arctic help save its melting ice?

A screenshot of a video call for a Moose Questionnaire with ShawtyAstrology.

How do you reach people who don’t believe in climate change?

A beaver lodge animation and illustration. One beaver is inside of the lodge.

Two families of beavers live in Stanley Park…

Michelle Cyca talked about Indigenous sovereignty

Some people say Indigenous Rights are “racist,” but that’s not true

A screenshot of a video call for a Moose Questionnaire, with ShawtyAstrology in the top half and Narwhal editor Denise Balkissoon below.

“Ducks are very cute,” ShawtyAstrology says

Video thumbnail featuring Patrick Johnson, a Guardian Watchman.

Canada’s conservation goals depend on this

What’s going on around Grand Forks, B.C.?

How do you undo over 100 years of pollution?

Why are we seeing wildfires already? What causes them?

Here’s how cities can prevent flooding

North of North’s Anna Lambe is open to people growing

Here’s how one Mohawk community is dealing with a hungry beetle

There’s nothing inherently “critical” about critical minerals

Marrying a polar bear seems totally reasonable

What is the carbon tax?

Watch our in-depth explainer for more on the carbon tax

Anna Lambe has been pretty far north

Six dead birds? In this economy?

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We’re suing the RCMP to fight for press freedom

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. The trial recently concluded. Learn more.