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Osoyoos Indian Band plans to restore wildfire-ravaged forests with native plant species

The First Nation will clear out areas burned by the 2021 Nk'Mip fire and restore trees, berries and medicinal plants to the forest, encouraging biodiversity and wildlife to return

Story and photos by Aaron Hemens (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

July 3, 2026 7 min. read

A lone sunbather in a lounge chair on a sandy beach

Newsletter

Are we ready for the next heat dome?

By Lindsay Sample

July 3, 2026

Summer heat in Canada is getting more extreme. Five years after the deadly 2021 B.C. heat...

A person wearing a red dress walks along a beach while waves roll in.

Opinion

Ask a climate therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?

By Leslie Davenport

July 2, 2026 3 min. read

Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to a young reader staring down a world of...

Fatima Syed asking a question at Queens Park

Inside The Narwhal

Ontario coal retrospective wins solutions journalism award

By The Narwhal

July 2, 2026 2 min. read

The Solutions Journalism Network lauded this immersive multimedia feature on the province’s transition away from...

A rendering of Deep Sky's proposed direct-air carbon capture facility.

News

BMO, First Nations support new direct air carbon capture project: documents

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

Updated June 30, 2026 7 min. read

Deep Sky, a direct air carbon capture facility proposed in southern Manitoba, says it is...

Three people are stretching an animal hide.

Profile

Secwe̓pemc women are revitalizing hide tanning in B.C.

By Santana Dreaver

June 30, 2026 6 min. read

Tanning deer hide is a lengthy process, from hunting to completion. Women from Simpcw First...

Two paramedics wheel a patient in a stretcher toward the entrance of the emergency department at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In-Depth

How B.C.’s heat dome overwhelmed paramedics and changed emergency response forever

By Cameron Fenton

June 29, 2026 16 min. read

A record-breaking heat dome sent nearly 12,000 emergency calls into B.C.’s ambulance system in a...

Two girls smile at the camera, one is holding a recycling bin while the other holds up a peace sign

News

Students fight to recycle in a northern Ontario First Nation

By Rajpreet Sahota

June 29, 2026 8 min. read

When the Doug Ford government introduced its new Blue Box Program, Constance Lake First Nation...

Amber Bracken speaks in front of journalists with cameras and microphones

Opinion

Nearly 5 years ago, I was arrested for doing my job

By Amber Bracken

June 27, 2026 4 min. read

Police arrested me while on assignment. I was so lucky to have readers like you,...

Lees Creek in North Bay, Ont., has a long-standing advisory against drinking or fishing from it. The creek is the closest body of water to Jack Garland Airport, where foam used in firefighting training contained PFAS forever chemicals. Photo: Vanessa Tignanelli / The Narwhal

Explainer

North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario

By Leah Borts-Kuperman (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

June 26, 2026 10 min. read

In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution....

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

Ontario is returning to the office. What does that mean for traffic and emissions?

Shorts

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.