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The Narwhal wins eight 2023 Digital Publishing Awards

Judges recognized reporter Emma McIntosh for work that has ‘made politicians and policymakers sit up...

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What Alberta’s new UCP government means for the environment

From foregoing emissions caps to fighting federal environmental policy, here's a breakdown of what to...

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Fairy Creek’s fate is shrouded in silence — as logging deferrals set to expire

The southwest Vancouver Island forests that sparked massive, controversial protests and arrests could lose their...

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Provinces and territories commit to national biodiversity strategy — here’s what it means for nature

Five months after COP15, governments in Canada agree to work together to protect the country’s...

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In Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, an Australian-owned coal mine is quietly forging ahead

Grande Cache locals were surprised to hear Mine 14 — exempt from Alberta's pause on...

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These are 11 of B.C.’s most ‘polluting and risky’ mines

Mining is big business in B.C. and it’s an industry that produces a lot of...

Protesters take part into the Jour de la terre

American investors are challenging Canadian climate policy through an old NAFTA system

A US$20 billion case over Quebec’s cancelled liquefied natural gas facility is just one example...

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Clouds of mud, from above, on a flight over Coastal GasLink work

We talk with northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons about what he saw on a flight...

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‘TD crew’ got heads up Canada would obscure involvement in Trans Mountain pipeline bailout

Finance Canada disputes critics who say government is hiding something

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‘Heartbreaking’: an overhead view of Coastal GasLink sediment spills into Wet’suwet’en waters, wetlands

On an Indigenous-led monitoring flight over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, The Narwhal documented worksites overwhelmed...

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‘Why are we nobody?’ Eastern Ontario residents feel abandoned after last summer’s tornado

Thousands of flattened, twisted trees remain along the Highway 7 corridor. Residents say they’re paying...

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‘When is it going to stop?’ Claims made on First Nations’ territories even as they fight century-old mining laws

In the B.C. Supreme Court, Gitxaała Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation argue the mineral rights...

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As The Narwhal turns five, I’m thinking about the momentous outpouring of public generosity — a miracle of sorts — that’s allowed us to prove the critics wrong. More than 6,000 people just like you donate whatever they can afford to make independent, high-stakes journalism about the natural world in Canada free for everyone to read. Help us keep the dream alive for another five years by becoming a member today and we’ll mail you a copy of our beautiful 2023 print magazine. — Carol Linnitt, co-founder
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