Investigation

Tensions climb in Devil’s Glen

Scientists have been warning for decades that rock climbing is harming species on a particular stretch of the Niagara Escarpment. The Ontario government officially sanctioned climbing there this year

By Leah Borts-Kuperman

Photography by Steven Kell

Illustrations by Susan Kao

Oct. 14, 2026 21 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

A caribou with a yellow and green collar stands in the middle of a snow blanketed forest.

In-Depth

Frustrated with government inaction, Quebec First Nation takes caribou conservation fight to court

By Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Oct. 14, 2026 8 min. read

The Lac Simon Anishnabe Nation has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing its...

A hiker lifts himself a tree trunk that has fallen across a mountain trail.

On the ground

Hikers push to protect backcountry trails in Rocky Mountain national parks

By Drew Anderson

Oct. 13, 2026 9 min. read

Access to wide swaths of the mountain parks is cut off, but some argue that’s...

A kayaker paddles on Lake Ontario during a heavy fog.

Interview

Lake Ontario: Donald Trump and the great distraction

By Rajpreet Sahota

Oct. 9, 2026 9 min. read

‘If you can’t understand the lakes, you can’t protect the lakes’: a former director of...

Danger signs on the fence of an industrial facility

Newsletter

A view inside a network of fossil fuel advocates

By Jacqueline Ronson

Oct. 9, 2026

These documents, prepared for a meeting of groups advocating for the oil and gas industry,...

A mother and baby polar bear lounge out on the side of a rocky face.

News

A polar bear cub lost his mom. He’ll spend the rest of his life in a zoo

By Eva Wasney

Oct. 8, 2026 15 min. read

Some say moving orphan bears to zoos can help raise awareness of broader issues. Others...

Plumes of emissions from a synthetic crude oil production facility billow into an otherwise clear, blue sky.

Investigation

‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists

By Carl Meyer

Oct. 8, 2026 11 min. read

New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working...

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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

Why Alberta is a hot spot for renewable energy

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.