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Hiking this Labour Day weekend? Don’t trust Google Maps

Google Maps and AI don’t know the back country like an experienced hiker does. A search-and-rescue expert shares the tools and resources they trust — and what to do when technology points you the wrong way

By Michelle Cyca

Sept. 1, 2026 6 min. read

A group of older men sit at a picnic table in a suburban park, while a younger man stands and talks on a cell phone.

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In Brampton, a largely immigrant community fights Canada’s biggest garbage incinerator

By Prarthana Pathak and Joel Rodriguez

Sept. 1, 2026 16 min. read

As a local incinerator plans an expansion, residents fear the health impacts and ask if...

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A massive LNG expansion could be coming to Metro Vancouver

By Shannon Waters

Aug. 31, 2026 9 min. read

FortisBC wants to dramatically expand the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, B.C. The urban project...

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The future of Enbridge’s pipeline under two Great Lakes is uncertain. Here’s what you need to know

By Julia Roeder

Aug. 28, 2026 9 min. read

A recent Michigan court decision is stalling the Canadian oil giant’s plan to build a...

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In Vancouver, the diesel trucks are exhausting

By Karan Saxena

Aug. 28, 2026

Diesel fumes, Nepal flood and Great Lakes kerfuffle: a look at the Vancouver families living...

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Threats to Alberta’s electricity grid, explained

By Drew Anderson and L. Manuel Baechlin

Aug. 27, 2026

POV: you’re watching your daily ‘Love Island’ episode, while asking your AI-powered smart fridge what...

On the ground

As the wildfire raged, she saved her horses

By kelsie kilawna

Aug. 26, 2026 11 min. read

Sienna Belanger recounts rescuing her family’s animals as the Bradley Creek wildfire approached, and drawing...

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B.C. regulator let an oil company delay pipeline cleanup. Spills followed

By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) and Zak Vescera

Aug. 25, 2026 7 min. read

CNRL has reported 45 incidents since 2020, when B.C. exempted thousands of its pipelines from...

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Doug Ford is reviving his threat to cut electricity exports to the U.S. What does that mean?

By Fatima Syed

Aug. 25, 2026 8 min. read

The Ontario premier could cut electricity exports to U.S. states if Trump’s tariffs continue, putting...

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On the ground

In Brampton, FarmTok meets South Asian vegetables

By Rajpreet Sahota and Amit Nanwa

Aug. 25, 2026 9 min. read

Amassing TikTok followers and real life visitors, farmers have brought their knowledge from India and...

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

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

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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?

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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

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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.