On the ground

Near Tofino, a push for gold is colliding with efforts to protect a rare coastal ecosystem

Unpublished documents and a helicopter flight into the Tranquil Creek watershed reveal details about renewed exploration at a long-dormant mine, raising concerns about B.C.’s mining laws, water and Indigenous Rights

By Zoë Yunker

Photography by Jillian Wilkes

June 18, 2026 15 min. read

An animatronic bird pf prey sits in an oilsands tailing pond

News

More birds died in the Alberta oilsands during this year’s spring migration

By Danielle Paradis

June 17, 2026 6 min. read

As the province works on plans to treat and release tailings directly into rivers, members...

L. Manuel Baechlin, Fatima Syed and Carl Meyer are wearing semi-formal clothing and standing in front of a background that says "CAJ ACJ" in a repeating pattern.

Inside The Narwhal

The Narwhal wins three more Canadian journalism awards, including for climate coverage

By The Narwhal

June 17, 2026 3 min. read

Narwhal freelancers Chloe Williams and Gavin John have won a second award for their vivid...

An aerial image of a large river bending its way through a vast natural landscape.

News

Canada’s new water bill backtracks on recognizing human right to water for First Nations

By Carl Meyer and Fatima Syed

June 16, 2026 11 min. read

‘I wish one of Canada's major projects were to provide us clean drinking water’: Canada’s...

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Steven Guilbeault speaks to Narwhal reporter Carl Meyer after announcing his resignation, in Ottawa on May 27, 2026.

Interview

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

By Carl Meyer

Updated June 17, 2026 12 min. read

‘I was becoming a tool to justify some of the things the government is doing,...

Caroll Linnitt, Amber Bracken and Emma Gilchrist stand side-by-side in front of a wood-clad building

Inside The Narwhal

Fearless journalism and the fight for press freedom

By Carol Linnitt

June 16, 2026 4 min. read

As The Narwhal and Amber Bracken’s trial against the RCMP nears its end, I’m constantly...

News

Could B.C.’s LNG boom squeeze the province’s natural gas supply?

By Shannon Waters

June 15, 2026 8 min. read

As heat waves increase electricity demand, Energy Minister Adrian Dix says Vancouver Island’s gas supply...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walks through a light rain at an industrial site.

News

Carney government is ‘shredding’ environmental rules and ‘misleading’ Canadians: former advisors

By Carl Meyer

June 15, 2026 9 min. read

The federal government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors while gutting Canada’s...

A person wearing Indigenous regalia walks on a grassy field with a blue sky in the background.

On the ground

In Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaq people mark 300 years of treaty — and broken promises

By Kayla Lambert-MacDonald

June 12, 2026 10 min. read

Three centuries after their ancestors signed a treaty with the British Crown, Indigenous people returned...

People sit under umbrellas at Locarno Beach in Vancouver. Skyscrapers stand tall in the background.

Analysis

Vancouver’s first summer heat wave is here — and we’re not ready

By Michelle Cyca

June 11, 2026 6 min. read

As climate change reshapes the seasons, extreme temperatures reveal how unprepared we are for a...

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Shorts

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

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“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. Now, we're in the middle of our trial.

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