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‘Afraid of the water’? Life in a city that dumps billions of litres of raw sewage into lakes and rivers

10 billion litres of sewage are dumped into Winnipeg’s lakes and rivers each year. Some avoid touching river water altogether — but others say the untreated sewage is not as bad as it sounds

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

Julia-Simone analyzed 10 years of city sewage overflow data, court records, archived news articles and studies to report this story

May 10, 2025 20 min. read

Explainer

Water determines the Great Lakes Region’s economic future

By Brett Walton

May 12, 2025 10 min. read

Climate change, geopolitics and business opportunities power a blue economy

Video

Why Ontario is experiencing more floods — and what we can do about it

By L. Manuel Baechlin

May 9, 2025 1 min. read

How can we limit damage from disasters like the 2024 Toronto floods? In this explainer...

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News

Court halts tailings increase as First Nation challenges B.C.’s decision to greenlight it

By Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

May 9, 2025 4 min. read

Court sides with Xatśūll First Nation, temporarily halting Mount Polley mine waste expansion

Newsletter

My love letter to Emma Gilchrist

By Carol Linnitt

May 9, 2025

Break out the champagne: Emma’s storied life and leadership in journalism has earned her the...

On the ground

Ontario’s Bill 5 sparks new concerns where a legacy of environmental damage remains

By Savannah Ridley

May 8, 2025 9 min. read

The Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act exempts industry from provincial regulations — putting...

Analysis

Danielle Smith says separation is about alienation. It’s really about oil

By Drew Anderson

May 8, 2025 10 min. read

The Alberta premier’s separation rhetoric has been driven by the oil- and secession- focused Free...

Inside The Narwhal

Meet Andrew Munroe, The Narwhal’s web developer

By Karan Saxena

May 8, 2025 5 min. read

Sitting at the crossroads of journalism and code, we’ve found our perfect match: someone who...

Inside The Narwhal

The Narwhal’s in-depth environmental reporting earns 11 national award nominations

By Jacqueline Ronson

May 8, 2025 6 min. read

From disappearing ice roads to reappearing buffalo, our stories explained the wonder and challenges of...

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The Moose Questionnaire

The Right Honourable Mary Simon aims to be an Arctic fox

By Michelle Cyca

May 7, 2025 6 min. read

Canada’s first-ever Indigenous governor general doesn’t play favourites among our majestic natural wonders, but she...

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