For the common good

So, that award Drew won? It’s from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, which aims to honour investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good.

This is The Narwhal’s first Hillman Prize — and it recognizes Drew’s dogged coverage on Alberta’s surprise pause on renewables. The jury accurately called what Drew dug up a “political landmine,” and it immediately became a provincial hot potato.

To join in on the good vibes, Ontario reporter Emma McIntosh’s story on Lake Superior’s remaining, lonely caribou was nominated for a National Newspaper Award in the long features category! 

The question Emma explored in her beautiful piece? “Once we start messing with the natural world — when it’s not really natural anymore — what do we owe the creatures that inhabit it?”

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