The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts https://thenarwhal.ca/vancouver-island-salmon-bc-drought/ Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:42:19 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=33919 As the island enters the most severe level of drought in the province, experts warn B.C. has much work to do to manage for watershed health in the midst of prolonged dry spells Braela Kwan News B.C. climate change freshwater salmon water When in Drought Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal ‘We need that plan’: 109 B.C. fish farm licences soon set to expire, but federal transition strategy missing https://thenarwhal.ca/dfo-fish-farms-transition-missing-plan/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:32:45 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=33087 On the heels of a new stakeholder engagement report from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, scientists and Indigenous advocates are renewing calls to phase out West Coast fish farms and restore devastated wild salmon stocks Braela Kwan In-Depth Indigenous Oceans salmon salmon farming wildlife Photo: Tavish Campbell How a fight against a Vancouver Island rock quarry became a battle to modernize B.C.’s mining laws https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-mining-laws-highlands-quarry-supreme-court/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:41:53 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=32550 Residents of the Highlands, just outside Victoria, were told that according to the Mines Act the climate impacts of a hotly contested aggregate mine were irrelevant to the project’s approval — catalyzing a campaign for new mining rules that is now being brought to Canada’s Supreme Court Braela Kwan News B.C. climate change environmental law mining Photo: Not OK / Facebook yellow machinery on rocks with green trees in the background