The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 L’expansion du Port de Montréal pose de sérieux risques à un poisson menacé qui ne se trouve qu’au Québec https://thenarwhal.ca/chevalier-cuivre-port-de-montreal-expansion/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=146632 Le chevalier cuivré est sur le point de disparaître. Ses zones d’alimentations essentielles pourraient être détruites alors que le gouvernement de Carney considère l’accélération du plan de l’Administration portuaire de Montréal pour doubler la taille de ses installations sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent Caitlin Stall-Paquet In-Depth Endangered Species federal politics Great Lakes Major projects Quebec urban development Photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Canadian Press Le premier ministre Mark Carney veut accélérer un projet d'agrandissement du Port de Montréal. Le sort du chevalier cuivré, un poisson en voie de disparition endemique au Québec, est en jeu. Port of Montreal expansion plans put endangered fish found only in Quebec at risk https://thenarwhal.ca/copper-redhorse-port-of-montreal-expansion/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=146558 The copper redhorse is on the brink of extinction. Its vital feeding grounds could be destroyed, as the Carney government considers fast-tracking the Montreal Port Authority’s plan to double the footprint of its St. Lawrence River site Caitlin Stall-Paquet In-Depth Endangered Species federal politics Great Lakes Major projects Quebec urban development Photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Canadian Press The Contrecoeur Marine Terminal outside of Montreal is seen in an aerial view, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov Why American fossil fuel companies and environmentalists are ganging up on Hydro-Québec https://thenarwhal.ca/hydro-quebec-us-transmission-line/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=56147 As New England tries to hit its climate targets, opponents to a proposed Hydro-Québec transmission line include First Nations and some unexpected allies in the U.S. Caitlin Stall-Paquet In-Depth natural gas Quebec transboundary Photo: Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo Heavy machinery is used to cut trees to widen an existing Central Maine Power power line corridor to make way for new utility poles, April 26, 2021 ‘We need to learn to do things faster’: Canada’s new environment minister talks climate — and compromise https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-environment-minister-steven-guilbeault/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=41926 From overseeing 2030 targets to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies, Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with one of the largest to-do lists of the entire federal cabinet. The environment minister says he'll act quickly, even if it means not getting exactly what he wants Caitlin Stall-Paquet In-Depth climate change environmental law federal politics oil and gas Photo: Selena Phillips-Boyle / The Narwhal Environment minister Steven Guilbeault, in winter clothes, sits on a stoop.