Elaine Anselmi
Ontario Bureau Chief
Elaine Anselmi is the Ontario bureau chief with The Narwhal, based in Peterborough, Ont. She has treeplanted across northern Ontario and Alberta and still spends as much time as possible outside with her family. As a reporter and editor for various publications, she has always leaned towards writing on environment issues and all things to do with the great outdoors. And she loves a quirky science story. She is a former managing editor of Up Here magazine and has worked for newspapers in the Northwest Territories and northern B.C., and as a reporter travelling between Nunavut and Nunavik. She has an undergraduate degree from Dalhousie University and a post-graduate diploma in journalism from Humber College.
Stories by Elaine Anselmi
‘So still, so quiet’: Lake Erie, frozen in a moment of time
The southernmost Great Lake froze over almost completely this month — bringing people from near...
Going nuclear in Ontario: SMRs, AI and H2O (OMG!)
What’s a small modular reactor and what does it have to do with Great Lakes...
Meet brucite: ‘The Boss’ of carbon storage
A mining company in northern Ontario hopes to turn tailings waste into a giant carbon...
Ontario cities are policing gardens and ignoring biodiversity
A woman will head to court in March after the City of Burlington fined her...
Inside a 25-year effort to restore a rare Ontario ecosystem
Savannas and grasslands once thrived in southern parts of the province. An Alderville First Nation...
Natural gas and zombie contracts in Ontario
Unlike other provinces, Ontario won’t let municipalities charge natural gas companies for access. At least...
The truth about those Ring of Fire ads Ontario paid for during Blue Jays games
Doug Ford’s World Series advertisements might have you think mines are up and running in...
Is mining ‘still the one’ in northern Ontario?
A past effort to attract fan tourism to Shania Twain’s hometown of Timmins didn’t go...
In southern Ontario, this problem runs deep
Tens of thousands of inactive oil and gas wells don’t exist in known records. It’s...