Elaine Anselmi
Ontario Bureau Chief
@elaineanselmi 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
The truth about those Ring of Fire ads Ontario paid for during Blue Jays games
5 min. readDoug 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...
‘I absolutely had to do the story’: investigating air pollution in Chemical Valley
In southern Ontario, Aamjiwnaang First Nation is taking action on exposure to carcinogenic pollutants and...
Two blank cheques: are Ontario and B.C. copying the homework?
Governments of the two provinces have eerily similar plans to give themselves new powers to...
Drawing (on) a decade of climate change in the North
Artist Alison McCreesh’s latest book documents her travels around the Arctic during her 20s. In...
A vote for the environment: how Ontario election platforms stack up
Cup holders on trains to heat pumps for homes, and other goodies Ontario’s party leaders...
Ontario leaders’ debate: fact-checking all things environment — and there weren’t many
Leaders of the four main parties squared off in two debates before the 2025 Ontario...
In Ontario, the silence is deafening
Our reporting proves it’s true: when the government says less, people want to hear more....
