Emma McIntosh
Ontario Reporter
@EmmaMci 
Emma McIntosh is an investigative reporter with the Toronto Star and formerly The Narwhal's Ontario reporter based in Toronto. She started her career in newspapers, working for the Calgary Herald, the Toronto Star and StarMetro Calgary, followed by the National Observer. She won the 2019 Journalists for Human Rights/Canadian Association of Journalists Award for human rights reporting for a story about how a leak from the Alberta oilsands affected Fort McKay First Nation. Stories she's worked on have also been shortlisted for a host of other awards, including the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Jackman Award for excellence in journalism and the Canadian Hillman Prize. Her reporting on the Greenbelt for The Narwhal, alongside the Toronto Star, won the Michener Award for Public Service Journalism in 2023.
Stories by Emma McIntosh
How Ontario could have cracked down on Chemical Valley pollution — but chose not to
11 min. readToxic emissions from plants in Sarnia have harmed Aamjiwnaang First Nation for decades. Documents obtained...
Inside the shape-shifting rules for pollution in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley
Aamjiwnaang First Nation has spent decades battling Sarnia’s industrial emissions. Documents show the Ontario government...
Ontario has a black bear people problem
Climate change and urban sprawl are blurring the lines between bear country and our front...
The root of the problem in northern Ontario
This story about a lawsuit involving First Nations in northern Ontario has deep roots — in...
Fish, mines and Indigenous Rights ensnared in court case in northern Ontario
Establishing the Robinson Treaties, covering land around Lake Huron and Lake Superior, created a mess...
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...
How the Greenbelt scandal is quietly shaping Ontario’s 2025 provincial election
The controversial and now-reversed plan to build homes on the protected area around Toronto marred...
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...
Aamjiwnaang has been fighting environmental racism for decades. Now, the First Nation has an agreement to address it
After facing decades of pollution from industry in Sarnia, Ont., Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the...
