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
‘These are not your lands to give away’: 6 First Nations take Ontario to court over mining law
7 min. readIndigenous communities in Ontario are flooded with mining claims that chip away at their territories....
Missed calls, forgotten instructions: inside an oil spill cleanup on Toronto waterways
A provincial spill report details a list of issues that arose as crews responded to...
‘Containment breached’: how an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario
Last summer, contaminated sludge from a fire at a chemical plant reached Lake Ontario. The...
From the Ontario heat wave to Alberta wildfire smoke: what the weather means for your health
Climate change is making summer weather more dangerous. It’s time to get serious about heat
Ontario has ‘no commitment to a timeline’ for finishing Highway 413, document shows
Despite lack of design, finished environmental assessments or plan for an opening date, Ford government...
The flow of money: what southern Ontario’s nature is worth
Talk of a green economy might evoke images of solar panels and carbon capture. But...
Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?
The pesticide DDT nearly wiped out North America’s bald eagles. Communities, scientists and politicians worked...
The plan to protect an area five times the size of Nova Scotia
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Emma McIntosh talks about a trip to far northern Ontario...
Can these far northern First Nations protect the world’s Breathing Lands?
On the shores of James and Hudson Bays, the Omushkego Wahkohtowin conservation project is almost...
