Francesca Fionda
Director of newsroom development
Francesca Fionda is The Narwhal’s director of newsroom development, a role she took on after working as our mining reporter for almost two years. Since graduating from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, she’s worked on investigative teams with the three major news broadcasters across Canada and produced meaningful journalism at start-ups and local journalism outfits in her home-province of B.C. Francesca has a deep love for research and data journalism. She was recently awarded the first ever Lieutenant Governor’s BC Journalism Fellowship for an in-depth project looking at the challenges of people who have been evacuated because of climate disasters.
Stories by Francesca Fionda
Slow and steady: the exciting world of slug racing
13 min. readOn this island in British Columbia, a longstanding tradition of slug races highlights life in...
A community transformed from mining town to resort destination. It doesn’t want to go back
There’s a political push to dig up minerals deemed critical for a low-carbon economy. But...
Canada isn’t sold on mining the world’s oceans. A Canadian company is diving in anyways
Canada is one of the countries calling for a deep-sea mining moratorium while the international...
These are 11 of B.C.’s most ‘polluting and risky’ mines
Mining is big business in B.C. and it’s an industry that produces a lot of...
‘When is it going to stop?’ Claims made on First Nations’ territories even as they fight century-old mining laws
In the B.C. Supreme Court, Gitxaała Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation argue the mineral rights...
Dozens of mineral claims made in First Nation territory as it fights to stop them in court
Two companies named in a B.C. Supreme Court case have made claims to Ehattesaht land...
‘I’d like to see justice done’: Elder reflects on major mining case in B.C.
Gilaskamax (Allan Brown), 86, has been at the B.C. Supreme Court witnessing Gitxaała and Ehattesaht...
Courting change for future generations
In this week’s newsletter, our mining reporter takes you to B.C.’s Supreme Court — where...
This court case could change the future of mining in B.C.
The Gitxaała Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation want the province to change how it gives...
