The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Breakfast time at Vancouver’s baby seal nursery https://thenarwhal.ca/vancouver-aquarium-marine-mammal-rescue/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=143353 Dozens of harbour seals, many less than five days old, are rehabilitated at the Vancouver Marine Mammal Rescue centre each year Ainslie Cruickshank and Jesse Winter Photo Essay B.C. biodiversity Oceans wildlife a close up of a baby seal and a hand in a blue glove offering it a small fish This B.C. company says it can change the weather to stop lightning and wildfires — but won’t say how https://thenarwhal.ca/cloud-seeding-wildfire-prevention/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=140049 The startup claims it can prevent wildfires by disrupting lightning before it strikes. Experts say it’s possible — but the science is murky, and Skyward Wildfire isn’t sharing details Jesse Winter News B.C. climate change wildlife Photo: Louis Bockner / The Narwhal A plane from the BC Wildfire Service flies near a plume of smoke from a wildfire above Argenta ‘Treated like machines’: wildfire fighters describe a mental health crisis on the frontlines https://thenarwhal.ca/wildfire-firefighter-burnout/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:08:19 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=88021 Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires. Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll — from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide Trina Moyles and Jesse Winter On the ground Photo Essay Alberta Alberta Wildfires B.C. climate change wildlife Firefighters from the B.C. Wildfire Service take a break amid 30-degree weather while working on a wildfire near Adams Lake in early August, 2023. On the frontlines of B.C.’s wildfire fight https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-wildfire-fight-frontlines-photos-2023/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=83922 Where crews are being tested like almost never before Jesse Winter On the ground Photo Essay B.C. climate change Wildfire Carson Long, a firefighter with the Alaska Smoke Jumpers, uses a drip torch to light a low-level planned ignition, the photo has an orange cast from the flames As Fairy Creek blockaders brace for arrests, B.C.’s failure to enact old-growth protections draws fire https://thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-blockade-bc-old-growth-forest-policy/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:45:09 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27475 The Pacheedaht First Nation is asking protesters to withdraw from its territory, where a battle is brewing to protect some of the province’s last-remaining ancient trees. It’s a battle some say could have been prevented if the government followed its own advice Jesse Winter On the ground B.C. Fairy Creek forestry logging old-growth forest Echoes of B.C.’s War in the Woods as Fairy Creek blockade builds on Vancouver Island https://thenarwhal.ca/fairy-creek-blockade-bc-old-growth-forest-tensions/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:50:46 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27423 Tensions are on the rise as hundreds of activists prevent fallers from accessing work sites in the old-growth forests of the Caycuse watershed near Port Renfrew Jesse Winter News B.C. Fairy Creek forestry logging old-growth forest Blockaders prevent loggers from crossing a bridge