Julia-Simone Rutgers
Manitoba Reporter
Julia-Simone Rutgers is The Narwhal’s Manitoba reporter. Her position is part of a partnership with the Winnipeg Free Press. She joined The Narwhal after writing daily news for the Winnipeg Free Press and the Star Metro Halifax. She was also the first writer in residence at The Walrus, and has a smattering of bylines in The Globe and Mail, the Coast and the Discourse. Though she has lived on both coasts, she grew up in Calgary and feels most at home lounging on riverbanks under the wide-open Prairie skies. In her spare time, she dabbles in music making, visual art curation, writing poetry and exploring the forests, fields, lakes and rivers the province has to offer. Her role is made possible thanks to funding from The Winnipeg Foundation.
Stories by Julia-Simone Rutgers
A mining company says new tech could help it manage risk to groundwater
5 min. readResearchers at the University of Manitoba are partnering with Sio Silica to improve groundwater monitoring...
‘Get ready’: Manitoba premier is serious about oil and gas industry’s interest in Hudson Bay
As companies mull ideas to ship Alberta oil, LNG and more through a port in...
A massive transit overhaul — and ridership decreases that followed
‘Leery to draw any solid conclusions’: The impacts of Winnipeg’s recent transit overhaul, which disproportionately...
‘Never been more urgent’: new conservation area in Canada’s North inches closer to reality
The Hudson Bay region, home to polar bears, belugas and seals, has been dubbed ‘one...
Navigating the maze of Manitoba’s lobbying records
It’s not always easy to find out who’s lobbying the government, and for what, in...
‘Start scaling up now’: 26 groups call on Manitoba to take bolder climate action
Environmental organizations say the province’s spending on polluting sectors has far outpaced emissions-reductions projects, despite...
Spheres of influence: who’s lobbying the Manitoba NDP?
We dug deep into lobbying records in a province ‘far behind’ others when it comes...
A big bold plan to suck carbon dioxide out of the air — and the rural community at the centre of it
Tech firm Deep Sky says it will bury carbon dioxide two kilometres underground in rural...
A decade of fighting over a controversial mining project in Manitoba — and still no decision
The Sio Silica sand mine southeast of Winnipeg was proposed, then rejected, then reviewed, then...
