https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/andrew-munroe-web-developer/ Thu, 08 May 2025 19:22:29 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=136755 Sitting at the crossroads of journalism and code, we’ve found our perfect match: someone who will make our website experience sing even more — and keep you coming back to read story after story Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal media Photo: Isabella Falsetti / The Narwhal Narwhal web developer Andrew Munroe is pictured wearing a grey sweater with a Narwhal logo while standing on a path with trees behind him. https://thenarwhal.ca/manuel-baechlin-video-producer/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:48:29 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=134489 We’ve long been told our award-winning visual journalism should include videos that make the conversation around climate change accessible to even more people. Meet the person who’ll do exactly that — and make some darn good videos Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal Manuel Baechlin wearing a Narwhal sweater and smiling in a greenhouse https://thenarwhal.ca/national-newspaper-awards-nomination-2025/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:42:02 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=133700 Ontario reporter Emma McIntosh nominated for the William Southam Award for long feature writing for her reporting on Lake Superior’s last remaining caribou Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal Ontario Photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Narwhal A woodland caribou crosses a narrow straight of water in the Slate Islands provincial park, on Lake Superior. https://thenarwhal.ca/hillman-prize-alberta-renewables-pause/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:07:43 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=133660 Prairies reporter Drew Anderson’s dogged coverage of Alberta’s pause on renewable energy projects was recognized for investigative storytelling ‘in service of the common good’ Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal Alberta foi renewable energy Photo: Gavin John / The Narwhal Drew Anderson wears a Narwhal-branded sweated and kneels among Prairie grass, smiling https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-activist-zain-haq-deportation/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:45:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=129747 If Zain Haq is forced to leave, Canada could become one of the first countries to ever deport a climate activist. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is urging federal ministers to step in Karan Saxena News B.C. Fairy Creek old-growth forest Photo: Rebecca Simiyu / The Narwhal Climate activists Zain Haq and Sophia Papp at a presser in Vancouver, with a sign in the background reading "Stop Zain's Deportation" https://thenarwhal.ca/cartoons-gabrielle-drolet/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=128353 How many narwhals does it take to make a pun about journalism? We asked cartoonist Gabrielle Drolet to investigate Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal media Cartoon: Gabrielle Drolet / The Narwhal Illustration of an anglerfish (with a light hanging off its head) and a narwhal wearing a headlamp with a dark background to emulate the bottom of the ocean. Text reads: "Oh, I thought the 'our investigations dive deep' motto was figurative." https://thenarwhal.ca/kevin-ilango-art-and-design-fellow/ Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:38:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=126428 We created the BIPOC art and design fellowship to create an opportunity in a field that’s not known for its diversity. Now, Kevin’s impressive artistic talents help bring our journalism to life Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal media Photo: Carrie Davis / The Narwhal Kevin Ilango sits at an outdoor patio set on a busy urban street https://thenarwhal.ca/atenas-contreras-director-operations-finance/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:02:59 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=104296 A nerd about numbers, organizing things and playing board games — have we been blessed by the perfect human to lead our day-to-day goings-on and someone to keep our finances intact? We’ll let you be the judge Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal media Photo: Isabella Falsetti / The Narwhal Director of operations and finance Atenas Contreras, in a forest, gazes out wearing glasses and a Narwhal toque and a sweater. https://thenarwhal.ca/national-newspaper-awards-nominations-2024/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:25:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=102828 The National Newspaper Awards celebrate some of the best journalism in Canada. This year, our work is in the running in three categories Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal media Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal A crowd of people gathered to witness the rematriation of the pole, all wearing Nisga'a regalia, some holding drums. One person looks at the camera. https://thenarwhal.ca/webster-award-nominations-2023/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:22:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=87528 From invasive species to tensions between communities and extractive industries, our B.C. bureau’s dogged reporting is up for the province’s coveted journalism awards Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal B.C. media Photo: Rick Collins / The Narwhal A photo of The Narwhal's B.C. reporters (from left to right): Steph Wood, Sarah Cox, Matt Simmons, Francesca Fionda and Ainslie Cruickshank https://thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-18-climate-news/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:31:46 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=84116 We can no longer see our own Instagram feed. At a time when climate reporting is more important than ever, threats by social media giants won’t stop us from reaching our readers Karan Saxena Inside The Narwhal federal politics media Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal An illustration of a phone with a dystopian, wired background. The phone screen shows The Narwhal's Instagram account, with a message that reads: "People in Canada can't see your content. This account is a news publication. Content from news publications can't be viewed in Canada in response to Canadian government legislation." The feed is blocked by that message and no posts are visible.