https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/fisheries-and-oceans-canadas-scientific-advice/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=84721 In a new paper, researchers from UBC, Dalhousie call for an independent advisory body to tackle concerns about federal fisheries science Larry Pynn News B.C. federal politics fisheries salmon salmon farming Science Photo: Amy Romer A group of biologists approach a fish farm in a small boat https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-cattlemens-association-livestock-wolves/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 22:10:47 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22709 Trappers collected more than $500,000 for killing nearly 700 wolves over past four years — numbers wolf advocates call ‘staggering, unbelievable’ Larry Pynn News B.C. B.C. Cattlemen’s Association wildlife wolves Wolf https://thenarwhal.ca/at-the-end-of-the-forest-a-former-vancouver-island-mill-towns-struggle-for-reinvention/ Sat, 09 May 2020 16:59:18 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17116 Tahsis was built to support the province’s once-booming logging industry. Now, amid industry closures and layoffs, the scenic village and its ambitious mayor offer a glimpse of the challenges communities face as they try to carve out new economies Larry Pynn On the ground forestry logging protected areas Tahsis Tahsis Troy Moth https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-wildfires-forest-fires-fines/ Fri, 08 May 2020 22:09:30 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=18663 ‘I don’t think people realize, holy shit, if you’re negligent, you can be on the hook for a lot of money’ Larry Pynn In-Depth B.C. wildfire climate change CN CP forest fires Forest Practices Board Natural Resources Wayne Davis watches wildfire https://thenarwhal.ca/fine-for-death-of-three-western-forest-products-workers-criticized-as-inadequate/ Thu, 09 May 2019 20:52:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11357 WorkSafeBC fined the company $29,000 for 'high-risk violation' — far less than it has charged in other incidents Larry Pynn News forestry logging Western Forest Products WorkSafeBC Lumber https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-s-natural-resource-officers-unequipped-to-deal-with-forestry-and-wildfire-crimes-special-investigation/ Thu, 02 May 2019 00:08:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11181 'It’s almost like you’re hiring a cop when what you need is a detective' Larry Pynn News B.C. Compliance and Enforcement Branch Forest Practices Board forestry Natural Resource Officers Wildfire wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/it-just-takes-too-damn-long-how-canadas-law-for-protecting-at-risk-species-is-failing/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:11:04 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10915 It can take years for declining plant and animal species to make it on to Canada’s Species At Risk registry — where they often languish for several more as governments weigh political considerations and commercial interests against the brute reality of extinction Larry Pynn In-Depth COSEWIC environmental law Species At Risk Act wildlife Scientist Eric Taylor https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-obliged-to-protect-future-generations-from-climate-change-test-case-on-carbon-tax-hears/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:52:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10069 Young people ‘will live their entire lives under the mounting environmental, economic, and health stresses’ caused by growing greenhouse gas emissions, coalition argues Larry Pynn News carbon tax climate change student climate strikes Child sweeps solar panel https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-launches-first-ever-rules-to-regulate-fossils/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 18:47:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9003 From dinosaur bones to ancient plant life, hundreds of thousands of fossils have been taken to fill collections — private and institutional — across the country. But a new policy promises to better protect and preserve these essentially unregulated treasures Larry Pynn In-Depth B.C. environmental law fossils Site C wildlife