How Ontario allows industry to evade air pollution rules
When a company plans a new factory in Ontario that will regularly emit toxic chemicals,...
Stories by Leah Borts-Kuperman
Emails show North Bay plastics company unclear on environmental permits
North Bay Mayor Peter Chirico assured residents a controversial factory was safe on the very...
A Mississauga factory is using a known carcinogen. Residents had no idea
High levels of ethylene oxide were detected near a now-closed Scarborough plant owned by Sterigenics,...
‘Hopefully, the story dies’: emails show North Bay officials reacting to reporting on plastics factory’s use of PFAS
Emails obtained by The Narwhal show city staff advising Industrial Plastics Canada on response to...
Warm winters put snowmobile season, and safety, at risk
For northerners, snowmobiling is both transportation and recreation. The $8-billion industry can also harm wildlife...
A squeaky wheel with data: how Nipissing First Nation is healing environmental damage
Reversing environmental damage can mean counting moose poop, increasing oxygen in Lake Nipissing and ‘being...
Nipissing First Nation officials unsettled by tour of North Bay’s new plastics factory
The region needs an economic boost, Indigenous officials say. But a visit to Industrial Plastics...
North Bay residents organize town hall to discuss PFAS, Industrial Plastics Canada factory
Some residents of North Bay, Ont., are expressing doubts about Mayor Peter Chirico’s defense of...
Chemicals are forever: a new factory opens near Lake Nipissing, where water is already contaminated
Imagine driving down a two-lane road on a sunny day in northeastern Ontario, just east...
