https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-dawson-land-use-plan-looms/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:25:57 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=29810 The Dawson region’s vibrant landscapes are at the heart of Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin culture — but also the territory’s bustling placer mining industry. A much-anticipated draft plan will finally signal what’s in store for the 40,000 square-kilometre, ecologically sensitive landscape Lori Fox In-Depth Indigenous mining protected areas yukon Photo: Peter Mather https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-election-2021-environment-platforms-explained/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:02:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27335 Environment and energy issues can loom large in the North, which is natural resource rich and feeling the impacts of the climate emergency more acutely than the rest of the globe. With a territorial election race under way, here’s where the three major parties stand on climate, land use planning and clean energy Lori Fox Explainer climate change election Indigenous mining yukon https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-seeks-25-million-in-outstanding-cleanup-fees-from-owners-of-shuttered-contaminated-wolverine-mine/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:14:57 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17067 After operating for just three years, Yukon Zinc, owned by a private Chinese company, left the territory with unpaid security deposits and a flooded mine site, polluted with cadmium, selenium, copper and lead Lori Fox In-Depth mining Selenium tailings ponds Wolverine mine Wolverine mine Yukon Zinc https://thenarwhal.ca/searching-for-the-yukon-rivers-missing-chinook/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:51:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15942 Life along the 3,000-kilometre river is shaped by this once-abundant salmon. So what happens when the species, complexly co-managed by Canada and the U.S., begins to disappear? Lori Fox On the ground Indigenous salmon water wildlife Yukon River Chinook salmon