Matt Simmons
Northwest B.C. Reporter
@writermjs.bsky.social 
Matt Simmons lives and writes, with gratitude and respect, on Wet’suwet’en lands in northwest B.C. and from the coastal lands and waters of the ’Na̱mg̱is, on Tłatła̱skudis (Malcolm Island). He has been reporting for The Narwhal since 2020, with a focus on solutions, Indigenous Rights and rural communities.
His stories lean into complexity and often incorporate visual elements, including his own photojournalism, to help readers make sense of complicated subjects.
His work has been honoured by Amnesty International, the National Newspaper Awards and more, and he was shortlisted for the Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Climate Solutions reporting award and Jackman Excellence in Journalism.
Matt is also an accredited trainer with the Solutions Journalism Network and an eternal optimist, who strives to live in a perpetual state of hope.
Stories by Matt Simmons
A long-distance LNG connection, from coast to coast
In a small fishing village in Newfoundland, residents look west to understand what liquefied natural...
A Newfoundland village built on fish weighs a future built on energy
14 min. readAs talk about developing an LNG export project in Newfoundland and Labrador continues, residents have...
Life on ‘Na̱mg̱is territory, at the edge of the ocean
‘Na̱mg̱is Chief Ho’miskanis, Don Svanvik, is on the phone when I walk off the little...
‘How do we correct this?’ Kitimat residents seek solutions to LNG Canada flaring fiasco
For some locals from the northwest B.C. town, confirmation that LNG Canada burned more gas...
Great balls of fire and an ‘integrity issue’ in Kitimat, B.C.
Internal documents show LNG Canada is burning a lot more natural gas than expected —...
LNG Canada has been flaring up to 15 times more gas than expected, documents reveal
An issue with the Kitimat, B.C., facility’s flaring equipment has resulted in LNG Canada burning...
Woodfibre LNG didn’t monitor salmon correctly. B.C. took 4 months to tell the public
The August monitoring lapse didn’t make it into public records until December. One advocate says...
‘Extremely offensive’: B.C. premier’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law met with frustration
If the Declaration Act was a milestone for reconciliation, how could Eby’s amendments change the...
Thinking critically about Carney’s proposed conservation corridor in northwest B.C.
The federal government says both extraction and conservation are key to the B.C. “corridor” it’s...
