A deep and tangled web in Alberta
In this week’s newsletter, we talk about how Prairies reporter Drew Anderson tracked down the...
Stories by Sharon J. Riley
How U.S. steel tariffs could impact Canadian coal mines
The majority of coal produced in Canada is used to make steel, leaving the industry...
What on earth is potash? A massive Canadian export in the eye of the U.S. tariff storm
As tariff talks increasingly focus on Canada’s giant potash supply and its role in U.S....
This year’s most memorable photos from the Canadian Prairies
Photojournalists share behind-the-scenes reflections on some of their favourite photographs for The Narwhal in 2024
Musician Corb Lund on Alberta coal mines: ‘they’re going to ruin our ground water’
The country and western singer-songwriter on the insights that ranchers, like his late grandfather, can...
Wind energy? These rural Albertans aren’t buying it
Some neighbours of a proposed wind farm development say they felt powerless in negotiations with...
Margaret Atwood tells us which species she finds so annoying she might just kill it
The writer and bird lover has thoughts about camping, chiggers and the ethical thing to...
Disillusion over a solution to pollution in rural Alberta
Oilsands companies say carbon capture is a climate solution. Rural Albertans wonder about explosions, water...
5 questions rural Albertans have about oilsands companies’ huge new carbon capture plan
The Pathways Alliance plans to reduce carbon pollution by transporting it through a 400-kilometre pipeline...
