Sharon J. Riley
Managing editor
Sharon is an award-winning journalist based in Edmonton. Her writing has also been published by The Walrus, Harper’s, The Tyee and Maisonneuve, among others. Her work for The Narwhal has been nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award and a Digital Publishing Award. She was also named a finalist in the 2017 National Magazine Awards' Best New Magazine Writer category, was a 2017 recipient of the Access Copyright Foundation's Marian Hebb Research Grant for literary arts and won the Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism in 2020. Sharon was born and raised in rural Alberta, and if she's not at her computer she's probably in the Rockies with her family.
Stories by Sharon J. Riley
How Alberta’s biggest oil companies are still raking in billions
10 min. readThe Narwhal dug into the financial statements of the five biggest oil companies operating in...
15-minute approvals: Alberta plans to automate licences for new oil and gas drilling
Lobbying records obtained by The Narwhal show that as Alberta’s new government pledges a ‘rapid...
Postmedia hires former Kenney staffer to lobby Alberta government on involvement in ‘energy war room’
Lobbyist registration reveals company that publishes newspapers in at least 34 Alberta communities has hired...
Meet Alberta’s most vilified environmentalist
Ed Whittingham has been described as a ‘balanced voice’ by industry leaders, yet during Alberta’s...
What Alberta’s new UCP majority government means for the environment
Regulations and renewables are on the outs and battles with environmental groups are in, as...
Alberta: spending more than we really earn, since 1970
For the past four decades, the province has consistently spent more than it collects in...
Alberta then and now: what’s changed since the last time we headed to the polls?
It already feels like forever ago, but the last time Albertans headed to the polls...
Eight environmental issues at stake in the Alberta election (that are not pipelines)
From oilsands emissions to efficiency programs to Bighorn, major policies and promises that are critical...
Regulator projects Alberta’s inactive well problem will double in size by 2030, documents reveal
Officials estimate the total number of inactive wells in Alberta will grow to 180,000 over...
