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
Canadian governments have spent $23 billion supporting three pipelines since 2018: report
5 min. readA new report finds Canadian governments have provided billions to support pipelines — none of...
The inside story of an Alberta coal mine devastated by a financial crisis
As Coalspur — the company behind the Vista coal mine near Hinton, Alta. — declares...
Natural climate solutions could offset 11 per cent of Canada’s emissions by 2030: report
Study published in Science Advances finds protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, such as wetlands, forests...
Alberta ‘undermining’ system meant to ensure oilsands companies pay for cleanup, critics say
Last year’s economic crash meant oilsands companies were going to have to pay an annual...
$100 million in federal funding for cleanup of Alberta oil and gas wells went to sites licensed to CNRL
Canadian Natural Resources Limited — which has reported an average annual profit of $1.9 billion...
The end of an era: how the global steel industry is cutting out coal
As Alberta and B.C. mull expanding metallurgical coal mining in the Rockies, some steel manufacturers...
Federal budget gives farmers leg up in reducing carbon pollution
Ottawa pegs $270 million for ‘agricultural climate solutions’ to help farmers protect wetlands and adopt...
‘Hydrogen fervour’: the technology breathing hope into Alberta’s industrial heartland
In a region long reliant on oil and gas, a new fuel source is gaining...
Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
The Tent Mountain project, currently pegged for provincial review, narrowly skirts the production threshold that...
