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
8 environmental responsibilities Alberta’s oil and gas companies can skip because of coronavirus
12 min. readExperts say COVID-19 is being used as an opportunity to grant companies carte blanche waivers...
11 things you need to know as Trudeau announces $1.7 billion to clean up ‘festering’ orphan and inactive wells
Federal funding will create jobs during the coronavirus crisis and help clean up environmental liabilities,...
10 things you need to know as a barrel of Alberta oil is valued at less than a bottle of maple syrup
As fears intensify that the benchmark price for Alberta’s oilsands crude could drop below zero,...
A bailout for the oil and gas industry? Here’s why experts say it’s not a long-term solution
Canada’s efforts to support the oil and gas industry through a major stimulus package might...
Alberta’s record-low oil prices: what the coronavirus and a supply glut mean for the province
‘Unprecedented panic mode’ highlights the fragility of the oilsands sector
Here’s what you need to know about the Vista mine, Alberta’s thermal coal project that ‘sidestepped’ a federal review
While Canada champions a global shift away from burning coal for electricity, a new proposal...
Alberta’s backyard: photos of the ten provincial parks and recreation areas that are now completely shut down
With a pledge to focus on ‘renowned signature destinations’ and cut spending, the Alberta government...
Alberta loans industry-funded association $100 million to ‘increase the pace’ of orphan well cleanup
As oil and gas companies are increasingly unable or unwilling to properly close down and...
11 things you need to know about the oilsands as Teck abandons plans for Frontier mine
As the mining giant walks away from its controversial open pit project proposal, decades in...
