The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from TC Energy https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-csis-intelligence-sharing/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=147353 Documents reveal Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government for changes that enable access to sensitive intelligence information gathered by the country’s spy agency Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons Investigation Corporate Influence foi oil and gas oil and gas influence TC Energy Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol illustration including photos of former CSIS director David Vigneault and TC Energy CEO Francois Poirier, with shadowy figures behind Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-regulator-cnrl-delay-deactivating-pipelines/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=140284 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. failed to deliver on a promise to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a special deal with B.C.’s energy regulator Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Investigation B.C. contaminated sites foi oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal A gas pipeline station at sunset BC Greens call for regulator reform over secret exemption given to oil company https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-greens-urge-energy-regulator-reform/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=135768 The BC Greens say secrecy around BC Energy Regulator compliance and enforcement is ‘completely unacceptable’ Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Investigation News B.C. environmental law natural gas oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal Oil and gas infrastructure covered in plastic wrap 17 government inspectors, 170 companies and more than 9,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-regulator-oversight-numbers-2025/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=134578 Notes made by regulator officers during thousands of inspections that were marked in compliance with provincial rules offer a glimpse behind the scenes of government oversight of the fossil fuel industry — and the companies doing business in B.C. Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Explainer Investigation B.C. foi oil and gas Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal Overhead view of Coastal GasLink pipeline during construction, with muddy Kitimat River and partially flooded worksites B.C. quietly allowed an oil and gas giant to sidestep rules for more than 4,300 pipelines https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-quietly-allowed-an-oil-and-gas-giant-to-sidestep-rules-for-more-than-4300-pipelines/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=134056 B.C.’s energy regulator has the power to grant exemptions — without notifying the public. Experts are raising the alarm about the process, saying the regulator is playing soft with fossil fuel companies that break rules Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Investigation B.C. oil and gas oil and gas influence Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal Natural gas equipment in a grassy clearing surrounded by trees 44 ‘serious’ leaks reported at B.C. oil and gas sites in the past year https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-oil-and-gas-sites-serious-leaks/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=133657 Hydrogen sulphide, methane and potentially contaminated water leaks from natural gas wells in B.C. were all registered in an obscure government database Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera Investigation News B.C. climate change fracking oil and gas Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal Gas well on farmland