The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 National Defence plans to solve its housing crunch by developing contaminated sites https://thenarwhal.ca/national-defence-contaminated-sites-housing/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=141676 As Canada pledges to increase military might, National Defence says it can clean up and repurpose sites that contain PFAS, PCBs and other toxins Leah Borts-Kuperman In-Depth contaminated sites federal politics Illustration: Jarett Sitter / The Narwhal A comic-book style illustration of a family having a picnic, with one spouse wearing military fatigues and a child playing with a toy airplane. The ground underneath them has various symbols and molecule diagrams to show that it is contaminated.