The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘Smoke and mirrors’: Indigenous groups, conservationists challenge report claiming B.C. mines have no impact on Alaska waters https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-alaska-transboundary-watershed-mines-report/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:14:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=26481 Critics raise concerns about joint B.C.-Alaska government report that had input from industry, saying the data collection methods were flawed and stakeholders weren’t adequately engaged Judith Lavoie News alaska B.C. Indigenous mining u.s. water mountain range with river running through Scotiabank becomes fifth major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge https://thenarwhal.ca/scotiabank-oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 23:15:30 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=24779 ‘I think the financial institutions have sent a very large signal to the rest of the world,’ says Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Julien Gignac News alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge banks caribou Indigenous Scotiabank yukon Caribou standing near water with mountains in background Can Canada stymie the Trump administration’s plan to open an Arctic refuge to oil drilling? https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-stymie-trump-plan-arctic-refuge-oil-drilling/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:18:58 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22779 Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was originally designed to be a … well, wildlife refuge. But a recent U.S. decision opens the remote wilderness to industrial development. Here’s how Canadians looking to protect Indigenous rights and a threatened caribou herd could hamper those plans Julien Gignac Explainer alaska ANWR arctic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge caribou climate change Indigenous wildlife Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling RBC becomes first major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge https://thenarwhal.ca/rbc-oil-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:47:40 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22645 ‘We are looking to all major banks in Canada to come into the sunlight with RBC,’ says Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Julien Gignac News alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge banks caribou Indigenous RBC yukon Arctic fox caribou Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Why we’re taking the U.S. government to court over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-us-government-court-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-caribou/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:23:36 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21615 Our lawsuit argues the review of oil and gas development failed to value Indigenous rights and threats to wildlife, as Trump moves forward with lease sales in vital cross-border caribou habitat Malkolm Boothroyd Opinion alaska arctic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Indigenous oil and gas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge caribou Yukon Alaska Seabridge Gold asks B.C. for more time to begin KSM mine construction, citing COVID-19 https://thenarwhal.ca/ksm-mine-seabridge-gold-extension-covid-19/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 22:38:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21399 If granted, the extension would give the company 12 years to achieve a ‘substantial start’ on the mine, which has critics calling for a new assessment of environmental impacts Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News alaska B.C. KSM mining Selenium Brucejack and KSM mine site Cleaning up B.C.’s Tulsequah Chief mine will cost $48.7 million https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-tulsequah-chief-mine-cleanup-48-million/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:27:55 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21290 A final remediation plan released by the provincial government this week is seen as a positive step in ending six decades of pollution from the mine on the Alaska border — but it's still unclear who'll foot the bill Matt Simmons News alaska B.C. mining Taku River Tulsequah Chief Mine water Colin Arisman Tulsequah Chief Tulsequah River B.C. delays work to clean up Tulsequah Chief mine due to COVID-19 https://thenarwhal.ca/tulsequah-chief-cleanup-delay-covid-19/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:07:55 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20457 Northwest B.C. mine has been leaching contaminated water into salmon-producing river on Alaska border for more than six decades Matt Simmons In-Depth alaska B.C. coronavirus mining Taku River Tulsequah Chief Mine water wildlife Colin Arisman Tulsequah Chief Tulsequah River A Canadian company’s mine waste is threatening a pristine Alaskan valley https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-companys-mine-waste-threatening-pristine-alaskan-valley/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:14:46 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12925 Last week, the Alaskan government issued a waste management permit to Constantine North, allowing the company to discharge waste water from an underground tunnel at its Palmer project, upstream of Haines, Alaska, and alongside B.C.’s Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park Jimmy Thomson News alaska Indigenous mining Chilkat valley Alaska Imperial Metals’ Financial Downgrade Raises Questions About Liability of Mount Polley, Red Chris Mines https://thenarwhal.ca/imperial-metals-financial-downgrade-raises-questions-about-liability-mount-polley-red-chris-mines/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:14:07 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/12/05/imperial-metals-financial-downgrade-raises-questions-about-liability-mount-polley-red-chris-mines/ Judith Lavoie News alaska bankrupt mines BC mines bonds Chris Zimmer Heather Hardcastle Imperial Metals liability mining Mount Polley Mine Red Chris Mine Rivers Without Borders Salmon Beyond Borders transboundary mines transboundary tensions Trump Eyes Arctic Wildlife Refuge for Oil Drilling, Alarming Gwich’in https://thenarwhal.ca/trump-eyes-arctic-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling-alarming-gwich/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 20:48:18 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/11/22/trump-eyes-arctic-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling-alarming-gwich/ Matt Jacques News alaska ANWR arctic gas Indigenous Lisa Murkowski News oil Trump US wildlife refuge