https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/labrador-winter-games-climate-change/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=157710 As winter temperatures become more unpredictable, some worry for the future of training and competitions Frey Blake-Pijogge On the ground arctic climate change Spirits of Place Frey Blake-Pijogge labrador winter games Sherri Wolfrey starting Labrathon heat https://thenarwhal.ca/tlicho-protected-areas-funding-nwt-ipca/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=156757 Funds are being distributed to Indigenous governments, with 22,565 sq km of Tłıc̨hǫ lands recently added to Canada’s protected areas count Chloe Williams In-Depth News arctic Indigenous guardians Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights Spirits of Place Photo: Supplied by the Tłıc̨hǫ Government https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-arctic-science-budget-cuts/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=156477 Research teams at Environment and Climate Change Canada are being dismantled as the federal government reduces the size of the public service Patricia Hania and Roxana Suehring Opinion arctic environmental law federal politics Science Photo: Gavin John / The Narwhal An aerial view of a handful of people dwarfed by a vast Arctic landscape dominated by sea ice. https://thenarwhal.ca/port-of-churchill-pipeline-plans/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=155476 Some are pushing hard for a major expansion of the Port of Churchill. Others worry about the risks — from ocean oil spills to rail lines built on tundra — of expanding a port surrounded by ice eight months of the year Julia-Simone Rutgers In-Depth arctic Manitoba oil and gas pipelines Winnipeg Photo: Dylan Robertson / Winnipeg Free Press A port building against an icy landscape. https://thenarwhal.ca/arctic-ocean-dna-genomics-science/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=150464 Researchers mapping and digitizing Arctic Ocean DNA believe it may offer a new, better way to detect changes in local wildlife populations, Arctic diseases and marine die-offs Meral Jamal In-Depth arctic climate change Oceans solutions Spirits of Place Photo: Gavin John / The Narwhal An aerial view of a team of researchers works on Arctic sea ice. https://thenarwhal.ca/snowy-owl-migration-threats/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=150201 Many snowy owls migrate for the winter months, bringing them to farm fields in Ontario, and across Canada. A photographer eagerly awaits their arrival, and wonders about their future Paul Gains Photo Essay arctic biodiversity Ontario wildlife A snowy owl flies low over snowy ground https://thenarwhal.ca/qikiqtani-inuit-sinaa-agreement/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=149352 Qikiqtani Inuit Association announce implementation of landmark agreement to protect almost one million square kilometres of land and water Meral Jamal News arctic Spirits of Place Photo: Supplied by Oceans North https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-crow-porcupine-caribou/ Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:07:59 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=142180 The U.S. government is again moving to outright force drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, threatening both caribou and the Gwich’in people in northern Yukon who depend on them Trina Moyles In-Depth arctic Indigenous Rights oil and gas protected areas Spirits of Place wildlife yukon Two women skin bloody caribou heads on a table as a small crowd watches, including some people who are filming the activity on their phones. https://thenarwhal.ca/nunavut-land-use-plan-stalls/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=141415 A mineral rush in the North risks eroding years of consultation on the Nunavut Land Use Plan — and when it comes to protecting the land, time is running out Chloe Williams In-Depth arctic federal politics Indigenous Rights mining Photo: Gavin John / The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca/far-north-wildfires-nunavik/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:42:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=142438 In northern Quebec, Nunavik’s fly-in communities are training to battle blazes in hopes of avoiding evacuations and the need for outside support Dustin Patar On the ground arctic climate adaptation climate change Quebec Wildfire A woman in blue safety overalls and a hard hat holds a firefighting hose and sprays water toward the right. https://thenarwhal.ca/video-arctic-real-ice/ Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:07:59 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=142067 A project in this small Nunavut community aims to restore sea ice impacted by global warming. We explain in our latest video L. Manuel Baechlin Explainer Video arctic climate adaptation climate change solutions