Celebrating one year of The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau
In this week's newsletter, we look back on a year of breaking stories, filing FOIs...
A former GM plant in St. Catharines is leaking toxic chemicals
Long waiting for new owner Bayshore Groups to clean up the site, residents have learned...
A Saskatchewan family fights Imperial Oil over land rendered worthless by contamination
The Browns walked into a bank for routine financing. They walked away with a shocking...
When the Alberta government ghosts you
‘What do you want to do for this media request?’ a provincial government staffer asked...
Internal emails reveal Alberta government’s unwillingness to talk about contaminated sites
The emails, obtained through a freedom of information request, show government staffers ‘really surprised’ at...
A Petro-Canada gas station polluted their land decades ago — they’re still fighting to get it cleaned up
Across Alberta, underground storage tanks have contaminated properties, often rendering neighbouring land nearly worthless. Finding...
Lake Ontario ‘aquatic landfill’ to contain 150-year-old toxic blob from industrial pollution
A $139-million underwater box the size of six city blocks is being built to contain...
We back-country paddled to the Tulsequah Chief, B.C.’s most infamous abandoned mine
Spanning the B.C.-Alaska border, the salmon-rich Taku River watershed represents the largest intact wilderness river...
