The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 First Nation’s leaders burn Ring of Fire documents to protest Ontario’s Bill 5 https://thenarwhal.ca/first-nation-burns-ring-of-fire-files/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:41:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=138991 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s chief and council refuse to accept an assessment for a road proposal they say was delivered unannounced by unauthorized visitors Carl Meyer News Bill 5 Doug Ford Ontario ring of fire Photo: Samuel Mckay / Facebook Split image of man holding up a binder in front of a bowl with a lit fire, and him placing pages into it Can Canada’s fast-tracking laws avoid the mistakes of the past? https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-consultation-fast-track-laws/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=138818 Legal experts say a botched rollout could trash years of hard-won trust between Indigenous leadership and the Crown — and spark litigation Carl Meyer News B.C. david eby Doug Ford federal politics Indigenous Rights Mark Carney mining oil and gas Ontario Photo: Liam Richards / The Canadian Press Two men in suits behind a table lean over to talk with each other. Highway 413 threatens more Ontario conservation lands than publicized https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highway-413-trca-land/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=53642 An internal provincial report shows the project will cut through not only the Nashville Conservation Reserve, but two other conservation properties north of Toronto. But Ontario won’t say where, exactly Emma McIntosh News climate change Doug Ford Endangered Species Highway 413 highways Ontario urban development Photo: Shutterstock Red-headed Woodpecker, birds in spring in the park during nesting. A crash course in Doug Ford’s love-hate relationship with electric vehicles https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-electric-vehicle-policy/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:56:41 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=41017 After the Progressive Conservatives pulled the plug on most of Ontario’s green vehicles, a couple power players stepped in with a plan. Now the government seems to be keying in Fatima Syed In-Depth climate change Doug Ford election electric vehicles Ontario Ontario election 2022 Illustration: Carol Linnitt / The Narwhal Illustration of Ontario Premier Doug Ford holding charging cables for electric vehicles Ford government is harming endangered species, boosting industry through environment ministry: audit https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-environment-auditor-general/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 19:58:53 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=39546 The auditor general took 489 pages to lay out how Ontario's environment ministry is neglecting its own laws, ignoring polluters and keeping secrets. We read them all Emma McIntosh In-Depth News Doug Ford Endangered Species environmental law Ontario Ontario election 2022 Photo: Alain Caron 2020 / Wikimedia Commons A caribou calf stands in trees and brush in Quebec. Cuts, conflict and collaboration: how the Ford government built a bridge to conservation authorities https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-conservation-authorities-doug-ford/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:18:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=39372 Ontario’s watershed watchers have a sordid history with the Progressive Conservatives, but maybe things are looking up Fatima Syed In-Depth Conservation authorities Doug Ford environmental law Ontario Ontario election 2022 Photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Narwhal Ontario, Doug Ford, conservation authorities First, Doug Ford ‘stopped the carbon tax’: how Progressive Conservatives reshaped Ontario’s environmental policy https://thenarwhal.ca/doug-ford-ontario-environment-explainer/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:35:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=38178 The Narwhal is keeping a running list of all the ways Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have altered Ontario’s environmental landscape Emma McIntosh and Fatima Syed In-Depth climate change Doug Ford Endangered Species environmental law Greenbelt Highway 413 Ontario Ontario election 2022 renewable energy A photo collage of Doug Ford and environmental and climate change indicators Everything you need to know about Doug Ford’s controversial plans for new highways in Ontario https://thenarwhal.ca/highway-413-bradford-bypass-explainer/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:45:01 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=38111 Premier Doug Ford believes his road to re-election in 2022 runs along two massive new highways. But both Highway 413 and the Bradford Bypass are under fire amid questions about environmental impact and government transparency Emma McIntosh Explainer Bradford Bypass Doug Ford Greenbelt Highway 413 Ontario Ontario election 2022 Ontario highways The Ford government’s mini-budget offers little on the environment https://thenarwhal.ca/cop26-ontario-economy/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 21:40:47 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=37802 On the heels of the environment minister’s COP26 visit, the Tories presented a financial plan in which new highways overshadowed climate commitments Fatima Syed and Emma McIntosh News climate change Doug Ford Highway 413 mining Ontario Ontario highways renewable energy ring of fire Doug Ford is clear-cutting Ontario’s environmental laws https://thenarwhal.ca/doug-ford-is-clear-cutting-ontarios-environmental-laws/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:19:26 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13110 The Ontario premier is weakening laws put in place to protect endangered species and the environment Laura Annalise Tanguay and Jenna Davidson and Luisa Sotomayor Opinion Doug Ford Endangered Species environmental law Ontario Ontario Premier Doug Ford Ontario watchdog urged to investigate political advertising by oilpatch during election campaign https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-political-advertising-by-oilpatch-during-election-campaign/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:28:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7591 Fatima Syed News CAPP carbon tax climate change Doug Ford Ontario