The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘The border is this imaginary line’: why Americans are fighting mining in B.C.’s ‘Doughnut Hole’ https://thenarwhal.ca/border-imaginary-line-why-americans-fighting-mining-doughnut-hole/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:00:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16128 Logging permits in the Skagit River headwaters will no longer be issued by the B.C. government but mining exploration is causing friction with Americans downstream. We travelled the river to meet the people fighting an Imperial Metals permit Christopher Pollon On the ground Donut Hole Doughnut Hole forestry Indigenous logging Manning Park mining Skagit River transboundary rivers water Paul Berntsen Manning Park Doughnut Hole The government agency at the centre of B.C.’s old-growth logging showdown https://thenarwhal.ca/the-government-agency-at-the-centre-of-b-c-s-old-growth-logging-showdown/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:12:45 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12645 BC Timber Sales has become a lightning rod for controversy, with many expressing dismay over the NDP’s ‘business as usual’ approach to logging Judith Lavoie In-Depth B.C. Timber Sales BC Timber Sales Doughnut Hole forestry logging Nahmint Valley old-growth forest Schmidt Creek Skagit Valley A B.C. Timber Sales old-growth clearcut in Thursday Creek, Upper Tsitika Valley Why an international coalition is going all out to stop mining in B.C.’s Skagit headwaters https://thenarwhal.ca/why-an-international-coalition-is-going-all-out-to-stop-mining-in-the-skagit-headwaters/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:10:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12246 Imperial Metals, the company responsible for the Mount Polley tailings pond disaster, has applied to drill in southwestern British Columbia, in the headwaters of a river that provides water for millions of people Judith Lavoie News Doughnut Hole mining Skagit River Skagit Headwaters Doughnut Hole Imperial Metals’ plan to drill in Skagit headwaters spawns cross-border backlash https://thenarwhal.ca/imperial-metals-plan-to-drill-in-skagit-headwaters-spawns-cross-border-backlash/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:22:07 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11054 On the edge of B.C.’s popular Manning Park is an unprotected patch of land called the ‘Doughnut Hole,’ where the company responsible for the Mount Polley mine disaster is proposing exploratory drilling for a copper mine many say will violate a 1984 Canada-U.S. treaty Judith Lavoie In-Depth Donut Hole Doughnut Hole Imperial Metals mining Skagit River Skagit Watershed 26 Mile Valley Doughnut Hole