The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 B.C. failing to protect drinking water: auditor general https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-failing-to-protect-drinking-water-auditor-general/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 22:57:31 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13137 Climate change and industrial activities pose increased risks to B.C.’s water, but the provincial government hasn’t developed a single drinking water protection plan in the past 16 years, according to a new report Sarah Cox News B.C. Auditor-General Carol Bellringer climate change Comox Lake drinking water environmental law logging Sonia Furstenau water Glade Watershed logging Kootenay Louis Bockner Five Scary Facts About Canada’s Water (And Two Bits of Good News) https://thenarwhal.ca/five-scary-facts-canadas-water-two-bits-good-news/ Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:56:45 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/03/23/five-scary-facts-canadas-water-two-bits-good-news/ Carol Linnitt In-Depth Budget 2016 Canada drinking water first nations freshwater water World Water Day Contaminated Waste Site Inappropriate for Shawnigan Lake Watershed, B.C. Supreme Court Rules https://thenarwhal.ca/contaminated-waste-site-inappropriate-shawnigan-lake-watershed-b-c-supreme-court-rules/ Mon, 21 Mar 2016 19:57:30 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/03/21/contaminated-waste-site-inappropriate-shawnigan-lake-watershed-b-c-supreme-court-rules/ Carol Linnitt News andrew weaver B.C. Supreme Court contaminated waste Cowichan Valley Regional District drinking water Georgia Collins Ministry of Environment News Shawnigan Lake Sonia Furstenau South Island Aggregates water “We’re a Community in Unrest”: Shawnigan Lake Asks B.C. to Halt Contaminated Waste Disposal While Judicial Review Underway https://thenarwhal.ca/we-re-community-unrest-shawnigan-lake-asks-b-c-halt-contaminated-waste-disposal-judicial-review-underway/ Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:34:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/01/12/we-re-community-unrest-shawnigan-lake-asks-b-c-halt-contaminated-waste-disposal-judicial-review-underway/ Carol Linnitt News Active Earth Engineering Calvin Cook Cobble Hill Holdings contaminated soil contaminated waste Cowichan Valley Regional District drinking water Dwight School Canada Environment Minister Mary Polak Environmental Appeal Board Georgia Collins judicial review landfill News Port Moody Premier Christy Clark Shawnigan Lake Shawnigan Residents Association SIA Sonia Furstenau South Island Aggregates Steve Housser Victoria water Zoe Royer Andrew Nikiforuk’s Latest on the Fracking Craze should be Required Reading for MLAs https://thenarwhal.ca/andrew-nikiforuk-s-latest-fracking-craze-should-be-required-reading-mlas/ Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:38:28 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/10/15/andrew-nikiforuk-s-latest-fracking-craze-should-be-required-reading-mlas/ admin Alberta Andrew Nikiforuk B.C. book Canada Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives drinking water earthquakes encana fire water fracking gas leaks Jessica Ernst methane natural gas Rosebud Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider's Stand Against the World's Most Powerful Industry Video: Fisheries Biologist Richard Holmes on the Mount Polley Mine Spill One Year Later https://thenarwhal.ca/video-fisheries-biologist-richard-holmes-mount-polley-mine-spill-one-year-later/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:55:34 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/08/06/video-fisheries-biologist-richard-holmes-mount-polley-mine-spill-one-year-later/ Carol Linnitt Video Cleanup Disaster drinking water footage Hazeltine Creek Imperial Metals Interview mining Mount Polley Mount Polley Mine Mount Polley mine spill one year anniversary Quesnel Lake Richard Holmes video Soda Creek First Nation Struggles to Cover Costs of Independent Mount Polley Water Testing https://thenarwhal.ca/soda-creek-first-nation-struggles-cover-costs-independent-mount-polley-water-testing/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:53:42 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/08/18/soda-creek-first-nation-struggles-cover-costs-independent-mount-polley-water-testing/ Carol Linnitt Bev Sellars Contaminated water drinking water Imperial Metals mine spill mining Mount Polley Mine Polley Lake Quesnel Lake Soda Creek First Nation tailings pond Photos: I Went to the Mount Polley Mine Spill Site https://thenarwhal.ca/photos-i-went-mount-polley-mine-spill-site/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:25:13 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/08/14/photos-i-went-mount-polley-mine-spill-site/ Carol Linnitt In-Depth arsenic Contaminated water drinking water Imperial Metals In-Depth Likely BC Mercury mining Mount Polley Mine Quesnel Lake Quesnel River Right Second Selenium slurry tailings pond breach Tate Patton toxic water Concerns Linger After Drinking Water Ban Rescinded for Area Affected by Mount Polley Tailings Pond Breach https://thenarwhal.ca/concerns-linger-after-drinking-water-ban-rescinded-area-affected-mount-polley-tailings-pond-breach/ Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:37:36 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/08/13/concerns-linger-after-drinking-water-ban-rescinded-area-affected-mount-polley-tailings-pond-breach/ Carol Linnitt arsenic Ban Cariboo Regional District Coralee Oakes Donna Barnett drinking water Hazeltine Creek Imperial Metals Interior Health Likely BC Mercury mining mining wastewater Mount Polley Mine Polley Lake Quesnel Lake tailings pond breach Water Contamination