https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/moose-questionnaire-jeremy-dutcher/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=138773 The Two-Spirit pianist and two-time Polaris Prize winner has concerts planned in Norway, Ontario, Japan and B.C., but East Coast beaches are where he feels at home Denise Balkissoon The Moose Questionnaire Atlantic Canada climate change first nations Mark Carney New Brunswick The Moose Questionnaire Photo: Kirk Lisaj. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal A photo of Jeremy Dutcher lying on a rock, with his face upside down, inside a purple background with his name and a pixelated image of a moose. https://thenarwhal.ca/mohawk-basketweaving-emerald-ash-borer/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=136091 Basketmaking using black ash trees has been a part of Kanien’kehá:ka culture for as long as anyone can remember. 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The Mohawk tradition of basketweaving depends on black ash trees, which are threatened with extinction by the invasive emerald ash borer. https://thenarwhal.ca/moose-questionnaire-waubgeshig-rice/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=125003 The bestselling Anishinaabe author discusses beautiful things, like Georgian Bay, growing up in the bush — and Nickelback Denise Balkissoon The Moose Questionnaire first nations freshwater Ontario The Moose Questionnaire Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal A photo of Anishinaabe novelist Waubgeshig Rice with his name and an icon of a Moose superimposed on top. https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-mining-act-george-pirie/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:37:32 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=89274 The Doug Ford government’s new amendments to the Mining Act will have politicians assess project safety and closure plans, rather than technical experts Nick Dunne News environmental law first nations mining Ontario Photo: Carlos Osorio / The Narwhal Ontario Mining Minister George Pirie https://thenarwhal.ca/projects-of-death-impact-of-hydro-dams-on-environment-indigenous-communities-highlighted-at-winnipeg-conference/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:20:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15164 Hundreds of individuals from all over the world gathered to discuss the devastating social and environmental impacts of large hydro dams as climate change controversially grants the international dam-building industry a new lease on life James Wilt News B.C. 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Carol Linnitt Explainer first nations Fish Lake Indigenous mining New Prosperity Mine Taseko Mines Tsilqot'in Nation Taseko New Prosperity mine timeline https://thenarwhal.ca/gold-seekers-flooding-yukon-wreaking-havoc-rivers/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:51:04 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7828 Digging and scraping their way along riverbeds, a growing gold rush of placer miners is disturbing the territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation — all under the rules of a bygone era that leave both Indigenous and colonial governments out of the deal Jimmy Thomson In-Depth first nations Indigenous mining Placer mining politics sandy silver water wildlife yukon Yukon Government https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-court-okays-tasekos-exploratory-drilling-in-indigenous-park-for-rejected-mine-project/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 18:40:35 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7684 A decades-long battle against the New Prosperity mine, proposed within the bounds of sacred Tsilhqot’in territory, ramps back up after judge rules “reconciliation may not be achieved” Judith Lavoie News first nations Fish Lake Indigenous mining New Prosperity Mine Taseko Mines Taskeo Tsilhqot'in First Nation Tsilqot'in Nation https://thenarwhal.ca/tsilhqotin-call-on-ndp-to-pull-last-gasp-mine-permit-issued-by-bc-liberals/ Wed, 08 Aug 2018 23:59:07 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7296 Taseko’s twice-rejected New Prosperity mine conflicts with First Nation’s land use plan Judith Lavoie News first nations Fish Lake Indigenous mining New Prosperity Mine Taseko Taseko Mines Tsilqot'in Nation Fish Lake, known as Teztan Biny in Tsilhqot’in language.