643 freedom of information requests: The Narwhal’s year of fighting for transparency
Governments continue to put up roadblocks that promote secrecy, flying in the face of the...
B.C. officials said Coastal GasLink pipeline plans could withstand ‘extreme weather conditions.’ Then the heat came
An internal briefing note reveals BC Energy Regulator inspectors did not find any problems with...
Danielle Smith’s government is under investigation for its secrecy. Here’s what you need to know
Imagine if a senior operative working behind the scenes of Premier Danielle Smith’s government scheduled...
Alberta government dropped net-zero discussion after oil lobbyists intervened
Documents show government continued to privately discuss economic relief with lobbyists even as Alberta lifted...
Is Alberta stifling free speech to protect the oilpatch?
Alberta ministries undertook a co-ordinated effort to shut down my freedom of information requests. As...
‘We should avoid monitoring’: feds quietly backed off while Coastal GasLink pipeline work killed fish
For months, Fisheries and Oceans Canada wouldn’t say anything about its role in monitoring the...
Alberta kept oil lobbying records secret for 799 days. That’s bad for democracy — and against the law
Alberta Energy terminated the contract of the person preparing the release of records of its...
Documents reveal how Alberta oil and gas industry used pandemic to push ‘wish list’
In closed-door meetings with Alberta officials, lobbyists repackaged long-standing requests — on everything from wetland...
Documents raise concerns feds backing off commitment to phase out fish farms in B.C. by 2025
Critics say they fear an ongoing public consultation about open-net pen fish farms has a...
