The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 How B.C. quietly found a way to permit natural gas plants without environmental reviews https://thenarwhal.ca/how-b-c-quietly-found-a-way-to-permit-natural-gas-plants-without-environmental-reviews/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:53:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9734 Internal documents released via Freedom of Information laws show that, while the B.C. government was publicly apologizing to the Fort Nelson First Nation for exempting natural gas plants from environmental assessments without consultation, the province quietly used a loophole to allow the exemptions to continue — a loophole that persists to this day Ben Parfitt Opinion B.C. Environmental Assessment Act B.C. Environmental Assessment Office environmental law Fort Nelson First Nation LNG natural gas Encana gas plant Garth Lenz Leaked document shows B.C. Oil and Gas Commission undermining efforts to save threatened caribou https://thenarwhal.ca/leaked-document-shows-b-c-oil-and-gas-commission-undermining-efforts-to-save-threatened-caribou/ Mon, 28 May 2018 14:00:37 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6166 Ben Parfitt In-Depth Investigation caribou Fort Nelson First Nation fracking Indigenous B.C. Supreme Court Overturns Gas Pipeline Approval Because Regulator ‘Unreasonable’ in Dealings with First Nations https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-supreme-court-overturns-gas-pipeline-approval-because-regulator-unreasonable-dealings-first-nations/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:54:48 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/12/19/b-c-supreme-court-overturns-gas-pipeline-approval-because-regulator-unreasonable-dealings-first-nations/ Carol Linnitt News BC Supreme Court caribou consultation Fort Nelson First Nation gas pipeline Indigenous News pipelines Rockyview Resources UNDRIP Fort Nelson First Nation Files Legal Challenge to Gas Pipeline Claiming It Will Threaten Caribou Habitat https://thenarwhal.ca/fort-nelson-first-nation-files-legal-challenge-gas-pipeline-claiming-it-will-threaten-caribou-habitat/ Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:50:56 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/07/18/fort-nelson-first-nation-files-legal-challenge-gas-pipeline-claiming-it-will-threaten-caribou-habitat/ Judith Lavoie News BC Oil and Gas Commission caribou caribou habitat Fort Nelson First Nation Indigenous News Rockyview Resources B.C. Handed Out Scientifically Flawed Fracking Water Licence to Nexen: Appeals Board https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-handed-out-scientifically-flawed-fracking-water-licence-nexen-appeal-board/ Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:11:54 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/09/08/b-c-handed-out-scientifically-flawed-fracking-water-licence-nexen-appeal-board/ Carol Linnitt News B.C. consultation Environment Appeal Board first nation rights Fort Nelson First Nation fracking LNG natural gas News Nexen Treaty 8 Tsea Lake water B.C. Pulls About-Face After First Nations Call Removal of Gas Development Environmental Assessment a ‘Declaration of War’ https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-pulls-about-face-first-nations-call-removal-environmental-assessment-declaration-war/ Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:51:26 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/04/17/b-c-pulls-about-face-first-nations-call-removal-environmental-assessment-declaration-war/ Carol Linnitt Anna Johnston B.C. Casmier Cheryl Chief Terry Teegee consultation Deregulation Environment Minister Mark Polak environmental assessment First Nations Summit Fort Nelson First Nation fracking Indigenous LNG natural gas Order in Council Sekani Tribal Council Sharleen Gale Stewart Phillip Striking a Balance West Coast Environmental Law