Two First Nations say Ontario is ignoring their expertise on endangered Lake Superior caribou
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5 min. readBiigtigong Nishnaabeg and Michipicoten First Nations say the province should work with the plans they’ve...
‘Would it be able to get into where I fish?’: Lake Huron communities on the risks of a Line 5 oil spill
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Line 5 is still a point of cross-border contention: Enbridge says the pipeline is safe,...
Celebrating one year of The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau
In this week's newsletter, we look back on a year of breaking stories, filing FOIs...
A former GM plant in St. Catharines is leaking toxic chemicals
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Long waiting for new owner Bayshore Groups to clean up the site, residents have learned...
What will be the fate of Lake Superior’s last, lonely caribou?
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Facing habitat loss, climate change and hungry wolves, Lake Superior’s last caribou were airlifted to...
Surprise! The Detroit River is still home to freshwater mussels
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Water filter, algae anchor, fish food: the Great Lakes need freshwater mussels. So it's good...
Lake Erie’s blue pike are extinct — or maybe they never existed
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Long the subject of fishing fables, blue pike was perhaps just a type of walleye....
Ancient wetlands and a futuristic island come to Toronto’s Don River
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When completed, Villiers Island will be one of the first “climate positive” communities in Toronto.
It’s the first Pride in two years, and I’ll be in the water at Hanlan’s Point
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For decades, an afternoon at the nude beach on the Toronto Islands has been a...