https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-prgt-pipeline-bcer-legal-challenge/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:52:51 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=134031 Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups are in court this week, arguing the BC Energy Regulator bent its own rules when it green-lighted construction of a new 800-kilometre gas pipeline for the LNG industry Matt Simmons News B.C. climate change Indigenous oil and gas PRGT Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal Sign that reads "No trespassing pipeline construction" https://thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-hereditary-chiefs-burn-prgt-agreement/ Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=116886 Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are blocking a road that leads to a work camp for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline, set to begin construction this weekend. Indigenous youth are at the forefront of opposition to the new fossil fuel infrastructure Matt Simmons News On the ground B.C. climate change Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline TC Energy A Gitanyow community member feeds a page from a pipeline benefits agreement to a fire on Aug. 22, 2024 https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-staffers-indigenous-partnerships/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=112796 Executives at the fossil fuel giant were recorded discussing tactics and successes in garnering support from Indigenous communities and how even Indigenous ‘non-objection’ helps them get projects approved Matt Simmons and Fatima Syed Investigation News Coastal GasLink Indigenous Inside the TC Energy Tower LNG Canada TC Energy Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Eby and Justin Trudeau photo: Ethan Cairns / The Canadian Press. Francois Poirier photo: Adrian Wyld / The Canadian Press. Coastal GasLink pipeline photo: Matt Simmons / The Narwhal Illustration featuring B.C. Premier David Eby, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and TC Energy CEO Fracois Poirier https://thenarwhal.ca/sea-ice-inuit-app/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=101785 Using an app developed by Inuit in Nunavut, Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing data to make their own decisions Hannah Hoag News arctic climate change Indigenous Inuit Nunavut Photo: Supplied by the Arctic Eider Society https://thenarwhal.ca/metis-nation-ontario-conservation-funding/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=101441 Canada gave $1.33 million to the Métis Nation of Ontario to protect land. But not everyone agrees the group should be the one protecting it Michelle Cyca In-Depth Indigenous Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights Ontario Spirits of Place Photo: Temagami First Nation Temagami First Nation members protest Metis land claims https://thenarwhal.ca/fraser-river-oil-spill-sturgeon-cleanup/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:43:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=101252 A landslide in early December caused a spill that First Nations leaders say endangers prime sturgeon habitat in the Fraser River. They’re left wondering why it’s taken so long to address Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News B.C. Indigenous Photo: Emergency Planning Secretariat On the Fraser River, an aerial view of a brown pile of rocky debris lays on top on a low, gravelly channel. It's tumbled from a slope on the left. The water is low, but the debris spills across the low green-ish water that remains https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-emergency-diaster-management-act/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:32:20 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=90478 As the climate crisis intensifies, experts weigh in on proposed changes to province's decades-old emergency legislation Francesca Fionda Analysis News B.C. climate change extreme heat flooding Indigenous Wildfire Photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press A woman and children who were stranded by high water due to flooding are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat. In the backdrop, a car is almost entirely submerged in flood water. https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-food-sovereignty-wildfires-bc/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:37:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=87326 Major efforts to rebuild food systems, gone in an instant as a wildfire tore through the Southern Interior of B.C. But that won’t stop community organizers Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood In-Depth On the ground Photo Essay B.C. climate change farming food security Indigenous Nourish solutions In the Okanagan, Dawn Morrison stands in the greenery of a vegetable garden, surrounded by dry grass. Smokey, hazy mountains are on the horizon amid B.C.'s disastrous 2023 wildfires. https://thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-arrests-wetsuweten-gidimten-camp/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:22:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=74768 Police enforcement of a search warrant for theft under $5,000 led to five arrests for obstruction, including the arrest of the daughter of a Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Matt Simmons News Coastal GasLink pipeline Indigenous Indigenous Rights TC Energy Wet'suwet'en Photo: Matt Simmons / The Narwhal Jocey Alec, daughter of Wet'suwet'en Chief Woos, shows her wrists, marked by zip ties during her arrest https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-supreme-court-mining-case/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:58:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=67584 Court will hear from Indigenous organizations, human rights groups, environmental groups and the mining industry during 7-day hearing Francesca Fionda News B.C. Exploration First Nations Rights Indigenous legal challenge Mineral Tenure Act mining Photo: Jimmy Jeong / The Narwhal Sm’ooygit Nees Hiwaas (Matthew Hill) https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill-23-indigenous-response/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=65469 Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark admitted the government passed Bill 23 without consulting First Nations, despite past clashes with Indigenous communities over development Fatima Syed News Bill 23 environmental policy Indigenous Indigenous Rights Ontario protected areas Photo: Carlos Osorio / The Canadian Press Land defenders and supporters at a land reclamation camp known as 1492 Land Back Lane near Six Nations of the Grand River.