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Illustration of an anglerfish (with a light hanging off its head) and a narwhal wearing a headlamp with a dark background to emulate the bottom of the ocean. Text reads: "Oh, I thought the 'our investigations dive deep' motto was figurative."

Inside The Narwhal

Dive deep with 5 silly narwhal cartoons

By Karan Saxena

Dec. 20, 2024 2 min. read

How many narwhals does it take to make a pun about journalism? We asked cartoonist...

Collage of three photos of Narwhal reporters out in the field

Another year of keeping a close watch on the halls of power

By Denise Balkissoon

Dec. 17, 2024

In 2024, The Narwhal’s reporting influenced citizens to hold power to account, pushed policymakers to...

Kevin Ilango sits at an outdoor patio set on a busy urban street

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Meet Kevin Ilango, The Narwhal’s first art and design fellow

By Karan Saxena

Nov. 28, 2024 8 min. read

We created the BIPOC art and design fellowship to create an opportunity in a field...

A space shuttle launches in the distance, with a body of water, shrubs and a bird in the foreground

The Moose Questionnaire: ready for liftoff

By Denise Balkissoon

Nov. 14, 2024

We’re tackling the serious business of having some fun with the launch of something …...

Lucas Beaver, lands and natural resources technician for Nipissing First Nation, harvests wild rice planted along the Veuve River, Lake Nipissing.

Inside The Narwhal

Things change. Our focus on the natural world — in Canada — won’t

By Denise Balkissoon

Nov. 8, 2024 2 min. read

Of course we’re paying attention to the United States — and its outsized influence on...

Inside The Narwhal

Meet Kyla Fitzgerald, The Narwhal’s membership and operations coordinator

Nov. 1, 2024 5 min. read

Behind the scenes, Kyla’s organizational wizardry and passion for people keeps our pod swimming in...

Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood smiles in a forest next to a moose that has been recently shot

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The Narwhal wins Webster Award for innovative journalism

Oct. 29, 2024 2 min. read

‘These are not The Narwhal’s stories; they belong to sovereign First Nations and we were...

An illustration of a phone with a dystopian, wired background. The phone screen shows The Narwhal's Instagram account, with a message that reads: "People in Canada can't see your content. This account is a news publication. Content from news publications can't be viewed in Canada in response to Canadian government legislation." The feed is blocked by that message and no posts are visible.

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The Narwhal wins INNovator Award for seizing opportunity in crisis

Sept. 19, 2024 2 min. read

The Institute for Nonprofit News awarded The Narwhal’s efforts to strengthen direct relationships with our...

The Narwhal's Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood, Sarah Cox, Lindsay Sample, Matt Wood, Carol Linnitt, Ainslie Cruickshank and Francesca Fionda pose for a photo in B.C. in spring 2023.

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The Narwhal earns three Webster nominations for outstanding B.C. journalism

Sept. 13, 2024 3 min. read

Our visually-rich series on Indigenous food sovereignty as well as collaborations with IndigiNews and The...

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