https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/mikmaq-parks-canada-nova-scotia/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:27:45 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=157491 The Toqi’maliaptmu’k Arrangement allows both groups to jointly care for Nova Scotia’s parks and heritage sites for the first time, after years of relationship-building Mira Miller In-Depth Atlantic Canada Indigenous Rights Nova Scotia old-growth forest Spirits of Place Waves crash ashore along the coast in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, https://thenarwhal.ca/walbran-valley-blockade-injuction/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:58:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=144698 A B.C. justice has granted an injunction against a group of people blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island. The decision paves the way for the RCMP to move in Shannon Waters and Mike Graeme News On the ground B.C. Fairy Creek forestry logging old-growth forest A sculpture of a cougar made from wood reclaimed from past cut blocks stands in the middle of a logging road in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-ndp-mandate-letters-2025/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=129854 B.C. Premier David Eby’s instructions for cabinet ministers put economic development front and centre, while environmental safeguards seem to take a back seat Ainslie Cruickshank and Shannon Waters News B.C. biodiversity old-growth forest Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal B.C. Premier David Eby speaking at a podium with trees in the background https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-activist-zain-haq-deportation/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:45:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=129747 If Zain Haq is forced to leave, Canada could become one of the first countries to ever deport a climate activist. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is urging federal ministers to step in Karan Saxena News B.C. Fairy Creek old-growth forest Photo: Rebecca Simiyu / The Narwhal Climate activists Zain Haq and Sophia Papp at a presser in Vancouver, with a sign in the background reading "Stop Zain's Deportation" https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-nature-wins-2024/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=128350 Salmon habitat was restored in the Fraser Valley, old-growth forests were protected on Vancouver Island and caribou habitat was conserved in the northeast Ainslie Cruickshank News B.C. biodiversity caribou Indigenous protected areas old-growth forest Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal an aerial view of old-growth forest https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-fairy-creek-protection-pledge/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:39:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=127836 With old-growth logging deferrals set to expire in February, the BC NDP and Greens pledge to work together to safeguard the old-growth valley Shannon Waters News B.C. Fairy Creek forestry old-growth forest Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal Old-growth forest in B.C.'s Fairy Creek https://thenarwhal.ca/new-bc-cabinet-tough-decisions-prgt-pipeline/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:50:28 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=125474 B.C.’s newly minted cabinet ministers have tough energy and environmental decisions to make, from the PRGT pipeline and LNG projects to Fairy Creek old-growth logging deferrals Shannon Waters Explainer News B.C. B.C. election 2024 climate change Fairy Creek old-growth forest PRGT Photo: Province of B.C. / Flickr North Coast-Haida Gwaii MLA Tamara Davidson sits at a table with Janet Austin, B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor. Davidson, wearing a white, high necked shirt and navy blazer with a white rose on the lapel, is signing the book as Minister of Environment and Parks https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2024-platforms-environment/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:13:37 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=121957 Here’s where the NDP, Conservatives and Greens stand on the carbon tax, LNG, old-growth forests and other key issues Shannon Waters and Ainslie Cruickshank Explainer B.C. election 2024 carbon pricing climate change Endangered Species John Rustad LNG old-growth forest Woodfibre LNG Illustration: Kagan McLeod / The Narwhal A graphic of the leaders of B.C.'s three political parties heading into the 2024 provincial election https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-proposed-logging-threatens-endangered-caribou/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=115745 The Columbia North caribou population has grown in recent years but logging plans in its core habitat could harm the endangered herd Ainslie Cruickshank In-Depth News B.C. biodiversity caribou forestry old-growth forest Photo: Bailey Repp / Wildsight A blue-green river meaders through a valley flanked by treed mountain slopes https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-wildfires-salvage-logging-investigation/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:18:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=115904 Forestry companies get a slew of profitable perks to harvest areas burned by B.C. wildfires. They're also allowed to log living trees that could be key to species and ecosystem recovery in burn zones Zoë Yunker Investigation On the ground B.C. climate change climate change canada forestry In the Line of Fire old-growth forest Wildfire Michelle North stands in a forest burned by a wildfire near her Gun Lake cabin https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-clayoquot-sound-2024-protections/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=112350 The Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations will now manage 760 square kilometres of old-growth conservancies with the help of philanthropic funding Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News B.C. biodiversity forestry Indigenous protected areas old-growth forest Spirits of Place Photo: Melissa Renwick / The Narwhal