The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Woodfibre LNG receives key permit from B.C. government  https://thenarwhal.ca/woodfibre-lng-receives-key-permit-from-b-c-government/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 19:50:51 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12509 A new fracked gas export facility near Squamish would produce the equivalent carbon emissions of putting 170,000 new cars on the roads each year. The project — owned by an Indonesian billionaire — also raises safety concerns about the transport of flammable gas through a heavily populated region    Sarah Cox News climate change fracking Howe Sound killer whales LNG natural gas orcas Squamish Woodfibre LNG LNG tanker Why scientists are racing to find a starving endangered orca https://thenarwhal.ca/scientists-racing-find-starving-endangered-orca/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 19:35:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7323 At three years old, Scarlet is the size of a one-year-old and losing weight fast Mark Leiren-Young Opinion Chinook salmon j-pod orcas Salish Sea Southern Resident Killer Whales Strait of Georgia wild salmon wildlife Grieving with the world’s whale https://thenarwhal.ca/grieving-with-the-worlds-whale/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:02:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7245 It’s time for everyone who cares about orcas, oceans and the planet to join the endangered Southern Residents in holding Tahlequah’s dead daughter up for the world to see Mark Leiren-Young Opinion Endangered Species fish farms orcas salmon Trans Mountain Pipeline wildlife Grieving mother highlights crisis for Southern Resident killer whales  https://thenarwhal.ca/grieving-mother-highlights-crisis-for-southern-resident-killer-whales/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:49:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7217 Images of an orca with her dead calf are spreading around the world, along with the message that the population is in serious danger Dyna Tuytel Opinion Ecojustice Endangered Species environmental law Kinder Morgan oilsands orcas Southern Resident Killer Whales Trans Mountain Pipeline wildlife J35 carries her dead baby orca Canada Pledges $12 Million to Research Endangered Killer Whales, But Critics Say Urgent Action Still Needed https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-pledges-12-million-research-endangered-killer-whales-critics-say-urgent-action-still-needed/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:21:12 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/03/16/canada-pledges-12-million-research-endangered-killer-whales-critics-say-urgent-action-still-needed/ Jimmy Thomson In-Depth Dominic LeBlanc Kinder Morgan ocean protections plan orcas Port of Vancouver Raincoast Conservation Foundation Southern Resident Killer Whales Trans Mountain Pipeline wildlife ‘There Isn’t Time’: Endangered Orcas Need Emergency Intervention, Coalition Tells Ottawa https://thenarwhal.ca/there-isn-t-time-endangered-orcas-need-emergency-intervention-coalition-tells-ottawa/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:34:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/31/there-isn-t-time-endangered-orcas-need-emergency-intervention-coalition-tells-ottawa/ Jimmy Thomson News Canada catherine mckenny conservation david suzuki foundation Dominic LeBlanc Ecojustice Endangered Species georgia strait alliance News orcas raincoast Southern Resident Killer Whales Species At Risk Act water wildlife How Canada is Driving Its Endangered Species to the Brink of Extinction https://thenarwhal.ca/how-canada-driving-its-endangered-species-brink-extinction/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:21:50 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/24/how-canada-driving-its-endangered-species-brink-extinction/ Emma Gilchrist In-Depth caribou Endangered Species orcas Species At Risk Act transboundary tensions wildlife Southern Resident Killer Whales Unlikely to Survive Increase in Oil Tanker Traffic, Say Experts https://thenarwhal.ca/southern-resident-killer-whales-unlikely-survive-increase-oil-tanker-traffic-say-experts/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:34:27 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/12/02/southern-resident-killer-whales-unlikely-survive-increase-oil-tanker-traffic-say-experts/ Judith Lavoie News Haro Strait Howard Garrett killer whales Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Misty MacDuffee noise pollution Orca Network OrcaLab orcas Paul Sprong Raincoast Conservation Foundation Salish Sea Southern Resident Killer Whales tanker traffic Ship Noise Harming Endangered Killer Whales in Salish Sea: New Study https://thenarwhal.ca/ship-noise-harming-endangered-killer-whales-salish-sea-new-study/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 00:20:50 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/02/03/ship-noise-harming-endangered-killer-whales-salish-sea-new-study/ Judith Lavoie News killer whales Kinder Morgan News Oceans orcas Peer J Salish Sea salmon shipping noise Trans Mountain Pipeline Retreat from Science: Interview with Federal Scientist Peter Ross Part 2 of 2 https://thenarwhal.ca/retreat-science-interview-federal-scientist-peter-ross-part-2-2/ Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:54:58 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/01/21/retreat-science-interview-federal-scientist-peter-ross-part-2-2/ Carol Linnitt B.C. Democracy Department of Fisheries and Oceans environmental monitoring Featured Scientist federal Harper Government Interview killer whales orcas Peter Ross Policy pollution research Science Retreat from Science: Interview with Federal Scientist Peter Ross Part 1 of 2 https://thenarwhal.ca/retreat-science-interview-federal-scientist-peter-ross-part-1/ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/01/18/retreat-science-interview-federal-scientist-peter-ross-part-1/ Carol Linnitt Department of Fisheries and Oceans federal scientists Harper Government Institute of Ocean Sciences killer whales orcas Peter Ross Q & A Science