https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-lng-electrification-costs/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=145429 What happens when energy-intensive industries want to go electric at minimal cost? B.C. may be about to find out Shannon Waters Analysis B.C. LNG natural gas Site C dam Photo: Province of B.C. / ​​Flickr BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix and Premier David Eby stand side by side in front of an LNG carrier ship https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-new-hydro-dams-possible/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:02:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=134897 Despite the Site C project’s $16-billion price tag, Energy Minister Adrian Dix says he won’t exclude the possibility of building more dams as the province faces a spike in electricity demand, including for LNG and mining Shannon Waters and Sarah Cox News B.C. LNG renewable energy Site C dam Photo: Supplied by BC Hydro A view of the Site C dam on B.C.'s Peace River https://thenarwhal.ca/memorable-british-columbia-photos-2024/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=128545 Two B.C.-based editors share behind-the-scenes reflections on some of their favourite photographs for The Narwhal in 2024: fires, a flooding, buffalo, bison and more Sarah Cox and Michelle Cyca Inside The Narwhal Photo Essay B.C. Site C dam Wildfire wildlife Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal A woman in protective clothing and a hard hat walks through a forest with a drip torch. Patches of ground are on fire behind. https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-dam-gets-indigenous-name/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=125355 BC Hydro’s plans to give the controversial dam and reservoir Indigenous language names are being called inappropriate by a First Nations chief whose traditional territory was flooded by the megaproject Sarah Cox News B.C. climate change Indigenous Rights LNG Site C dam Photo: BC Hydro Site C dam after reservoir filling, looking upstream on the Peace River https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-contracts-snc-lavalin/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=76795 Beleaguered engineering firm SNC-Lavalin was among the big winners of no-bid contracts for the over-budget hydro project on B.C.’s Peace River, according to documents obtained by The Narwhal Sarah Cox Investigation News B.C. Site C dam Illustration: Carol Linnitt and Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca/blueberry-river-treaty-8-agreements/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 19:00:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=68862 New agreements between the province and Treaty 8 nations are a first step towards healing land devastated by decades of heavy industrial activity Matt Simmons Explainer B.C. Democracy environmental law fracking Indigenous protected areas Indigenous Rights LNG oil and gas Site C dam wildlife Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal An overhead view of Blueberry River First Nations territory. https://thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-project-emissions-bc/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:07:03 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=68420 With construction of its first phase nearing completion, LNG Canada is sending strong signals it will proceed with the full build of its liquefied natural gas export project, making it likely impossible for the province to meet its climate targets Matt Simmons Analysis In-Depth News climate change Coastal GasLink pipeline LNG LNG Canada methane oil and gas renewable energy Site C dam TC Energy Photo: LNG Canada Construction at LNG Canada in Kitimat https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-hydro-site-c-lawsuit/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 13:55:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=68286 The suit brought against peaceful opponents of the most expensive hydro dam in Canadian history has the hallmarks of a strategic lawsuit meant to silence and intimidate critics, according to experts Sarah Cox News B.C. BC Hydro Democracy farming Indigenous Rights Site C dam water Photo: Jayce Hawkins / The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-charges-acid-rock/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:59:42 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=67433 Four million litres of potentially contaminated water was discharged into the fish-bearing river. The incident was not reported ‘in a timely manner,’ according to BC Hydro’s latest Site C dam report Sarah Cox News B.C. fisheries Site C dam water Photo: Jayce Hawkins / The Narwhal An overhead view of BC Hydro Site C dam construction along the Peace River. https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-construction-to-destroy-wetlands/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:47:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=58833 BC Hydro is moving forward with plans to drain and log a rare wetland in the Peace River Valley as part of dam construction this fall and winter Ainslie Cruickshank In-Depth B.C. Site C dam water wildlife Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal Reeds and grasses blowing in the wind at Watson Slough in the Peace Valley https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-dam-settlement/ Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:40:44 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=55177 West Moberly First Nations reluctantly signed a settlement seven years into construction on the beleaguered hydroelectric project on the Peace River in northeastern B.C. Emma Gilchrist News B.C. Indigenous Rights Site C dam Photo: Ryan Dickie / The Narwhal Roland Willson, Chief of West Moberly First Nations, which just reached a partial settlement over B.C.'s Site C dam.