Big pit energy: an old mine could bring renewables and new life to an eastern Ontario town
Long an open crater, the former Marmoraton mine may become a hydroelectric battery surrounded by...
In Canada’s largest city, how do you teach children about the great — but expensive — outdoors?
Educators across the Greater Toronto Area are trying to make the outdoors affordable and accessible...
Ancient wetlands and a futuristic island come to Toronto’s Don River
When completed, Villiers Island will be one of the first “climate positive” communities in Toronto.
Alberta renewable energy surge could power 4,500 jobs
Unique market is attracting billions of dollars from companies looking for cheap clean energy, or...
Seeing green: Winnipeg’s organic waste problem
In a rare large Canadian city without a municipal compost collection program, a social enterprise...
Finding climate hope in an age of offhand miracles
The fuel of my climate optimism, the reliable spark that keeps it moving, is a...
Meet Julia-Simone Rutgers, The Narwhal’s new Manitoba reporter in collaboration with the Winnipeg Free Press
From a young age, Julia-Simone Rutgers knew she wanted to be a journalist. Now she...
Is small-scale forestry the big idea B.C. needs?
Woodlot owners in B.C.’s Boundary region say redistributing tenure from major logging companies to smaller...
With citizen science apps, amateurs and experts both expand their horizons
Canada is too big for researchers to track all of its flora and fauna. Nature...
