https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-gas-prices/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=126900 Prices are still high at Vancouver’s pumps — but an economist who predicted price relief believes they’d be worse without the pipeline Carl Meyer Analysis B.C. climate change federal politics oil and gas Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Christopher Katsarov Luna / The Canadian Press Gas pump being used to fill gas in a car https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-paid-mckinsey/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=119437 Canadian taxpayers could pay up to $18.8 billion for the pipeline expansion, even though federal officials say McKinsey & Company consultants helped them save hundreds of millions of dollars Mike De Souza News Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas pipelines Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal Trans Mountain paid McKinsey & Company $32 million for advice on how to save money after pipeline expansion project went billions over budget. An aerial photograph shows part of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion under construction near the Trans-Canada Highway in Hope, British Columbia, Canada on May 11, 2023. https://thenarwhal.ca/jasper-fire-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:32:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=114305 Despite a wildfire risk deemed ‘low,’ the Trans Mountain pipeline ended up among ‘critical infrastructure’ park officials were fighting to save in Jasper Paula Tran News Alberta pipelines protected areas Trans Mountain Pipeline Wildfire Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. TMX photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal smoky otherworldly illustration of pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-launch-indigenous-rights/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=105475 Trans Mountain’s decision last summer to trench through an Indigenous sacred site kicked off more dissent. The decision ‘undermines Secwépemc law’ according to the nation, which is boosting title claim efforts to protect its sacred spaces Ayesha Habib In-Depth B.C. Canada Energy Regulator environmental racism Indigenous Rights Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Marissa Tiel / The Narwhal April Thomas looks off in the distance. She's wearing a red shirt and orange beaded earrings. The landscape behind her has brush and a tree, with blue skies. https://thenarwhal.ca/spotted-owl-federal-court-case-guilbeault/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:40:45 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=90423 As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests Sarah Cox News B.C. biodiversity Endangered Species old-growth Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Jesse Winter An image of a spotted owl mid-flight is shown on the screen of an ipad, being held by two hands in a forested setting https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-pipeline-explainer/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=87878 Controversial construction method changes, roadblocks, ballooning costs, legal actions and its impact on endangered species — we explain the timeline and lingering mysteries behind this contentious Canadian pipeline project Carl Meyer Explainer climate change Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal Aerial shot of green pipeline segments lying in the dirt and gravel. https://thenarwhal.ca/spotted-owl-emergency-order-documents/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=84247 An internal government document reveals how B.C., citing ‘significant impacts’ on forest sector jobs and provincial revenue, aims to prevent Ottawa from stepping in to save a species on the cusp of Canadian extinction Sarah Cox Investigation B.C. biodiversity species at risk Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program spotted owl https://thenarwhal.ca/spotted-owl-habitat-logging-shooters-bc/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:52:17 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=83533 Only one spotted owl remains in Canada’s wild. The B.C. government says it is committed to recovering the species, even as it approves new clearcuts and recreational shooting in a Fraser Valley wildlife area set aside for the owl Sarah Cox On the ground B.C. biodiversity Endangered Species Trans Mountain Pipeline Wildfire wildlife Illustration: Carol Linnitt / The Narwhal An illustration of a spotted owl sitting on the barrel of a gun. https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-td-bank-loan/ Wed, 24 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=78908 Finance Canada disputes critics who say government is hiding something Carl Meyer News climate change Corporate Influence federal politics oil and gas Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal Suburban neighbourhood with Trans Mountain construction project through the middle showing pipeline segments. https://thenarwhal.ca/southern-resident-killer-whales-female-calf/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=52334 The birth of calf J59 offers promise for the future of the J pod, but experts say more protection for the orca’s habitat and food sources is needed to curb their decline Ainslie Cruickshank News B.C. Endangered Species Oceans Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Center for Whale Research, permit #21238 photo of J59 a new southern resident killer whale calf https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-trudeau-pbo/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 01:42:55 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=44673 Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says the Trudeau government is ‘very unlikely’ to recoup its multibillion-dollar investment in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project Natasha Bulowski News climate change federal politics Fossil Fuel Subsidies oil and gas Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Trans Mountain Trans Mountain pipeline crews work along the project route in Chilliwack, B.C.