https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/we-back-country-paddled-to-the-tulsequah-chief-b-c-s-most-infamous-abandoned-mine/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:53:55 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13666 Spanning the B.C.-Alaska border, the salmon-rich Taku River watershed represents the largest intact wilderness river system on the Pacific coast of North America. It’s also home to a troubling legacy that signals long-term risk to Alaskans living downstream of B.C.’s mining boom Colin Arisman Photo Essay contaminated sites mining southeast Alaska Taku River transboundary mines transboundary mining transboundary rivers Tulsequah Chief Mine water Colin Arisman Tulsequah Chief Tulsequah River https://thenarwhal.ca/u-s-senators-to-horgan-clean-up-b-c-s-mining-mess/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:27:10 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12198 In an unprecedented letter signed by both Democrats and Republicans, American senators flag a lack of provincial oversight of B.C.’s metal and coal mining industry as trouble for downstream communities Sarah Cox News mining Mount Polley mine spill transboundary mining Tulsequah Chief Tulsequah Chief https://thenarwhal.ca/photos-canadian-mining-boom-never-seen-before/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:08:02 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/10/30/photos-canadian-mining-boom-never-seen-before/ Garth Lenz Photo Essay alaska Brucejack mine Garth Lenz Imperial Metals KSM mine mining Mount Polley photo essay Red Chris Mine salmon Seabridge Gold tailings pond transboundary mining transboundary tensions https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-has-second-worst-mining-record-world-un/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:58:02 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/10/27/canada-has-second-worst-mining-record-world-un/ Judith Lavoie News mining Mount Polley tailings pond transboundary mining transboundary tensions United Nations United Nations Environment Programme https://thenarwhal.ca/alaskans-push-u-s-government-investigate-b-c-s-border-mines/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:42:33 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/10/03/alaskans-push-u-s-government-investigate-b-c-s-border-mines/ Judith Lavoie News alaska B.C. mines cross-border mines Guy Archibald International Joint Commission KSM mine mining MiningWatch Mount Polley mine disaster News Red Chris Mine salmon Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Southeast Alaska Transboundary Commission stikine Taku transboundary mining transboundary tensions Tulsequah Chief Mine Ugo Lapointe Unuk https://thenarwhal.ca/alaskan-hopes-pinned-new-b-c-government-sale-looms-polluting-mine/ Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:11:57 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/07/05/alaskan-hopes-pinned-new-b-c-government-sale-looms-polluting-mine/ Judith Lavoie News acid drainage alaska Chris Zimmer Indigenous Rights John Horgan mining NDP government News Rivers Without Borders Taku River transboundary mining transboundary tensions Tulsequah Chief Mine https://thenarwhal.ca/comparing-mine-management-b-c-and-alaska-embarrassing-and-explains-why-alaskans-are-so-mad/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 02:22:43 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/04/05/comparing-mine-management-b-c-and-alaska-embarrassing-and-explains-why-alaskans-are-so-mad/ Judith Lavoie News alaska BC Liberals Bill Bennett Chris Zimmer KSM mine mining Mount Polley News Rivers Without Borders salmon Salmon Beyond Borders transboundary mining transboundary tensions Tulsequah Chief Mine Tulsequah Chief https://thenarwhal.ca/southeast-alaskans-ask-canada-strengthen-its-environmental-laws/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 02:49:51 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/12/28/southeast-alaskans-ask-canada-strengthen-its-environmental-laws/ Carol Linnitt News alaska BC mines Canadian Environmental Assessment Act EA review Jill Weitz KSM mine mining News Nikki Skuce Open-pit Mining salmon Salmon Beyond Borders transboundary mining transboundary tensions transboundary watershed https://thenarwhal.ca/new-b-c-alaska-deal-not-enough-protect-transboundary-rivers-b-c-s-mines-u-s-fisheries-panel-hears/ Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:12:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/10/15/new-b-c-alaska-deal-not-enough-protect-transboundary-rivers-b-c-s-mines-u-s-fisheries-panel-hears/ Judith Lavoie News alaska Alaska State House Fisheries Committee BC mines Bill Bennett mine liability mining News salmon Salmon Beyond Borders transboundary mining transboundary rivers transboundary tensions https://thenarwhal.ca/owner-acid-leaking-tulsequah-chief-mine-goes-receivership/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:47:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/09/08/owner-acid-leaking-tulsequah-chief-mine-goes-receivership/ Judith Lavoie News acid leak alaska BC mines Bill Bennett Chieftain Metals KSM mining News Taku River transboundary mining transboundary tensions Tulsequah Chief Tulsequah river Tulsequah Chief https://thenarwhal.ca/alaskans-find-flaw-b-c-study-showing-acid-drainage-abandoned-mine-does-not-affect-fish/ Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:58:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/06/17/alaskans-find-flaw-b-c-study-showing-acid-drainage-abandoned-mine-does-not-affect-fish/ Judith Lavoie News acid drainage alaska B.C. Bill Bennett Chieftain Metals Chris Zimmer Cominco Heather Hardcastle KSM mine mining News Rivers Without Borders Taku River transboundary mining transboundary tensions Tulsequah Chief Mine Tulsequah river