The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘The border is this imaginary line’: why Americans are fighting mining in B.C.’s ‘Doughnut Hole’ https://thenarwhal.ca/border-imaginary-line-why-americans-fighting-mining-doughnut-hole/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 20:00:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16128 Logging permits in the Skagit River headwaters will no longer be issued by the B.C. government but mining exploration is causing friction with Americans downstream. We travelled the river to meet the people fighting an Imperial Metals permit Christopher Pollon On the ground Donut Hole Doughnut Hole forestry Indigenous logging Manning Park mining Skagit River transboundary rivers water Paul Berntsen Manning Park Doughnut Hole EPA finds selenium from B.C. mines contaminating fish in Montana https://thenarwhal.ca/epa-finds-selenium-from-b-c-mines-contaminating-fish-in-montana/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:35:14 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14429 As American scientists point fingers squarely at Canadian coal mines for high concentrations of selenium in fish in the transboundary Kootenai River, a new Canadian study finds the contaminant has the power to completely wipe out some lake invertebrates Sarah Lawrynuik News coal Elk Valley Fish mining Selenium transboundary rivers water An aerial shot of the research enclosures containing various doses of selenium in Lake 239 at Ontario’s Experimental Lakes Area. Photo: Tyler Black / ELA We back-country paddled to the Tulsequah Chief, B.C.’s most infamous abandoned mine 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 New B.C.-Alaska Deal Not Enough to Protect Transboundary Rivers from B.C.’s Mines, U.S. Fisheries Panel Hears 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