The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Ottawa’s Wood Buffalo plan ‘not good enough’: First Nations https://thenarwhal.ca/ottawas-wood-buffalo-plan-not-good-enough-first-nations/ Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:39:24 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9908 Canada’s largest national park is at risk of losing its status as a World Heritage site due to the impacts of dams, oil development and climate change Judith Lavoie News oilsands Site C dam UNESCO World Heritage Site Wood Buffalo National Park A playground in Fort Chipewyan overlooking Lake Athabasca. Parks Canada shirks UN request for review of Site C dam impacts on imperilled national park https://thenarwhal.ca/parks-canada-shirks-un-request-for-review-impacts-of-site-c-dam-on-imperilled-national-park/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:38:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9359 UNESCO issued a stern warning that, in order to keep Wood Buffalo National Park off a list of world heritage sites in danger, Canada must take “major and timely” action on 17 recommendations, including an impact assessment of B.C.’s controversial megadam Judith Lavoie News Parks Canada Site C dam UNESCO World Heritage Site Wood Buffalo National Park Proposed site of Teck's Frontier Mine 30 km south of Wood Buffalo National Park. If built, it would be the largest mine ever constructed in Alberta's oilsands. Wood Buffalo: Canada’s largest national park and its people in peril https://thenarwhal.ca/wood-buffalo-canadas-largest-national-park-and-its-people-in-peril/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:53:32 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6568 International officials are warning the Canadian government not enough is being done to protect the Peace-Athabasca delta — one of the world’s largest freshwater inland deltas — from the ravages of ongoing industrial development Judith Lavoie Photo Essay Indigenous oilsands Peace Athabasca Delta protected areas Site C dam UNESCO World Heritage Site Wood Buffalo National Park Alberta makes conservation history with new protected areas in boreal forest https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-makes-conservation-history-with-new-protected-areas-in-boreal-forest/ Wed, 16 May 2018 13:35:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=5983 Total protected area is 1.36 million hectares — more than twice the size of Vancouver Island Sarah Cox News Alberta boreal forest Indigenous Nature Conservancy of Canada protected areas UNESCO World Heritage Site Wood Buffalo National Park Canadian Mining Company Threatens Romania with Investment Treaty Lawsuit Over Gold Mine https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-mining-company-threatens-romania-investment-treaty-lawsuit-gold-mine/ Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/09/15/canadian-mining-company-threatens-romania-investment-treaty-lawsuit-gold-mine/ Derek Leahy cyanide Gabriel Resources gold mining Jamie Kneen Jonathan Henry MiningWatch Canada Natural Resources Romania Romanian Autumn Rosia Montana Save Rosia Montana UNESCO World Heritage Site Fracking Threatens Canadian UNESCO World Heritage Site, Report https://thenarwhal.ca/fracking-threatens-canadian-unesco-world-heritage-site-report/ Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:00:08 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/07/18/fracking-threatens-canadian-unesco-world-heritage-site-report/ Erika Thorkelson Canada national parks Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society CPAWS fracking UNESCO World Heritage Site