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Corporate Influence

Canada is home to some of the most powerful fossil fuel and natural resource influences in the world. Oil, gas and mining interests have played a foundational role in setting the political agenda federally and across the provinces for decades. The Narwhal’s reporting tracks corporate influence through lobbying, political donations, industry advocacy and public relations.

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 ‘Hopefully, the story dies’: emails show North Bay officials reacting to reporting on plastics factory’s use of PFAS

City of North Bay officials advised an international plastics company to “hold off” on granting journalists’ requests for a tour of its new factory after...

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