
Emma McIntosh
Investigative Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
Investigations @torontostar. Formerly @thenarwhalca. Hosted a podcast called Paydirt. Fan of FOI and lake swims. Signal: emmamci.76
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2 weeks ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Emma McIntosh
The first blow landed behind my head, a thump on the outside of the cabin vigorous enough to jolt my eyes open. Then came the second, a whack by my feet that shot me upright beneath my sleeping bag. Frozen still, I could hear the deep, ragged breaths of whatever was on the other side of the wall, only inches of plywood between us. A black, coarse mass of fur brushed past one window, then the next.
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2 months ago |
thespec.com | Robert Benzie |Kristin Rushowy |Emma McIntosh
John Mutton — the shadowy Greenbelt figure known as “Mr. X” — has been banned from lobbying government for two years. Mutton, a former mayor of Clarington, gained notoriety when integrity commissioner J. David Wake dubbed him “Mr. X” in the 2023 report that triggered the ongoing RCMP investigation of the $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap scandal.
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2 months ago |
greatlakesnow.org | Emma McIntosh
April 11, 2025 By Emma McIntoshEmma and photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna spent four days in northwestern Ontario, including visits to White Lake and Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg.
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2 months ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Ainslie Cruickshank |Carl Meyer |Elaine Anselmi |Matt Simmons |Emma McIntosh
For a few months, we’ve been asking noteworthy people across Canada to describe their relationship with the natural world in our Moose Questionnaire. It’s an effort to build community and celebrate how all of us have our own connection to the land and water. And I was so excited to give the questionnaire to Inuk actor Anna Lambe. The 23-year-old is known for True Detective and The Grizzlies, and she has a new show, North of North, which brings a humorous and honest take on life in the North.
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2 months ago |
thenarwhal.ca | Emma McIntosh
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. The trouble started up again as winter gave way to spring last year, and walleye gathered at their spawning grounds in White Lake in northern Ontario. For years, people in Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg — an Anishinaabe community tucked along the lake’s eastern shore — had alleged poachers were catching huge quantities of fish from the waters.
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