Fatima Syed

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

'A climate reporter, a reporter of MANY things' @thenarwhalca |VP @caj |Tweets=mine |Obsessions: space, sports, Springsteen, stuff |'too young'

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Articles

What the federal election results mean for the environment

2 weeks ago | thenarwhal.ca | Fatima Syed |Shannon Waters

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Canada’s 2025 federal election campaign started on the heels of a prime minister stepping down and a tariff war brewing across the border. The dramatic twists upended what was an assumed Conservative win to instead keep the Liberals in power for their fourth consecutive term.
North of North's Anna Lambe on personal growth The Narwhal

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

For Inuk actor Anna Lambe, star of the hit Netflix comedy North of North, the north-est north is home. For real — she was born in Iqaluit but her family is from Grise Fiord, the most northern community in Canada. In North of North, Lambe’s character, Siaja, is starting a new path with dreams of reinventing herself after exiting her marriage.
Youth lead Anishinaabe culture camps on Georgian Bay

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Leah Borts-Kuperman |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. The Georgian Bay Anishinaabek Youth (GBAY) program in Parry Sound, Ont., is entirely led by Indigenous youth. They are dedicated to bringing land-based and cultural learning activities to other young people in their First Nations communities along the rivers and eastern shore of Mnidoo Gamii, one of the Anishinaabemowin names for Georgian Bay.
Meet Manuel Baechlin, The Narwhal’s video producer

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Karan Prashant Saxena |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

The first time Manuel Baechlin and I met over Zoom, he couldn’t stop talking about how much he loves Vox explainer videos — no, seriously, he talked about them a lot. I decided I’d interject and ask him why he loved Fox so much, and watched as the panic crept up on his face. Totally cruel, yes, yes, I know … but we spent the rest of the conversation talking about just how much we both appreciate a well-produced video that meets the moment.
Docs show how much BC Hydro power LNG and mining projects want

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Shannon Waters |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

It’s no secret that electrifying B.C.’s economy, from homes to heavy industry, will require significantly boosting the amount of power the province produces. Now, documents obtained by The Narwhal under freedom of information legislation reveal just how much electricity emissions-heavy industries like liquefied natural gas (LNG) and mines estimate they need to meet B.C.’s carbon emissions targets.
B.C. allowed CNRL to sidestep rules for over 4,300 pipelines: docs

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Zak Vescera |Matt Simmons |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. This investigation is a collaboration between The Narwhal and the Investigative Journalism Foundation. The British Columbia government quietly granted one of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies an exemption for thousands of pipelines that should have been deactivated before a legal deadline, according to documents obtained under freedom of information legislation.
‘I’m fiercely pro-fur’: Vogue’s Christian Allaire

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Denise Balkissoon |Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed

Growing up, Christian Allaire loved spending summers with his cousins in his grandma’s backyard, near their home community of Nipissing First Nation. He also loved watching Drag Race with those same cousins, even after they voted against the strapless garbage bag minidress he made for a RuPaul-inspired home fashion contest.
What makes a mine critical in B.C.?

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Drew Anderson |Fatima Syed |Matt Simmons |Zak Vescera

We’re a month out from a federal election and it feels, if I’m being honest, kind of like a big one. U.S. President Donald Trump appears hell-bent on throwing Canada into economic chaos, and in a few weeks voters will decide who will lead this country’s response. We’re all worried about jobs, housing, inflation and the economy, and that makes sense.
Canada’s second carbon tax Poilievre wants to axe

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Fatima Syed |Drew Anderson |Zoë Yunker

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. On March 17, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stood at a podium in the middle of an eastern Ontario steel mill and pledged to “completely eliminate the carbon tax.” This time around, that familiar refrain applied to the industrial carbon price — as in the one still standing after the Liberals reduced the consumer carbon tax to nil.
When Alberta oil and gas companies don’t pay their bills

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Fatima Syed |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Drew Anderson |Matt Simmons |Sharon Riley

So, that award Drew won? It’s from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, which aims to honour investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. This is The Narwhal’s first Hillman Prize — and it recognizes Drew’s dogged coverage on Alberta’s surprise pause on renewables. The jury accurately called what Drew dug up a “political landmine,” and it immediately became a provincial hot potato.