Karan Prashant Saxena

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Karan Prashant Saxena |Michelle Cyca

It’s that time of the year — you’ll have to excuse the chipper Narwhal staff for the incoming good vibes: Ontario reporter Emma McIntosh’s big, beautiful Lake Superior caribou feature has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award! “This story snuggled into my heart in a way few of them can. From the wonderfully thoughtful people to the enchanting landscapes to the caribou at the centre, every piece of it has stuck with me,” Emma told me.

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Karan Prashant Saxena |Michelle Cyca

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. When Prairies reporter Drew Anderson got his hands on some pretty damning documents about Alberta’s surprise pause on renewable energy projects, he became a kid in a candy store — one with many sweet treats to choose from.

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Karan Prashant Saxena |Julia-Simone Rutgers

“Six dead birds.” “Very stinky.” “Leakage.” “A hazard.” “Serious deficiency.”These are some of the things officials in British Columbia said about a host of oil and gas sites across the province — yet gave them a passing grade upon inspection, anyway. When northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons got his hands on 40,000 records from the BC Energy Regulator — a provincial agency largely funded by the oil and gas industry — he knew he’d need a little more help to go through it all.

2 months ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Karan Prashant Saxena |Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Denise Mullen

If a tree falls in a private forest … By Karan Saxena The Narwhal February 21, 2025 Category: Forestry In 2019, the residents of Glade, B.C., learned they had no right to clean drinking water, after members of the Kootenay community waged a legal battle against forestry companies logging in their watershed.