Kayla MacInnis

Dec 16, 2024 | indiginews.com | Kayla MacInnis

This feature story, written and reported by Kayla MacInnis, was translated into nêhiyawêwin (Plains Cree) by Dorothy Thunder from Little Pine First Nation in Treaty 6. Dorothy is a language keeper, educator and full-time Cree instructor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. A narration of the story from Dorothy can also be found below. This translated story, co-published with The Narwhal, has been condensed from its original version in English, which can be found here.

Nov 1, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Kayla MacInnis |Matt Simmons |Ainslie Cruickshank |Shannon Waters |Sharon Riley

One of the first people we met in St. Paul, a small farming town in northeastern Alberta, laughed when she first heard we were journalists from the city. Then she leaned in. If you ask me, she said, I’m excited about the jobs. She’s not alone in enthusiasm for a massive $16-billion project, including a pipeline not far from the town. But not everyone is so excited, photojournalist Amber Bracken told me after visiting the community last summer.

Oct 29, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Kayla MacInnis |Drew Anderson

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. The Saskatchewan election results are in and the Saskatchewan Party has held onto power in Monday’s election, elongating a political dynasty that started in 2007. The party, however, was humbled by a resurgent NDP. Initial results around midnight showed the governing party under Scott Moe lost 12 seats, but won 35, enough to form a majority government.

Oct 29, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Kayla MacInnis |Kathryn Peiman

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. As a photographer who enjoys interacting with fish non-consumptively, I’m thrilled fishing was curtailed in Port Hope, Ont., this year. As a biologist, I hate the justification used for implementing the ban — there was no science involved and Port Hope’s fix likely just pushed the problem to other locations that are less publicly visible and will cause more harm.

Oct 28, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Kayla MacInnis |Matt Simmons

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs have filed a new legal challenge against the British Columbia government over the proposed Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in northwest B.C. The chiefs submitted an application for judicial review to the B.C. Supreme Court on Oct.