Sharon Riley

Edmonton

Prairies Bureau Chief at The Narwhal

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Journalist at The Philanthropist Journal

Prairies bureau chief @thenarwhalca. Words: @thewalrus, @harpers etc. Research: @typeinvestigate, @theintercept etc. Lover of longform & facts. https://t.co/KIrNAujsvP

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Articles

The Narwhal’s oilsands portraits nominated for magazine award

2 weeks ago | thenarwhal.ca | Sharon Riley

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. We’re chuffed to see photojournalist Amber Bracken’s work for The Narwhal has been nominated for a National Magazine Award!Bracken’s work features a series of intimate portraits of residents of Fort Chipewyan, Alta. and was nominated in the photo essay and photojournalism category. In Fort Chip, as locals call it, residents have long been worried about their water.
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.
Life after a pulp mill in Terrace Bay

2 months ago | thenarwhal.ca | Chloe Williams |Shannon Waters |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Sharon Riley

A couple months ago, you might have overheard someone in a Narwhal editorial meeting say that the chaos of Donald Trump’s second U.S. presidency has little to do with our mission to tell stories about the natural world in Canada. So much has changed. As a trade war ramps up between former allies, it has become crystal clear: this is about land; this is about water; this is about energy, mining and natural resources.
U.S. steel tariffs: what you need to know about impacts in Canada

2 months ago | thenarwhal.ca | Sharon Riley |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Will there be tariffs? Will they be 10 per cent, 25, 50? In a dizzying cycle of unrelenting news, you’d be excused for not being sure anymore. But the latest round of tariffs could have real implications for an industry they don’t intend to target. U.S. President Donald Trump has recently taken aim at steel (and aluminum).
What is potash? A Canadian export at centre of U.S. tariffs

2 months ago | thenarwhal.ca | Sharon Riley |Fatima Syed |Terry Pender

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. It finally happened. Canada and the United States are in the midst of a cross-border trade war. In response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his own set of punitive tariffs on American imports.
A lifeline for local news is urgently needed – and philanthropy can do more to help - The Philanthropist Journal

Feb 11, 2025 | thephilanthropist.ca | Tim Harper |Lorne Trottier |Sharon Riley |Aiden Cyr

Share Facebook Linkedin Email Sections Analysis Issues & Sectors Civic Engagement Topics Philanthropy and Funding ISSN 2562-1491 Original Link https://thephilanthropist.ca/2025/02/a-lifeline-for-local-news-is-urgently-needed-and-philanthropy-can-do-more-to-help/ Download Choose Print or Save to PDF in the print dialogue and turn off “Header and Footers” Lire En Français Read more Explore More Articles These are the terms that have come to describe journalism in this decade, terms that are...
Inviting difficulty into the room at PFC’s Together 25 Ensemble

Dec 2, 2024 | thephilanthropist.ca | Sharon Riley |Lorne Trottier |Angela Long |Rudayna Bahubeshi

At the opening plenary of the 25th Philanthropic Foundations Canada conference, Mastercard Foundation president and CEO Reeta Roy laid out the landscape of today’s times: “tumultuous,” she said. “Divisive.” While offering reasons for hope – including increased engagement between Indigenous communities and philanthropic foundations – she also acknowledged the difficulty of this year for philanthropic and charitable organizations across Canada. The difficulties are, of course, many.
The winds of change in rural Alberta

Nov 29, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Carl Meyer |Sharon Riley |Matt Simmons |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood

Before we get to this week’s newsletter, we wanted to share a little update on our Black Friday toque offer: 110 of you have already made the leap to become members of The Narwhal!Here’s what some of our newest members had to say:The Narwhal is the first place I tell people to go to when they are looking for quality journalism. You are like an endangered species that we need to care for because it enhances our lives. We’re now just 190 members away from reaching our target for 2024.
Margaret Atwood would marry a wolf

Nov 26, 2024 | thenarwhal.ca | Shannon Waters |Sharon Riley

When those boxes of heavily redacted documents start to pile in, reporters at The Narwhal waste no time in looking for kernels of news that matter the most. Just ask our Prairies reporter Drew Anderson, who gleefully scanned through freedom of information files like a kid in a candy store, leading to pretty damning revelations in Alberta. Long story short: the government wasn’t being forthright when it claimed its pause on new renewable energy projects wasn’t political.
The $16B carbon capture megaproject next door

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.