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2 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Zoë Yunker
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. British Columbia has a new framework for consulting First Nations about mineral claims — but critics say it’s flawed, will likely cause an influx of paperwork for First Nations and largely maintains the status quo.
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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.
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1 month ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Michelle Cyca
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. British Columbia has failed to reduce carbon emissions despite a $3.5-billion investment in the CleanBC program over seven years, and the government is hinting the lauded program may be scrapped or overhauled. As of last December, the province’s emissions were almost exactly the same as they were in 2007. Briefing notes released on Feb.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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).
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1 month ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Michelle Cyca
WSÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs and conservation groups have been raising the alarm about herring in the Georgia Strait. Last November, the chiefs called for a moratorium on commercial harvest in the area, reporting community members are not seeing herring spawn as they used to, and they fear the population will collapse. The Georgia Strait is the last commercial herring fishery not under a moratorium in the province.
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2 months ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Drew Anderson |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. When Barry Timpany looks out his window, he can see clear across the Creston Valley: the mountains lined with trees and the valley bottom dotted with farms. He lives in Wynndel, B.C., a community of about 650 people.
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2 months ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Leah Borts-Kuperman |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. When Barry Timpany looks out his window, he can see clear across the Creston Valley: the mountains lined with trees and the valley bottom dotted with farms. He lives in Wynndel, B.C., a community of about 650 people.
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2 months ago | 
thenarwhal.ca | Carl Meyer |Shannon Waters |Drew Anderson |Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood |Denise Balkissoon
We lied: of course we’re addressing the elephant in the room. It’s no secret everyone’s feeling a strange-yet-justified sense of patriotism — reluctantly, or not — given the whiplash-inducing news about tariffs. As Denise wrote, some have probably landed on the maple syrup of it all: buy Canadian products. And that’s a reasonable response; I, personally, am looking for Canadian alternatives to my beloved vegan chicken tenders (they’re packed with protein, please hit me up with suggestions!).
