Remember when scandals meant people didn't get to keep their jobs
Posts by Denise Balkissoon
Our newsroom published three investigations this week, including one that revealed Canada’s first major LNG export terminal was among the worst-emitting LNG plants in the world in 2025.
Catch up in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l...
SCOOP: An investigation by The Narwhal and Point Source shows LNG Canada burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025, making it one of the worst polluters for flaring emissions globally and undermining Canada’s environmental claims. @writermjs.bsky.social #lng thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
A beleaguered oil and gas company has left behind 4,000 orphan wells and, The Narwhal has learned, an estimated $476M cleanup bill in Alberta.
We called to hear their side of the story. They answered. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-long...
Ontario's drinking water is protected by little-known groups, closely tied to conservation authorities. As the Ford government consolidates the watershed agencies, a leaked document and 12 sources show their role is now unclear. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-sour...
Correct
I already hated everything being gambling now yet it continues to get worse
Psst: Friday is the last day to apply for our brand-new BIPOC reporting fellowship in Ontario! Spread the word and send in your application. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/ontario-repo...
A CBC News secret shopping investigation has uncovered — once again — several Loblaw-owned and Sobeys-affiliated stores overcharging for underweight meat, despite claims last year the grocery giants had taken steps to rectify the problem. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
LIVE: Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta is sharing findings about cancer in their community and its relations to oil and gas activities.
After a two-month break, our press freedom trial against the RCMP resumed this week in Vancouver, with the RCMP expected to wrap up its defence next week. Final arguments are scheduled to be heard in June.
You can learn more and follow along here: thenarwhal.ca/press-freedom/
Mining glaciers approved.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Email if you'd like to share!
She actually did have a dog!
Just saw a woman carrying a guitar case that had a toque on the handle that said "Doug is Corrupt"
Just saw a woman wearing a shirt that said "Roblaws" with the Loblaws logo
Hello 👋🏽
Reporter Carl @meyer.bsky.social wants to talk to people about health and climate-driven extreme weather. If you've dealt with asthma triggered by wildfire smoke or air pollution, heat exhaustion or evacuation-related mental health distress, he's at carl@thenarwhal.ca. We appreciate it.
Ontario’s Endangered Species Act is officially dead. Here’s what that means: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec...
Golden oyster mushrooms are spreading fast, altering how Ontario’s forests grow, decompose and nurture important native 'shrooms. And grow-your-own kits are a culprit. thenarwhal.ca/golden-oyste...
He probably just forgot
I need to get this again from the library. I didn't make it through, I find books in translation difficult sometimes. But I did absorb that the fact we can farm vanilla is a wonder. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...
Vanilla is actually super complicated to grow and we take it for granted and if you slowed down a gosh darn moment you'd realize it's a marvel, was the jist
Omg listen to Samin Nosrat talk about vanilla and it might change your mind!
Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings
Journalism job alert: The Narwhal’s Ontario bureau is excited to announce a new position for a reporting fellow to cover Queen’s Park and the ways policy affects people in racialized communities. Learn more and apply:
We’re thrilled to share that The Narwhal’s newest reporter, Leah Borts-Kuperman, is a finalist in the investigative category at this year’s National Newspaper Awards. Leah is nominated for her 2025 stories about contamination issues at Canadian military bases. thenarwhal.ca/2026-nna-nom...
The Ontario government is proposing changes that would allow provincial ministers and Premier Doug Ford to evade accountability. It centres on freedom of information (FOI) legislation, and it matters a lot — to us, and to you.
@elaineanselmi.bsky.social explains. #onpoli
Hey GTA! @thenarwhal.ca is hiring a BIPOC reporting fellow to help us explain how Ontario government policy affects people's actual, everyday lives. More info here, drop questions in the chat if you have them. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-repo...
"literature"
But agree