Thanks Justin!

Federal transparency law changes could shield government emails, text messages | The Narwhal Public interest advocates are calling for an urgent examination of proposed changes to Canada’s Access to Information law

#PressFreedom in Canada is neither absolute, nor guaranteed.

The Carney government is thinking of weakening the public's access to information. If anything, access must be *improved*.

Read this important story from The Narwhal's @meyer.bsky.social 👇
thenarwhal.ca/canada-acces...

LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024

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...

Are you concerned about tap water safety?
"The Narwhal spoke to 12 people, including lawyers, members of three source protection committees and several conservation authority staff, many of whom spoke anonymously (...) these experts worry about the loss of local input, knowledge and protections."

Thank you for responding! Truck exhaust is relevant for sure, but I think in that case it was a specific event and I'm looking for impacts from our overall use, or extreme weather. I hear you though, I was there and I remember the fumes (and horns) inside the hallways of the building I lived in.

Source callout! I want to talk to people about health and climate-driven extreme weather. Have you dealt with things like asthma triggered by wildfire smoke or air pollution? Have you had heat exhaustion or evacuation-related mental health distress? Please reach out at carl@thenarwhal.ca. Thank you!

The Narwhal is hiring a BIPOC reporting fellow in Ontario We’re hiring an Ontario reporting fellow to cover Queen’s Park and the ways Ontario government policy affects people in racialized communities

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:

Great story from my rockstar colleague @jsrutgers.bsky.social that points out the history of pipelines pursued in times of war. "Now, a new oil crisis is renewing old interests."

The Narwhal is hiring a BIPOC reporting fellow in Ontario We’re hiring an Ontario reporting fellow to cover Queen’s Park and the ways Ontario government policy affects people in racialized communities

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...

How time flies! 😀

“If they really, really cared about [the assessment], they would work with the federal government,” Ontario NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa, who represents the region, told The Narwhal. “By not providing any information or any data to the process, they are essentially muzzling the process itself.”

First Nations' Ring of Fire report calls for immediate environmental monitoring | The Narwhal Former Mushkegowuk Grand Chief hopes environment and health-related recommendations are met, despite Ontario’s June construction start

As an Ontario ad talks about "developing the Ring of Fire," the regional assessment has already highlighted how environmental monitoring in the region that overlaps Indigenous homeland needs to be enacted now, and health care funding gaps need to be addressed urgently thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire...

Ontario Environment Minister Todd McCarthy said he'll look into the province’s lack of involvement. He also called it "an exception" and said Ontario "will be part of the conversation." But the assessment has been in the works for 7 years and Ontario's participation was previously marked as "TBD."

‘Muzzling the process’: Ontario didn’t participate in Ring of Fire assessment | The Narwhal A report on the impacts of mining and other development in the Ring of Fire, produced by First Nations and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, reveals Ontario was absent

There are several areas where Ontario holds valuable info that a regional assessment of the North needs. But the province hasn't been at the table, raising questions about whether it's blocking public servants from participating. From @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and I: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-fede...

The war with Iran is making oil prices fluctuate wildly. What does this all mean for Alberta, a province whose budget sinks or swims on the price of a barrel? What does it mean for Canada as a whole?

Could this fresh chaos cause countries to re-evaluate their dependence on oil?

The secretive, foreign-owned LNG export project in Quebec, explained | The Narwhal The Baie-Comeau LNG project proposed for the shores of the St. Lawrence River could be Canada’s third largest liquefied natural gas export facility

A massive LNG project proposed in Quebec is quietly advancing. A Norwegian company wants to build one of Canada’s largest LNG export terminals in Baie-Comeau. Documents show Ottawa has assembled a federal “deal team” to help, @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/lng-export-p...

The Narwhal’s AI guidelines The Narwhal’s AI guidelines are rooted in principles of accuracy, verification and transparency to preserve the trust we’ve built with our audiences

Hello! Thank you for putting this resource together. Our A.I. policy prohibits the use of A.I. to write stories or create and manipulate imagery. Here's the policy if you want to dig deeper! thenarwhal.ca/ai-guidelines/

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.

My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!

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Europe will give priority to clean energy, high-level EU diplomat says | The Narwhal A high-level EU diplomat says Europe is focused on nuclear and renewables, as India makes a play for Canadian oil and gas

I asked the secretary-general of European Union diplomats if Europe wants Canada's oil and gas. She said Europe will give priority to clean energy sources and expects to continue to rely on renewables and nuclear power: thenarwhal.ca/eu-canada-oi...

Saskatchewan Crown Investments Corporation Minister Jeremy Harrison has said the province will “not comply” with the clean electricity rules. The Saskatchewan legislature passed the Saskatchewan First Act in 2023, which claims the province has “autonomy” over electricity generation and emissions

In January, a Saskatchewan court dismissed a citizen-led legal challenge against the coal-power extension plan. Peter Prebble, a board member of one of the applicants, Saskatchewan Environmental Society, told me they're going to be encouraging the minister to tell the province "you can’t do this."

Federal coal phase-out rules and Canada's clean electricity rules are both under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which regulates toxic substances. CO2, NO2, SO2, mercury from coal plants are all on the toxic substances list. Dabrusin can intervene when a party is about to violate the law

Will feds step in if Saskatchewan breaks law on phasing out coal? | The Narwhal The Canadian government requires provinces to shutter coal-fired power plants by 2030, but the Prairie province is refurbishing its fossil fuel fleet

Environment minister will work with Saskatchewan to “ensure” it follows the law, her office reiterated, as the province pushes to keep its coal plants open past Canada’s deadline. Dabrusin’s office was mum when asked if she would intervene thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan...

Meanwhile the assessment group has itself faced difficulty moving forward, it said, due to emergency conditions faced by several communities in the Ring of Fire. First Nations have faced wildfire evacuations, some lack clean drinking water, housing, health care. "The bulk of the work lies ahead."

The report says environmental monitoring "must be community-driven and started immediately, and before any development occurs." Mushkegowuk director Lawrence Martin believes the First Nations involved are taking the issue seriously. “We have to trust that our own people are very concerned" he said

Construction is set to begin on what will eventually be three new access roads to the Ring of Fire. They were proposed by two remote First Nations that want secure all-season access to Ontario highways, driving down their cost of living. Mushkegowuk communities want to see the all-season roads too

A federal document released in January, part of a regional assessment of the consequences of industrial activity in the Ring of Fire, says too little is known about past and present environmental conditions there. Premier Ford has said the province is on track to get “shovels in the ground" in June

First Nations co-led Ring of Fire study calls for immediate environmental monitoring | The Narwhal Former Mushkegowuk Grand Chief hopes environment and health-related recommendations are met, despite Ontario’s June construction start

Mushkegowuk Council is hoping new recommendations to “immediately” enact environmental monitoring in the Ring of Fire and help communities “urgently” access health care will see the light of day — even if construction on access roads is planned to begin in four months: thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire...

Walking 1,300 km of Black history in Ontario | The Narwhal Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, following the boggy, buggy Underground Railroad path of early Black settlers in Ontario

Called by his ancestors, Ken Johnston walked 1,360 kilometres through southern Ontario to retrace parts of the Underground Railroad. Here's what he learned about Black history in Canada, including the outdoor survival skills needed to escape enslavement. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-nort...

I recently worked with the talented @writermjs.bsky.social to turn some of his reporting on LNG Canada's flaring into video.

Go check it out, and then go read his stories on www.thenarwhal.ca

The stunning photographs are by @martyclemens.bsky.social