The Narwhal

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 22

As more British Columbians deal with extreme weather, fires and floods, researchers are helping the government build for a complicated future thenarwhal.ca/bc-extreme-wea…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Extreme weather, fire, floods — a researcher says housing policy needs to take climate change impacts into account

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · 3 h

Leah Gazan on her iconic Yorkie, the secret deserts of the Prairies and her multi-generational plants thenarwhal.ca/moose-question…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. The Honourable Leah Gazan on her iconic Yorkie, the secret deserts of the Prairies and her multi-generational plants

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · 17 h

B.C. First Nations are key to major federal projects — but our voices were sidelined thenarwhal.ca/first-nations-…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · 18 h

More than 1,600 readers stepped up in the last week to help cover the costs of our lawsuit against the RCMP, launched in response to photojournalist Amber Bracken’s arrest while on assignment for The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-lawsuit-c…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. In just one week, 1,600 people pitched in to raise $147,000 to cover some of the costs of The Narwhal’s press freedom lawsuit against the RCMP

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 23

Sakitawak was a dream to protect pristine boreal forest in Saskatchewan. Two years after half of it burned, another massive wildfire is raging thenarwhal.ca/sakitawak-ipca…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Recent fires consumed all but 10% of Sakitawak IPCA, a planned Indigenous protected and conserved area in northern Saskatchewan

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 23

Chiefs call federal summit with First Nations for fast-tracking law ‘disrespectful,’ hastily planned thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-5-first…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Chiefs call federal summit for Bill C-5 ‘disrespectful,’ hastily planned

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 21

The deal, which involves 21 Indigenous nations in the territory, will protect 380,000 square kilometres of land and water — more than two per cent of Canada’s land-mass thenarwhal.ca/nwt-pfp-fundin…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Indigenous-led conservation agreement is one of the largest in the world

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 21

Canada’s LNG industry is just getting going, but one expert says the ‘party is almost over’ when it comes to economic benefits thenarwhal.ca/canadian-lng-e…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. The Canadian LNG export industry is ‘really late to the party — and that party is almost over’: expert

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 18

The Toronto Metropolitan University student and up-and-coming journalist is following in her grandmother’s footsteps and telling Indigenous stories thenarwhal.ca/savannah-ridle…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. The Toronto Metropolitan University student and up-and-coming journalist is following in her grandmother’s footsteps and telling Indigenous stories

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 17

Clear cutting in northeastern Ontario is depleting the forest, leaving just over 20 per cent of century-old trees standing and 12 per cent of caribou habitat intact thenarwhal.ca/ontario-forest…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Clear cutting in northeastern Ontario is depleting the forest, including old-growth and caribou habitat

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 16

A 90-metre flare lit the skies over Kitimat as LNG Canada readied its systems in late June. The first of 170 ships per year has now set sail, its belly filled with liquefied natural gas thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-lng-ca…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. LNG Canada has loaded and shipped the first of at least 170 ships with liquefied natural gas destined for overseas markets

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 16

From cancers to neurological disorders, veterans and employees working on a Canadian Armed Forces base are ringing alarm bells thenarwhal.ca/canadian-armed…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Veterans and employees working on Canadian Armed Forces’ CFB Moose Jaw base are ringing alarm bells. Here’s what you need to know

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 15

Heiltsuk Nation is just one Indigenous community in B.C. working to build homes that are affordable, energy-efficient and grounded in culture thenarwhal.ca/heiltsuk-natio…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. The B.C. First Nation is building energy efficient, affordable homes grounded in culture

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 14

The small community of Argenta, B.C. tackled a massive wildfire in 2024 — now they're training others to do the same thenarwhal.ca/argenta-bc-wil…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Decades of preparation helped the small community of Argenta, B.C. face a major wildfire in collaboration with BC Wildfire Service — and now their model is spreading

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 11

A photographer follows a pair of bald eagles along the Nith River, returning to their nest year after year to raise a new crop of young, and send them off thenarwhal.ca/bald-eagles-fl…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. A photographer follows a pair of bald eagles in southern Ontario, returning to their nest every year to raise their young, and send them off

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 10

As urban sprawl threatens the Okanagan’s rare grasslands, a proposed wildlife corridor offers a glimmer of hope. The challenge lies in finding a way to protect ecosystems amid continued development demands thenarwhal.ca/bc-housing-and…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Kelowna hopes to increase housing density, instead of sprawl, while a proposed Okanagan wildlife corridor seeks to conserve rare ecosystems

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 10

Funding will help communities identify, plan and improve corridors that link vital patches of wildlife habitat as Canada works to meet its conservation commitments thenarwhal.ca/bc-ecological-…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Funding will help communities identify, plan and improve corridors that link vital habitat patches as Canada works to meet its conservation commitments

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 9

Drop a group of young people into a remote forest and some will find fun and freedom. Others will face sexism, assault and a culture that prizes having a tough exterior, no matter what thenarwhal.ca/tree-planting-…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Drop a group of young people into a tree-planting camp and some will find fun and freedom. Others will face sexism or even assault

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 9

Starry-eyed astrologer Maryaam Lewis-Herbert shares her thoughts on Mercury, the moon and what the skies tell us about protecting planet Earth thenarwhal.ca/moose-question…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. Maryaam Lewis-Herbert, aka ShawtyAstrology, shares her thoughts on Mercury, the moon and what the skies tell us about protecting planet Earth

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The Narwhal@thenarwhalca · Jul 8

‘I took an oath that I would risk my life for what Canada stood for’: members of Canada’s military say they didn’t expect that risk would be carcinogenic environmental contaminants in their offices thenarwhal.ca/canadian-armed…

thenarwhalca's tweet card. CFB Moose Jaw is contaminated with forever chemicals (PFAS). Employees say toxins at the Canadian Armed Forces base caused cancers, neurological disorders and other illnesses

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