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But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:
But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:
December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We know you know it: quality journalism costs money. That’s why we’re always posting these appeals for your support — it’s not for fun! (For fun, we watch Heated Rivalry.)
But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:
But how far does your dollar actually go toward funding our work? We crunched the numbers:
The news just kept coming this week, as our team tied loose ends ahead of a much-needed break.
Find the latest scoop, and a bit of holiday fun, in our final newsletter of 2025!
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Find the latest scoop, and a bit of holiday fun, in our final newsletter of 2025!
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It’s a wrap: your holiday send-off from The Narwhal
For our last weekly newsletter of the year, we wanted to share some highlights from 2025 — and a few surprise holiday scoops, to boot!
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December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The news just kept coming this week, as our team tied loose ends ahead of a much-needed break.
Find the latest scoop, and a bit of holiday fun, in our final newsletter of 2025!
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Find the latest scoop, and a bit of holiday fun, in our final newsletter of 2025!
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Next year will see a bit of a showdown between Enbridge Gas and two Ontario municipalities that are trying to resist a decades-old agreement that allows the fossil fuel company to build pipelines on public land free of charge. I really want you all to read about on Christmas Eve.
Waterloo Region, like Guelph, will present its case in a hearing before Ontario's energy regulator, arguing against renewing its 20-year contract that allows Enbridge Gas to build pipelines on public land for free. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas...
Enbridge Gas to face Waterloo Region at Ontario’s energy regulator | The Narwhal
Fossil fuel giant Enbridge Gas says its agreement to build pipelines on public land for free ‘works for communities,’ as it faces down Guelph and Waterloo Region for refusing to renew
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December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Next year will see a bit of a showdown between Enbridge Gas and two Ontario municipalities that are trying to resist a decades-old agreement that allows the fossil fuel company to build pipelines on public land free of charge. I really want you all to read about on Christmas Eve.
Waterloo Region, like Guelph, will present its case in a hearing before Ontario's energy regulator, arguing against renewing its 20-year contract that allows Enbridge Gas to build pipelines on public land for free. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas...
Enbridge Gas to face Waterloo Region at Ontario’s energy regulator | The Narwhal
Fossil fuel giant Enbridge Gas says its agreement to build pipelines on public land for free ‘works for communities,’ as it faces down Guelph and Waterloo Region for refusing to renew
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December 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Waterloo Region, like Guelph, will present its case in a hearing before Ontario's energy regulator, arguing against renewing its 20-year contract that allows Enbridge Gas to build pipelines on public land for free. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas...
The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the stories you read the most, from every corner of the country:
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10 top stories from 2025 | The Narwhal
The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the ones you read the most, from every corner of the country
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December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the stories you read the most, from every corner of the country:
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It’s been a frosty December in Alberta. Past winters have seen grid alerts warning of possible blackouts — so will there be enough electricity to cook the tofurkey this year? And what causes grid alerts in the first place? @drewanderson.bsky.social digs in: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-grid...
Grid alerts — threats to Alberta’s electricity system, explained | The Narwhal
Here’s what you need to know about threats to Alberta’s electricity grid
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December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It’s been a frosty December in Alberta. Past winters have seen grid alerts warning of possible blackouts — so will there be enough electricity to cook the tofurkey this year? And what causes grid alerts in the first place? @drewanderson.bsky.social digs in: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-grid...
At The Narwhal, our goal is to tell stories beautifully, even when they're ugly. This year we sent photographers to the Arctic, West Coast provincial parks, Great Lakes beaches and more. Here are our favourite photos of 2025.
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Our best photos of the year | The Narwhal
From a baby seal rescue in Vancouver, B.C., to oil and gas wells in rural Alberta, Icefields in Cambridge Bay, Nvt., and beyond, these images tell the story of the year that was at The Narwhal
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December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
At The Narwhal, our goal is to tell stories beautifully, even when they're ugly. This year we sent photographers to the Arctic, West Coast provincial parks, Great Lakes beaches and more. Here are our favourite photos of 2025.
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The Narwhal sends journalists to the hard-to-reach places where important stories about the natural world in Canada are unfolding — stories that would otherwise go untold.
Check out some recent highlights:
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Check out some recent highlights:
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Highlights from The Narwhal’s on-the-ground storytelling
From Arctic ice to buffalo plains, The Narwhal sends journalists to hard-to-reach places where important stories about the natural world in Canada are unfolding
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December 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The Narwhal sends journalists to the hard-to-reach places where important stories about the natural world in Canada are unfolding — stories that would otherwise go untold.
Check out some recent highlights:
thenarwhal.ca/2025-on-the-...
Check out some recent highlights:
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Today is the last day for Ontarians to weigh in on the Doug Ford government's plan to consolidate 36 conservations authorities into seven regional ones. Here's everything you need to know about it: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
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December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today is the last day for Ontarians to weigh in on the Doug Ford government's plan to consolidate 36 conservations authorities into seven regional ones. Here's everything you need to know about it: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
From our bookshelves to yours, it’s The Narwhal’s 2025 reading list. These are the books our staff read in 2025 that reflected our work — or led us to think about it in new ways. Happy reading! 📚 thenarwhal.ca/the-narwhal-...
What we’re reading: 2025 book list | The Narwhal
A look back at the books we read this year that reflected our work at The Narwhal — or changed the way we thought about it
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December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From our bookshelves to yours, it’s The Narwhal’s 2025 reading list. These are the books our staff read in 2025 that reflected our work — or led us to think about it in new ways. Happy reading! 📚 thenarwhal.ca/the-narwhal-...
SCOOP: After projecting fossil fuel demand would drop as countries work to lower emissions to fight climate change, the Canada Energy Regulator is delaying its next report as climate and energy policies shift. @meyer.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/canada-energ...
Will anyone want Canada’s oil and gas? Energy regulator delays forecast | The Narwhal
Canada and the U.S. have shifted energy and climate policies, making it harder to predict global demand for fossil fuels in the coming years
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December 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
SCOOP: After projecting fossil fuel demand would drop as countries work to lower emissions to fight climate change, the Canada Energy Regulator is delaying its next report as climate and energy policies shift. @meyer.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/canada-energ...
Unlike other provinces, Ontario won’t let municipalities charge natural gas companies for access. That could change, as municipalities begin to push back. Our latest newsletter:
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Why does Enbridge Gas get a free pass in Ontario? | The Narwhal
Unlike other provinces, Ontario won’t let municipalities charge Enbridge Gas for pipeline access. Some of them are pushing back
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December 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Unlike other provinces, Ontario won’t let municipalities charge natural gas companies for access. That could change, as municipalities begin to push back. Our latest newsletter:
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Montreal-based tech startup Deep Sky wants to build a new carbon capture project in southwestern Manitoba. But residents are wary of the impact it could have. @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-dee...
A big tech carbon capture plan comes to rural Manitoba | The Narwhal
Deep Sky says it will scrub carbon dioxide out of the air and bury it two kilometres underground in rural Manitoba, where it will remain for 1,000 years
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December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Montreal-based tech startup Deep Sky wants to build a new carbon capture project in southwestern Manitoba. But residents are wary of the impact it could have. @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-dee...
In Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining. In B.C., the government says: “We do not produce publications for peer-reviewed journals.” thenarwhal.ca/bc-coal-mini...
B.C. government coal mining research ‘way behind’ | The Narwhal
In neighbouring Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining. Why isn’t B.C.?
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December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining. In B.C., the government says: “We do not produce publications for peer-reviewed journals.” thenarwhal.ca/bc-coal-mini...
A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province.
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
Civil disobedience in the Rockies, in photos | The Narwhal
In Alberta’s Kananaskis Country, organizers set up a civil disobedience camp in response to logging plans
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December 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province.
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
How do we know our journalism makes a difference? Because we pay attention to how it influences governments, empowers people to hold power to account and otherwise ripples into the world.
Check out a few highlights from another year of impactful reporting:
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Check out a few highlights from another year of impactful reporting:
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How The Narwhal’s journalism made an impact in 2025
The Narwhal’s status as an independent non-profit means we put people over profit — and pay attention to the impact our journalism makes in the real world
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December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
How do we know our journalism makes a difference? Because we pay attention to how it influences governments, empowers people to hold power to account and otherwise ripples into the world.
Check out a few highlights from another year of impactful reporting:
thenarwhal.ca/our-impact-i...
Check out a few highlights from another year of impactful reporting:
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There are so many reasons this is a hugely important story by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social, but right up there is that it's ultimately a debate over whether natural gas should still be considered a public good when so many alternative energy sources are now available. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...
Ontario municipalities want Enbridge Gas to pay up | The Narwhal
Guelph, Waterloo Region and other Ontario municipalities argue the gas giant shouldn’t be able to build pipelines on public land for free
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December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There are so many reasons this is a hugely important story by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social, but right up there is that it's ultimately a debate over whether natural gas should still be considered a public good when so many alternative energy sources are now available. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...
Waterloo Region and Guelph are holding out on renewing contracts that allow Enbridge Gas to build pipelines on public land for free. Toronto and Ottawa are also pushing back, and more Ontario municipalities could follow: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...
Ontario municipalities want Enbridge Gas to pay up | The Narwhal
Guelph, Waterloo Region and other Ontario municipalities argue the gas giant shouldn’t be able to build pipelines on public land for free
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December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Waterloo Region and Guelph are holding out on renewing contracts that allow Enbridge Gas to build pipelines on public land for free. Toronto and Ottawa are also pushing back, and more Ontario municipalities could follow: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr...
It’s not easy to access documents that governments would prefer to keep out of the public eye. But reporters at The Narwhal love a challenge — and filed 218 freedom of information requests this year.
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It’s not easy to access documents that governments would prefer to keep out of the public eye. But reporters at The Narwhal love a challenge — and filed 218 freedom of information requests this year.
Growing up as a teenage girl in northern Alberta, @trinamoyles.bsky.social learned to live with bears — and to navigate the hard-living culture of a resource-dependent town. Here's an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, which dives into those lessons: thenarwhal.ca/trina-moyles...
Black Bear: Trina Moyles on coming of age in Alberta | The Narwhal
In an excerpt from ‘Black Bear,’ author Trina Moyles recalls lessons on surviving the many threats of a young life in rural Alberta
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December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Growing up as a teenage girl in northern Alberta, @trinamoyles.bsky.social learned to live with bears — and to navigate the hard-living culture of a resource-dependent town. Here's an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, which dives into those lessons: thenarwhal.ca/trina-moyles...
B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...
B.C. premier’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law, explained | The Narwhal
B.C. Premier David Eby’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law following the Gitxaala ruling has some concerned about the province’s future
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December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
B.C.’s UNDRIP law was passed unanimously as a path to reconciliation. But now that a provincial court has ruled the government’s obligations under the act are legally enforceable, Premier David Eby is vowing to amend it, raising alarm bells among some First Nations. thenarwhal.ca/undrip-eby-s...
As a case led by nine First Nations challenging Ontario’s Bill 5 winds its way through the courts, two grassroots organizers from Attawapiskat want to bring in their perspectives on the Breathing Lands — beyond the Ring of Fire: thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-lawsu...
Attawapiskat organizers ask to intervene in Bill 5 court challenge | The Narwhal
Founders of Okiniwak Indigenous Youth Movement and Friends of the Attawapiskat River want a say in Ontario court case affecting the Ring of Fire
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December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As a case led by nine First Nations challenging Ontario’s Bill 5 winds its way through the courts, two grassroots organizers from Attawapiskat want to bring in their perspectives on the Breathing Lands — beyond the Ring of Fire: thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-lawsu...
More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
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December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
B.C. is flooding, again. We explain #bcflooding #floods
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
B.C. is flooding, again. We explain #bcflooding #floods
The assignment was simple: get public records of how much an Alberta oil and gas company owed in unpaid municipal taxes. The reality? Not so much …
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Digging up the dirt on oil and gas in Alberta | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator allowed oil and gas company MAGA Energy to take over nearly 200 new wells — despite its huge unpaid tax bill
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December 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The assignment was simple: get public records of how much an Alberta oil and gas company owed in unpaid municipal taxes. The reality? Not so much …
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