L. Manuel Baechlin
@lmbaechlin.bsky.social
Video Producer @thenarwhal.ca
Creative @mabekproductions.com
Lover of coffee and explainer docs.
www.manuelbaechlin.com
Creative @mabekproductions.com
Lover of coffee and explainer docs.
www.manuelbaechlin.com
I'm particularly proud to share this video explainer! We've been hard at work trying to explain Canadian pipelines for MONTHS and it's finally out in the world.
Check it out now, on YouTube and TikTok.
Check it out now, on YouTube and TikTok.
Why are we hearing about building more pipelines? Do they make sense for Canada's economy? And what about our emissions goals?
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to the bottom of these questions in our latest explainer video. #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca/video-pipeli...
Pipelines in Canada, explained | The Narwhal
Why are we hearing about building more pipelines? Do they make sense for Canada's economy? And what about our emissions goals? We mapped 800,000 kilometres of pipelines in Canada and tried to get to t...
thenarwhal.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm particularly proud to share this video explainer! We've been hard at work trying to explain Canadian pipelines for MONTHS and it's finally out in the world.
Check it out now, on YouTube and TikTok.
Check it out now, on YouTube and TikTok.
Reposted by L. Manuel Baechlin
Documents reveal TC Energy pressured Canada for ‘private, high-level’ access to spy agency intelligence, a move critics worry could chill legitimate protest. via @writermjs.bsky.social and @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-cs...
TC Energy lobbied Canada’s spy agency to share intelligence | The Narwhal
Pipeline giant TC Energy urged CSIS to brief Canada’s biggest companies on security threats — raising concerns about surveillance
thenarwhal.ca
October 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Documents reveal TC Energy pressured Canada for ‘private, high-level’ access to spy agency intelligence, a move critics worry could chill legitimate protest. via @writermjs.bsky.social and @zakvescera.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-cs...
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Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
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NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
It’s oligarchs all the way down.
My first for @zeteo.com:
zeteo.com/p/this-famil...
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Piping plovers — tiny, lively and endangered birds — have visited Wasaga Beach every summer since 2007.
But things may be changing — and what happens here could be a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Ontario.
#endangeredspecies #wasagabeach
But things may be changing — and what happens here could be a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Ontario.
#endangeredspecies #wasagabeach
October 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Piping plovers — tiny, lively and endangered birds — have visited Wasaga Beach every summer since 2007.
But things may be changing — and what happens here could be a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Ontario.
#endangeredspecies #wasagabeach
But things may be changing — and what happens here could be a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Ontario.
#endangeredspecies #wasagabeach
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Any Ontario minister in Doug Ford’s government could soon have the power to create law-free zones — and decide what gets built there.
Ontario reporter @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains:
Ontario reporter @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains:
October 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Any Ontario minister in Doug Ford’s government could soon have the power to create law-free zones — and decide what gets built there.
Ontario reporter @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains:
Ontario reporter @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains:
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Join @sevawood.bsky.social reporting in the field from Bella Bella, a #Heiltsuk village on the central coast of British Columbia.
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join @sevawood.bsky.social reporting in the field from Bella Bella, a #Heiltsuk village on the central coast of British Columbia.
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Indigenous leaders and youth took the stage at Neil Young’s concert in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday to oppose the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. #neilyoung #prgt #bcpoli
September 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Indigenous leaders and youth took the stage at Neil Young’s concert in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday to oppose the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. #neilyoung #prgt #bcpoli
Great to see this short we produced with great haste (to meet the moment) make it on Bluesky's Trending Videos tab for several hours yesterday!
Indigenous leaders and youth took the stage at Neil Young’s concert in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday to oppose the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. #neilyoung #prgt #bcpoli
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Great to see this short we produced with great haste (to meet the moment) make it on Bluesky's Trending Videos tab for several hours yesterday!
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@chloewilliams.bsky.social and @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social travelled to a small Nunavut community to learn more about an ambitious project to restore sea ice … by drilling into the ocean.
We take you to there in our latest video:
thenarwhal.ca/video-arctic...
We take you to there in our latest video:
thenarwhal.ca/video-arctic...
On the frontlines of an effort to save Arctic ice | The Narwhal
We travelled to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, to learn more about Real Ice’s project to restore melting Arctic ice impacted by global warming
thenarwhal.ca
August 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@chloewilliams.bsky.social and @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social travelled to a small Nunavut community to learn more about an ambitious project to restore sea ice … by drilling into the ocean.
We take you to there in our latest video:
thenarwhal.ca/video-arctic...
We take you to there in our latest video:
thenarwhal.ca/video-arctic...
This was a fun one... and hey, I know him! (@arikligeti.bsky.social)
Two families of beavers live in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. We wanted to find out more 🦫 #stanleypark #beavers
July 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This was a fun one... and hey, I know him! (@arikligeti.bsky.social)
Excited to see a video I coloured and cut together w @mabekproductions.com for Make-A-Wish Canada get published this week.
It's a heartwarming story about Jerri, 16, who got to go on a shopping spree!
Genuinely such a privilege to get to work on something like this from time to time.
It's a heartwarming story about Jerri, 16, who got to go on a shopping spree!
Genuinely such a privilege to get to work on something like this from time to time.
July 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Excited to see a video I coloured and cut together w @mabekproductions.com for Make-A-Wish Canada get published this week.
It's a heartwarming story about Jerri, 16, who got to go on a shopping spree!
Genuinely such a privilege to get to work on something like this from time to time.
It's a heartwarming story about Jerri, 16, who got to go on a shopping spree!
Genuinely such a privilege to get to work on something like this from time to time.
Last week at @thenarwhal.ca we published our third explainer video, this time with @michellecyca.com
And today we shared a shorter clip across our social media handles... including ✨LinkedIn✨ (starting today) and Bluesky.
Glad I got to produce this story, happy with the animations and illos!
And today we shared a shorter clip across our social media handles... including ✨LinkedIn✨ (starting today) and Bluesky.
Glad I got to produce this story, happy with the animations and illos!
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last week at @thenarwhal.ca we published our third explainer video, this time with @michellecyca.com
And today we shared a shorter clip across our social media handles... including ✨LinkedIn✨ (starting today) and Bluesky.
Glad I got to produce this story, happy with the animations and illos!
And today we shared a shorter clip across our social media handles... including ✨LinkedIn✨ (starting today) and Bluesky.
Glad I got to produce this story, happy with the animations and illos!
Reposted by L. Manuel Baechlin
Canada pledged to protect 30 per cent of lands and waters by 2030. Indigenous-led conservation is key to meeting that goal — here’s how #indigenousconservation #indigenoussovereignty
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Canada pledged to protect 30 per cent of lands and waters by 2030. Indigenous-led conservation is key to meeting that goal — here’s how #indigenousconservation #indigenoussovereignty
Some fun video in this piece, check out!
Arctic sea ice is disappearing, and changing life in the Far North — but the Inuit community of Cambridge Bay, Nvt., sees hope in a geoengineering experiment to refreeze the ocean. ✍️ by @chloewilliams.bsky.social & 📷 by @gjohnjournalism.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/real-ice-cam...
Real Ice: the plan to refreeze the Arctic | The Narwhal
U.K. company Real Ice is refreezing sea ice in Cambridge Bay, Nvt., in a bold experiment to mitigate climate change and help preserve Inuit traditions
thenarwhal.ca
June 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some fun video in this piece, check out!
Have you watched the latest @thenarwhal.ca short 🎥 yet?
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social @elaineanselmi.bsky.social and I produced a little video that should bring you up to speed on all things Thunder Bay waterfront!
Very happy with the animations, totally *not* VOX inspired, wink wink!
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social @elaineanselmi.bsky.social and I produced a little video that should bring you up to speed on all things Thunder Bay waterfront!
Very happy with the animations, totally *not* VOX inspired, wink wink!
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Have you watched the latest @thenarwhal.ca short 🎥 yet?
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social @elaineanselmi.bsky.social and I produced a little video that should bring you up to speed on all things Thunder Bay waterfront!
Very happy with the animations, totally *not* VOX inspired, wink wink!
@fatimabsyed.bsky.social @elaineanselmi.bsky.social and I produced a little video that should bring you up to speed on all things Thunder Bay waterfront!
Very happy with the animations, totally *not* VOX inspired, wink wink!
Reposted by L. Manuel Baechlin
Scoop: Alberta is considering weakening its industrial carbon tax.
A document obtained by @drewanderson.bsky.social shows proposals from the Alberta government could enable oil and gas facilities to opt out of its industrial carbon system altogether.
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-carb...
A document obtained by @drewanderson.bsky.social shows proposals from the Alberta government could enable oil and gas facilities to opt out of its industrial carbon system altogether.
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-carb...
Alberta moves to weaken its carbon tax system: document | The Narwhal
Thousands of oil and gas facilities could soon be able to opt out of Alberta’s industrial carbon tax system
thenarwhal.ca
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Scoop: Alberta is considering weakening its industrial carbon tax.
A document obtained by @drewanderson.bsky.social shows proposals from the Alberta government could enable oil and gas facilities to opt out of its industrial carbon system altogether.
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-carb...
A document obtained by @drewanderson.bsky.social shows proposals from the Alberta government could enable oil and gas facilities to opt out of its industrial carbon system altogether.
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-carb...
Why are we seeing wildfires already?? Luckily we've got an amazing reporter at The Narwhal (@drewanderson.bsky.social) who knows this topic better than most!
Check out our latest video... I'm super proud of the animations in this one :)
Check out our latest video... I'm super proud of the animations in this one :)
May 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Why are we seeing wildfires already?? Luckily we've got an amazing reporter at The Narwhal (@drewanderson.bsky.social) who knows this topic better than most!
Check out our latest video... I'm super proud of the animations in this one :)
Check out our latest video... I'm super proud of the animations in this one :)
Reposted by L. Manuel Baechlin
How can we limit damage from disasters like the 2024 Toronto floods? Well, we could expand our drainage systems … but there’s an even easier solution. #torontofloods #flooding
May 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How can we limit damage from disasters like the 2024 Toronto floods? Well, we could expand our drainage systems … but there’s an even easier solution. #torontofloods #flooding
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Today is the last day for Ontarians to comment on Bill 5, which would wipe out the the Endangered Species Act and give cabinet the power to create “special economic zones” where development can be pushed through without regard for provincial or municipal rules. #onpoli
Bill 5: Ontario’s development and mining law, explained | The Narwhal
Public commenting on Bill 5 closes in a few days. Here’s everything you need to know about Ontario’s omnibus development bill
thenarwhal.ca
May 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today is the last day for Ontarians to comment on Bill 5, which would wipe out the the Endangered Species Act and give cabinet the power to create “special economic zones” where development can be pushed through without regard for provincial or municipal rules. #onpoli
Check out our third video clip taken from the moose Q&A with Anna Lambe, now also on The Narwhal’s homepage using an engaging video slider!
North of North’s Anna Lambe is open to people growing. She’ll even educate them — as long as they respect her humanity and culture. #annalambe #northofnorth #moosequestionnaire
May 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Check out our third video clip taken from the moose Q&A with Anna Lambe, now also on The Narwhal’s homepage using an engaging video slider!
A few weeks ago I travelled to Toronto to speak with @fatimabsyed.bsky.social about flooding!
This was a fun video to produce, check it out on thenarwhal.ca + TikTok + YouTube! <3
This was a fun video to produce, check it out on thenarwhal.ca + TikTok + YouTube! <3
Why is Ontario experiencing more floods? And what can we do about it? We made a video about just that.
Dive into our latest explainer video here: thenarwhal.ca/understandin...
Dive into our latest explainer video here: thenarwhal.ca/understandin...
Understanding Toronto floods | The Narwhal
How can we limit damage from disasters like the 2024 Toronto floods? In this explainer video, we highlight some pretty useful solutions to our water problems
thenarwhal.ca
May 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A few weeks ago I travelled to Toronto to speak with @fatimabsyed.bsky.social about flooding!
This was a fun video to produce, check it out on thenarwhal.ca + TikTok + YouTube! <3
This was a fun video to produce, check it out on thenarwhal.ca + TikTok + YouTube! <3
Reposted by L. Manuel Baechlin
A beetle, ash trees and basketmaking.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
May 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A beetle, ash trees and basketmaking.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
We partnered with @duncanmccue.bsky.social's Reporting in Indigenous Communities class at Carleton University for a story about one Mohawk community’s fight to protect black ash trees and a long tradition of basketmaking from the invasive emerald ash borer.
This was a fun one! Check out the latest short I produced for The Narwhal featuring @karansaxena.bsky.social and incredible reporting by @zoeyunker.bsky.social + @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on Bluesky. We're also on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
There’s nothing inherently “critical” about critical minerals. #indigenousrights
Read more:
@zoeyunker.bsky.social on B.C. fast-tracking mining projects: thenarwhal.ca/bc-critical-...
@ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on Gibraltar mine’s expansion plans: thenarwhal.ca/bc-no-enviro...
Read more:
@zoeyunker.bsky.social on B.C. fast-tracking mining projects: thenarwhal.ca/bc-critical-...
@ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on Gibraltar mine’s expansion plans: thenarwhal.ca/bc-no-enviro...
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This was a fun one! Check out the latest short I produced for The Narwhal featuring @karansaxena.bsky.social and incredible reporting by @zoeyunker.bsky.social + @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social on Bluesky. We're also on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.