Matt Simmons
@writermjs.bsky.social
Journalist with The Narwhal based on unceded Gidimt’en territory, home of the Wet’suwet’en Nation. Signal: writermjs.08
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The @thenarwhal.ca doing its thing -- great journalism.
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The @thenarwhal.ca doing its thing -- great journalism.
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Reporter @writermjs.bsky.social would love to talk to anyone else who has received an offer like this from LNG Canada or another fossil fuel company, or has any interesting tips at all! You can talk to him anonymously on Signal at writermjs.08 , or email us at editor@thenarwhal.ca .
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
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LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
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November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Reporter @writermjs.bsky.social would love to talk to anyone else who has received an offer like this from LNG Canada or another fossil fuel company, or has any interesting tips at all! You can talk to him anonymously on Signal at writermjs.08 , or email us at editor@thenarwhal.ca .
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
thenarwhal.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
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LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
LNG Canada offered Kitimat residents money — if they stay quiet | The Narwhal
Neighbours of LNG Canada’s Kitimat plant were offered thousands to compensate for noise and smoke, if they promise not to complain
thenarwhal.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars to a Kitimat, B.C., resident to temporarily “relocate” due to flaring and noise from the company's gas liquefaction and export facility. The resident would also have to agree not to bring future legal claims about property damage.
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-k...
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Latest from me about how a consortium of companies led by Shell offered at least one community member money as long as they agreed not to raise concerns with "members of the media, the [BC Energy Regulator] or the District of Kitimat."
Honoured to receive recognition from the Jack Webster Foundation this evening for this story about Indigenous fire stewardship penned last year. May it spread the word further and lift up those working in this space. thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-cul...
Using fire to heal the land — and mitigate B.C. wildfires | The Narwhal
On Gitanyow lands, a cultural burn done with the BC Wildfire Service is part of a growing effort to mitigate wildfires and strengthen communities
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November 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Honoured to receive recognition from the Jack Webster Foundation this evening for this story about Indigenous fire stewardship penned last year. May it spread the word further and lift up those working in this space. thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-cul...
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Are anxieties about increased recognition of Indigenous Rights really about public access? Reporting by The Narwhal suggests some of the loudest voices might have other priorities in mind. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...
Are Indigenous Rights in conflict with public access in B.C.? | The Narhwal
First Nations in British Columbia are gaining ground on asserting their land rights. Anxieties about public access are real, but what’s below the surface?
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October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Are anxieties about increased recognition of Indigenous Rights really about public access? Reporting by The Narwhal suggests some of the loudest voices might have other priorities in mind. Our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...
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A huge chunk of corporations’ greenhouse gas output are arm’s-length emissions that Canadian reporting rules currently ignore. Here's a guide to Scope 3 emissions — which won't shrink even if all of our carbon capture dreams come true.
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Why Scope 3 emissions are a big deal for Canada | The Narwhal
Greenhouse gases released indirectly through business activities, called Scope 3 emissions, can be massive — but Canadian companies don’t report them
thenarwhal.ca
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A huge chunk of corporations’ greenhouse gas output are arm’s-length emissions that Canadian reporting rules currently ignore. Here's a guide to Scope 3 emissions — which won't shrink even if all of our carbon capture dreams come true.
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This is an important story - reaction from @greenpeaceca.bsky.social includes a TLDR backgrounder on the ATIP documents: www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is an important story - reaction from @greenpeaceca.bsky.social includes a TLDR backgrounder on the ATIP documents: www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
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Canada's spy agency now shares intelligence with corporations thanks to a behind-the-scenes push from a major pipeline company
Done with @writermjs.bsky.social and the amazing folks at @thenarwhal.ca
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Done with @writermjs.bsky.social and the amazing folks at @thenarwhal.ca
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Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from TC Energy
Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information
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October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Canada's spy agency now shares intelligence with corporations thanks to a behind-the-scenes push from a major pipeline company
Done with @writermjs.bsky.social and the amazing folks at @thenarwhal.ca
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Done with @writermjs.bsky.social and the amazing folks at @thenarwhal.ca
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TC Energy pushed CSIS to create an intel-sharing group including the spy agency, RCMP and corporations worth more than $500 million. Former CSIS director David Vigneault, a "dear friend" of Business Council of Canada president, appeared to support the idea. New from me and @zakvescera.bsky.social
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 5:52 PM
TC Energy pushed CSIS to create an intel-sharing group including the spy agency, RCMP and corporations worth more than $500 million. Former CSIS director David Vigneault, a "dear friend" of Business Council of Canada president, appeared to support the idea. New from me and @zakvescera.bsky.social
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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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Big day for energy policy in BC!
This story has the broad strokes of what the government is proposing and some initial reaction
Many of the incoming changes aren't actually in Bill 31, including the order to the BC Utilities Commission and the new allocation framework #bcpoli
This story has the broad strokes of what the government is proposing and some initial reaction
Many of the incoming changes aren't actually in Bill 31, including the order to the BC Utilities Commission and the new allocation framework #bcpoli
The B.C. government is proposing big changes to provincial energy policy to meet an unprecedented demand for power from industrial customers. Here’s what you need to know from @sobittersosweet.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/bill-31-bc-n... #bcpoli
Bill 31: B.C. plans energy overhaul to court major projects | The Narwhal
Bill 31 aims to advance the North Coast transmission line and prioritize power for resource industries in northwest B.C.
thenarwhal.ca
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Big day for energy policy in BC!
This story has the broad strokes of what the government is proposing and some initial reaction
Many of the incoming changes aren't actually in Bill 31, including the order to the BC Utilities Commission and the new allocation framework #bcpoli
This story has the broad strokes of what the government is proposing and some initial reaction
Many of the incoming changes aren't actually in Bill 31, including the order to the BC Utilities Commission and the new allocation framework #bcpoli
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Land defenders who opposed CGL pipeline avoid jail time as judge acknowledges ‘legacy of colonization’
Reprinted from @thetyee.ca
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Land defenders who opposed CGL pipeline avoid jail time as judge acknowledges 'legacy of colonization'
B.C. Supreme Court sentencing closes a chapter in years-long conflict in Wet'suwet'en territories that led to arrests
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October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Land defenders who opposed CGL pipeline avoid jail time as judge acknowledges ‘legacy of colonization’
Reprinted from @thetyee.ca
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Reprinted from @thetyee.ca
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A BC Supreme Court judge has strong words for BC and Canada — and their failure to settle outstanding land claims with the Wet’suwet’en — as he suspended the sentences of three land defenders Friday.
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Supporters Cheer After Indigenous Land Defenders Avoid Jail | The Tyee
Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A BC Supreme Court judge has strong words for BC and Canada — and their failure to settle outstanding land claims with the Wet’suwet’en — as he suspended the sentences of three land defenders Friday.
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Autumn afternoon on Wet’suwet’en lands
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Autumn afternoon on Wet’suwet’en lands
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Fracking's Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC
A report today from @stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024, Ben Parfitt reports for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
A report today from @stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024, Ben Parfitt reports for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee
A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Fracking's Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC
A report today from @stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024, Ben Parfitt reports for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
A report today from @stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024, Ben Parfitt reports for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
My latest for @thenarwhal.ca takes a look at community level life with Canada’s first major LNG export plant.
Sleepless nights, diesel smells and smoke that “smells like burnt plastic.” Some Kitimat, B.C., residents say LNG Canada’s startup is making life unbearable. @writermjs.bsky.social reports thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-lng-...
Noise, smoke from LNG Canada plagues residents of Kitimat, B.C. | The Narwhal
Residents near LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., say the constant noise and toxic smoke is ‘hell’ — and threatens serious health impacts
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September 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My latest for @thenarwhal.ca takes a look at community level life with Canada’s first major LNG export plant.
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Ksi Lisims LNG was pitched as a net-zero project. But the B.C. government’s approval says it will likely burn natural gas for years, causing “significant adverse effects” on emissions. Critics warn the project undermines the province’s climate goals. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...
The climate costs of B.C.’s Ksi Lisims LNG | The Narwhal
Ksi Lisims LNG will initially burn fossil fuels to power its operations in B.C., resulting in ‘significant adverse effects’ for the climate
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September 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ksi Lisims LNG was pitched as a net-zero project. But the B.C. government’s approval says it will likely burn natural gas for years, causing “significant adverse effects” on emissions. Critics warn the project undermines the province’s climate goals. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...
This project and the associated PRGT pipeline are set to bring major changes to northern B.C., including more conflict. The pipeline crosses numerous First Nations territories, including Gitxsan and Gitanyow. As @thenarwhal.ca’s northwest reporter, I’ll be paying close attention as it all unfolds.
B.C. just approved one of its largest LNG projects yet.
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
Massive Ksi Lisims LNG approved in B.C. | The Narwhal
B.C. just gave the green light to Ksi Lisims, a project capable of producing almost as much as LNG Canada’s first phase
thenarwhal.ca
September 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This project and the associated PRGT pipeline are set to bring major changes to northern B.C., including more conflict. The pipeline crosses numerous First Nations territories, including Gitxsan and Gitanyow. As @thenarwhal.ca’s northwest reporter, I’ll be paying close attention as it all unfolds.
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B.C. just approved one of its largest LNG projects yet.
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
Massive Ksi Lisims LNG approved in B.C. | The Narwhal
B.C. just gave the green light to Ksi Lisims, a project capable of producing almost as much as LNG Canada’s first phase
thenarwhal.ca
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
B.C. just approved one of its largest LNG projects yet.
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG will ship 12M tonnes of gas a year overseas. Ministers say it will benefit the Nisg̱a’a Nation — but also admit it will worsen greenhouse gas emissions.
#bcpoli
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Internal documents show BC Energy Regulator inspectors lack training to manage long-term contamination issues, raising questions about oversight across the province as LNG booms. Latest by @writermjs.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...
Who monitors B.C. oil and gas facilities? | The Narwhal
The BC Energy Regulator is responsible for making sure oil and gas companies follow the rules. Internal documents show the scope of inspections is limited
thenarwhal.ca
September 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Internal documents show BC Energy Regulator inspectors lack training to manage long-term contamination issues, raising questions about oversight across the province as LNG booms. Latest by @writermjs.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...
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A small gold mine has quietly opened near Smithers, B.C., in a popular backcountry area, raising questions about how little notice the project received — even as it promises minimal surface impact and new jobs for the community. Latest via @writermjs.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/dome-mountai...
Dome Mountain gold mine quietly opens near Smithers, B.C. | The Narwhal
A tiny gold mine has quietly opened on Dome Mountain near Smithers, B.C., raising questions about public notice while promising low impact and local jobs
thenarwhal.ca
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A small gold mine has quietly opened near Smithers, B.C., in a popular backcountry area, raising questions about how little notice the project received — even as it promises minimal surface impact and new jobs for the community. Latest via @writermjs.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/dome-mountai...
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B.C. has completed its environmental assessment of the Ksi Lisims LNG proposal and declined additional dispute resolution with neighbouring First Nations. The decision whether to approve the project will be made by early September, @writermjs.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...
B.C.’s decision on Ksi Lisims LNG looms | The Narwhal
By early September, B.C. ministers will decide if construction of the floating Ksi Lisims LNG export plant can begin
thenarwhal.ca
August 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
B.C. has completed its environmental assessment of the Ksi Lisims LNG proposal and declined additional dispute resolution with neighbouring First Nations. The decision whether to approve the project will be made by early September, @writermjs.bsky.social reports. thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-l...
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Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza
Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19