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Ask a climate therapist: Planning for an uncertain future
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (292+ words) I'm a young adult trying to figure out what I'm doing with my life. It feels really hard to plan for my future given the uncertainty climate change produces, and sometimes I feel like my degree, which I'm passionate about,…...
Secwe'pemc women are leading deer hide tanning workshops
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (978+ words) Working with animal hides can be a messy process " and children in Tiffany Bowser's community of Simpcw First Nation "absolutely love it." "They love scraping the hide. They love stretching it," she shares. "I don't know why, but brain water…...
Customers, investors line up to support Deep Sky carbon capture
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1164+ words) A direct air carbon capture facility proposed for southwestern Manitoba has been shoring up allies in local and Indigenous governments and large corporations, as Montreal-based Deep Sky aims to convince the provincial government its project is ready to launch. The…...
Students fight for recycling in Ontario First Nation
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1492+ words) In September 2025, Veda Nair and Latavia Douglas set out to start a recycling program at their school. The Grade 7 students attend Mamawmatawa Holistic Education Centre, locally known as MHEC, in Constance Lake First Nation, about 500 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay,…...
I was arrested for doing my job
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (461+ words) I was arrested while reporting on Wet'suwet'en opposition to the Coastal Gas Link pipeline in November, 2021." And this year, I've spent weeks in court as The Narwhal and I pursue our press freedom lawsuit against the RCMP. I've had good…...
5 things to know about PFAS "forever chemicals" in North Bay
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (1403+ words) Gathered in an arena in North Bay, Ont. , in summer 2024, federal officials told hundreds of concerned citizens how they planned to remediate longstanding contamination of the city's waterways left behind by the Department of National Defence. A few months later,…...
Lake Muskoka's first MZO ushers in a massive resort
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1377+ words) This is AI-voiced audio. Read our AI guidelines Ontario cottage country " famous for its hundreds of clear lakes nestled in the Canadian Shield " is experiencing a first." The Cliff Bay resort project, proposed for the south end of Lake Muskoka,…...
The Narwhal wins another top climate journalism award
2+ week, 1+ day ago (542+ words) The Canadian journalism industry's 2026 awards season is continuing apace, and The Narwhal picked up several additional accolades last week, right on the heels of our strong showing at the Digital Publishing Awards and National Magazine Awards. For the second time…...
More dead birds in Suncor, Imperial Oil's Alberta tailings ponds
2+ week, 1+ day ago (738+ words) At Jean L'Hommecourt's cabin north of Fort Mc Murray, the birdsong is frequently interrupted by the hollow booming of a cannon, a stark reminder of the proximity of the oilsands in an otherwise tranquil setting of muskeg and boreal forest....
Canada's First Nations water bill C-37 faces criticism
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1552+ words) By Carl Meyer and Fatima Syed Federal Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty has unveiled a new and long-awaited bill to provide safe drinking water to First Nations, which she says was written to ensure "we have provincial partners at…...