The provincial government doesn’t have the funds to safely plug old wells — and it isn’t collecting enough from operators should it need to cap new ones thenarwhal.ca/old-gas-wells-…

Internal documents show inspectors lack training to manage long-term contamination, raising questions about oversight across the province thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-regu…

Join us for a lively conversation at the place where the housing crisis meets the climate crisis thenarwhal.ca/housing-and-th…

An investigation by The Narwhal revealed Ontario can’t afford to plug its old gas wells and isn’t collecting enough from companies to ensure future well-capping costs don’t also fall to the taxpayer thenarwhal.ca/ontario-old-oi…

Runners, families and plenty of dogs headed for green space last weekend, though the controversial woods ban remains in place in much of the province thenarwhal.ca/nova-scotia-wo…

The author and beaver expert on her love of the outdoors, Canada’s wildlife and a divisive national icon thenarwhal.ca/moose-question…

A B.C. justice has granted an injunction against a group of people blocking a logging road on southern Vancouver Island. The decision paves the way for the RCMP to move in thenarwhal.ca/walbran-valley…

$29 million in federal funding will cover retrofits for 7,000 Manitoba homes. Similar programs are expected to launch across the country thenarwhal.ca/greener-homes-…

Communities from Cranbrook to Kelowna know fire can contaminate reservoirs as well as burn homes. Experts say protecting watersheds must become as urgent as protecting schools or hospitals thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-thre…

Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a ‘giant stinking pile of shit,’ according to the premier’s special advisor, who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue and is on the Alberta Energy Regulator board thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-an…

B.C. environment and energy ministers just gave the green light to Ksi Lisims, a project capable of producing almost as much as LNG Canada’s first phase. Concerns remain about the environmental impacts of the project thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-lng…

The podcast host is back with a new season and many feelings about salmon thenarwhal.ca/moose-question…

In wildfire-vulnerable Tsilhqot’in territory, former Yunesit’in chief Russell Myers Ross has co-designed a house made to endure hotter, drier summers thenarwhal.ca/fire-resistant…

Despite being touted as a clean energy project, B.C.’s Ksi Lisims LNG will likely run on fossil fuels for years before hydro power reaches the site thenarwhal.ca/ksi-lisims-lng…

This spring, the Doug Ford government shifted the boundaries of an area preserved for its natural and scientific interest — paving the way for a subdivision to be built there instead thenarwhal.ca/garden-hill-an…

Ontario kicks in $62 million for upgrading roadways in Geraldton, Ont., a small town set to become the ‘gateway’ to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ring-o…

In many Ontario Indigenous communities, water treatment plants are staffed by a single person. A training program is trying to change that thenarwhal.ca/water-treatmen…

More than 300 people joined The Narwhal for a lively online discussion about how B.C. communities can meet housing needs while tackling the climate crisis thenarwhal.ca/climate-and-ho…

Prairies reporter Drew Anderson asked Alberta Premier Danielle Smith a question — with some salty language — at a news conference this week thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-an…

Regenerative. Sustainable. Organic. Holistic. In Saskatchewan, farmers are sorting through the hype to find new agricultural approaches that help the soil — and their bottom lines thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan-f…