Executive editor @thenarwhal.ca. Still hate gum. The lakes, they are Great.
(Illo by Andrea Bell, from The Leak, a kid's graphic novel about a girl that does environmental journalism!)
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As well as Oracle (MySQL, Sun, Java, Peoplesoft) which runs TikTok and powers Anduril and much of the worst tech behind the Israeli genocide.
We also won General Excellence at the DPAs, recognizing all of our work to bring you beautiful, factual journalism about the natural world in Canada.
If you're able to support our non-profit newsroom, we're currently saying thanks with these really cool socks 🧦 give.thenarwhal.ca/narwhal/
Up in Cambridge Bay, Nvt., scientists and Inuit are experimenting with re-freezing Arctic ice. @thenarwhal.ca's extremely gorgeous story about it just won two awards for climate journalism, from the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Digital Publishing Awards. thenarwhal.ca/real-ice-cam...
Two former advisors to the federal government called out Prime Minister Mark Carney for slashing environmental rules and ignoring experts in climate science and policy. thenarwhal.ca/carney-canad...
Nearly 800 Toronto District School Board positions may be cut by the fall, document shows. Which would almost certainly mean bigger class sizes and less attention for kids with special needs. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The Narwhal is hiring two senior reporters, one in BC and one (almost) anywhere in Canada. If you're a veteran journalist with an appetite for risk-taking who knows how to dominate a beat, connect people and policy and make complex issues accessible, please apply! thenarwhal.ca/work-with-us/
🥇Gold at the 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — General Excellence in Digital Publishing: Medium Publication, presented by Hannah Yakobi, editor-in-chief of Fajo Magazine:
The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca
#DPA26
🔍 The 49th National Magazine Awards — Investigative Reporting:
Gold: "What Happens after a Death on Campus," @thewalrus.ca
Silver: "Tracking down prominent Albertans behind delinquent oil and gas companies," @thenarwhal.ca
#NMA26
The warming climate makes a cool dip more necessary — while also degrading water quality. But as of this summer, some northern Ontario health units are no longer testing the water at popular beaches. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-beac...
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
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Canada is going to supply Germany with a million tonnes of LNG annually starting in 2030.
The feds say this will help Canada reduce dependence on the U.S. Climate experts say the deal raises questions about the long-term costs of expanding fossil fuel exports. thenarwhal.ca/canada-germa... #bcpoli
The government shut out its own climate science and policy advisors, they say, while gutting Canada’s environmental protections in favour of oil and gas
What the Ellison family would own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:
Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...
This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.
State AGs must step in and block it.
