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24/10/25
Author: 
Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons
Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information, according to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol

Oct. 23, 2025

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and The Narwhal.

A Canadian oil and gas firm successfully pressed Canada’s spy agency to start sharing government intelligence with the country’s wealthiest companies, something advocates say will protect critical infrastructure but that critics worry could infringe on civil rights. 

22/10/25
Author: 
John Woodside
The head of the new federal government Major Projects Office Dawn Farrell listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney announces five major projects in Edmonton on Sept. 11, 2025. File photo by: Amber Bracken / The Canadian Press

Oct. 22, 2025

The Major Projects Office can’t substantiate its boss’ claim that the Trans Mountain pipeline helps fight climate change. 

07/10/25
Author: 
Tom Howell
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Oct. 7, 2025
 

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05/10/25
Author: 
 Martin Hart-Landsberg
AI in education

AI and Education: The Kids are in Danger

Oct. 5, 2025 

03/10/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Catherine McKenna on stage at an event at the UN climate summit COP27. Photo via UNFCCC Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Sept. 24, 2025

Catherine McKenna isn’t buying the potential grand bargain being discussed between fossil fuel companies and the federal government.

20/08/25
Author: 
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Aug. 20, 2025

Landmark Climate Ruling Raises the Bar for BC: 34 Groups Urge Action to Meet Climate Obligations

Open letter says the province must align its climate plan with international law, meet its targets, and phase out fossil fuel production

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August 20, 2025

08/07/25
Author: 
Kristen de Jager
An environmental group is asking Ottawa to continue to support an international moratorium on commercial seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Illustration via WWF.

July 7, 2025

Protesters rallied against a Canadian company that aims to lead in deep-sea minerals extraction.

26/06/25
Author: 
Ian Urquhart
The actual number of tonnes of GHGs sent into the atmosphere by the oilsands keeps going up. Photo of Alberta’s oilsands by Kris Krug, Creative Commons licensed.

June 26, 2025

How Alberta Fudges Its Climbing Oilsands Emissions

The province crows about a drop in ‘intensity’ while rising GHGs fuel the climate crisis.

29/05/25
Author: 
Pocharapon Neammanee
Jared Kaplan, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Anthropic, said scientists "can't rule" out that the company's latest AI model is "risky."  Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

May 24, 2025

Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline

In tests, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 would resort to "extremely harmful actions" to preserve its own existence, a safety report revealed.

The company behind an Amazon-backed AI model revealed a number of concerning findings from its testing process, including that the AI would blackmail engineers who threatened to shut it down.

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