#thenarwhal — Public Fediverse posts

Despite UCP scheme to fuel AI data centres, there’s nothing wrong with Crown corporations

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/despite-ucp-scheme-to-fuel-ai-data-centres-theres-nothing-wrong-with-crown-corporations/

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thenarwhal/116958920700169756

Harper and Carney share a core belief that public money should go to rich people. Everything they say is to justify or obfuscate that. Prove me wrong, please. It's what conservatives do.

"Stephen Harper swore by it; Mark Carney is ready to invest taxpayer dollars in it. A Narwhal investigation reveals how Canadian politicians have bought into an unproven technology they tout as a climate fix"

#cdnpoli #Canada #ClimateChange #carney #thenarwhal @thenarwhal

FR – J’ai découvert @thenarwhal à travers leurs « essais photos » - ou comment raconter visuellement certains des enjeux environnementaux du Canada.
L’essai photo du jour emporte les lecteurices dans une ancienne mine de cuivre située sur le territoire de la nation Squamish, près de Vancouver, mine devenue une scène inattendue pour un drag show en ce mois des fiertés. Un récit visuel puissant (en anglais). Texte : Francesca Fionda – Photos : Amber Bracken

EN – I discovered The Narwhal through their “photo essays”— or how to visually tell the story of some of Canada’s environmental challenges.
Today’s photo essay takes readers to a former copper mine located on Squamish Nation territory near Vancouver, a mine that has become an unexpected venue for a drag show during Pride Month. A powerful visual story (in English). Text: Francesca Fionda – Photos: Amber Bracken

https://thenarwhal.ca/britannia-mine-museum-drag-show-2026/

#Canada #environmentalChallenges #environnement #CopperMine #PrideMonth #BC #BritishColumbia #PhotoEssay #PhotoJournalism #ClimatePhoto #climate #mine #TheNarwhal #independentmedia #dragShow

Canadian Federal transparency law changes could shield government emails, text messages | #TheNarwhal
https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-access-to-information-changes/

#Canada #ATIP

Ooooh @sundogplanets is in @thenarwhal with https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-spacex-satellites-night-sky/ and it is incandescent with more power than a billion suns (at galactic distances) - this is the kind of collaboration the world needs! No holds barred:

SpaceX suggests that launching data centres into orbit is better for the environment. This is only true if you ignore all the consequences of satellite launch, orbital operations and re-entry.

and

One corporation based in one country should not be allowed to ruin orbit, the night sky and the atmosphere for everyone else in the world.

there's a reason Anna Maria Tremonti (famous Canadian journalist) said

As someone who has spent a career dedicated to the public’s right to know, I am cautious where I place my trust. The Narwhal has earned it.

#Journalism #theNarwhal #space #SpaceX #satellites #KesslerSyndrome

#TheNarwhal:
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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
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"Elon Musk’s company wants to put data centres into orbit around the Earth. If it happens, the satellites would outshine the stars"

"A slap in the face for astronomers"

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-spacex-satellites-night-sky/

9.4.2026

#Astronomie #Astronomy #DataCentre #Musk #Nachthimmel #NightSky #Raumfahrt #Rechenzentrum #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceX

Confronted with gift money, contributing some bucks to the free press
@thenarwhal is a favorite because my #Alaska coast has rivers from #Canada so #thenarwhal.ca/member

Me: maybe I'm too enthusiastic about suggesting @thenarwhal and @thetyee

Corporate media: FOIs now cost $20, but we've got some great AI-rewritten PR releases!

The Narwhal: FOI FOI FOI BAM https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-lng-carbon-pollution-break/

#BCPoli #BC #TheNarwhal

The frontlines of an Ontario mining boom | The Narwhal

#NetmizaaggamigNishnaabeg #FirstNations #Ontario #MineralWars #Mining
#TheNarwhal

https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-mining-indigenous-rights/

Wow! Good morning to my hundreds of new friends! I’ve been on Mastodon for just over two years, so I am delighted to welcome you all. This week, my podcast, Alberta Unbound, crossed the 40k download mark - so let me celebrate by sharing with you this week’s episode, a conversation about environmental journalism with Emma Gilchrist, editor of @thenarwhal. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2fP2zxaugOguvxryANnzCg?si=W1Z-jy5uTq6rAT5Ld8ojlw #Alberta #SenateofCanada #TheNarwhal #Canada #Jasper #introduction

You can see how the Ministry of the Environment failed to protect the environment. It will take years: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-green-for-life-waste-management/. What are they hiding?

#onpoli #onenvironment #GFL #theNarwhal

@gemelliz

And such is the result when criminals are voted into power.

When almost everything the Cons do has a money trail that leads to the same destinations, you know it's not in the name of public service.

This would probably be one more map among many, like one #thenarwhal drew out for the #greenbeltscandal showing all the business connections to Queen's Park.

#NeverVoteConservative

@paulbusch and here we thought #kingFord 's #kleptocracy was just trying to torch the social support systems so they could be replaced by his #oligarch 's / private interest corporations' money machines.

And even with this report in hand, the Cons continued to justify & rationalize their attack on the #greenbelt - until clear evidence of #collusion was brought forward by #thenarwhal .

By directing the authors to minimize their findings and then sliding this report under the proverbial carpet, could the Cons try any harder to send #Ontario up in flames! 🤬

The Tyee: This Is Not a Drill: Meta’s Ban on Canadian News Ramps Up https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/03/Meta-Ban-Canadian-News-Ramps-Up/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #CanadianHeritageMinisterPabloRodriguez #PrimeMinisterJustinTrudeau #FacebookCEOMarkZuckerberg #BillC-18OnlineNewsAct #CanadianJournalism #MetaCanadiannews #GoogleBillC-18 #JeanetteAgeson #PascaleSt-Onge #Canadiannews #MetaBillC-18 #Canadaland #TheNarwhal #TheBreach #CBCRadio

@thenarwhal
Hey #Canadians ! #TheNarwhal, an award-winning, #independent, unpaywalled, ad-free, #nonprofit, reader-supported #magazine is turning 5 today! To celebrate, I set up a monthly donation to support them. If you're already a fan, please join me! If you've never heard of them, but are interested in fearless #climate and #environment #journalism, check it out! I don't work for them (tho i'd love to!), they didn't pay me to write this, I just love #TheNarwhal!
https://thenarwhal.ca/

Bracken, alongside #environmental outlet #TheNarwhal are suing #RCMP for #violating their #CharterRights when Bracken was #arrested & #detained while #OnAssignment in November of 2021. Bracken had been #embedded with #Wetsuweten #LandDefenders at a #CoastalGasLink #pipeline #ResistanceCamp in Northern #BritishColumbia. She was arrested alongside #filmmaker #MichaelToledano — on assignment for #CBC
https://ricochet.media/en/3949/photojournalist-takes-on-rcmp-in-fight-for-press-freedom

#Indigenous #PressFreedom #HumanRights #BCNDP #lawsuit #PNW #NativeRights

#TransMountain #pipeline owned by #FederalCovernment is a #culprit in the #destruction of #endangered SpottedOwl #habitat #TheNarwhal learned of #NewTwist to 11th-hr #efforts to #save the #owl from #extinction in #Canada .
#BCNDP elected in 2017 on a platform that included using “every tool in [the] toolbox” to stop #TMX - #approved 24 new #cutblocks for TMX in #habitat federal #scientists deemed #necessary for owl’s #survival & #recovery, including #OldGrowth #forests

https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-spotted-owls/

'#Documents obtained by #TheNarwhal explain the silence: after the mass #resignations , the #government changed the rules of the #GreenbeltCouncil to make its advice #confidential , and to #restrict its members’ ability to talk to #journalists .
The new rules were first laid out in a “#MediaRelations protocol” document for the council in March 2021, three months after the resignations, which was obtained by The Narwhal through a #FOI request.'
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-muzzled-greenbelt-council/

#ONPoli #CanPoli #Ecocide

The Tyee: The Narwhal Is Suing the RCMP (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/13/Narwhal-Suing-RCMP/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #AmberBracken #MelissaCox #TheNarwhal #BCRCMP

#TheNarwhal has reported from across #Canada this year. Some stories were #bleak — lingering #contamination from spilled gas in #Alberta to gutted #environmental protections in #Ontario . Others, however, were more #hopeful , looking at #Indigenous youth connecting with their #culture & #environment or a #displaced #FirstNation finally #returning home.

https://thenarwhal.ca/2022-in-photos

#2022 #YearInPhotos #IndieMedia

I #subscribed to #support #IndependentMedia #TheNarwhal & it's now the 4th #IndieMedia outlet in #Canada that I've subscribed to. Indie needs readership support by donations or subscriptions. Please consider supporting your fave indie media outlets.
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