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Author Archives: The Narwhal

Posted inCulture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Ontario, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

The lonely Lake Superior caribou and a lesson in limits

by The Narwhal October 15, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, The Provinces

A tiny, endangered fish lies on the path of Highway 413. Canada has a plan, but no new power to protect it

by The Narwhal September 24, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations

‘These are not your lands to give away’: 6 First Nations take Ontario to court over mining law

by The Narwhal August 30, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, The Provinces, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Missed calls, forgotten instructions: Inside an oil spill cleanup on Toronto waterways

by The Narwhal August 6, 2024
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario

by The Narwhal July 30, 2024
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, The Checkup

Drugs, microplastics and forever chemicals: New contaminants emerge in the Great Lakes

by The Narwhal June 5, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inUncategorized

Bald eagles nearly died out. What can we learn from their return to the southern Great Lakes?

by The Narwhal May 22, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFish, Birds and Animals, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Wild fish spring to life in Lake Ontario, despite dams, pollution and hatchery competitors

by The Narwhal April 9, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inGreat Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

‘You start with us’: Conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government

by The Narwhal April 2, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers

by The Narwhal March 26, 2024

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  • North Bay’s PFAS problem: 5 things to know about a ‘forever chemicals’ hotspot in Ontario
    In a small northern city, citizens have launched a class-action lawsuit over decades-old PFAS pollution. The city and federal government, meanwhile, are working on a $122-million clean-up.
  • Enbridge to Pay $275K Settlement for 2019 Wisconsin Spill After DOJ Action
    The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced a $275,000 settlement Thursday with energy firm Enbridge for alleged violations of the state’s spills law over a 2019 spill in Jefferson County.
  • Scientists have a new tool in the fight against toxic algal blooms: buoys
    University of Toledo researchers have developed a system of buoys that slowly release algaecide into the surrounding water.

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