In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses. New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report: thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-tra...

The Winnipeg transit overhaul, mapped | The Narwhal

The goal was more frequent and on-time buses that run into the night. An analysis of the Winnipeg transit overhaul paints a different picture

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Agricultural trade between Canada and the U.S. is worth US$70 billion. As tariff threats fly, @jsrutgers.bsky.social writes, farmers in Manitoba and Minnesota are trying stay optimistic as they worry about crop revenues dropping as the cost of fertilizer spikes. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-far...

How tariffs could hurt farmers in both Canada and the U.S. | The Narwhal

Agricultural trade between Canada and the U.S. is worth US$70 billion. Manitoba farmers brace themselves as both countries threaten tariffs

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Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park was the frontline of the westward invasion of zebra mussels, but Parks Canada now says stopping their spread there is 'no longer an achievable option.' What's next for the rest of Western Canada? via @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-zeb...

Parks Canada lost a costly invasive species battle. Now what? | The Narwhal

Riding Mountain National Park was the frontline of the westward invasion of zebra mussels. It’s been breached

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NEW: A recording of a closed-door meeting shows Sio Silica’s latest tack in Manitoba: numerous promises to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, including millions in equity. Now the community faces “a great divide,” @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-sio...

Sio Silica is making a comeback to mine silica sand in Manitoba | The Narwhal

Since its silica sand mining project was rejected, Sio Silica has quietly tried to win the support of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, with millions in equity. Not everyone is convinced

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Plastics permeate our lives. But recycling them has been dubbed everything from a hopeless endeavour to a fraud. Here’s what really happens to your blue bin — and a Winnipeg duo working to reduce the waste, via @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-rec...

What’s actually recycled through Winnipeg’s blue bin program? | The Narwhal

Amid an onslaught of plastic, a Winnipeg recycling duo hopes to reduce the mountain of waste

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A proposal to push the City of Winnipeg closer to phasing out the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings is in limbo.

Natural gas phaseout proposal in limbo

A proposal to push the City of Winnipeg closer to phasing out the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings is in limbo.

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To produce electricity in Manitoba, clearings as wide as 50 highway lanes make way for power lines that link massive hydro dams with urban centres, supplying an ever-growing thirst for electricity. See for yourself: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-hyd... via photographer Tim Smith & @jsrutgers.bsky.social

A bird’s-eye view of Manitoba Hydro dams | The Narwhal

More than 70 per cent of Manitoba’s electricity flows south from massive hydroelectric dams to urban centres

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In chilly Winnipeg, natural gas heating accounts for 40 per cent of emissions. The city council's environment committee has been eyeing phasing out the fossil fuel — but it's divided on whether to take the next step, reports @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-nat...

Winnipeg eyes phasing out natural gas for heat | The Narwhal

Winnipeg's Water, waste and environment committee is divided on whether to consider phasing out the use of natural gas

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Introducing the Moose Questionnaire! We're asking artists, athletes and other interesting folks some serious — and silly — questions about their love of the natural world. First up is Marc Garneau: who better to launch 🚀 something new than an astronaut? thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

The Moose is loose: a Narwhal launch, featuring Marc Garneau | The Narwhal

In his new memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride, Marc Garneau takes Canadians with him to the House of Commons, Alberta’s oilsands, various far-flung

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Hello! It looks like we need to ... skeet? ... more! An intro to The Narwhal for new followers: we're a team of investigative journalists based in Canada, telling stories about the natural world. As a non-profit supported by 6,500 members, our stories are free for all to read: www.thenarwhal.ca

The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada

The Narwhal's team of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can't find anywhere else.

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By @jsrutgers.bsky.social, who travelled to northern Manitoba to meet members of five Cree nations reclaiming land flooded for hydroelectricity. They call their homelands Kitaskeenan Kaweekanawaynichikatek, the land we want to protect. Gorgeous photos by Tim Smith. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-kit...

Reflections on the effort to preserve Cree homelands in Manitoba | The Narwhal

In their own words: community members share what the Kitaskeenan project to conserve land, long impacted by hydroelectricity, means to them

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