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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · 4d

Le premier article en français de @thenarwhal.ca — grâce à Caitlin Stall-Paquet et à un poisson québécois 🐟
English version here: thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 4d

L’expansion du Port de Montréal — un projet sur la liste de grands projets de Mark Carney — pourrait dégrader sévèrement l’habitat du chevalier cuivré, un poisson menacé qui ne se trouve qu’au Québec. thenarwhal.ca/chevalier-cu...

L’expansion du Port de Montréal met en péril un poisson québécois | The Narwhal

Un agrandissement prévu du Port de Montréal à Contrecoeur, un des projets prioritaires de Mark Carney, met en péril le chevalier cuivré

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 4d

The Narwhal's very first story translated into French! It's about one of the Carney government's "nation-building projects," which threatens an endangered fish found only in Quebec - the English version is here: thenarwhal.ca/copper-redho...

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 4d

L’expansion du Port de Montréal — un projet sur la liste de grands projets de Mark Carney — pourrait dégrader sévèrement l’habitat du chevalier cuivré, un poisson menacé qui ne se trouve qu’au Québec. thenarwhal.ca/chevalier-cu...

L’expansion du Port de Montréal met en péril un poisson québécois | The Narwhal

Un agrandissement prévu du Port de Montréal à Contrecoeur, un des projets prioritaires de Mark Carney, met en péril le chevalier cuivré

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · 5d

Another beautiful caribou story by @trinamoyles.bsky.social in @thenarwhal.ca today

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 5d

The Porcupine caribou herd travels more than 4,000 kilometres across the Arctic each year. But its migration is imperilled by climate change and oil and gas expansion. Scientists are rushing to count the animals amid the threat. @trinamoyles.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...

The biologists racing to count Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal

Scientists in Yukon and Alaska are tracking the size of the Porcupine caribou herd. It’s urgent work: the animals face environmental and political threats

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 6d

In syilx territory, humans are building beaver dams. It's part of an effort to recreate the benefits beavers have on wetland ecosystems, and hopefully encourage a resurgence of real beavers, too. A story first published by @indiginews.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/wetlands-bea...

Bringing beavers back to syilx homelands | The Narwhal

Building artificial beaver dams could restore B.C. Interior wetlands and encourage the return of native species — including the long-absent beaver

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11d

For the last month, Joffre Lakes Park has been closed to the public, as Lil'wat and N'Quatqua members reconnect with their traditional territory. Here's what one of B.C.'s busiest parks looks like at rest. By @sevawood.bsky.social with photos by Paige Taylor White. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

What Joffre Lakes Park looks like at rest | The Narwhal

A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park, or Pipi7íyekw, looks like when it’s quiet and closed to the public

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Moira Donovan @moiradonovan.bsky.social · 14d

Across Canada, remnants of the residential school era — former school sites and buildings — stand as a painful testament to the past. For @thenarwhal.ca I spoke to survivors leading the complex work to reckon with those remnants, and preserve a record of that history thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal

Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 14d

The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

What should happen to residential school sites? | The Narwhal

Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · 18d

Come hear me chat with three great writers about art and writing on Friday, Oct. 24 at @writersfest.bc.ca 📚

Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 18d

Christine Estima (Letters to Kafka), Martha Bátiz (A Daughter’s Place) and Thomas Schlesser (Mona’s Eyes) explore what it means to be human through acts of artistic expression, in this Oct 24 event moderated by Paloma Pacheco.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Sep 12

For ecologist Glynnis Hood, a beaver would make the ideal partner — “because it comes with a house.” The author and beaver expert takes our Moose Questionnaire and shares her love of Canada’s natural world:
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Glynnis Hood wants to change your mind about beavers | The Narwhal

Ecologist and beaver expert Glynnis Hood shares her love of a divisive national icon and other reflections on Canada’s natural world

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Sep 3

So much admiration for @jackiedives.bsky.social for the difficult and undoubtedly emotionally taxing work of seeing this matter through. We all benefit from being held to the standards of integrity, transparency and accountability our profession professes.

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Sep 3

As AI continues to cannibalize artists’ and writers’ work and degrade copyright protections, the least we can do as colleagues is acknowledge each other’s work and properly attribute our sources. Our work and our readers are so much poorer when we don’t.

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Lots of admiration for @jackiedives.bsky.social for the difficult, undoubtedly emotionally taxing process of seeing this through. It helps us all to be held to the standard of integrity, transparency and accountability our profession professes.

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Really glad this has finally come to light.

I faced a similar situation last year with a Canadian magazine and instead of doing the ethical thing and acknowledging my borrowed work, they stonewalled me.

Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · Sep 3

This happens too often.

Jackie Dives @jackiedives.bsky.social · Sep 2

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 20

Summer used to be the season we waited all year for, but this year Canada has faced drought, extreme heat and wildfire from coast to coast. Sadness at what's lost is understandable, @balkissoon.bsky.social writes. But what if we tapped into our rage — or love — instead? thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep...

I have seasonal depression in the summer now | The Narwhal

Extreme heat, wildfires and pests — fuelled by climate change — threaten to make summer the worst season in Canada. It’s time to talk about it

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Such a great, thoughtful piece, Zoë!

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Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social · Aug 19

Some things I learned while writing this story on Canada’s new “pillar” of Aboriginal Law, Cowichan Tribes v. Canada, for @thetyee.ca:

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Inside Richmond’s Precedent-Setting Cowichan Tribes v. Canada Case | The Tyee

The BC Supreme Court decision affirms Aboriginal title on private lands. What’s next?

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 18

“They needed this substrate of high-quality human expression and language. It looks to me like they just decided, well, we’re not going to pay for that supply.

When I think about it that way, it really makes … the taking much more naked.” — @jbmackinnon.bsky.social

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J.B. MacKinnon on Why He’s Suing the AI Giants | The Tyee

The Vancouver author leads class-action suits claiming firms used stolen, copyrighted Canadian works and covered it up. A Tyee Q&A.

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Harrison Mooney @harrisonmooney.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today in @thetyee.ca, I speak with J.B. MacKinnon about suing the AI giants training their LLMs on #CanLit.

"“I have yet to meet a Canadian author whose work wasn’t used in that way." thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

J.B. MacKinnon on Why He’s Suing the AI Giants | The Tyee

The Vancouver author leads class-action suits claiming firms used stolen, copyrighted Canadian works and covered it up. A Tyee Q&A.

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 18

A beautiful feature in @thenarwhal.ca today about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich’in people who are fighting to protect it and the caribou that call it home. By Trina Moyles: thenarwhal.ca/yukon-old-cr...

‘Drill, baby, drill’ vs. Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal

As the U.S. government mandates drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Gwich’in people in northern Yukon organize to protect Porcupine caribou

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's us! Happy @thenarwhal.ca debutante day, @quillpearson.bsky.social 🐋

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 15

At The Narwhal, we read every email sent our way — so you might have already met our new assistant editors, Will and Paloma, who monitor our inbox and respond to readers! They recently joined The Narwhal to ensure our stories are accurate, typo-free and beautiful to look at. Get to know them: (1/3)

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 14

loved editing this story by @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social about the Shawanaga First Nation species-at-risk program — a reserve with fewer than 200 residents, many of whom pitch in to monitor and support these nocturnal neighbours.

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 14

7 out of Ontario's 8 bat species are endangered, including the little brown bat. But in Shawanaga First Nation, where hundreds of bats have moved in, a unique species-at-risk program brings the community together to help them. New from @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi...

Shawanaga First Nation gathers to help endangered bats | The Narwhal

In Ontario’s Georgian Bay region, Shawanaga First Nation leads an effort to protect little brown myotis bats

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks so much, friend! Please do ❤️

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Paloma Pacheco @palomahazel.bsky.social · Aug 12

Some news! I'm taking a break from the freelance life to join @thenarwhal.ca as an assistant editor. So thrilled to work with such a wonderful team and to wrangle words in service of The Narwhal's stellar journalism

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 11

Whether to avoid crowds or extreme heat — or simply to gaze up at the stars — people are spending more time outside in the dark. On every continent except Antarctica, wildlife has become more nocturnal to avoid people. Where do they go next? thenarwhal.ca/outdoor-recr...

To avoid humans, animals turn to the night | The Narwhal

In the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere, grizzly bears and other wildlife are becoming more nocturnal as outdoor recreation hits record popularity

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