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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · 1d

Our feature for The Narwhal on how climate change is impacting the Porcupine caribou herd, biologists’ race to count their dwindling numbers, and First Nation communities who are on the frontlines of experiencing their decline. Photos by Peter Mather thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · 1d

And thank you for your amazing fact-checking and edits on this piece! Team work!

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 1d

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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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 30

Audrey’s in Edmonton?

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 29

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: As a professor of literature, I have serious concerns about the debates over books happening in Alberta

Government’s move to eliminate ‘explicit sexual content’ may satisfy Danielle Smith’s conservative base, but risks harming others in doing so

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 29

To quote Calgary-based author, Kit Dobson,

“It is my profound hope that Canadians are taking note of the censorious wave that is spreading across North America, and how this wave has descended with force upon Alberta.” Find his op-ed in the Globe.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Aug 28

one of the most revealing arguments I've seen on this issue is from people who say they would not mind if the park is closed — as long as the First Nations are also prohibited from accessing their homelands, medicines and traditional foods

The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 28

This long weekend, visitors will hike and swim in the Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Provincial Park — over the objections of the Lil’wat and N'Quatqua nations, who say the province shortened a planned closure without informing them. thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...

BC Parks, First Nations clash over Joffre Lakes opening | The Narwhal

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 27

Have you picked up Miriam Towes new memoir yet? 5 pages in and I’m already awestruck. As a survivor of sibling suicide, I feel her prose, deeply.

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Aug 26

Are writing and suicide related? The same thing? Or estranged relatives, at least? For author Miriam Towes, writing may be an attempt—or a fragment of an attempt—to save life, and to preserve the memory of her deceased father and sister. thewalrus.ca/why-do-i-write/

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is a tough but important read. CW, and the below is a gift link.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · Aug 26

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.

Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 26

Interesting, as always, read by @anthrodish.bsky.social on masculinity in so-called “ancestral eating” practices. I feel like trophy hunting culture taps into this dynamic, as well.

sarah duignan @anthrodish.bsky.social · Aug 24

back to the newsletter after watching the liver king’s untold special on netflix, and exploring what it means to pursue “ancestral eating” practices in relation to 21st century masculinity extremes and performances. #foodwriting #ancestraldiet

sarahduignan.substack.com/p/of-cabbage...

of cabbages and liver kings

chasing ancestral diets only deepens the performance of masculinity in crisis

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic

Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.

by @judeisabella.bsky.social

www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...

Aardvark Burrows Could be Ground Zero for the Next Pandemic - bioGraphic

Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.

www.biographic.com

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 24

Feisty one! Moth larvae have been seen everywhere in the Whitehorse area over the past few weeks. This one is a bedstraw hawk moth caterpillar. The spiky “horn” acts as a defence mechanism, though it’s actually soft and fleshy. This one was returned safely to the bush after a brief meet and greet.

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ah that’s stressful! Glad you found Tacoma!

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 23

this shy critter appeared on our doorstep last night! advanced reader’s copies are out! pls get in touch if you’d like to review 💚 will be published in Jan 2026 with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the U.S.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · Aug 22

Trump’s push for Arctic drilling heralds the next chapter in a decades-long fight to protect caribou.

What does that look like in Old Crow, Yukon — a tiny fly-in community north of the Arctic Circle? Find out in our latest newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-o...

Old Crow renews fight to protect wildlife refuge | The Narwhal

Old Crow, Yukon, gears up for a renewed fight to protect Porcupine caribou as Trump pushes for drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · Aug 21

A good story about current and historical fire activity in Canada (and the US) though I may be biased

thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-amer...

North America’s forests used to burn a lot more than present…

So, is climate change really making wildfires worse today?

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 21

This one was such a gem!

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hello! My name is Trina Moyles and I’m a writer, journalist, and author of non-fiction books. My work is inspired by people’s relationships with land, wildlife, wildfire ecology, and climate change. Check out my writing at www.trinamoyles.com and get in touch if you’d like to collaborate 🦋

Trina Moyles

www.trinamoyles.com

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · Aug 21

Field notes from our travels to Old Crow, Yukon, to learn about how U.S. politics is threatening food security & cultural identity in Gwich’in communities across the border. Photography by Atsushi Sugimoto and Michael Code.

“Born Into This Fight” — Trina Moyles

The Gwichin’s Multi-Generational Struggle to Protect the Porcupine Caribou Herd

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