Blackened whitefish

Details: Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40; Written by editor

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The consequences of Canada's industrial activities are so often remote, isolated from the gaze of Canadians. They affect people and places *out there* (gestures vaguely at the woods) and they are thus easier to ignore.

That's not the case for the Mikisew Cree. They're in the thick of it, downriver from Canada's biggest megaproject, downriver from the water withdrawals, the effluent, the leaks, the 40 years of heavy oil production and all its attendant effects on the water.

They're also modern people. They need jobs, and incomes. Their leadership struggles with the contradictions of carrying on traditional activities on the land while trying to catch a piece of the oilsands action.

Thanks to the incredible support of our monthly members, we were able to send reporter Judith Lavoie to Wood Buffalo National Park to speak to the people there, and she has brought us a three-part series on the park and the threats it faces.

The third part of Judith's series on Wood Buffalo dives into this most Canadian of dilemmas.

If you think this kind of journalism is important, please consider donating to support it. As a non-profit news organization, we rely on reader donations.

Keep reading for more from this week!

Emma Gilchrist Editor-in-Chief, The Narwhal

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W e're hiring!

We're looking for an investigative journalist on a one-year contract to work in Alberta.

It's an investigative environmental journalist’s playground. From the oilsands and their far-reaching consequences, to fires and flooding in the country’s two most important oil towns, to battles over what to do with three of Canada’s largest national parks — Alberta has a lot of big untold environmental stories.

Check out the job posting here.

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What if the new fish farm rules in B.C. actually lead to more fish farms? Green MLA Adam Olsen thinks that just might be the result. Read more.

Opinion: Time for B.C. to regulate industry in the public’s interest

By Anthony Britneff

The professional reliance system brought us the Mount Polley mine disaster and B.C.'s diminished old-growth forests. It's time we reevaluated just what it means to monitor industry and enforce B.C.'s environmental laws. Read more.

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