A wild proposal
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- Published on Friday, 05 October 2018 11:40
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Is Canada getting its fair share of tax revenues from mining?
Canada is home to some of the world's biggest mining companies, which have operations all over the world. But it turns out the rest of the world is doing a better job of getting a share of the proceeds than Canada.A new investigation from reporter James Wilt found Canadian mining firms are paying billions of dollars less in taxes and royalties on their Canadian operations than they do elsewhere.
Take Barrick Gold, for instance.
Read the full investigation.Emma Gilchrist Editor-in-Chief, The Narwhal
Site C dam facing ‘extremely high probability’ of major construction delay: expert witness
By Sarah CoxThings look like they could be going from bad to worse when it comes the budget and timeline of the Site C dam. A new report, penned by a leading expert in large hydro dam projects, finds Site C faces “extremely high probability” of at least a one-year construction delay, adding further costs to the beleaguered project and undermining recent government talking points. Read more.
Site C dam secrecy ‘extraordinary’, international hydro construction expert tells court proceeding
By Sarah CoxA First Nations injunction to halt construction of the Site C dam is about to get underway. But according to one expert witness, BC Hydro's lack of transparency has made gaining insight on the project — the most expensive public infrastructure investment in B.C.'s history — something of a challenge.
“I have never seen in 50 years a major public project or program being put in place for its ratepayers by a public agency providing as little information,” Harvey Elwin, told the court in a sworn affidavit. Read more.
Science fiction or resource extraction? The strange tale of one of the largest mines ever proposed in B.C.
By Christopher PollonMultiple tailings ponds. A system of tunnels and underground mines. A mine that "cleans rivers"? The KSM mine would develop one of the planet’s largest deposits of gold and copper in northwest B.C., and it's a wild proposal. Read more. Meet Sarah.
Sarah Cox is our B.C. legislative reporter; you'll recognize her byline from countless groundbreaking articles on the Site C dam, fish farms, clean energy and much, much more. Just last week Sarah was announced as the latest recipient of a grant from the Uncharted Journalism Fund. She's already hard at work reporting her stories on endangered species and how we approach them.
"I’m looking into our priorities around saving endangered species, the role that science plays and successful efforts thus far, all in the context of B.C.’s efforts to introduce an Endangered Species Act," she says.
Sarah is coming off another huge project: her celebrated book on the Site C dam, Breaching the Peace.
Sarah has been part of our team since before The Narwhal was The Narwhal, and says she's been "overwhelmed" by the response to the new name.
"I love the opportunity to dig deep into environmental and energy stories of public interest," she says.
You can find Sarah on Twitter @sarahcox_bc and you can follow her work at The Narwhal.
Here's a sneak peek of Sarah at the endangered northern spotted owl captive breeding facility in Langley, B.C. Stay tuned for her upcoming stories.
Update: Our selenium pollution story turned heads
After we broke the story last week that U.S. officials were breaking with tradition to publicly decry their Canadian counterparts over selenium pollution in a transboundary river some of the biggest names in Canadian traditional media followed up.CBC, The Globe and Mail, Global News, The Toronto Star, the Victoria Times-Colonist and several others picked up the story.
It's one example of the outsized impact of our little team, and it's all thanks to readers like you.
More than 50 readers have become members in the last week (thank you, you wonderful Narwhals!) and we're looking for 30 more to help us hire an investigative journalist in Alberta.Will you be one?
To those who pledge $20 a month — a fancy coffee a week! — we're giving away the coolest new t-shirts on the block.
Remember that environmental DNA stuff from our Arctic salmon story last week?
Our deputy editor Jimmy Thomson has an article in this summer's issue of Up Here Magazine all about the technology behind eDNA and the huge possibilities for it in Arctic conservation — featuring a beautiful photo by photographer and fellow Narwhal Taylor Roades.
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