Fatima Syed|The Narwhal

Ontario is building the western world's first small modular reactor and betting that this technology will turn the province, and the country, into an energy superpower.

Small modular reactors, big dreams: Ontario’s nuclear pitch

With the first SMR in North America being built at the Darlington nuclear site, the province is testing new ground to meet future power demand.

Members of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority(LRCA) and the Lake Superior Remedial Action Plan (RAP) visit Fisherman’s Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Fisherman’s Park was purchased and rehabilitated by the LRCA. David Jackson / The Narwhal

Environment & Climate Change

Thunder Bay is bringing its Great Lake shoreline back

Fatima Syed|The Narwhal

Decades of industrial pollution on Lake Superior has seen stretches of its shore deemed areas of environmental concern for both Canada and the U.S. A massive investment of time and money is letting nature return.

In Canada, no rule or law prevents many unmonitored and invisible substances -or "contaminants of emerging concern"- from entering our water, including the Great Lakes.

Environment & Climate Change

Drugs, microplastics, forever chemicals a growing concern in Great Lakes

Fatima Syed|The Narwhal

In Canada, no rule or law prevents many unmonitored and invisible substances -or "contaminants of emerging concern"- from entering our water, including the Great Lakes.