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 Skeena River sockeye have declined 75% since 1913. Woodland caribou have declined by more than half in the past century. But with the right resources, First Nations are bringing ancestral foods back from the brink https://thenarwhal.ca/data-food-sovereignty-first-nations/ 
 Nearby Indigenous communities were not notified of Imperial Oil’s months-long Kearl oilsands leak. First Nations say the energy regulator is ‘not blameless’ despite a new report finding it did no wrong https://thenarwhal.ca/kearl-oilsands-spill-alberta-report/ 
 The annual racing of slugs on Bowen Island, B.C., highlights life in the slow lane and the importances of this small, slimy species https://thenarwhal.ca/slug-races-bowen-island-bc/ 
 Less than a quarter of Manitoba’s parks are protected from industry. As companies race to dig up minerals deemed critical to a low-carbon economy, exploration for new mines is ramping up in provincial parks https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-parks-mining/ 
 B.C. hasn’t updated its legal list of at-risk species in 17 years — which is why it can’t use its powers to protect vulnerable wildlife now https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-forestry-species-at-risk-report/ 
 Report concludes more than 90 per cent of land where environmental protections were dropped belongs to developers who gave suggestions directly to Steve Clark’s chief of staff https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-auditor-general-report/