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An alleged mafia leader has been accused of laundering crime money. Why are these banks still doing business with him?
Canada’s Indigenous mental health program is meant to be a lifeline. Instead, it’s so mired in red tape it seems ‘set up to deter people from accessing’ care
A murder conviction. Sex with an ex-client. Defending residential schools. Why a program for Indigenous patients uses therapists with troubling pasts
Growing number of Canadian households contain deadly levels of radon gas, national study finds
Your lawyer could be under investigation for sexual misconduct. Why won’t Ontario’s law society tell you?
IJB’s Rob Cribb visits TVO’s The Agenda to discuss investigation into lead in school and daycare drinking water
Ontario First Nations sue the federal government over alleged deadly underfunding of fire protection on reserves
Bodies for Rent, a documentary directed by Habiba Nosheen in collaboration with the IJB, is out now!
Inside Canada’s ‘exploitative’ clinical trial industry, where study participants say they’re incentivized to lie
Lead-tainted drinking water at Ottawa-area schools prompts parent concerns and action
IJB & IRE present a collaborative, cross-border conference
Outrage over lead levels in Ontario schools and daycares prompts political calls for action
He suffers debilitating side effects from a common medication. A simple test could have spared him.
Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of health dangers grows
What an expert’s report reveals about the state of housing in ‘deliberately underfunded’ First Nations
Indigenous communities across Canada ‘can’t catch up’ thanks to staggering $349B infrastructure gap
Ontario’s law society head is ‘deeply troubled’ by the level of sexual harassment and discrimination in the profession
Macaque imports into Canada for lab tests are surging — and so are concerns the animals may be harboring dangerous pathogens
Canadian officials found radiation levels in these northern Ontario homes ‘well above’ the safe limit. Their response: ‘¯\_(ツ)_/¯’
A podcast exploring the expansion of MAID legislation, following the journey of Michael and his wife Ann.
Sexual harassment, discrimination forcing women lawyers to quit
Here’s what happened to overdose deaths in Toronto neighbourhoods with safe consumption sites
Surge in medically assisted deaths under Canada’s MAID program outpaces every other country
The Patient Files: Hidden Stories from inside Ontario’s Hospitals
‘Let them eat as much as they want.’ Big Sugar sponsors dietitians’ favourable posts on social media
‘We don’t want the story to die’: Parents speak about life after losing son to suicide
‘I thought I was safe’: Federal government’s radon advice creates false sense of security
‘Numb to it’: Canadian students are keeping quiet about hate and discrimination
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Signal Award for ‘The Ultimate Choice’ podcast
The IJB’s 2023 ‘Patient Files’ investigation was a finalist in the Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards, the Canadian Association of Journalists Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards
Canadian Association of Journalists Data Journalism Award for ‘Suspended’ series
Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism Honours for reporting on Youth Mental Health
Mindset Award for Mental Health Reporting
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Media Award for reporting on opioid drugs sold on Ontario streets
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Investigation into provincial government’s Medical Condition Report program led to introduction of private member’s bill to amend Highway Traffic Act
Reporting on radon led to 1000% increase in radon testing
Speakers at a Nov. 24 celebration of journalism at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health gather for a photo. Credit: Jenna Muirhead Photography 
A Nov. 24 panel highlights journalism at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. From left to right: Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, Robert Steiner, Blair Bingham, Radha Kohly, Robert Cribb. Credit: Jenna Muirhead Photography 
Gerry Gotfrit with some of the Investigative Journalism Bureau team at a Nov. 24 celebration at the University of Toronto. Credit: Jenna Muirhead Photography 
Gerry Gotfrit, the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s co-chair and founding supporter, accepts his 2022 Arbor Award at a Nov. 24, 2022, celebration at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. Credit: Jenna Muirhead Photography
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