Toxic lead showing up in Ontario school and daycare drinking water as evidence of serious health dangers grows
In the past four years, nearly half the province’s public schools have had at least one test for toxic lead in drinking water exceed the federal safety guidel... Read more.
They need new homes, roads and schools. But Indigenous communities across Canada ‘can’t catch up’ thanks to staggering $349B infrastructure gap
In Cat Lake First Nation, there’s only ever enough money to build three new houses a year. For the community of 680 people northwest of Sioux Lookout, Ont., t... Read more.
‘I am deeply troubled’: Head of Ontario law society speaks out after IJB/Star investigation into sexual harassment among lawyers
The head of Ontario’s law society says she is “deeply troubled” by the level of sexual harassment, violence and discrimination within the profession. Jacq... Read more.
Sexual harassment, discrimination forcing women lawyers to quit. Some say the profession needs its ‘Me Too’ movement
After a three-decade career as a lawyer in Toronto, there isn’t much that intimidates Martha McCarthy. But ask her about the climate of sexual harassment amon... Read more.
Investigative Journalism Bureau and University of Toronto Libraries release new public repository of Ontario freedom-of-information requests
The Sunlight Project details more than 75,000 public records requests since 2014 The Investigative Journalism Bureau and University of Toronto Libraries are pro... Read more.
Surge in medically assisted deaths under Canada’s MAID program outpaces every other country
Canada’s psychiatric community has been divided on the country’s emergence as a global leader in assisted death under the MAID program.... Read more.
Ontario hospitals asked patients about the care they received. Results were kept secret — and pleas for change went ignored
We obtained years’ worth of patient survey data from more than 50 Ontario hospitals and health
networks. Search our database to see how they scored.... Read more.
‘Let them eat as much as they want.’ Big Sugar sponsors dietitians’ favourable posts on social media. Experts say Canadian regulators need to intervene
A U.S. consumer protection agency slammed the Canadian Sugar Institute for ‘irresponsible’ marketing. Authorities here have been comparatively quiet.... Read more.
These dangerous health products were supposed to be pulled from shelves. A popular Ontario retailer sold them to us anyway
Ontario program to make roads safer is ensnaring drivers who pose no threat, imperiling livelihoods and sowing distrust, Star/IJB investigation finds.... Read more.
She found out she’d been breathing a cancer-causing gas for over a decade. So why won’t Canada’s health-care system let her get her lungs tested?
Canadians with documented levels of elevated radon in their homes are ineligible for publicly funded lung cancer screening, which is only for heavy smokers.... Read more.
The hidden hate on campus: We tracked incidents at colleges and universities and found a growing problem
The scope of the problem is far greater than previously known, according to the data gathered by the Star and the IJB.... Read more.
‘Pattern of secretive behaviour’: Ford, Mulroney questioned for suppressing information on road-safety program
Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles called out the government at Queen’s Park today for suppressing dozens of answers prepared by civil servants responding to que... Read more.