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Rick Westhead on the difficult truth about abuse in youth hockey
Rick Westhead nearly missed one of the most important phone calls of his career. The investigative journalist was in Europe shooting a documentary for sports broadcaster TSN. As repeated calls came in from an unknown number, he was too busy to answer. Eventually, he picked up. The voice on the other end told him he… Read more
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INSIGHTS: If we are serious about ending male violence against women, we must abandon the term “Intimate Partner Violence”
Megan Walker was the executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre for 24 years and has worked both nationally and internationally to end male violence against women and girls. The most dangerous place for women is in their home. Unfortunately, few men are convicted of violent crimes against women. Imagine being in a marriage that… Read more
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Behind the Reporting: Measuring the justice system’s response to the killings of Indigenous women and girls
I sit at my desk in the warm afternoon light and listen to the young Indigenous woman on the computer screen in front of me recount the three times she was almost killed by a man. A survivor of sex trafficking when she was barely a teenager, I think of how close she came to… Read more
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Whistleblower, experts challenge researcher’s claims about dog research in Ontario hospital
Public debate over the use of dogs in laboratory experimentation resurfaced this week when the scientist behind controversial cardiac research on beagles and hounds said the animals “don’t suffer at all” and that dogs’ cardiovascular systems are “basically identical” to humans. In an interview with the CBC, Frank Prato, the lead researcher who conducted the… Read more
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IJB Gets Action: Ontario NDP demands changes to hospital funding model after IJB investigation
QUEEN’S PARK, Thursday, Feb 5 – Ontario’s NDP party is demanding urgent changes to hospital funding based on new data published by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. “When our hospitals cannot make payroll and have to go to the bank in order to be able to pay their employees, there’s something drastically wrong,” said France Gélinas, the NDP… Read more
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Find your hospital’s finances: IJB launches the Ontario Hospital Finance Explorer
Ontarians can now access the key financial information of their hospital by using the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s Ontario Hospital Finance Explorer. By searching the name of their local hospital, readers can review metrics such as annual operating deficit or surplus past three fiscal years, amount borrowed from a chartered bank and one-time government funding. “This… Read more
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IJB hosts inaugural Press Club with TSN’s Rick Westhead
TORONTO — The Investigative Journalism Bureau welcomed about 50 guests to its inaugural Press Club event on Jan. 29. This new speaker series, hosted in collaboration with Postmedia, features one-on-one conversations between IJB director Rob Cribb and prominent journalists and newsmakers reflecting on major stories shaping the public discussion. For this first event, the IJB welcomed… Read more
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Why Ontario hospitals are turning to bank loans to stay afloat
More than 60 per cent of Ontario hospitals were in the red at the end of the 2025 fiscal year, and many, including some of the largest in the country, have turned to banks to cover their costs, spending millions of public dollars on loan interest payments, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) has found. More than half… Read more
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High levels of deadly radon gas found in 21% of social housing units — but most aren’t tested at all
NEW: Listen to this story Eleanor Hubley Manor is a modest, beige one-storey apartment building just off a highway interchange near Halifax. As part of the province’s subsidized housing network, it is home to about eight tenants who, for reasons ranging from bad health to poverty, have little choice about where they live. The residence… Read more
