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Behind the Reporting: Exposing a government shift on First Nations water
You turn the tap. You drink. You cook. You wash. Drinkable, usable tap water has become so elemental in the lives of people in wealthy countries that its use is reflexive. But thousands of people in Canada lack it. They live in First Nations communities, many of which have had to go without drinkable water… Read more
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IJB Gets Action: Ontario nurses challenge labour law to address lack of minimum patient ratios
Ontario nurses have launched a constitutional challenge over an arbitration system they say puts healthcare workers and patients at risk – in part by refusing to cap the number of people nurses care for at a time. The ONA is targeting the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act which is used to adjudicate complaints by hospital… Read more
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Liberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages of court documents reviewed by the IJB reveal this marked shift primarily on three fronts. In Alberta, Canada pulled the plug on settlement talks involving four… Read more
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IJB Gets Action: Ontario bans testing on dogs and cats as activists protest York University’s primate research
Ontario has become the first province in Canada to prohibit invasive medical research on dogs and cats. Amendments to Ontario’s Animals for Research Act that passed a final vote in the legislature on Thursday will change the face of animal experimentation across the province and could trigger similar change elsewhere across Canada. “Ontario has shown… Read more
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‘Conduct of the worst sort’: Canadian lawyers and child sexual misconduct
Ontario lawyer Gavin McNeill Grant impregnated a 17-year-old Crown ward, showed off pictures of her in lingerie to his coworker, and assaulted two women, including a client-turned-girlfriend, according to a decision of Ontario’s Law Society Tribunal. In all, Grant, who worked as a criminal lawyer in Owen Sound, Ont., engaged in what two provincial Law Societies called a… Read more
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B.C. to settle class action over birth alerts that separated newborns from mothers
B.C. is set to become the first province to settle a class-action lawsuit over birth alerts — the practice of child welfare workers contacting pregnant people’s medical practitioners, frequently resulting in apprehending babies shortly after birth, interrupting the mother’s care and bonding. The practice officially ended in B.C. in 2019. Most other Canadian jurisdictions have also… Read more
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IJB welcomes distinguished young journalists as Unifor summer interns
Two talented journalists are joining the Investigative Journalism Bureau this summer as part of an annual internship that is developing the next generation of investigative reporters in Canada. Shaina List and Vihaan Bhatnagar were selected from a group of the country’s most promising young reporters for this year’s competitive IJB/Unifor Investigative Summer Internship program funded… Read more
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World Press Freedom Canada recognizes IJB’s Jenna Olsen
Last week, Jenna Olsen received the coveted Press Freedom Student Achievement Award for her reporting on puppies being secretly tested and killed at an Ontario hospital in the name of human heart research. This prestigious award honors an outstanding student journalist who has demonstrated a commitment to press freedom. “I am honoured to receive this… Read more
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Controversial dog breeder Ridglan set to release 1,500 dogs
A controversial U.S. dog breeder at the centre of a police showdown with activists attempting to free the animals last month is releasing 1,500 dogs to animal welfare organizations. Ridglan Farms, a massive Wisconsin-based dog breeding operation featured in a recent report by the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), has produced thousands of beagles for scientific… Read more
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At York University’s primate lab, allegations of bruises, bloody wounds and escapes
WARNING: This story contains graphic content After more than a day of scratching at his protruding brain implant until it bled, Kenny, a research macaque who lives inside a York University lab, reportedly pulled out the implant from his right ear, revealing an oozing wound. Kenny is one of at least nine research macaques held… Read more
