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Behind the Reporting: What does a T-shirt really cost?
I often see photos of my high school self — wearing, for example, a cluttered Looney Tunes graphic tee with a floral overshirt and bright blue socks — and instinctively think, “How did my mother let me wear that?” For most of my life, clothing has been an afterthought. Each day, I simply dig through… Read more
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Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know
We filed an FOI for refused FOIs. Here’s what we found. What communication did Ontario Premier Doug Ford have with developers who could have benefited from his removal of Greenbelt protections before he walked that back? What briefing notes did Ford receive related to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport, which he wanted to expand? What was… Read more
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This deal has cut violence against women on factory floors, but many clothing brands won’t sign on.
At 12 years old, Deepa started working at a garment factory making clothes for less than one Canadian dollar a week. For most of her working life, the now 32-year-old southern Indian labourer says she has endured daily abuse from bosses, occasional beatings and little recourse. That fate changed three years ago. “There was a… Read more
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The Investigators: Brian Fitzpatrick
Every day, our reporters and researchers pound the pavement, dig through troves of documents, analyze massive databases and ask tough questions in order to unearth important truths in the public interest. The Investigators turns the spotlight on them, asking them to share what drives them, what challenges them and why they choose the difficult work… Read more
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The Investigators: Courtney Greenberg
Every day, our reporters and researchers pound the pavement, dig through troves of documents, analyze massive databases and ask tough questions in order to unearth important truths in the public interest. The Investigators turns the spotlight on them, asking them to share what drives them, what challenges them and why they choose the difficult work… Read more
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He calls himself a prophet. But some say this Toronto-area pastor exploited his flock for years
Jodi says she remembers her hands shaking as her married pastor — the man she had for months been told to call “dad” — pulled her onto his lap on a cream-coloured couch in his ministry office. Just 16 years old at the time, Jodi says she froze as Kofi Danso, a self-described “Man of… Read more
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Behind the Reporting: When the mental healthcare system fails to perform a lifesaving intervention
The emergency department of a psychiatric hospital is immersed in suffering. As I wait in line to see a psychiatrist, I watch a mother beg for her suicidal son to be admitted against his will. In the chair next to me, a teen is curled up motionless, for hours. In the corner of the waiting… Read more
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Not Criminally Responsible: New IJB data reveals systemic failures that end in death
Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa never missed a text message from her daughter. But when Raquel Almeida Margulies texted a habitual “sweet dreams, mama,” at 10:28 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2023, the text was left curiously unanswered. At 9:25 a.m. the next day, Raquel began to worry. “Ola, mama,” she texted again. No response. The… Read more
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Thousands of Canadians implanted with metal hip devices despite warnings of pain and complications
Tony Kinney thought the metal device implanted in his hip by a surgeon in 2006 would relieve his pain. But instead, he says, it left him living in anguish and unable to work. “I can’t do anything. I’ve lost everything I own, house and possessions,” he says. Metal-on-metal hip devices, like the kind Kinney received,… Read more
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Maternal deaths are tragic, but they are only part of the story
Recent reporting by the Investigative Journalism Bureau on maternal deaths in Canada, and the creation of a public maternal death tracker, shine a spotlight on outcomes that are thankfully rare but devastating when they occur. These efforts are important: we cannot prevent what we do not measure. As a perinatal epidemiologist, I spend much of… Read more
