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Canada's leading non-profit, investigative newsroom. Based at the University of Toronto's (@uoft.bsky.social) Dalla Lana School of Public Health (@uoftdlsph.bsky.social).
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The 'insane' number of women being killed in Canada:

The IJB spent more than a year examining the deaths of females across Canada. We uncovered damning statistics that experts say point to a systemic problem.

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The ‘insane’ number of women being killed in Canada - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Since 2019, at least 1,329 women and girls have been killed or died in Canada under suspicious circumstances— one victim every other day. A new IJB analysis uncovered damning statistics that experts s...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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In the latest episode of IJB’s Heliograph podcast, abuse researcher Jennifer Fraser discusses how gaslighting works, its impact on truth and journalism, and why it matters to us all.

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December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Cocaine and bananas: Fruit shipments from Ecuador president’s family firm allegedly used to smuggle drugs

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Cocaine and bananas: Fruit shipments from Ecuador president's family firm allegedly used to smuggle drugs - Investigative Journalism Bureau
An encrypted chat allegedly between Balkan drug traffickers shows them bragging about having exclusive rights to smuggle cocaine alongside bananas in shipping containers exported by the Ecuadorian pre...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Broken bones, chemical exposure, unpaid labour, and “deplorable” housing conditions. Migrant farm workers’ experiences reveal why some critics call this government program “the new slavery.”

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‘This is the new slavery’: Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Harvesting cannabis in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a migrant labourer in 2023, Maria recalls being surprised when her boss invited her and two friends for dinner at his home in the nearby mo...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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A third of criminal sentences in child porn possession cases have fallen below the mandatory minimum of 12 years, an IJB analysis of 100 Canadian court cases has found.

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Canadian courts ignore minimum sentences for child porn, data shows - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Courts across Canada have been issuing sentences for years that were less than the mandatory minimum for possession of child sexual abuse material, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won’t anyone tell you?

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Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won't anyone tell you? - Investigative Journalism Bureau
In Canada, when a doctor hands you a prescription, you trust that what’s been recommended is the best drug for your health. What you can’t know is whether your physician has benefited financially from...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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It began with a road trip to a home in North Bay, when we were starting to investigate the spill of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in local drinking water. IJB reporter Masih Khalatbari takes you behind the reporting of our latest investigation:
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Behind the Reporting: Masih Khalatbari Uncovers the Hidden Truth About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in North Bay - Investigative Journalism Bureau
On a cloudy day last spring, I found myself in the dining room of a home in North Bay. After a long drive from Toronto, I watched a deer stroll out from behind the trees in the backyard, and trot thro...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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The feds knew for years that toxic forever chemicals contaminated North Bay’s water—and concealed it . Our latest investigation exposes the buried truth North Bay residents were denied for years.

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Feds 'covered up' toxic forever chemicals in the water of this Ontario city for 5 years - Investigative Journalism Bureau
The federal government concealed toxic water contamination in North Bay, Ont., for almost five years before warning residents of a dangerous chemical spill from the city’s airport and a nearby militar...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Ontario government officials discussed lowering the lead limit for drinking water four years ago, but have since failed to act, newly released documents show: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ontario...
Ontario failed to toughen rules on lead in water despite advice, documents show - Investigative Journalism Bureau
For at least four years, Ontario officials have known that the provincial safety limit for lead in drinking water doesn’t go far enough to protect the public, newly released documents show. But despit...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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When a doctor moves around, troubling issues from their professional histories don’t necessarily follow them.

The Bad Practice project led by the @occrp.org found 100+ doctors left behind troubling pasts to start fresh in in another jurisdiction.

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Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind  - Investigative Journalism Bureau
In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain pain medications after being accused by officials of providing “p...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A large Scarborough research facility performs drug safety tests on dogs – sometimes involving invasive and fatal experiments – the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found.

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Numerous dogs 'humanely sacrificed' as test subjects at private lab in Toronto area - Investigative Journalism Bureau
The vast majority of Canada’s leading university research labs have stopped using dogs as test subjects in scientific research — a practice that Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised to ban with fort...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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More than 70 journalists, students, funders, and supporters came together this week for an evening of reunions and reflection, celebrating the Investigative Journalism Bureau’s fifth anniversary and new partnership with Postmedia.

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June 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Coming soon: Our new podcast, Arachnid: Hunting the web’s darkest secrets in collaboration with TVO, Piz Gloria Productions and the Toronto Star is launching on all platforms on May 27.

Stay tuned and listen to the trailer: www.tvo.org/podcasts/ara...
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May 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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"Crushing workloads have made me fall out of love with nursing."

A registered nurse reacts to an IJB investigation which found #nurses working in acute medical units at Niagara Health Services hospitals were sometimes assigned 10 patients each.

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INSIGHTS: Crushing workloads have made me fall out of love with nursing - Investigative Journalism Bureau
A registered nurse reacts to an IJB investigation which found nurses working in acute medical units at Niagara Health Services hospitals were sometimes assigned 10 patients each.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Who's policing clinical trials? Often, no one.

On the latest episode of the Heliograph podcast, the IJB's
Blair Bigham sits down with world-famous bioethicist Arthur Caplan.

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Heliograph: Arthur Caplan on Can We Trust the System Behind Drug Trials - Investigative Journalism Bureau
In this episode of Heliograph, host Blair Bigham sits down with world-famous bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan to pull back the curtain on the shadowy world of phase one clinical trials, where new drugs a...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Groundbreaking First Nations Housing Class Action Suit Begins ijb.utoronto.ca/news/decisio...
Groundbreaking First Nations Housing Class Action Suit Begins - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Lawyers representing more than 100 First Nations across Canada have begun arguments in a groundbreaking class action lawsuit alleging Canada has “deliberately underfunded” housing on reserves.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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We're delighted to share that our investigation into a failing federal mental health care program for First Nations and Inuit people has been awarded the 2024 Mindset Award for reporting on mental health in the workplace.

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Awards — Mindset: Reporting on Mental Health
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April 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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We're thrilled that our investigation into a failing federal mental health care program for First Nations and Insuit people has been awarded the 2024 Mindset Award for reporting on mental health!

Thank you to the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma.
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Congratulations to all winners of the #2024MindsetAwards for excellence in Canadian #MentalHealthReporting. Details below in today's press release. Thanks to @CMHABC for awards sponsorship. https://t.co/Fm3Fuyytbf #CDNmedia #journalism
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April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Canadians rethink travelling to the U.S. amid trade war rhetoric, according to an IJB analysis of data from the Canadian Border Services Agency.

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April 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Canadians rethink travelling to the U.S. amid trade war rhetoric, according to an IJB analysis of data from the Canadian Border Services Agency. Watch the video: youtu.be/PjSyyCBKSpU?...
#ontario #canada #journalism #investigations #healthcare #tradewar #tarrifs #politics #trump
Trade war threats tank Canadian travel to U.S.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Rob Cribb, director and founder of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, on the future of investigative journalism.#investigativejournalism #CanadianJournalism www.tiktok.com/@ijbstories/...
Rob Cribb, director and founder of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, on the future of investigative journalism.#investigativejournalism #CanadianJournalism
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March 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The IJB has updated its publicly-accessible Lead Tracker database which details lead levels in school and daycare drinking water.: ijb.utoronto.ca/school-dayca...
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March 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Did you know that thousands of Ontario students are potentially exposed to toxic levels of lead every year? Read the full sorry here: ijb.utoronto.ca #ontario #canada #toronto #ottawa #lead #leadwater #leadinwater #tapwater #ontarioschools #health
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Half of all Ontario #publicschools reported lead levels in water that exceeded the federal #waterquality guideline at least once in the past five years.
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Tests showed potentially dangerous lead levels at hundreds of Ontario schools last year. A new report urges the province to act - Investigative Journalism Bureau
One hundred times the federal government’s safety guideline. That’s how much lead was found in the tap water at Fisher Park Public School in Ottawa last school year. Seven other water tests taken at t...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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We're hiring! We have two IJB/UniforTheUnion
Summer Investigative Journalism Intern positions open. The positions, which run from May 1 to Aug. 31, are full time and pay $13,000. Applications are due March 14. #cdnmediajobs #journalismjobs
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The Investigative Journalism Bureau is hiring two IJB/Unifor Summer Interns - Investigative Journalism Bureau
The Investigative Journalism Bureau is hiring two IJB/Unifor summer interns. As a real world investigative newsroom, the IJB offers a dynamic and enriching environment for aspiring journalists to gain...
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March 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM