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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...

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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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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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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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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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.

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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.

"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.

#NursesWeek

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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...

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.

Listen here: ijb.utoronto.ca/news/heliogr...

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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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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Mindset Media Guide on X: "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" / X 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

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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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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Trade war threats tank Canadian travel to the U.S. - Investigative Journalism Bureau Fewer and fewer Canadians are travelling to the U.S. We obtained data from the Canadian Border Services Agency.

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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?...
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Rob Cribb, director and founder of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, on the future of investigative journalism.#investigativejournalism #CanadianJournalism TikTok video by IJB Stories

Rob Cribb, director and founder of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, on the future of investigative journalism.#investigativejournalism #CanadianJournalism www.tiktok.com/@ijbstories/...

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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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

School & Daycare Lead Tracker - Investigative Journalism Bureau Are you a parent living in Ontario? Your child may be exposed to drinking water at school or in daycare that exceeds the federal safety guideline for lead content.   Over the past four years, nearly h...

IJB / HIVE Lab at the University of Toronto collaborated to create an interactive database where you can find lead levels at your child’s school, daycare, or child care centre.

We updated results from the most recent school year.

Check it out: ijb.utoronto.ca/school-dayca...

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...

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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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...

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 IJB and Emmy award-winning investigative reporter and filmmaker @habibanosheen.bsky.social , collaborated for a groundbreaking project on Clinical Trials called Bodies for Rent. We invited her to share her expert thoughts and insights at our latest Press Club. ijb.utoronto.ca/projects/bod...

Can democracy survive without investigative journalism? IJB director Rob Cribb weighs in on Chatter That Matters - Investigative Journalism Bureau IJB founder and director Rob Cribb joins host Tony Chapman on the Chatter That Matters podcast to discuss the vital role of investigative journalism in today’s democracy. Cribb has received both natio...

Can democracy survive without investigative journalism?

IJB founder and director Robert Crib joins host Tony Chapman on the Chatter that Matters podcast to discuss the toll and challenges investigative reporters face in exposing hidden truths.

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For the season 2 launch of the Heliograph podcast we welcomed @rickwesthead.bsky.social , a reporter who has made headlines in Canadian sports for exposing everything from sexual abuse in hockey to corruption in soccer. Find the episode on all major podcast platforms.
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