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Sara Mojtehedzadeh

@saramojtehedz.bsky.social

Investigative journalist @theglobeandmail.com interested in immigration and labour issues. Get in touch: SaraM@globeandmail.com

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Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found

Two toddlers are among nearly 150 Canadians held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, data show

From @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, Kathryn Blaze Baum, @mahima-singh.bsky.social, @janicedickson.bsky.social
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14.08.2025 16:43 — 👍 74    🔁 74    💬 5    📌 7
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Ottawa’s proposed immigration reforms will restrict asylum seekers access to hearings Critics say Canada needs to take its legal responsibility to claimants seriously

The federal government’s proposed immigration reforms will restrict some asylum seekers’ access to formal refugee hearings, a move critics say undermines Canada’s legal commitments to asylum claimants and may serve to drive migrants underground.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

05.06.2025 17:51 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Our CMG union members at The Canadian Press are bargaining for a new contract. Some of them can't afford to live in the communities they report on. @cdnpress.bsky.social should give them a fair deal!

05.06.2025 16:16 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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The drastic brain procedure that gave a baby a fighting chance They couldn’t stop baby Maryam’s seizures. With time running out, doctors weighed whether to hurt her brain to save it
30.05.2025 09:33 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Groups mount legal challenge against Ottawa over refugee treaty with U.S. The Safe Third Country Agreement is premised on both countries being safe for refugees, but groups say Canada’s oversight of the deal is ‘fundamentally flawed’

The federal government is facing a legal challenge arguing that its oversight of a two-decade-old refugee treaty with the United States is “fundamentally flawed.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

26.05.2025 16:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow, what an honour! Couldn't be happier to be nominated for a Digital Publishing Award for my @hazlitt.bsky.social column

13.05.2025 15:51 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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More than 200 people have been held at Detroit facility near Canadian border, U.S. congresswoman alleges The sites include an office building that is not equipped for ‘long-term stays,’ says Representative Rashida Tlaib

More than 200 people, including children under the age of 6, have been held in “secret” detention at the Port of Detroit in recent months after being apprehended at the Canadian border, a U.S. congresswoman and immigration rights groups say

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

25.04.2025 15:36 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Staggering reporting by @saramojtehedz.bsky.social

14.04.2025 11:33 — 👍 45    🔁 15    💬 0    📌 1
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Which 5 exceptional #canlit #cdnpoli books are on the 2025 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing shortlist?

Expert jurors @jenditchburn.bsky.social, @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, and @cwaddell27.bsky.social read 34 books from 22 publishing imprints. Find out their top picks tomorrow 📕🍁📕

01.04.2025 17:05 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Watch: Disturbing video shows jail guards carrying out violent, hours-long retribution at Maplehurst Ontario government lawyers tried to prevent the public release of the videos. But the Star won access in court.

#StarExclusive: Disturbing video shows jail guards carrying out violent, hours-long retribution at Maplehurst.

Ontario government lawyers tried to prevent the public release of the videos. But the Star won access in court.

31.03.2025 14:15 — 👍 78    🔁 38    💬 9    📌 21
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Trois prix Hillman 2025 décernés à des lauréats canadien pour un journalisme original et novateur Toronto, le 18 mars 2025 – La Sidney Hillman Foundation a annoncé aujourd’hui les lauréats du 15e concours annuel du Prix Hillman canadien : Prix du contenu imprimé ou numérique – Grant Robertson et K...

Prix de l’actualité locale – @drewanderson.bsky.social de @thenarwhal.ca pour « We will not lie’: Inside Alberta’s renewables pause »

18.03.2025 14:16 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Ontario regulator seeks larger fine for Amazon for workplace safety violation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is appealing the fine imposed in a provincial offences court for a months-long delay in filing an injury claim involving a worker at one of Amazon’s Brampton, Ont....

Ontario’s workers’ compensation board is pushing for a harsher penalty for Amazon after a court fined the company $30,000 for failing to report a warehouse accident on time.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

17.03.2025 16:24 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Canadian woman being held in U.S. detention centre after attempting to apply for a work visa Friends and family say Jasmine Mooney was held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and spent three nights at that detention centre

A Canadian woman who has been held in a U.S. detention centre for 10 days and counting was detained for not having legal docs and processed under Trump's "Securing our Borders" executive order, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

14.03.2025 00:58 — 👍 19    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 3
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Norovirus is skyrocketing in Canada, and packing an extra punch of misery and mystery Surging case numbers this winter could be explained by rise in a new variant, a post-lockdown rebound and improved surveillance

#Norovirus is skyrocketing in Canada, and packing an extra punch of misery. Surging cases this winter could be explained by rise in a new variant, a post-lockdown rebound and improved surveillance, by @jenniferyang.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

13.03.2025 13:29 — 👍 36    🔁 9    💬 6    📌 5
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Ottawa has failed to collect almost 40% of fines on companies that violated Temporary Foreign Worker rules Inspectors have penalized nearly a thousand companies with more than $11.8-million in fines since 2017, but some $4.5-million remains unpaid, a Globe analysis has found

The federal government has failed to collect almost 40 per cent of the fines levied on employers for violating the rules of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, a Globe and Mail analysis has found.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

12.03.2025 13:38 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

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