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Assaults on public transit have doubled in 8 major Canadian cities. Find out more in our joint investigation with CBC.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Transit violence is rising across Canada — in some cities, by nearly 300%. Read our joint investigation with CBC.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Billions pledged for clean water, but First Nations’ class action is still unresolved. Read our investigation.

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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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MS-13 is seeking to launder money through Canada, report says. See the details we’ve obtained.

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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The IJF takes silver at the global Anthem Awards for our residential schools database! Read more.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Alberta’s COP30 delegate is a former oil industry lobbyist. Read our report.

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November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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An RCMP cadet was removed from a training program following sexual assault charge. Read our investigation.

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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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B.C. asked the federal government to crack down on potential money laundering in the fishing sector. Read our follow-up story.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Alphabet-owned Waymo is making a concerted lobbying effort to bring self-driving cars to Canada.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Alberta's plan to vastly expand silica exploration and mining has environmentalists worried. We've got the details in our latest.

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#Alberta #environment #mining
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Here’s who lobbied for key measures in Mark Carney’s first budget. Read our latest scoop.

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#cdnpoli #Budget2025
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Danielle Smith has repeatedly invoked the idea of Alberta independence, but documents show it is not an economic scenario the province is seriously considering..

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#abpoli #Alberta
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Our reporter Ninah Hermiston tells you more.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Billions of dollars in federal contracts intended to support Indigenous businesses across Canada are being awarded to two dozen firms in Ottawa, leaving many regions out in the cold. Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.

#cdnpoli #truthandreconciliation
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Just two weeks ago, we reported on a Vancouver crypto exchange’s record fine by Canada’s money laundering watchdog. Read our story to see why Canada is unlikely to ever see a dime.

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#cdnpoli #bcpoli #cryptocurrency #financialcrime
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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After years of endless searching for his biological father, a Facebook post finally connected Terry Chase of Penticton B.C., to a man who appeared to be his dad. But his search for closure is far from over.

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#bcpoli #truthandreconciliation #residentialschools
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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When the prime minister goes on a trip, his travel records are supposed to become public. But those records don’t always tell the full story. Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.

#cdnpoli #Trudeau
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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This Saturday, the IJF took home the RTDNA Canada award for overall digital excellence. It’s our third award win for Open By Default, the IJF’s database of internal government records.

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#RTDNACanada #independentjournalism
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Billions of dollars in federal contracts intended to support Indigenous businesses across Canada are being awarded to two dozen firms in Ottawa, leaving many regions out in the cold.

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#ottawa #truthandreconciliation #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Canada’s Mushroom Growers Association has been actively lobbying in Ottawa for the reinstatement of a worker immigration program.

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#cdnpoli #ottawa
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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IBM Canada is under scrutiny yet again as IT complaints and inquiries about the tech giant’s public-sector work pile up.

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#cdnpoli #technology
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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For three decades, his community has had no clean drinking water. Chief Gary Quisess says things have to change. Our reporter Ninah Hermiston tells you more.

#truthandreconciliation #cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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With Game 6 of the World Series headed back to Toronto, the demand for tickets to Rogers Centre is at an all-time high. So are prices. Can anything be done to curb ticket scalping?

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#bluejays #lobbying #cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Canada’s financial watchdog is saying women are increasingly acting as the “soft introduction” to hate movements and as central figures in fundraising for extremist networks. We obtained a new report.

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October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM