Don't be defeatist, dear | Investigative reporter @UofT_IJB & grad student @munkschool | Previously @CTVNews, @TorontoStar | Find me underwater @padi
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Ya girl travelled to Thailand and back to Canada during a pandemic. Two contrasting quarantines allowed me to witness a HUGE gap in both countries' COVID-19 response.
Check out my latest for the @TorontoStar 👉
thestar.com/news/canada/2020…
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New from me in @readthemaple
Our news media is in a crisis - this we know. How bad is it?
I argue the canary in the proverbial coal mine is a case study look at CTV News and Bell’s “streamlining” drive in light of (continual) “unprecedented” times.
readthemaple.com/canadian-ne…
We’re in some (more) unprecedented times - in politics, natural disasters, wars, you name it.
Canadian media is in a crisis - story out tomorrow with @readthemaple
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Ontario’s Appeal Court has ruled seven youth have a case against the Doug Ford government over its “inadequate” emissions reduction target. @fatimabsyed spoke to their lawyer thenarwhal.ca/ontario-youth-…
Our analysis found that in at least 44 Ottawa schools, more than half of all water tests conducted between 2019 and 2023 exceeded the federal safety limit for lead.
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Surprised this isn't bigger news. Lead tainted drinking water in Ottawa schools?
OCDSB says test results and actions are shared with the ON govt, OPH, and posted to website. Parents need to be directly informed to prevent exposure.
@CBCNews @OCDSB
Update | Lead-tainted water at over 40 Ottawa-area schools & daycares has prompted parent concern and action, with calls for urgent steps to protect children’s health. Reporting by @RhythmSachdeva & @thecribby
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/lead-ta…
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Update | Lead-tainted water at over 40 Ottawa-area schools & daycares has prompted parent concern and action, with calls for urgent steps to protect children’s health. Reporting by @RhythmSachdeva & @thecribby
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/lead-ta…
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“I have concepts of a plan” is what I tell editors when I have zero words on the page.
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I am mostly resigned to the fact, after 20 years of writing about it, that most readers just don't care about prisoners in Canada. Even still, I'm surprised there isn't more public outrage about @jpags reporting on strip searches in Ontario's youth jails. thestar.com/opinion/editoria…
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CBC paid $18.4 million in bonuses after hundreds of jobs at the public broadcaster were eliminated. More than $3.3 million of that was paid to 45 executives, who got an average bonus of over $73,000, more than the median family income after taxes in 2022. thestar.com/news/canada/cbc-…
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Elevate your investigative and data skills at IJB & @IRE_NICAR's cross-border conference in Toronto, Sept 20-21, 2024! Co-sponsored by @TorontoMet, gain tips, tricks, and global connections to advance your career. Join us for an unforgettable experience!
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I tried to take two weeks off to get married and go on a honeymoon. In that time someone tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, there was a global IT outage, and President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race. I’m back this week.
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"A nonprofit newsroom that tells rich, complex, thoroughly reported stories on Indigenous communities is not just needed in this country but is one of the secret serums to progress."
Meet the IJB's award-winning Indigenous Affairs reporter, Ryan McMahon.
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/award-w…
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This story feels big - so big - and yet the attention level continues to be less than lukewarm. I look at the numbers and I scratch my head as to why the levels of concern and action are not far greater.
The IJB’s @thecribby joined @AM980News with @stubbs980 to discuss findings on lead levels in water at schools and daycares in the province, and the apparent lack of concern about the issue.
Listen now:
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#onpoli
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This heat wave feels like a good time to talk about RBC, the biggest fossil fuel financier of the big five banks according to a recent report, and how they're responding to criticism
Amid pressure over RBC’s ties to fossil fuel projects, the bank publicly insists it’s taking a “leadership role” addressing climate change. But @ottawacarl sees signs it’s feeling the heat.
The latest in our Green* Economy series with @thenarwhalca. thelocal.to/royal-bank-fossi…
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Fallout from the @UofT_ijb analysis of lead in Ontario school and daycare drinking water: major media, politicians and parents asking why dangerous levels of a neurotoxin with long-term health impacts continue without response or accountability.
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/outrage…
Lead levels in over 2,300 #Ontario schools exceeded federal safety limits, affecting at least 800,000 students in last 4 years. NDP's @shaw_sandy called the results "shocking."
Read my latest for @UofT_ijb 👉
“It’s a crisis.” IJB report exposing widespread provincial #lead test failures in school and daycare drinking water prompts outrage.
Opposition is demanding the #Ontario government take action to address “shocking” lead levels.
#onpoli #DougFord
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/outrage…
You can search up your Ontario schools' lead levels in our interactive database:
ijb.utoronto.ca/school-dayca…
Some Ottawa schools had up to 82 per cent "failure rate," referring to how often water tests failed federal safety limits.
#onpoli #johnfraser #dougford #NDP @UofT_ijb
Read the original story by my colleagues @thecribby @_declankeogh @YouCaughtScott and Norma Hilton:
ijb.utoronto.ca/news/toxic-l….