Investigations

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The newest episode of The Salmon People is a science showdown

In Episode 12, scientists warn the fisheries minister of bad science.

By Zahra Khozema | Investigations | October 3rd 2023

CSI Tofino

Last season we heard a lot about fish farms on the east side of Vancouver Island, the farms in the Discovery Islands and the Broughton Archipelago. The west side of the island has 20 fish farms, 14 of them operated by Cermaq, one of the big three Norwegian-based companies. It turns out Tofino has a small, dedicated group working hard to bring fish farm problems to everyone’s attention.

Investigations, Podcast | September 26th 2023

Indigenous education leadership brings a sense of belonging and culture to students in Thunder Bay. First Nation students in the city must live hundreds of kilometres away from family to complete high school. Photo by Matteo Cimellaro / CNO

Peace, order and bad education

At the end of spring, Canada’s National Observer published a five-part series on the incredible odds stacked against First Nation students in northern Ontario who must travel hundreds of kilometres away from their families to get a high school education. This is what we found.

First Nations Forward

By Matteo Cimellaro | Investigations, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa | September 6th 2023

‘I thought I was safe’: Federal government’s radon advice creates a false sense of security

Canada's radon guideline is twice that of the World Health Organization, a disparity that has created a false sense of security for millions of Canadians who are unwittingly breathing in dangerous radon levels that claim lives.

By Declan Keogh & Masih Khalatbari | Investigations | August 15th 2023

Illustration by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

When a Canadian gas company was under fire for environmental destruction, Global Affairs jumped in to help

In the wake of intense international criticism, ReconAfrica went to Global Affairs Canada for help. Ambassador Bob Rae dipped into his Rolodex next.

By John Woodside | Investigations, Business, Politics | August 9th 2023

Media offices for 25 hospitals responded to our questions

By David Weisz | Investigations | June 2nd 2023

“Juliette was a dying little woman. She was only 88 pounds,” Joyce Tapaquon says of her daughter, a cervical cancer patient who was escorted out by the police during a stay at Pasqua Hospital. Juliette died in 2014. Photo courtesy of Joyce Tapaquon

Juliette Tapaquon's tragic story exposes health-care inequality

Discrimination and racism disproportionately affect Indigenous Peoples in health-care settings, according to an investigation by Surviving Hate, a multi-year probe into how these allegations are playing out across the country.

By Danielle Orr, Martha Troian & Janice Saji | Investigations | June 2nd 2023

Analysis of anti-Indigenous racism in hospitals reveals pattern of harm, no tracking mechanism

According to Indigenous health experts and critics, Surviving Hate's findings show anti-Indigenous racism continues to drive a pattern of neglect, harm and death in hospitals across the country.

Surviving Hate

By Danielle Orr, Kunal Chaudhary & Martha Troian | Investigations | April 11th 2023

Advocacy, community groups track hate in Canada when law enforcement fails us

“I was physically attacked, but I was also racially attacked,” says Grace Johnson, who sought to have her assault in 2018 recorded as a hate crime. “But to have that not count was hurtful.”

Surviving Hate

By David Weisz & Janice Saji | Investigations | March 10th 2023

Confidential documents reveal Bay Street’s attempt to greenwash Canadian regulations

Canada’s financial heavyweights are trying to convince the federal government to let them keep pumping money into the oil and gas sector, confidential documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer reveal.

Financing disaster

By John Woodside | Investigations, Business, Politics | January 16th 2023

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