Emma McIntosh
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About Emma McIntosh
Emma McIntosh has covered environment, energy and national news. She covered misinformation and disinformation in the 2019 federal election. She has reported for StarMetro Calgary, the Toronto Star and the Calgary Herald as well as Canada's National Observer. A former Seattle-ite and dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Emma graduated from Ryerson University's undergraduate journalism program in 2018.
She has focused on investigative journalism since 2017. Emma also covered the Alberta provincial election in April 2019. Projects she's worked on have been shortlisted for multiple national awards, including a National Newspaper Award, the Canadian Hillman Prize and CJF Jackman Award for Excellence.
Six fact checks from the first official English-language leaders debate
Will Andrew Scheer protect abortion rights? Was Jagmeet Singh right to say that Trudeau’s cabinet ministers use offshore tax havens? We answer all your fact check questions.
What you need to know about the Alberta energy watchdog’s ethics scandal
Executives at Alberta’s oil and gas watchdog sought to enrich themselves, failed to disclose conflicts of interest and misappropriated public money, costing taxpayers $2.3 million, three provincial investigations found.
As climate takes the stage at 100 debates across Canada, so does race
"We cannot talk about climate change without talking about racism and colonialism," said Anna Malla, who helped organize a protest against a PPC candidate's inclusion in a local debate.
Public interest in brownface scandal faded within days
The loss of interest was consistent among journalists, federal election candidates and the general public, a report by the Digital Democracy Project found.
Canada's oil lobby has been arming itself with personal data
Canadians are increasingly coming to the same conclusion about the climate crisis. But, oil and gas producers are throwing money behind data-driven attempts to subvert it, a National Observer investigation shows.
Canada Proud spending campaign donations at founder’s company, financial filings show
The right-wing political advocacy group's campaign spending has gone through Mobilize Media, a company owned by Canada Proud's founder.
Scheer's Indigenous 'hostage' comment provokes tongue-lashing at first debate
“Hold hostage.” That one particular phrase from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer about Indigenous rights sparked an intense, minutes-long altercation between the three federal political leaders who showed up for the first debate of the 2019 election campaign.
2019 election will be called on Wednesday
Trudeau promised “sunny ways” following the last election in 2015. While many believe his government has delivered on core promises, it has also faced scandals such as the SNC-Lavalin affair.
Suspicious accounts spread disinformation in Alberta election
A federal government team said there's no evidence the accounts swayed the election results, but that the activity seemed to be driven mostly by United Conservative Party supporters.
Greens didn't fact-check claims of NDP exodus in New Brunswick
On Tuesday, the Greens said they'd accepted 14 former provincial NDP candidates in New Brunswick and one executive with the federal party. But the New Democrats contested that Thursday, saying "at least six" of the people on the list hadn't jumped ship.