IJF reporter Brett McKay explains more.

When you buy an Edmonton Oilers 50/50 ticket, how much money ends up with charity? Check out our investigation to find the answer. zurl.co/5aL6i #abpoli #hockey

Today we launch our 13th public-interest database — with more than 175K appointments across the country, from judges and ambassadors to the heads of Crown corporations. Find out more. theijf.org/new-ijf-data... #cdnpoli #democracy

Check out our big tech investigative series.

We uncover how Google paid the media millions to avoid regulations, signing more than 2,000 secret contracts with publishers. A critic calls it “renting your enemy.” Our investigation into Big Tech lobbying continues with other news outlets around the world. buff.ly/SK9YCx2 #BigTechsInvisibleHand

Canada has been quietly cracking down on fake visas according to government documents we found. In turn, that’s helped to reduce the number of illegal border crossings into the U.S. Read why in our exclusive report. #cdnpoli #border

The latest on Alberta's #bookban from the Investigative Journalism Foundation.

We’re making Edmonton’s full list of banned books completely searchable. Now, you can find all 221 books, including titles from Margaret Atwood, Aldous Huxley and more in one place. See which books will be removed from Edmonton school libraries this fall. buff.ly/LzkVnYw #abpoli #bookban

Waterfowl have been slowly disappearing from Toronto beaches for almost two decades. Experts suggest a growing population and the city intentionally reallocating Canada geese is behind this, raising questions about how hospitable the city is for wildlife. IJF reporter Maeve Ellis explains more:

Two connected Christian charities in Vancouver had their charitable statuses revoked last fall. Now, newly released documents allege that millions of dollars of misused funds were the reason why. Read what we discovered. buff.ly/mpJJ1LX #bcpoli

Waterfowl have been slowly disappearing from Toronto beaches for almost two decades, according to government data—but why? Find out more in our collaboration with CBC Toronto. buff.ly/zm5uboC #onpoli

Saw this #strangelight over #Whitehorse, Yukon last night around 11:30 p.m. It was moving across the sky. Any ideas? Was it related to that rocket the previous night?!

Remember that Russian plane on the tarmac in Toronto? Here's the latest.

Online gambling in B.C. is ramping up, and we discovered through a never-released government report that residents are gambling billions of dollars on unregulated sites—costing the province millions. Find out more. buff.ly/gqaAVyf #bcpoli

A public servant's battle with the CRA exposes cracks in how the federal system hires, fires and rehires.

Canada is heading to the Moon, and it needs gear. The Canadian Space Agency is accepting proposals to outfit its lunar utility vehicle. Find out which firms are in the race. buff.ly/qZnjWTn #cdnpoli

The company behind University Canada West and other for-profit schools wants provinces to pay to send students to its for-profit medical schools to address the nationwide shortage of physicians. buff.ly/jwa6AgQ #cdnpoli

We’ve got an announcement—we’re on TikTok! 🎉 Want more videos on unique public interest Canadian journalism? Give us a follow and stay up to date on our latest stories. ⬇️ www.tiktok.com/@theijf.org

IJF reporter Carly Penrose breaks down the companies the PM had reported financial interests in have lobbied his office. #cdnpoli www.tiktok.com/@theijf.org/...

Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and Spotify are among the companies that have been lobbying Prime Minister Mark Carney since he took office—and they’re all firms he invested in before. Check out the full list of companies that have lobbied the PM, which he has invested in. buff.ly/28bqT88 #cdnpoli

More on Alberta’s book ban: government staff used an index of America’s most banned books and a controversial American website to create lists of specific books deemed “inappropriate” for school libraries. theijf.org/alberta-used... #abpoli #bookban

An independent press is part of an independent nation. Make the IJF part of your Canada Day plans this year and treat yourself to 50% off on unique, fact-checked investigative journalism you can count on. Click the link to subscribe and save 🇨🇦 buff.ly/yuCOTg0 #cdnpoli

Canadian AI company Cohere has spent about $1 million in the last two years lobbying policy makers in Canada, the E.U., the U.S. and the U.K. in an attempt to shape AI rules. It’s received nearly a quarter of a billion dollars from Canada over the past seven months. theijf.org/cohere-inter...

A former VP at Infrastructure Ontario, Rob Krauss, is lobbying his former colleagues at the Crown corporation less than one year after leaving his position. Krauss started his own government relations company shortly after leaving. buff.ly/UrmqCYk #onpoli

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The IJF is up for two RTDNA Awards! Our database “Open By Default” is nominated in the Overall Excellence in Digital category, and our story about politically-connected lobbying is nominated for Excellence in Data Storytelling. Read more about the nominees below 🎉 theijf.org/rtdna-nomina...

Sixty “potential unmarked burials” have been found near the grounds of a former residential school in Beauval, Sask., English River First Nation announced yesterday. A group searching for missing children from the Beauval school plans to further analyze the sites. theijf.org/possible-bur...

The founder and former CEO of Bruush, a Vancouver toothbrush company backed by Kevin Hart, has been accused of embezzling upwards of $20 million from the startup. Read our deep dive into the lawsuits embroiling the firm. #bcpoli #lawsuit

A Koch company wants to discuss environmental fees and the carbon tax with the Manitoba government. The company’s fertilizer plant in Brandon, Man. is the only Koch plant in the country—and it’s also the top emitter in the province. #manpoli #koch #environment #carbontax

Buzzy Vancouver toothbrush startup Bruush had "all the hallmarks of a typical fraud company," according to finance expert Ting Xu. So maybe it's not a surprise that founder Aneil Manhas is now accused of stealing $20M+ from the company. My latest for @theijf.org: theijf.org/founder-of-k...

The mayor of Airdrie, Alberta and a group of city staff secretly provided help with developing a proposal for a controversial private health care centre despite the city’s public claim that it did not, the IJF has discovered. Read our exclusive story to find out more. #abpoli

Congrats @bethanylindsay.bsky.social !!

IJF reporters @zakvescera.bsky.social, @bethanylindsay.bsky.social, @brettmckay.bsky.social and Anusha Siddiqui are finalists at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards happening this weekend in the Scoop and Labour Reporting categories! Wishing them the best of luck ⭐ theijf.org/caj-24-final...

We’ve learned that conservative activist groups gave Alberta officials examples of “inappropriate” books now facing a ban in K-12 school libraries under new government guidelines. The education minister initially said he was approached by concerned parents. #abpoli #bookban

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A billionaire buying full-page ads for Pierre Poilievre. A campaign to "Save the CBC." And a right-wing activist spending donations on his own media company. These are some of the third parties spending big money on ads to sway your vote. Read our investigation. buff.ly/yjAvN7N #cdnpoli

A company linked to the federal Conservatives and right-wing influence group Canada Proud is behind a crime news Facebook page that is spending tens of thousands on ads during this election. The content has also been used in an anti-Carney campaign. Read the story. buff.ly/cTC6pjB #cdnpoli

Real estate developers, toymakers and a burger shop mogul. We dove into who attended — and who hosted — fundraisers for prime minister hopefuls #MarkCarney and #PierrePoilievre since the start of the year. Watch the video to find out more. #cdnpoli #election2025

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The federal #Conservatives have regularly taken aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s former company, Brookfield Asset Management. But an IJF analysis found seven Conservative MPs said they owned stock in that company as of last year. buff.ly/bafNByH #election2025 #cdnpoli #MarkCarney

Deputy #Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman has regularly taken aim at Brookfield, Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s former company. But an IJF analysis found she and six other Conservative MPs all disclosed investments in the company as recently as last year. Find out more. theijf.org/conservative...

Will we see robots in Ontario cities? A U.S. company — Serve Robotics Inc — wants the province to allow its autonomous AI-powered food delivery robots on sidewalks. Read the story. buff.ly/VeuVRcS #onpoli #lobbying #AI

What is it the government doesn’t want you to see? Carrie George’s death is no secret, but Canada obscured it from residential school records that are now accessible as part of Residential Schools: The Hidden Stories. It’s one of numerous examples of puzzling redactions. buff.ly/eGU5BER #cdnpoli

Today we’re launching Residential Schools: The Hidden Stories — a database that includes never-before-released documents and a series of stories based on that new information. Watch our reporter give her insights on the project and describe what she heard from a Halalt First Nation elder.

Crypto scams — what you need to know. Watch our reporter Zak Vescera on TVO’s Big [If True] this Sunday at 8 p.m. #InvestigativeJournalism #onpoli #cdnpoli #crypto

🏆🏆🏆 Woot woot! We’re thrilled to tell you we’ve been named to @FastCompany’s list of Most Innovative Companies of 2025. Many thanks to the magazine and to our entire IJF team for helping us get this honour. Read more here. theijf.org/fast-company... #FCMostInnovative #InvestigativeJournalism

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As the Trump tariffs against Canada start to take hold, Lockheed Martin — an American weapons-maker with a multi-billion dollar deal to supply Canada’s military with F-35 fighter jets — wants the federal government to change its contracting rules.

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