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

Our reporters @bethanylindsay.bsky.social and @brettmckay.bsky.social worked on this story. Watch the video. www.tiktok.com/@theijf.org/...

On Wednesday we will be launching a Canada-wide appointments database, making it easier to draw connections like the one revealed in this story. Watch for it at theijf.org @theijf.org

One of the judges, Gordon Hatch, is facing a complaint for briefly jailing a 36-week pregnant woman who showed up a few minutes late for court

New scoop at @theijf.org from @brettmckay.bsky.social and me! We've uncovered evidence to two sitting judges in Alberta donating to the United Conservatives. Experts say this kind of partisan conduct would "undermine public confidence in the impartiality of our judges” theijf.org/alberta-judg...

Exclusive: Alberta’s chief justice is investigating the conduct of two judges after we revealed evidence suggesting they gave money to the ruling United Conservative Party after being appointed to the provincial court bench. zurl.co/GErEQ #abpoli

The Eric Woodward Foundation, established as a non-profit in 2019, announced some donations in its first few years, then took over the Fort Langley Cranberry Festival in 2020. But it never registered as a charity and no charitable commitments have been announced since Woodward became mayor.

A businessman in Calgary is staying on the board of directors for three charities after being fined over $400,000 for breaking securities laws. Find out the details in our latest story. zurl.co/O1ldk #abpoli

I mean, I could share this story, but why would I?

Langley lately giving Kamloops & Harrison Hot Springs a run for their money

I've spent a year trying to get some concrete answers about Township of Langley Mayor Eric Woodward's promise to transfer his real estate holdings to a charity devoted to local causes. The B.C. registrar ordered him to share financial statements with me. He did not: theijf.org/eric-woodwar...

The mayor of the Township of Langley, B.C., promised to transfer $55 million in real estate to a new charity. That never happened – and now he’s ignored a government order to share financial statements with the IJF. Read the latest details in our story. zurl.co/9LCeT #bcpoli

American companies own 30 per cent of Canada’s data centres, according to an IJF analysis. Could this leave data safeguards vulnerable to foreign control? Read the implications in our latest story. zurl.co/lGiwB #cdnpoli #data

"Google...has committed to spending $1 billion on news globally. In the process, critics argue, it has bred financial dependence, compelled outlets to abandon copyright claims, and possibly shielded itself from future legal claims for using journalism in its AI models." theijf.org/renting-your...

We take you inside Big Tech’s playbook for fighting laws that compensate news outlets for their content. Read our investigation with other media outlets into the actions of companies like Meta and Google that run public campaigns and make threats to stop serving news.

NEW: Majority of 911 calls diverted to Alberta’s non-urgent health line returned to EMS theijf.org/majority-of-...

The 911 calls that Alberta rerouted to a non-urgent health line only freed up 19,000 ambulances — far less than the province’s claim of 50,000. And it caused response delays. buff.ly/a1Pv02s #abpoli #EMS

A Vancouver-based crypto exchange — Cryptomus — traded millions of dollars with a sanctioned Russian platform according to analysts. And that platform has been linked to cybercriminals. Find out more. buff.ly/h4Bd7yk #bcpoli #cdnpoli #crytocurrency

NEW: The chief of staff to Alberta’s minister of energy and minerals is also the head of the political third-party advertiser Alberta Resource Advocacy Foundation. The group’s chief financial officer is named in lobbying records actively lobbying the energy ministry on more than two dozen accounts.

Powerful international companies — like Amazon — are backing a small Canadian think tank called Canada 2020. The group has direct links to Prime Minister Carney and his Liberal government. Find out more about the exclusive events they’ve been holding. buff.ly/iHcJkgm #cdnpoli

We’ve joined 17 news outlets from around the world to dig into how big #tech companies have tried to stall, delay or kill legislation aimed at regulating them. Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we publish the reports from this nine-month investigation. buff.ly/Ewl6EzM #BigTechsInvisibleHand

Exclusive: Ottawa considered monetary penalties and “binding legislation” to lower grocery prices. They even considered making “egregious behaviours that harm the food supply chain” illegal. Our reporters got a hold of government documents detailing the plans. #cdnpoli #canada buff.ly/OZHCGMv

Elon Musk’s X platform handed $100K penalty in landmark B.C. intimate images case

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

An RCMP taskforce’s final report paints a picture of a system where shielding abusers from consequences was more important than protecting the children in their care. @bethanylindsay.bsky.social reports.

Absolutely devastating and enraging. @bethanylindsay.bsky.social with horrific details on a system of widespread abuse and impunity.

After 6 boys ran away from Kuper Island residential school in 1939, police opened an investigation into their claims of sexual abuse. The file was closed with no charges after accused clergy were moved out of BC. 60 years on, RCMP took another look and smelled a cover-up theijf.org/cover-up-kup...

Six Indigenous boys ran away from Kuper Island Residential School in the middle of the night in 1939. When clergy members of the school were accused of sexual abuse, they were moved out of the province. It took 60 years for B.C. police to take a second look. We uncover the details.

Survivors are sharing their stories after we found a report detailing a large-scale criminal criminal investigation into residential school abuses in B.C. As more information emerges about this decades-old RCMP task force, read more about what survivors experienced. buff.ly/APPG2pD #bcpoli

Please read Ninah Hermiston's excellent reporting in @theijf.org on residential school survivors, and their perspective on the institutions and abusers exposed through the work of the B.C. RCMP Native Indian Residential School Task Force. theijf.org/the-survivor...

An important story from @andrewweichel.bsky.social to end the week: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Ayn Rand?

Please follow ‪@theijf.org‬ and @bethanylindsay.bsky.social for more reporting based on their residential school database.

Edmonton school libraries plan to remove books by Margaret Atwood and George R. R. Martin after pressure from the Government of Alberta to get rid of “inappropriate” books. IJF reporter Brett McKay breaks down how we got here and what happens next. buff.ly/TZniyGe #abpoli #bookban

The IJF is nominated for an Online Journalism Award in the general excellence category! We’re thrilled and honoured to be recognized by this prestigious award. buff.ly/tBZzC5n #cdnmedia #journalismawards

The final report of the RCMP Native Indian Residential School Task Force tells the story of a specialized police unit with noble intentions, which was nonetheless dogged by underfunding, obstruction by government and churches and unending difficulties gathering evidence that could stand up in court.

Please read this important story from Bethany

30 years ago, BC Mounties launched an investigation into abuse at every residential school in the province. It was the first—and last—probe on this scale. The task force's final report was buried in the RCMP archives, until it popped up in @theijf.org's databases. theijf.org/residential-...

The details of Canada’s only province-wide criminal investigation into residential school abuse were hidden for decades—until now. Read what we found out about the RCMP's large-scale probe in B.C. in our exclusive story. buff.ly/8Gfr8fS #bcpoli #residentialschools

Another example of how details of abuse remain hidden in the archives. Through our databases we are bringing important stories to light. @bethanylindsay.bsky.social @theijf.org

More bad news for the Cynterra Group.

A Vancouver venture capitalist is challenging new powers given to the province’s securities commission that it says are key to fighting financial crime and protecting investors. Learn more. buff.ly/JAiUa8l #bcpoli

A succession of well-connected lobbyists tried for years to bring private online gaming to Alberta, and they are finally succeeding. We reveal the identities of the players in our exclusive investigation. buff.ly/gp6uzJm #abpoli

A safety head for Canada’s nuclear regulator retired last year. Now, he’s lobbying his former agency on behalf of the nuclear industry and asking for federal support to develop small modular reactors. Find out what this could mean for the Canadian industry. buff.ly/SZPLoaS #cdnpoli

Three years and four FOIs later, here's everything we know about the stranger assault scare that gripped Vancouver in an election year – as the attacks were dramatically decreasing in frequency, unbeknownst to voters. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare

British Columbia recently approved Canada’s first-ever unexplained wealth order, a controversial tool used to seize assets obtained through criminal activity. We show how a 2023 murder linked to an East Vancouver home started it all, and why some civil liberties advocates have doubts.

It was a high-powered reception for Liberal Party donors who got a chance to mingle with the prime minister and members of cabinet. We analyzed the guest list and found dozens of registered Ottawa lobbyists. Find out who was there. buff.ly/iGpVpzo #cdnpoli

CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza. Read full statement on CAJ website: https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza

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