Eleven people who received artificially inflated tax receipts through the sham Global Learning and Gifting Initiative charity donation scheme will not get a chance to fight their appeals in Tax Court. zurl.co/e2JkT

How groups tied to U.S. Atlas Network turned a fringe separatist movement in Alberta into a political threat. zurl.co/MKrCk

This will be our first time at the Websters! Big congrats to @zakvescera.bsky.social, who received a whopping THREE noms this year. And I'm so happy to get a nod for my collaboration with Michelle Ghoussoub at CBC!

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The IJF is nominated in four categories for the 2026 Webster Awards, recognizing excellence in investigative, health, business, and arts and culture reporting in B.C. zurl.co/6TysF

A Pentecostal church in Calgary and a Hasidic synagogue in Montreal have both been suspended from issuing charity donation receipts for a year. We explain why. zurl.co/4n1dx

If you haven't had a chance to read it, check out Patti's piece on the severe lasting health consequences for a Canadian responder at Ground Zero on 9/11.

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After 10 months away, I’m returning to social media as a cancer survivor The World Trade Center Health Program has certified my sarcoma is connected to my work at Ground Zero on 9/11 This @theglobeandmail.com piece honours the first responders who gave far more than I did tinyurl.com/4bny6s3f

After 10 months away, I’m returning to social media as a cancer survivor The World Trade Center Health Program has certified my sarcoma is connected to my work at Ground Zero on 9/11 This @theglobeandmail.com piece honours the first responders who gave far more than I did tinyurl.com/4bny6s3f

I rushed to help Americans on 9/11. Now I’m one of the wounded

At a time when our two countries were still good neighbours, I was one of hundreds of Canadians who responded to the crisis

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A prominent charity at the heart of backlash against the human rights museum’s Nakba exhibit has given more than $4.8 million to groups the CRA later flagged for supporting illegal Israeli settlements, displacement of Palestinians or the Israeli military. zurl.co/2lMsk

At @theijf.org our mission is to strengthen democracy by holding power to account and ​getting behind closed doors.​ Today, we’re bringing that transparency home: The workers of the IJF have voted to form a union with @cmglaguilde.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3jt4yh8s #InvestigativeJournalism

Sav Jonsa has spent months combing through press releases from Manitoba's IIU, trying to figure out exactly what the police watchdog has been up recently. No annual reports for 3 years, the website is often inaccessible and there have been no charges in police-related deaths since 2017.

Investigative Journalism Foundation@theijf.org · 2w ago

Manitoba’s police watchdog rarely charges officers with wrongdoing, doesn’t publish timely annual reports and hasn’t had a permanent civilian director since 2024. Read our investigation. zurl.co/Neo06

A really important story from @dear-gazelle.bsky.social in light of the controversy over Flock cameras in the U.S. In Canada, it's Axon (fka Taser) that dominates the police tech market, offering everything from automated licence-plate readers to facial recognition and AI report-writing tools.

Investigative Journalism Foundation@theijf.org · 2w ago

Axon products walk, drive and fly in Canada, at the risk of eroding citizens’ civil liberties, critics warn. Read our investigation on the American vendor that has Canadian police in a chokehold. zurl.co/Q3NHv

Edmonton’s former mayor is lobbying the federal government to get funding for the Oilers Entertainment Group’s Village at Ice District housing project. zurl.co/GWWZN

The first half of 2026 saw a spike in Canadian charity revocations for serious violations, at least doubling the total for the same time period of every year for the last decade. zurl.co/Es3JV

Robert I. Tennant has been an "ineligible individual" since just after the CRA created the concept. And yet he continued to direct charity after charity, and charity after charity has been revoked for serious violations of the rules. theijf.org/article/char...

This chronic ‘ineligible individual’ is still listed as a director of 4 Canadian charities

Robert I. Tennant has a long history of charity revocations connected to risky private investments

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When someone is involved in serious violations of charity tax law, the CRA declares them an “ineligible individual.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re banned from running other charities, as the case of one Alberta lawyer demonstrates. zurl.co/8zHXr

EXCLUSIVE: Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list theijf.org/article/reco...

Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list

Staff at Henwood Treatment Centre were told last week program ending, future of facility uncertain

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Calgary police are trying to replace an investigative tool made by the controversial American firm Palantir. So why are they paying another U.S. company to keep maintaining it? zurl.co/ZxfCo

After spending $400K lobbying in the U.S., the company behind the Keystone pipeline could see its XL project revived yet again, according to an eleventh-hour announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump. zurl.co/T4aNy

If you or a loved one live with a brain injury, you're going to want to read this story by @bethanylindsay.bsky.social revealing that almost all of a special fund that's supposed to fund both brain injuries and spinal cord injuries is going towards the latter. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

Where Are the Millions BC Promised for People with Brain Injuries? | The Tyee

For more than a decade, the Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of a $2-million annual neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries.

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Brain injuries are much more common in Canada than spinal cord injuries, but for years a B.C. fund for both has mainly supported spinal cord efforts. @bethanylindsay.bsky.social reports for the @theijf.org.

Where Are the Millions BC Promised for People with Brain Injuries? | The Tyee

For more than a decade, the Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of a $2-million annual neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries.

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Ninah Hermiston does a deep dive on the ongoing efforts by First Nations to bring Indigenous belongings home from museums. theijf.org/article/brin...

‘Bringing our ancestors home’: Inside the push to return Indigenous belongings from museum collections

First Nations are urging museums to return ancestral remains and cultural belongings.

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The end of musician Ashley MacIsaac’s defamation lawsuit against the search engine giant Google has left some questions unresolved in the area of libel and artificial intelligence. zurl.co/EuKbE

The Rick Hansen Foundation gets millions from the B.C. government for brain and spinal cord injury research and services. So why aren't people with brain injuries seeing the money? zurl.co/5lLxK

NEW: I looked into the $2M/year B.C. Neurotrauma Fund, which was created to fund services and research for brain and spinal cord injuries. Brain injuries are much more common, but the Rick Hansen Foundation has directed almost all of the money to spinal cord projects. theijf.org/article/rick...

B.C. promised millions each year to help people with brain injuries. What happened?

Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of $2M/year neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries for more than a decade

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B.C. promised millions each year to help people with brain injuries. What happened? Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of $2M/year neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries for more than a decade, by @bethanylindsay.bsky.social theijf.org/article/rick... via @theijf.org

B.C. promised millions each year to help people with brain injuries. What happened?

Rick Hansen Foundation has devoted almost all of $2M/year neurotrauma fund to spinal cord injuries for more than a decade

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Our newest reporter, Sav Jonsa, explored how the problems with overcrowding, unsafe drinking water and inadequate sewage systems that drove Hep A epidemics in residential schools continue to cause outbreaks in First Nations today.

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Living conditions driving hepatitis A outbreaks in some First Nations today mirror those in residential schools decades ago. zurl.co/ZhCC9

The Canadian arm of controversial U.S. data mining company Palantir was until recently registered to lobby B.C. health authorities. Elsewhere in the world, Palantir’s health-care contracts are coming under fire. zurl.co/J0wmn

As northern Ontario wildfires forced thousands from their communities, First Nations members living far away watched the devastation unfold from a distance. zurl.co/Cs5vs

Exclusive: A U.S. regulator found dozens of safety problems with CPKC trains that use automated technology meant to replace human mechanics. zurl.co/eiOqD

Why don't more Canadians know that alcohol increases the risk of cancer? My latest for the @theijf.org examines years of alcohol industry lobbying against public health measures, including warning labels. theijf.org/article/alco...

The connection between alcohol and cancer is well known. So why are there no warning labels on bottles?

Lobbying records reveal years of organized opposition to cancer warning labels

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A Quebec bill passed in 2021 has allowed Indigenous families to request medical records for 221 lost children so far, but not all Indigenous people are satisfied with the process. zurl.co/uIFpN