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Oct 6, 2022

Help us investigate Canada’s broken FOI regimes. We’re looking to speak with people who use and interact with the system at all levels of government. You can get in touch with us at secretcanada@globeandmail.com. Or directly rdoolittle@globeandmail.com tcardoso@globeandmail.com

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Oct 6, 2022

SECRET CANADA: “The access regime is one of the most abused constitutional rights [in Canada],” said lawyer Michel Drapeau. “No other act that I know of has been so unfilled and so inured and so blatantly discounted as the access regime.” theglobeandmail.com/canada/article

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That the police finally have access to this file is — to me — a significant step towards the resolution of this case, one way or another.

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But the police told the judge they needed to see Danielle Robitaille's evidence (the lawyer hired by Hockey Canada to do a third party investigation of the incident). They wanted to see if her materials matched their own or if she uncovered something different.

Here is why this is significant: 7 months ago, London police filed a court application to obtain these materials. In that document, the officers said they had reasonable grounds to believe that the five players sexually assaulted E.M. on the night in question.

This evidence includes interviews with coaches, witnesses and accused players, as well as text messages, social-media content and videos. The order to turn over the materials was given by Justice Michael Carnegie, according to two sources with knowledge of the proceedings.

Hockey Canada update: The London Police Service has been given access to evidence that was collected during Hockey Canada’s third-party investigation into an alleged group sexual assault of a woman by members of the 2018 world junior hockey team.

London police given access to Hockey Canada evidence of alleged sexual assault

The evidence includes interviews with coaches, witnesses and accused players, as well as text messages, social media content and videos

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In the piece, I also write about some mistakes I've made, so you can avoid them. And I take readers through things like: what does it mean to be off-record, on-record, anonymous, on-record not-for-attribution. #UseTheRightWords is just an excellent resource. Check it out

I am so proud to have contributed to this invaluable resource. In the media guide, I write about what I learned while reporting on sexual violence in my Unfounded series. I take you through my reporting process, fact-checking and how I go about conducting these interviews.

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Possibility Seeds

@possibilityseed

May 17

Today during #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth we’re so excited to release the long-awaited, expanded & updated #UseTheRightWords guide! Free to access now at couragetoact.ca/knowledgecentre 1/ #SAAM #SAPM #CDNmedia

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's weekend feature on Michael Worobey is an amazing read

thestar.com

He nearly died pursuing HIV’s origins. Then this Canadian scientist set his sights on the COVID lab...

Michael Worobey’s work takes him into dangerous jungles and raging scientific controversies. For COVID he took on what many saw as a conspiracy theory.

Apr 24

“Dawn is a celebrated Indigenous woman with a platform who repeatedly sought the protection of the justice system. She hired lawyers. She repeatedly went to the police... Ask yourself: What would it take for a mother like her to feel she had to do what she did?” — Marie Henein

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Apr 24

Dawn Walker, First Nations woman accused of fleeing with child, to argue she was trying to escape alleged abuse theglobeandmail.com/canada/article

Like, just excellent content. 👏👏👏

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Catriona Koenig

@catkg613

Front cover again today! I can’t believe it. With @curryb

I wish journalism Twitter was just mostly young rockstar reporters getting their first A1s. I'd pay for that. 👏👏👏

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Mahdis Habibinia

@mahdishabibinia

I set a goal for myself last year to complete a personal trifecta before I graduate: get cover stories on business, culture and the front page. As of today, that’s complete! I’m also honoured to have my very first A1 byline alongside a reporter whose work I admire!

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Apr 17

Hey FOI and ATIPP users: Have you ever appealed a decision and learned the public entity had hired a law firm to argue against you at the OIC/IPC? If so, could you send me a note: rdoolittle@globeandmail.com

Trinity Synchronized Skating

Apr 14

There's an info session for A2 next Wednesday over Zoom. (Skills and A2 will be Wednesdays at Centennial Arena) You can email Coach Victoria at victoria@vschoreography.com, check us out on Instagram instagram.com/teamtrinitysyn or find more on Facebook:

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Trinity Synchronized Skating. 153 likes. Trinity is a Toronto skating school. We run an A1 synchronized skating team and adult skills sessions

Hey GTA figure skaters, current and former: My skating team is going to run Skills & Stroking next season for adults skaters. Get back on the ice! There's an early-bird special if you lock in now. (And if you're interested in A2, this will run immediately after skills.)

Dr. Christine Allen

@ChristineAllenW

Mar 22

I deeply appreciated the opportunity to participate in the Globe Women’s Collective Idea Exchange. It was inspiring to meet so many talented professional women. Thanks to the

for creating a space to share our stories, ideas & strategies to support women at work.

The genius

doing Canada and Toronto so, so proud. And congratulations to Miriam Toews as well.

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ABC News

@ABC

Mar 13

“First of all, I just want to thank The Academy for not being mortally offended by the words 'women' and 'talking' put so close together like that. Cheers.” Sarah Polley accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for “Women Talking.” #Oscars #Oscars95 gma.abc/42jL5Ft

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A series of Globe and Mail stories revealed that while Georgiou was working as one of the evaluators on Bondfield’s bid for the $300-million project he failed to disclose he was personally involved in two businesses owned by Aquino.

Executive who assessed St. Michael’s project bids had ties to winner

Vas Georgiou was part of the team evaluating bidders for the hospital's revitalization project at the same time he was acting as an adviser to commercial property companies controlled by the presid...

The cases against both men, which involve allegations of collusion and kickbacks, date back to 2015, when Bondfield was selected as the winning bidder to redevelop the aging hospital.

Former St. Michael’s Hospital executive, construction boss charged in corruption probe

Cases against Vas Georgiou and John Aquino involve allegations of collusion and kickbacks when Bondfield Construction was selected as the winning bidder to redevelop the aging hospital

Vas Georgiou, the former chief administrative officer at St. Michael’s, and John Aquino, the former president of Bondfield Construction Co. Ltd., voluntarily surrendered to police on Tuesday.

Former St. Michael’s Hospital executive, construction boss charged in corruption probe

Cases against Vas Georgiou and John Aquino involve allegations of collusion and kickbacks when Bondfield Construction was selected as the winning bidder to redevelop the aging hospital

A former senior executive at St. Michael’s Hospital and the former president of an Ontario construction company have been charged as part of a long-standing criminal probe into corruption at one Canada’s premier healthcare facilities:

Former St. Michael’s Hospital executive, construction boss charged in corruption probe

Cases against Vas Georgiou and John Aquino involve allegations of collusion and kickbacks when Bondfield Construction was selected as the winning bidder to redevelop the aging hospital

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Everybody think about that.

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The

has done another great Hockey Canada doc! They interviewed me about the Globe's reporting on the London police investigation and potential charges (theglobeandmail.com/canada/article): You can watch here:

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What Hockey Canada knew about sexual assault allegations - The Fifth...

We dig deeper into the allegations that some members of Hockey Canada’s 2018 world junior team took part in a group sexual assault. We unpack a history that ...

Feb 7

Anyone? Earnest question for privacy experts/ cannabis lawyers.

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Feb 6

Replying to @cannabis_laws

Okay dumb question: Could you walk me through how it would identify the grower? Would it not require someone in the area to already know a person was growing industrial amounts of weed? And if that is known... how is this a privacy concern?

Feb 6

Welcome to Canada, where the first 2-or-3 digits of a postal code is considered private info.

@mollyhayes

was trying to investigate locations of individuals with industrial-size weed farming licences, who become targets for robberies and organized crime.

Federal Court rules location data of large medical cannabis growers can’t be disclosed

Case addresses the tension between the public’s right to information and a patient’s right to privacy, and the necessity of striking a balance in an increasingly data-centric world

Dean Beeby

@DeanBeeby

Feb 3

"The case will test the police’s reasoning for withholding the body-camera footage requested under FOI." Police body cameras are touted as an accountability tool - but getting the footage is a challenge. By

@tom_cardoso

theglobeandmail.com/canada/article #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Police body cameras are touted as an accountability tool. But getting the footage is a challenge

Experts warn that the broad nature of Canadian privacy law allows police forces to withhold videos they may not want released

Jan 30

“Just as the British Columbia cases have found … I conclude that the ability to provide adequate shelter for oneself is a necessity of life that falls within the right to life protected by section 7 of the Charter,” wrote Justice Michael J. Valente.

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The ruling falls in line with a growing body of case law in British Columbia that has found denying a person the ability to set up shelter outside when space is not available inside infringes on their right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

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In a precedent-setting decision that will have implications across Ontario, a judge has denied a municipality’s request to remove an encampment on the basis that doing so – when there is no adequate indoor space – violates the residents’ Charter rights

Ontario court rules encampments can stay if there’s a shortage of shelter beds

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that removing homeless encampments when there is no adequate indoor space violates the residents’ Charter rights

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Postmedia — which has been a massive recipient of government subsidies, while railing against government subsidies — is about to once again gut its newsrooms.

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Adrian Morrow

@AdrianMorrow

Jan 25

A single company owns about two-thirds of Canada’s major daily newspapers, including the only titles in several provinces, and has been systematically gutting them for a decade while paying out bonuses to its executives and receiving government handouts theglobeandmail.com/business/artic

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has blessed us all by launching Bower Jewelry. Em has a superpower that allows her to find (literal) gold in a pile of trash at flea markets. She's sharing her talents with us all. (And all v affordable) instagram.com/bowerjewelry/

I wish

had his own podcast talking about the economy. He's on the Decibel today and it's so good

What history can tell us about this economic moment

With inflation at a generational high and a recession perpetually around the corner, we take a look at similar moments from the past to figure out how long this economic moment might last for...

Jan 9

I'm extremely bummed that Canada lost a major star, but DELIGHTED for the icon and true talent that is

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Welcome to the team! @shanellekaul_ has joined @CBSNews as a correspondent for the CBS Television Network, @CBSNewsRadio and @cbsnewspath. Head here for more on the announcement: bit.ly/3IzQIaQ

I spoke to

about 2022: “It wasn’t a cancer diagnosis. It wasn’t a war breaking out. It wasn’t an earthquake. People lose their jobs. And I did... “I had 35 incredible years with the same company and I’m not going to let one day define me.”

‘I’m not going to let one day define me’: Lisa LaFlamme on the year ahead — plus 10 other notable...

We asked headlining Canadians — from Giller prize winner Suzette Mayr to Canada’s Drag Race star Gisèle Lullaby — to reflect on their last year and what they hope for in 2023. The consensus: There’s...

mahima singh

@amiham_singh

Jan 3

Spent some good time with

crunching new Statscan numbers and making charts for the latest iteration of #unfounded, an award-winning investigation into how police handle sexual assault cases in Canada.

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Dec 26, 2022

As promised: Five years after our Unfounded series, we've circled back. When the investigation ran, police services across the country made a lot of promises. We've circled back to see what's actually been happening: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article

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Dec 27, 2022

In the months before The Globe published Unfounded, a national network of media relations officers spent weeks behind the scenes co-ordinating a response, with the head of the Ontario branch suggesting services form a united front and decline to address the issues it raised.

Maybe you recall one of my favourite stories from the 2017 Unfounded series:

Unfounded: How Canadian police forces co-ordinated one response to The Globe’s queries

Police e-mails offer an inside look at how Canada’s largest forces sought to manage their response to The Globe’s sex-assault investigation

I know media requests can be annoying and time consuming, but when we're doing our job well, we're the eyes and the ears of the public and when institutions/the powerful don't make time to answer basic questions about important topics - that in and of itself is newsworthy to me.

I think it's worth noting that the

@OttawaPolice

was the only police service (of the police services that featured prominently in the original series) to refuse to fill out our short questionnaire. By contrast, London

@lpsmediaoffice

gave very lengthy answers.

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Ross Dickson

@rossymandias

Dec 27, 2022

Replying to @robyndoolittle

Incredible journalism

. Specialized teams, trained investigators, centering victims... These processes restore power back to the issue/victims/experts. Glad they're improving but it's so commonsense! The nebulous authority of police and law is soooo antiquated and inefficient

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