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Attn all journos: Tonight after work at 7 pm ET, chat with Montreal Gazette's Aaron Derfel on Zoom with Canadian Association of Journalists He'll tell us how he got the scoop on six deaths at a Montreal hospital and how you can bring vivid detail to reporting on your region's health-care pressures.

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Coming soon from National Post !

My latest, with Christopher Nardi

We’re thrilled to announce Patti Sonntag is joining the IJF as our eyes and ears on the ground in Ottawa! A highly decorated Canadian reporter, Patti brings extensive experience in data-driven investigations and public-interest reporting. Read the story. buff.ly/EpoqyIK

The federal Liberal government unveiled billions in funding — including millions for battleground ridings in Alberta — days before it called the election. One prof says that wasn’t fair to the opposition parties. Find out more: theijf.org/ottawa-unveile…

Thank you for the kind words! Honoured to be recognized #PressFreedom

We’re blushing! The IJF is proud to say we’re a finalist in the General Excellence in Digital Publishing category for this year’s Digital Publishing Awards. And, we’d also like to recognize our own Patti Sonntag for being nominated for a prestigious Michener Award! Read all about

Two Canadian manufacturers and an industry group are urging the lobbying commissioner to investigate Sheila Copps’ role in discussions about possible pandemic-era contracts. One importer involved later received an estimated $2 billion in federal deals.

The real issue, a law professor said, is a legal gap that leaves the prime minister as his own judge. If the prime minister were to violate the Conflict of Interest Act, “Mark Carney gets to decide what to do about it.”

A man who threatened Conservative MP Michael Barrett's life has been sentenced to a year of probation and given a three-year ban on owning weapons. MPs + experts have long been warning that harassment + violence against elected officials is growing cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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

A former deputy PM. A $2B pandemic federal contract. And a courtroom battle over alleged unregistered lobbying. My latest for the IJF: