Investigative Journalism Foundation

After years of endless searching for his biological father, a Facebook post finally connected Terry Chase of Penticton B.C., to a man who appeared to be his dad. But his search for closure is far from over.

The lost child: A s*x assault, a secret and a family’s fight for justice for residential school abuse Female dorm supervisor assaulted student, had his son in secret, then gave baby up for adoption

Billions of dollars in federal contracts intended to support Indigenous businesses across Canada are being awarded to two dozen firms in Ottawa, leaving many regions out in the cold.

Canada’s Indigenous contracting program funnels billions to Ottawa-area firms Businesses in western provinces with large Indigenous populations largely shut out

Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from one of the country’s biggest oil and gas firms. Find out more in our story with The Narwhal.

Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from TC Energy Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information

A 21-year-old New Zealander died after drinking what he thought was a Canadian beer. It actually contained liquid crystal m**h. Read our story and our whole series with CTV's W5 about m**h exports from Canada.

Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in Auckland, New Zealand Canada leading source of intercepted m**h shipments to New Zealand, with deadly consequences

A web of numbered companies, fake liens — all part of an alleged scheme to defraud homeowners in B.C.

Fake mortgage broker pocketed millions in loans meant for homeowners, regulator and lawsuits say Hon Kit Chung allegedly used complicated web of numbered companies, fake liens in B.C. scheme

Snapchat wants to talk to the Canadian government about its Online Harms Act, which would make social platforms liable for the content on their sites.

Snapchat’s parent company wants to discuss federal copyright, online harms and cybersecurity laws And eight other insights from the IJF's lobbying newsletter

Canada is struggling with the vacant home tax. Can we learn anything from France’s vacancy taxing?

Toronto's Vacant Home Tax: What Canada can learn from France France has cut the number of vacant properties over the last 25 years

Canadian authorities want to kick Timothy Durkin out of Canada, but the B.C. man is doing everything he can to thwart those efforts.

Our latest:

On the way out? After a court ruling in May, a B.C. man comes closer to being deported for organized criminality Ordered to provide millions in damages for a failed hotel deal, Timothy Durkin has yet to pay

Peloton, which has faced layoffs and declining sales in recent years, is trying to get Ontario to create a physical activity tax credit. On lobbying registrations in the past week:

Supplement industry fighting rules that would increase oversight of vitamins and herbal remedies And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

Canada has seen rising support for nuclear power development.

Anti-nuclear advocates blame this trend on “very, very powerful” lobbying by the nuclear industry.

Corporate lobbying heats up around governments’ nuclear power plans despite concerns from anti-nuclear advocates Critics say nuclear too costly and slow to build while supporters back it as a climate solution