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Chad Derrick

Toronto
As seen in: Bell Media, CTV News, CTV W5
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Secretly recorded footage exposes conditions at Ontario's roadside zoos Original

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By Chad Derrick
| CTV W5 Verified
TORONTO - My interest in roadside zoos started with an email from a former colleague last April. It alerted me to news about a real estate listing unlike any I’d ever seen. A zoo for sale (!) in Southwestern Ontario; a turn-key operation that included 450 mammals, birds and reptiles… and a snack bar. I found the realtor’s pitch for Greenview Aviaries Park and Zoo on YouTube. “There’s everything here from ducks and swans to literally lions, tigers and bears,” he proposed.
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Parents who kill their own children often exhibit warning signs: experts

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By Molly Thomas, Chad Derrick
| CTV News Verified
In exclusive audio obtained by W5, a caseworker from Jewish Family and Child Service of Greater Toronto, admits to warning her bosses about the escalating behaviour of Robin Brown, just days before he and his daughter, Keira, were found dead at the bottom of a cliff at Ontario’s Rattlesnake Point, a conservation area west of Toronto. Brown had parenting time with Keira that weekend.
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Families falsely accused of child abuse call for mandatory medical second opinions

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By Molly Thomas, Chad Derrick
| CTV News Verified
Imagine not being able to see your children for three years. That’s what one Ontario father lived through after he was accused of child abuse. The father was found not guilty by a criminal court, but a publication ban prevents W5 from identifying him or his family. For the purpose of the story, we are giving the parents pseudonyms, calling them Ken and Laura. It all started in 2017 when Ken says his son was sleeping in his arms and suddenly stopped breathing.
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