Stacey Kuznetsova
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‘We are scared’: Canadian miner’s Nigerian venture putting community at risk, locals say
By , , , Muyideen Adegboyega set off on his scooter one morning in October 2022 to make a familiar trip to a local market. As he drove down a road close to the town of Iperindo in southwest Nigeria, he was struck and killed by a flying chunk of rock from a nearby explosion. The blast came from the Segilola gold mine, whose southern area is close to Iperindo.
Project Redacted: Ontario Ministry of Health refuses to share externally-commissioned review of hospital finances
By Editor’s note: Project Redacted is an ongoing series from the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) documenting how information paid for by the public, and held in the public interest, is kept from the public by the officials meant to serve it. This series details how officials routinely charge excessive fees for records, release documents with hundreds of pages blacked out and refuse reporters’ requests for vital public information outright.
Ontario hospitals owed private banks $70 million last year — and one wasn't sure it could even keep operating Original
Eight hospital networks alone paid $1.45 million in public money as interest to private lenders Strathroy Middlesex General hospital worried about its ability to operate, citing an accumulated deficit of over $24 million and an increased use of credit lines. Postmedia Ontario hospitals, forced to borrow privately in order to keep the lights on, owed banks more than $70 million in operating loans by the end of fiscal year 2025-26, according to hospital financial statements.
Behind the Reporting: When the mental healthcare system fails to perform a lifesaving intervention
By The emergency department of a psychiatric hospital is immersed in suffering. As I wait in line to see a psychiatrist, I watch a mother beg for her suicidal son to be admitted against his will. In the chair next to me, a teen is curled up motionless, for hours. In the corner of the waiting room, a desperate wife pleads with her husband to agree to hospitalization. Every one of us here clings onto this system to perform a lifesaving miracle. But I know those miracles don’t always appear.
Not Criminally Responsible: The broken system behind the killers who don’t go to jail Original
Fresh data on NCR cases shows disturbing trends, from repeated failures to recognize red flags, to the role of cannabis, to the disproportionate targeting of women Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend, Michael Calvo, in her home in 2023. /National Post Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa never missed a text message from her daughter. Sign In or Create an Account But when Raquel Almeida Margulies texted a habitual “sweet dreams, mama,” at 10:28 p.m. on Oct.
Not Criminally Responsible: The broken system behind the killers who don’t go to jail
Fresh data on NCR cases shows disturbing trends, from repeated failures to recognize red flags, to the role of cannabis, to the disproportionate targeting of women Author of the article: Emma Jarratt, Stacey Kuznetsova and Robert Cribb, Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Aug 06, 2026 • Last updated 2 days ago • 19 minute read Ana Paula Kitterhing De Sousa was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend, Michael Calvo, in her home in 2023. Photo by Peter J.
Ontario bans testing on dogs and cats as activists protest York University’s primate research
By , Ontario has become the first province in Canada to prohibit invasive medical research on dogs and cats. Amendments to Ontario’s Animals for Research Act that passed a final vote in the legislature on Thursday will change the face of animal experimentation across the province and could trigger similar change elsewhere across Canada.
At York University’s primate lab, allegations of bruises, bloody wounds and escapes
By After more than a day of scratching at his protruding brain implant until it bled, Kenny, a research macaque who lives inside a York University lab, reportedly pulled out the implant from his right ear, revealing an oozing wound. Kenny is one of at least nine research macaques held at York — Canada’s fourth largest university — as part of its biomedical research into brain systems controlling vision and actions of the eyes, head and hand.
Behind the Reporting: Is your hospital in good financial health?
By This story was originally published by TVO In a scene from The Pitt, emergency department attending Dr. Robby, played by Noah Wyle, explodes at the CEO of a Pittsburgh hospital after being told that the budget can’t support additional beds. Wyle describes patients “coding in waiting rooms” and threatens to tell the media that the hospital’s cost-cutting comes at the cost of patient lives. But Wyle’s rant isn’t just a Hollywood script.
Behind the Reporting: Measuring the justice system’s response to the killings of Indigenous women and girls
By I sit at my desk in the warm afternoon light and listen to the young Indigenous woman on the computer screen in front of me recount the three times she was almost killed by a man. A survivor of sex trafficking when she was barely a teenager, I think of how close she came to being one of the names on our list of 340 Indigenous women killed in criminal or suspicious circumstances since 2019. Instead, she is alive, her words filling my lungs with horror. There were many others.
'Completely unacceptable': Ontario NDP demands changes to hospital funding Original
Skip to Content The Investigative Journalism Bureau found hospital operating deficits of more than half a billion dollars last year, despite a law saying these health care institutions must balance their books. NDP health critic France Gélinas says there is 'something drastically wrong' with how Ontario hospitals are being funded.
IJB Gets Action: Ontario NDP demands changes to hospital funding model after IJB investigation
By QUEEN’S PARK, Thursday, Jan 5 – Ontario’s NDP party is demanding urgent changes to hospital funding based on new data published by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. “When our hospitals cannot make payroll and have to go to the bank in order to be able to pay their employees, there’s something drastically wrong,” said France Gélinas, the NDP health critic and shadow minister of health in a press conference Thursday. “The government knows this. The Minister of Health knows that.
Ontario hospitals operating in the red are taking out private bank loans
Provincial legislation says they aren't supposed to run deficits. Yet operating shortfalls persist at more than 60% of Ontario hospitals An ambulance arrives at Hamilton's Juravinski Hospital, part of Hamilton Health Sciences, which paid almost $2 million in bank interest on its line of credit last fiscal year.
‘The justice institution has failed us’: Killers of Indigenous women less likely to face murder charges Original
In the vast majority of cases, Indigenous women victims were killed by someone they knew Marion Buller helmed the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. /Postmedia News Indigenous women and girls are killed at rates six times higher than non-Indigenous women — yet the perpetrators are frequently convicted of lesser offences than those guilty in the deaths of non-Indigenous victims.
Killers of Indigenous women less likely to face murder charges. ‘The justice institution has failed us'
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home News Marion Buller helmed the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Photo by BNI Brunswick News /Postmedia News Indigenous women and girls are killed at rates six times higher than non-Indigenous women — yet the perpetrators are frequently convicted of lesser offences than those guilty in the deaths of non-Indigenous victims.
'It's just too easy to harm women' — What the numbers tell us about 'femicide' in Canada Original
Since 2019, at least 1,329 women and girls have died under suspicious circumstances and their families and friends have been demanding better from the justice system A photo of Breanna Broadfoot at her Grade 8 graduation. Only a few years later, she was killed by her ex-boyfriend. /London Free Press When police kicked down the front door of a London, Ont.
'It's just too easy to harm women' - What the numbers tell us about 'femicide' in Canada
Since 2019, at least 1,329 women and girls have died under suspicious circumstances and their families and friends have been demanding better from the justice system Author of the article: By Emma Jarratt, Stacey Kuznetsova, Lori Culbert and Jenna Olsen, Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Dec 11, 2025 Last updated 10 hours ago 13 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. A photo of Breanna Broadfoot at her Grade 8 graduation.
Ontario legislation aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
Skip to Content Advertisement 1 ‘If passed intact, this will be one of the most meaningful scientific and ethical shifts in Canada’s modern history,’ said the founder of the Canadian Institute for Animal-Free Science Author of the article: By • Investigative Journalism Bureau Article content The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats.
Ontario unveils legislation to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
Advertisement 1 The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats. Author of the article: • Investigative Journalism Bureau • • Article content The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats.
Ontario unveils legislation to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
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Ontario unveils legislation to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
Ontario unveils legislation to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats. Photo of puppies in a cage that a whistleblower says was taken at the Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph's Health Care in London. (Contributed) Article content The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats.
Ontario legislation aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
‘If passed intact, this will be one of the most meaningful scientific and ethical shifts in Canada’s modern history,’ said the founder of the Canadian Institute for Animal-Free Science Author of the article: • Investigative Journalism Bureau • • Article content The Ontario government has introduced draft legislation that aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats.
Ontario legislation aims to restrict invasive medical research on dogs and cats
‘If passed intact, this will be one of the most meaningful scientific and ethical shifts in Canada’s modern history,’ said the founder of the Canadian Institute for Animal-Free Science Author of the article: Robert Cribb, Jenna Olsen, Stacey Kuznetsova • Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Nov 27, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read Photo of puppies in a cage that a whistleblower says was taken at the Lawson Research Institute at St. Joseph's Health Care in London.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal chords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
By , For more than a decade a massive Ontario research lab has been importing dogs for scientific experimentation from a U.S. breeder with a history of serious animal cruelty allegations.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal chords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
Advertisement 1 Nucro-Technics has imported beagles as test subjects from a U.S. breeder with a long history of animal cruelty allegations Article content For more than a decade a massive Ontario research lab has been importing dogs for scientific experimentation from a U.S. breeder with a history of serious animal cruelty allegations.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal cords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
Nucro-Technics has imported beagles as test subjects from a U.S. breeder with a long history of animal cruelty allegations Published Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 8 minute read This image a whistleblower says was taken at Nucro-Tehnics Lab in Scarborough, Ont., shows a beagle in a cage arriving from a Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin dog breeder, for scientific testing.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal cords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
Nucro-Technics has imported beagles as test subjects from a U.S. breeder with a long history of animal cruelty allegations • • This image a whistleblower says was taken at Nucro-Tehnics Lab in Scarborough, Ont., shows a beagle in a cage arriving from a Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin dog breeder, for scientific testing.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal cords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
Nucro-Technics has imported beagles as test subjects from a U.S. breeder with a long history of animal cruelty allegations Published Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 1 week ago • 8 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. This image a whistleblower says was taken at Nucro-Tehnics Lab in Scarborough, Ont., shows a beagle in a cage arriving from a Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin dog breeder, for scientific testing.
Surgeries without anesthesia, severed vocal cords: The dog farm supplying an Ontario lab
Nucro-Technics has imported beagles as test subjects from a U.S. breeder with a long history of animal cruelty allegations Published Nov 24, 2025 • Last updated 2 minutes ago • 8 minute read This image a whistleblower says was taken at Nucro-Tehnics Lab in Scarborough, Ont., shows a beagle in a cage arriving from a Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin dog breeder, for scientific testing.
Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won't anyone tell you?
By In Canada, when a doctor hands you a prescription, you trust that what’s been recommended is the best drug for your health. What you can’t know is whether your physician has benefited financially from a relationship with the company that made the drug — and whether that relationship has affected the drug advice you got. While several countries mandate that pharmaceutical companies must publish all monetary transactions to doctors, Canada has no such system of public accountability.
Is your doctor receiving payments from a drug company? There's no easy way to find out Original
Advertisement 1 Many countries have public registries showing financial ties between physicians and pharmaceutical firms. Not so in Canada Article content Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Sign In or Create an Account Article content In Canada, when a doctor hands you a prescription, you trust that what’s been recommended is the best drug for your health.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021. Author of the article: Stacey Kuznetsova • Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Oct 18, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 5 minute read Lead is a neurotoxin that reaches drinking water through corrosion in pipes and plumbing fixtures. No level is considered safe.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
“There are opportunities to streamline and strengthen Ontario’s lead action plan,” the presentation says. “Ontario’s current standard is less stringent than the new guideline and the province has been criticized for not adopting it.” The presentation states that updating the lead quality standard would “ensure that Ontario remains a leader in drinking water protection.” The documents are partially redacted and do not show specific proposals beyond an implementation timeline.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021. Author of the article: Stacey Kuznetsova • Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Oct 18, 2025 • Last updated Oct 18, 2025 • 5 minute read Lead is a neurotoxin that reaches drinking water through corrosion in pipes and plumbing fixtures.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
Advertisement 1 'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water Original
Advertisement 1 'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
Article content At the time, in response to reporters’ questions, the environment ministry said in a written statement that “The province is reviewing its current policies and consulting on further actions to reduce levels of lead in drinking water.” Article content On June 29, 2021, 18 days after the IJB investigation, the briefing presentation discussed toughening the lead limit to meet the federal threshold.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021. Author of the article: By • Investigative Journalism Bureau Lead is a neurotoxin that reaches drinking water through corrosion in pipes and plumbing fixtures. No level is considered safe.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021. Author of the article: Stacey Kuznetsova • Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Oct 14, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 5 minute read Lead is a neurotoxin that reaches drinking water through corrosion in pipes and plumbing fixtures. No level is considered safe.
Ontario still hasn't acted on advice to toughen rules around lead in drinking water
Advertisement 1 'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021.
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.
Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
Dozens of doctors with serious professional conduct issues who have started fresh somewhere new are 'tip of the iceberg,' international investigation finds • • Article content In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain medications after being accused by officials of providing “potentially lethal” amounts of addictive drugs to patients.
Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
Then, in December of the same year, Abrahim surrendered his licence in New York state after officials there learned of his prescription issues in Florida and concluded he had failed to disclose the Florida complaint when renewing his licence in New York. Medical regulators in Ontario, where Abrahim also holds a licence, first learned of his Florida reprimand around the same time in 2018, according to documents posted on the website of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO).
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
Investigative Journalism Bureau | Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Cribb, Jenna Olsen and Stacey Kuznetsova Thu, October 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. UTC 22 min read In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain medications after being accused by officials of providing “potentially lethal” amounts of addictive drugs to patients.
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds Author of the article: Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Cribb, Jenna Olsen and Stacey Kuznetsova, Investigative Journalism Bureau Published Oct 02, 2025 • Last updated 5 days ago • 20 minute read Portrait Of Mature Male Doctor Wearing White Coat Standing In Hospital Corridor Photo by iStock/Getty Images Article content In 2018, family...
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds Portrait Of Mature Male Doctor Wearing White Coat Standing In Hospital Corridor Photo by iStock/Getty Images Article content In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing...
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds • • Article content In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain medications after being accused by officials of providing “potentially lethal” amounts of addictive drugs to patients.
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.
Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
Bad Practice: How doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind Dozens of doctors with serious professional conduct issues who have started fresh somewhere new are 'tip of the iceberg,' international investigation finds Portrait Of Mature Male Doctor Wearing White Coat Standing In Hospital Corridor Photo by iStock/Getty Images Article content In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain...
Bad Practice: Dozens of doctors jump borders to leave troubling pasts behind
More than 100 doctors banned from practising medicine in one jurisdiction and now licensed to practise elsewhere, are 'tip of the iceberg,' major investigation finds • • Article content In 2018, family physician Ken Shafquat Intikhab Abrahim was reprimanded by Florida’s medical board and banned from prescribing certain medications after being accused by officials of providing “potentially lethal” amounts of addictive drugs to patients.
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