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• Takedown: The anatomy of catching a suspected car thief

  Global News is granted rare access inside York Regional Police’s auto theft unit as it targets a suspect crime group that has been stealing cars across the Toronto-area overnight.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2024
• Ontario chemical plant to permanently close after orders to reduce benzene emissions

  Ineos Styrolution announced it will permanently shutter operations in Sarnia, Ont., after Ontario and Ottawa enacted new rules aimed at curbing benzene emissions at its plants.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2024
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• 3 months after Fintrac hack, experts say Canada missing out on financial intelligence

  Anti-money laundering and national security experts say FinTRAC is potentially missing out on thousands of pieces of intelligence used to fight money laundering or organized crime.

  Investigations

  Jun 7, 2024
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• After First Nation residents sickened, feds order companies to tackle benzene

  Canada's Environment Minister is ordering all petrochemical companies operating in Sarnia, Ont., to take steps to control leaks of the cancer-causing chemical benzene

  Environment

  May 17, 2024
• Documents reveal past of B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s alleged killer

  Amandeep Singh is the fourth suspect accused of killing the B.C. Sikh temple leader.

  Canada

  May 16, 2024
• Suspect in killing of temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar got student visa in ‘days’

  Karan Brar obtained a visa in 2019 to study for eight months at Calgary's Bow Valley College.

  Canada

  May 8, 2024
• Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangs

  Three Indian nationals arrested in Edmonton for the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar are allegedly linked to an Indian crime group.

  Canada

  May 4, 2024
• Ontario First Nation declares state of emergency amid skyrocketing benzene levels

  Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in southwestern Ontario., has declared a state of emergency after a significant spike in the cancer-causing substance benzene

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2024
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• Ontario takes action against chemical plant after Aamjiwnaang First Nation residents fell ill

  The Ontario government says it’s taking swift action against a chemical plant after a spike in benzene readings and after members Aamjiwnaang First Nation fell ill.

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2024
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• High benzene levels detected near Ontario First Nation for weeks, residents report sickness

  Dozens of people have reportedly became sick after high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in the air of a small First Nation in southwestern Ontario.

  Environment

  Apr 19, 2024
• Ontario First Nation calls for chemical plant to be shut down amid ‘dangerously high’ benzene levels

  Aamjiwnaang First Nation called on the federal and provincial governments to shut down INEOS Styrolution, a chemical manufacturer.

  Environment

  Apr 17, 2024
• Anti-money laundering watchdog gives failing grades to banks, real estate companies

  An internal report from Canada’s financial-crimes watchdog found most banking and real estate companies it audited are not following the country’s anti-money laundering laws.

  Money

  Apr 11, 2024
• Youngest victim of ‘senseless’ Ottawa killings was just months old. What we know

  Ottawa Police Service says the homicide unit has been called in after six people, including children, were found dead at a home on Berrigan Drive in Barrhaven on Wednesday night.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2024
• Nunavut vows review of costs, more checks on kids sent south amid Global News investigation

  Nunavut says it will review what it pays providers to care for its children outside the territory amid allegations of mistreatment following Global News investigation

  Investigations

  Mar 6, 2024
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• Ford’s Conservative government failing vulnerable Indigenous youth: Ontario NDP

  The Ontario NDP blasted the Ford government Tuesday, suggesting it is failing to protect vulnerable Indigenous youth in the province.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2024
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• ‘Appalling’: AFN Chief says Indigenous youth shouldn’t be placed in for-profit care

  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, AFN National Chief, renews calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize to Indigenous youth who’ve been wronged by Canada’s child-welfare systems.

  Investigations

  Mar 5, 2024
• ‘When am I coming home?’: Vulnerable Nunavut kids face loneliness, despair as millions spent sending them south

  Nunavut was billed 53 per cent more per day, on average, for a child to live in an Ontario group home compared to what children’s aid societies in Ontario paid.

  Investigations

  Mar 4, 2024
• Global News investigation exposes ‘dark secret of Canada,’ veteran NDP MP says

  A federal NDP member of Parliament is blasting the federal Liberal and Ontario Conservative governments following a Global News investigation.

  Investigations

  Mar 1, 2024
• Indigenous kids allegedly called ‘cash cows’ of Ontario’s child-welfare system

  More than 50 insiders from Ontario’s child-welfare system allege for-profit group home companies are targeting or charging more to care for Indigenous youth to increase revenue.

  Investigations

  Mar 1, 2024
• Canadian man faces multiple U.S. charges over alleged fentanyl smuggling

  The 38-year-old faces 14 counts for distribution and importation of fentanyl into the United States, including accusations of shipping fentanyl to individuals in New Jersey.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2024
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• Satellite images reveal destruction in Gaza following Israeli airstrikes

  The photos from the U.S. space technology firm Maxar Technologies show images of large explosions and smoke rising from entire city blocks as Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza.

  World

  Oct 11, 2023
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• Ontario proposing fines of $250K for anyone caught breaking child-protection laws

  Ontario is proposing to increase fines for individuals convicted of breaking child-welfare laws from $1,000 per day of non-compliance to a maximum court-imposed fine of $250,000.

  Investigations

  Jul 18, 2023
• Ontario ombudsman slams foster care company, child welfare agencies for failing Indigenous girl

  Ontario's ombudsman has released a searing report which details how multiple child welfare agencies failed to ensure the safety of a 13-year-old Indigenous girl.

  Investigations

  Apr 13, 2023
• A closer look at MP Han Dong’s voting record on China

  In an effort to glean more about Han Dong's positions on issues regarding China, Global News compiled a review of his votes and statements inside and out of the House of Commons

  Politics

  Mar 25, 2023
• Ontario children’s aid society handed $1.3M after Global News report

  Sarnia-Lambton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) received the new money and is home to a groundbreaking initiative in the province's child-welfare system

  Investigations

  Mar 23, 2023