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Jigar Patel

Jigar Patel is an editorial assistant and researcher for Global News.
He joined Global News in the summer of 2019, after graduating from Seneca College.
Jigar was hooked to journalism through an exchange program in Ukraine, where he shared stories about Ukrainian families.
In his free time, Jigar is busy exploring the city or learning about Canadian history and politics.

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Company behind COVID-19 border testing says medical professionals ‘always’ oversee testing

Top executives from Switch Health, the company behind Canada's COVID-19 border testing program, appeared before a meeting of Parliament's health committee on Friday.

Canada

May 28, 2021
Company behind Canadian COVID-19 border testing program misidentified some workers as nurses, insiders say

Five employees who spoke with Global News said they acted as a Switch Health nurse or as a nurse assistant, but were not actually nurses.

Health

May 26, 2021
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‘Too slow, too late’: Ford gov. received months of warnings about long-term care before second wave

The Ford government received repeated warnings about the looming dangers in long-term care homes before COVID-19's second wave but failed to act.

Investigations

May 3, 2021
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A Toronto nursing home left isolation rooms empty as COVID-19 spread on crowded floors, killing 81

As COVID-19 spread on crowded floors of a Toronto nursing home that killed 81 people, a Global News investigation found the home left 20 rooms empty.

Investigations

May 1, 2021
Ontario ‘completely ignored and bulldozed’ problems in long-term care: former inspector

A former long-term care inspector is sounding the alarm over the state of inspections in Ontario’s nursing homes.

Investigations

Apr 29, 2021
‘A senicide’: Strategic missteps, logistical hurdles plague Ontario’s early vaccine rollout

The initial weeks of Ontario's vaccine rollout was marred by poor planning, coordination and a failure to get vaccines into long-term care homes quickly, experts say.

Health

Jan 23, 2021
2019 Canada election results: Terrebonne

All you need to know about the electoral riding of Terrebonne.

Politics

Sep 22, 2019
2019 Canada election results: Brossard—Saint-Lambert

See who is running in the 2019 federal election for Brossard–Saint-Lambert.

Canada

Sep 22, 2019
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2019 Canada election results: Thérèse-De Blainville

All you need to know about the riding of Thérèse-De Blainville.

Politics

Sep 22, 2019
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2019 Canada election results: Rivière-du-Nord

All you need to know about the riding of Rivière-du-Nord.

Politics

Sep 22, 2019
2019 Canada election results: Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

All you need to know about the riding of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.

Politics

Sep 22, 2019