Data Desk

• CBSA learned of its own detainee’s death by accident – three weeks later

  On January 14 2013, Canada Border Service Agency officials showed up at a detention hearing for a dead man.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2015
• Cold, ill-fed, terrified: Ex-detainee recalls Lindsay jail ordeal

  An immigration detainee held for months at the provincial jail in Lindsay remembers inadequate food, bone-numbing cold and threats from terrifying criminals.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2014
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• Iranian refugee’s jail ordeal: 173 days and counting – with no end in sight

  Iranian refugee Masoud Hajivand will stay in jail in Lindsay, Ont. until at least January after an Immigration and Refugee Board official rejected a bail proposal offered by supporters today.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2014
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• Behind closed doors, feds decide to keep Iranian refugee claimant in jail

  In a hearing held Monday without his lawyer, family or surety present, a representative of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board assented to a federal lawyer's request to keep Masoud Hajivand behind bars.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2014
• More trains, fewer delays: Meet the man trying to fix Toronto subways

  Mike Palmer has big plans for the next few months, including adding more frequent train service to Toronto's subway system.

  Data Desk

  Jul 16, 2014
• UPDATED: ‘None of the above’: Ontario’s declined ballots hit 40-year high

  The total of refused ballots in last week's election, 31,399 across the province, was the highest since at least 1975.

  Data Desk

  Jun 20, 2014
• Interactive: Is Ontario voter turnout headed for its 4th low in a row?

  Fewer than half of Ontario voters bothered to cast a ballot in the last general election, extending a 24-year trend. Will that reverse itself today? There's no sign of it.

  Data Desk

  Jun 12, 2014
• Sex offender case a ‘colossal waste of money’: Tory jail critic

  The province should say how much it spent fighting an unsuccessful access-to-information battle in court, PC corrections critic says.

  Crime

  May 9, 2014
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• Unanimous Supreme Court decision ends six-year FOI ordeal

  Six years ago today (or 2,191 days) I filed an access-to-information request that set off a long legal battle that ended today at the Supreme Court.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2014
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• RCMP says magazine loophole was intended; law’s author disagrees

  A loophole doubling legal magazine capacity om semi-automatic rifles was deliberately included in gun laws, the RCMP argues. The man behind those regulations disagrees.

  Canada

  Jan 28, 2014