Investigative Journalism Foundation

For the first time in history, Canadians can now freely access over 2.6 million pages of internal government documents never before made publicly available with our newest dataset, Open By Default. The name, Open By Default, comes from a promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015 about government transparency shortly after being elected. The database shares more than 20,000 completed federal Access to Information requests What used to take weeks or months to process is now accessible with a few clicks, thanks to the hard work of our team and collaboration from academics and journalists across the country. Our tech team also relied on the non-profit MuckRock Foundation’s DocumentCloud service to handle the hundreds of gigabytes of documents. We hope the database can help Canadians better understand how the #government works behind the scenes. Put in a keyword and let us know what you find! Access the data: https://buff.ly/4c2EHXW Here are other things you should know about the database: 1. Learn more about #OpenByDefault and what inspired its creation: https://buff.ly/3V4F9yW 2. From UFO sightings to thousands of monkeys, here are nine strange, surprising and fun finds from Open By Default: https://buff.ly/435zAlz 3. Open By Default documents show how criminals are using online gambling websites to launder money: https://buff.ly/3wCF8bg

A Canadian company is at the centre of an alleged pyramid scheme said to have stolen US$2.7 billion from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The paper trail led to an office in Richmond, B.C. – and to more questions. What we found with CTV News:

Despite being the biggest drugstore chain in Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart wants to play a bigger role in B.C.’s pharmaceutical system. The company is lobbying the province to expand pharmaceutical care for mental health and addictions, increase the types of drugs pharmacists can prescribe and to pitch its in-house e-health software to the province.

The building at 422 Richards St. in downtown Vancouver doesn't look like anything special. But, on paper, it’s the address of 90 currency exchanges, cryptocurrency companies and wire transfer services, none of which are physically there.

Exclusive: Two warrants were issued this month for the arrest of Bob Fraser of the Cynterra Group. They came after he skipped court hearings on repaying more than $80,000 he owes to contractors on a partially completed townhouse development in Kelowna.

US$2.7 billion gone in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. A mysterious office in Ontario. A missing director in Richmond. Our exclusive investigation with CTV News shines light on the Canadian company at the centre of it all.

We are #hiring! If you are an investigative #reporter based in #Alberta looking for new opportunities, we want to hear from you. Apply via: https://lnkd.in/gGpFkqkx

It’s officially the dog days of summer. While homeowners can get a little relief from government incentives to adapt to the #extremeheat, renters have few options.

A famous Vancouver lawyer died before the hearing of his alleged inappropriate trust account activities.

Irving Oil is joining the list of #fossilfuel companies lobbying about new federal greenwashing rules that ask companies to provide verifiable proof of their environmental claims.