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January/February 2025 / Justice

An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 - by Julie Sobowale

Racialized professors say they were underpaid, bullied, and ignored at UBC

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Canada’s $32.5 Billion Tobacco Settlement Is a Hollow Victory

October 30, 2024November 7, 2024 - by Joshua Knelman

As the smoke clears from epic lawsuits against three tobacco companies, who really won the day?

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Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up?

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 - by Elizabeth Renzetti

NDAs are silencing whistleblowers and sexual assault victims

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The Winnipeg Police Service Is Booming—Despite Blatant Failures

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 - by James Wilt

The force is notorious for targeting Indigenous people. Why does it keep cornering more public spending?

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Women in Canadian Prisons Are Routinely Separated from Their Newborns

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 - by Robin F. Hansen

The story of one inmate who laboured—in shackles—in fear of being torn apart from her child if they survived

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Justice / September/October 2024

How Could They Just Lose Him?

August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 - by Zander Sherman

Robin Windross disappeared from the Huronia Regional Centre in 1977. His parents remain haunted by questions

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The Murder Trial That Exposed Toronto’s Police Misconduct Crisis

June 3, 2024June 3, 2024 - by Michael Kempa

Disturbing allegations of police collusion come to light after Umar Zameer’s acquittal in officer’s death

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20 Years of The Walrus: True Crime

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Journalism about con artists, crime fighters, undercover agents, and more

December 2023 / Justice

How a Sexual Assault Case in St. John’s Exposed a Police Force’s Predatory Culture

October 16, 2023October 17, 2023 - by Lindsay Jones

Winning a sexual assault conviction against a cop is hard. That didn’t stop Jane Doe

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Justice / September/October 2023

The Greatest Scam Ever Written

July 26, 2023September 19, 2024 - by Rachel Browne

How a Montreal copywriter swindled victims out of $200 million by pretending to be a legendary psychic

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An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible

Canada’s $32.5 Billion Tobacco Settlement Is a Hollow Victory

Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up?

The Winnipeg Police Service Is Booming—Despite Blatant Failures

Women in Canadian Prisons Are Routinely Separated from Their Newborns

How Could They Just Lose Him?

The Murder Trial That Exposed Toronto’s Police Misconduct Crisis

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