The Watchdog protects the public and defends democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism.

The Watchdog protects the public and defends democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism.

NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis says socialism, defined by bold public solutions, not managerial caution, can rebuild the party after historic losses. He’s betting it can unite a majority across divided regions and broaden the party’s coalition.

The provincial government has taken control of a personal care home in south Winnipeg, marking the first time since taking power in 2023 that it has used expropriation within the health-care system to...

The 550-pound black bear has taken up residence in the crawlspace underneath Ken Johnson's home in California for a month.

Three Calgary police officers have been charged with criminal offences linked to allegations of sexual misconduct involving seven women, one of whom was allegedly photographed while partially naked an...

The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity

Nisrin Elamin and Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss how decades of Canadian mining interests and weapons smuggling makes the country complicit in the war in Sudan

Managing director of Sunrise Franchise Corp. says Labour Ministry “unfairly punished” the company.

Canada’s Mark Carney wants to rejuvenate technocratic centrism. How many times do we have to say that’s a stupid idea?

The Carney government is repeating the mistakes of Paul Martin and Stephen Harper.

The Ford government knows that heat is a growing and potentially lethal threat to workers, but new protections it proposed never materialized.

Instead of overreliance on policing and incarceration, Canada’s new PM should lead with these proven and effective actions.

Bill 6

Adriana Smith's mother says the delay, caused by her pregnancy, has been "torture" for the family.

The Liberal Party’s election win caps a remarkable reversal in its fortunes over a few short months, with Canadians placing their bet on leader Mark Carney to confront and contain American threats to ...

Despite a rule that requires sex and gender to be considered when funding medical research in Canada, new research shows the number of grants for women's health studies hasn't budged in five years, so...

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

Three former Shoppers pharmacists say they faced intense corporate pressure to meet growing quotas. Shoppers says there's "an important need for this service."

While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

Labour groups say existing EI program won’t be sufficient to respond to economic threats and rising unemployment

Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them

Like previous crackdowns, this will likely make the crisis worse

Patients in Windsor are calling for accountability over extra billing for cataract surgeries at private clinics, arguing that they were improperly charged for services that should have been covered un...

Public policy researchers spill a lot of ink on housing affordability, but we pay a lot less attention to residential construction as an employment sector. As the Ontario election approaches, we shoul...

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In September, as the trial that has shocked people around the world began, Gisèle Pelicot said she wanted people to know her name. And now that all 51 men charged in connection with the drugging, rape...

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“It clearly shows that Edmonton police and the Crown prosecutor’s office ... are lacking, grossly, in historical knowledge.”

An extraordinary firsthand account.