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Mike De Souza

@mikedesouza.bsky.social
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Quebec-Atlantic bureau chief at The Canadian Press. Journaliste d'enquête, Habs fan, Montrealer. mikedesouza.com

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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
After 10 months away, I’m returning to social media as a cancer survivor The World Trade Center Health Program has certified my sarcoma is connected to my work at Ground Zero on 9/11 This @theglobeandmail.com piece honours the first responders who gave far more than I did tinyurl.com/4bny6s3f
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I rushed to help Americans on 9/11. Now I’m one of the wounded
At a time when our two countries were still good neighbours, I was one of hundreds of Canadians who responded to the crisis
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Must-read: @pattisonntag.bsky.social personal essay about how she rushed to help Americans on 9/11 and what happened next: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4f14414...
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I rushed to help Americans on 9/11. Now I’m one of the wounded
At a time when our two countries were still good neighbours, I was one of hundreds of Canadians who responded to the crisis
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ICYMI: Journalism job in Halifax with The Canadian Press! Less than four days left before the deadline: apply.workable.com/the-canadian...
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Reporter-Editor, Contract - The Canadian Press
Reporter-EditorFull-time (10-month contract)CP Atlantic bureau Description of RoleAre you a creative self-starter full of ideas? Able to juggle breaking news with longer pieces that delve into me...
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Have you ever heard someone arguing about climate science say that carbon dioxide was “plant food?” Well, according to new peer-reviewed research, increasing carbon pollution in the atmosphere is not so good for the plants we eat. It’s making them less nutritious. wapo.st/4t8CCkC
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The invisible force making food less nutritious
Surging concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have produced potent changes in the way plants grow, draining the nutrients from food.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I’m hiring! Come work with me & our Canadian Press team in Montreal! Jobs like these are rare. We’re looking for a bilingual candidate with a few years of experience. Send us a strong cover letter that explains why you are the best person for the job. apply.workable.com/the-canadian...
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Reporter-Editor - The Canadian Press
Reporter-Editor, Montreal, Full-TimeLocation: MontrealDescription of RoleAre you a creative self-starter full of ideas? Able to juggle breaking news with longer pieces that delve into meaning and impl...
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Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson left a lasting impact on Nova Scotia, say leaders of the African Nova Scotian community, and was considered like an extended family member to those he met during a visit to the province in 2009. ca.news.yahoo.com/african-nova...
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African Nova Scotian community, church leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson
HALIFAX —
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Feels like ‘93
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Jack Todd @jacktodd.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My column on the Netflix documentary on the death of tye Expos. montrealgazette.com/sports/baseb...
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Todd: From baseball's best to worst — Expos doc gets it mostly right
While Who Killed the Montreal Expos? portrays death by a thousand cuts, local investors and minority owners Loria, Samson also share blame.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I’m hiring! (Again) There are two new positions. This one in Montreal: /1
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Reporter-Editor / Reporter-rédacteur(trice) - The Canadian Press
Reporter-Editor, Montreal, Part-Time (four days per week)Location: MontrealDescription of RoleAre you a creative self-starter full of ideas? Able to juggle breaking news with longer pieces that delve ...
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Some federal officials are intrigued by a proposal to build new LNG infrastructure in Quebec — by a company that reported having no employees in the province. More from @mauraforrest.bsky.social
thecanadianpressnews.ca
Federal officials were interested in proposed Quebec LNG project, documents show
MONTREAL - Senior federal officials touted a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Quebec as having the potential to export “substantial volumes” of LNG to Europe, documents show.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We used to call them the Boo Jays when I was growing up. What happened to Quebecers??
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Quebecers rallying behind Toronto Blue Jays | Globalnews.ca
Louis-Philippe Guy wasn't always a Toronto Blue Jays fan.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
A statement by the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation on a recent report by the IJF:
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RELEASE: EOCF 50/50 delivering record results for Alberta charities | Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation releases statement on report by Investigative Journalism Foundation
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A public servant's battle with the CRA exposes cracks in how the federal system hires, fires and rehires.
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Lyndsay Armstrong @lyndsayarmstrong.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/...
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Who bears responsibility to prevent wildfire disasters: government or individuals?
HALIFAX - As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals?
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Some solid reporting by Reuters in this story about Meta. It raises some troubling questions about how the company has used AI and whether it has caused harm.
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A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I deleted the Twitter/X app from my phone. Don’t miss it.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
DFO reveals more about its relationship with OceanGate — the company behind the Titan disaster. Here’s our report by Michael MacDonald.
thecanadianpressnews.ca
Titan disaster: federal Fisheries Department was part of previous OceanGate mission
HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 20...
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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 07/08/2025
Migrant surveillance data no longer has to remain in Canada. Why did Canada Border Services quietly make that change? buff.ly/bE7x7ej #cdnpoli
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Migrant surveillance data no longer has to remain in Canada. That has civil liberties advocates worried
The Canada Border Services Agency revised a surveillance technology contract to allow foreign companies to bid on ankle monitors for migrants
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Wow! This is quite the story with many twists and turns! 👇🏽
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The company proposing a major LNG export project in Quebec has no employees in the province, according to the Quebec business registry, which says the company was created last month. Its only Canadian shareholder is a man with a Calgary address. /1
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A former deputy PM. A $2B pandemic federal contract. And a courtroom battle over alleged unregistered lobbying. My latest for the IJF:
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
She’s a beauty.
The Bluenose II departs with passengers from Halifax Harbour on June 24, 2025The Bluenose II departs with passengers from Halifax Harbour on June 24, 2025The Bluenose II departs with passengers from Halifax Harbour on June 24, 2025The Bluenose II departs with passengers from Halifax Harbour on June 24, 2025
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
2/ This story was reported by First Nations University of Canada journalism students Brittany Boschman, Brittany Poitras, Lori Deets, Randi LaRocque, Tyrone Perreault, Jamin Mike and Hannah Scott, under the guidance of instructors Shannon Avison, myself and several others.
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We are grateful to English River First Nation and the Returning Home Society for sharing their story, reported through a collaboration between First Nations University of Canada and @theijf.org
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
6/ Congratulations again to everyone involved in this project, and thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
3/ The judges recognized the series exploring who benefits from federal contracting, which began with work with Jeff Semple examining billions in pandemic buying. Thank you to @caoff.bsky.social ‬ for backing my pitch for an investigative procurement beat & for shaping the series
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Billion-dollar rapid-test contracts favoured Chinese imports over cheaper Canadian-made devices | Globalnews.ca
Two COVID-19 importers participating in an initiative to help grow small Canadian businesses charged more to sell rapid tests to the federal government than Canadian manufacturers.
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
2/ It is only the second time a university has been named. Congrats Hannah Sangster, Celeste Bird, Gokce On, ‪@lfmussalem.bsky.social Emilie Wren & ‪@catzens.bsky.social‬, led by Patricia Elliott & Pauline Dakin. ‪At Global: me, Melissa Ridgen and ‪@alexboutilier.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr3wja9m
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How Global News’ investigation into Indigenous contracting unfolded | Globalnews.ca
Reporters at Global News and researchers at First Nations University of Canada worked together to examine whether billions in federal contracts are benefitting Indigenous communities
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Today is the Michener Awards ceremony, the highest honour in Canadian journalism! Excited that my work on federal procurement for @globalnews.ca is nominated, including a collaboration with researchers at First Nations University of Canada & University of King's College tinyurl.com/38m42ur2
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Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian government mostly relied on an honour system when it awarded billions of dollars in contracts to enterprises identifying as Indigenous.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Some brilliant writing about a Montréal icon — the orange cone — in this piece by my colleague Morgan Lowrie.
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New Montreal square lined with orange cones after reports of tripping, injuries
MONTREAL - A brand new Montreal public square that is designed to resemble a "suspended blossoming meadow" is lined with orange construction cones after reports that people were tripping over
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I’m hiring! (Again) if you speak English and French, and want to work alongside our team in the Montreal newsroom of The Canadian Press, please have a look and send me your application. This is a four month contract. Don’t forget the cover letter!
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Reporter-Editor, Contract, Full-Time - The Canadian Press
Reporter-Editor, four-month contract, Montreal, Full-Time DescriptionAre you brimming with ideas, ready to hit the ground running and unafraid to pick up the phone or knock on a door? For this positio...
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Another scoop by @mauraforrest.bsky.social : Quebec language watchdog contacted Montreal transit agency 6 times & pressed it to remove the word “go” from buses in the months before the Habs 1st 2025 playoff home game. The agency then used “Allez! Canadiens Allez!” on buses instead of “Go Habs Go!”
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Quebec language office pressed transit agency for months before Habs playoff run
MONTREAL - Quebec's language watchdog contacted the Montreal transit agency at least six times in the wake of a complaint about using the word "go" on city buses to cheer
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The real issue, a law professor said, is a legal gap that leaves the prime minister as his own judge. If the prime minister were to violate the Conflict of Interest Act, “Mark Carney gets to decide what to do about it.”
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Scoop from @mauraforrest.bsky.social : Feds paid Quebec marketing firm $330K to rebrand high-speed rail project as Alto… and they kept it under wraps for months using a code name.
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Via Rail subsidiary paid Quebec marketing firm $330K as it pivoted to high-speed rail
MONTREAL - A federal Crown corporation paid more than $330,000 to an outside marketing firm to rebrand a planned passenger rail project between Toronto and Quebec City and boost its
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I think they may have used the wrong word before “history” in this statement.
A May 22, 2025 statement on the website of the Toronto Maple Leafs announces the departure of the team’s president, Brendan Shanahan.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It may have taken a few weeks, but it appears as though the Washington Post has finally corrected an alarming factual error about a Montreal landmark in a piece it published last month.
The Washington Post runs a correction on an article that incorrectly stated the number of Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
More on Danielle Smith govt breaking access law in this report by @matthewblack.ca - Edmonton Journal: “McLeod’s investigation began in August of 2023 following reporting from the Narwhal and the refusal of all government departments to process a series of requests made by the Globe and Mail.”
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Alberta government failed to follow access to information rules
A report from Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod found the province had improperly refused to process a number of requests.
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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 09/05/2025
Canadian medical supply manufacturers want an investigation into former Liberal minister Sheila Copps’ alleged role in helping importers land government meetings. One importer later received billions in pandemic contracts. Find out more. buff.ly/NusiegH #cdnpoli #pandemic
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Former Liberal minister’s pandemic-era role in medical supply deal renews concerns over insider access
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Two Canadian manufacturers and an industry group are urging the lobbying commissioner to investigate Sheila Copps’ role in discussions about possible pandemic-era contracts. One importer involved later received an estimated $2 billion in federal deals.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Alberta government of Premier Danielle Smith breached the provincial Freedom of Information Act, says a provincial watchdog in response to 34 complaints filed by me. The finding was also in response to some articles published by a national newspaper — the Globe — following my own complaints.
The opening page of a report by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, released on May 9, 2025. It concluded the Alberta government of Danielle Smith breached the provincial freedom of information law.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
From a Vatican News article a few months ago, here’s what Pope Leo XIV said about global environmental crises following the UN climate COP29 in November:
Pope Leo XIV was quoted in November 2024, saying it was time to move “from words to action” to solve global environmental problems. Text from a Vatican News article quoting Pope Leo XIV’s positions regarding climate change and the environment.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’m on a Via Rail train that is less than 20 min late and wondering whether it’s a good day to buy a lottery ticket.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Congrats to First Nations University, Global News & @pattisonntag.bsky.social along with all of the finalists for the 2024 Michener Award!
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Michener Award Finalists Announced: Investigative Journalism that Sparked Change Across Canada  - Michener Awards Foundation
Ottawa – The Michener Awards Foundation is proud to announce the finalists for the 2024 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. This year’s entries reflect Canadian journalism of the...
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
As we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, I’m honoured and excited to be starting a new adventure this week with many talented journalists at Canada’s most trusted source for news. Starting on Monday, I’ll be Quebec-Atlantic bureau chief at The Canadian Press.
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Patti Sonntag @pattisonntag.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thank you for the kind words! Honoured to be recognized #PressFreedom
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Reporting like this is essential to a free democracy. Congratulations!
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Did the Carney Liberals have an unfair advantage over the other federal parties? Here’s a report by @theijf.org on funding announcements that coincided with the start of the federal election campaign. 👇🏽
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“He was the right person to lead 60 minutes — all along.” 👇🏽
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
FYI @postsports.bsky.social & @baileyannej.bsky.social , great piece, but please note there are 24 Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters at the Bell Centre in Montreal. (Not 23)
wapo.st
Caps lose Game 3 — and their goalie — on a chippy night in Montreal
Logan Thompson exited with an injury and a brawl marred the proceedings as the Canadiens earned a 6-3 win at home to trim the Capitals’ series lead to two games to one.
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Hein??
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Mike De Souza @mikedesouza.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If you register as a third party and run partisan ads during an election campaign, you are not a journalist.
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