April 15, 2014 – Global News
In the wake of a report castigating police forces for automatically disclosing and sharing suicide attempts – info that gets into the hands of U.S. border guards, among others – many are wondering what bits of their personal info police databases might have, and whether it could prove compromising when crossing the border.
April 14, 2014 – Global News
Stop sharing information on individuals’ suicide attempts with other police forces unless the people in question pose a danger to others, Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner is telling police.
Global News got a couple of exciting accolades this week – a pair of nods from the Canadian Association of Journalists for Crude Awakening and Remembrance Day, and a nomination for globalnews.ca as a whole for Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Excellence in Journalism Award.
March 14, 2014 – Global News
It didn’t take long for Toronto’s mayoral candidates to reprise that most debated of transit issues: Scarborough’s magic morphing light rail/subway.
March 14, 2014 – Global News
Ontario’s labour dysfunction is more than a recessionary ripple effect, a new paper finds: It’s been more than a decade in the making.
March 10, 2014 – Global News
Alberta’s Energy Regulator has rejected Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s request to start steam operations amid a series of spills that have been oozing bitumen nonstop since last May.
March 5, 2014 – Global News
The company whose northern Alberta spills have been oozing bitumen for 10 months nonstop has asked the province to let it start high-pressure steam operations less than a kilometre away from one of the spill areas.
Feb. 28, 2014 – Global News
The federal government seized on the news this week that Vince Li, who beheaded a man on a Greyhound bus six years ago, has been granted unescorted trips outside the forensic psychiatric hospital where he’s been in custody.
Feb. 26, 2014 – Global News
Is your community’s wastewater treatment safe? The federal government won’t say.
Feb. 20, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, J-Source.ca
Why bother with data-driven journalism?
Because there’s more data out there than ever before and not nearly enough people asking it questions.
Because trend stories aren’t good enough. Nor is telling readers something they already know.
Because tweeting, posting to YouTube and selectively releasing datasets do not a transparent government make.
Because your role as reporter is more microscope than conduit.
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