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Congrats to Alanna Smith, winner of the CAJ's Freedom of Information Journalism award (sponsored by Ken & Debbie Rubin) at last night's Ottawa gala: GOLD Alanna Smith "Interference in Alberta’s measles response" The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #cdnfoi

toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/11/m... #cdnpoli #cdnfoi

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OTTAWA — The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the nat...

Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say

Health Canada (HC) said this controversial pesticide is safe. Behind the scenes, the agency has ramped up its monitoring. Story based on Dec. 18 HC email obtained under access-to-info. By TorStar's Frédérik Plante & Emma McIntosh thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Cda has eyes wide shut in approach to strengthening China ties. By Rita Trichur. "Heavily redacted versions of .. documents were obtained by Ottawa-based researcher Ken Rubin through a request made under the Access to Information Act ..." theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

A new substack from me: The black hole devouring cabinet records. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/the-black-... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Treasury Board Secretariat sent out invitations tdy to "expert stakeholders" to join "virtual roundtables" examining possible reform of the Access to Information Act. (The last such roundtables, in 2021-22, were a box-ticking sham.) forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cmq0xd... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

If you’re confused about how China has quickly evolved from being our biggest security threat to a trusted ally in information sharing, you’re not alone

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Canada has its eyes wide shut in approach to strengthening China ties

Health Canada said this controversial pesticide is safe. Behind the scenes, the agency has ramped up its monitoring

There have long been safety concerns about glyphosate. The WHO concluded in 2015 that it is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”

thestar.com

Great wrap at CAJ conference in Ott. Bob Fife, former firefighter from Chapleau, Ont., spoke about starting political fires on Parliament Hill. And four Hill veterans - Mike Blanchfield, David Akin, Judy Trinh & Tonda MacCharles -offered tips on breaking stories. Hint: talk to people. #caj #cdnmedia

Gov't staffer turned lobbyist: Inside story based on more than 4k pages of internal docs obtained by TorStar via freedom-of-information legislation. By Emma McIntosh. www.thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpolli

From Tim Sayle, an access-to-info gem. open.substack.com/pub/timsayle... #cdnfoi

Dean Beeby

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Dean Beeby

Great sessions Friday @ CAJ Ottawa conference. Brett Forester, Tim Sayle & Randy Boswell on historical resources for stories; Rob Russo, Stephanie Taylor, Marie Vastel & Bill Curry on covering the Hill; Elizabeth Thompson on open-source material. Bravo all, & thx - I learned a lot. #caj #cdnmedia

Dean Beeby

Records offer clearest picture yet of where cases popped up and how the province and one community impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop the spread

www.theglobeandmail.com

Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control

Internal documents raise questions on whether Kevin Rombout's move violated ethics law, an allegation that the province and the mining company deny.

www.thestar.com

As a Ford government staffer, he helped get through permits for a controversial gold mine. Now he works for the company as a lobbyist

80 years later, we can read about how Canada tried and failed to buy an extinct duck.

open.substack.com

The Duck That Got Away (or Ducks Limited)