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Investigation · 3 weeks ago

BC Spent $164,900 on 1,000 Cups of Coffee in Seattle. That’s $165 a Cup. The Province Is Running a $13.3-Billion Deficit.

The Eby government's American health-care recruitment stunt cost more than the entire annual tax bill of 30 BC families earning $100,000 a year — and the government tried to refuse to release the receipts.
NW · 3 weeks ago
Health

Two Plasma Donors Are Dead. Half of Grifols’ Canadian Sites Are Non-Compliant. The Contract Is Still Secret.

A Spanish for-profit company collects blood plasma from Canadians, sells products derived from it overseas, and operates four of Canada's eight non-compliant blood facilities. Donors aren't told. The contract is sealed. Two are dead. And the country has done this before.
NW · 3 weeks ago
Health

Psychiatrists Are Right 47% of the Time on Mental Illness MAID. Canada Is Expanding It Anyway.

Trained psychiatrists correctly predict whether a mental illness is irremediable less often than a coin flip. The government's own expert panel says there are 'no fixed rules.' Ten provinces want an indefinite pause. Only 29% of Canadian psychiatrists support it. Ottawa set the date for March 2027.
NW · 3 weeks ago
Economy

China Owns Canada’s Only Antimony Mine. China Shut It Down. Ottawa Did Nothing.

Beaver Brook in Newfoundland could supply 5% of the world's antimony — a mineral critical to ammunition, night vision, and semiconductors. China Minmetals has kept it shuttered since 2023. The price has risen tenfold. The U.S. is spending $2 billion on a worse deposit. Canada's sits idle.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Economy

The Bank of Canada Governor Went to Beijing to Sell Trade Deals. That Is Not His Job.

Tiff Macklem joined a Liberal trade mission to China alongside Brookfield, Manulife, and Bay Street CEOs. The central bank is supposed to be independent. Instead, its governor is doing diplomatic work for a government led by Brookfield's former chairman.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

3,400 Officers Short. 9 of 11 Divisions in Crisis. The RCMP’s Priority? Equity Quotas.

Three days before the auditor general called RCMP recruitment 'unsustainable,' the force published a strategy prioritizing 'diverse life experiences' and equity hiring quotas over filling 3,400 vacant front-line positions.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Health

$50 Million for Vaccine Injuries. Two-Thirds Went to the Consultants.

Ottawa gave Oxaro $50.6 million to compensate Canadians injured by vaccines. The company spent $33.7 million on administration — and one claimant was declared dead while still alive.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

A Police Chief in Brampton Earns Almost as Much as the Prime Minister and the Premier of Ontario. Combined.

Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah made $611,678 last year. Mark Carney makes $419,600. Doug Ford makes $269,567. His salary doubled in five years — while his force's ability to solve crime got worse.
NW · 4 weeks ago
Investigation

The FBI Caught Our Cartel Boss. ICE Caught Our Murderer. What Is Canada Doing?

American law enforcement has arrested a Canadian Olympic-snowboarder-turned-Sinaloa-kingpin, a Brampton drug lord, and one of Toronto's most wanted murder fugitives — while Canadian agencies let them walk out of the country.
NW · 4 weeks ago

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