Moira Welsh

Toronto

Investigative Reporter at The (Toronto) Star

Toronto Star journalist: Third Act, pushing Canada to do better for older adults. Author of Happily Ever Older, on evolving ways to live. Mom of sardonic boys.

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I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

1 week ago | wellandtribune.ca | Moira Welsh

After a week spent fact checking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre‘s comments at his speeches and rallies, one point was clear: his talks are almost always peppered with specific numbers and definitive points. Someone, maybe a campaign researcher, is on their game. That does not mean that every comment qualifies as true.
I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

1 week ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Moira Welsh

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I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

1 week ago | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

After a week spent fact checking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre‘s comments at his speeches and rallies, one point was clear: his talks are almost always peppered with specific numbers and definitive points. Someone, maybe a campaign researcher, is on their game. That does not mean that every comment qualifies as true.
I fact checked what Jagmeet Singh said for a week during the federal election. Here’s how many false claims he made

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

I spent a week listening to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promise voters a country of blossoming public health care, autoworker protections and corporations that pay their full share of taxes onshore, all the better to fund the salaries of half a million new nurses.
The Star is fact checking Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh during the Canadian election. Here’s how it will work

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Moira Welsh

Just the facts, men. With just under three weeks of politicking before the April 28 election, the Star is embarking on a truth watch by parsing the (spoken or posted) words of three national party leaders — the Liberal’s Mark Carney, the Conservative’s Pierre Poilievre and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh. After all, one of these three men will be Canada’s next prime minister.
The Star is fact checking Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh during the Canadian election. Here’s how it will work

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

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B.C. man arrested by U.S. authorities for alleged export of ‘millions of dollars’ in goods to restricted military, weapons organizations in Pakistan

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

A Pakistani-Canadian man living in British Columbia is facing charges related to exporting “millions of dollars” of prohibited American goods to restricted Pakistan organizations “associated” with the country’s military and weapons programs, U.S. officials say. Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, 67, was arrested on March 21 while trying to enter Washington state, according to a partially unsealed indictment from the United States District Court in the District of Minnesota.
More older adults are living in poverty than Canada’s official numbers suggest, new research warns

2 months ago | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

The official rate of Canadians 65 and older living in poverty is six per cent. But the number could be more than double that, new research warns. Fourteen per cent of Canadians in that age demographic are living in “poverty-level conditions,” according to the “Ageing in Canada” survey released today by the National Institute on Ageing and Environics Institute for Survey Research.
Smaller nursing homes are cropping up across Canada. While experts say they are better for residents and staff, why is Ontario going another route?

Jan 18, 2025 | thespec.com | Moira Welsh

Across Canada provincial governments are building small nursing homes that offer a better quality of life, limit the spread of infections and help retain staff in an industry struggling to find new workers. But Ontario seems to be taking a different route. The province’s ongoing $6.4-billion long-term care expansion is focused on homes with multiple units, each with 32 beds, said a new report from the National Institute on Ageing.
The trauma of serving: Canada’s aging veterans are often troubled and need help they aren’t getting

Nov 7, 2024 | thestar.com | Moira Welsh

In 1988, Michael Briggs was a 20-year-old cadet officer with a combat engineer unit in British Columbia practising road demolition when munitions exploded, killing six soldiers. The force threw Michael 15 metres upward and 30 metres forward. He landed on his left side, injuring his neck, back, teeth and face. He flatlined three times: first, at the scene where soldiers pumped his heart back to life; then in the ambulance; and while getting prepped for surgery.

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16 Feb 25

The latest in the Star’s Third Act series, is this lovely story from Megan O’Toole: She was diagnosed with dementia. Then this 95-year old decided to do something ‘crazy’ – travel the world @NIAgeing https://t.co/xxEwPhHwOi via @torontostar

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Articles

I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

I fact checked what Pierre Poilievre said for a week this election campaign. He has a flair for the dramatic — but here’s how many false claims he made

I fact checked what Jagmeet Singh said for a week during the federal election. Here’s how many false claims he made

The Star is fact checking Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh during the Canadian election. Here’s how it will work

The Star is fact checking Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh during the Canadian election. Here’s how it will work

B.C. man arrested by U.S. authorities for alleged export of ‘millions of dollars’ in goods to restricted military, weapons organizations in Pakistan

More older adults are living in poverty than Canada’s official numbers suggest, new research warns

Smaller nursing homes are cropping up across Canada. While experts say they are better for residents and staff, why is Ontario going another route?

The trauma of serving: Canada’s aging veterans are often troubled and need help they aren’t getting

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