Rachel Ward

Alberta

Investigative Journalist at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Investigative journalist with @cbcfifth. Tips to [email protected]

Articles

Call For Evidence On Equality Law Changes

1 week ago | mondaq.com | Carolyn Soakell |Rachel Ward

The government has opened a call for evidence about reforms toequality law, which includes proposals on extending equal payclaims to cover ethnicity and disability and the introduction ofcombined discrimination. Alongside the progress of the Employment Rights Bill throughParliament, the UK government is beginning to look at a package ofemployment law reforms related to equality.
Woman dug through dog vomit to find man's toes to sell

1 month ago | thenewdaily.com.au | Melissa Meehan |Rachel Ward

A woman who took human toes from dog vomit to sell them on an online black market has avoided jail “by the barest of possible margins” for her macabre crime. A Melbourne court was told Joanna Kathlyn Kinman collected bizarre items and previously sold stillborn pets through the “Bone Buddies Australia” Facebook group. She was employed at a Victorian animal shelter as a ranger when two dogs regurgitated the toes and other remains in February 2024.
A shadow war on libraries

Feb 7, 2025 | cbc.ca | Grant LaFleche |Rachel Ward |Mark Kelley

Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
BCCA Meeting Addresses Parking Limitations, Speeding, Lanark Road, and More

Jan 27, 2025 | rockawave.com | Rachel Ward

The Broad Channel Civic Association (BCCA) held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, where locals started off discussing issues surrounding parking limitations due to the installation of new shuttle bus stops. The bus stops have been placed on East 7th Road to replace A train and shuttle train routes during the temporary shutdown of the train lines. The removal of spaces impacts parking for many homes along Cross Bay Boulevard.
Breezy Point Man Dies Six Months After Road Rage Hit-And-Run

Jan 9, 2025 | rockawave.com | John Schilling |Rachel Ward

After lying in a coma for nearly six months, a Breezy Point man succumbed to his injuries sustained from a hit-and-run incident just two blocks away from his home on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, the NYPD announced last month. According to the NYPD, officers from the 100th Precinct responded to a 911 call of “a person struck” near Beach 208 Street and Rockaway Point Boulevard at approximately 5:24 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2024.
RCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters

Nov 15, 2024 | cbc.ca | Rachel Ward |Steven D'Souza |Andrew Culbert |Daysha Tatya Loppie

Sitting in an interview room in a southern Alberta RCMP detachment, Tony Olienick looked calm. He stretched his legs as he casually told a police investigator what he thought should happen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "He needs to be tried for treason," Olienick said between bites of dinner. "If he's proven guilty, like we know he is, hang him – and get back to how it should be."But Trudeau wasn't the one facing trial.
More than 1,500 students enrolled in a free TAFE plumbing course - just 18 finished in a dire sign for Australia's attempt to build more houses

May 29, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Rachel Ward |Pranav Harish

Just one per cent of people studying plumbing at TAFE finished their free course but the Victorian government claims many took up apprenticeships instead. Just 18 of 1,514 students enrolled in the certificate IV in plumbing and services in 2019 and 2020 completed their course, according to data obtained by the state opposition under Freedom of Information laws.
Once-celebrated P.E.I. apple orchard faces no sanctions despite foreign worker abuse claims

Mar 15, 2024 | cbc.ca | Steven D’Souza |Rachel Ward |Satbir Singh Aulakh |Andrew Culbert

When it broke ground on Prince Edward Island in 2014, Canadian Nectar Products had former high-profile politicians pitching a company with the potential to bring jobs and people to the small province. It had a lofty goal: transform an island known for potatoes into the apple-growing capital of the world, as the local newspaper reported. Former B.C. Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal and former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps had shares in the business.
Aussies' Google searches reveal the biggest sports stories and stars of 2023 - and it's bad news for the NRL and AFL | Daily Mail Online

Dec 11, 2023 | dailymail.co.uk | Rachel Ward

A quick look at the most popular entrees on the world's biggest search engine makes great reading for fans of the Matildas - but definitely not for diehards who love local footy codes.
Used EV batteries for on-site energy storage

Jul 25, 2023 | springwise.com | Rachel Ward

Spotted: When it comes to on-site renewable energy, a key challenge facing many businesses is that sources such as solar and wind are intermittent, generating power only when the sun shines and the wind blows. Energy-storage solutions are therefore crucial for ensuring sufficient power is available when it’s needed most. Enter Connected Energy, a UK startup that has created E-STOR, a commercial-scale, energy-storage system that leverages 24 second-life Renault EV batteries.