Robert Cribb

Toronto

Staff Reporter at The (Toronto) Star

journalist, author, Investigative Journalism Bureau founder, Haligonian saxophonist, Vancouver Canucks devotee

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Ontario nurses raising alarm over high patient loads that put patients at risk, internal reports reveal

1 month ago | ijb.utoronto.ca | Demar Grant |Blair Bigham |Robert Cribb

By , , Nurses in the Niagara Health System are facing overwhelming patient loads that are undermining care and risk triggering staff burnout, according to internal hospital documents obtained by the Investigative Journalism Bureau. Workload reports filed by front-line nurses repeatedly call for staffing levels like those that have been mandated in other jurisdictions to improve the quality of care.
Ontario nurses raising alarm over high patient loads that put patients at risk, internal reports reveal

1 month ago | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Demar Grant |Blair Bigham

Nurses in the Niagara Health System are facing overwhelming patient loads that are undermining care and risk triggering staff burnout, according to internal hospital documents obtained by the Star and Investigative Journalism Bureau. Workload reports filed by front-line nurses repeatedly call for staffing levels like those that have been mandated in other jurisdictions to improve the quality of care.
Her 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an online predator. Why she and others say Canada isn’t doing enough to protect children using social media

Jan 24, 2025 | hamiltonnews.com | Robert Cribb

When her 13-year-old daughter didn’t show up on the school bus that brought her home everyday, Miranda Jordan-Smith felt frozen in place. “It feels like you’re … out of your body watching some horrific crime show,” recalls the Edmonton mother. Then panic set in, and she started searching. She would not stop until the teen was found a week later in Portland, Ore., where F.B.I. agents stormed the hotel room of her abuser.
Her 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an online predator. Why she and others say Canada isn’t doing enough to protect children using social media

Jan 24, 2025 | thespec.com | Robert Cribb

When her 13-year-old daughter didn’t show up on the school bus that brought her home everyday, Miranda Jordan-Smith felt frozen in place. “It feels like you’re … out of your body watching some horrific crime show,” recalls the Edmonton mother. Then panic set in, and she started searching. She would not stop until the teen was found a week later in Portland, Ore., where F.B.I. agents stormed the hotel room of her abuser.
Enbridge received billions of dollars in green loans tied to curbing its impact on the environment. So why have its emissions grown?

Jan 15, 2025 | thespec.com | Marco Oved |Robert Cribb

Canadian banks proudly tout green finance as a way to nudge the country’s corporate giants toward greater environmental sustainability by linking profits to the fight against climate change. Enbridge, one of North America’s largest fossil fuel companies, has emerged as an enthusiastic recipient of this eco-funding, signing deals worth $7.3 billion since 2021. The only problem: the company’s data shows its planet-warming emissions have increased since that time.
A murder conviction. Sex with an ex-client. Defending residential schools. Critics are alarmed at background of therapists approved for Indigenous mental health program - Investigative Journalism Bureau

Nov 25, 2024 | ijb.utoronto.ca | Wendy-Ann Clarke |Declan Keogh |Robert Cribb |Owen Thompson

By , , , Dr. Oren Amitay has posted online an article defending Indian Residential Schools. The Toronto psychologist has publicly lauded “the facts” of a social media post that claimed reports of Indigenous children’s bodies being buried in unmarked graves were “all a hoax.”He is also approved by the federal government to provide counselling to vulnerable Indigenous patients.
Alleged mafia boss had close ties to Toronto-area real estate developers, wire taps reveal

Nov 21, 2024 | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Brian Fitzpatrick |Jared Ferrie

There was an important real estate deal simmering. But it wasn’t going as planned. Alleged mob boss Angelo Figliomeni and a Toronto-area developer were wrestling with how to handle investors who appeared to be backing out of a $30-million development deal, according to a police summary of the wiretapped July 2019 phone conversation. They appeared to have a plan on how to handle the situation.
An alleged mafia leader has been accused of laundering crime money. Why are these banks still doing business with him?

Nov 19, 2024 | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Jared Ferrie |Brian Fitzpatrick

With Toronto-Dominion Bank already reeling from for conspiracy to commit money laundering, evidence has emerged that the bank continues to do business in Canada with alleged mafia leader Angelo Figliomeni. Property records show that Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank continues to provide financing for Figliomeni on two homes in the Greater Toronto Area. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) also holds two mortgages for Figliomeni.
Canada’s Indigenous mental health program is meant to be a lifeline. Instead, it’s so mired in red tape it seems ‘set up to deter people from accessing’ care

Nov 3, 2024 | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Wendy-Ann Clarke |Declan Keogh

Soon after psychologist Leigh Sheldon opened a mental health clinic in Edmonton in 2021, the desperate calls for help started pouring in. Each call carried an Indigenous voice in crisis. And with each call, Sheldon came to the same depressing realization: the coverage provided by the federal health benefits program for Indigenous people was failing them.
Feds vow to probe findings of Star/IJB/TVO investigation on mental health care for Indigenous people

Nov 3, 2024 | thestar.com | Robert Cribb

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Ontario nurses raising alarm over high patient loads that put patients at risk, internal reports reveal

Ontario nurses raising alarm over high patient loads that put patients at risk, internal reports reveal

Her 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an online predator. Why she and others say Canada isn’t doing enough to protect children using social media

Her 13-year-old daughter was kidnapped by an online predator. Why she and others say Canada isn’t doing enough to protect children using social media

Enbridge received billions of dollars in green loans tied to curbing its impact on the environment. So why have its emissions grown?

A murder conviction. Sex with an ex-client. Defending residential schools. Critics are alarmed at background of therapists approved for Indigenous mental health program - Investigative Journalism Bureau

Alleged mafia boss had close ties to Toronto-area real estate developers, wire taps reveal

An alleged mafia leader has been accused of laundering crime money. Why are these banks still doing business with him?

Canada’s Indigenous mental health program is meant to be a lifeline. Instead, it’s so mired in red tape it seems ‘set up to deter people from accessing’ care

Feds vow to probe findings of Star/IJB/TVO investigation on mental health care for Indigenous people

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