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A non-partisan, equal-opportunity scandal

A non-partisan, equal-opportunity scandal

Freedom-of-information laws are imperfect, but they're also fundamental to investigative reporting — and in Ontario's case, they've revealed some of...

14.03.2026 8

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?

The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's...

03.01.2026 60

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

How National Observer made a difference in 2025

As editor-in-chief, I believe you have a right to know how we’ve spent your dollars. But how to quantify impact when so much of what we do happens...

31.12.2025 20

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

A letter from Jimmy Thomson on impact

As editor-in-chief, I believe you have a right to know how we’ve spent your dollars. But how to quantify impact when so much of what we do happens...

17.12.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

Something Amazing

09.12.2025 5

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

This LNG project sounds familiar — and not in a good way

More than a century ago, Prince Rupert, BC was poised to become the hub of the Pacific, thanks to a megaproject with eerie similarities to what's...

15.11.2025 9

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids

For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in...

31.10.2025 7

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

With his ‘despicable’ RCMP rant, Pierre Poilievre is cementing his Daffy Duck status

The next test of the Bugs-Daffy dichotomy in Canada will be whether Carney can outwit Poilievre to pass his budget and remain in power. Heading up a...

25.10.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

CNO's new tool showed me how Ontario is responding to Ford’s speed camera ban

Councillors from across Ontario are fretting about the speed camera ban and what it will mean for public safety and local funding. As a former local...

16.10.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

Paris paved the parking lot, and put up the pyramids

Paris has become a cycling paradise, joining other European cities in prioritizing active transportation. But it would be a mistake to assume this is...

22.09.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

Inside Transport Canada's pointless coverup

What an Access to Information request into a weeks-long runaround to dodge a simple answer to a question about a North Atlantic right whale...

30.08.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

A decade of climate truth-telling—help us continue the work

05.05.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

The government should dismantle Tesla in Canada

Canada won't be subsidizing Teslas for the foreseeable future. That should just be the first step.

29.03.2025 9

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

The journalist-arresting RCMP can't be trusted to accredit media

There is possibly no single body worse suited to deciding who is and is not a journalist than the RCMP. I would trust nine strangers at a bar to know...

03.03.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

Local climate solutions will rise as national leaders retreat

Thankfully, local governments, First Nations, and civil society are picking up some of the slack where they can. Toronto is fighting tooth and nail...

21.01.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson

This is why I investigate environmental injustice

I can still taste the fog that wafted over Pictou County, Nova Scotia. As a little kid, I didn’t know what it was but I did know what it was called:...

10.01.2025 10

National Observer

Jimmy Thomson