The Centre for Investigative Journalism Award (1986–1990) was given for excellence in investigative journalism by Canadian journalists. It was administered by the Canadian

Centre for Investigative Journalism The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is a British independent charity providing training to journalists, researchers, producers and students in the practice and methodology of investigative journalism. It was incorporated as a Company L ...

(CIJ).

History

Founded in 1978, CIJ began giving the awards in 1986. The inaugural awards had just two categories: ''print'' and ''broadcast''. The categories were refined in 1987 to be ''newspaper'', ''magazine'', ''television'', and ''radio''. The 1990 awards split the ''newspaper'' category into ''open newspaper'' and ''small newspaper'', and the ''radio'' and ''television'' categories were each split into ''network'' and ''regional''. They were the final awards given under the organization's name before it was changed to the

Canadian Association of Journalists The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ; french: Association Canadienne des Journalistes) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that offers advocacy and professional development to journalists across Canada. The CAJ was created to pro ...

(CAJ) the day after the awards ceremony. The CAJ continued giving awards from 1991 onward under its new name.

1986 Awardees

Broadcast

Eric Malling Eric Malling (September 4, 1946 – September 28, 1998) was a Canadian television journalist. Born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan to Danish immigrant John Malling Sorensen. Malling was the only son of a butcher. He graduated from the University ...

, The Fifth Estate ::He was honored for an investigation into the federal government's decision to allow

StarKist StarKist Tuna is a brand of tuna produced by StarKist Co., an American company formerly based in Pittsburgh's North Shore that is now wholly owned by Dongwon Industries of South Korea. It was purchased by Dongwon from the American food manufactur ...

to ship cans of tainted tuna from its

Saint Andrews, New Brunswick Saint Andrews (2016 population: 1,786) is a town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. The historic town is a national historic site of Canada, bearing many characteristics of a typical 18th century British colonial settlement, includin ...

. Fisheries minister

John Fraser John Fraser may refer to: Politics *John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was (M.P.) for Inverness-shire *John James Fraser (1829–1896), 5th Premier of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, 18 ...

resigned as a consequence of the report, and millions of cans of tuna were recalled. ::Video: :
"Product of Canada"
September 17, 1985 * Honorable Mention: Pierre Leduc, ''

CFCF-TV CFCF-DT (channel 12) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Noovo flagship CFJP-DT (channel 35). Both stations share studios at ...

'' ::He was honored for a story about a vendetta against a lawyer in

Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...

, Quebec, by other lawyers.

Print

* Kevin Cavanagh, Michael Clarkson, Doug Herod, and Kevin McMahon, '' St. Catharines Standard'' ::They were honored for a series of articles on the mass arrest of 32 men who were charged with committing sex offenses in a washroom at a shopping mall in St. Catharines, Ontario. The St. Catharines police department changed its procedures for handling such offenses as a result of the series. * Honorable Mention: Brian Power and Nicole Parton, ''

The Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published si ...

'' ::They were honored for a story about a yougurt-like milk culture sold as a cancer and cosmetic treatment. ::Story: :
"U.S. pyramid fleece hits city"
July 26, 1985 * Honorable Mention: Linda Diebel, ''

Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

'' ::She was honored for a story on Canadian banks involved in

money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions ...

in the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

. ::Story: :
"Bahamians ask probe of Canada's banks and drugs"
October 22, 1985 * Honorable Mention: Elaine Dewar, ''

Canadian Business ''Canadian Business'' is the longest-publishing business magazine based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and founded in 1927. The print edition terminated in the end of 2016. Beginning in January 2017, the magazine was published online only. In Octob ...

'' ::She was honored for her series on Unicorp's takeover of Union Enterprises. * Honorable Mention:

Kate Dunn Kate name may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kate (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Gyula Káté (born 1982), Hungarian amateur boxer * Lauren Kate (born 1981), American auth ...

, ''

Calgary Herald The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The ...

'' ::She was honored for a story on a scam arising from federal scientific research tax credits. ::Story: :
"At one time, Albion boss 'was on the street'"
June 22, 1985 * Horoable Mention: Jock Furguson, ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'' ::He was honored for a series on pollution in Sarnia, Ontario.

1987–1989 Awardees

Magazine

* 1987: Carolyn Walton, ''

Harrowsmith ''Harrowsmith Country Life'' was a magazine that explored and showcased country living. Originally called ''Harrowsmith'', the magazine was heralded as a back-to-the-land and environmental issues platform. In 1976, founder James M. Lawrence cut ...

'' ::She was honored for her story on the dangers of a fungus found in many older Canadian homes. ::Article: :
"Bucolic Plague"
March–April 1986 * 1988: Paul McKay, ''

'' ::He was honored for a report on Canadian and U.S. wildlife officers pursuing a fictitious

falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons ...

smuggling ring in the

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

. ::Article: :
"Operation Falcon"
November–December 1987 * 1988 Honorable Mention: Michael Webster, ''

'' ::He was honored for an article on

lawsuits - A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term "suit in law" is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today. The term "lawsuit" is used in reference to a civil acti ...

related to odor problems on farms. ::Article: :
"Law and Odour"
January–February 1987 * 1988 Honorable Mention:

Andrew Nikiforuk Andrew Nikiforuk (born 1955) is a Canadian journalist and author. His writing has appeared in many outlets, including '' Saturday Night'', ''Maclean's'', ''Alberta Views'', '' Alternatives Journal'', and national newspapers. He has won multiple Nat ...

, '' Saturday Night'' ::He was honored for a report on labor unrest in

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

during the Gainer's strike. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Stephen Kimber and Kelly Shiers, ''Cities Magazine'' (

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

) ::They were honored for a story about a botched search in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

for a little boy lost in the woods. * 1989:

, '' Report on Business'' ::He was honored for an article on the decline of the prairie wheat economy.

Newspaper

* 1987: David Prosser and Ian Hamilton, ''

The Kingston Whig-Standard ''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...

'' ::They were honored for their stories about five Soviet

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

deserters they interviewed in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

who were being held captive by rebel Afghan forces, the soldier's petition for asylum in Canada, and the aborted mission to rescue them. The reporters worked with the Department of External Affairs and International Trade to liberate the soldiers and bring them to Canada, and delayed publication of their stories until the soldiers were safe. ::Stories in Series: :
"How bid to save six Soviet POWs in Afghanistan turned into fiasco"
printed in '' The Leader Post'' on April 21, 1986 :
"Why bid to save Soviet PoWs failed"
printed in ''The Leader-Post'' on April 22, 1986 * 1987 Honorable Mention: Andrew McIntosh, ''

'' ::He was honored for a five-part series descriing the politics and costs of picking a federal prison site in Prime Minister Brian Mulrooney's riding. * 1987 Honorable Mention: Andre Noel, '' La Presse'' ::He was honored for a report comparing the academic performance of students in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

and their counterparts in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. * 1987 Honorable Mention: Reporting staff of the ''

Star-Phoenix ''The StarPhoenix'' is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network. The ''StarPhoenix'' puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly, ''Bridges''. It is also part of the canada.com ...

'', including Verne Clemence, Earl Fowler, Deanna Herman, Kim Humphries, Gerry Klein, Daryl Oshanek,

Bill Peterson William E. Peterson (May 15, 1920 – August 5, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. His career included head coaching stops at Florida State University, Rice University and with the Houston Oilers of ...

, Sheila Robertson, Lorraine Stewart, Gary Taljit, Clarence Trotchie, Kathryn Warden, Peter Wilson, and Dave Yanko ::They were honored for their stories on the poor living conditions of the native population in

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

, Saskatchewan. ::Special Report: :
"Natives in Saskatoon: A People Apart"
October 7, 1986 * 1988:

Jock Ferguson John Ferguson (September 17, 1887 – September 19, 1973) was a football (soccer) Defender (association football), full back. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England, then the United States. He earned one cap (sports), cap with ...

and Paul Taylor, ''

'' ::They were honored for a report alleging secret financial transactions between

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

municipal politicians, lawyers, and developers. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Peter Moon, ''

'' ::He was honored for a report on Canadian lawbreakers on St. Kitts. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Neil Macdonald, ''

The Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newsp ...

'' ::He was honored for a report on problems within the

Canadian Security Intelligence Service The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, ; french: Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité, ''SCRS'') is Canada's primary national intelligence agency. It is responsible for collecting, analysing, reporting and disseminating int ...

. ::Story: :
"CSIS: Making a cop into a spy just doesn't fly"
July 4, 1987 * 1988 Honorable Mention: Stevie Cameron, ''

'' :: She was honored for a story on the amounts the PC Canada fund paid for decorating the prime minister's residence. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Claude Arpin, ''

The Gazette The Gazette (stylized as the GazettE), formerly known as , is a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band, formed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa in early 2002.''Shoxx'' Vol 106 June 2007 pg 40-45 The band is currently signed to Sony Music Recor ...

'' ::He was honored for his account of real estate

flipping Flipping is a term used to describe purchasing a revenue-generating asset and quickly reselling (or "flipping") it for profit. Within the real estate industry, the term is used by investors to describe the process of buying, rehabbing, and sell ...

that greatly increased the price of an Oerlikon Aerospace land purchase. The day after the story was published, Prime Minister Brian Mulrooney fired André Bissonnette, the minister of small business, and ordered the

RCMP The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal and national police service of Canada. As poli ...

to open an investigation because of the suspicious timing of the transactions relative to Oerlikon being awarded a government contract. ::Story: :
"How real-estate 'flip' forced up firm's cost for land"
January 17, 1987 * 1989: Jock Furguson and Dawn King, ''

'' ::They were honored for an eight-part series examining the links between municipal politicians and developers in a Toronto suburb. ::Series: :::"Behind the Boom – the Story of York Region" * 1989 Honorable Mention: Bob Sarti,

Chris Rose Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971) is an American sportscaster for the NFL Network. He is also a commentator for the Discovery Channel series ''BattleBots'' and podcast host for Jomboy Media. Early life and career Rose, who was born and r ...

, and Kim Pemberton, ''

'' ::They were honored for a story about a three month investigation into links between Vancouver barber Gilbert Paul Jordan and the alcohol-relate deaths of at least nine native women he got drunk for sexual gratification. Jordan was convicted of manslaughter the day before the series was published, and later sentenced to 15 years. ::Series: :::"Death by Alcohol", October 22, 1988 ::Stories in Series: :
"Race bias charged in Jordan case"
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"A life of empty bottles"
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"A life on the wrong side of the law"
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"Crimes and Punishment"
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"5 years of violence in Prince George"
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"He's the scariest man I've ever met, prosecutor says"
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"Bodies in the barbershop"
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"Drinking party leads to suspect"
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"Alcohol as a lethal weapon: a legal first in Canada?"
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"She's just the cleaning lady"
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"Down the hatch, honey"
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"The better side of a bad man"
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Radio

* 1987: Larry Powell, ''

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

'' ::He was honored for a story about a government and industry coverup of

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

spills at

Wollaston Lake Wollaston Lake is a lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is northeast of Prince Albert. With a surface area of (excluding islands; if islands are included), it is the largest bifurcation lake in the world – that is, a lake tha ...

in northern

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

. * 1988:

Martha Honey Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא‎) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to J ...

, '' Sunday Morning'' ::She was honored for her report on the "drugs for guns" scandal in the

Iran–Contra affair The Iran–Contra affair ( fa, ماجرای ایران-کنترا, es, Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran), or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States ...

. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Stephen Wadhams, '' Sunday Morning'' ::He was honored for a story on Canadian servicemen held in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

and French

prisoners of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold priso ...

who were never recognized by the Canadian government. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Susan Cardinal, '' Sunday Morning'' ::She was honored for a vivid chronicle of an

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

patient's final six months of life.

Television

* 1987: Pierre Leduc, ''

'' ::He was honored for a story on industrial accidents in

resulting from poor labor safety standards enforcement.' * 1988: Brian Stewart, '' The Journal'' ::He was honored for his ground breaking report on the

Air India Flight 182 Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal–London–Delhi–Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, it was operated using Boeing 747-237B registered ''VT-EFO''. It disintegrated in mid-air en route from Montreal to Lond ...

crash. * 1988 Honorable Mention: Pierre Leduc, ''

'' ::He was honored for a story on Barney Senez's 21-year solo fight against corruption. * 1988 Honorable Mention: 24-hour investigative team at '' CBC Winnipeg'' ::They were honored for a story showing that the government's new penalties for drunk driving were not working.

1990 Awardees

Magazine

and Ed Struzik, '' Report on Business'' ::Story: :::"The Great Forest Sell-Off"

Network Radio

* Penny Clark,

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, '' Quirks and Quarks'' ::Story: :::"The Race Science of Philippe Rushton"

Open Newspaper

* Linda McQuaig, ''

'' ::She was honored for stories about the Patti Starr affair.

Regional Radio

* Bill Smith and Peter Puxley, ''

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'' ::Story: :::"A Room with No Doors"

Small Newspaper

* Philip Lee, Michael Harris, and the Staff of ''

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'' ::They were awarded for investigating sexual abuse at

Mount Cashel Orphanage The Mount Cashel Orphanage, known locally as the Mount Cashel Boys' Home, was a boys' orphanage located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The orphanage was operated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, and became infamous for ...

. ::Story: :::"Unheard Cries: The Burial of Sexual Abuse at Mt. Cashel Orphanage"

Network Television

, Sarah Spinks, and Cathy Forrest, '' The Fifth Estate'' ::They were honored for a report on Saskatchewan's Bosco Homes for troubeled children.

Regional Television

* '' BCTV'' ::Story: :::"Knight Street Pub Controversy"

References

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