Geoff Leo

Ethics experts say Canadians should think twice about becoming research participants, because the federal body that holds universities accountable to ethical standards has no jurisdiction over privately funded studies.

In early 2022, Dennis Fitzpatrick, the board chair of the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), raised concerns about possible conflicts of interest involving the organization's president and CEO, Mike Crabtree. Shortly after raising the concerns, Fitzpatrick was fired by SRC minister Jeremy Harrison.

A Saskatchewan government funded report analyzing the costs and benefits of the proposed Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project reveals it is a risky venture that offers, at best, modest gains, according to economists who reviewed the report for CBC.

For three decades, Roland Crowe and about 45 other private citizens in Piapot First Nation have been leasing much of that land to non-Indigenous farmers — and personally pocketing the money.

The federal body that funds research in Canada is set to launch a pilot project aimed at ensuring that grants and jobs meant for Indigenous people go to genuine Indigenous people.

The DNA test was referenced in an agreed-upon statement issued late last week, in which the Law Society of B.C. reprimanded Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and fined her $10,000, after she admitted she had made a series of false public claims about her accomplishments and history.

CBC has confirmed the identities of some of the people behind a secretive organization that says it’s targeting the “radical left” in Regina’s upcoming municipal election — three men with significant ties to the federal Conservative Party and the Saskatchewan Party.

About a decade ago, a U.S. brainwave scientist got permission to experiment on Canadian Indigenous children in an attempt to cure them of their traumas. The project was supported by the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division after the study received ethics approval from the University of Regina.

The federal agencies that fund research in Canada are taking steps to stamp out Indigenous identity fraud in an effort to ensure that funding intended for Indigenous researchers goes to genuine Indigenous people.

Tim Reid, the president and CEO of the Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. (REAL), admits his private consulting firm is putting him in a conflict of interest, but says he has disclosed it to the REAL board, which is handling the matter appropriately.