Wendy-Ann Clarke

When fertility doctors face potential disciplinary action, it's not easy for patients to find out

'Outrageous' egg-freezing costs force some women to take drastic steps for pregnancy

How successful is egg freezing? Fertility clinics don't have to say

At age 29, Lianne Wing-Martins began thinking seriously about having a baby. She’d been hearing about egg freezing for years, through social media and advertising by celebrities who made it seem like a viable plan to ensure a future family. Single and not quite ready to have children, Wing-Martins visited her family doctor in April […]

'It was a roller coaster': One woman's $17,000 egg-freezing journey

The treatment meant to save Niibin Pahpeguish’s life began to feel like a prison. After almost a decade battling an addiction that began with prescribed painkillers and later escalated to street opioids, she entered a treatment program in 2009. There, at a facility in Brantford, Ont., she was put on methadone, a drug prescribed to […]

Many staff inside the country’s leading mental health institution say they are suffering their own trauma from a toxic workplace rife with discrimination and bullying. Anonymous employee feedback from health-care providers at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) include widespread staff complaints about a work culture they say left them with mental health challenges including […]

When this podcast project began, I knew right away I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to join a team that was raising awareness and doing something about a crisis most people still don’t understand.

Ontario First Nations leaders are demanding federal politicians commit to reforming what they call a failing national program to support mental health in their communities.  In a report released Tuesday, the Chiefs of Ontario — which represents the leadership of 133 First Nations across the province — outlined federal election priorities which include pressing all […]

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 […]

Concerns over Canada’s mental healthcare system for Indigenous people living in Canada sparked a two-year investigation conducted by the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), TVO and the Toronto Star. Mind Games examines alleged failings of mental health services provided to Indigenous and Inuit communities, including red tape, long wait times, and cultural insensitivity Through personal stories […]

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. The Non-Insured […]

Still on a high from wins at the Canadian Screen Awards in late May, the newest member to the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB), Ryan McMahon, says joining the newsroom feels like the natural next step in his evolution as a storyteller. McMahon’s docuseries Thunder Bay earned three nominations, taking home awards for best factual series […]

In Cat Lake First Nation, there’s only ever enough money to build three new houses a year. For the community of 680 people northwest of Sioux Lookout, Ont., the level of federal infrastructure funding doesn’t come close to addressing the community’s long-standing struggles with housing disrepair, overcrowding and mould, says chief Russell Wesley. New housing […]