Declan Keogh
About Declan Keogh
Declan Keogh is the an award-winning journalist and senior reporter at the Investigative Journalism Bureau. His work has appeared in a number of publications, including CBC, Global News, the National Observer, NOW Magazine and the Toronto Star. He is also a gold-medal graduate of the Toronto Metropolitan School of Journalism. Before becoming a journalist, he built houses and travelled the world playing music in a DIY punk band.
‘I thought I was safe’: Federal government’s radon advice creates a false sense of security
Canada's radon guideline is twice that of the World Health Organization, a disparity that has created a false sense of security for millions of Canadians who are unwittingly breathing in dangerous radon levels that claim lives.
Across North America, climate change is disrupting a generation's mental health
Climate change-induced angst is helping fuel growing youth mental health instability across North America, according to a cross-border investigation involving more than 70 journalists, academics and students across Canada and the U.S.
Ford Government cuts Ontario paramedic services
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott's office is insisting that "no paramedic in Ontario will lose their job" as a result of a plan by Premier Doug Ford to slash paramedic services across the province.
Ford government cuts legal support for refugees and immigrants
The Ford government's budget proposal to cut financial support for people who need legal services is the largest cut of its kind and will result in the elimination of many provincial legal services for refugees and immigrants.
Ford government slashes legal aid and money for crime victims
Ontario residents who need a lawyer but cannot afford one may soon be affected by dramatic cuts announced on Thursday in the Ford government's first budget. This is among a series of sweeping changes that the government says is part of "modernizing" the justice system and saving money.
Doug Ford slashes Indigenous Affairs budget and pursues Ring of Fire
Efforts to exploit mineral resources in the Ring of Fire region has been fraught with controversy and opposition, as First Nations communities assert jurisdiction over traditional territory and raise concerns about the use of land and risk of water contamination.
'Numbers you can trust,' Ontario’s finance minister says of first budget
The 2019 budget forecasts that Ontario’s public account will not reach balance until 2023–24, one year earlier than the prior Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne had proposed but beyond the current term of the government’s mandate, breaking one of Ford’s key election promises.