Emma McIntosh
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About Emma McIntosh
Emma McIntosh has covered environment, energy and national news. She covered misinformation and disinformation in the 2019 federal election. She has reported for StarMetro Calgary, the Toronto Star and the Calgary Herald as well as Canada's National Observer. A former Seattle-ite and dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Emma graduated from Ryerson University's undergraduate journalism program in 2018.
She has focused on investigative journalism since 2017. Emma also covered the Alberta provincial election in April 2019. Projects she's worked on have been shortlisted for multiple national awards, including a National Newspaper Award, the Canadian Hillman Prize and CJF Jackman Award for Excellence.
Ontario takes over long-term care homes after 'gut-wrenching' army report
Premier Doug Ford refused calls to fire his long-term care minister Wednesday. Under fire from the Opposition NDP for cutting long-term care funding and scaling back inspections, Ford blamed the COVID-19 crisis in long-term care on long-standing issues with the system.
Military report finds gruesome conditions, abuse inside 5 Ontario long-term care homes
A report released publicly Tuesday details a long list of horrors found at five COVID-19-stricken long-term care homes. Premier Doug Ford says criminal charges are possible, while the Ontario NDP are calling for the resignation of Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton.
Canadian cleantech pushes to be part of COVID-19 recovery
As Canada continues to battle COVID-19, calls for a green recovery are growing. "We can use this moment to start building an innovative, sustainable, inclusive and resilient national economy," said Jim Balsillie, chair and co-founder of the Council of Canadian Innovators.
Ontario sees spike in COVID-19 cases, testing lags again
What's behind this week's “little surge” in COVID-19 cases in Ontario? Premier Doug Ford has said if cases don't begin to decline again soon, he may have to reintroduce restrictions.
Rebuild the economy with green innovation, cleantech companies urge
More than 200 organizations representing more than 2,000 green companies have signed onto Resilient Recovery. “Done right, stimulus and recovery efforts can achieve multiple things,” said Sarah Petrevan, a policy director at Clean Energy Canada.
Greens question Ford government's pause on environmental oversight
"I’m concerned that the government could be using the COVID crisis to undermine environmental protections," Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said in question period Wednesday. In response, Environment Minister Jeff Yurek accused Schreiner of "playing politics" and not supporting businesses.
Environmental group urges Ontario to undo COVID-19 environmental rollbacks
The suspension of environmental protection rules allows the government to make changes that don’t relate to the pandemic without telling the public. It has already been used to allow industry to delay reporting their greenhouse gas emissions.
You can go shopping in Ontario on Tuesday, but you can't visit family
The first phase of Ontario's pandemic reopening plan begins Tuesday, but officials are still asking the public to maintain physical distancing. "I just ask, hang in there a little bit longer," Premier Doug Ford said.
Court overturns Ontario government's cancellation of wind farm
Environment Minister Jeff Yurek lacked the legal authority to cancel the Nation Rise wind farm and either ignored or misunderstood key evidence, the Ontario Superior Court ruled. “This decision does not meet the requirements of transparency, justification and intelligibility," the decision said.
COVID-19 outbreak from the oilsands has spread across the country
Outbreaks linked to the Kearl Lake project in northern Alberta have killed two Indigenous elders in northern Saskatchewan, and infected a B.C. long-term care home. Critics say the Alberta government should have restricted fly-in work weeks ago.