Riley Sparks
Reporter | Toronto
About Riley Sparks
Riley Sparks is a multimedia reporter based in Toronto. He has produced videos for The Globe and Mail, worked as a digital journalist and overseas freelancer for the Toronto Star and covered city news for the Montreal Gazette.
Two Canadian billionaires as wealthy as almost a third of Canadians, Oxfam reports
Two people in Canada are as wealthy as the poorest 30 per cent of Canadians, a new study on income inequality from Oxfam has found.
NEB seeking feedback on tightening pipeline emergency plan requirements
The embattled National Energy Board has proposed new rules requiring pipeline operators to provide more information about how they would respond to emergencies.
EXCLUSIVE: NEB assigns recused Energy East panel members to new TransCanada-owned file
Weeks after recusing themselves from the federal review of TransCanada's Energy East project, two National Energy Board members were back on the job, reviewing another TransCanada-linked project.
New legal challenge aims to shut down Energy East hearings before they restart
Less than 24 hours after Canada's federal pipeline regulator named a new Energy East hearing panel, an environmental group in northern Ontario is trying to shut it down.
First Nations sue in stand against TransCanada northern pipeline
Two First Nations in Northern Ontario are going to court to block work on a section of TransCanada pipeline which passes through their territories.
Support journalism, Meryl Streep tells Golden Globes audience
“We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every outrage," Streep said at the Golden Globes on Sunday.