The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "CBC News" ...
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Scout's Honor
An investigation of the issue of sexual abuse inside Boy Scouts organizations both in Canada and the United States. CBC News and The LA Times uncovered that nearly 80 Boy Scout leaders have been convicted of sex related crimes since the 1950s.
Tags: Sexual Abuse; Boy Scouts; CBC News; The Los Angeles Times; 1950s
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Kaboom, Kaboom Again, News story
The Canadian hockey association had dropped a 20 year ban on body checking in hockey. This would have affected quite a few children. Since this had to do with serious injuries CBC's Mark Kelley investigated this issue. The ban was lifted after university studies Cconcluded that leagues that did not ban body checking also had a high spate of injuries. Mark Kelley's investigations proved that these studies were indeed wrong and challenged the lifting of the ban.
Tags: ban on body checking; university studied proved false; university studies proved wrong; ice hockey; hockey; Canadian hockey; sports injuries
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Getting Away with Murder
A six-month investigation by CBC News revealed that "65 young men were killed in a gang war that started in 1990 and was escalating." Until then, police had said there were 50 gang-related murders, most of them unsolved. By building a database, CBC News discovered that many of the killings were linked "in a complex web of revenge, retaliation and contract killings."
Tags: murder; gang war; Canada; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; police; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Canada Pension Disability: A Right? Or A Fight?
CBC Radio News reports on the difficulty of getting a Canada disability pension and what some people were or were not doing to get one. The story got started with a tip about the high number of people rejected for a disability pension and after further checking it became clear that there were many problems with Canada's pension disability system.
Tags: Canada; Toronto; Disability; pension; rejection; private insurer; CD; RADIO; transcript
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Seifert: Beat of Bolzano
CBC News investigates Michael Seifert, a Vancouver man charged with war crimes in Italy during World War II. Seifert has so far managed to avoid being deported to Italy to stand trial for the crimes that happened fifty years ago, including murder, rape and torture.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; war crimes
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Legault
CBC News investigates the case of Alex Legault, an American fugitive living in Montreal. Wanted for fraud in Florida, Texas and Louisiana, Legault has fought extradition for 18 years. Legault's companies are also under investigation for fraud.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; crime; deportation; fraud
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The Road to Racak
CBC Radio News investigated the "January 15, 1999 massacre of Kosovar Albanians in the village of Racak. the discovery of dozens of bodies lying slaughtered in a village ravine was widely viewed as 'The Event' which triggered NATO's intervention in Kosovo. The documentary aimed to investigate the many suspicious questions surrounding the massacre, reconstruct the events leading up to it and assess the extent to which the massacre was 'orchestrated' as a means of precipitating NATO's intervention."
Tags: CASSETTE TAPE; Kosovo; Racak; NATO
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Poisoned on the Job
CBC News reports "a story about transit workers in the small Alberta city of Medicine Hat who say they are sick because they were exposed to dangerous levels of methanol during a federally funded test project of the alternative fuel. Methyl alcohol is highly toxic, but the workers were told it was 'environmentally friendly.' A report from an internal investigation confirmed the workers were exposed to excessive levels of the chemical for years as they worked in clothes soaked with the fuel and breathed formaldehyde fumes produced by incomplete combustion. Today, the workers say they suffer from chemical sensitivities because of their exposure. Alberta's Workers' Compensation Board has rejected their claims...."
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1993 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape
The 1993 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape is a compilation of 5 investigative stories. 1.) "Crossing the Line," by 5th Estate, Canadian Broadcasting Company. CBC reveals how women athletes face a lifetime of sexual harassment from male coaches in sports clubs, universities and national teams who demand intimate relations after coaching them to success. See#9984. 2.) "Sewage Sludge," KGTV, San Diego uncovers the illegal dumping of processed human waste onto farmers fields. The stories exposed dangers to human health and the incompetence of city officials. See # 9635. 3.) "Dionne Warwick," Day One, ABC News reveals how the foundation started by Dionne Warwick raised millions of dollars for AIDS research but through mismanagement and extravagant expenses very little went to the charities.The foundation eventually closed its doors with huge debts and 62 creditors. See # 9760. 4.) "In Our Children's Food," Frontline PBS and WGBH, Boston explores the risks of agricultural pesticides and the failure of the government to certify the risks of a number of pesticides which are in widespread use. An investigation finds that the suppression and politicization of a key report about the toxic risks to children. See # 9886. 5.) "Autistic Abuse / Silent Victims," Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) Alberta News exposes the abuse of autism patients at a special government-funded home; finds secret documents that indicate government agencies knew of the abuse but didn't act. Authorities closed the home the day after the story ran. See # 9632.
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IRE Feed 2 "Award Finalist"
A compilation of 11 stories. 1.) "Airport Security" WCPO, Cincinnati, No criminal background checks for airport workers and other violations of security rules. 2.) "Too Young to Die" KCBS, Los Angeles, The National Cancer Institute stopped recommending that women get mammograms, causing uninsured women to die early deaths. 3.) "Ford Height Four" WMAQ, Chicago, Were four black men wrongly convicted of robbery, rape, and murder, because police withheld information and a key witness lied? A killer confesses. 4.) "Sexual Predators" WLTV, Jacksonville, A law drops some sexual predators from the public list. 5.) "Shooters" WAGA, Atlanta, Convenience stores selling shooters, a brown bag full of everything you need to smoke crack, but the crack. 6.) "Cleaner Gasoline" KGO, San Francisco, The Air Resources Board threw out data that shows a news gas could make your car catch fire. 7.) "The Business of Charity" WRAL, Raleigh, Sales of donated clothes by non-profit organizations equals big money. 8.) "Stolen Dreams" News 12 Long Island, Salesmen stealing pension and retirement dreams. 9.) "Chemical Reaction" WXYZ, Detroit, Did General Motors protect it's workers from deadly and unhealthy chemicals? 10.) "Conspiracy of Silence" CBC, Alberta, Workers denied their workers compensation. 11.) "Nursing Homes: Care and Crisis" WDIV, Detroit, Bed sores, neglect and more.
Tags: TAPE; WCPO; KCBS; WMAQ; WLTV; WAGA; KGO; WRAL; News 12 Long Island; WXYZ; CBC; WDIV.