Sylvène Gilchrist
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Sylvène Gilchrist
@sylveneg.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist with @CBC -
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After Ontario replaced the Endangered Species Act, ministry biologists were told they couldn't review developers' plans.

We found that over 12 have since left, feeling their jobs "stopped feeling meaningful."

Here's our latest investigation:
thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endan... #onpoli
Inside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act
thenarwhal.ca
September 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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BREAKING:

After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back.

And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post.

They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately.

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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The transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad's government fell.
Lebanon hands former Syrian army general to Damascus after arrest warrant
The transfer is the first from Lebanon involving a Syrian military officer who fled after al-Assad's government fell.
www.aljazeera.com
August 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

(Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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The complaints cite a ProPublica report detailing how CBS and Paramount have for years given FCC commissioners luxury gala tickets, which the commissioners accepted even as the FCC was reviewing or about to review major Paramount business decisions.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about…
www.propublica.org
August 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find reut.rs/4g1tPNO
EXCLUSIVE: Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find
United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a U.S. military contractor's business network transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report due to be published in September.
reut.rs
July 29, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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Après le retour de la Russie à la Biennale de Venise, l’Union européenne supprime sa subvention de 2 millions d’euros
Après le retour de la Russie à la Biennale de Venise, l’Union européenne supprime sa subvention de 2 millions d’euros
Le pavillon russe, fermé depuis 2022 et l’invasion en Ukraine, a fait son retour lors de l’édition 2026 de ce grand rendez-vous de l’art contemporain dans le monde. En réaction, l’UE a annoncé, mardi, qu’elle coupait sa subvention.
l.liberation.fr
July 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Coupe du monde : comment les Bleus se sont retrouvés dans des avions aussi utilisés par l’ICE pour expulser des migrants

➡️ CheckNews: https://l.liberation.fr/Ixa
July 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration shared confidential information with Tehran about Iranian asylum seekers as it worked to deport them from the United States, putting them at risk of “persecution, torture, and death following their arrival in Iran.” https://cnn.it/4ybCQLn
July 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:
June 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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The @citizenlab.ca has analyzed suspicious emails sent to ICIJ reporters and other messages sent by ICIJ impersonators to targets in Asia, Europe and the United States.

Their recent report details the findings, one year after #ChinaTargets was published.
Phony whistleblowers, fake journalists and cyber spies: ICIJ network targeted after China Targets probe  - ICIJ
Shortly after publication, a slew of fake ICIJ reporters approached journalists, Taiwanese officials, and human rights advocates seeking sensitive data. With Citizen Lab, we investigated.
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June 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed.

"These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."
June 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...
June 3, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Scott Pelley exits with integrity in tact.

Well done.
BREAKING: CBS News has terminated 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley's contract following his vocal disagreements with the new leadership under Bari Weiss.
June 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Fired 60 Minutes-er Cecilia Vega put out this statement:

"In recent months, my producing teams and I have experienced efforts to insert political bias into our stories. Reporting teams have held back on submitting story pitches about important news topics out of fear of the internal repercussions."
May 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive.

One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy.

Another collapsed and had seizures during labor.

(Published Dec. 2025)
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
May 28, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP. n.pr/4f7k5S2
Here are the 2026 Pulitzer Prize winners
Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.
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May 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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A well-reported update on the 15 South American people ICE sent to DR Congo two weeks ago. Trapped in a rat-infested hotel by the airport with no options but going back to the countries they fled. This is what we're doing to legal asylum-seekers who "followed the rules." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC
15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre
Amjad Youssef is one of most-wanted fugitives in relation to slaughter of estimated 288 civilians under Assad
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM