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So you’ve been scammed. Here’s how you might get your money back — without calling the cops

Toronto lawyer outlines strategy for using the civil courts to recover cash from scammers

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Yellow cubes spelling the word "fraud" lie on top of a magnifying glass.

Canadians are being scammed out of their life savings. Police aren't keeping up

Police often powerless to investigate fraudsters, leaving victims without options

A landscape scene of the Grassy Mountain and former coal mining site.

Mining company makes extra push by lobbying for coal mine in Crowsnest Pass

Northback CEO and several other industry leaders are lobbying along with the Coal Association of Canada on mining regulations

People look at a silver BYD vehicle with its doors open

Chinese electric vehicle company BYD lobbying in Ontario after Canada announces 100% tariffs on its vehicles

And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

A person, out of focus, faces away from the camera while looking at the front entrance for Turtle Jack’s in Oakville, Ont.

This foreign worker says he paid his own wages — for a cook position that didn't exist

Toronto-area restaurant loses franchise after IJF/CBC uncovers illegal payroll scheme

A young woman holds a blue cell phone, while a screen in the background shows an advertisement for an LMIA.

'With or without job?': Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers

Deals selling job offers to foreign workers for up to $45K are 'outright fraud,' says Toronto immigration lawyer

Jagmeet Singh looking slightly to the side of the camera.

Who’s responsible for those fake ads falsely claiming Jagmeet Singh died on live TV?

Ads on news sites falsely claiming NDP leader’s death tied to global investing scheme, an IJF investigation has found

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Canada becoming ‘source country’ for meth exports, report warned

Internal police analysis said Mexican methamphetamine is undercutting local producers, pushing them to ship product to lucrative markets like Australia

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is seen standing at a podium during a swearingin ceremony.

The City of Edmonton hires lobbyists to pressure the province. Calgary doesn’t bother

Alberta’s capital city hires former Conservative MP to talk to Danielle Smith’s government

Canada’s biggest cinema chain is lobbying about competition laws after being fined nearly $39-million for deceptive marketing

And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

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B.C. government wants to seize $76,000 from wire transfer company owner

Government alleges possibility of money laundering, but no criminal charges laid

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First Nation calls for all-season road amid rising winter temperatures

Data shows that the duration of ice roads across the country is on the decline

David Eby and John Rustad are shown from the shoulders up, sitting next to each other at an event.

Who has the ear of B.C.’s political leaders? The IJF breaks down lobbying by former public officials

Both David Eby and John Rustad have been lobbied by former public office-holders who served under their governments

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