Ryan Cooke
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Investigative and enterprise journalist with CBC. Tips? [email protected]
St. John's
Joined May 2014
A young man who was the catalyst for a police investigation into accused sexual predators Tony Humby and Bruce Escott has died. He testified against Humby in the fall. His mother says he struggled to recover following the trial. https://t.co/rpAkIsZO1z
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The young man who was the catalyst for a police investigation into accused sexual predators Tony Humby and Bruce Escott has died. His mother is remembering him as a gentle soul who put his life on...
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'This person has zero remorse,' says sister of Axel Martin after alleged dealer arrested again https://t.co/4mI6HxZI7j
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Police say a 19-year-old who was already facing a manslaughter charge for allegedly selling toxic drugs to a 14-year-old boy was caught selling drugs again. The family of the boy says this new arrest...
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Mitchell Rose was on a community treatment order — a designation signed by a psychiatrist that makes mental health treatment mandatory — until it was revoked unbeknownst to his family. They are devastated for everyone involved.
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The family of a man charged with two counts of attempted murder says they were shocked to learn he'd been released from a community treatment order months ago, and say he was denied vital care before...
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The province’s highest billing doctor has been suspended from practising by the province’s regulatory body. Nobody will say why. https://t.co/ysxxgANi7T
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The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador has suspended the licence of Dr. Harry Dang, the province's highest billing physician over the last fiscal year.
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Latest for @CBCPolitics: Canada 'continues to monitor' U.S. boat strikes in Caribbean as questions swirl and allies squirm https://t.co/VfhSzSi2F4
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As U.S. officials argue about whether a series of deadly strikes on suspected drug boats are even legal, Canada faces a tough decision — continue to partner with the U.S. in the Caribbean, or walk...
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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ICYMI: Our feature report on the people who tried to prevent the Kingston fire, and why they felt they were left on their own this summer. Shot and edited by @KatieBreenNL
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Serial rapist Sofyan Boalag is dead. No details on cause of death right now, but police and coroner are investigating.
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Convicted serial rapist Sofyan Boalag, whose spree of sexual assaults terrorized St. John's more than a decade ago, has died in an Ontario prison, according to Correctional Service Canada.
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I embedded with US and Canadian Forces in the Caribbean in 2023. The Americans told us these traffickers were usually low-level gang members, or civilians acting under threats from cartels. They were low-value targets who had little information on the network.
Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the
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Interesting testimony today from a former surveillance officer who says she was told to stand down when she wanted to intercept Humby with an Indigenous youth in 2020. When the same situation arose later that week, she took matters into her own hands.
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A police officer took matters into her own hands and stopped Tony Humby with an Indigenous teenager in his car back in 2020 — more than three years before he was ever charged with sexual violence...
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Elsa Fitzgerald lost so much when the fire tore through Western Bay. But she’s determined to go home. “I've got a winterized tent I can borrow and I've got a wood stove that can go into it…. I've got to go back. That's home.”
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Western Bay residents are dealing with unimaginable losses, as the small community in Conception Bay North lost 86 structures to a raging wildfire.
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How Ozzy Osbourne helped a pizza delivery driver from Newfoundland. In 2017, Josh Cook was robbed outside a trap house. His car was stolen, with all his CDs inside. Osbourne’s team sent Josh the full Black Sabbath discography to replace what was lost. https://t.co/RXiPkUqiaf
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Josh Cook was nearly off the rails on a crazy train, stuck in a financial dump after his car was stolen. But then, a surprise gift from his idol lifted his spirits.
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CBC Investigates obtained another resignation letter — dated Jan. 1, 2024 — in which the internal medicine team at St. Clare’s lamented below average pay, a lack of resources and an overwhelming workload.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister said she wasn’t fond of the approach, but she expects a deal is “imminent” with a team of doctors who threatened a mass resignation at St. Clare’s Mercy...
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All five internists at St. Clare’s are resigning, citing working conditions they believe are unsafe for patients and doctors alike.
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Five doctors at a St. John's hospital have tendered a joint resignation notice, saying they'll be gone by Oct. 1.
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Senior investigators in Newfoundland and Labrador say the biggest issue isn't cocaine cut with fentanyl — but rather cocaine going to market that isn't cut at all. The province used to see an average purity of 15% (!!!), but recent street-level seizures are in the high 90s.
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Overshadowed by fentanyl, the global cocaine market is booming — and it's having major effects here at home. A spike in Colombian production flooded markets with high-purity cocaine, showing up even in rural and remote communities, like Sheshatshiu. https://t.co/Er5ZMjoWmm
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In the shadow of a fentanyl crisis, the global cocaine market has exploded — wreaking havoc on communities from South America all the way to rural Labrador.
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1:46 p.m. UPDATE — One person is in custody. The investigation is ongoing. There is no concern for public safety.
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Shelter in place in Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre and Animal Resources Centre https://t.co/fljyfoKj23
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Tony Humby’s close encounters with police are now at the centre two lawsuits against the province. A pair of men say police and child protection officials could have stopped his alleged abuses sooner, but failed.
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An alleged predator’s close encounters with police 18 years ago are now at the centre of a pair of lawsuits filed against the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
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Another one to keep an eye is Newfoundland’s Ryan Greene…second-rounder from 2022 could sign with the Blackhawks and make NHL debut Monday in Montreal.
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