GAGhazal Azizi Kashi

1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Ghazal Azizi Kashi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Investigative Journalism Foundation

   Montreal police spend $20,000 on Axon bots over 5 months (opens the original)

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   Montreal police are expanding their use of products from the American tech and weapons company Axon with the purchase of tactical robots, according to an analysis of the city’s recent procurement data. The news follows an IJF investigation into how police departments across the country are contracting with the company, formerly known as Taser, for its high-tech surveillance and digital products. The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) contract, dated Aug. 28, details the purchase o

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2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Ghazal Azizi Kashi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Investigative Journalism Foundation

   Don’t ignore access to information request, University of Saskatchewan told (opens the original)

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   In July, the University of Saskatchewan received an access to information (ATI) request to release recent purchasing records, which it deemed “frivolous” and asked the province’s information and privacy commissioner to dismiss. Commissioner Grace Hession David, however, ruled that the university’s refusal would deny that applicant’s access to information rights, according to a decision published on Aug. 25. USask had taken issue not with the release of purchasing records requested, but

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3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Ghazal Azizi Kashi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Investigative Journalism Foundation

   RCMP union hopes to sway Quebec after province cuts funding for police mental health care (opens the original)

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   The Mounties’ union is lobbying in Quebec after the province cut funding for first responders’ access to free psychotherapy. The National Police Federation — the bargaining unit representing members and reservists of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police below the inspector rank — has been communicating with Quebec officials since Aug. 18. Its lobbying registration, which has been translated from French, says the union seeks to “promote the maintenance, improvement and long-term funding o

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