Greg Mercer

@GregMercerGlobe

Investigative reporter for @globeandmail | ex-@WR_Record | Stories for @BBC @Guardian @TorontoStar @Sportsnet @VancouverSun @thenarwhalca

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Joined February 2011

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 25

So thrilled The Lobster Trap, my book on the crisis facing the #lobster industry, has been named one of Indigo's "most anticipated" Canadian books of the summer. It comes out Aug. 12 indigo.ca/en-ca/the-lobs…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet image. So thrilled The Lobster Trap, my book on the crisis facing the #lobster industry, has been named one of Indigo's "most anticipated" Canadian books of the summer. It comes out Aug. 12 indigo.ca/en-ca/the-lobs…

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · May 20

#NovaScotia, which boasts some of the world's strongest winds, plans to have hundreds of offshore turbines spinning within the next decade theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. A proposed wind farm, dubbed Nova East Wind, would consist of 20 or more floating turbines with a combined generating capacity of 400 megawatts

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 22

Online campaign targeting Globe journalist draws condemnation as an attack on press freedom theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Effort to follow Alberta reporter Carrie Tait should be taken seriously by police, advocacy group says

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Emma Graney 🇦🇺🤷🏻‍♀️🇨🇦@EmmaLGraney · Jul 21

Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings. Tait has done incredible work investigating allegations of political interference at Alberta’s provincial health authority theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #ableg #cdnpoli

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 21

Phone spoofing, private surveillance and online campaign target the Globe's @CarrieTait after reporting on #Alberta Health Services allegations theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 14

"I could beg. That’s about it." In Maine, struggling businesses and officials try to find the right words to lure Canadians back across the U.S. border theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Talk of trade and tariffs, especially about the 51st state, strictly off limits, Aroostook County authorities say

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 11

Aliases, forged documents and companies linked back to insiders: London hospital alleges former staff defrauded nearly $50M in decade-long scheme theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Inflated contracts were steered to companies with ties to a former vice-president of London Health Sciences Centre, lawsuit alleges

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 11

A Canadian man died in ICE custody. Now, his family is searching for answers theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. With the Trump administration ramping up its immigration crackdown, the concerns Johnny Noviello’s case raises about due process and detention conditions have become more pressing

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 6

Five hours north of PEI by ferry, les Îles-de-la-Madeleine might be my new favourite place in Canada. @DBCalabrese and were lucky to spend a few days there last month for the @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/ar…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. The crescent-shaped archipelago of sand dunes, beaches and rugged cliffs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is unspoiled and foreign enough without needing a passport

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 3

Art dealer moved $450,000 worth of Morrisseau fakes, new court document reveals theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet image. Art dealer moved $450,000 worth of Morrisseau fakes, new court document reveals theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jul 3

In #NovaScotia, a battle over lucrative baby eels and Indigenous fishing rights spills into rivers and courts, reports @LindsayLeeJones. 📷@DBCalabrese theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Elvers are one of the most valuable fish in Canada – but 25 years since a Mi’kmaq man’s famous court case, there is little clarity on who has which rights to harvest them

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 20

Acting on concerns from school, child protection worker visited home of missing #NovaScotia kids months before they disappeared theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Lilly and Jack Sullivan have been missing since early May, and a police investigation is under way

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 20

How Quebec and Newfoundland overcame a century of hurt to reach a new deal on Churchill Falls theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Geography made them neighbours but history kept them from being friends, until Premiers François Legault and Andrew Furey defied the odds to get the massive energy agreement done

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 19

Missing Nova Scotia children were assessed by child welfare agency months before disappearance theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet image. Missing Nova Scotia children were assessed by child welfare agency months before disappearance theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 19

Nova Scotia government offers $150,000 reward for information on missing children theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet image. Nova Scotia government offers $150,000 reward for information on missing children theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · Jun 14

Former Minnesota House Speaker killed in politically motivated attack, second lawmaker shot by suspect dressed in police uniform and driving a fake patrol vehicle theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet image. Former Minnesota House Speaker killed in politically motivated attack, second lawmaker shot by suspect dressed in police uniform and driving a fake patrol vehicle theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

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Lindsay Jones@LindsayLeeJones · Jun 12

Update on the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan: Police say they’ve searched inside the family’s mobile home, nearby septic systems, and four mineshafts. “We’re working to identify and locate others,” said #NS #RCMP - with ⁦@GregMercerGlobe⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · May 20

Canadian lobster fishermen are counting on big catches to cover their costs as prices dip over tariff concerns theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Experts say the recent downturn comes as no surprise owing to uncertainty looming over the industry

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · May 16

While Canada-US relations sour, law enforcement says cross-border cooperation critical to slow gun smuggling theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. Seizures of American guns at the border are on the rise, and collaboration is crucial to stop smuggling schemes, say police agencies

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Greg Mercer@GregMercerGlobe · May 14

Books about Canadian political leaders are the latest in the growing pile of hastily-cobbled together fakes, independently published through Amazon, @joshokane writes theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

GregMercerGlobe's tweet card. The fake-looking books about Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre flooded search results during the federal election campaign, including one ostensibly authored by a cat

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