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Posted: Dec 10, 2020 8:40 PM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
A joint investigation by CBC News and CBC Sports on sexual offences in amateur sport was among six nominees for this year s Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. It was won by Kathy Tomlinson of The Globe and Mail, for her investigation False Promises.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
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Iran Jasmine, who was featured in the investigation, paid $2000 of borrowed money to a recruiter in Mexico, who she said promised her a good job in Canada. She flew to Toronto, and was put to work cleaning hotel rooms for Patricia Zuniga of RTL Services, without the work permit her recruiter promised. Ms. Jasmine said Ms. Zuniga paid her nothing for a week’s work, plus took $400 from her for rent in a house with 13 other workers.