Rachel Houlihan
Producer, CBC Investigations Unit
Rachel Houlihan is an award-winning investigative journalist and producer working in TV, radio and online. She has nearly 20 years experience producing documentaries, current affairs pieces and news reports for CBC. She can be reached at rachel.houlihan@cbc.ca
Latest from Rachel Houlihan
CBC Investigates
Toronto DNA lab trashed some prenatal paternity samples without testing them, ex-employee alleges
A former employee of Accu-Metrics says he saw Kyle Tsui, a long-time manager — who is now a convicted fraudster — discard some samples sent by customers before they were ever tested.
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CBC Investigates
Ontario man guilty of allergy testing fraud in U.S. was key employee of DNA lab in paternity controversy
Kyle Tsui, who is currently in a U.S. jail awaiting sentencing for running a fraudulent allergy testing company, also worked in a Canadian DNA laboratory that a CBC News investigation found has a history of producing wrong paternity results.
Canada |
CBC Investigates
Canadian DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads, but it kept selling them
A DNA laboratory in Toronto knowingly delivered prenatal paternity test results that routinely identified the wrong biological fathers — ruling out the real dads — and left a trail of shattered lives around the globe, a CBC News investigation has found.
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CBC Investigates
3 charged in India after complaint details family's last moments before fatal St. Lawrence River journey
A police complaint filed in India alleges that the families who drowned on the St. Lawrence in March were pressured by human smugglers to board a boat in a storm to cross into the U.S. The charges in India are the first related to the St. Lawrence River deaths and appear to target the alleged brokers who arranged the fatal trip.
Canada |
Ontario man allegedly claimed he smuggled over 1,000 people through Akwesasne
An Ontario man who once allegedly bragged he'd moved over 1,000 people across the Canada-U.S. border, is now facing a nine-count indictment alleging he was the "primary organizer" of a human smuggling network using Akwesasne Mohawk territory.
Canada |
CBC Investigates
What the SNC board may have known about the firm's dealings in Libya — like the office safe with $10M cash
A CBC News investigation looks at why a group of top directors who left SNC-Lavalin years ago have plenty at stake if the bribery case against the engineering company goes to trial. What were the red flags they may have missed on their watch?
Business |
CBC Investigates
Former SNC-Lavalin CEO rejects allegations firm paid bribes with EDC money
The former CEO of SNC-Lavalin has lashed out at allegations made by an unnamed company insider, denying taxpayer-backed loans from Canada were ever used to pay bribes under his watch.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
SNC-Lavalin insider's bribery allegations spark probe by Crown agency that loaned the firm billions
Export Development Canada has hired outside legal counsel to review some of its dealings with SNC-Lavalin. The review comes after a company insider told CBC News the engineering giant secured billions in loans from the Crown agency over the years, some of which he alleges was intended to pay bribes.
Business |
5 things we may never know about the SNC-Lavalin scandal
The SNC-Lavalin prosecution is the largest corporate corruption case in Canadian history, complete with $50 million in foreign bribes, ties to a bloody dictator and a foiled smuggling plot. But Canadians may never learn the full story if it's all quietly settled out of court.
Politics |
CBC Investigates
'I'm in shock': Toronto police rule out charges after 30 women accuse former RCMP doctor of sexual assault
Toronto police sex crimes investigators say there are “no grounds” to lay criminal charges against a former RCMP doctor. That’s despite 30 women alleging they were sexually assaulted during mandatory medical exams in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Investigates |