It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological symptoms. A year later, the Government of New Brunswick released a report dismissing the entire issue, claiming there was never a cluster of patients to begin with.

CANADALAND has obtained thousands and thousands of pages of internal documents that take us behind the scenes of that investigation that once caught the attention of the nation, before being dropped like a hot potato. 

Read more about CANADALAND’s investigation here.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Sarah Lawrynuik (Freelance Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further reading:

• Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province, The Guardian, Jan. 2, 2022
• Official investigation into New Brunswick’s mysterious brain disorder finds no new condition, Washington Post, Feb. 24, 2022

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