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Greg Mercer

StaffReporterHalifax

gmercer@globeandmail.com

Area of Expertise

Atlantic Canada bureau

Greg Mercer is a member of The Globe and Mail's investigative team, and was formerly The Globe’s Atlantic Canada reporter. He’s worked as a journalist across Canada for more than 20 years, reporting for The Guardian, The Narwhal, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, National Post, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Sportsnet.ca and the Waterloo Region Record.

His reporting on the toxic legacy of Kitchener’s rubber industry earned a 2019 Michener Award nomination and a National Newspaper Award and prompted Ontario to review hundreds of previously-denied compensation claims from sick rubber workers. That investigation also led to the 2019 Michener-Deacon investigative journalism fellowship to examine occupational disease in Canada.

Greg’s other career highlights include two extended assignments in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and covering the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in London and Rio de Janeiro.

27

Years in Journalism

Honours & Awards

Finalist, Michener Award for public service journalism 2019

Winner, National Newspaper Award for local reporting 2019

Finalist, National Newspaper Award for political writing 2019

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for arts writing 2019

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for beat writing 2018

Finalist, Ontario Newspaper Award for sports writing 2018

Finalist, Ontario Newspaper Award for sports writing 2016

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for feature writing 2015

Finalist, Ontario Newspaper Award for sports writing 2013

Finalist, Ontario Newspaper Award for news series

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for outdoors writing 2011

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for column writing 2010

Winner, Ontario Newspaper Award for sports writing 2008

Finalist, National Newspaper Award for local reporting Finalist, Ontario

Newspaper Award for business writing 2007

Winner, Goff Penny Memorial Prize for young Canadian journalists 2006

Finalist, Atlantic Journalism Award (AJA) for sports reporting 2005

Finalist, Jim MacNeill New Journalist Award (AJA) 2005

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Latest articles

December 4, 2025

Paul Toussaint poses for a portrait in his restaurant, 3 pierres 1 feu, in Montreal on December 04, 2025. Toussaint, a Montrealer with Haitian origins, is wearing Haiti’s football jersey. Haiti made the World Cup for the first time in fifty years, all this amidst a ranging gang crisis as well as Trump saying the fans can’t come support their team in the United States.
(04/12/2025)

Paul Toussaint poses for a portrait in his restaurant, 3 pierres 1 feu, in Montreal on December 04, 2025. Toussaint, a Montrealer with Haitian origins, is wearing Haiti’s football jersey. Haiti made the World Cup for the first time in fifty years, all this amidst a ranging gang crisis as well as Trump saying the fans can’t come support their team in the United States.
(04/12/2025)

Haiti’s World Cup dreams collide with Trump’s immigration crackdown

5 min read

December 1, 2025

The Dog & Bear Pub in Toronto’s west end on Nov 27, 2025. When next year’s World Cup of football comes to Toronto, pubs like the Dog&Bear won’t be able to use the words World Cup or other associated images or slogans. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)

The Dog & Bear Pub in Toronto’s west end on Nov 27, 2025. When next year’s World Cup of football comes to Toronto, pubs like the Dog&Bear won’t be able to use the words World Cup or other associated images or slogans. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)

World Cup contracts turn Toronto and Vancouver bylaw staff into FIFA’s brand police

5 min read

November 22, 2025

Deepak Paradkar, the lawyer for Dellen Millard, speaks to the media after his client's first court appearance in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, May 15 2013. Millard has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a southern Ontario father who disappeared after posting his truck for sale online and taking a test drive with two men. THE CANADIAN PRESS//Dave Chidley

Deepak Paradkar, the lawyer for Dellen Millard, speaks to the media after his client's first court appearance in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, May 15 2013. Millard has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a southern Ontario father who disappeared after posting his truck for sale online and taking a test drive with two men. THE CANADIAN PRESS//Dave Chidley

Evidence against Paradkar comes from FBI witness

4 min read

November 20, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: A FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive poster is displayed during a news conference announcing the indictment of a former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, charging him with murder and money laundering in connection to a drug trafficking organization at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced a fifteen-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, the leader of a criminal drug organization who smuggled large quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: A FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive poster is displayed during a news conference announcing the indictment of a former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, charging him with murder and money laundering in connection to a drug trafficking organization at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced a fifteen-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, the leader of a criminal drug organization who smuggled large quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Who are the Canadians facing charges connected to Ryan Wedding?

8 min read

November 20, 2025

Deepak Paradkar,, the lawyer for the alleged Yahoo hacker Karim Baratov, leaves the courthouse after his client was denied bail, in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch

Deepak Paradkar,, the lawyer for the alleged Yahoo hacker Karim Baratov, leaves the courthouse after his client was denied bail, in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch

Arrested Mississauga lawyer boasted about helping clients beat drug charges

5 min read

November 19, 2025

U.S. Attorney-General Pam Bondi during the announcement of a law enforcement action during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Wednesday.

U.S. Attorney-General Pam Bondi stands near wanted poster for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Wednesday.

U.S., Canadian authorities announce new arrests in efforts to prosecute fugitive Ryan Wedding

6 min read

October 24, 2025

Addison Barger of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a single against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at the Rogers Centre on Monday.

Addison Barger of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a single against the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at the Rogers Centre on Monday.

How the Blue Jays made it uncool, again, to strike out

5 min read

October 22, 2025

A monk surveys the construction site at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society in Heatherdale, P.E.I. in April, 2023.

A monk surveys the construction site at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society in Heatherdale, P.E.I. in April, 2023.

RCMP to review new allegations about PEI Buddhist group, but says previous claims unfounded

3 min read

October 21, 2025

Belynda Gray, the paternal grandmother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan, holds a photo taken of the children on their first day of school while sitting at her kitchen table in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. on Aug. 1.
Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail

Belynda Gray, the paternal grandmother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan, holds a photo taken of the children on their first day of school while sitting at her kitchen table in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. on Aug. 1.
Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail

RCMP find no evidence vehicle was involved in disappearance of Nova Scotia siblings

4 min read

October 17, 2025

Lansdowne Road, near the home of Jack and Lilly Sullivan.

Lansdowne Road, near the home of Jack and Lilly Sullivan.

Neighbours told RCMP they heard car near trailer where Nova Scotia children disappeared

5 min read

October 16, 2025

A monk surveys the construction site at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) in Heatherdale, P.E.I. on Monday, April 20, 2023.

Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail

A monk surveys the construction site at the Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) in Heatherdale, P.E.I. on Monday, April 20, 2023.

Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail

PEI Premier calls for RCMP probe into land transactions involving Buddhist group

4 min read

October 14, 2025

Memorabilia on display at the Beachville District Museum in Beachville, Ont., Saturday, October 11, 2025. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/Nicole Osborne

Memorabilia on display at the Beachville District Museum in Beachville, Ont., Saturday, October 11, 2025. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/Nicole Osborne

In Ontario, Beachville’s field of dreams defies the myth of baseball as an American pastime

5 min read

October 6, 2025

A man cleans photos and items of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks from the Dizengoff Square fountain memorial on Sunday in Tel Aviv, Israel.

A man cleans photos and items of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks from the Dizengoff Square fountain memorial on Sunday in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Jewish organization calls on Ottawa to increase security at Canada’s synagogues

4 min read

October 4, 2025

Lawrence Bishnoi, shown in 2022, is the leader of the Bishnoi Gang. Canada has designated the gang as a terrorist organization.

Lawrence Bishnoi, shown in 2022, is the leader of the Bishnoi Gang. Canada has designated the gang as a terrorist organization.

explainer

How a gang run from an Indian jail became listed as a terrorist group in Canada

8 min read

October 2, 2025

Boiling point: the uncertain future of lobster fishing

September 19, 2025

The disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan

August 13, 2025

A water bomber drops water onto a wildfire burning in the Paddy's Pond area just outside St. John's, N.L., on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien

A water bomber drops water onto a wildfire burning in the Paddy's Pond area just outside St. John's, N.L., on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Elling Lien

explainer

How Newfoundland and Labrador turned into a hot spot for wildfires

3 min read

August 11, 2025

Marshall Smith, former chief of staff to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in May, 2024. Smith is suing Athana Mentzelopoulos for claims she made in her own lawsuit against the Alberta government.

Marshall Smith, former chief of staff to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in May, 2024. Smith is suing Athana Mentzelopoulos for claims she made in her own lawsuit against the Alberta government.

Ex-CEO of Alberta health authority asks for lawsuit against her to be tossed

4 min read

August 11, 2025

Belynda Gray, the paternal grandmother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan who remain missing since May 2, looks at one of the last flyers the family posted around the community while sitting at her kitchen table in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. on Aug. 1.

Belynda Gray, the paternal grandmother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan who remain missing since May 2, looks at one of the last flyers the family posted around the community while sitting at her kitchen table in Middle Musquodoboit, N.S. on Aug. 1.

Grandmother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan calls for public inquiry into children’s disappearance

4 min read

August 9, 2025

Undated photos from the CAPITALES DE QUÉBEC flickr account

Undated photos from the CAPITALES DE QUÉBEC flickr account

In Quebec City, the baseball is good, the stadium is packed and the fans are here to party

4 min read