The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that the newspaper's Ottawa bureau chief, Robert Fife, is this year's recipient of the Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism. The unbylined item says that Mr. Fife broke the SNC-Lavalin affair when he revealed allegations in 2019 that then-prime minister Justin Trudeau put pressure on his attorney-general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to help SNC-Lavalin (now Atkinsrealis) avoid criminal prosecution. More recently, his work has focused on allegations of foreign interference by China and other countries, including that China attempted to interfere with the 2021 federal election -- coverage that pressed Ottawa to call a public inquiry. While at CTV, Mr. Fife broke the news that Nigel Wright, then the chief of staff to prime minister Stephen Harper, had given senator Mike Duffy a $90,000 personal cheque to repay questionable Senate expenses. The Michener-Baxter Award was established in 1983. Mr. Fife will receive the award from Governor-General Mary Simon during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on June 5. Mr. Fife is also the author of the books A Capital Scandal: Politics, Patronage and Payoff, and Kim Campbell: The Making of a Politician.