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A North York industrial bakery has won a high-stakes battle with the Canada Revenue Agency over millions of dollars in tax refunds it sought to claim off its prolific use of temporary help agencies. trib.al/FpaTTtG

Congrats & welcome to the journalists who joined our newsroom this month as part of the Toronto Star's internship program: Ana Pereira Andy Takagi Calvi Leon Emily Fagan Jermaine Wilson Mahdis Habibinia Mark Colley Mark Ramzy (Ottawa) Reanna Julien & photog Nick Lachance (he/him)!

A non-perm resident & non-citizen, this #MigrantFarmWorker is ineligible to get heart #transplant even he could get free #healthcare in #Canada. In Mexico, he could get transplant but he would need to pay for hefty medical expenses w/no income support. thestar.com/news/canada/th…

New investigation from Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and me: Internal provincial docs show the Ontario government expanded Hamilton’s urban boundary in large part because of requests from unnamed “third parties” — and despite warnings from public servants. #onpoli thenarwhal.ca/hamilton-urban…

Toronto will freeze the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles operating on its streets, after a surprise council vote Wednesday that Mayor Olivia Chow said would benefit app company workers and reduce emissions. trib.al/QzmLVFj

A Toronto landlady was charged w/ running an “industrial” labour exploitation scheme — one that supplied major employers across the GTA. Inside a rare criminal conviction — and where it ultimately left vulnerable workers. From Rachel Mendleson and I: thestar.com/interactives/t…

"You’ve got that kind of nexus between these terrible immigration laws and horrific labour laws." Great investigation by Sara Mojtehedzadeh & Rachel Mendleson w/ manuela vega, detailing the exploitation of trafficked workers in Toronto & the employers who looked the other way.

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my next book WAYS OF LISTENING is on the way! It’s a collection of essays about the joys of obscurity, the power of nostalgia, race’s role in sound quality, what we’re really searching for when we dig for records and more.

Incredible reporting from the one and only Ghada Alsharif | غادة الشريف: thestar.com/business/i-wen…

Pizza Nova allegedly paid delivery drivers as little as $6 an hour after systematically misclassifying them as independent contractors. Sara Mojtehedzadeh on the delivery driver class action to proceed against Pizza Nova and franchisees /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

I spoke to the great labour reporter ⁦Sara Mojtehedzadeh⁩ about this important worker misclassification class action case. Pizza Nova delivery drivers allege chain, franchisees paid as little as $6 per hour in $150-million class-action lawsuit apple.news/AsmAXGbCGRQ6Jr…

It’s bound to be one of the most appealing immigration programs for earning permanent residence in Canada. The requirements, released to date, appear simple. Amid an info vacuum from officials, recruiters are working hard to promote this upcoming pilot. thestar.com/news/canada/th…